Book Description
Enter a mysterious realm inhabited by fire-breathing dragons and ancient sorcerers as you color 16 boldly drawn illustrations. Use crayons, felt-tip pens, or other media to transform portraits of bearded sorcerers astride fearsome beasts, in long robes and pointy hats reading books, sharing the company of wide-eyed owls, and more.
Customer Reviews:
Beautiful coloring book.......2007-02-06
I bought this for my son who loves to draw. The pictures are simply beautiful and it is a unique way to produce a coloring book.
Book Description
This fascinating book explores the history, techniques, and cultural significance of medieval aquamanilia, cast metal objects used to pour water for hand washing in religious and secular contexts. Usually created in appealing animal or human forms, aquamanilia feature two openings, one for filling and the other for pouring. They represent the first emergence of hollow-cast vessels in Western Europe and a significant development in the history of technology. The book presents and catalogues the entire aquamanilia collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art for the first time, as well as selected examples from other collections and other related medieval objects.
Book Description
Create a bit of medieval magic by coloring 8 awesome, mythical creatures with crayons, paints, and other media. Then place near a bright light for spectacular effects.
Customer Reviews:
Bigger would have been better.......2003-11-29
I was thrilled when I found this for my daughter, but was rather disappointed when it arrived. It is very small, about the size of a smaller notecard. The pictures inside are fabulous, just very small. The price printed on the back of the book is cheaper than the price I paid for it. If only they were bigger, even for a couple of dollars more, I think they would have been worth 5 stars.
The perfect stocking stuffer for a preschooler.......2001-11-15
I bought five of these nifty little coloring books for my son and his four cousins. My son saw the package and couldn't wait to try it out. It was such a huge hit with my four year-old that I'll probably buy a dozen more to have on hand.
This book consists of eight pages of easy-to-color dragon pictures. The pictures are printed on translucent paper so that the child can tape the finished work on a window later. The book is purse-size (or lunchbox-size) for easy transportation. This book and a few markers would make the perfect waiting room distraction. I wish there were more coloring books like this out there. . . and, hey, the price is right!
Dragons Stained Glass Coloring Book.......2000-01-21
Small in size-BIG in value! Good reference for larger project
Customer Reviews:
Not worth buying.......2007-04-27
This book is, at best, okay. I'd give it 2.5 stars, because I didn't completely dislike it, though it contained a lot I did dislike.
The characters intrigued me, but then, as someone else stated, things started getting cliche. If done properly, cliche can work out to be okay, but this wasn't done well at all. There's a little love triangle between the three main characters. I'm going to give a slight spoiler here to show one of the many weaknesses of this book.
When the girl and the other male lead character think their friend is dead, he comforts her and they wind up having sex. Um...it seems to me that if you're really love someone that much and are that upset, sex isn't going to be on your mind. It was rather stupid.
Tambootie isn't given a great explanation, the older mage that we see a lot of seems rather conflicting at times. Part of me is curious to see what happens, but another part of me doesn't want to because of the mediocre writing in parts.
This book had potential, but it went down the drain abouta third to halfway through. If you really want to read it, borrow it from a library, don't spend the money on buying it. If they don't have it at your library, ask about interlibrary loan.
Cliché filled.......2005-11-21
It started off fairly well and I was very intrigued with the characters.
Of course, everyone is thrown out of character once a love story is formed. I don't even think they're the same characters by the end. Next to that, the "romance" scenes were so cliché I honestly had to put the book down for a few seconds, thinking, "Are they serious?"
Save your time and find a better book unless you're looking for some cheesy romance novel.
Junk Food Fantasy.......2005-01-20
Well, the first 1/2 deserves the star, the second 1/2 deserves nothing at all (except another trip to the editors).
This is trite junk-food fantasy. The characters are unimaginative, the names are worse. Those tambootie trees . . . I never could take then seriously.
The plot is fairly cohesive for the first two thirds, but when the action picks up it falls apart. The special mysteries are also very obvious and not at all interesting. It takes all of three or four pages when the wolf shows up at the beginning to figure out why he's so special. But overall the plot drags.
Just bland overall. Best thing about the book is the cover art.
