Pure Sea Glass: Discovering Nature's Vanishing Gems

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Learning More About Sea Glass

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Pure Sea Glass: Discovering Nature's Vanishing Gems
Richard LaMotte , and Sally Lamotte Crane
Manufacturer: Chesapeake Seaglass Pub.
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0975324608

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A great find!.......2007-09-09

I was handed Pure Sea Glass:Discovering Nature's Vanishing Gems and asked to review it for an on line magazine I used to write for. Until then I had little or no interest in the bits of glass I occasionally picked up along the beaches visited in the course of my travels.

After reading the book,accomplished in one evening, I went looking for that jar of glass stashed somewhere in the garage and dumped it out on the table so that I could better sort through and identify the various colors and pieces, most new but some very old like a small lavendar triangle picked up along the Oregon Coast and a very dark blue from Hawaii.

Since, I've become an avid collector of beach glass and secret places to find it. What great fun! A good read, informative and totally satisfying.

Learning More About Sea Glass.......2007-08-10

Great book. The photographs were excellent and the information about the origin of sea glass and where it is most likely to appear on the beach was well presented. Our 14 year old enjoyed learning more about sea glass just as we did.

I plan to buy copies for all our coastal friends as house warming gifts this year.

Pure Sea Glass Book.......2007-08-06

I was pleased with the condition of the book when I received it. It was almost like new. Will certainly order more books.

A Real Joy To Read.......2007-06-02

Richard LaMotte did a wonder-filled job of putting together this informative and comprehensive book on sea glass. I honestly have enjoyed reading every page. I had no idea that there was so much history hidden in every piece of glass, and even though I have collected glass over the years, I never understood the relationship between winds and tides and the weather that deposits these beautiful little gems on our shores. Mr. LaMotte shares all this knowldege with such passion that reading his book not only feed my intellect but also inspired the beachcomber in me. And, the photographs are simply beautiful. Every image works to support as well as illustrate all the topics that are being discussed. The entire book is truly a piece of art in itself. I will read and re-read this book. It is a must for anyone and everyone who loves sea glass.

Comments on Pure Sea Glass..............2007-05-13

This book is lovely and interesting to read. It has fueled my passion for collecting more sea glass.

History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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History as Science Fiction

History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
Anatoly Fomenko
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ASIN: 2913621058

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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The Green Glass Sea
great except the language
this one's for the girls
The perfect blend of historical fiction and coming-of-age tale
Read and enjoy! Then pass it on to your kids....

The Green Glass Sea
Ellen Klages
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ASIN: 0670061344
Release Date: 2006-10-19

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It is 1943, and 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is traveling west on a train to live with her scientist father—but no one, not her father nor the military guardians who accompany her, will tell her exactly where he is. When she reaches Los Alamos, New Mexico, she learns why: he's working on a top secret government program. Over the next few years, Dewey gets to know eminent scientists, starts tinkering with her own mechanical projects, becomes friends with a budding artist who is as much of a misfit as she is—and, all the while, has no idea how the Manhattan Project is about to change the world. This book's fresh prose and fascinating subject are like nothing you've read before.

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The Green Glass Sea.......2007-10-08

This was a very good book and a quick read. I loved everything about it, and it is one of those books that gives you chills after reading the last page. There is only one thing that I disagree with: the age says ages 9 and up. I would not recommend this book to anyone under the age of eleven. This is because of bad language, but it is not too severe.

great except the language.......2007-10-05

I loved the story, I loved 90% of the figurative language. I really disliked the unneccessary alcohol, smoking and profanity. All three of these are more characteristic of the 50's, 60's and "free to be" 70's, rather than the 1944 setting of the story. The author also used Girl Scouting to represent the mean girls. How truly tragic. All of this is inappropriate for a book that seems to be aimed at and encouraging young girls who are coming of age. I picked up this book looking forward to the story, knowing exactly what the green glass sea was and hoping to give my daughters a realistic fiction tie-in to the War with Japan. Parents beware, the book offers more than just a juvenile look at the secret environment of Los Alamos.

