Newport Mansions: The Gilded Age

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Newport Mansions: The Gilded Age
Thomas Gannon
Manufacturer: Preservation Society of Newport County
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J37KGK

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Beautiful Photographs

Newport Mansions: The Gilded Age
Richard Cheek , and Tom Gannon
Manufacturer: Foremost Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0940078015

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Beautiful Photographs.......2001-12-07

I purchased this book at the Newport Historical Society on a recent daytrip. If you are interested in the mansions, this book describes the interior, exterior, occupants, and how they were built. The photography is amazing, and allows you to take a closer look than the tours. If you've ever been in the breakers, the famous Vanderbilt home, it's too overwhelming to take it all in as you're inside, and the book is a helpful resource. I wish it covered some of the mansions not perserved by the socitety, but I suppose since some on Bellevue are still family homes (!!) this would explain some obvious exclusions.

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Newport Mansions: The Gilded Age.
THOMAS GANNON
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RQU76E

Newport Mansions: Postcards of the Gilded Age

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Newport Mansions: Postcards of the Gilded Age
Federico Santi
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Newport Mansions: The Gilded Age
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Manufacturer: Foremost
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K1DEPC

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Newport Mansions: The Gilded Age
Thomas Gannon
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000RELVWK

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This book contains the most beautiful, large photographs and stories of some of Americas' most facinating historic homes.

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Newport Mansions; The Gilded Age
Thomas GANNON
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Terrible!
The Gods of Newport
Good but not a Jakes classic
John Jakes Decline
John Jakes has another good book

The Gods of Newport: A Novel
John Jakes
Manufacturer: audible.com
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Binding: Audio Download

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ASIN: B000KF0GLS

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John Jakes, “the godfather of the historical novel” (Los Angeles Times), leaves the South to travel north for an epic tale of scandalous doings in one of the world's most famous resorts.

In the late nineteenth century, Newport, Rhode Island, was a cauldron of undeclared class warfare where reputations were made and lost in a whirlwind of parties and fancied slights. Where giant marble mansions called “cottages” arose and where—amid the glamour of yacht races, tennis matches, and costume balls—depression, even madness, sometimes followed social failure.

In 1893, Sam Driver, railroad mogul and one of the few surviving robber barons of the lawless years after the Civil War, knocks on the door of fabled Newport together with his daughter, Jenny, determined not to be turned away a second time.

The first time, his new money was tainted by his rapacious reputation and his dealings with some of the most dishonest businessmen of the era. The Drivers find that some who know Sam's past won't let it rest. One enemy with a pedigree of wealth and position vows to slam every door in Sam's face.

But Sam plunges in, determined to win a place in the strange, rarefied world of Newport's brief summer season, presided over by social gadflies Ward McAllister and the androgynous Harry Lehr, both of whom will assist the Drivers . . . for a price. Sam's daughter wants the best that Newport offers but finds herself drawn into a dangerous romance with an impoverished young Irishman.

The Gods of Newport brings this gilded age of excess to thrilling life. It was a time and place whose extremes of greed, conspicuous consumption, and social striving have an astonishing resonance and relevance for the America we see around us today.

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Terrible!.......2007-07-17

I plowed my way through 40 or so pages of this snoozer and gave up. Why does Jakes try to cram 30 years of backstory full of history, scandal, and drama into the first few chapters? If he wanted to write a saga, he should have spread it out over several books and taken his time. As it is, the plot jumps around frequently, making everything feel disjointed and there are so many characters coming and going that it's hard to remember who is who. It doesn't help that they all have the personality of a dead fish (and it's the same fish again and again).

Then there's the corny dialogue, the flat narrative, the utter lack of humor...the whole thing feels very thrown together and made me suspect Jakes is hoping this one will coast on the success of his earlier works.

The Gods of Newport.......2007-06-01

A great book--typical of John Jakes historical novels. Learned a lot about Newport, and its early history. Wish I'd read the book before we visited ther a few years ago--it would have made our visit that much more enjoyable. Looking forward to the next John Jakes book.

Good but not a Jakes classic.......2007-05-26

While Gods of Newport was an improvement over Savannah and Charleston, it did not capture the pathos or character development of the Kent and North South series. Jakes may still be acquiescing to publishers who want "short" versus "well developed" fiction. Alas we are all the worse if this is the case. At least he is still writing and perhaps he will give us one more truly interesting historical novel where the charaters are so well developed that we can consider them friends we can't wait to visit with.

John Jakes Decline.......2007-03-27

As a big fan of John Jakes' many books, I found this a good look at Newport's early history. However, the story (as well as "Charleston" & "Savannah) was a rather sketchy "hurry up & finish this", not like his earlier great historical novels. I am disappointed that Jakes has abandoned his practice of fleshing out his characters & plots - surely at this stage in his life, he can't be that much of a hurry.

