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Exurbanites, among others, know the only permanent thing is change. Alice and Martin Provensen serve a child-size portion of that wisdom in Shaker Lane (Viking; $14.95). Into the old Shaker country of abandoned farms come the first of the home builders. A sleepy village is born. In time it gives way to county developers. Where once there were bulls there are now bulldozers, and in their wake come tract housing, aboveground swimming pools and backyard basketball courts. One holdout remains, surviving on his houseboat, a poignant reminder of the rural past. The Provensens' flat, colorful paintings are nostalgic...
...second book, Confronting the New Age, about the movement's inroads into business and education, it is probably wise to remember that phenomena like the New Age have to some extent been a part of the American scene ever since there was an American scene. Remember the 18th century Shaker leader, Mother Ann Lee, whose followers believed she represented the second coming of Christ. Remember Mary Baker Eddy, severely injured by a fall on the ice, who became cured while reading a passage in St. Matthew and thereafter taught the unreality of all physical ills. Spiritualism was the rage...
...heavily in comfort and aesthetics. They own houses in Manhattan, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, as well as a 265-acre estate near Amherst, Mass. (their primary residence); 22 fine cars, including two Rolls- Royces and a 1937 Aston Martin; an extensive collection of black American art; antique English and Shaker furniture; four cellars of vintage wines; and a seven-passenger Mitsubishi jet (a second jet, a 13-passenger Gulfstream IV, is on order...
...said her origins in Shaker Heights, Ohio, sparked her interest in politics...
...Shaker Heights, Ohio