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With over 100,000 copies in print of the previous edition, this illustrated anthology presents a collection of the very best examples of sexual art and literature spanning two thousand years: from classical Rome and the ancient East to the novels of D. H. Lawrence and Henry Miller. Artworks from Aubrey Beardsley, Henry Fuseli, Gustav Klimt, Thomas Rowlandson, and many others are juxtaposed with literary pieces from such names as C. P. Cavafy, Frank Harris, John Cleland, Anais Nin, Boccaccio, Christina Rossetti, Oscar Wilde, and Casanova.
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Beautiful, Sexy & Sensual!.......2006-04-19
I highly recommend "Erotica - Illustrated Anthology"; the book is filled with beautiful, sexy and sensual art and literature. Great to get for yourself, or as a sexy gift for the one you love....
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"Fantasy, Expose, Motif & Transmogrification of the Mind".......2006-01-20
"Erotica: An Illustrated Anthology of Sexual Art & Literature," Charlotte Hill & Wm. Wallace, NY, Carroll & Graf, 1992, ISBN: 0-88184-874-3, PC, 160 pgs., Intro. 4 pg. & Ref. 2 pg., 10 5/8" x 8 7/8".
Two authors provide a colorful collection of erotic illustrations "excluding pernicious, degrading or violent material" together with erotic literature from "fiction, poetry, drama, songs, letters & journals" covering an expanse of 2,000 yrs,, purporting appeal to both sexes, emphasis on "life-enhancing qualities of good erotica."
"Erotica" has Introduction to its origin (deriv. Gk. Eros, god of love) in both Eastern & Western cultures, its pirating, rendering, expurgation but inherent reluctance of many library repositories to make their erotic cache available for research, review, etc. "Erotica" literary review includes excerpts from Kama Sutra, My Life & Loves, Satyra Sotadica, Decameron, Story of O, Tropic of Cancer, etc. Overall, the textual & illustrative contents share equally in annotation of sexuality. The 176 illutrations include depiction of art objects, carvings, pencil sketches, cartoons, oil & watercolor paintings & charcoal drawings, but not erotic photography.
Authors' disclaimer states "Women-haters and those addicted to cruelty and violence must look elsewhere - there is nothing in this book for you." The many illustrations vary from amusing, sordid, candid, wollgathering & for some a phatasmagoria of abject vs. dignified realism that the reader must judge for himself those he finds exciting, enjoyable, banal but otherwise entertaining or titillating. Obviously, much research went into the production of this anthology, a book for your library shelf & not yet ready for the coffee table.
sexy and smart.......2002-12-19
This is a sexy, lighthearted book with pictures and writing that ranges from gorgeous to goofy.
A fun book for couples as well as to look over alone or with a friend.
A lot of the pictures appear in other erotic anthologies, but the presentation here is worth the buy.
One of the few pleasures in life that never change .........2001-03-20
Today, moreso than ever literature fine works of art never change .... a book, once written can easily become timed, but the works of art of the ages become more valuable with age and allows us an insight into the many hidden treasures of the past.
The erotic art contained in this illustrated anthology shows works over a span of 2000 years from all on the continents and many many cultures. From painings, etchings, drawings, snuff boxes, carvings, mouldings etc etc this book is exquisitely compiled and a pleasure to read and enjoy. If you have ever enjoyed wandering into chinatown in San Francisco to see the wide selection of erotic ivory carvings being offered then definitely you will just devour this book which also includes some fine examples of these carvings.
Most erotic literature published as little as ten years ago always included some of the drawings and etchings to illustrate the stories. Todays books however are devoid of these little pleasures which makes this illustrated anthology that much more important.
If you have any appreciation for fine art and erotica then buy this book it's a treasure to be enjoyed over the years.
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An Illustrated Anthology of Erotica: Sexual Art and Literature from Around the World (Anthology of Erotica)
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The Thames and Hudson Manual of Stoneware and Porcelain (The Thames & Hudson Manuals)
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Harvey Benge: Vital Signs
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The photographs in Vital Signs have been made in Paris, London, Prague, Hong Kong and beyond. They engage both the eye and the mind inviting the viewer to examine their own experience of urban life and what that means to them. Benge questions the significance and substance of the many outwardly bizarre constructs that form the urban landscape.
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- Better than the show
- Great continued with volume3...
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The Rurouni Kenshin NB: 4
Nobuhiro Watsuki
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Better than the show.......2005-03-10
This is one of my fav Rurouni Kenshins It picks right up where volume 3 left off with hanya. I loved the fight between Hanya and Kenshin. The background for hanya was great. Then the battle with Aoshi was amazing. The only problem is u would need to buy volume 3 to understand it. Better than the show of these episodes
Great continued with volume3..........2004-12-28
I just started reading Rurouni Kenshin. A friend intrested me in it and I got hooked. This volume is my favorite. The action in it is great! Kenshin really kicked butt. I love you Kenshin!
