Publication date: 2003-01
Dewey code: 391.00951
List Price: $40.00
Price: $26.00
Review Ruling from the Dragon Throne: Costume of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 / Ten Speed Press:The last dynasty of China, designated Qing, was led by the ethnically and culturally distinct Manchu people. In RULING FROM THE DRAGON THRONE, John E. Vollmer details the characteristics of Manchu dynasty costume and its political, social, and cultural significance and influence in Chinese history. This is a fascinating look at clothing and its strategic role in the politics of conquest. Illustrated throughout, the book includes private collection pieces photographed for the first time.
Authors
- Zoto's Creative Designers
Dewey code: 646.7245
List Price: $28.95
Price: $179.45
Review Milady's Perm Techniques / Milady Publishing:
Creator: Health Publica Icon Health Publications
Publication date: 2003-10-24
Dewey code: 646
List Price: $28.95
Price: $26.44
Review Hair Loss - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References / ICON Health Publications:In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading. " Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing. This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so.
Creator: Alexander Von Vegesack
Edition: Bilingual
Publication date: 2001-11-01
Dewey code: 746.92092252
List Price: $55.00
Price: $44.41
Review A-Poc Making: Issey Miyake and Dai Fujiwara / Vitra Design Mus:
Publication date: 2006-10-24
Dewey code: 610
List Price: $75.00
Price: $39.95
Review Seducing the Senses: Spa Visions of a Bon Vivant / Brioni Books:Seducing the Senses presents the incomparable delights of the luxury spa experience. For despite common associations with fitness, weight loss, and other regimes, the luxury spa remains first and foremost a source of relaxation, rejuvenation, and pleasure. It was the ancient Romans who introduced the western world to the pleasures of water and massage. They elevated spa treatments to an art form at their magnificent thermae, and today their legacy lives on. Following a look at the ancient world of sumptuous public baths, this book explores the water therapies and massage practices that have since developed across the globe, treatments that soothe the senses as well as the soul in the Roman tradition of luxurious hedonism.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-07-04
Dewey code: 646.724
List Price: $43.95
Price: $26.38
Review Professional Services for Men: Haircutting and Styling (Professional Services for Men) / Milady:Professional Service for Men: Hair Cutting and Styling provides a comprehensive overview of what you will need to know to provide the hair care services your male clientele seek. Specifically, you will learn about facial shapes and head forms so you can achieve consistent and successful haircutting results. You will review key haircutting terminology so you and other barbers and stylists will be speaking the same language. You will walk step-by-step through numerous haircutting techniques such as the fingers-and-shear technique, shear-over-comb technique, and arching technique, as well as clipper cutting, razor cutting, and outline shaving. Finally, you will receive an introduction to hairstyling. In it, you will learn the basics of blow-dry styling and finger waving, as well as techniques for styling hair into braids and locks.
Publication date: 1999-04-30
Dewey code: 646
Price: $13.99
Review Healthy Hair Care Tips For Today's Black Woman / Talley Publishing:This book is the Black woman's guide to maintaining healthy hair. You will learn how to completely eliminate bad hair days. This book is your total reference for: Chemical Hair Relaxing, Hair Coloring, Hair Weaves and Extensions, Hair Cutting, Shampooing and Conditioning and much more. You will refer to this book again and again because it is packed with information.
Creator: Alexander Von Vegesack
Edition: Bilingual
Publication date: 2001-11-01
Dewey code: 746.92092252
List Price: $55.00
Price: $44.41
Review A-Poc Making: Issey Miyake and Dai Fujiwara / Vitra Design Mus:
Publication date: 1993
Dewey code: 646.724097309034
Review The Vanishing American Barber Shop: An Illustrated History of Tonsorial Art, 1860-1960 / Windmill Pub Co:
Publication date: 2004-03-31
Dewey code: 646
List Price: $28.95
Price: $26.05
Review Body Piercing: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, And Annotated Research Guide To Internet References / Icon Health Publications:In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading. " Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing. This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so.
