Cleveland's Downtown Architecture (OH) (Images of America)

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Downtown Cleveland has many architectural landmarks that define this big, proud city on the lake. Most famous is Terminal Tower, the "grand dame" of Cleveland skyscrapers, which was the tallest office building outside of New York City from 1930 until 1967. Other notable high-rises such as the BP building, Key Tower (at 950 feet one of the tallest in the nation), and the new Federal Court House with its distinctive lighted cornice also dominate the cityís beautiful Lake Erie skyline. And then there are the detailsóthe terra-cotta "stardust" motif on the exterior of the Standard Building, the extensive metal decorative work inside the gargoyle-encircled atrium of The Arcade, and the immense stained-glass dome of the Cleveland Trust Rotunda. ÝÝ

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A well-done book that promotes an appreciation of Cleveland.......2004-09-14

This book presents quality images, both contemporary and vintage, and a well-written narrative describing downtown Cleveland's buildings and other landmarks and their histories. It's interesting reading and visually appealing and a good introduction to one of America's most under-appreciated cities.

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Contributions by Giuliano Serafini, Pericles Boutos.

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A wonderful book.......2000-12-05

This wonderful book is about artistic expression with photography, and not a printed shopping catalog of costumes for your next bal masque. An old fan of Boutos, I enjoy his ability to blend with his subjects, capturing their mood as they communicate openly with the artist's camera. The Venice carnival offers the photographer and the reader a unique opportunity to capture the fuzzy boundary between the subjects' imagination and reality, the mix of people who appear as themselves despite their costume with the people who participate as their masked fantasies. Are the subjects representing their real self or their carnival impersonation? Is the medieval maiden with the video camera on page twentyfour an observer or a participant of the carnival event? Is the server on page twentyfive a real waiter or a costumed guest? Is the nose on the face of the person on page thirty real or an add on? Buy this book if you enjoy the challenge of capturing moods with photography, don't buy it if you are shopping for costumes.

A wonderful book.......2000-12-03

Not a Picture Poscard.......2000-12-02

The stark wide angle lens photographs in revealing black and white are NOT the picture postcard shots Venice's chamber of commerce whould chose to promote lucrative tourism. Boutos, a resident of this city for several years,does indeed "unmask" carnival, His unsettling images, all taken at the cafe` Florian, unveil the annominity inherent in the masque.

Venice Carnival Unmasked.......2000-09-18

I was looking for a book that would give me ideas for a Venice Carnivale themed party. This book turned out to be a disappointment. The photos were all black & white (not advertised as such) and were not what I was looking for at all. There is also no text in this book, and a lot of wasted white space on the back of each photo. If it wouldn't cost me time and postage, I'd have mailed it back.

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Carnival in Venice
Shirley Rowen , and David Rowen
Manufacturer: Harry N Abrams
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0810924196

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THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE
Alessandro (text by Nantas Salvalggio, translated into English by Howard Rodger MacLean) Savella
Manufacturer: Amilcare Pizzi Editore
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000E1C9TK

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Gorgeous color photos

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CARNIVAL OF VENICE
Unknown
Manufacturer: STORTI EDIZIONI
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000S81UFS

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The carnival of Venice and other poems
Florence (Danforth) Newcomb
Manufacturer: F.T. Neely
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Carnival of Venice Made Easy for Cornet or Trumpet (With Piano Accompaniment)

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Carnival of Venice Made Easy for Cornet or Trumpet (With Piano Accompaniment)
J.B. Arban
Manufacturer: Charles Colin Publ.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Sheet music
ASIN: B000MQL6GY

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Cat's Carnival
Edith Schreiber-Wicke
Manufacturer: David R. Godine Publisher
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Faces Under Water (Secret Books of Venus, Book 1)

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Dense
Great Storytelling
A beautifully described sci-fi Venice
The Secret Books of Venus: Book I
Dark, colorful, and breathtaking...

Faces Under Water (Secret Books of Venus, Book 1)
Tanith Lee
Manufacturer: Overlook Hardcover
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Binding: Hardcover

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It's no surprise that Tanith Lee has won the August Derleth Award and several World Fantasy Awards. She writes elegantly of love and lust, hatred and obsession, in decadent, morally ambiguous, fascinating novels and short stories that owe more to Angela Carter and Oscar Wilde than to any established tradition of fantasy.

