Shoes Books

As a person who studies fashion and historical fashion as an avocation, I particularly like books with excellent pictures of fashions and accessories that are actually from the period and not historical plates from magazines, though I believe renderings extremely helpful. With a clear picture, one can derive better methods for recreation in historical costuming ventures. I have long been a fan of the Snowshill collection. I loved this little book. I hope there are more published. I appreciate the fine photographs, the brief and informative descriptions. The color and fabric choices of history very interesting and I can spend an hour or two with one book trying to absorb every detail. I have the Shoes and Slippers book as well as the Hats and Bonnets book. They are wonderful additions to my costume library.

Buy this. Gorgeous pictures, charming and scholarly text, what more can a designer, clothes lover, or dress historian ask from any book? The introduction of these pretty jewel-like volumes on Shoes and Hats provide pleasure and inspiration for designers and fashion fanciers. And the detailed inset photographs on construction makes "Shoes & Slippers", and its sister volume "Hats and Bonnets" obligatory reading for costume makers. Who knew that the Snowshill Collection held this treasure trove of costume? Hat's off to Althea Mackenzie for her terrific work on these fresh additions to the costume and fashion bookshelf.

Beautiful photos of a wonderful collection of 18th & 19th century footwear. A terrific reference for anyone interested in either century.

The photography in this book is wonderful! It's a great addition to my classroom library!

My son is 18 months and he loves this book. He loves the variety of shoes and the diversity in the book. It's an excellent book!

I just got a copy of this book, and I was totally impressed by it. The pictures in the book are amazing, of the highest quality, and they are taken with an excellent eye. The book contains snapshots from shoes around the world, showing the people that wear them and what they do when they wear them. Many cultures and peoples are represented here, and it made me want to go out and see these places! Definitely a must have book for every child. (and every adult with a child's sense of wonder)

This book is great for children who are on their way to reading fluently and captures the attention and imagination of any child. There are simple text and illustrations on each page.

It is wonderfully imaginative, showing us how the sky keeps itself busy: helping mountains read newspapers, taking waterfall baths, patiently waiting inside tunnels for trains, sitting in flowers and inside balloons... The author explores this concept in depth, making for a funny and whimsical story. The illustrations suit the story well, but I would say this book is more driven by the story, not the pictures, as some children books are.

Guaranteed to please anyone with an imagination!

First of all I am a hard-core Jasper Tomkins fan! But I use this book to help me teach the concept of air being all around us. Beautiful enticing ilustrations. Fun text! great read aloud.

This book, through the use of amazing water color illustrations by the author, leads us through the adventures of the sky. The sky includes the wind and the air around us as well as what we ordinarily think of as the sky. Overall the book carries a message of respect and reverance for the sky as well as all of the earth.

This is a great book! It teaches kids that they can learn to love themselves just as they are and to celebrate their differences!

My kids love this book!! So did I!! LT Peters definately leaves the readers (adults included) hanging in this children's page-turner about a poor boy with a problem that that just keeps escalating until it seems all Willie's hope is lost. But then, the story has such a happy ending it even threw me off!! I won't tell, buy the book and read it today!!

JP, Greenwood Lake, NY

This is a great book! It is one of my daughter's favorite stories. It is wonderfully written and illustrated. The moral of the story is perfect. I highly recommend this story to parents.

From the years 1968-1976, I was working, playing acoustic bass, under the name of Richard Youngstein. In Paul's very hip, very open book, he refers to playing a cool gig in Boston at the (long defunct) Jazz Workshop for one week with his long time drummer, Barry Altschul (whom I went to high school with in the Bronx) and "some bass player." Obviously Paul didn't remember my name, even though I recorded half an album with him on Polydor, called "The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show," produced by Orin Keepnews, and another album with his ex-wife, Annette Peacock, for French Polydor, that I heard had two titles, "Blood," and "Revenge." If anyone has a copy of either LP PLEASE let me know -I never got one & never heard it! Anyway, I also recorded under that name with Carla Bley & JCOA on "Escalator Over The Hill." I was very active in those years, playing w/Ros Rudd, Bill Dixon, Robin Kenyetta, Karl Berger, etc. I moved to LA late in 1976 and switched careers kind of, and names. I got my doctorate and license in psychology(like my late mentor, the great bassist David Izenzon)and have been in the healing field ever since. I had a trio/quartet "Erotic Zone," for some years and played periodically. Anyway, I am the same person, whether the old Richard Youngstein or the more recent Dr. Noah Young. Just thought I'd give a name to "some bass player" on the Jazz Workshop gig with mssrs. Bley and Altschul. And....Paul's book is awesome. Truly one of the giants of jazz and a priviledge to have made music with.(Write me at: Noazarc22@aol.com)

Although Paul Bley isn't given anywhere near the recognition he deserves in America, his influence on contemporary players is deep and profound, going from Chick Corea and Keith Jarrett through to nearly any younger jazz piano player today who is worthwhile. His lasting contribution is his demostration of what can be done with total freedom now that all the rules have been broken. You don't have to stay inside or outside with tonality or rhythm, being free means being able to go to either direction or any place in between.

