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Many of the bridges built during the past 10 years show a high degree of experimentation. Bridges are also starting to attract attention as important features of the cultural and architectural landscape. With an introduction by the acclaimed architectural critic Hugh Pearman, this captivating reference analyzes 30 bridges around the world that display the most cutting-edge architectural and engineering trends in recent bridge construction. Each bridge is displayed in full, lavish color, while the accompanying text, drawings, and details demonstrate how the bridge is constructed and what innovative design and engineering features it incorporates. Projects range from the impressive 5,328-foot Great Belt Link in Denmark to the innovative covered-tube walkway designed for the Plashet Grove School in East London, from the Charles River Mainline Bridge in Boston, Massachusetts, to the Roosevelt Lake Bridge in Phoenix, Arizona. Plus, readers will find dozens of other interesting projects by such internationally renowned architects and engineers as Jürg Conzett, Future Systems, T. Y. Lin, I. M. Pei, Modjeski and Masters, WilkinsonEyre Architects, and many others.
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Exceptional!!.......2002-09-29
The author's selection of these thirty bridges offers readers an insight into modern bridge design...many of the bridges are truly unique and stunningly beautiful. The gorgeous photographs and intelligently written text make this the best book of its kind that I have ever read. Must reading for every structural engineer!
A bridge lover's delight!.......2002-04-27
The author has put together an elaborate study of 30 unique and interesting modern bridges. The discussion of each is quite detailed and often very technical but nonetheless very informative and well supported by beautiful photographs and elaborate diagrams. For anyone who has an interest in modern bridges this is an eye-opener. For the few of us who travel with bridges as destinations, this is a wonderful guide for future trips.
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In this new book, 30 successful entrepreneurs explain how they turned their dreams into reality. They tell how they decided what to do, how they got started, how they found the money they needed, and how they went about it. But they also reveal how they had doubts, made mistakes, and encountered frustrations along the way. Importantly, they also explain how they overcame these difficulties and turned a dream into a commercially viable reality.
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Inspirational.......2006-10-18
This is a great book for inspiration. If you have been thinking of starting a business, read this. It may give you the kick to get started. Most of the entreprenures are from the Uk, but they have the same inspirations and struggles as someone in the USA. It also has a lot of typos in it, but that didn't take away from the content. I would highly recommend. Kami
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Better Electric Lamps of the 20's and 30's.......2001-11-29
Sorry, this book is very deceiving in what it is about. I do not consider a loose piece of paper, inside the cover of this book, with 1997 prices on it,to be called part of this book. The printed prices in the book are in deed from the 20's and 30's. Maybe I read more into the cover of this book then I should have. And why does L-W Book Sales stamp their hard cover books with the price in big bold numbers on the back of there books? I sell music books, and the price is on the books discreetly. If a person was sitting 20 feet from a person looking at this book, they would know how much I paid for it, in which case, this book, I would be embarrassed to let anyone know what I paid for it.
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Excellent multicultural Text!!.......2001-05-21
If you are looking for art Ideas from around the globe this is an excellent book. It also has mini test to give students. I tried several of this activities and students had a great time.The projects turned out fabulous.
fantastic book, not your usual paper plate/macaroni art.......1999-07-08
one of the best multi-cultural art books I have run across in the past 15 years. Ranks right up there with Brown Bag Ideas. Worth every penny!!
Thorough art lessons of many countries........1998-07-01
I think the author did an excellent job in putting together the various art activities. Her format of introducing the history of the particular art work, giving step-by-step instructions, and following up with review questions for the students makes this book the best organized one I've seen.
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New York City had been bleeding red ink, good jobs, and its middle class for years when Edward I. Koch was first elected in a stunning upset in 1977. With archival photographs and insightful essays, New York Comes Back tells how Mayor Koch led America's largest city away from the brink of bankruptcy and social decay. After the Son of Sam murder spree and the riots that followed a sweltering July blackout, an unlikely savior stepped into the void and chaos. An unknown congressman with a rubber face and a liberal bent, Ed Koch injected a new word into the political vocabulary: No. Government would have to do less and people would have to sacrifice more if New York was to survive. Dr. No's enthusiastic jousting with the city's enemies, real and sometimes imagined, gave an instant lift to New York's collective spirit. Before long, people and money were flowing into the city instead of out, and New York became a model for how to revive America's troubled urban areas. The love affair between the city and its outspoken mayor had decided hiccups, but Koch ruled Gotham like no mayor since LaGuardia for twelve dramatic years. He put in place policies that spurred development, and left behind a more stable and vibrant place to live, work, and visit. New York Comes Back depicts the journey that Koch took New York on through a series of pointed essays by a celebrated list of journalists, authors, policy experts, and former associates— all of whom had front-row seats or were actual participants in those dynamic years of change and rebirth. The text is richly illustrated with more than one hundred photographs taken from the archives of the New York Daily News. Adding to the essays, the paper's celebrated photographers roamed the city, capturing New York and its mayor in ways that bring home the grit and the glory of those exciting and important times. Exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, October 2005-March 2006 Texts by Pete Hamill, Al Sharpton, Ken Auletta, Alair Townsend, Jim Brigham, Joyce Purnick, Judith Kaye, Carl Weisbrod, Joe Rose, Evan Cornog, Ronay Menschel, Sam Roberts, Mike Gecan, Johnny Ray Youngblood, Henry Stern, and John Mollenkopf In association with the Museum of the City of New York.