John Jakes has another good book.......2007-03-02

A novel written by John Jakes always holds my attention. THE GODS OF NEWPORT is no different. Mr. Jakes is an excellent writer and in this novel he writes of the turn of the century from the 1800's to the 1900's. Newport was the "mecca center" for the rich and ultra rich. If you "made it" in Newport society, you were accepted in the social circles of New York City as well. Known names such as Vanderbilt give you the idea of just how wealthy these "Newporters" were expected to be.

Sam Drive wants to be a part of this society. He wants this for his daughter, Jenny, as well as for himself. He was not of OLD MONEY but came up from the ranks of the poor. He has his sights set on a wealthy and titled husband for Jenny but she has other ideas even if she is slow to realize them.

Sam builds a house in Newport and the architect tries to woo Jenny with less than satisfying results. Meanwhile, Prince Malloy sees Jenny at the local tennis club and picks her out as yet another conquest to "love'em and leave'em" to get even for the way the rich treated his deceased mother. Cupid has other ideas and when Prince and Jenny finally manage to get together, they find true love. Alas, Sam steps in and creates trouble for Prince to push him away from Jenny. He takes her to Europe and a "count" takes up with Jenny with Sam's approval. Sam even manages to get them married.

Is this the end of true love? Oh, I can't tell you that but besides this main theme, there are other smaller scenarios going on so pay attention to who's who when listening to this audio book. I will say that the ending is left hanging, in my opinion. Mr. Jakes doesn't usually do this but in this one I felt he left some unanswered questions.

Edward Herrmann read this novel and did a splendid job. He used different voices for the different characters which made listening to his reading very easy. No wonder he has so many theater credits to his name.

If you have read other John Jakes novels, you won't be disappointed in this one. He adds yet another great book to his list of credits.

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Color Mixing

Enjoyable

A great book to start with

A True Labor Saving Book

Very Informative

Color Mixing Bible: All You'll Ever Need to Know about Mixing Pigments in Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Soft Pastel, Pencil, and Ink
Ian Sidaway
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill
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ASIN: 0823007235

Book Description

Mixing colors accurately may be an art unto itself. In fact, many artists are discouraged by the time and expense it takes to mix and match colors, and achieve the right results. Even more frustrating is the vast range of colors available. Now there's a ready-to-use visual directory that takes all the guesswork out of mixing and matching colors . . . making every artist an expert! Color Mixing Bible provides a basic color palette for each art medium, demonstrating an array of two-, three-, and four-color mixes, as well as offering full explanations of various paints and pigments. This invaluable guide features scores of tips and techniques for color mixing with oils, acrylics, watercolors, inks, pastels, and virtually every other art medium. It also includes in-depth information on how to determine the opacity and strength of a color, choose a color palette, mix whites, arrange and organize colors prior to mixing, use optical and physical mixing techniques, and much more! Plus, hundreds of color illustrations make everything simple. Whether one is an aspiring artist or working professional, Color Mixing Bible is an essential addition to every bookshelf.

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Color Mixing.......2007-02-12

Very good for all types of artists. It even has inks for us printmakers!!!

Enjoyable.......2004-03-12

I enjoyed this book very much. It was simple to understand and quite interesting. I'm sure it's not the end all in color mixing books, but it is not a bad one at all.

A great book to start with.......2004-02-16

I've just started oil painting, and this book proved invaluable in helping me sort out the many, many different kinds of paint with their exotic names out there. I generally like to jump in and just experiment, but when I discovered the high price of good oil paints, I decided I needed a little book knowledge first. This book costs about the same as a good tube of paint, and saved me from buying many colors that, before reading the book, I didn't realize I wouldn't really need (at least to start with). It's one of clearest, most concise books I've read (on any subject). Every word is one of wisdom. If you're new to mixing paint, or having trouble figuring it out, get this book (it doesn't really cover HOW to paint though).

A True Labor Saving Book.......2003-06-02

The first thing I always did with a new set of paints was create color swatches and mixes. Now that my paint sets are more expensive I hate to waste paint on swatches that I'll probably put in some "safe" location in the studio...never to be seen again. Here I can reference swatches of commonly used colors, opaque and transparent in a range of media. Sidaway also includes the best history of pigments that I've read to date - answering a question about phthalo blue that's been bugging me for years (when was it introduced? 1936.) This book is no substitute for learning about your palette, but does provide information on how to select an appropriate palette.

Very Informative.......2003-01-03

It covered the basics of color and technical terms "hue, shade, tint" It has a section about the history of pigments and dies and what they used to be made of that is interesting. One brown paint used to be made of ground up mummies.It discusses the mixing of color in many different media.

Graphic Designer's Print and Color Handbook: All You Need to Know about Color and Print from Concept to Final Output

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REQUIRED COLLEGE TEXT

Graphic Designer's Print and Color Handbook: All You Need to Know about Color and Print from Concept to Final Output
Constance Sidles , Rick Sutherland , and Barb Karg
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Getting color and print quality right is one of the biggest challenges for designers, especially when faced with quickly changing technologies, platforms, and processes. The complexities of color and print management have grown in the wake of these new technologies, and designers are often left without any guidance. This practical and comprehensive handbook provides designers with just that-guidance. This all-inclusive source covers everything from choosing color combinations to choosing the best paper and printing methods for your job. Graphic Designer-s Print and Color Handbook brings tips and discussions on these subjects to you through visuals and easy to understand text. No detail is left out, making this an essential text to have next to your work station everyday.