This highly entertaining book tells his complete story from gigging in Canada to the present day. Some of the most compelling stories come from the exciting days of the October Revolution of 1964 and the formation of the the Jazz Composers Guild. There's also some great stuff on his involvement in the birth of performance synthesizers. But there's lots of great little stories including how Lucille Ball saved his life!

bley is as brilliantly understated in words as he is in music, and anyone familiar with his music or the many musicians he has played with (or anyone at all into jazz) will find a lot of stories in this book -- candid, funny, and illuminating. he never stays in one place for long, but always seems to end up somewhere interesting, which is why it's impossible to stop reading. not to mention the incredible photographs. the book may be too short by half, but you get the picture...

Since I know Melissa (Missy) personally, I'm very happy to give a review on her newest book. Even though it's a little one, it's packed with funny stories that will make you giggle, plus it's a wonderful devotional for your personal use, or for a Woman's Bible Study. She is just like that in person - funny and also a very serious woman who sings beautifully. She lives her Christian life, and is full of joy. You will see this in her two books. I hope she writes more! I'm using this as my devotional now and I can't say enough about it! Every woman should have this book!

The unique title of this book captured my attention the moment I read it. I had high hopes that the content of the book would live up to the clever title. I was not disappointed. "You think life is going to pan out picture-perfect and then... Splat! Reality. Like bird poop on the windshield, it kind of spoils the view." (page 15) This devotional is unique from others like it in that it is genuinely funny, and yet also filled with thought-provoking, spiritually challenging, wonderful ideas and conversation starters. The format of the book works for an individual devotional or for a group study. If you are looking for a different kind of devotional... where you'll learn, grow, and also laugh... don't miss this book.

This is an opportunity to think about your life differently
girls. Remembering that the life God gives you is important
at all stages.
I have been picking it up several times a week to read.

Kids are full of questions and curiosity about the world around them, even the supernatural. "What Size Are God's Shoes?: Kids, Chaos, and the Spiritual Life" is a guide to introducing one's children to religion and fielding the questions that inevitably follow along with it. Telling how to weave the spiritual into the mundane to religiously educate one's offspring, "What Size Are God's Shoes?" is a useful and enlightening book for Christian parents.

A wonderful collection of witty vignettes taken from the everday life of a clergy family trying to raise kids with a sense of God in the midst of today's chaotic lifestyles.

A collection of witty, self-depricating, insightful gems, Reverend Tim Schenck stitches together comic narratives on what it's like to raise a family as an Episcopal priest. Very entertaining!

Wow...well, what can I say.

My awe never ceases to be inspired by this ... His works are simply ineffable. That's It. They cannot be put into words.

It is a great privilege to have access to Osho, to read his works and be moved by them.

I simply cannot recommend his teachings highly enough.

Taoist parables are very deep, interesting experience of reading the parable, trying to come up with your own explanation and then read Osho's comments.
One would enjoy reading this book. I would highly recommend it! If you are reading this review - means something already brought you here, don't stop and buy it. :-) Pathless Path is another great book on Tao.

Osho sheds a clear light on the teachings of Chuang Tzu, helping them to penetrate the Western mind. Very enlightening!

This book explains the concepts of "Who, what, where, why, when" simply and directly. It is a captivating little book that my children enjoyed and asked for over and over. It is helpful for kids who have a speech and language deficit, problems processing information, or just for young kids who don't understand the difference in these words. This book is highly recommended for children who are on the autism spectrum.

We read this to every neighborhood child who comes to our house! It has also become a favorite baby shower gift and birthday party gift. The illustrations keep even the most distractable child's attention and the story is great! There are at least two others in the series!

This is a very cute story of a boy searching for his shoe. It is so much fun that kids wont even realize they might be learning something. This book finds a creative way to help kids get the concepts of who, what, when and where.

The book was fascinating because of the different colors and shapes of the buttons and prompted a new project for my grandson: a button collection.

This is a delightful counting book for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. The author-illustrator is an accomplished quilter and has managed to fuse both her passion for quilting and writing into this book. Each page is a burst of bright colors with a quilt for the background, and a number on each quilt. It follows the rhyme of "One two buckle my shoe" and besides the number being represented, button/s are also placed beside each number so that a child can count the number of button/s to correspond to each number. The numbers are only presented symbolically, i.e. not spelt out. This is a welcome addition to books on counting and a beautifully presented one at that.