this one's for the girls.......2007-05-22

i've always loved stories about girls that were different, that didn't follow the crowd. dewey doesn't fit in anywhere, different in the way she looks, but more so in the way she thinks and the things she thinks about. suze tries to fit in with the girls but doesn't know why she bothers trying. two girls that seem so different are thrown together in an uncomfortable situation, while trying to adapt to life during WWII. a war is going on , their parents are working on a "gadget", and everything keeps changing. not all the questions are answered but the way the girls' characters grow and change is extremely satisfying.

the story is set in the 1940's but timeless. some of the phrases are dated and the kids might giggle at how strange it sounds but they'll quickly get lost in the events that are taking place. each section is marked by year. each chapter by the date. the story is fictional but the big names like Roosevelt and Fermi are real, giving a sense that maybe, just maybe, there were really girls like Dewey and Suze. highly recommended for historical fiction lovers.

The perfect blend of historical fiction and coming-of-age tale.......2007-03-06

A middle grade novel that adults will also love, The Green Glass Sea is an endearing tale set on the Los Alamos base during World War II. When ten-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is sent to New Mexico to join her father, a scientist working on the Manhattan Project, she doesn't realize that she is also joining a small community of families whose lives revolve around the development of the top secret "gadget". But Dewey adjusts quickly to her new world. She's thrilled to be near her father again and to be in an environment that provides her with unlimited resources for building her own mechanical projects, her favorite hobby. Brainy and small for her age, Dewey soon finds that she's a misfit even in the world in which she feels she so belongs. Yet she doesn't let this bother her. That is, until her father is sent away on an important mission and Dewey is forced to share a room - and some of her deepest secrets - with her biggest enemy.

Readers will fall in love with Dewey's sweet, unassuming nature and with Klages' splendid writing, which captures the innocence, vulnerability, and resilience of childhood. Klages creates a world that is extremely unique yet somehow very familiar, and she perfectly portrays this world through the perspective of a child. Her carefully chosen details are described in a simple, understated manner that expertly blends historical fiction and coming-of-age tale. Though quiet, Klages' story brings to life a setting and cast of characters that will stay with you long after you've finished her book.

The Green Glass Sea is a novel for young readers that is actually for a young audience yet will also be loved by adults. I highly recommend it to all readers over the age of nine.

Read and enjoy! Then pass it on to your kids...........2007-03-01

There are some very good books about young people that are not just for young people. This, happily, is another one! This is the story of Dewey, daughter of a scientist working on the Manhattan Project. It's an interesting culture. The parents are hard working and brilliant, working on an ultra secret project. Yet they're trying to maintain something of typical family life in the 1940's. I especially enjoyed reading about the comings and goings of the children. It took me back to growing up in the late 50s and 60s, when all us kids played outside all day long. We were safe then because all the moms were home; the children of Los Alamos are safe because they're living on a base with military guards! I was sorry to see this book end and eagerly await Ms. Klages' next book, which I hope is a sequel!

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Sea Glass: A Novel
Boring Boring Boring but in the end, it was okay
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Another great read by Anita Shreve

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Release Date: 2002-04-09

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From its opening pages, Anita Shreve's Sea Glass surrounds the reader in the surprisingly rich feeling of the New Hampshire coast in winter. Vividly evoking the life of the coastal community at the beginning of the Great Depression, Sea Glass shifts through the multiple points of view of six principal characters; it's a skillfully created story of braided lives that bounces easily (even inevitably) from character to character. We learn how these lives come together following the stock market crash of 1929 and about the struggles of mill workers on the starkly beautiful New Hampshire coast during the following year. At the novel's center is the story of Honora Beecher, a young newlywed who compulsively collects sea glass along the beach as she collects unexpected friendship in her new beachside community, and Francis, a boy who discovers a father figure in the towering character of McDermott, an Irish mill worker, at a time when he most needs direction. Each character finds unexpected new purpose beyond the struggle to survive during that turbulent year among the dunes. First their lives barely touch, then they intersect, and finally they become inextricably bound. By the powerful and unexpected final scenes of the story, every point of view, every brilliant shard of life depends deeply on all the others. It is a very satisfying read--confidently told and deeply felt--with as many subtle colors and reflections as the sea glass that permeates the narrative. --Paul Ford

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Writing with the power and immediacy that have made her novels bestsellers, Shreve unfolds interlocking lives, each with its own share of love, loss, and challenge. This is another gripping and unforgettable story of the human heart from one of the most accomplished novelists of our time.

