Hillside Homes: 208 Sloping-Lot & Multi-Level Designs : 1000 to over 5,500 Square Feet
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • A guide to suit most tastes and budgets.
  • Give Me a Break
  • Not real hillsides
  • Routine Floorplans for Minimally Sloped Lots
  • Hillside Homes: 208 Sloping-Lot & Multi-Level Designs
Hillside Homes: 208 Sloping-Lot & Multi-Level Designs : 1000 to over 5,500 Square Feet

Manufacturer: Home Planners
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

GeneralGeneral | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
ResidentialResidential | Building Types & Styles | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
Design & ConstructionDesign & Construction | Home Design | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
House PlansHouse Plans | Home Design | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
Design & ConstructionDesign & Construction | Home Design | Home & Garden | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
House PlansHouse Plans | Home Design | Home & Garden | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
ResidentialResidential | Building Types & Styles | Architecture | Professional & Technical | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
GeneralGeneral | Architecture | Professional & Technical | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
All 4-for-3 DealsAll 4-for-3 Deals | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
Similar Items:
  1. 223 Favorite Hillside Homes 223 Favorite Hillside Homes
  2. Homes With a View: 175 Home Plans for Golf-Course, Waterfront and Mountain Homes Homes With a View: 175 Home Plans for Golf-Course, Waterfront and Mountain Homes
  3. 225 Hillside Homes (Smart Design) (Smart Design Series) 225 Hillside Homes (Smart Design) (Smart Design Series)
  4. Homes Filled With Natural Light: 223 Sunny Home Plans for All Regions Homes Filled With Natural Light: 223 Sunny Home Plans for All Regions
  5. Waterfront Homes: 189 Home Plans for River, Lake or Sea Waterfront Homes: 189 Home Plans for River, Lake or Sea

ASIN: 1881955621

Book Description

At times the most interesting building site is also the most challenging on which to build. Hillside Homes offers over 200 of the most beautiful ways to make the most of a challenging lot. Completely revised with hundreds of brand-new designs, this elegant book features a wide range of exterior styles that are sure to enhance your unique lot.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A guide to suit most tastes and budgets........2007-09-02

This book caters for homeplans/floorplans for sloping blocks and multi-level homes.There are over 200 designs to choose from.It does show what can be built.This book is ideal.

1 out of 5 stars Give Me a Break.......2007-04-30

Not really hillside homes. Just run of the mill home plans. Save your money!

1 out of 5 stars Not real hillsides.......2003-09-28

This book did not have any plans that were truely on a hillside. There were not enough options available. I will be doing my research on line in the future.

1 out of 5 stars Routine Floorplans for Minimally Sloped Lots.......2002-06-22

I was very disappointed by the floor plans in this book. The designs were very traditional and the lots shown were gradually sloping rather than hillsides. None of the innovative designs of the last decade were even imitated. If you are looking for conventional designs, you may find this book of some value.

3 out of 5 stars Hillside Homes: 208 Sloping-Lot & Multi-Level Designs.......2000-06-08

I was disappointed in the book because it did not include some designs of "Drive-Under" garage on the rear of the house. There were plenty of "garages-On-The-End" designs. I want a split level plan with ground-level entrance from the front to the top (ground)level and a driveway leading to the rear with a drive-under or garage with storage, etc and stairs leading to the top level. I would appreciate some suggestions if you know of a book that includes such. My email address is jbjact@juno.com. Home to be built on a 15 to 25 degree slope-to-the-rear terrain in Alabama.

Drawing the Human Body: An Anatomical Guide
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Best guide to shading the human body available
  • Reference book all the way !!!
  • A useful book for the non-human artist
  • No need for another LESS-THAN-COMPREHENSIVE anatomy book
  • In defense of this book and Civardi
Drawing the Human Body: An Anatomical Guide
Giovanni Civardi
Manufacturer: Sterling
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

GeneralGeneral | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
DrawingDrawing | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
Figure DrawingFigure Drawing | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
GeneralGeneral | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:
  1. Drawing Portraits: Faces and Figures (The Art of Drawing series) Drawing Portraits: Faces and Figures (The Art of Drawing series)
  2. Drawing Hands and Feet: Form, Proportions, Gestures and Actions (The Art of Drawing series) Drawing Hands and Feet: Form, Proportions, Gestures and Actions (The Art of Drawing series)
  3. Drawing the Clothed Figure: Portraits of People in Everyday Life (The Art of Drawing series) Drawing the Clothed Figure: Portraits of People in Everyday Life (The Art of Drawing series)
  4. Drawing Techniques: Pencil, Charcoal and Ink (The Art of Drawing series) Drawing Techniques: Pencil, Charcoal and Ink (The Art of Drawing series)
  5. Drawing People: How to Portray the Clothed Figure Drawing People: How to Portray the Clothed Figure

