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Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters: More than 100 Years of Recipes Discovered from Family Cookbooks, ...

19 reviews
Marilynn Brass, Sheila Brass

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2006

Heirloom Baking is a treasure!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book which was written in an easy to understand conversational tone. I love the history of the recipes and the clear instructions. I also liked that the authors tested store-brand ingredients against brand-name ingredients in order to be able to advise readers that we do not need to pay more to produce quality baked goods. I liked that the recipes are for ...

Bloom's Bouquet of Imaginary Words

8 reviews
Jeffrey Bloom, Carole Bloom

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2005

Utterly Charming! A Gem!
Not expecting much, I picked up this little book while waiting in line at my local Barnes & Noble. By the time I reached the cashier I was laughing so hard I had to step aside to catch my breath. Afterward I bought 10 copies to give to my friends and co-workers, who found the book as clever as I did. Even the drawings are great! This book is a gem, to be treasured and re-read for years.

Story of the Orchestra : Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote ...

18 reviews
Robert T. Levine

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2000

Highly Entertaining and Educational
I was looking for resources to help make teaching about classical music and composers to primary grade children more entertaining and I found what I needed all wrapped up in this book and CD combination. Part I of the book concerns composers and is separated into the periods in which they composed, ie., Baroque, etc., with a brief description of art, architecture and feeling of the period. ...

The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses and Historians.

7 reviews

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2007

great documentary on the making of the a-bomb and its aftermath
I am a babyboomer, born in 1947 after World War II was over. But my father had worked at Aberdeen Proving Ground during World War II and entered the nuclear filed after the war becoming a reactor theorist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. So the Manhattan Project and many of the physcists associated with it along woth the post-war movement for peaceful development of nuclear energy became ...

The Barber of Seville (Black Dog Opera Library)

6 reviews

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1998

Wonderful Concept
I have several "Black Dog Opera" recordings, and they are a wonderful way to introduce yourself to opera WIHTOUT spending a lot of money. This label primarily offers recordings of extremely well-known operas. I had some initial concerns regarding sound quality given the price, but I have yet to be disappointed by them -- Barber of Seville is no exception. Each opera comes in a neatly packaged ...

The New Yorker Book of Cartoon Puzzles and Games (New Yorker)

9 reviews
Puzzability

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2006

I've never had a better book of puzzles!
A wide variety of different styles of puzzles, each with the payoff of several very good New Yorker cartoons, makes this book a blast to play with. I work hard to limit myself to only a couple of puzzles each time I pick it up (and so far I've refused to share the book with the gift-giver.) I've enjoyed it so much, I'm buying a copy for my mother for her birthday.

Nicholas And Alexandra

105 reviews
Robert K. Massie

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2005

best book on royal couple
nicholas and alexandra should never had become czar and crazina of russia.nicholas was just to weak spirit and alexandra to strong without know the real russia people.she saw russian as childern who needed to be told how to run their lives by the papa czar.she hide her son illness and brought in a sexual twisted man of god into her family,ruin the romanov's relationship with it's people.stopping ...

Aida (The Black Dog Opera Library)

7 reviews

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1996

A Valuable Collection Piece
Brilliant voices of Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli with Orchestra e Coro Del Teatro dell' Opera di Roma under Zubin Mehta. A marvelous studio recording without audience noises. A number of stage photos of major performances and introduction of Verdi and the writing of AIDA. Two CD's with the complete opera with complete libretto in Italian and English. A great value. A must-have.

One Thousand New York Buildings

10 reviews
Bill Harris

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2005

As solid and beautiful as the buildings they describe
Every once in a while I'll walk down a street of my busy city and spot a building that I'd never seen before, or, if I had seen it, never paid it much mind. But something about it--its age or its architecture--tells me that there's a story to be told about it. Judith Dupre, Bill Harris, and photographer Jorg Brockmann in their monumental book, "One Thousand New York Buildings", fill in the gaps ...

Leonardo's Notebooks

12 reviews
Leonardo da Vinci, H. Anna Suh

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2005

Ingenious Notebooks
If you are a book lover, adding this to your collection is a must. The illustrations are well formatted with clearly written text. It is a book I keep on display and refer to often. When people visit, they cannot help but stop to thumb through the book.I have to remind them that dinner is getting cold!!

