In the heady times of the 1920s Hollywood, a teenager?s crush on the legendary screen idol, comedian Harold Lloyd, changes her life forever. The Glass Character is a story of obsessive love and ruthle
Glass ceramics are a special group of materials in which a base glass can be crystallized under carefully controlled conditions, which in turn determine the properties of the material. These materials
Is the glass half empty or half full? Ironically, sometimes life influences our view, and alters our perception.Life changing events, up to 1997, almost destroyed me. At my lowest point, and just in t
Presents a guide to American elegant glass featuring colors, shapes, and etchings of 98 different patterns from 1915 to the 1990s, made by preeminent manufacturers, including Cambridge, Heisey, Imperi
"With auction prices of Tiffany lamps soaring, collectors are turning to Tiffany's highly desirable art glass, or Favrile glass. These luminescent vessels seize--and continue to hold--the imagination.
"Children's author and illustrator Etienne Delessert tells the story of Eglantine Besson, the woman who became his mother, and of the glass that came to represent their relationship"--Provided by publ
While spending the summer in Tenby, Wales, with their grandfather, American cousins Zoae and Ian assemble an old glass puzzle, inadvertently unleashing ancient forces that threaten the island and allo
Best practices for the safe operation of glass cockpit, highly automated aircraft Targeted to professional pilots who need to make the move from analog to digital flight decks, known as glass cockpits
Poetry. LGBT Studies. "Inside every intimate relationship, Alyse Knorr argues, lies a land of the imagination known only to those in relation. Her beautiful and wise ANNOTATED GLASS follows its protag
The 73rd Glass Problem Conference is organized according to the following themes: Glass Melting, Melting, Raw Materials, Batching, and Recycling, Coatings, Strengthening, and Other Topics, Refractorie
INFORMATION about New Zealand Glass including many original catalogue pictures and dozens of photographs. This is the expanded 2nd Edition of this comprehensive guide to understanding and identifying
"This book provides an integrated interdisciplinary approach to the study of a complex and fascinating ancient material. A variety of aspects of ancient glass is discussed including principally archae
The first scientific volume to compile the modern analytical techniques for glass analysis, Modern Methods for Analysing Archaeological and Historical Glass presents an up-to-date description of the p
Amuses in a glass are hip and trendy so your dinner party will be fun and entertaining. Amuse comes from amuse-bouche, a French term which literally can be translated as 'mouth amuser'. It is a bite-s
After a life of wrong turns and lost hope, can true love be more than a bittersweet fantasy?Melinda Andrews arrives on the Oregon coast with a dream of running the Sea Glass Inn. Still reeling after a
The American studio glass movement can be traced to 1962, when Harvey Littleton, a professor of ceramics at the University of Wisconsin, had a dream to alter molten glass into unique forms in a studio
Sixteen original stained glass designs feature striking interpretations of realistic and imaginary figures from Mexican folklore. Vibrant illustrations include animals, mythological characters, religi
In paperback at last, this popular guide to kiln-forming glass--melting cut or crushed glass and then shaping it with molds--features 19 beginner-friendly projects. The beautiful and practical items r
Accessible and generously illustrated in full colour, this reference spans the history of glass, the raw materials and the manufacturing process, as well as its many products. Informative and comp
Papers from the 25th International Colloquium of the Corpus Vitrearum are devoted to the study of stained glass from the late 18th century. They center on collections of stained glass, collectors' mot
"Alzheimer's & Dementia: Through the Looking Glass," explains in easy to understand nontechnical language the difference between Alzheimer's and dementia; discusses issues like driving, hallucinat
For over a thousand years stories of Christian belief and great moments in British history have filled the windows of our cathedrals and parish churches. The glow of painted and stained glass, its rad
A pioneer in the international studio glass movement, Erwin Eisch helped establish the medium in Europe with his distinctively distorted glass vessels and imaginative sculptures of mold-blown glass. H
The 22 reviewed papers in this collection were presented during the 72nd Conference on Glass Problems at Ohio State University in October, 2011. They are organized under five topics: glass melting; re
This issue contains a collection of papers presented at the 72nd Conference on Glass Problems at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Topics covered include glass melting; refractories; process
Sea glass connects civilization and nature, often in surprising ways. And collecting sea glass and pottery shards is more popular than ever. However, beyond simply admiring their beauty, many collecto
A male prostitute, a mangy cat, a murder and an obsession that threatens his career, his impending marriage and his life. Nothing is going as planned for Austin Glass.Austin Glass seems to have it all
Looking Glass Self takes us on a voyage of self discovery through the eyes of motivational speaker, author, philanthropist and professional athlete Doug Brown. Finding love and living life to the full
Sixteen imaginative stained glass illustrations transport colorists into a steampunk world. Characters dressed in Victorian fashions from the steam-powered era of the 19th century operate flying machi
Glass enthusiasts, collectors, researchers, and historians are the audience for this reference, which contains about 4,200 definitions of technical and common terms (in alphabetical order) related to
"A nice collection of small stained-glass projects that would make fine gifts." --Nanette Donohue, Library Journal How to make angels, candleholders, suncatchers, mirrors, picture frames, garden ornam
Glass production is thought to date to ~2500 BC and had found numerous uses by the height of the Roman Empire. Yet the modern view of glass-based chemical apparatus (beakers, flasks, stills, etc.) was
The innovative stained glass textbook by award winning stained glass artist Phillip McKee, who was also injured as a firefighter at the Pentagon fighting the fires spawned by the terrorist attacks on
Through Narcissus' Glass Darkly presents a genealogy and critique of the ideal of conscience in modern philosophical theology, particularly in the writings of Hobbes, Rousseau, and Kant. It shows why
Creative ideas for making glass beads 8 skilled beadmakers are given the challenge to create beads based on an inspiration--a color, a season, a painting, an emotion--to see what they will create Resu
Glass ceramics are a special group of materials in which a base glass can be crystallized under carefully controlled conditions, which in turn determine the properties of the material. These materials
When it opened in Chicago in 1944, The Glass Menagerie marked a turningpoint in American theater and in the life of its then unknown author. TennesseeWilliams's elegiac masterpiece brought a radical
Sixteen exciting images depict aliens, monsters, heroes, and other characters in stained glass versions of manga, the Japanese cartooning craze. Action-packed scenes feature fighter pilots, speed race
Philip Johnson designed some of America’s greatest modern architectural landmarks—most notably the Glass House. This new publication, with a foreword by Paul Goldberger and essay by Philip Johnson, pr