Book Description
Italian Cinema is the only complete and up-to-date book on the subject available anywhere, in any language. New coverage from 1989 to the present includes the Italian horror-film genre, Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful et al.), Bernardo Bertolucci (Stealing Beauty), Franco Zeffirelli (Tea with Mussolini), Michael Radford (The Postman [Il postino]), Gabriele Salvatores (Mediterraneo), Maurizio Nichetti (The Bicycle Thief et al.), Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso, The Starmaker), and much more. The book has been extensively revised and updated, including all-new notes, bibliography, plus videocassette and DVD information.
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With a select bibliography on the Italian Cinema.......2001-07-04
Now in an expanded and fully updated third edition, Peter Bondanella's Italian Cinema From Neorealism To The Present continues to be the premier single volume reference to Italian films available to an English readership. From the silent movie era and the fascist period, through the various masters of neorealism, down to the present day, this comprehensive reference is an essential, core addition to any personal, professional, or academic film reference library. Of special interest are the select bibliography on the Italian Cinema, the information on locating Italian films on videocassette and DVD, and a comprehensive index.
An Extraordinary Panoramic Postcard of Italian Cinema.......2001-06-12
Bondanella offers a superb overview of the Italian national cinema, and explains the central contribution of Italian auters and artists to this quintessentially 20th Century artform. With encyclopedic sweep, the reader is served bite-sized portions of every major Italian film in a series of full-length chapters. The narrative is crisp and well-paced. The morsels may be bite-sized, but in the end, the reader is treated to an enormous feast of gourmet cinema.
Organized in a roughly chronological framework, Bondanella takes us from the humble beginnings of cinema in the Italian peninsula through to the present day. The discussion of the Neorealist moment, for example, traces the artistic and social roots of the movement, and touches upon it's profound (and continuing) influence within Italy and around the world. The 3rd Edition revises some of the text, and updates the final chapters on the most recent developments in Italian filmmaking.
The discussion is organized most often as a series of capsules addressing nearly every major Italian film. The result is a combination between historical exposition and film encyclopedia. I haved repeatedly turned to Bondanella's book to gain a quick insight or two into a film I may be lucky enough to be able to rent, see in one of New York's innumerable film venues, or catch on cable. Professor Bondanella could have possibly done more at times to explain the context in which these films were made. The political and social backdrop of the Italian peninsula has been an important determinant of the artistic output of it's people. It is not that these details are ignored --- in fact they are very well represented at many points in the narrative, and much more detail in a volume as compact as this one would likely have undermined the project as a whole --- but the reader may need to consult other sources at times to gain a more contextualized understanding or to clear up a confusing point here and there.
But this criticism should be made with a caveat. Bondanella sets out to provide the reader with a coherent narrative of the breathtaking accomplishments in film art in Italy. He succeeds in that task brilliantly. The panorama of 20th Century Italian film presented is as awe-inspiring as the most idyllic Tuscan villa or the Alpine vistas of the Alto-Adige. Reader's wishing to gain an appreciation of the central importance of Italian cinema will not be disappointed.
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37 Violin Pieces You Like To Play: Violin and Piano
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Contents: Canzonetta (D'Ambrosio) * Air on the G String (Bach) * Menuet from Quintet in E (Boccherini) * La Serenata (Braga) * Cradle-Song (Brahms) * Kol Nidrei (Bruch) * Beau Soir (Debussy) * Souvenir (Drdla) * Valse-Bluette (Drigo)* Aurore (Faure) * Chanson (Friml) * La Cinquantaine (Gabriel-Marie) * Loin du Bal (Gillet) * Berceuse from Jocelyn (Godard) * Largo (Handel) * Serenade (Haydn) * Canzonetta (Herbert) * Hejre Kati (Jubay) * The Son of the Puszta (Keler-Bela) * Mazurka (Mlynarski) * Serenata (Moszkowski) * Belle Nuit (Offenbach) * Melody (Paderewski) * Serenade (Pierne) * Spanish Dance (Rehfeld) * Le Cygne (Saint-Saens) * L'Abeille (Schubert, Francois) * Ave Maria, Serenade (Schubert, Franz) * Madrigale (Simonetti) * Romance (Svendsen) * Canzonetta (Tchaikovsky) * Reverie (Vieuxtemps) * Traume (Wagner) * Walther's Prize-Song (Wagner) * Obertass (Wieniawski).
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An art-filled sourcebook about aberrations in the D&D world.
Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations takes a comprehensive look at the most bizarre monsters of the D&D world, and the heroes who fight them. It provides detailed information about beholders, mind flayers, aboleths, and other popular aberrations, while also introducing several new aberrations. In addition, this book provides new rules, feats, tactics, spells, and equipment for characters that hunt aberrations. Extensive story and campaign elements and flavor information add interest and dimension to playing or fighting creatures of this type. The book itself features a prestige format, with heavy use of art throughout and a full-painted cover.