Lee finds the perfect setting for her rich style and dark visions in Venus, an alternate-history, 18th-century Venice caught up in a fevered Carnival that requires everyone to either wear masks or be killed. When Furian Furiano, searching for bodies in the canals, finds instead a floating mask of Apollo, he becomes entangled in the complex plots and counterplots of warring religions and the secret societies of powerful guilds. And he encounters the beautiful Eurydiche, who has been cursed from birth with silence and an immobile face that make her both a powerful symbol of the historic role of women and an irresistible, inscrutable, and possibly fatal attraction for the hot-blooded young Furian.

This fantasy murder mystery, Faces Under Water, is Book I of the Secret Books of Venus, but its plot is self-contained and complete. This is no fat fantasy; rather, it is a properly proportioned novel of somewhat more than 200 pages, a length that displays Tanith Lee's considerable gift at its finest. --Cynthia Ward

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The Secret Books of Venus series-each book woven around the alchemical elements of water, fire, earth, and air-begins with Faces Under Water, in which Tanith Lee immerses her readers in ancient Venetian canals and the secret terror that lies beneath. Lee's characters are immediately plunged into a fantastical world of sorcery, where horror and beauty mingle under breathless spells of enchantment and desire.

In the hedonistic atmosphere of an eighteenth-century Venice Carnival, gaiety turns deadly when Furian Furiano happens upon a mask of Apollo floating in the murky waters of the canals. The mask hides a sinister art, and Furian finds himself trapped in a bizarre tangle of love, obsession, and evil, stumbling upon a macabre society of murderers. The beautiful but elusive Eurydiche holds the key to these murders and leads him further into a labyrinth of black magic and ancient alchemy. Why do secrets from Furian's past seem tied to the mysterious Eurydiche? In Tanith Lee's brilliantly imagined world of violence and terror, Furian must find a way to survive and stem the obsession driving him toward his hidden destiny.

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Dense.......2004-11-24

Tanith Lee's writing seems to come in two categories, though not exclusively. Her Flat Earth series, and her fairy tale stories, are written in an arch style which suits them.

And then there are books like this one, and the comparable Paradys series, which speed past arch and enter baroque. I found the writing so distracting that I had difficulty following the plot.

Some readers might enjoy this style, but I don't. The book is short, which is nice, but it's still too long to sustain the style. On a positive note, the period setting and the mix of murder and alchemy are intriguing. If only I know where it was going and what it meant when it got there.

Great Storytelling.......2004-09-26

This is an enjoyable, unique fantasy that reveals a touching, unconventional love story. I liked the fact that both the heroine and (anti)hero of the story are misfits and both hold deep disappointment and disillusionment at their core; at the end of the story you really want for them to be happy because they've been so emotionally deprived. Their interations are both touching and erotic. I won't write more in order not to give the plot away, but I really would recommend reading this book.

A beautifully described sci-fi Venice.......2003-09-22

I like Tanith Lee and I happen to think that she writes beautifully, but all that aside, this story didn't really hold my attention. I continued to read it only for the imagery it evoked and not because I really cared what happened to any of her characters.
The story begins with Furian Furiano (a disillusioned former aristocrate) wandering the canals during Carnaval looking for dead bodies to bring to a friend of his who is an alchemist and also possesses a magpie that he nourishes with scraps of human flesh from his experiments. (I know, what a great guy). Things begin to go awry as Furian discovers a mask in the water and brings it back to the Alchemist, Dr. Schaachen. He later links this to one of his father's friends who belongs to a mask making guild. This friend has a daughter with a rare disorder that prevents her from making any kind of expression. It draws vague parrelels to the Orpheus, Euridyche myth.
I did get bored while I was reading this book. Just because the story is sometimes vague doesn't mean that it is profound. Just because the characters are decadent and without morals doesn't make this story shocking. The book was well-written enough to keep me reading, but only as a travel guide to somewhere that doesn't exist.
I found myself missing some of Tanith Lee's earlier books like the Silver Metal Lover, and Biting the Sun. Her characters are so much more human. I recommend those if you want to see the kind of writing that she is capable of, and she is capable of some wonderful writing.
I probably will read the rest of the books in this series though.