ASIN: 080695891X

Book Description

Overflowing with sketches that capture a wondrous repertoire of angles and poses; this is the ultimate guide to drawing people “to life.” The author shows the male and the female body from multiple positions; reveals typical proportions; describes each part of the skeleton and each muscle; extensively comments on physical morphology; and offers a plethora of gestures and actions. A unique combination of technique and imagination.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best guide to shading the human body available.......2006-02-20

This guide shows you how to shade both male and female bodies in detail from almost every angle. That is, you can find out how to shade in whatever muscle or bones you need to. Don't read the text unless your a med or bio student--who cares what anything is called. I haven't found a single guide like it. If a shoulder I'm painting doesn't look right I can open this book, find an appropriate example, and fix the problem.

3 out of 5 stars Reference book all the way !!!.......2005-03-26

I bought this book 'round August '04 due to the fact that I was in love with the book. I was new to art and liked the artist's crisscrossing technique. The book is not useful if you are trying to learn how to draw the human body, other books can cover that. The book in my opinion is a reference book due to his over complicated pictures which are nice to refer to when drawing the body. I drew every picture in this book with no guide except for the boring writing on the side, which I stopped at page 32 or something. What I like most ' bout this book is the pictures depicting the hands because I feel the artist does an excellent job on making the hands look real life even if it is the crisscross technique; it still looks good. If you are looking for a book that teaches anatomy with real life drawing this book will do that since it has a tone of pictures and scientific text which not too many readers will enjoy. If you are looking for a good book that teaches you how to draw the human figure I would suggest "The Figure", by Walt Reed. I just purchased the book yesterday and I can say that in about 3 pages I am really getting better!!!!!!! In all, "Drawing the Human Body: An Anatomical Approach", is a reference book for anatomy and that's the reason why it is staying in my at home library of book which is not a bad reason at all. If you are looking for help when it comes to purchasing art books I follow Bruce R. Bain's reviews on this site due to the fact that he has read a fair amount of art related books.

3 out of 5 stars A useful book for the non-human artist.......2005-02-09

"Drawing the Human Body: An Anatomical Guide" by Giovanni Civardi comprises an indispensible book for any non-human artist looking to produce two-dimensional representations of the species homo sapiens inhabitant upon the third planet in the orbital system circumscribing the Class-H star Sol, Orion arm of the Milky Way spiral-form Galaxy. Unfortunately, the cerebrally advanced(for a human) and sublimely self-evident (for a human)text make this volume valuable only for its images if you happen to be of that self-same species homo sapiens from the afore-mentioned planet Earth.

For Example, on the the subject of heads the author writes:

The head is the uppermost part of the human body, situated above the vertebral column and joined to the body by the somewhat cylindrical, more restricted segment, the neck.

As a Zyborg from Planet Deltizoid, I found this bit of information quite useful. Heads at the top of the body-- how peculiar! The author later describes noses in a similar, authoritative fashion, defining this odd human sensory appendage as "an elongated pyramidal protrusion on the middle axis of the face." Prior to reading Mr. Civardi's text, I had always drawn my humans with spherical noses affixed to the sides of their heads. How wrong I was! Humans, of course, are universally aware of where their noses are.

On the subject of walking, the author is again particularly insightful. "Walking," he notes, "is the particular type of terrestrial locomotion characteristic to humans.... While walking, the body never leaves the ground." Fascinating. I truly had no idea! We Zyborgians wouldn't condescend to touch terra firma, even were our own milligenarian lives dependent upon it.

The author is notably less impressed with the representational potentialities of jumping than with walking. "Jumping is accomplished with diverse executive modality, but it is neither useful nor opportune to point out the characteristic morphological variations because they are corporal gestures rarely represented in art and can be valued completely only by means of photographic examination." I humbly beg to differ... the jump can indeed be represented in art, and should be more often. I myself have drawn it.

On the subject of the drawings contained in this volume, other reviews have spoken well of both their positive and negative aspects. I (honestly) found the artwork quite useful and skillful, though admittedly too pale in the printing. The pages of images regarding human cranio-facial mood-initiated morphologies, called expressions, however, deserve further examination.