Fantastic! As good as The Song in the Silence! Summer Paulus.......2004-12-11
Okay when I went to my nearby Books A Million and went to the fantasy section (Like I always do when I first walk into the place) I look up some good books that might keep me busy and entertained through the week. I picked up diffrent books, some were great like Song in the Silence. Some were a rip off like The Black Raven! Ether way I first go there for I'm a big fantasy lover and writte my own fansay books like Elegant Sea which I wrotte over 436 pages so far on my computer. Any back to the main subject. So I pick up this book, it's like WOW what a awesome book to keep me busy! So I take it home and start on it right away. Now it's mostly about this wizard named Jaylor and Brevelan the witchwoman and Darville who becomes a golden wolf. And about this glass dragon named Shayla and they must save the kingdom from the evil man called Krej.(Who has many identeys and names to discise himself.)And must save the glass dragon who gets crystalized and taken back to the city. Also Baamin the Master of the wizards at the college has this little boy thats named Boy for he's very stupid and not smart as all them think, entail later on in the book. Which the boys calls himself Yaakke. And they all fight aganist this guy to save the kingdom from his new rulership. For the king dies and the prince has to reclaim the kingdom. Also Darville and Jaylor both like Brevelan so it's gets kind of hectic. Anyway thats what i have to say, The book was awsome, fanstatic and I say one of the best! I can't wait to get the next book and start on it.
It's good... until..........2003-11-22
Okay, I've read the histories first, so it's cool to know what the characters are talking about pertaining to historical events. So first off, I suggest you do that... Anyway, I'm not DONE with the book yet, got a lil' less than 1/4th to read, and so far I've really enjoyed it. I like the rules for magic and everything that the author sets for her world. The romance was really pulling me into it, until I crossed a questionable romance(?) scene... I'll leave you to read and decide, and I'm going to continue it hopes that the ending will make up for it.
Book Description
A broad and complicated novel filled with wonderful characters, woven through with low humor and great courage, and built upon grand acts of heroism and love. It is the tale of Laron, the chivalrous 700-year-old vampire, the appallingly dangerous and beautiful Velander, and the long-suffering Terikel, as they investigate a secret project of arcane magic, a magic so dangerous it could destroy their world . . .
Customer Reviews:
Rambling, enjoyable, not great but pretty fun long fantasy.......2006-08-06
Glass Dragons is Sean McMullen's direct sequel to Voyage of the Shadowmoon. Like the previous book, it is set on a fantasy world, the moon of a large planet, inhabited by people who seem very human though turn out (with one exception) not to be: they have double hearts, for instance. In the first book, an entire continent is destroyed by a terrible weapon, which is only destroyed by the heroic efforts of a large contingent of characters -- some of whom end up not quite so heroic by the end. I had complained in my review that the characters are a bit hard to keep track of, that too many of them turn out to be nobles or royals in disguise, and that I wasn't sure their characters were consistently maintained.
This new book once again features a terrible weapon, and a quest to destroy it. Once again a large contingent of not always very heroic characters joins somewhat haphazardly in the effort. It is noticeable, though, that the characters are not this time all nobles or royals in disguise. I also think that they maintain their characters more consistently -- but I still think McMullen's view of his characters tends to be excessively cynical -- and I really have a hard time believing so consistently in a such a parade of mostly nasty folk. BUT -- I did enjoy the book, on the whole.
I should add that, even though the book is a direct sequel to Voyage of the Shadowmoon, there is no need to read that book in order to enjoy the new one.
A group of wizards establish something called Dragonwall, ostensibly to control the Torean storms, storms caused by the heat engendered in the destruction of the continent of Torea in the previous book. But Dragonwall makes a great deal of power available to any wizard who knows how to tap it. And you know what power does, right? The eventual group who quest to destroy Dragonwall include a few characters from the last book -- mainly Laron, the hundreds of years old vampire who is no longer a vampire; Velander, who became a vampire in the last book and who has a drinking problem -- caused by sucking the blood of too many drunks; and Terikel, who in her twisted self can never love anyone -- but she does hold the key to destroying Dragonwall. There are also some new characters, for example the incompetent Master of Royal Music to the Emperor of Sargol, one Wallas, who is implicated in the assassination of the Emperor when the actual assassin assumes Wallas's form to do the deed. Wallis finds himself partnered with Andry, a low born sailor/carpenter who wants to be a gentleman, and who appears to have the inner nature to be more gentlemanly than anyone. There are plenty further characters: students, dragons, princesses, monks, etc.