Authors
- Suzanne Tennenbaum
- Janet Zapata
Dewey code: 391.709
List Price: $50.00
Price: $31.50
Review Jeweled Garden: A Colorful History of Gems, Jewelry, and Nature / Vendome Press:The natural world has been a muse for artists throughout the ages, and jewelry designers have always shared that inspiration, their fascination with flora and fauna coming through in their work. Now, Jeweled Garden traces the evolution of garden-inspired jewelry from the 19th century to the present day in beautiful photographs and an absorbing text. From Louis Comfort Tiffany’s delicate realist creations of the Victorian Age to Cartier’s 2006 Caresse d’orchides necklace encrusted with precious stones, the tradition’s most beautiful pieces by master jewelers are represented. Featuring pieces from turn-of-the-last-century Art Nouveau, 1920s Art Deco, 1950s and 60s jet-set, and 1970s individualism, from Fabergé, Lalique, Tiffany, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Bulgari, and even from fashion houses such as Chanel and Christian Dior, this gorgeous volume will delight jewelry aficionados and gardening enthusiasts alike.
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2001-06-20
Dewey code: 668.54
List Price: $26.00
Price: $48.27
Review Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume / North Point Press:An artisan perfumer reveals a lost art and its mysterious, sensual history. For centuries, people have taken what seems to be an instinctive pleasure in rubbing scents into their skin. Perfume has helped them to pray, to heal, and to make love. And as long as there has been perfume, there have been perfumers, or rather the priests, shamans, and apothecaries who were their predecessors. Yet, in many ways, perfumery is a lost art, its creative and sensual possibilities eclipsed by the synthetic ingredients of which contemporary perfumes are composed, which have none of the subtlety and complexity of essences derived from natural substances, nor their lush histories. Essence and Alchemy resurrects the social and metaphysical legacy that is entwined with the evolution of perfumery, from the dramas of the spice trade to the quests of the alchemists to whom today's perfumers owe a philosophical as well as a practical debt. Mandy Aftel tracks scent through the boudoir and the bath and into the sanctums of worship, offering insights on the relationship of scent to sex, solitude, and the soul. Along the way, she imparts instruction in the art of perfume compositions, complete with recipes, guiding the reader in a process of transformation of materials that continues to follow the alchemical dictum solve et coagula (dissolve and combine) and is itself aesthetically and spiritually transforming.
Authors
- Patrick Mauries
- Olivier Saillard
- Christian Lacroix
Publication date: 2009-04-06
List Price: $39.95
Price: $26.37
Review Christian Lacroix on Fashion / Thames & Hudson:The story of fashion from the eighteenth century to the present day, as told by Christian Lacroix and illustrated with examples of his own designs and historic costumes. "This is not a retrospective, but my own look at the costume collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, from which I chose pieces from all eras, some never before exhibited. I chose those that were most inspiring, those that best told the story of fashion that I would have wanted to tell if I were the museum curator that I intended to be when I was a student. "My twenty years in the fashion business are another way of telling this story, and I selected the strongest designs from the haute couture collections of the Maison Lacroix between 1987 and 2007, then arranged them according to themes—black and white, color, flowers, ethnic styles, and so forth—and linked them with pieces from the museum collection. " —Christian LacroixChristian Lacroix is one of the most inventive and admired fashion designers in the world. He is also incredibly well-versed in fashion history, and he brings that expertise to bear in this delightful imaginary museum of historic and contemporary fashion. Each featured piece—whether from the museum's collection or the Maison Lacroix—is distinguished by its cut, its detail, its color, and its texture; and the pieces are juxtaposed and photographed in a way that emphasizes their relationships across the centuries. 200 color illustrations.