Although the author professes that "designing truly expressive gesture becomes easier... [by omitting] such minute and marginal details as, for example, an excessive analysis of small wrinkles", he violates that excellent doctrine in his own images. I personally have made a particular study of human expression, and not one of his sample images can be seen in human nature outside of the movies of a certain 'Jim Carrey'. Nor was I able to, without looking at the image key, correctly identify which image correspended to which expression. I was certain Mr. Civaldi's "Joyful/Laughing" image was actually a politician at a political rally. His images of "Contemptuous/Disgusted" and (on the next page) "Doubt/ Puzzlement" are all but mirror images, indistinguishable. Furthermore, I am uncertain why the author chose to include separate images of "Pain" and "Suffering"-- "Pain" has the mouth open with teeth parted, "Suffering" has the mouth open with teeth clenched; otherwise the expressions are seemingly identical. Is there a difference between pain and suffering? If you want a book that does a good job with facial expression try "Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression" by Gary Faigin.

In short, as you may determine for yourself by the quotations given above, the text of this book, though it may be useful to a Zyborg such as myself, manages simultaneously to be utterly beyond human comprehension, and idiotically self-evident even in the unlikely event it were comprehended. Mr. Civardi has, I believe, missed his target audience badly. The pictures are nice, though not without flaws. Admittedly for the images alone some mere human might wish to purchase this volume, but if you happen to be of that inferior species there are better books on the subject available.

1 out of 5 stars No need for another LESS-THAN-COMPREHENSIVE anatomy book.......2004-06-29

[The difficulty with the reviewing system is that so many reviewers approach a book title without comparative knowledge of other books on the subject. They review the book as though it were the only book written on, say, Human Anatomy. Without knowledge of the majority of good drawing books, the multitude of FIVE STAR ratings just don't mean anything.] Now, on to Civardi!

"Drawing The Human Body: An Anatomical Guide" by Giovanni Civardi is a fair book, with useful basic anatomical coverage, but that is not quite the same as saying its coverage is THOROUGH (which it is NOT), and it's brevity definitely excludes it from the category of BEST OF THE TYPE.

Essentially, Civardi covers, in brief, the more thorough and better handled subject of anatomy for artists by Stephen Rogers Peck, and, again, LESS is not MORE in art instruction. I think the remarks of a generous THREE STAR reviewer are inciteful:

"The book is NOT USEFUL if you are trying to learn how to draw the human body, other books can cover that." --Amazon rewiewer on 26 March 2005

INDEED! "Other books" do cover HUMAN ANATOMY better. The figure illustrations are flat, grayish and lifeless, which make the page abhorrent. Did the publisher decide to use "La Depresse`" ink or what!? The cross-hatching is redundant and shows lack of imagination for an artist desiring to move into the heavyweight anatomical field.

And what is the justification for bringing this fair-to-middling-to-just-muddling-along text to market? Maybe the publisher decided that with so many "hack" art books on the market, prospective buyers were just too dumb to buy anatomy books written better. [Peck is hard to beat].

It is worth mentioning I believe, that reviews here are of the BOOK....not the author, nor necessarily of the publisher. Our obligation is to the potential reader. We share what we know from studying the book. Buyer beware.

4 out of 5 stars In defense of this book and Civardi.......2003-03-03

I was prompted to write a review after reading the 'one star' review by Artshogun titled 'don't believe the hype'. That review was extremely unbalanced.

Civardi is a gifted artist who has authored some valuable books, primarily on figure drawing. However, this book has one major flaw which is not the fault of the artist. Most of the reproductions are extremely faint, using less than half of the available dynamic range of the printing process. Consequently you must have good vision (which I don't) and plenty of light to get something out of this book. There is no excuse for this and it's the fault of the publisher. If any book requires clarity then it's one that deals with the often-subtle tonal variations required to depict the human form.

Artshogun claims Civardi has 'failed to maintain accurate proportions' on many of the figures. I see no obvious errors of proportion.

Artshogun also states that the 'sausage-smooth approach to rendering his figures...has squashed the life and movement out of them'. It is true that the poor reproduction has had a severe flattening effect on many of the drawings. However, this is not really a book on drawing technique, or portraying the human form expressively. Instead it uses pencil to capture valuable anatomical information in an simple, elegant and unaffected way. To quote from the foreword by the artist. "Instead of expressively interpreting the form, I preferred to document it using a rather neutral, almost linear art style."

While Civardi's 'linear hatching' rendering technique may not be your cup of tea (Civardi has a broad range of drawing styles, which can be seen in many of his other books, which focus more on expression.), it is without question clear, consistent, and informative. Consequently, and most importantly it provides the perfect jumping off point for an artist to interpret the human form using his or her own technique.

