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The Fayla Reiss website can be found at www.faylareiss.com Here are some excerpts from Ms. Reiss' website:Fayla Reiss is a cutting edge knitting designer with an enthusiasm for color, texture and distinctively simple modern designs. Over the past 10 years, she has been recognized by many in the knitting community. She lectures at the Fashion Institute of Merchandise and Design, has made the covers of Vogue Knitting, Knit & Style, and been published in Knitters, Interweave Magazines, and Vogue's little books On the Go. Fayla has been featured in such TV programs as Knitty Gritty and the DIY network television, and in movies, videos, and publications. Many celebrity babies have grown to love Fayla's outrageous ponchos and blankies. At the present time, Fayla is working with Trendsetter Yarns [Van Nuys, CA] on the Fayla Reiss Collection and as a freelance designer. On Ms. Reiss' website, read the description of her book, Knitovation: Creative Knitwear Made From Three Simple Shapes, by Barry Klein and Fayla Reiss, and view many of her designs in the "Gallery" section. Subjects to explore in the Library Catalog for similar reading topics:
Knitting Dictionaries Knitting Handbooks, Manuals, etc. Knitting Patterns Knitting Periodicals Knitting Technique Knitting United States Knitwear ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Getty Villa, Malibu -- 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu (310.440.7300). Tour Arrangements: Join the tour of your choice; tours usually begin at 12:30 pm - a list of the specific tours available on July 15 is HERE (check the right-hand column) For more information, go to www.getty.edu/visit/ Subjects to explore in the Library Catalog for reading on this topic:
Art California Malib Gardens California Malibu Guidebooks Getty Villa (Malibu, Calif.) Italy Antiquities J. Paul Getty Museum J. Paul Getty Museum Catalogs J. Paul Getty Museum Guidebooks Malibu (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc. Sepulchral monuments Greece Catalogs Sarcophagi, Greek Catalogs Vases, Greek Greece Athens Exhibitions Villa of the Papyri (Herculaneum) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kym Douglas is the creator and host of the upcoming Lifetime Television makeover show, "Queen," airing in October and is the image consultant on "The View." She appears regularly on "Soap Talk," "Good Day Live," "Before & After'noon," and "Your Weekend with Jim Brickman." She is the co-author of The Black Book of Hollywood Beauty Secrets (with Cindy Pearlman). In their book, Kym Douglas and Cindy Pearlman deliver beauty secrets contributed by such Hollywood stars as Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Scarlett Johanson, and Cameron Diaz. Also, Kate Beckinsale, Cindy Crawford, Lindsay Lohan, Beyonc‚ Knowles, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Hurley, Charlize Theron, and many, many more! [1] Kym Douglas focuses on how to «look and be your best.» She's a self-proclaimed investigative journalist on the lookout for the beauty, skin, fashion and diet secrets. She's been a contributor on Fox's Good Day LA for the past eight years and on ABC's The View for nearly three. She's also the weekly co-anchor for Jim Brickman's Valley Village based radio show that syndicates to 180 stations nationwide. [2] Subjects to explore in the Library Catalog for similar reading topics:
Cosmetics Motion picture actors and actresses Health and hygiene Sources: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Actor ARNOLD WEISS performed a dramatic reading of CLIFF JOHNSON's play. His play covers Frankl's experience as a concentration camp inmate and his practice as a psychiatrist. Viktor Frankl, M.D., Ph.D., 1905-1997, Neurologist and Psychiatrist - Vienna, Austria. Founder of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. Frankl was visiting professor and lecturer at Harvard, Stanford, and others; he received many awards, honors, honorary degrees. Frankl's theory of logotherapy encourages patients to look to the future and live their lives fully, rather than relive the past. Frankl survived 4 concentration camps during World War II. His magnum opus, Man's Search for Meaning, gives an account of life in the camps as a survivor and a psychologist. It was voted one of ten most influential books in America in 1991. Frankl published more than thirty books on theoretical and clinical psychology. Here are a few:
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy From Death Camp to Existentialism; A Psychiatrist's Path to a New Therapy Official Website of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna: Subjects to explore in the Library Catalog for similar reading topics:
Existentialism Frankl, Viktor Emil Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Psychological aspects Logotherapy Psychiatry and religion Psychologists Austria Biography Psychotherapy
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Friends of Encino-Tarzana Library presented:
DENISE HAMILTON
Author's website - www.denisehamilton.com - Website includes biography, books - excerpts and reviews, writings from her journalism career. Author's Background: Fullbright Scholar and award-winning journalist for the Los Angeles Times and other publications. Hamilton books have won these awards:
Willa Cather award in literary fiction Southern California Bookseller's Award (finalist) UK's Creasey Dagger Award Los Angeles Times Best Book Award... and more...
Sugar Skull Last Lullaby Savage Garden Prisoner of Memory (latest) Formats in the Library: print, large print, e-books, audiobooks. Subjects to explore in the Library Catalog for similar reading topics:
Detective and mystery stories Diamond, Eve (Fictitious character) Fiction Los Angeles (Calif.) Fiction Missing children Fiction Russians United States Fiction Smuggling Fiction Teenagers Crimes against, Fiction Women journalists Fiction ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friends of Encino-Tarzana Library presented:
ROCHELLE KRICH -- an award-winning mystery writer
Author's website - www.rochellekrich.com - Website includes: Books, short stories, reviews, news, pictures, schedule. Reading guides available. You can even arrange an on-line video-audio book chat with the author. Krich's books have won these awards:
Left Coast Crime Calavera Award Barry Award (nominee) Krich has written many books and short stories; among her mystery books is the Molly Blume series:
Dream House Grave Endings Now You See Me (newest) Formats in the Library: print, audiobooks, e-books, large print Subjects to explore in the Library Catalog for similar reading topics:
Detective and mystery stories Detective and mystery stories, American Jewish women Fiction Kidnapping Fiction Krich, Rochelle Los Angeles (Calif.) Fiction Murder California Los Angeles Fiction Murder Fiction Policewomen California Los Angeles Fiction Teenage girls Crimes against Fiction. Women authors, American California Los Angeles Fiction Women detectives California Los Angeles Fiction Women detectives Fiction Women journalists Fiction Women lawyers California Los Angeles Fiction Women private investigators Fiction |
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