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Anderson tells the story of several S/M relationships set in Toronto's African-Ameican community.
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Dogs live life with a joy and abandon most humans envy. This book of sayings and dog-isms will give you a glimpse into the canine psyche. It will amuse, and maybe inspire-no, probably just amuse readers. Rubino's illustrations are equally funny.
A fool and his half a sandwich are soon parted.
If you love something, set it free. If it comes back it's yours. If it doesn't come back, bark and bark and then bark and bark and just bark and bark and bark and bark and bark.
Berber carpets make pretty good butt scratchers. Persian rugs will do in a pinch if the pile is deep enough. But shag! Oh, shag is just a little slice of heaven.
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A Real Treat.......2007-09-15
After reading, I IMMEDIATELY replaced our shag carpet (p. 131) and purchased Ellie a more slimming collar (p.126).
Seriously, though, this book is HYSTERICAL! I howled all the way through! A GREAT read -- and stocking stuffer -- for anyone who has ever owned dog... or plans to.
Sit down, relax, and enjoy! You'll be glad you did.
Rubino knows dogs..........2007-08-24
Anthony Rubino is a unique humor talent. His insight is so keen in this book, that you may think (as I do) that Mr. Rubino has spent some time inside a furry body. This book made me laugh uncontrollably. It is a must have for all dog lovers.
Even your dogs will laugh ..........2007-08-21
This book is for the dog lover in each of us. I've been a dog owner for most of my 33 years, and I've yet to find a book about animals that has made me laugh as much as this book by Anthony Rubino. I have every book written by this brilliant comic author. The book makes a great gift for the dog lover on your holiday gift list; however, be sure to buy one for your own coffee table. I guarantee that all of your guests will pick it up and chuckle at the various musings on life as a dog!
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A renowned Washington, D.C.–based psychoanalyst examines George W. Bush's public persona–and asks serious questions about whether he is fit for the office he holds.
In Bush on the Couch Frank offers a comprehensive psychological profile of President George W. Bush using the principles of Applied Psychoanalysis, the discipline of psychoanalyzing public and historical figure pioneered by Freud. With an eye for the subtleties of human behaviour sharpened through thirty years of clinical practice, Frank traces the development of Bush's character from childhood to present day, identifying and analyzing Bush's patterns of thought, behaviour and communication. A thorough and authoritative examination of Bush's public appearances and speeches, along with historical, biographical, and journalistic records, Bush on the Couch is a compelling portrait of George W. Bush, filled with controversial and disturbing revelations about our nation's leader.
Insightful and accessible, courageous and controversial, Bush on the Couch sheds startling new light on the Bush psyche and its impact on the way he governs, tackling head–on the question no one seems willing to ask: Is our president psychologically fit to run the country?
o With the wild popularity of Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, his #1 New York Times bestsellers Stupid White Men and Dude, Where's My Country?, and anti–Bush reads by writers like Al Franken and Molly Ivins, the Bush–sceptical audience is more engaged and highly motivated than ever.
o From the contentious presidential election of 2000 to 9/11, from the War in Iraq to the War on Terrorism at home and abroad, Bush's presidency is one of the most controversial in the history of the U.S. In Bush on the Couch, Dr. Frank dissects the psyche of President Bush and unearths shocking revelations about the mind of the leader of the free world. With three decades of experience, Dr. Justin Frank is an expert in the field of psychoanalysis. He has written and lectured widely on psychoanalysis and politics. A former columnist for Salon.com, the recipient of numerous teaching awards, co–director of the Metropolitan Centre for Object Relations in New York, a clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at George Washington University Medical Centre, and a teaching analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, Dr. Frank's copious credentials speak for themselves.
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Bush On The Couch Review.......2007-10-09
Clearly I am not a Bush fan. I bought this book to shed some light on this madman's approach to politics. While the beginning was good the book gradually turned me against the author. The author goes on to state how he doesn't take anyone seriously that is not a member of AA, yet he also says it only has a 10% success rate. He goes on ad nauseum to state that AA is the only way out, and if you don't choose this route you are in for many problems even if you have stopped drinking for decades. In the next chapter the author contradicts himself because AA is based on believing in a Higher Power. In this chapter the author tells how Bush is using his religion as a "crutch". So what is it, belief in a higher power or not? I found the author had similar problems as Bush, in that he was very stubborn on his beliefs and made generalizations. I would not recommend this book to anyone as it is very biased with the author's beliefs. Perhaps author and Bush should be evaluated/analyzed by another person.