Aside from the previously mentioned flaw, this is a valuable reference on drawing the human body.

Todd Hido: Roaming Landscape Photographs
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Todd Hido: Roaming Landscape Photographs

    Manufacturer: Nazraeli Pr
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Hardcover

    GeneralGeneral | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | How-to | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
    Similar Items:
    1. Between the Two Between the Two
    2. The Photobook: A History - Volume 2 The Photobook: A History - Volume 2

    ASIN: 1590050959

    Tales from the Crypt: The Official Archives
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • definitive history of this cultural media phenomenon
    • if you like tales from the crypt
    • BETTER THAN FEAR ITSELF
    • A graphic and grisly archive of the legacy of E.C. Comics
    Tales from the Crypt: The Official Archives
    Digby Diehl
    Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Hardcover

    GeneralGeneral | Drawing | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Shows | Television | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
    BooksBooks | Antiques & Collectibles | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Horror | Genre Fiction | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
    Short StoriesShort Stories | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books | Anthologies | British | Canadian | General | United States
    AnthropologyAnthropology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books | Cultural | Ethnobotany | Ethnology | Evolution | General | History & Philosophy | Physical | Primitive | Religious | Sociobiology
    GeneralGeneral | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
    GeneralGeneral | Foreign Languages | Reference | Subjects | Books
    Look Inside Horror BooksLook Inside Horror Books | Trip | Specialty Stores | Books
    Similar Items:
    1. Tales of Terror!  The EC Companion Tales of Terror! The EC Companion
    2. Foul Play!: The Art and Artists of the Notorious 1950s E.C. Comics! Foul Play!: The Art and Artists of the Notorious 1950s E.C. Comics!
    3. Tales from the Crypt Tales from the Crypt
    4. The EC Archives: Shock Suspenstories Volume 2 (EC Archives) The EC Archives: Shock Suspenstories Volume 2 (EC Archives)
    5. The EC Archives: Shock Suspenstories Volume 1 (The Ec Archives) The EC Archives: Shock Suspenstories Volume 1 (The Ec Archives)

    ASIN: 0312144865

    Amazon.com

    Where can a quirky sense of humor take you? In the case of Bill Gaines, right in front of a very angry Senate Committee. The story of EC Horror Comics, which was the subject of a very odd Senate hearing in 1954, is fully documented by noted literary critic Digby Diehl in this extravagant volume. Billed as a "Coffin Table Book to Die For," Tales From the Crypt: The Official Archives bubbles over with gloriously ghoulish artwork from the original horror comics of the 1950s.

    Book Description

    Open the vault and relive the experience!

    For forty-seven years the Crypt Keeper and Tales from the Crypt have captured the imaginations and scared the wits out of people with their ghostly stories and grisly visions. Here, finally, is the book that looks back fondly on all glorious gore, the ultimate coffin table book that includes:

    -the official biography of the Crypt Keeper and the history of EC Horror Comics
    -a previously unpublished picto-fiction horror story drawn by Jack Davis
    -all 105 Ec Horror Comic covers reproduced in "living" color
    -a pictorial "filmography" of the award-winning HBO and Fox Television series featuring credits, synopses, and at least one "terrorific" picture from every episode
    -four original (and complete) stories by Jack Davis, Al Feldstein, Graham Ingels, and Jack Kamen reprinted from the actual art and reproduced in color in their original size
    -brief biographies and portfolios of the key EC artists
    -collectible section highlighting the coolest and most valuable Crypt merchandise

    And much more, of corpse, of corpse!

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars definitive history of this cultural media phenomenon.......2006-04-23

    A mere comic book in 1950, today Tales From the Crypt and its Crypt Keeper are trademarks whose value exceeds their initial medium, much as Disney's Mickey Mouse surpasses the value of his cartoons. And if Mickey means amiable family entertainment, the Crypt Keeper signifies a particular kind of horror tale: one combining brevity, gore, black humor, and moral irony.

    Tales From the Crypt is also a multimedia property. Digby Diehl touches most bases along its history, beginning with the origin of comics books, a marriage between newspaper comic strips and pulp fiction. In 1896, Richard F. Outcault created The Yellow Kid, a comedic strip of cartoons about ... a yellow kid (allowing its publisher to showcase a newly invented, bright yellow ink, a favorite practice of tabloid yellow journalists). Until the late 1920s all cartoon strips were comedic, hence, a comic strip.

