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The Fantastic Seashell of the Mind

The Fantastic Seashell of the Mind: The Architecture of Mark Mills BUY IT. This book is a monograph on the California architect Mark Mills (1921-2007), who began his career as an architectural engineer and then as an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright. He incorporated Wright’s methods in his early solo work. He then moved beyond […]

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The Pale Surface of Things

The Pale Surface of Things BUY IT. A Novel Archaeology, goats and dogs, honor, ethics, lies and betrayals are part and parcel of all that happens when two cultures abrade. When a young American archaeologist runs from his impending marriage and secure future, and finds himself in the traditional world of a Cretan village, he […]

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Eeva Dreams of Falling

Eeva Dreams of Falling DOWNLOAD FREE. The present-day news of the awful life-trauma caused to young brains by separating children from their secure families brought to mind the short story I wrote in 2009, Eeva Dreams of Falling. The same sort of abrupt separation happened to a generation of young children in Finland. During World […]

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A Story for Today’s Troubled Times

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EEVA Dreams of Falling

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The present-day news of the awful life-trauma caused to young brains by separating children from their secure families brought to mind the short story I wrote in 2009.

The same sort of abrupt separation happened to a generation of young children in Finland because of the Russian threat to exterminate the Finns when they would conquer them during …

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  • The Fantastic Seashell of the Mind
    This book is terrific! The bio and historical anecdotes are really interesting as well as being warm and human. I got a real sense of the man and the time. The photos are awesome. It feels like—and is—an important piece of our architectural history that might very well have fallen through the cracks. Very well done!
    Blue Sky Design, BC, Canada
  • 5
    The Pale Surface of Things
    Superb imagination. Wonderful interweaving. High moral principles. Good reading for everyone.
    Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto
  • The Pale Surface of Things
    Priests ride mopeds, goat rustlers wear ski masks, and a groom flees his wedding ... nothing is as it seems in Janey Bennett’s ambitious, action-packed first novel, set on the island of Crete.

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    Author, North of Ithaka
  • The Fantastic Seashell of the Mind
    Janey Bennett has written an excellent and beautifully illustrated tribute to a fine architect whose work will now be, as it should be, more widely known and appreciated. The author’s insights into Mills’ creations, combined with the sumptuous photography, make for a book to be treasured.
    Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
  • The Fantastic Seashell of the Mind
    Since the founding of the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932, Frank Lloyd Wright trained hundreds of architectural students. Few of those exhibited the natural talent and skill of Mark Mills. In Fantastic Seashell author Janey Bennett gives us a unique insight into the world of this heretofore almost unknown figure of Organic Architecture. It's a must have for any serious scholar or the armchair devotee of American Architecture.
    The Taliesin Fellowship
  • 5
    The Fantastic Seashell of the Mind
    Mark Mills is one of the Taliesin apprentices who succeeded to create a remarkable independent career and designed a host of inventive and unique houses. Janey Bennett covers the architect’s life and work in a way that is readable and meaningful for a non-professional reader, but at the same time, informative and interesting for an architect reader. The Seashell theme and imagery tie the individual projects into a continuous narrative, and the towering figure of Frank Lloyd Wright is given a proper role, without, however, dominating the scene.
    Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
  • The Pale Surface of Things
    A novel that combines the fast-forward movement of a thriller with the authenticity of place and human frailty of literary fiction.
    Author, The Road from Chapel Hill
  • The Pale Surface of Things
    Resonates with vitality and authenticity. The story is suspenseful and the dialogue reflects the true voices of the villages of Crete.
    Author, A Dream of Kings and Legends of Glory
  • 5
    The Pale Surface of Things
    I really liked the narratives involving a number of characters. Indeed, I was happy to ‘meet’ such an interesting cast ... Although foreigners talk about the so-called ‘simple life’ of villages, The Pale Surface of Things makes it clear that village life is anything but simple.
    Co-Director, The Sphakia Survey, Crete
  • The Pale Surface of Things
    Pale Surface has it all — and through it all, a solid optimism about the strength of the human spirit.
    Canadian Living Magazine
  • 5
    The Pale Surface of Things
    It’s wonderful! The Pale Surface of Things is a hundred times more engaging and better than most writing.
    Author, Shelter Half