It doesn't take a book.......2007-10-02
Although the author who clearly has impeccable credientials makes excellent points about the President and the entire Bush dynasty regarding the psychological motivations for all of their behaviors, particularly W's, this could have all been covered in a long article. The author did offer very intersting biographical information to flesh out the story but the end result was still very repetitious.
Oedipus Wrecks.......2007-09-12
Like some Grimm's Fairy Tale, you know not to open the door - but you do anyway. And what you find behind it confirms your worst suspicions. To sum the book in one sentence: We, the United States of America, are George W Bush's extended family and we are getting the fatherhood from him that he got from his biological father. (Bush's father was never home and his mother was a cold disciplinarian.)
Bush on the Couch is a well-written nicely paced read. The book could easily descend to becoming a hit piece, but it appears to retain a clinical objectivity throughout. While mildly ponderous with Freudian theory, for anyone unfamiliar with basic Freudian concepts that is a plus. The presence of such theory makes it plain, page after page, that Dr Frank is avoiding flights of imagination as far as possible and sticking close to theory and the facts at hand. The facts at hand are seven years of televised speeches, interviews, press conferences, and as much of the Bush family's biography as is known.
The dramatis personae playing upon the psyche of the world's most powerful man, according to Dr Frank, read like a Who's Who from the Seven Deadly Vices of some medieval morality play: Lust (for power), Envy (due to lack of nurturing), Sloth (woeful academic and professional performance), Gluttony (alcoholism), Pride (political power combined with amoral behavior), Anger (sadism), and Greed. For good measure, ADHD, Religious Inflation, and False Witness make cameo appearances. Meantime, the brain that these Vices inhabit works out its childhood traumas on a global stage.
"His behavior is what psychoanalysts call ego-syntonic, meaning that his actions - the lies he tells and the harm he inflicts on others - don't appear to cause him much conscious anxiety" (page 232).
Dr Frank suggests that this steaming cauldron of psychological witch's brew overspills its edges in Bush's repeated Freudian slips: "I am a person who recognized the fallacy of humans".
A good read that pulls together everything you ever wondered about the president - and leaves you wanting no more of it. Recommended.
Life long Republican - USMC veteran.......2007-09-09
I couldn't agree more with this books apparent conclusions. Most of the things I suspected now are clearer to me about our president. he simply seems incapable of doing the right thing ever. Almost like a contrarian. Seemingly just happy being an obstacle to just about anything positive. This book explains it clearly, the guy is a psycopath, you know it, i know it, hell only another wacko couldn't see it. I am as conservative as the come but i can spot a wolf in sheep's clothing a hundred miles away.
Nation now on the couch.......2007-08-18
I would have given a higher rating if the author interviewed Bush. But the analysis of Bush's thinking (or lack of) and his simplified all or nothing way of looking at the world along with a heavy dose of narcissism beginning in his formative years shows the reader why we are in the mess we find ourselves in. I would have liked to have more information about his relationship with his wife Barbara. Overall, an interersting book about the worst president to date.
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With the Bush administration in permanent crisis, a renowned Washington psychoanalyst updates his portrait of George W.'s public persona—and how it has damaged the presidency.
Insightful and accessible, courageous and controversial, Bush on the Couch sheds startling new light on George W. Bush's psyche and its impact on the way he governs, tackling head-on the question few seem willing to ask: Is our president psychologically fit to run the country? With an eye for the subtleties of human behavior sharpened by thirty years of clinical practice, Dr. Justin A. Frank traces the development of Bush's character from childhood through his presidency, identifying and analyzing his patterns of thought, action, and communication. The result is a troubling portrait filled with important revelations about our nation's leader—including disturbing new insights into:
- How Bush reacted to the 2006 Democratic sweep in Congress with a new surge of troops into Iraq
- His telling habits and coping strategies—from his persistent mangling of English to his tendency to "go blank" in the midst of crisis
- The tearful public breakdown of his father, George H. W. Bush, and what it says about the former president's relationship to his prominent sons
- The debacle of Katrina—the moment when Bush's arrogance finally failed him
With a new introduction and afterword, Bush on the Couch offers the most thorough and candid portrait to date of arguably the most psychologically damaged president since Nixon.
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Title: 'Bush on the Couch'.(BOOKS, THE CHILDREN OF THE BRAIN)(Book Review)
Author: Rodrigo A. Munoz
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Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 32
Issue: 10
Page: 68(1)
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