    In 1933, Max Gaines conceived of reprinting comic strips into pulp books, making him the Father of the Comic Book. In 1945, his partners at Action Comics bought him out and he founded Educational Comics, publishing titles such as Picture Stories From the Bible and Bouncy Bunny in the Friendly Forest. He died in a 1947 boating accident, saving a child's life while perhaps sacrificing his own.

    Bill Gaines grew up hating and avoiding comics because they had represented Max, a critical and demanding father. Now Bill's mother insisted that he run EC. He did, changing EC from Educational to Entertaining Comics, and hiring Al Feldstein to draw an Archie clone, Going Steady With Peggy. But Bill soon dropped the idea of cloning successful trends, a standard publishing practice then (and now?), and created what he called his New Trend titles.

    The history of EC's New Trend horror and crime comics (Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, Crime SuspenStories, Shock SuspenStories) informs much of Diehl's book, but there is much else. We read of Weird Science and Weird Fantasy, Bill's sci-fi comics tolerated out of love since they never achieved the success of their horror siblings; the GhouLunatics (Crypt Keeper, Vault Keeper, Old Witch); Harvey Kurtzman's distaste for horror, his meticulous attention to military detail in his beloved EC war comics (Two-Fisted Tales, Frontline Combat), and his creation of, and defection from, MAD; EC's plagiarism of Ray Bradbury's "What The Dog Dragged In," leading to a long, congenial working relationship with Bradbury (but who later requested that his name not be put on covers, as he worried that being adapted by the comics hurt his authorial reputation); and the cloning of the New Trend, so that by 1953 about 150 competing horror titles were being published, today mostly forgotten.

    Sections on each EC artist includes bios and samples of his unique style. Al Feldstein, who wrote and edited most of the New Trend, demanded that each artist have his own signature style. Bill Gaines encouraged it by instituting an "Artist Of The Issue" kudos page, a respect rarely accorded by other publishers.

    EC's five horror and crime titles all folded in 1954, due to public outcry against comic book sex and violence. Psychiatrist Dr. Fredric Wertham of the New York Department Of Hospitals and Harlem's Lafargue Clinic led the fight. Powerful enemies against EC included gossip columnist Walter Winchell, waging a vendetta against EC business manager Lyle Stuart (whose book had revealed the "seamier side of Winchell's private life"); Senator Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn) of the Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency and a presidential hopeful; and EC's competitors, particularly Archie Comics's John Goldwater and DC's Jack Liebowitz. As President and Veep of the Comics Magazine Association of America (CMAA), Goldwater and Liebowitz prohibited the words "horror, terror, crime, and weird" for a comic book to earn the CMAA's new seal of approval, required by distributors. EC's strength was its horror and crime titles, unlike its competitors. Ironically, Bill Gaines had called the meeting at which the CMAA was formed.

    Wertham recruited support from "women's groups and religious organizations," vilifying horror and crime comics for their "detailed descriptions of all kinds of felonies, torture, sadism, attempted rape, flagellation" and portraying women "in a smutty, unwholesome way, with emphasis on half-bare and exaggerated sex characteristics." He decried all horror and crime comics, but EC had the most to lose. Ironically, EC was rare among publishers in diluting its horror with humor. The GhouLunatics' wry commentaries distanced readers from the suffering characters.

    One rare political hero was New York Governor Thomas Dewey, who vetoed "numerous bills outlawing horror comics." But though attempts at state censorship failed, bad press, public pressure, and boycotts discouraged distributors and retailers from carrying EC. Bill Gaines summarized, "Magazines that do not get onto the newsstand do not sell."

    Gaines requested permission to testify before Kefauver. In his statement (reprinted by Diehl) Gaines says, "I do not believe that anything that has ever been written can make a child hostile, over-aggressive, or delinquent." Here he was disingenuous, or at least contradictory. Gaines believed in comics' power to influence youth, periodically publishing what he called preachies (tales condemning racism, anti-Semitism, drugs, etc.), usually in Shock SuspenStories. And if art can influence for good, it follows that it can influence for ill.

    The question should not have been: are violent comics potentially harmful? Tobacco, marijuana, airplanes, cars, guns -- and yes, art and ideas -- are all potentially harmful. To users, to third parties, to children. The proper question is: Do we chose to live and raise children in a society that assumes the risks of liberty, or do we wish a society cocooned, safe, and inoffensive, hypersensitive to the sensibilities of all?

    Although Diehl makes no connection, Wertham began his campaign in 1948 and Bradbury began Fahrenheit 451 in 1950. One wonders what influence the psychiatrist had on the author. For the society in Fahrenheit 451 is a democracy, one in which whatever book offends any group is banned, until none are left. Unlike 1984's obvious state totalitarian target, Fahrenheit 451 reveals that people can discard their freedom by choice.

