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Mysteria Lane (Berkley Sensation)»rank: 79564by: MaryJanice Davidson, Susan Grant, Gena Showalter, P. C. Cast
: :Return to a town of bewitching seduction and sensual demons. There’s a spellbinding witch of love who wants to make one man hers; a vegan having trouble adapting to vampirism; Satan’s emissary, who is looking for steady work in Colorado; and angelic triplets feeling a wee touch of the devil. |
Mysteria (Berkley Sensation)»rank: 255137by: MaryJanice Davidson, Susan Grant, P.C. Cast, Gena Showalter
: :Hunky werewolves, delicious demons and, drop-dead sexy witches all have the same address... Hundreds of years ago, in the mountains of Colorado (just close enough to Denver for great shoe shopping), the small town of Mysteria was 'accidentally' founded by a random act of demonic kindness. Over time, it has become a veritable magnet for the supernatural-a place where magic has quietly coexisted with the mundane world. It's a town like any other town, where the high school's Fighting Fairies give fans something to cheer about, where everyone knows your name-if not exactly what you are-at the local bar, and where the wishing well actually lives up to its name. Strange occurrences ... |
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Reiki Energy Medicine: Bringing Healing Touch into Home, Hospital, and Hospice»rank: 207969by: Libby Barnett, Maggie Chambers
: :Reiki is an ancient, hands-on healing art with origins in the Tibetan sutras. It has been used primarily by individuals in a daily practice that helps recharge, realign, and rebalance energy in the body. Today Reiki is joining other complementary therapies in the conventional settings of hospitals, hospices, counseling centers, emergency rooms, intensive care units. Nurses, physical therapists, surgeons, midwives, and anesthetists report that Reiki can help manage pain and promote healing. Counselors and caregivers treating those with terminal illness find that Reiki gives patients an increased physical, emotional, and psychological ability to cope. Reiki Energy Medicine explains the body's energy system, and describes how Reiki can be used in a variety ... |
One Leaf Rides the Wind»rank: 5045675by: Celeste Davidson Mannis
: : Filled with lush illustrations, this counting book reveals both the pleasure and the tranquility of the Japanese garden, while introducing haiku poetry, with eleven poems that are simple and easy to follow. Follow along as the young girl explores the beauty of the garden, and discover the fun of haiku. |
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Art in the Frick Collection : Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts»rank: 76899by: Frick Collection, Bernice Davidson, Charles Ryskamp, Edgar Munhall
: :Covering a wide array of great paintings, as well as rarely-published sculptural treasures and numerous masterpieces of the decorative arts, this is an illustrated survey of the Frick Collection, housed in a Fifth Avenue mansion in New York City. It was founded by Henry Clay Frick, an industrialist whose interest in and knowledge of art led him to begin buying artworks in about 1880. Separate sections of the book are devoted to paintings, sculpture and the decorative arts, presenting colour reproductions of some of the collection's most prized works. They include Bellini's 'St Francis in the Desert', Holbein the Younger's portrait of Sir Thomas More, El Greco's 'Purification of the Temple', three ... |
Facing the Ultimate Loss»rank: 500595by: Robert J. Marx, Susan Wengerhoff Davidson
: :With understanding and wisdom, Robert J. Marx and Susan Davidson explore the journey we embark on after the ultimate loss-the death of a child. The authors delve into the difficult emotions parents face, including sadness, guilt, anger, powerlessness and questions about our faith. Drawing on the stories of the many people they have counseled, and their own experiences, the authors share the challenges of this unique passage through grief. |
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No Limits, Just Edges: Jackson Pollock»rank: 451332by: David Anfam, Susan Davidson, Margaret Ellis
: :While legendary artist Jackson Pollock has been comprehensively investigated in recent shows, a focused exhibition examining his drawings has not been organzied since 1980. No Limits, Just Edges: Jackson Pollock Paintings on Paper features a compelling group of 75 artworks drawn from the holdings of institutions and private collections worldwide. This long-awaited exhibition to be held at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Guggenheim Bilbao, and the Peggy Guggnheim Collection, Venice and curated by Susan Davidson considers the artist's works on paper as an essential component in his signature transformation of the traditional figurative line into a non-figurative graphic expression. This catalogue of the exhibiton begins chronologically with Pollock's early sketchbook studies based on ... |
The New Professor's Handbook: A Guide to Teaching and Research in Engineering and Science (JB - Anker)»rank: 823931by: Cliff I. Davidson, Susan A. Ambrose
: :This book is an ideal resource for those making the transition from graduate student to new faculty member in engineering and science. Developed through years of use with new faculty, it tackles the two themes that will be constant in a young faculty member’s career: teaching and research. The book first distills the abundant literature that has already been published on teaching, covering student learning and course planning, conducting discussions and lecturing, creating exams and assignments, and working with teaching assistants. Bringing together guidance gained from numerous seminars, discussions, and interviews, and the little existing in current literature on starting and conducting scientific research, the next section includes assembling research teams, supervising ... |
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Joseph Cornell / Marcel Duchamp...In Resonance»rank: 752679by: Susan Davidson, Ann Temkin, Joseph Cornell, Marcel Duchamp
: :This book chronicles the friendship and working relationship between two of the twentieth century's most innovative and influential artists--Joseph Cornell and Marcel Duchamp. The focus of this book is the box compiled by Cornell and dedicated to his friend Duchamp: the Duchamp Dossier, c. 1934-53, a hitherto publicly unknown artwork discovered in the artist's estate following his death. Review:Joseph Cornell/Marcel Duchamp... In Resonance is a beautiful catalog of works by both of the artists, accompanied by eight essays that explore their work and their relationship. These essays include marvelous anecdotes and information about both the personal and artistic lives of the artists and how deeply they influenced one another. Joseph Cornell ... |
Robert Rauschenberg : A Retrospective»rank: 935201by: Robert Rauschenberg, Susan Davidson, Tricia Brown, Ruth E. Fine, Billy Kluver, Julie Martin, Rosalind E. Krauss, Steve Paxton, Nancy Spector, Charles F. Stuckey, Walter Hopps
: :In a career that has spanned nearly 50 years, Robert Rauschenberg has redefined the art of our time. Once branded the 'bad boy' of American modernism, Rauschenberg has taken a revolutionary approach to traditional art forms and worked in an extraordinarily diverse range of mediums. This volume, which explores the entire scope of his achievement, accompanies the first retrospective exhibition of Rauschenberg's work held since 1976, opening at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, in September 1997 and traveling to Houston in early 1998 and then to Europe and Asia. Four essays by leading scholars and curators interpret and analyze Rauschenberg's art while emphasizing his unique contribution across disciplines. Two essays by former ... |