Authors
- Constance Johnson Korosec
- Leslie A. Pina
Dewey code: 391.209045
List Price: $39.95
Price: $26.37
Review Fashion Plates: 1950-1970 (Schiffer Design Book) / Schiffer Publishing:Here is a look at some typical and some extraordinary clothing of mid-century. Whether by well-known or unrecognized designers, all are well-designed and well-constructed. Each of the nearly 500 photographs was taken outdoors against a landscape showing the season. With close-ups of fabrics and labels, detailed captions, a fashion timeline with historic context, and a value guide, this book will be an exciting addition to any library and a must for anyone interested in great fashion design and/or the period.
Publication date: 1996-05-15
Dewey code: 391.130973
List Price: $58.00
Price: $29.95
Review Contested Meanings: The Construction Of Alcohol Problems / University of Wisconsin Press:Joseph R. Gusfield has been for decades the most creative, penetrating, and far-sighted sociologist of alcohol's ambiguous place in American society. Combining in his work the perspectives and methods of historian, anthropologist, and sociologist, Gusfield brings together in this volume many of his most important articles from a span of twenty years, as well as several fascinating but little-known ethnographic studies of bars in San Diego and a previously unpublished study of court-mandated procedures involving convicted drinking-drivers. Gusfield begins by offering two new constructionist analyses of social problems, focusing on alcohol. His theme throughout Contested Meanings is the conflicting and changing ways society defines social problems (when does alcohol consumption cross the line from social activity to social problem?) and on the social and policy consequences of those definitions. He emerges in the course of the book as a thoughtful and realistic social critic who looks beyond analyses of drinking as pathological behavior to consider the place of alcohol in American popular and leisure culture.
Publication date: 2000
Dewey code: 610
List Price: $34.99
Price: $26.59
Review Hombres sanos y en forma / Rba:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2002-10-01
Dewey code: 391.1
List Price: $49.95
Price: $26.27
Review Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion / HarperCollins:Dressing the Man is the definitive guide to what men need to know in order to dress well and look stylish without becoming fashion victims. Alan Flusser's name is synonymous with taste and style. With his new book, he combines his encyclopedic knowledge of men's clothes with his signature wit and elegance to address the fundamental paradox of modern men's fashion: Why, after men today have spent more money on clothes than in any other period of history, are there fewer well-dressed men than at any time ever before? According to Flusser, dressing well is not all that difficult, the real challenge lies in being able to acquire the right personalized instruction. Dressing well pivots on two pillars - proportion and color. Flusser believes that "Permanent Fashionability," both his promise and goal for the reader, starts by being accountable to a personal set of physical trademarks and not to any kind of random, seasonally served-up collection of fashion flashes. Unlike fashion, which is obliged to change each season, the face's shape, the neck's height, the shoulder's width, the arm's length, the torso's structure, and the foot's size remain fairly constant over time. Once a man learns how to adapt the fundamentals of permanent fashion to his physique and complexion, he's halfway home. Taking the reader through each major clothing classification step-by-step, this user-friendly guide helps you apply your own specifics to a series of dressing options, from business casual and formalwear to pattern-on-pattern coordination, or how to choose the most flattering clothing silhouette for your body type and shirt collar for your face. A man's physical traits represent his individual road map, and the quickest route toward forging an enduring style of dress is through exposure to the legendary practitioners of this rare masculine art. Flusser has assembled the largest andmost diverse collection of stylishly mantled men ever found in one book. [+]Many never-before-seen vintage photographs from the era of Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, and Fred Astaire are employed to help illustrate the range and diversity of authentic men's fashion. Dressing the Man's sheer magnitude of options will enable the reader to expand both the grammar and verbiage of his permanent-fashion vocabulary. For those men hoping to find sartorial fulfillment somewhere down the road, tethering their journey to the mind-set of permanent fashion will deliver them earlier rather than later in life.