The plot is rambling, full of incident, pretty fun on the whole. It's not a great book by any means but it's an enjoyable and imaginative long fantasy.
Fantasy, Farce and Dragonwall.......2006-04-30
Most modern fantasy is formulaic junk. I renew my call for a complete ban on multi-volume epics in which the young hero (occasionally, heroine) must overcome terrific odds to save the world, win the girl (guy) and rule in peace forever. Or at least until the next multi-volume epic... That mine is depleted of ore; that well is long since dry. It is time for something different.
Which is why I like McMullen. He writes serious fantasy that doesn't take itself too seriously. McMullen addresses serious themes - world-threatening weapons, for example - without losing his sense of the absurd. It makes "Glass Dragons" a refreshingly different and delightful read.
A cadre of sorcerors is re-building a fearsome, ancient weapon, the Dragonwall, which makes a sorceror a minor god. At least its gives the sorcerors who create it fearsome powers of destruction. Against this terrifying weapon are pitted some of the same characters we met in "Voyage of the Shadowmoon." Laron, the 700-year old vampyre in at 14-year old body; Terikel, the guilt-ridden last priestess of the Metrologan sect; Wensomer, the self-indulgent master sorceress. And delightful new characters, including the wonderful Andry Tennoner, lately of the bargeyard slums but now an aspiring gentleman. Andry is a masterpiece of a character, whose every action gently mocks the traditional luck child and epic hero, without ever being so crass as to come out and say as much.
I am baffled by McMullen's only limited success in the United States. He is a fine writer, and every one of his novels improves on the last. If you are looking for a break from fantasy-by-the-numbers, if you don't believe fantasy has to be solemn, you will enjoy the Moonworld series and "Dragonwall." Strongly recommended.
An Enjoyable Romp.......2006-03-22
I will confess to making a mistake when first reading this book and its prequel, Voyage of the Shadowmoon. I tried to read them as serious fantasy books, and found myself hating them. I kept them, and went back and reread them, and found that in the right frame of mind, these books were excellent. The Moonworld's saga is not meant to be taken seriously - well, not very often, anyways. From the opening scene, where two sorcerers complain about the attitudes of a powerful sorceress who prefers more sensual pleasures, to the hapless Wallas's Willy, this book is nothing more than lighthearted comedy.
This is not to say that the book is without its serious side, of course. Many of the themes seem to be similar to issues that are problems in today's society, and like many books with an established magical community, McMullen doesn't miss a chance to rag on both the establishment and the people trying to bring the establishment down.
For all this, the books suffers from some serious (and possibly fatal, depending on your view) flaws. Pacing is rough, and the story moves forward in fits and starts; important events are sometimes described too quickly, plotlines and relationships that haven't even been hinted at in the book suddenly burst into the main storyline as if they've always been there. If this book had focused on what it initially promised to be, that is, the story of Andry and Wallas, and hadn't thrown in Terikel, Laron, and many of the remnants from the first book as main characters, this might have been an excellent book; as it is, it is only moderately good.
Glass Dragons is head and shoulders above McMullen's other book in this series (and I have high hopes for the upcoming third). I don't know that I'd recommend it on its own, though it can certainly be read that way, but if you get through Voyage of the Shadowmoon and are unsure of whether or not to pick up this one, do so. You won't be disappointed, unless you can't read it as the comedy that it is.
Not as good as the first.......2004-05-07
The sequel to the Voyage of the Shadowmoon, The Glass Dragon again unites the main casts to confront a new danger that might again destroy the world.
If the ending to The Voyage of the Shadowmoon, left you with a warm fuzzy feeling, my advice to you is to treasure that moment and avoid this book. The main issue I had throughout The Glass Dragon was a lack of a definitive antagonist. With Shadowmoon, there were active characters who were intent on using Silvedeath to gain power (Warsovran, Feran, etc). The Dragonwall is a danger that is similar to Silverdeath in that it's a weapon of doomsday potential that is available to anybody. However, unlike the pursuers of Silverdeath, the Dragonwall's "people" were all annonymous who might or might not have used it for their selfish purposes once they realized it's true potential. Also, about 30% of the story was actually devoted to Dragonwall. The majority of the book was focused on the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-like antics of Andry and Wallas, who go from place to place with no rhyme or reason with little or no relation to the overall plot. Personally, I thought the book would have benefited if the story focused solely on the antics of these two instead of confusing the overall flow of the story with intermittent scenes about the Dragonwall. In all honesty, if it wasn't for the Terry Pratchett-like humor and dialogue I probably would have given this book a lesser rating.
