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Shoji Hamada
Shoji Hamada, along with Bernard Leach, was one of the key figures in the development of studio pottery in the 20th century. His influence both in England and the US as well as in his native Japan cannot be underestimated. The Japanese government designated him a Living National Treasure" in 1955 and awarded him the Order of Culture in 1968. This book has been totally redesigned with colour photographs and a new chapter."
Working with Clay
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Contemporary Ceramics
This unprecedented survey of the most outstanding ceramics being created today offers a sweeping close-up look at the work of more than 260 artists from more than thirty countries. A special feature of this collection is the range of work from China, almost unknown outside of this country until now. Organized by the distinctive categories of functional ceramics, figurative pieces, and installation works, the book gives a complete picture of the latest developments in each area of contemporary ceramic art. Chapters on materials, firing techniques, ethnic influences in design, and related topics delve into every aspect of ceramics creation that would be of interest to crafters, collectors, and other readers who are drawn to contemporary art. Stimulating essays by the author tie together the wide range of work shown in superbly detailed color photographs. Artists included: John Mason, Jun Kaneko, Peter Voulkos, Ralph Bacerra, Rudy Autio, Ken Price, Peter Lane "The book is lavishly illustrated and delights the eyes with the exuberance and variety of ceramic art in the 20th century."--"Mills Quarterly," Spring 2001
Practical Celestial Navigation
Praised by The Practical Sailor as "a first-class piece of work," Susan P. Howell's Practical Celestial Navigation was developed for Mystic Seaport's navigation courses. This third edition, originally published by the Seaport's Planetarium, retains the step-by-step format of the original, along with an abundance of diagrams and practice problems. Practical Celestial Navigation is recommended as a self-instruction text for beginners or for old celestial hands getting back in practice.
Women-Owned and Home-Based Businesses
Presents testimony & submitted material on the challenges facing woman business owners. Addresses access to capital, Federal procurement policy, health insurance, & tax issues including worker classification & home-office deductions. Witnesses from many women-owned businesses, the Center for Women Enterprise, the International Assoc. for Financial Planning, Nat. Women's Business Council, Nat. Federation of Independent Business, Securities Industry Assoc., & others.
The Living Tradition of Maria Martinez
This work chronicles the life and pottery of Maria Martinez in a tribute ofoth the artist and one America's greatest natural resources.
Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975
Documents the key feminists who ignited the second wave women's movement. This work tells the stories of more than two thousand individual women and a few notable men who together reignited the women's movement and made permanent changes to entrenched customs and laws.
Billionaire's Sweetest Deal
Swear off men? That’s a piece of cake for Josie Wright, coffee roaster extraordinaire and owner of eleven much-loved coffee houses. She’d rather use her energy to protect her younger brother and grow her thriving, if somewhat monotonous, business. Children and a family of her own would be nice, too, but she’s wary of risking her heart again. Being blackmailed into marriage by Gabe Kane, her friend and younger brother’s employer, wasn’t in her plan. But then again, neither was falling in love with him, even though he might steal her business right out from under her nose. Treat yourself to this small-town holiday romance today!
The Practice of U.S. Women's History
In the last several decades, U.S. women's history has come of age. Not only have historians challenged the national narrative on the basis of their rich explorations of the personal, the social, the economic, and the political, but they have also entered into dialogues with each other over the meaning of women's history itself. In this collection of seventeen original essays on women's lives from the colonial period to the present, contributors take the competing forces of race, gender, class, sexuality, religion, and region into account. Among many other examples, they examine how conceptions of gender shaped government officials' attitudes towards East Asian immigrants; how race and gender inequality pervaded the welfare state; and how color and class shaped Mexican American women's mobilization for civil and labor rights.