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 1998-01-01
Dewey code: 746.2260432
List Price: $21.95
Price: $124.99
Review Traditional Knitted Lace Shawls / Interweave Press:Timeless and beautiful shawls from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales in an array of shapes with openwork, textured stitches, and lace edgings. Everything you need to know to design and knit your own shawls is provided, including detailed instructions for eight shawls.
Creator: Grupo Editorial Tomo
Publication date: 2005-01-11
Dewey code: 646
List Price: $25.95
Price: $25.95
Review Tu cabello naturalmente sano / Tomo:keeping healthy hair with natural ingredients
Publication date: 2000-11-15
Dewey code: 391.00942
List Price: $70.00
Price: $32.26
Review The Gallery of Fashion / Princeton University Press:Costume, portraiture, and the presentation of self have been closely linked throughout the history of art. Yet while the face of the person portrayed is still accessible to the modern viewer, the meaning of the sitter's clothes has often been lost to history. In this innovative book, Aileen Ribeiro supplies readers with a time-transcending lens wrought from her considerable knowledge of the history of dress. She focuses on one hundred paintings, drawings, photographs, and other works of art from the National Portrait Gallery in London that demonstrate the fluidity and multiple modes of fashion throughout English history. The subjects span the past five centuries and include many notable figures, from Henry VII through Coleridge to Harold Pinter and Margaret Thatcher. Whether the costumes in question are the slashed doublets and pink satin lynx-lined gowns of the Tudor monarchy or the informally elegant T-shirts and jeans of Princess Diana, their details supply vital clues to the person's status, rank, milieu, profession, and personal character. How, exactly, does "style make the man"? How is identity forged through appearance over time? Observations on manufacture, decoration, and construction provide an evidential foundation for the story of "who we were and are, and how we wished to look. " The pearls that embroider Sir Walter Raleigh's costume are attributes of his devotion to Queen Elizabeth; the blue shirt in a painting of 1934 reveals the sitter's radical allegiances; the Duke of Windsor's outfit is an expression of "his guiding principles in dress 'Comfort and Freedom. '"Lavishly illustrated, this valuable contribution to the history of British fashion includes related works of art, contemporary illustrations, and specially commissioned photographs of extant clothing examples. The introduction synthesizes English, art, fashion, and social histories to chronicle the evolution of the portrait from symbol of individual wealth and authority to its more recent role as revelation of essential personality. [+]Commentaries explore the purpose and original context of the fashions, thus bringing readers intriguingly close to the reality of the past.
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Ruling from the Dragon Throne: Costume of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, Milady's Perm Techniques, Hair Loss - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References, A-Poc Making: Issey Miyake and Dai Fujiwara, Seducing the Senses: Spa Visions of a Bon Vivant, Professional Services for Men: Haircutting and Styling (Professional Services for Men), Healthy Hair Care Tips For Today's Black Woman, A-Poc Making: Issey Miyake and Dai Fujiwara, The Vanishing American Barber Shop: An Illustrated History of Tonsorial Art, 1860-1960, Body Piercing: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, And Annotated Research Guide To Internet References, Jeweled Garden: A Colorful History of Gems, Jewelry, and Nature, Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume, Christian Lacroix on Fashion, Fashion Plates: 1950-1970 (Schiffer Design Book), Contested Meanings: The Construction Of Alcohol Problems, Hombres sanos y en forma, Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion, Traditional Knitted Lace Shawls, Tu cabello naturalmente sano, The Gallery of FashionTop headlines: Teen lives 118 days without a heart: An American teenager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device, until she was able to have a heart transplant. ›20:43 19 Nov, Wed NYT: Obama fund-raiser quells Cabinet rumors: NYT: The business holdings and connections that made Penny Pritzker a key to the Obama presidential campaigns fundraising may have kept her from a job as commerce secretary. ›03:14 Denis Leary: Jesus would guest on Oprah: I really do think if Jesus came back, hed be on Oprah for an hour-long special, comic Denis Leary said, referring to a chapter in his new book written from Jesus point of view. 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