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The year is 1929 and Honora Beecher and her husband, Sexton, are just settling into a new marriage and a cottage on the coast of New Hampshire. While Honora fixes up the derelict house and searches for bits of sea glass on the beach, Sexton risks everything they own to buy the house they both love. Along with millions of other Americans, he is blindsided by the stock market crash and finds himself penniless. The only work he can find is in a nearby mill, where a labor conflict is erupting into violence. Shaken by forces they scarcely understand, Honora and Sexton try to build a marriage and a home while overwhelmed by passions of every kind. Writing with the power and immediacy that have made her novels bestsellers, Shreve unfolds interlocking lives, each with its own share of love, loss, and challenge. This is another gripping and unforgettable story of the human heart from one of the most accomplished novelists of our time.

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Luminous.......2007-09-09

When I started reading "Sea Glass," I almost stopped.

The first pages are exceedingly flat. Flat declarative sentences, describing ordinary things in ordinary language.

But Shreve's method is sly. She builds her strokes like a painter (nothing is more boring than watching a painter beginning to paint), then, click, the picture comes into place.

Her picture is brilliant.

She portrays a house by the sea, just before the Crash of 1929--rural New Hampshire. She enters the minds of her characters one by one.

Her feeling for character is acute.

Each short chapter is told from the point of view of an individual character--Honora, the newlywed, discovering a new world, her husband whom she hardly knows, the people around her, and of course herself. All this discovery is symbolized by the sea glass she finds washed up on the beach--opaque, translucent, glittering, multicolored, soft-edged with history yet mysterious.

Then there is McDermott, the partly deaf millhand, who takes care of the waif Alphonse--a child, but laboring in the spinning mills--and they run into Honora in, of all places, an airport (a rudimentary thing, in 1929).

And Vivian, the rich, bored, flashy but very smart heiress, who, suddenly confronted with the desperate harshness of the Crash and the Depression, quickly pitches in and figures out what to do.

Even Sexton, Honora's undependable husband, is treated with marvelous sympathy.

And around all these wonderfully observed points of consciousness, there is the epic, slow catastrophe of the Crash and the Depression.

In its way, "Sea Glass" is as harrowing and enormous as "The Grapes of Wrath."

Through it all, Shreve manages to retain the quiet (and the loneliness) of awareness--that sense of time-out-of-time that a beach always provides.

A brilliant, luminous book, almost more real than reality.

Sea Glass: A Novel.......2007-07-21

I would actually give this book more than 5 stars if possible! It was great-the characters were very deep-it required a lot of thinking afterwards-I would love a sequel to find out what happened next.

Boring Boring Boring but in the end, it was okay.......2007-07-12

The best thing I can say about this book is that the chapters are very short and that is what gets you through this unbelievably boring story. I wanted to love this book and the characters but their stories and interactions were terribly dull. After I put the book down, I would ask myself why am I torturing myself!

The story is mainly about one woman who gets married to someone she hardly knows. The woman collects sea glass along the shore, hence the title. Set in New England in the late 1920's, this woman meets and becomes involved with a cast of characters who all live in the same town, but all come from different points of view. In the end their lives are intertwined in a very stirring way, which is the other only positive thing I can say about this book -the ending was very dramatic. Something actually does happen in this book to make it worthwhile! The ending was really good, although sad.

I would not recommend this book, but if you are determined to give it a shot, it won't cause you too much pain. This was another book club choice, and 90% of the ladies also hated this book because it was really really boring.

First Timer.......2007-06-06

This is the first book I've read by Anita Shreve. She has a unique style, and I enjoyed this book a lot. I want to read another book by her.