    Yet as EC so often demonstrated in its pages, you can't keep the dead down. The Crypt Keeper lived on. In fanzines, in Russ Cochran's hardcover reprints (published in black & white so as to display the artists' meticulous ink lines), in the Amicus films, in the HBO series (Diehl includes a 93-episode guide covering the first seven seasons), in the more recent films, in the Tales From the Cryptkeeper cartoon. All covered, if only a page. There are a few errors (remarkably, Boris Karloff is referred to as William Henry Platt). Thankfully, there's an index, albeit incomplete. No reference to Karloff under any name.

    Not covered are the Amicus film novelizations by Jack Oleck. Although pictured in the collectibles section, there's no information on its making. I miss it because it was both my introduction to Tales From the Crypt (being underage for the Amicus film) and my first "adult" book. To boomers, Tales From the Crypt is a comic book. To Xers, an HBO series. To those born in between, the Crypt Keeper is Ralph Richardson, seen on the back of Oleck's novelization.

    Diehl's book reprints four "classic" stories and all 105 EC horror and crime covers (nine per page). Extensively researched, generously illustrated. If you have a serious interest in Tales From the Crypt, you'll want this book.

    5 out of 5 stars if you like tales from the crypt.......2003-02-10

    this book is for you... it is full of great pictures and information... it is awesome

    5 out of 5 stars BETTER THAN FEAR ITSELF.......2000-12-29

    While I was never a big fan of the HBO cable series - I always felt it was more a star vehicle than a scare vehicle - I did always enjoy the comics it was based on, and with this, the offical history of EC and all their creations, you too will become a fan all over again. This book comes fully equipped and packed with features. It spotlights the history of EC and beyond, background profiles on artists, writers and producers, as well a comprehensive listings of episodes from the HBO series, plus four reprinted classics from the original run (LOWER BERTH/THE THING FROM THE GRAVE/HORROR WE? HOW'S BAYOU? and THE OCTOBER GAME - adapted from a story by Ray Bradbury... who has an interesting history with EC), plus a cover gallery running the gambit of all the EC horror series. This is a must for any fan of the series or collector of comics in general. Very fun, very nice package and very well done. My only complaint is that on occasion the material can read a bit light, but it never bores you... and you learn a thing or two, like: Just who owns all the original art work from MAD #1? To find out - buy and and read inside.

    5 out of 5 stars A graphic and grisly archive of the legacy of E.C. Comics.......1998-07-19

    Digby Diehl has dug up enough ghastly art and story lines from the old E.C. vaults to chill even the most die-hard Crypt fans! This book captures the horror and fascination many of us experienced as kids, encountering our first Tales from the Crypt comic. This archive presents a rich visual history of the development of the horror genre in comics, its rise to horrific success, and the devastating blows it was dealt in the 1950s, as comics came under tighter censorship scutiny. It is worth having this book for the collection of cover art alone, but also worth noting is the section on its spinoff into the television series. Anyone who has ever seen the comics, or the shows, will undoubtedly enjoy poring over this collection into the wee hours of the night...
    TALES FROM THE CRYPT, THE OFFICIAL ARCHIVES
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      TALES FROM THE CRYPT, THE OFFICIAL ARCHIVES
      David Kaestle
      Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Hardcover
      ASIN: B000M0JVG2

      The Daring Nellie Bly: America's Star Reporter
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Christensen Strikes Again...
      • A Great Book About an Extraordinary Woman
      • Alas for lost potential
      The Daring Nellie Bly: America's Star Reporter
      Bonnie Christensen
      Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Hardcover

      GeneralGeneral | Biographies | People & Places | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
      LiteraryLiterary | Biographies | People & Places | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
      HistoricalHistorical | Biographies | People & Places | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
      NonfictionNonfiction | Girls & Women | People & Places | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Ages 4-8 | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
      JournalismJournalism | Writing | Reference | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Foreign Languages | Reference | Subjects | Books
      JournalistsJournalists | Professionals & Academics | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Performing Arts | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
      Similar Items:
      1. Hiroshima (Apple Paperbacks) Hiroshima (Apple Paperbacks)
      2. It Can't Be Done, Nellie Bly!: A Reporter's Race Around the World It Can't Be Done, Nellie Bly!: A Reporter's Race Around the World
      3. Getting the Real Story: Nellie Bly and Ida B. Wells (Women Who Dared) Getting the Real Story: Nellie Bly and Ida B. Wells (Women Who Dared)
      4. Williwaw! (Yearling Books) Williwaw! (Yearling Books)
      5. Poppy (The Poppy Stories) Poppy (The Poppy Stories)