We Played the Game: Memories of Baseball's Greatest Era

5 reviews
Danny Peary

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2002

Cure for the winter blues
This is the perfect baseball book for all seasons, but especially now with the World Series over, and spring training still months away. It also seems appropriate to me that this book is set during one of the "Golden Ages" of baseball between 1947 and 1964, a time when the only stats that mattered reflected exploits on the field, rather than tallies of bank accounts off the diamond, as we have ...

Kinsey Photographer: The Locomotive Portraits

5 reviews

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2006

Quality throughout
This is a beautifully produced work of a master photographer. The large format duotone prints are a joy to look at, with crisp detail and lovely tones. The book provides excellent examples of Darius' ability to capture the majestic beauty of hard working (but well cared for) steam locomotives (both geared and rod), along with the people whose lives they touched (engine crew, loggers, camp crew ...

La Bohème (The Black Dog Opera Library)

4 reviews

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1996

This book has caused me to fall in love with opera.
Having found opera intimidating I was looking for something to help me understand and appreciate the genre. This book exceeded all expectations. I intend to acquire the entire series.

My Cousin Rachel

5 reviews
Daphne du Maurier

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2006

Rachel, My Torment
"They used to hang men at Four Turnings in the old days. Not any more, though...." I'm a mystery writer, and Daphne du Maurier was one of my earliest inspirations. REBECCA is her masterpiece, followed by two other novels, THE SCAPEGOAT and this 1951 bestseller. The opening sentences of MY COUSIN RACHEL (above) are second only to the immortal opening line of REBECCA. In 1840s Cornwall, young ...

The Dollhouse Book

5 reviews
Stephanie Finnegan

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1999

This book begs to be opened!
This was a very cool book! The first thing you notice when you pick up this book is that the cover is shaped just like a house, and the book's opening is right down the middle. It feels like you are opening up the doors to a real dollhouse. Inside, there are full color illustrations of dolls, dollhouses, and furniture on nearly every page. The details are phenomenal! If you are a collector ...

The Annotated Godfather: The Complete Screenplay

4 reviews
Jenny M. Jones

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2007

A Book You Can't Refuse (yeah, I know...)
Movie fans, rejoice - THE ultimate guide to one of the greatest films of all time is here. Lavishly illustrated (I especially loved the photo of James Caan, post-slaughter, sitting and having a smoke covered with stage blood) and packed with more information than I, movie geek that I am, ever thought available on the film. Lots of behind-the-scenes stuff, revised and deleted scenes, ...

The Big Little Book of Irish Wit & Wisdom

4 reviews
Fergus Kelly, Pat Fairon, ...

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1997

A Wonderful Little Book! Deserves all 5 stars!
This is an enchanting little book that encompasses a collection of Irish Blessings, Irish Toasts, Irish Proverbs, Irish Riddles, Irish Laws, and Irish Wisdom. They are inspiring, funny, uplifting. Each saying is accompanied by a beautiful illustration. I would recommend this book to anyone, you don't have to be Irish to enjoy it! This is a keeper on my shelf!

Ageless Memory: Secrets for Keeping Your Brain Young - Foolproof Methods for People Over 50

4 reviews
Harry Lorayne

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2008

This memory system should stave off Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
Harry Lorayne renown memory expert, shares easy to do yet powerful ways to keep your mind fit. What seems to be great is that these techiques can be adapted for those who have some memory deficits. It has already reduced senior moments in some of my clients. I am hopeful that these improvements will continue. The mental exercises are fun and can be used everyday. There is nothing like keeping an ...

Our Hearts Were Young And Gay: An Unforgettable Comic Chronicle of Innocents Abroad in the 1920s

4 reviews
Cornelia Otis Skinner, Emily Kimbrough

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2005

Heartwarming and hilarious
Having first watched the black-and-white movie based on this book, I was eager to meet Cornelia and Emily again inside its pages, and was not disappointed. The story of two young girls taking their first trip abroad, Our Hearts Were Young and Gay is the true story of their adventures, ranging from heartwarming to hilarious. Some memorable incidents: Emily throwing a deckchair over the side of the ...

American Homes: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Domestic Architecture - A landmark reference with more than ...

4 reviews
Lester Walker

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2002

A Splendid Architectural Overview
"American Homes" by Lester Walker is a bargain at the price Amazon is charging. It is a lavishly illustrated (albeit in black and white) comprehensive work detailing every style of American home in drawings, sections, and elevations emphasizing the differences that make a certain home or style unique. In this way it is extremely useful for anyone with even a passing interest in architecture to ...

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