Another great read by Anita Shreve.......2007-05-18

SEA GLASS by Anita Shreve
May 17, 2007

Rating ***** (5 Stars)

SEA GLASS by Anita Shreve takes place in familiar territory. Fans who have read FORTUNE'S ROCKS will recognize the setting, 1920's New England in the fictional town of Ely Falls (near Fortune's Rock). There are even references to some of the characters from that previous book, letting the reader know that this book takes place after the time frame of FORTUNE'S ROCK.

The book opens with 20-year old Honora Beecher, a newlywed, who sets foot at the entrance to her new home, a beach side cottage that needs a lot of work. She and her husband Sexton are renting it. She ponders her new life as a married woman, and flashes back on how the two met.

Other characters are introduced throughout the next few chapters, and at first it will not be obvious how these characters are going to relate to each other. They come from various stations of life. McDermott is a mill worker, and he and his friends are becoming involved with the Unions, and the wages that they feel they deserve. Alphonse is a child who works to help his mother feed their large family. His father is dead. Vivian is a wealthy woman who is vacationing in the beach side town, not too far from Honora and Sexton, and is about to start an affair with her friend Dickey. Alice Willard isn't a physical presence in the book, but appears in the form of letters to her daughter Honora, with her chitchat about the goings on at home.

At the heart of the novel is the stock market crash, and Sexton, who is a traveling salesman, is one of many who loses his job and livelihood. He eventually (by accident) gets a position at the mills, and thus their lives became tangled with the soon-to-be striking mill workers. And McDermott, who had met Honora by coincidence only recently, is now seeing her almost daily, as Sexton has told his new found friends that he has a typewriting and copy machine that will help in their cause. The friendship that develops between McDermott and Honora threatens to become something more, but Honora is devoted and loyal to her new husband, a man she realizes she barely knows.

SEA GLASS is a beautifully written book. I have always enjoyed the way Anita Shreve writes, in an almost gentle prose that suits her books that take place in the early 1900's. She expertly conjures up the ambience of this era. I also admire the way she can bring characters together, writing the book in such a way that keeps the readers guessing as to how these characters will relate to one another. It adds to the suspense of the story, and always helps her books to be fast reads. Her style of writing, changing viewpoints from chapter to chapter, is what I think makes her books unique and appealing. She also does a wonderful job in describing the feelings of the people of that time, the poverty, the desperation that was felt by all, rich and poor alike.

I especially enjoyed reading about the relationship between Honora, the newlywed who seemed at first to be walking in a fog, and Vivian, the seemingly shallow wealthy woman who showed more depth to her personality as the story progressed. SEA GLASS ends in tragedy, as would be expected for a story that takes place after the stock market crash and the start of the Depression. I didn't know what to expect, but I knew the book would end with a bang. As always, this Anita Shreve novel was a joy to read, and I am looking forward to yet another book by her.

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Sea Glass Chronicles
Sea Glass Chronicles
Glass from the Past
Beachcombing Begets Anthropological Art

Sea Glass Chronicles
C.S. Lambert
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ASIN: 0892725087

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Leads the reader through the worlds between the tides, with tales of the origins of each shard, whether glass or ceramic.

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wonderful.......2007-02-08

so much information about seaglass...
and the photos allow you to compare what you have already found or looking for.

Sea Glass Chronicles.......2007-01-11

Fabulous book for anyone who loves beachcombing and collecting sea treasures - highly recommended!

Sea Glass Chronicles.......2006-09-03

Nice book with some pretty pictures but does not really contain much useful information about sea glass. The book "Pure Sea Glass: Discovering Nature's Vanishing Gems" contains much more information about the possible origins of sea glass for the novice collector.

Glass from the Past.......2005-09-08

What a wonderful book. The photography is great and the information on sea glass, the history and hunting, of this hobby is fantastic. Through this book I've interested both my daughter and husband in the searching of sea glass. Now we all comb the beaches of Southwestern Wisconsin (Lake Michigan)in search of a prize. I leave this book on my coffe table and even had my daughter's friends (20years and older) go out looking.

