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A sumptuously produced introduction to the ideas and methods of one of the most influential artists and theorists of the twentieth century.
First issued in 1972 as a limited edition set of prints, Formulation: Articulation is being published in book form for the first time. Josef Albers drew on over forty years' work in a variety of media—woodcuts, sandblasted glass pictures, and oil paintings—for these poetic explorations of color and form. Created just four years before his death in 1976, the images can be seen as the summation of Albers's creative life.
Albers was a student and a teacher at the Bauhaus from 1920 to 1933, escaped to America and taught at Black Mountain College until 1949, and was chairman of the Department of Design at Yale University until 1958. As both artist and teacher he influenced innumerable artists, including Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, and Robert Rauschenberg. Albers's seminal text, Interaction of Color (1963), which was translated into eight languages, affected art teaching all over the world.
This book embodies all the elements of Albers's lifetime preoccupation with abstraction, color, and perception. He draws the viewer into a dynamic relationship with his work, showing how color can have deceptive and unpredictable effects, depending on how it interacts with other colors. The order of the 127 illustrations was carefully chosen by Albers so that they can be examined and appreciated for their visual interaction or as beautiful works of art in their own right. They appear alone on the page, in pairs, or sometimes four together.
The accompanying text includes key passages from Albers's own writings, printed on special foldout sections, and the introduction by noted critic T. G. Rosenthal includes comparative and contextual illustrations. 150 illustrations, 127 in color.
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Formulation, articulation
Josef Albers
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Abba: Photographs by Wolfgang "Bubi" Heilemann
Manufacturer: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf
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A book like ABBA - colorful, spectacular and special!.......2006-07-03
I bought this book a while ago and continue to admire it, it has a steady place on my coffee table. There are so many unknown pictures of the four ABBA members, it seems like a whole new perspective. I especially enjoy the home stories, Agnetha with her family at their house. This book ought to be in every serious fan collection!
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Every Wednesday, work at Amazon.com--along with just about every other company connected to the fantastical "information superhighway" invented by Vice President Al Gore and actress Hedy Lamarr--grinds to a halt as employees hasten to read the latest issue of The Onion, America's most popular newspaper based in Madison, Wisconsin. But most of the paper's fans have started reading it only within the last few years, and are sadly unaware of The Onion's mighty journalistic legacy. To combat this cultural illiteracy, Editor in Chief Scott Dikkers and his writing staff have assembled this collection of great front pages from the last hundred years. Here is just a sampling of the headlines:
A New Century Dawns! McKinley Ushers in Bold New "Coal Age"
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Boasts: "No Man Can Stop Me"
AWESOME! Nation Wowed by Tremendous Hindenburg Explosion
Martin Luther King: "I Had a Really Weird Dream Last Night"
Clinton Denies Lewinsky Allegations: "We Did Not Have Sex, We Made Love," He Says
And those are just the headlines; the stories themselves are all masterpieces of the journalist's trade. Of course, readers with delicate sensibilities may find some of these accounts a bit too risqué, and perhaps even tasteless. (Among the potential offenders: Rosa Parks's decision to "screw this bus shit" and take a cab.) But if you're looking for an antidote to all the 20th-century hoopla promulgated by stuffed shirts like Peter Jennings and Harold Evans--not to mention the best history book since 1066 and All That--then Our Dumb Century is the one for you. --Ron Hogan
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The Onion has quickly become the world's most popular humor publication, misinforming half a million readers a week with one-of-a-kind social satire both in print (on newsstands nationwide) and online from its remote office in Madison, Wisconsin.
Witness the march of history as Editor-in-Chief Scott Dikkers and
The Onion's award-winning writing staff present the twentieth century like you've never seen it before.
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Bought this for my husband...........2007-02-09
The bathroom reader.
He did enjoy this book. Especially the short entries.
One of the funniest books I have ever read, but you need to know some history.......2006-08-30
This book contains the funniest satire that I have ever read. The Onion is a fictitious newspaper that contains satire of the news rather than news. The first page is dated January 1, 1900 and the last page January 1, 2000. A great deal of knowledge of history is necessary to appreciate some of the stories. For example, the headlines for August, 1914 are
*) British Croquet Mallets Prove Useless at Front
*) Belgian Forces Halt German Advance Using Cream-Topped Waffles: Huns No Match for Delicious Regional Confection
*) Infectious Diseases Celebrate Opening of Panama Canal
If you are unaware that this was the month that World War I started, then the headlines and stories will make little sense to you.
