Author: Martha Sielman
Publisher: Lark Books
Keywords: masters, leading, artists, works, major, art, quilts
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2008-05-06
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1600591078
ISBN-13: 9781600591075
These art quilts showcase such versatility, innovation, and beauty that readers can’t help but be truly inspired. The gifted artists come from across the globeincluding Africa, Asia, Europe, and North Americaand their work displays their varying sensibilities, backgrounds, and talents. Abstract appliquéd shapes cascade across the surface of Ita Ziv’s brilliantly colored quilts, creating vibrant celebrations of life. Noriko Endo captures her deep feeling for trees in a stunning interplay of light, shadow, and leaves. Gloves appear in nearly every quilt by Jane Burch Cochran, representi
Author: Oscar P. Fitzgerald
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Keywords: new, masters, making, series, expanding, wooden, boundaries
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2009-10-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1565233921
ISBN-13: 9781565233928
Featuring some of today’s best woodworkers and artisans—such as Michael Hosaluk, Steven Kennard, Richard Raffin, Jacques Vesery, Bonnie Klein, and Hans Weissflog—this craftsmen’s companion celebrates these modern masters and others who have taken box-making to a higher level of aesthetic form. The artist profiles include full-color, studio-quality photographs of their work along with essays that illustrate their design ideas and objectives. In addition, this collection also offers an in-depth introduction detailing the recent history of the wooden box in woodworking and its pla
Author: John C.h. Wu
Publisher: World Wisdom
Keywords: zen, masters, east, west, spiritual, ang, golden, dynasty
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2004-04-25
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0941532445
ISBN-13: 9780941532440
The great Chinese Zen masters of the 7th through 10th centuries laid the foundation for all subsequent developments within Zen Buddhism. Flowering forth magnificently during these centuries, the profound teachings of these Masters, which is given voice in the pages of this book, may be equaled by some of their spiritual descendants but it has never been surpassed. All readers seeking the spring of Zen will find in these pages the refreshing words--sometimes enigmatic and profound, sometimes practical and humorous--of the earliest exponents of the tradition. This classic work has been compar
Author: Lark Books
Publisher: Lark Books
Keywords: masters, leading, artists, works, major, glass, beads
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-05-06
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1579909248
ISBN-13: 9781579909246
The art of glass beadmaking has exploded in popularity during the past decade—and these awe-inspiring examples, exquisitely fashioned by 40 of the world’s top creators, reveal exactly why. Whether showcasing faces, animals, or flowers, these beads exhibit incredible detail and gorgeous color. Explore Bruce St. John Maher’s fused and faceted landscape beads and the vitreous painted surface of Bronwen Heilman’s glass. Kate Fowle Meleny’s luminous electroformed glass beads seem almost like sculptures, while Sharon Peters creates whimsical, often comical creatures that delight. Every art
Authors:Roy G. Masters, R. Masters,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: cardiovascular, medicine, volume, developments, failure, options, treatment, heart, surgical
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2000-01-31
List price: $109.00
ISBN-10: 079236130X
ISBN-13: 9780792361305
This text provides the surgeon and cardiologist with a unique review of the surgical options available for the treatment of patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction, including their indications and results. The full spectrum of surgical therapies is covered, from the more conventional techniques of coronary artery bypass, valve replacement, left ventricular aneurysm resection and transplantation to the new technique of ventriculectomy. The future of permanent mechanical hearts and xenotransplantation is also discussed. The authors include an international panel of experts with
Author: David N. Blondell
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Keywords: masters, pioneer, evangelist, mountain, john, brother, called, wesley
Number of Pages: 226
Published: 2010-03-09
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 142692450X
ISBN-13: 9781426924507
The story of J.W. Masters is a story worth telling. His life spanned seventy-four years during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. He organized or started nineteen congregations in small communities in the hills of southeastern Kentucky. Through trial and error, early speech problems were subsequently turned into the preaching style of a veteran orator. His keen sense of humor, a perception of plain logic, and a command of language enabled him to draw audiences from far and near. The ti
Authors:John R. Masters, John R. Masters, Bernhard O. Palsso
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: cell, culture, human, cells, stem, embryonic
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2007-09-10
List price: $219.00
ISBN-10: 1402059825
ISBN-13: 9781402059827
If you wish to grow or characterize embryonic stem cells or persuade them to differentiate into a particular cell type, then this book contains information that is vital to your success. The aim is to provide clear simple instructions and protocols for growing, maintaining and characterizing embryonic stem cells and details of the various methods used to make stem cells differentiate into specific cell types. The contents will be of interest to stem cell biologists, tissue engineers and scientists wishing to use embryonic stem cells for therapeutic purposes. Each chapter has been written and e