Beachcombing Begets Anthropological Art.......2004-07-31

Hunting for sea glass treasures and safeguarding the hiding places where these precious images of the past wash ashore, are passions among the beach-faithful in the state of Maine. This hunger for sea glass is a natural progression for visitors to the state's scenic coastline, where the ocean water is pretty to look at but forbiddingly cold to swim in. Therefore, rather than risk hypothermia, why not relax and find some unlikely beach treasure to take home? Sea Glass Chronicles: Whispers from the Past, presents the ageless hobby of beachcombing as an anthropological art. Written from the point of view of an artisan by C.S. Lambert with professional photography by Pat Hanbery, this lovely book is a terrific and meaningful gift for men and women of any age. Lambert presents the simple experience of hunting for sea glass; those dazzling little pieces of glistening remnants leftover after the sea has abused them - artifacts of whatever age - as a worthwhile hobby and esthetic pastime. Each page of this book lays out the possibilities of what happened to sea glass before being rescued by the beachcombing enthusiast. Holiday gifts, coffee table conversation table toppers or inspirational reading, Sea Glass Chronicles: Whispers From the Past is a book to treasure just like the mysterious particles described between the book jacket covers.

4 Titles By Shreve - The Pilot's Wife - Light on Snow - The Weight of Water - Sea Glass

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4 Titles By Shreve - The Pilot's Wife - Light on Snow - The Weight of Water - Sea Glass
Anita Shreve
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4 trade paperback Titles By Shreve - The Pilot's Wife - Light on Snow - The Weight of Water - Sea Glass

Scandinavian Glass 1930-2000: Fire & Sea

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Scandinavian Design at its best

Scandinavian Glass 1930-2000: Fire & Sea
Leslie Pina , and Lorenzo Vigier
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0764324497

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Scandinavian Design at its best.......2007-01-10

The Schiffer publications know more about glass and ceramics in Scandinavia than the Scandinavians know themselves. High class pictures, almost photographic art, very reliable references. The only slightly negative opinion at us, is the unbalanced presentation of Norwegian Glass and Ceramic design.

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Beautiful Story Leads to a Lovely Hobby
Wonderful for all ages!

The Story of the Sea Glass
Anne Dodd
Manufacturer: Down East Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0892724161

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Like most children, Nicole loves to collect sea glass, those bits of commonplace objects transformed into treasures waiting to be found. The discovery of a special piece inspires a story from the past. Ages 4 and up

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Beautiful Story Leads to a Lovely Hobby.......2004-08-09

Certainly, it doesn't take children very long to learn how to hunt for treasures while at the beach. Crabs, sea shells, drift wood and sometimes even money are now joined by learning about the beautiful art of finding sea glass. This lovely book potrays the beauty of the New England (particularly the State of Maine) coast line with an emotional tie to the mysteries of sea glass. Wonderful family story.

Wonderful for all ages!.......2001-11-28

This book is a must have for anyone who grew up near the rocky seacoast of New England. The story is written well and the book is beautifully illustrated. The author also includes activities with sea glass at the end of the book.

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Beautiful work
A Life-changing Read
Powerful, Chilling, Superb
Chilling
A Grim Look At Overpopulation

Sea of Glass
Barry B. Longyear
Manufacturer: Backinprint.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0595189652

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A boy, who has known nothing in his brief life but love and darkness, forces open a window and sees for the first time the outside world, which also sees him: an illegal immigrant by birth. Arrested, his parents tortured to death, we see through Thomas Windom's eyes a race preparing to deal with overpopulation in the only manner left.

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Beautiful work.......2006-04-05

When I was a kid, I had pretty typical taste in Science Fiction. It was Heinlein, Asimov, and even some Piers Anthony.

This book changed how I thought about science fiction. It says something, not only about the fictional world, but about our world. Instead of being about rough sketches of a characters to advance an idea, it's about a child growing up and finding out what his world is and what it means.

At the same time... man, is it bleak. I recommend this book to everyone, but some people just put it down midway because they don't like the ideas that that world has to live by. It's not a book for kids, but that's why I loved it, and think it's a book that everyone should read.