Each headline is then followed by a short story that is also satirical and I laughed through most of them. No historical figure or event of the times is immune to the satirical wit of the writers. The main headline of October 29 is "Allen Funt Lets President in on Hilarious `Cuban Missile Crisis' Prank." Funt was the host of the "Candid Camera" television show of the sixties where people were filmed in situations that were not what they appeared to be.
This is one of the top five funniest books that I have ever read. Nearly every major event and personality of the twentieth century is lampooned in some way.
Why didn't I bring this to work today? I need a laugh..........2006-07-28
As I sit here going on my 10th hour of work (more accurately, I'm waiting for some people to perform their jobs so I can finish mine), I'm wondering why I don't just keep my copy of this book in my desk.
The Onion's acerbic wit and sarcastic humor never fail to raise a fit of laughter out of me, and to have several hundred pages of it in one convenient parcel is one of God's little gifts to mankind.
This book is worth the full cover price for one moment. The often-hilarious left-column bullets (this is newspaper speak, people) provide much of the humor, and one in particular is an instant classic. Writing of the death of Jerry Garcia, the clever and near-palindromic line "Head Dead-Head Dead" initiated instant bits of laughter from me, especially because I realize what many people do not: The Grateful Dead were never that good.
This book is kind of like watching the tripe "news" stories Geraldo files incessantly, if only Geraldo didn't believe that he'd someday win a Pulitzer or Nobel Prize.
Every page yields multiple high points and for anyone who has ever chuckled at so-called legitimate news, this book is a must-have.
HYSTERICALLY FUNNY, French Surrender.......2005-11-28
The first real laugh I had after the 9-11 attacks came from The Onion. I saw an article with the headline, "9-11 Hijackers Surprised To Find Selves in Hell."
Huh?
It looked like a real newspaper article, which is part of the joy of reading The Onion. There usually isn't one false note, from the look to the language.
But the interviews of the demons in Hell who react to the arrival of the 9-11 terrorists was the first real laugh I needed after that national tragedy. (One demon is quoted as saying, "They actually looked surprised to be here, which is kind of strange considering how they got here. They kept asking about a garden and 72 virgins.")
OUR DUMB CENTURY has many laugh-out-loud headlines, photos and stories, covering "history" from 1900 to 2000.
I've never read it cover to cover. I think the best way to read it is to just pick it up, open it, and start reading somewhere.
(p.s. re: French Surrender: throughout the entire book, the subtitle for every single war--no matter when or where--is "France Surrenders". Hilarious!)
Perhaps not quite as good as others are saying..........2005-10-26
But still pretty damn good. The changing typefaces, grammar ("iced-creams" in 1920!!!) and parodies of the styles of the times, were absolutely brilliant. Notice how the banner motto changes from "THe Most Reliable Source of News-Worthy Items in our Great Republic" in 1900, to "America's Finest News Source" in 1990, to "America's News Source" in 1998!
I also love how the printing quality goes from extremely blurry in 1900 to sharp in 1970 to laser-printer style in 1998. How they researched all this I don't know.
I think the funniest part is the parody newspaper from the mid 1700s - complete with bizzare spelling and references to how filthy life was in that era ("my neighbor's Wife hath the Small-Pox and wakes me with her conftant Screaming...")
Also, the benefit of hindsight allows brilliant skewering of myopic and racist attitudes of the time - like "The Machine - will it replace the Chinaman?" in the 1910s; or economists in 1929 saying "Buy Buy Buy! Stock Market Invincible!" before the stock market crash! And you've got to love how every trial from Fatty Arbuckle's to Michael Jackson's is called "Trial of the Century!"
If I have a problem with this publication, it's the high expectations I got from these reviews. But don't let that dissuade you! Buy Buy Buy!