The Secret Books of Venus: Book I.......2003-01-24

Set in a fantasy version of the 18th-century Venice Carnival (a setting I really liked), "Faces Under Water" follows Furian Furiano (very original name ;) as he comes across a mask floating in a canal. This discovery leads him into the company of dark alchemists, the Guild of Mask Makers--and ultimately into the arms of Eurydiche, a woman whose mask is her actual face--a well-woven twist to the authentic Carnival atmosphere.

Although it's been a long time since I've read this book (I had to browse through it again to remember most of the story in order to write this review), I do recall "Faces" was rather slow-paced, particularly in the beginning half, and not as exciting or intriguing as Lee's Paradys series, which this series appears to imitate. Based on this book alone, I doubt I'll like her new Venus series. There are three additional books to it--"Saint Fire," "A Bed of Earth," and "Venus Preserved"--but I'll probably stick with her Paradys series instead, one I'd recommend over this series.

Dark, colorful, and breathtaking..........1999-10-26

When Furian Furiano, a moody and temperamental young man with a painful past, comes across an exquisite mask of Apollo in his daily polings through the canals of Venus, the Venice of a shadowy alternate world, he has no idea what this chance find will bring him: a desperate love, initiation into an ancient and reclusive craft, and a closer encounter with death than he ever wished. In the hidden places of Venus, something is stirring and waking, something kept skillfully hidden until Furian's clumsy searches bring it to light...and not Furian, not his beautiful lover Eurydiche, perhaps not even Venus herself will be safe if its power is not stopped.

Like Lee's novels of Paradys, which seems to belong to the same world as Venus, "Faces Under Water" deals with a wide range of emotions and environments, from the darkness and the decadence to the unexpected joys and pains-all of which Furian's troubled life encompasses. Central to his thoughts and the story is the idea of the mask: what lies behind it? Can one even know what is really there? Furian's lover Eurydiche is perhaps a personification of this question; born with a rare disorder that keeps her mute and her face as still as stone, she cannot affirm her love to Furian in any way that he can concretely accept. In the same way that Furian can never be sure what Eurydiche is thinking behind her beautiful mask, he cannot fathom the plot that is forming around him until it reveals itself to him at last. The Mask Makers' Guild...a mysterious tribe known as the Orichalci that dwell in the southern Amarias (seventeeth-century Venus' name for the Americas)...questions of life and death...unlikely pieces joining together, they form an impenetrable screen around Furian, weaving darkness until he cannot find his way out alone. Yet dark as Venus' world may be, it is not entirely without its lights. Humor and odd bits of truth are provided by Furian's friend/mentor/irritant Dianus Shaachen, an aging doctor who dabbles in alchemy and other mystical arts, dotes on his pet magpie, loves to be cryptic, and may actually know something of use to Furian. Furian's own interactions with his fellow characters show him to be more than a figure moved about a stage-by turns wry, sarcastic, and vulnerable, afraid to admit love, unable to deny it, he is achingly, familiarly human. And Eurydiche and Furian's love, whatever its nature, may the one thing that can heal both these wounded people. Such things are necessary-for how can you know what you have gone through if there is nowhere to pause and look back...and how can darkness have meaning without the light?

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Combo Magazine #8 (Latest News & Prices for Comics & Non Sports Cards)

Manufacturer: Combo
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000C2NLFM

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Combo #8. September 1995. Includes Lady Rawhide, Guardians Gaming Cards, Mike Deodato Jr., Fabian Nicieza, How to Play Bloodwars, Video Game System Previews, Free Gaming Card Included, Free Non Sports Cards Included. Packaged in a Sealed Plastic Bag. UPC: 009281016601.

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Gaming Guardians Volume 1
C., Wilson Trull , and Graveyard, Greg
Manufacturer: Fuzzy Green Dice
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0615136966

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Graveyard Greg, EDG and Radical take up the fight to protect the Primary system and all the Gaming Worlds.