A Life-changing Read.......2006-01-15

I was no older than 20 when I first picked up this book. I was told at the time that he was the writer of Enemy Mine. I liked that movie so I thought it would be a good choice to read. Keep in mind that I'm personally not much of a reader. It will often take me months to complete a novel. I devoured this book in two days straight. I slept, I ate, I read. I loved this book so much that I read it twice, this was a first for me. I loved this book so much I read it aloud to my wife (she likes it when I read to her) from start to finish who also fell in love with it. I have just come across this page while recommending this book to my mom and trying to help her find it. Back when I read this in the early 90's this book wasn't in reprint yet and was very difficult to find a copy of. I had several rare bookstores trying to find copies of it, all of whom were unsuccessful. I cannot say how happy I am that this book is back in print. I'm personally going to get two copies. One for myself and one to hand to every person that I get to know who has not yet read this book.

Disclaimer: I made my best attempt to avoid any spoilers.

This is a story of the life of a child, Thomas Windom, living in a world where war is looming only a few short years away. There are two sides in this war. There is the Compact of Nations who all live life under the shadow of the supercomputer MAC III who is the one orchestrating this upcoming war. There is also the free nations who do not comply to the MAC III computer system and live free of its influence. The world is heavily overpopulated to a critical point, and MAC III was created to save humanity. MAC III says that for humanity to survive, a war must occur. In the Compact of Nations, within which Thomas lives, only one child is allowed in a family and he is the second child of this family. What happens when the men in black come and find him? What happens when he is taken from the only family he has ever known? What will happen when he is forced into slave labor? What will happen when Thomas gets tired of this world he is in and goes out to fight against MAC III and what this computer has done to his life? Find out! Read this book! I would say that this book would be most appreciated by a young adult just entering the "real world".

Powerful, Chilling, Superb.......2005-11-17

A darkly gripping and starkly graphic picture of the near future, told in compelling first-person by the central character, as he grows from child to adult. Difficult to put down, almost forcing the reader to continue to the end. Certainly among Longyear's best, and easily on the long list of alltime best sci-fi novels.

Chilling.......2005-02-12

Thomas Windom's only sin was being born an illegal child in this Malthusian nightmare set in the not-too-distant future of an overpopulated Earth. Tommy is thrown into a brutal work camp with other illegal children, a place filled with unspeakable brutality and the aching sweetness of first love. He inevitably turns to studying the system which has enslaved him and discovers the key to the prophecy made by the all-knowing computer, Mac III, which runs this frighteningly believable world. The ideas and images remain with you long after the book is over. Unforgettable.

A Grim Look At Overpopulation.......2003-10-17

This is perhaps the most disturbing, and one of the best, books I've read in a long time. Longyear creates an overpopulated Earth and reveals it through the eyes of illegal child Thomas Windom, who enters a children's prison at the age of seven. As he grows older, his story broadens as he faces who he is and what he must become. To tell any more would spoil one of the best and most stark science fiction novels ever written. This allegory of the importance of the individual is as powerful as the author's best and most popular work, Enemy Mine. One of my favorite parts of Sea of Glass is the way Longyear uses movies from years past to describe the main character's outlook on situations. I read in an interview that Longyear gets many ideas from the television, and this story proves it true. With the exception of maybe one or two, I had seen the movies he referenced, which added another layer to the story. This is one of the most emotional books you'll ever read, and the guy who said he had a ten year gap between this and his next novel is crazy. Longyear has been publishing steadily since the seventies.

Sea Life Stained Glass Coloring Book (Stained Glass Colouring Books)

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Sea Life Stained Glass Coloring Book (Stained Glass Colouring Books)
Llyn Hunter
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0486264920

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Sixteen dramatic images, including the clown anemone fish, sea horses, brown pelicans, Atlantic lobster, common dolphins, humpback whales, a magnificent sailfish, blue crab, and 8 other designs — all boldly rendered on translucent paper. Color and hang near light source. Identifying captions.

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