      ASIN: 0375815686
      Release Date: 2003-10-14

      Book Description

      From the award-winning picture book biographer of Woody Guthrie comes the inspirational story of Nellie Bly. Born in 1864, during a time in which options were extremely limited for women, Nellie defied all expectations and became a famous newspaper correspondent. Her daring exploits included committing herself to an infamous insane asylum in New York City to expose the terrible conditions there and becoming the first American war correspondent of either sex to report on the front lines of Austria during World War I. In 1889, Nellie completed her most publicized stunt, her world-famous trip around the world in just 72 days, beating the record of Jules Vernes’ fictional hero in Around the World in 80 Days.

      With an informative text and pen-and-ink illustrations reminiscent of the graphic style of the late 1800s, The Daring Nellie Bly captures the independent spirit of America’s first star reporter, Nellie Bly.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Christensen Strikes Again..........2004-08-16

      Bonnie Christensen, who gave us Woodie Guthrie, Breaking into Print, and countless other wonderful books, has done it again. In taking on both famous and obscure characters, she demonstrates the range of her world view. And her ability to present different forms and genres of art is only another example of her versatility. From wood engravings, to acrylics, to watercolors, there doesn't seem to be anything she can't do. And Nelly Bly shines mightily in this easy to read, but historically important work. Bravo!

      5 out of 5 stars A Great Book About an Extraordinary Woman.......2004-07-28

      I loved the story of this amazing and courageous woman, Nellie Bly. As the School Library Journal says, quote: this terrific biography reads like an adventure story. (endquote) And that's absolutely true. It's a great read aloud. The illustrations remind me of old newspaper illustrations and I especially like the little details, the monkey for example. Booklist calls the illustrations quote: powerful and rich in color. (endquote) Despite an incredibly difficult childhood Nellie Bly perservered. She was not only courageous, she was compassionate and she was smart! She successfully ran her husband's million dollar company until a bunch of men employees embezzled so much they ran her out of business. Then at the age of 50 she was off to report on WWI. An amazing woman, and a book that's a wonderful tribute.

      3 out of 5 stars Alas for lost potential.......2003-12-02

      Reporter, millionaire, and advocate of the female worker, Nellie Bly was America's first female shock journalist. Christensen's biography examines Bly's life, climaxing with the worldwide trip that beat "Around the World In Eighty Days' " timeline. Readers of Christensen's "Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People", may find themselves disappointed by this newest biography. Lacking her customary woodcuts and inventive presentation, "Nellie Bly" is unappealingly static. The illustrations are either taken directly from photographs of Bly or present flat expressionless characters. Christensen sticks to the facts of Bly's life, but is not above softening them. Reporting that Bly, "successfully ran (her husband's) huge manufacturing company", Christensen fails to mention that Bly additionally drove the business to bankruptcy. Best used as a introductory source to Nellie's life, readers wishing to learn more about this fascinating person should consult the sources provided in the book's bibliography, notably Charles Fredeen's "Nellie Bly: Daredevil Reporter".

      Giggs: The Autobiography
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • A fun read
      Giggs: The Autobiography
      Ryan Giggs
      Manufacturer: Penguin Global
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback

      GeneralGeneral | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Biographies | Sports | Subjects | Books
      SoccerSoccer | Biographies | Sports | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Football (American) | Sports | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Soccer | Sports | Subjects | Books
      GeneralGeneral | Sports | Subjects | Books
      Look Inside Sports BooksLook Inside Sports Books | Trip | Specialty Stores | Books
      Similar Items:
      1. Keane:  The Autobiography Keane: The Autobiography
      2. Managing My Life: My Autobiography Managing My Life: My Autobiography
      3. Gerrard: My Autobiography Gerrard: My Autobiography
      4. Scoring at Half-Time Scoring at Half-Time
      5. Totally Frank: The Autobiography of Frank Lampard Totally Frank: The Autobiography of Frank Lampard

      ASIN: 0141024011

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars A fun read.......2007-08-06

      Gigg's biography is very readable. It's written in a conversational style, almost like you're having a beer with the guy and he's telling you his story. He's candid and good-natured and comes across as a humble, likable person. It will undoubtedly become a classic as he will eventually surpass Sir Bobby Charlton's all-time appearance record for Man Utd later this season.

