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Ready-to-Use Lesson Plans, Color Prints and Worksheets for Exploring Eight World Cultures
~ Five detailed projects for each of eight world cultures (to your left)
~ Large, full-color museum illustrations for each project
~ Clear, step-by-step project directions
~ Photographs of completed student studio projects
~ Historical and cultural background for each culture
~ Dozens of reproducible worksheets to save you time and work
~ And more!
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What a wonderful way of teaching. Bravo!.......1998-03-24
Susan Hogan's book is a fascinating exploration of several different cultures through their art, their customs, geography and history. Her insight into the nature of the different societies brings a deep understanding of how art has been interwoven with the needs and rituals of that society. It also points out the need for us to use our hands, our minds and emotions - expecially in this electronic age. It brings us back to ourselves, to make these things with our hands. I have worked with children of different ages for more than a decade. I find the students really enjoy the easy to do projects that help them produce beautiful articles they can actually use. What a wonderful way of teaching. Bravo!
A resource that real teachers can use with real students.......1998-03-15
This book is not going to get dusty on the shelf. It is a real resource--for art teachers, social studies teachers, home schoolers and anyone else who wants to use art to teach world culture (or conversely world culture to teach art). The lessons makes sense. The art projects are doable. This book had been well thought out. It's also been tested with real students. It is ideal for teachers who want to do multi-cultural education and not just talk about it.
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- Fonville: A Culture Preserved Through Photograpy
- A local classic
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Fonville Winans' Louisiana: Politics, People and Places
Cyril E. Vetter , and
Fonville Winans
Manufacturer: Louisiana State University Press
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Fonville: A Culture Preserved Through Photograpy.......2007-09-24
As a preface to my review of Vetter's book, .Fonville Winans' Louisiana: Politics, People and Places I am obliged to first speak about his subject, Fonville Winans. Not knowing who captured the images until much later, I was captivated by Winans' photographs early on.
Over time, living in Baton Rouge, LA, I learned more about the man and explored the different areas his wonderful photograpy encompassed. More than any other, I was and continue to be moved the most by his photographs of the inhabitants of Coastal and South Louisiana of his day; those of the old fisherman and oystermen, with their sun and wind-chiseled features that said much about who they were and the things they stood for in life. One of the first photos that I came to recognize as Winans' was that of the old bus on Grand Isle, LA. I believe it was Fonville Winans' work that sparked my life-long love of black & white photography.
Initially, not knowing its history, while in graduate school at LSU, I located a small cafe on the edge of a neighborhood called "Spanish Town." Its attraction to me was three-fold; the low price of a simple, yet filling meal, the live accoustic music featured nightly, and, more than any other, an unmistakable ambience that emanated from the old brick building with its front double-door facing the street corner. Soon, I learned the building was originally the studio of Fonville Winans. I believe the ambience there was the echo of his creativity and had little to do with current decor there.
Having said that, I believe Vetter's book captures all these aspects of Fonville, his work, and much more. Sans the ability to own an original made by this magical photographer or bottle the ambience borne of his creativity, this book provides a means of returning, many times over, to the photographs I have grown to love. This makes Vetter's book a "must have" for me and I think if you have any interest in the art of Fonville Winans, the same would be true for you. Furthermore, if you have not been introduced to Winans, Vetter's compilation will open the man and his photograpy to you.
Thanks for reading, Robb
A local classic.......2000-06-29
This is an unusual book. It offers a glimpse into a treasure trove little known beyond south Louisiana. How appropriate that LSU press should dedicate resources to preserving this material and making it available to a wider audience.
For those of my parent's generation who grew up in Baton Rouge, getting a "Fonville" portrait was as much a rite of passage as visiting the Paramount Theatre (now a parking lot) on Third Street (now Riverside Mall).
Fonville Winans' reach went beyond documenting the lives of Baton Rouge society, however, and this book capture the remarkable range of his interest. All the major figures in Louisiana politics are here, either out on the stump or in more formal posed portraits. There are also photographs of other parts of Louisiana life: music, festivals, farmland and river bottoms.
The book offers a rare glimpse into a long-gone time and place. Though it's a much bigger and elaborate book, it's reminiscent of Eudora Welty's _One Time, One Place_. A special treat is the evocative CD that paints an aural picture to match the photographs.
So now you, too, can have a Fonville.