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Horrifying alien usurpers from beyond time and space!.......2007-08-08
I had read this book more than a year ago (this was before I bought it), and my initial hunger was on the Illithids: Brain-eatting super-intellects from the far future. Their society, their behavious, their mindsets. All of which was pretty much mentally fufilled and sated.
Then, when I had finally read the whole book, I devled deeper still. Information of the Aboleths: Enormous, prehistoric slimy monsters who rule the wet recesses of the Underdark with inscrutable complex minds, mentally-crushing psionic powers, and debilitating slime. Beholders: Gluttonous and borderline insane monsters with an affinity to magic, and inbred xenophobic hatred toward all but the individual Beholder. Neogi: Pilfering spiderlike creeps who make their quota through slave labour and trade. The Grell: Intelligent predators from a parallel dimension with great skill in alien alchemy. And the Tsochari (newcomers to the D&D universe): Worm-like body snatchers from another planet with a fanatical intent to spread the word of their giant worm master, Mak-Thuum-Ngatha.
Each Abberation is gone into useful detail for the DM and the player alike. This book also goes into revised monsters from ealier D&D books (like the Beholderkin, the Illithidae and Illithiad, and a revision of the Psurlons), as well as some new, terrifying and maddening beasts (Hound of the Gloom, Half-Farspawn... my fave, Pseudonatural creatures, Shabboath Golems, and the Zeugalak, to name a few). Also some new feats (regular and Aberrant. Aberrant Feats physicall change your character and add some bonuses here and there), and Prestige Classes to fight, or aid the Aberration menace (Abolisher, Keeper of the Cerulean Sign, Fleshwarper, Darkrunner, the Sanctified Mind, and the Topaz Guardian).
For those not afraid to plumb the depths to know things to impress, or simply scare your D&D buddies with some impressive work, DO get this book. I fully recommend it.
Focus in on Aberrations.......2007-08-07
As a DM in an on-going D&D campaign featuring Epic Characters, it can be difficult (to say the least) to challage my group. But this book suceeds by diving into the mysterious creatures that live in the darkest caves of the Underdark. Once you lure your group into the innocuous looking dungeon, slam the door behind them and lead them deeper into the Underdark. Once there, they can be haunted by Aberrations that are the stuff of nightmares. This books goes deep in to the backgrounds of all the favorites, including Illithids, the decendents of the Gith and much more. It will be easy to create a wicked adventure for your group with this book. And it will be fun.
A celebration of aberrations........2007-02-22
This is everything that you wanted to know about Illithiads and all of the really weird races in the Underdark, an excellent source and a fun read. I would have liked to see more about the Mind Flayer/Gith history, but that might be better suited to a tome that focuses on the Githyanki and Githzerai races.
Good solid D&D reference book.......2007-01-28
This book is a must for the DM who is a fan of horror, especially the H.P. Lovecraft type of horror. Treating monsters like Beholders, Aboleths and Mind Flayers in detail gives an imaginative DM literally dozens of adventure hooks. The sample lairs are a great help for those who don't have acres of time as well. I was especially happy to see a few passing references to both Planescape and Spelljammer campaign settings (go Neogi!) giving me hope that one day these will be updated and re-released (any developers reading this I am ready to buy it all...just put it out!).
I will say that it is a very specialized supplement, so if you are a core, no frills DM this might not be for you. You certainly don't need it to run an excellent game. For those of us who revel in the mood of horror as a party stumbles upon the unearthly lair of a Mind Flayer or are captured and come up on the Neogi's slave block, this is the book for you.
Throwing a Little Bit of Light on the Terrors of the Long Night.......2006-04-07
Many aberrations in the D&D games if they have not been more or less blatantly taken from Lovecraft and his Cthulu Mythos they were at least inspired by the same. Most of the chapters are devoted to aberrations that have the intelligence and/or drive to make an attempt at world conquerors like Mind Flayers, Aboleth, the Grell, Neogi and a new thing. Next comes a chapter of secondary critters most of which are related to main chapters. A lot of the monsters are revised from 2nd Edition sources, the Illithiad being one of them. In fact when it comes to Mind Flayers a lot of material from this previous book was used. Fans of the old Monstrous Arcana will recognize material presented in a rather condensed form. SpellJammer fans will find interesting tidbits here as well. If you've gone looking for this book you probably already know what kind of information you are looking for. At least some of your questions will be answered in this tome as well as a lot to think upon. Personally I found this book to be an excellant read and treasure trove of a toolbox for Aberrations.
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Debut on Two: A Guide to Writing for Television
Phillippa Giles
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- Eva Zeisel On Design
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