      Every dedicated Man Utd fan would appreciate this book.
      Ryan Giggs: My Story
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        Ryan Giggs: My Story
        Ryan Giggs
        Manufacturer: Carlton Books Limited
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Hardcover

        GeneralGeneral | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
        SoccerSoccer | Biographies | Sports | Subjects | Books
        GeneralGeneral | Football (American) | Sports | Subjects | Books
        GeneralGeneral | Soccer | Sports | Subjects | Books
        Look Inside Sports BooksLook Inside Sports Books | Trip | Specialty Stores | Books
        ASIN: 185227459X
        Chasing Perfection
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          Chasing Perfection
          Ryan Giggs , Colin Cameron , and Ryan Giggs
          Manufacturer: Boxtree Ltd
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Hardcover

          GeneralGeneral | Exercise & Fitness | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
          GeneralGeneral | Soccer | Coaching | Sports | Subjects | Books
          GeneralGeneral | Soccer | Sports | Subjects | Books
          ASIN: 0752221698
          Hard Man, Hard Knocks
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            Hard Man, Hard Knocks
            Terry Yorath , and Grahame Lloyd
            Manufacturer: Celluloid
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Hardcover

            GeneralGeneral | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
            SoccerSoccer | Biographies | Sports | Subjects | Books
            GeneralGeneral | Football (American) | Sports | Subjects | Books
            GeneralGeneral | Soccer | Sports | Subjects | Books
            ASIN: 0954596110
            The Official Ryan Giggs
            Average customer rating: Not rated
              The Official Ryan Giggs

              Manufacturer: Grandreams
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Hardcover

              SoccerSoccer | Biographies | Sports | Subjects | Books
              GeneralGeneral | Football (American) | Sports | Subjects | Books
              GeneralGeneral | Soccer | Sports | Subjects | Books
              ASIN: 1858305101
              Official Ryan Giggs Annual 1997
              Average customer rating: Not rated
                Official Ryan Giggs Annual 1997

                Manufacturer: Grandreams
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Hardcover

                Yearbooks & AnnualsYearbooks & Annuals | Almanacs & Yearbooks | Reference | Subjects | Books
                ASIN: 1858303982
                Ryan Giggs - Genius at Work
                Average customer rating: Not rated
                  Ryan Giggs - Genius at Work

                  Manufacturer: Carlton Books Limited
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Paperback

                  GeneralGeneral | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
                  GeneralGeneral | Soccer | Sports | Subjects | Books
                  ASIN: 0233990461
                  Ryan Giggs 1995 Special
                  Average customer rating: Not rated
                    Ryan Giggs 1995 Special
                    Ray Goldsworth
                    Manufacturer: Egmont Childrens Books
                    ProductGroup: Book
                    Binding: Hardcover
                    ASIN: 0749819987
                    Ryan Giggs Annual 1996
                    Average customer rating: Not rated
                      Ryan Giggs Annual 1996
                      Grandreams
                      Manufacturer: Grandreams
                      ProductGroup: Book
                      Binding: Hardcover

                      Yearbooks & AnnualsYearbooks & Annuals | Almanacs & Yearbooks | Reference | Subjects | Books
                      ASIN: 1858302846
                      RYAN GIGGS SOCCER SKILLS
                      Average customer rating: Not rated
                        RYAN GIGGS SOCCER SKILLS
                        Unknown
                        Manufacturer: A CHANNEL FOUR BOOK
                        ProductGroup: Book
                        Binding: Hardcover
                        ASIN: B000RY9EGK

                        Books:

                        1. Hip Hotels Orient
                        2. Historic San Francisco: A Concise History and Guide
                        3. Holkham
                        4. Houses by Mail: A Guide to Houses from Sears, Roebuck and Company
                        5. Houses: The Illustrated Guide to Construction, Design and Systems
                        6. Interior Design Portable Handbook : First-Step Rules of Thumb for Interior Architecutre
                        7. Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes (Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture)
                        8. Jacques Garcia: Decorating in the French Style
                        9. Landscape as Spirit: Creating a Contemplative Garden
                        10. Living in the Key West Style Anywhere

                        Books Index

                        Books Home

                        Recommended Books

                        1. History: Fiction or Science
                        2. Flesh and Bone: A Body Farm Novel
                        3. Desert Landscape Architecture
                        4. From Being to Doing. The Origins of the Biology of Cognition.
                        5. From Caterpillar to Butterfly
                        6. Home Is Where the Heart Is
                        7. Fall of a Philanderer
                        8. Herzog & De Meuron: Prada Aoyama Tokyo
                        9. Designing with Models: A Studio Guide to Making and Using Architectural Design Models
                        10. Light Before Day