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This book of single-panel cartoons has but one purpose: to make people laugh. The author firmly believes that the quality of our lives can be enhanced by humor and the ability to laugh at ourselves, and with others about most of our life experiences. Irreverent Ink for the Laughing Crowd is divided into three parts:
Part 1: General Irreverence -- His span of commands covers all subjects, attacks conventional wisdom, and gives new meaning to the term 'GI'.
Part 2: Animal Crackers -- These animals display a remarkable talent to comment on human behavior as well as performing their own comical antics.
Part 3 The Observers -- Features a couple of characters, Victor and Hugo, who are the best of friends and travel the world together giving us the benefit of their observations and interpretations of events.
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Advanced Topics in End User Computing, Vol. 2 (Advanced Topics in End User Computing Series)
Manufacturer: IGI Global
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Advanced Topics in End User Computing features the latest research findings dealing with end user computing concepts, issues, and trends. Empirical and theoretical research concerned with all aspects of end user computing including development, utilization, and management are included. Volume two is specifically interested in those studies that show a significant contribution by relating end user computing to end user satisfaction, end user productivity, and strategic and competitive advantage.
*Note: This book is part of a new series entitled "Advanced Topics in End User Computing". This book is Volume Two within this series (Vol. II, 2003).
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Advance Topics in End User Computing features the latest research findings dealing with end user computing concepts, issues, and trends. It provides a forum to both academics and information technology practitioners to advance the practice and understanding of end user computing in organizations. Empirical and theoretical research concerned with all aspects of end user computing including development, utilization and management are included.
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vital and timely book.......2002-08-15
If computing is to achieve its fullest potentail, it is vital that EUC is leveraged to a greater extent than at present. Certainly, the EUC area has matured considerably in the past few years. This maturation is evidenced by this book which makes a vital contribution. It is unique in its focus on a broad range of areas: medical informatics, the contribution of various factors to succesful EUC development of IS, and the role of tools in EUC. It represents the leading thinking by a range of expert researchers and practitioners in this vitally important area.
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The AMA report on end-user and departmental computing: An AMA research report (AMACOM briefings & surveys)
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Business Information Technology: End User Focus
Tony Gunton
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Computers and End User Software (The Scott Foresman series in computers and information systems)
Thomas H. Athey , and
John C. Day
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Computing With End-User Applications and Basic (Wiley series in computing and information processing)
Robert A. M. Stern , and
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Course CBT: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional for End-Users
NIIT ,
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Effective Utilization and Management of Emerging Information Technologies
Mehdi Khosrowpour
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Idea Group Publishing is pleased to announce that the 1998 Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) International Conference Proceedings was published in a bound-book format. Effective Utilization and Management of Emerging Information Technologies contains more than 200 papers that were presented at the 1998 IRMA International Conference on numerous timely issues of managing information technology in organizations around the world.
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End User Information Systems
Elizabeth Ann Regan , and
Bridget N. O'Connor
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Of all the areas affected by the 1997 Taxpayer Relief Act—the most sweeping tax reform agenda in years—perhaps the greatest impact will be in real estate. From the capital gains reduction on investment property to the new $500,000 exclusion on the sale of residences, the revisions are numerous—and complex. This concise, easy-to-understand book clarifies and simplifies these changes for you, explaining exactly what the revisions are, what they mean for your holdings, and—perhaps most importantly—how you can profit from them when buying or selling residential or commercial real estate.
With the very latest information on capital gains, home office deductions, home exclusions, and other modified provisions, Buy or Sell Real Estate after the 1997 Tax Act shows you how to:
- Formulate effective strategies to achieve the best returns
- Take advantage of tax-free exchanges
- Use new exclusions to save money when selling your home
- Manage rental property sales
- Choose between trading and selling
- Determine your taxes under the new rules
Here is an authoritative, accessible, and thoroughly indispensable guide for anyone looking to understand—and capitalize on—the new tax law changes in real estate.
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Suitable as an introduction.......2003-01-02
This book can serve as an introduction to taxes as related to real-estate transactions. It is a quick and easy read, and seems to be targeted at the least sophisticated possible investor. It does a good job of explaining the major points of the new tax laws, and is filled with short examples. (In my opinion, at least half the examples are so simple that they should be eliminated, for they illustrate nothing beyond what can be said in a single simple sentence). However, any slightly sophisticated investor will need more than this book can offer. The strategies offered are seldom beyond the obvious and unattractive ones (e.g. move into your intended for-sale property 2 years before selling, then do that over and over). In short, an easy read as an introduction, but leaves you wanting more.
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