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The Artful Cookie: Baking & Decorating Delectable Confections

6 reviews
Aaron Morgan

Lark Books, 2006

Professional "How-Tos" for Easy, Elegant Cookies
This delightful book shows, step-by-step, how to create elegant confections from basic cookie dough. "The Artful Cookie" explains in simple detail, how to prepare four basic dough recipes and four recipes for glaze, ganache and icings. In clear language, Pastry Chef, Aaron Morgan, outlines easy professional techniques, using ordinary ingredients and kitchen utensils to create delectable cookies ...

Artful Persuasion: How to Command Attention, Change Minds, and Influence People

27 reviews
Harry Mills

AMACOM, 2000

very good book
This book is written in an authoritative tone and has some incredible insight into how people in the last century were able to influence the masses. It brings up stories about Churchhill, Rosevelt, the Clintons ect. Toward the last 50 pages it talks about more practical ways we can benefit in our own lives. The book is a great read and has lots of great insight. You can get some good tips ...

The Artful Card

2 reviews
Alison Eads

North Light Books, 2005

Beautiful Cards that Can Actually be done!
I bought this book because I wanted to make beautiful, boutique-like cards, but couldn't ever quite get the look right. The Artful Card has a combination shabby-chic/whimsical feeling, and the instructions are excellent. There are pictures/instructions for every step of the project. Well worth the money! I look forward to more books from this author!!!

The Artful Vegan: Fresh Flavors from the Millennium Restaurant

9 reviews
Eric Tucker, Bruce Enloe, ...

Ten Speed Press, 2003

Either know how or learn fast!
This is the book that answers all those redundant questions us vegans have to endure constantly! "So what do you eat? Don't you miss meat or cheeseburgers?" The general public has no idea how much money, effort and time THEY actually spend eating meat/dairy foods and/or how actually redundant THEIR diets really are. Not to mention the detriment to the health of not only their bodies, but our ...

Artful Applique: The Easy Way (That Patchwork Place)

4 reviews
Jane Townswick

Martingale and Company, 2000

Excellent and realistic
Over 130 pages of great instruction and realistic photos that show that anyone who takes the time can do applique. Not only are the designs that you can Xerox for patterns crisp, but the instruction is easy to read and follow. And the photos are exact size, so you see what you will get when you are done. I liked the book because it also says that we can choose our own material, which suits our ...

The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself

7 reviews
Susan Bell

W. W. Norton, 2008

A meditation on what it means to edit
Potential readers of Susan Bell's "The Artful Edit" would do well to consider first what this book is, and what it is not. This is not a replacement for the ubiquitous and essential "Elements of Style" which should be on every English speaker's desk. No, where that fine work was written for everyone who wishes to write, Bell's work, I would dare to presume, is meant for writers. And for those ...

Artful Science: Enlightenment Entertainment and the Eclipse of Visual Education
Barbara Maria Stafford

The MIT Press, 1996

What has happened to the magic of learning? Playful illusions, spellbinding games, and lifelike automata were once integral to education. Artful Science reveals the exhilarating but paradoxical intertwining of enchantment with enlightenment in the early modern period. A cross-disciplinary guide to intellectual high and low life of the eighteenth century, Artful Science makes the case for the pedagogical opportunities inherent in an ...

Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style

7 reviews
Virginia Tufte

Graphics Pr, 2006

A Vote for Artful Sentences
I've given this book to friends who have given it to theirs. It's a book that sits on my library table instead of my bookshelf. I like to pick it up, and flip through the pages until I settle on an appealing passage. To characterize Artful Sentences as a book on grammar, or as a book written expressly for the classroom, is to miss the point (although I would surely assign it to students in a ...

The Artful Ribbon: Beauties in Bloom

18 reviews
Candace Kling

C&T Publishing, 1996

The Best book on Ribbonwork!
This is the best book on ribbonwork. It incorporates many beautiful pictures of vintage and some contemporary work. The entire book is instructional (no silly projects to fill the pages!!!). The instructions are excellent and this is as close to a "beginners" introduction to the subject as I have been able to find. At first I was disappointed that there were very few photographs of instructions. ...