Gaming Guardians (Gaming Guardians Series)

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Gaming Guardians (Gaming Guardians Series)
Graveyard Greg
Manufacturer: Keenspot Entertainment
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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centuries of success

Centuries of Success: Lessons from the World's Most Enduring Family Businesses
William T. O'Hara
Manufacturer: Adams Media Corporation
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Generation to Generation: Life Cycles of the Family Business

Keep the Family Baggage Out of the Family Business: Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins That Destroy Family Businesses

Strategic Planning for the Family Business: Parallel Planning to Unite the Family and Business

Family Wealth--Keeping It in the Family: How Family Members and Their Advisers Preserve Human, Intellectual, and Financial Assets for Generations

ASIN: 1580629377

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Profit. Conflict. Love. Sacrifice. Relive the legacies of the world's most enduring family-run businesses

Centuries of Success is the first book to chronicle the colorful success stories and timeless lessons of some of the world's oldest family businesses. This one-of-a-kind work blends complete family histories with corporate philosophies and business sensibilities that are practical, adaptable, and enduring.

Each profile features:

Quotes from company leaders

Industry timelines

Company mottos

Exclusive CEO interviews

Business strategies

From Japan's Hoshi Ryokan-a hotel that dates back forty-seven generations to 718-to the sprawling Tuscan vineyards of Marchesi Antinori-winemakers since 1385-Centuries of Success brings to life the strength and dedication that puts family-run businesses in a league of their own.

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Insightful!.......2004-11-22

Rather than interviewing one scion about building a single family business, author William T. O'Hara profiles 20 of the world's oldest - at least two centuries - family-held businesses, representing a combined 8,911 years of experience. O'Hara uses profiles of these companies and their leaders to explain how these family businesses survived when so many others failed. Generally, only about a third of family firms survive the transition from the founding generation to the second wave, and the mortality rate worsens over time. Given the global reach of these businesses and their extraordinary longevity, O'Hara offers unique information. The drawbacks are slight: sometimes the book reads too much like an anecdotal travelogue and occasionally it surrenders to generalities about family businesses, though that may have been unavoidable. These quibbles aside, we strongly recommend this book for anyone seeking insights into how families work together, stay together and profit together, generation after generation.

centuries of success.......2003-12-20

Dr. O'Hara's penetrating and readable book opens an inviting door to the nuances of family businesses throughout history. The reader is entertained and informed about how family members influence - for good and bad - the changing fortunes of a plethora of enterprises in Italy, France, Japan, or South Africa, to name just a few of the countries the author visited for sit-down discussions with family elders as well as heirs. The eminent former president of a prestigious business college, Dr. O'Hara easily balances an array of family issues and elicits some remarkably candid observations from his sources - especially the younger generation. Invaluable, too, is his concluding identification of eleven recurring principles and practices that seem to visit global family businesses

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The Reo Motor Car Company operated in Lansing, Michigan, for seventy years, and encouraged its thousands of workers to think of themselves as part of a factory family. Reo workers, most typically white, rural, native-born Protestant men, were dubbed Reo Joes. These ordinary fellows had ordinary aspirations: job security, decent working conditions, and sufficient pay to support a family. They treasured leisure time for family activities (many sponsored by the company), hunting, and their fraternal organizations. Even after joining a union, Reo Joes remained loyal to the company and proud of the community built around it.

Lisa M. Fine tells the Reo story from the workers' perspective on the vast social, economic, and political changes that took place in the first three quarters of the twentieth century. She explores their understanding of the city where they lived, the industry that employed them, and the ideas about work, manhood, race, and family that shaped their identities. The Story of Reo Joe is, then, a book about historical memory; it challenges us to reconsider what we think we know about corporate welfare, unionization, de-industrialization, and working-class leisure.

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The Story of Reo Joe: Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A.(Book review): An article from: Journal of Social History
Richard Oestreicher
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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Release Date: 2006-10-17

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Social History, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2006. The length of the article is 989 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Story of Reo Joe: Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A.(Book review)
Author: Richard Oestreicher
Publication: Journal of Social History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 40 Issue: 1 Page: 257(3)

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