New Releases by Tom Wolfe

When Tom carved a walking stick in his book, Tom Wolfe Carves Woodspirits and Walking Sticks, it was almost an afterthought. But it was soon followed by a book devoted to them, Carving Canes & Walking Sticks. Now we are pleased to present a brand new book with original patterns and different techniques to produce creative canes and walking sticks. Also included are designs for sword canes. As always each step is clearly illustrated in full color and patterns are presented to aid the carver in his or her own creation. A gallery of 25 canes and 11 patterns make this a most useful aid to carving.

Tom leads the carver through the process of creating a beautiful Santa ornament for the tree or to be displayed on a stand. A basic understanding of carving techniques is all that is needed to follow these fully-illustrated step-by-step instructions.

This glorious tribute to a contemporary master of humanist art covers his Vietnam Veterans Memorial Three Soldiers, National Cathedral Creation doors, and acrylic works.

Tom Wolfe takes his creative talent to the National Game: Baseball. With easy to follow, step-by-step instructions. Tom helps the carver bring the classic ballplayer out of a block of wood. Each cut is illustrated with a full-color photograph, an important visual aid to learning this fun craft. These projects are exciting and challenging, but with Tom''s guidance even the novice carver will find they have the ability to bring them to successful completion.

This is a 1973 anthology of journalism edited by Tom Wolfe and E. W. Johnson. The book is both a manifesto for a new type of journalism by Wolfe, and a collection of examples of New Journalism by American writers, covering a variety of subjects from the frivolous (baton twirling competitions) to the deadly serious (the Vietnam War). The pieces are notable because they do not conform to the standard dispassionate and even-handed model of journalism. Rather they incorporate literary devices usually only found in fictional works.

Tom has been making signs and other flatcarvings for many years, bringing to them the same creativity and skill he brings to his three-dimensional work. The three projects include a potholder holder, the man in the moon, and a welcome sign. Step-by-step instructions, all illustrated in full color.

"When are the 1970s going to begin?" ran the joke during the Presidential campaign of 1976. With his own patented combination of serious journalism and dazzling comedy, Tom Wolfe met the question head-on in these rollicking essays in Mauve Gloves and Madmen, Clutter and Vine -- and even provided the 1970s with its name: "The Me Decade."

En toile de fond : la guerre froide que se livrent les Américains et les Russes. L''enjeu : rien moins que les étoiles. Le projet : Mercury. Les héros : sept astronautes à la conquête du ciel, courageux, pleins d''expérience, prêts à payer. de leur peau pour goûter à la gloire. Héroïque, Chuck Yeager qui a franchi le premier le mur du son. Héroïque, John Glenn qui effectue le premier vol orbital jamais réalisé par un Américain. Héroïque, Gus Grissom qui réussit sa difficile mission... mais voilà qu''il saute à la mer, pris de panique ! Ils ont peur, ces héros ? Et leurs femmes pleurent ?.. Ça, des as ? Ou " des fils de p..., des salopards ", comme le prétend Pancho Bannes, la patronne du bar, thêàtre de scènes d''un grand comique. Ou des singes, puis-qu''ils subissent les mêmes tests que les animaux de laboratoire et qu''on leur dit sans cesse que le premier à effectuer le projet Mercury sera... un chimpanzé. Ou des pantins entre les mains des médias américains. Un peu de tout cela, donc des hommes, écrit en substance Tom Wolfe. Et leur " Etoffe " est humaine, tout simplement.

Tom Wolfe''s The Purple Decades brings together the author''s own selections from his list of critically acclaimed publications, including the complete text of Mau-Mauing and the Flak Catchers, his account of the wild games the poverty program encouraged minority groups to play.

Typescripts and reviews of many of his published collections are included, such as The Beats and Views of a Nearsighted Cannoneer. His unfinished book, Chaos is also represented with a typescript and notes from early readings.