Entertaining.......2004-04-04
The second book in a fantasy series by the imaginative and fairly funny Sean McmMullen. Set in a parallel world with somewhat different kinds of humans and magic as a form of technology. This is a better book than the first book in the series, Voyage of the Shadowmoon. Glass Dragons has a more focused plot, a smaller cast of characters, and more dramatic integrity than Voyage of the Shadowmoon. Most of the characters are carryovers from the first book and a limitation of this book is that it is more enjoyable if you've slogged through the first book. It also has a similar theme to the first book. A large scale and destructive magical device is created and the book is about efforts to destroy it. This is McMullen's recurrent theme, the dangers of attempting large scale manipulation of the natural world, which appears in this series and also in a slightly different way in his prior Greatwinter trilogy. Despite the joky tone of his writing, it appears that McMullen is producing books that are, in part, allegorical commentaries on the dangers of modern attempts to control the natural world.
Book Description
Thirty-two designs for creating colorful stained glass dragons of every shape, mood, and attitude are featured in this guide. From the fearsome, fire-breathing Cernunnos to the freewheeling Gwydion who loves to dance and play; from Liorth the ice dragon, who patrols the North, to Elliot the baby dragon, who just needs someone to hug, dragon patterns for every occasion are provided. Each design includes tips for construction and a verse that further defines the personality of each of these mythological creatures. With full-color examples, this book provides inspiration to crafters who find creating their own designs a challenge. These designs can be used with other crafts such as quilting, appliqué, machine or hand embroidery, and silk or china painting.
Customer Reviews:
Great designs.......2007-01-10
In Dragon Wings, Jillian Sawyer has shown us detailed pictures of her fanciful works in stained glass, and then gone a step further to include a template for each design, allowing us to follow her steps in the design process. I find the book to be simple and straight forward; simply focusing on the items at hand rather than taking pages to talk about herself. Jillian Sawyer's books are an inspiration for anyone interested in creating artful representations of these wonderful creatures. As a quilt artist, I enjoy following some of her design elements in the construction of my applique projects. As stated in the book info., these designs can be adapted to many projects: quilting, embroidery, painting or glass work. Overall, a wonderful source of inspiration.
Dragons.......2006-03-17
I wanted a book with lots of dragons in it.
This book has some dragons, however it also has other things as well.
I liked the book but it was no where as good as her sea faery
book.
Just the BEST in Dragons stained glass&crafting.......2006-03-01
I just love all Jills books...but once again ive waited too long in getting this one..Its another winner..with stained glass..glass painting...any designs in dragons fairyies and some trolls even..she has a way with making magic..and letting us create it too..thats the BEST part..mine.look like these when im done....you cant go wrong in adding this to your crafting design collection..if for nothing else but inspriation.B.W.
Product Description
PURE FANTASY -If you like the world of mythology and fantasy, then this is the pattern CD for you. Over 50 full-size stained glass designs of Fairies, wizards, gargoyles, trolls, dragons and other fantastic creatures of the human imagination are illustrated in their full glory. There's panel designs as well as suncatchers and mirrors. Patterns accommodate all levels of glass expertise. Each stained glass pattern is available in a JPG, TIF, and Glass Eye 2000tm format for easy resizing and recoloring in any graphics program on your PC or Mac. This is CD #2 in the series: the Paned Expressions Studios Stained Glass Pattern CD library, for those who are collecting the series.
Customer Reviews:
Rare Creatures Never before available.......2005-09-19
Once again, these guys have given us the rare and unusual to do in glass. I especially love the GreenMan pattern and the Unicorn Moon pattern. Truly wonderful patterns and only a lack of imagination could hold you back with this collection! Thanks again to the great artists at Paned Expressions.
Product Description
CONTAINS 8 FULL-SIZED PATTERNS ON 11" x 17" PAGES.
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