Artful Handbag

4 reviews
Enid Nemy

Thames Hudson Inc, 1995

The Art of the Handbag
I read the book in my daughters home some time ago and just had to have a copy of my own. Unfortunately I had to purchase it at an inflated price as the book is out of print. Ms. Lieber's story is such an inspiring one of a woman who is typical of what the American Dream is all about. She had a skill and took that skill to rise to the top. She is imaginative, creative, skillful and an ...

Artful Album Quilts: Applique Inspirations from Traditional Blocks

2 reviews
Jane Townswick

Martingale and Company, 2001

REPRODUCING ANTIQUE QUILTS WITH A NEW SPIN!
This book is very exciting for beginners as well as seasoned quilters. The author is concientious to give instructions on choosing fabric, purchasing the proper supplies, and methods of applique. She gives step-by-step direction on drafting your pattern and making your own applique templates. Her cutwork instructions make cutwork look easy. The book is packed with information on how one can ...

The Artful Mind: Cognitive Science and the Riddle of Human Creativity

1 review

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

A huge disappointment
This should have been a magnificent book. It boasts contributions from fourteen eminent writers scattered across a wide range of disciplines: anthropology, cognitive science, linguistics, neurobiology, music, sociology, art history, and literature. They approach the problem of artistic creativity from every different angle. This is the kind of interdisciplinary approach that often yields ...

Artful Reading (Bob Raczka's Art Adventures)
Bob Raczka

First Avenue Editions, 2009

The Artful Bride: Simple, Handmade Wedding Projects

4 reviews
April Paffrath, Laura McFadden

Quarry Books, 2003

This one is classic for brainstorming ideas.
If you are at all crafty, you'll get tons of inspiration from these ideas. While you may not do these projects exactly, they are sure to spark more ideas. Definately a great resource for the do it yourselfer.

Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work (Financial Times Prentice Hall Books.)

9 reviews
Robert Austin, Lee Devin

FT Press, 2003

Reconceive your engineered perceptions!
Austin and Devin present a truly innovative approach to help us in the software industry to reconceive our traditionally engineered world. I have a bias toward metaphors and this one really hit home. It not only brings out the soft-science (human) side of developing software, it helps displace the perceptions that artful productions are anything but a disciplined, impeccable process requiring as ...

The Artful Teapot
Garth Clark, Tony Cunha

Watson-Guptill, 2001

"The Artful Teapot" examines the form of the teapot and how it has become not only an icon but an inventive vehicle for artistic expression. The sculptor and installation artist, Arman, called it "one of the key fetish objects of our time" and, as such, the teapot has drawn widespread attention from designers and artists. The 500-year history of the teapot is represented by key works from Yixing, Meissen, Wedgwood and other producers, providing ...

The Artful Cupcake: Baking & Decorating Delicious Indulgences

7 reviews
Marcianne Miller

Lark Books, 2004

Real Works of Art
I love cupcakes! They are easy to make, easy to dress up and lovely to eat! I didn't know what to expect from this book, since I saw contrasting opinions, but now that I have tried some recipes I can say I'm glad I bought it. Well, some of the recipes take several hours, maybe days, to complete (for example: butterfly cupcakes and cupcake flower vase), but there are also others that are easy and ...

Artful Work

3 reviews
Dick Richards

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1995

Renews hope that we can all find meaningful work
This book recently won the Ben Franklin Award from the National Booksellers Association for content, design and production in the business book category. It is as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside. The stories are touching and the message gives hope that each of us can find meaningful work and the the search is worth it

The Artful Journey Cultivating and Soliciting the Major Gift
William T. Sturtevant

Institutions Press, 2004

Here is the first really practical book on major gift fundraising. You'll find a step-by-step guide to ensuring effective cultivation and a successful ask. The book promises a fail-proof roadmapand it delivers. Sturtevant is a master gift-crafter and practitioner. He is one of the most highly esteemed in his field. His involvement in millions of dollars of gifts provides credence to the assured design he writes about in this book. Low on ...

The Artful Alphabet

1 review
Martina Jirankova-Limbrick

Walker Books Ltd, 2003

beautiful and creative
Illustrations are beautiful. Children and I like finding the hidden words and discovering the creative ways the letters and words were incorporated into the drawings. Highly recommended.

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