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REQUIRED COLLEGE TEXT.......2007-03-09

THIS TEXT WAS REQUIRED FOR OUR SON IN COLLEGE. HE HAS FOUND IT TO BE EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDED FOR GRAPICS DESIGN COURSE IN UPSTATE NY COLLEGE. DELIVERY WAS TIMELY AS USUAL.

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All About Techniques in Color (All About Techniques Art Series)
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Barron's All About Techniques books offer advanced instruction to ambitious art students and experienced hobbyists. This book presents a thorough review of color theory, with instruction on how to mix primary colors to produce virtually every color and every gradation in the visible spectrum. Practical exercises apply primarily to watercolor, oil, gouache, acrylic, inks, and pastel.

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All About Heerbs Complete Growing instructions for 155 Herbs, Tips & Techniques for Dewsign Herb Gardens, Projects for cooking, Health & fragrance & More
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Rich compendium of capital letters selected from venerable British humor magazine. Astonishing wit, invention, draughtsmanship in letters drawn by Tenniel, Leech, Sambourne, Doyle, other Victorian masters. Historic calligraphy; topical, political, literary allusions; animals, plants, many other motifs. All copyright-free. Inexhaustible graphic inspiration.

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A Great Book!.......2002-11-20

This book is a must-have for anyone with an interest in cartooning and humorous illustration in general. I had the first edition of this paperback (published in 1973)... that edition has a different cover and shows up in used bookstores occasionally. The chapters about Jack Davis and Mort Drucker were great... two very good Mad Magazine artists (along with Sergio Aragones and Al Jaffee). But my all-time favorite part of this book is the chapter that focuses on Bob Jones. Bob is a great funny animal (anthropomorphic animal) illustrator who created the cartoon Exxon Tiger (also known as the Esso Tiger), a famous icon in America and around the world. There are several great pictures of the Exxon tiger in this book including a model sheet with different expressions! This part of the book alone is great because it's so hard to find pictures of the cartoon tiger like unless you go to the Exxon web site or find old advertisements for Exxon/Esso with pictures of the tiger. In fact, you can go to the Exxon (or ExxonMobil) web site [...] and enter "tiger" in the search field for info from the company about the character. Exxon introduced its cartoon tiger in 1964 as the star of its 'Put a Tiger in Your Tank' ad campaign. (May be hard to find cartoon images now because of the Kelloggs vs. Exxon Lawsuit lost by Exxon in 2000). Anyway, other artists featured in this book are Federico Fellini, Paul Coker, Will Eisner, Jules Feiffer, Gerry Gersten, Johnny Hart, Donald Reilly, Norman Rockwell, Arnold Roth and Maurice Sendack.

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The 1994 Rwandan genocide was a monumental atrocity in which at least 500,000 Tutsi and tens of thousands of Hutu were murdered in less than four months. Since 1994, members of the Rwandan political class who recognize those events as genocide have struggled to account for them and bring coherence to what is often perceived as irrational, primordial savagery.

Most people agree on the factors that contributed to the genocide -- colonialism, ethnicity, the struggle to control the state. However, many still disagree over the way these factors evolved, and the relationship between them. This continuing disagreement raises questions about how we come to understand historical events -- understandings that underpin the possibility of sustainable peace.

Drawing on extensive research among Rwandese in Rwanda and Europe, and on his work with a conflict resolution NGO in post-genocide Rwanda, Nigel Eltringham argues that conventional modes of historical representation are inadequate in a case like Rwanda. Single, absolutist narratives and representations of genocide actually reinforce the modes of thinking that fuelled the genocide in the first place. Eltringham maintains that if we are to understand the genocide, we must explore the relationship between multiple explanations of what happened and interrogate how -- and why -- different groups within Rwandan society talk about the genocide in different ways.

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Disturbing but fascinating.......2005-11-17

Ten years ago horrific stories began to emerge from Rwanda. Almost a million people had been brutally murdered in a few short months. Men, women and children had been butchered in the most revolting way in massacres of tens of thousands. The savagery of the genocide appeared to exceed even that of the Nazis. How could this possibly have happened - again? And where was the United Nations? Surely they had been set up after the Second World War precisely to stop this kind of thing ever happening again? The UN, it seemed, had shepherded the victims into so-called `safe' areas, only to abandon them later to their dreadful fate.
Accounting for Horror seeks to `account' for what happened in Rwanda, but it does it in a way that is never simplistic. It confronts head-on the casual enquirer who only wants to know `who are the victims and who are the perpetrators?' Instead it deconstructs such facile questions in a way that is both disturbing and fascinating. In this respect it reminded me very much of Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem.
I bought this book because I wanted to know more about what happened in Rwanda. This book explains it in a way that works on many different levels. It is an illuminating study of one of the darkest chapters in recent human history.

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