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Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source
Onion Editors
Manufacturer: Crown
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After more than three centuries in print, The Onion remains the world’s most popular news source, making sense of the world for more than four million readers a week. Our Dumb Century, first published in 1999, was The Onion’s first bound volume, and now, in this exceptionally packaged deluxe edition, it will be the crowning pinnacle of your Onion book collection. From the dawning of what President McKinley dubbed the bold new “Coal Age” on January 1, 1900, to the Christian Right’s miraculous ascension to heaven on January 1, 2000, Our Dumb Century chronicles the events that shaped the twentieth century and preserves them for posterity.
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Film noir remains one of the most enduring legacies of 1940s and '50s Hollywood. Populated by double-crossing, unsavory characters, this pioneering film style explored a shadow side of American life during a period of tremendous prosperity and optimism. Edward Dimendberg compellingly demonstrates how film noir is preoccupied with modernity--particularly the urban landscape.
The originality of Dimendberg's approach lies in his examining these films in tandem with historical developments in architecture, city planning, and modern communications systems. He confirms that noir is not simply a reflection of modernity but a virtual continuation of the spaces of the metropolis. He convincingly shows that Hollywood's dark thrillers of the postwar decades were determined by the same forces that shaped the city itself.
Exploring classic examples of film noir such as The Asphalt Jungle, Double Indemnity, Kiss Me Deadly, and The Naked City alongside many lesser-known works, Dimendberg masterfully interweaves film history and urban history while perceptively analyzing works by Raymond Chandler, Edward Hopper, Siegfried Kracauer, and Henri Lefebvre. A bold intervention in cultural studies and a major contribution to film history, Film Noir and the Spaces of Modernity will provoke debate by cinema scholars, urban historians, and students of modern culture--and will captivate admirers of a vital period in American cinema.
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This digital document is a journal article from Cities, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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This digital document is an article from Cineaste, published by Cineaste Publishers, Inc. on March 22, 2005. The length of the article is 2012 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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Date: March 22, 2005
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Features easy piano arrangements of 14 songs by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice from this Disney Broadway smash: Be Our Guest Beauty and the Beast Belle Gaston Home How Long Must This Go On? Human Again If I Can't Love Her Maison des Lunes Me The Mob Song No Matter What Something There Transformation/Beauty and the Beast (Reprise).
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not what i wanted!.......2007-06-17
ok, so i was looking for a vocal book that had piano and vocal lines that i could use for my auditions. instead it is an "easy piano" book and i really can't use it for auditions or for concert because there isn't enough accompaniment to back me up when i sing. unfortuanatly, amazon doesn't state that it is an easy piano book. just consider what you are buying it for and remember you can't really use it foir concerts or auditions or performances.
Great Book, Poor Shipping.......2006-11-10
I needed this book to help put on part of a school production. I paid extra to have it delivered by a certain date because I needed the book by 9pm that evening. The delivery service did not get it to my door until after 6pm. In addition, the box was in very bad shape: there was a hole in the top of the box and the top was squashed in. Thankfully, the book was only a little bent up and still usable because it was in the very bottom of the box. I was satisfied with the product, but not the shipping.
The Book itself was very helpful. The guitar chords were really useful and worth the extra price. The keys in the songs are not the same as the Disney movie, so be careful.
Beauty and the Beast.......2005-10-03
Son loves playing this and our family loves hearing him. Thank you.
Awesome Musical, Beautiful Music!.......2005-04-29
I love this music book. I received it as a gift years ago and the pages are falling out of the binding because I've played it on the piano so often! I fell in love with the show when it first came to town and I was so excited to see that the music in the book is exactly the same as on the soundtrack!
The piano music is challenging for those who want to play the original score. My favorites are "If I can't love her" and "The Transformation/Beauty and the Beast Reprise." I'm such a romantic and when I play the Transformation, I get goosebumps picturing Belle and the Beast coming together again! Also, I love the "Something There" song. That's probably my favorite!
The vocal selection is great too. This is a great buy if you love musicals and love Beauty and the Beast!
Some of the Most Beautiful Songs.......2004-06-30
I first had purchased the soundtrack to this musical and immeadiately fell in love with the music. All of the songs from the soundtrack are included. I think that this is a wonderful collection of beautiful songs. It contains all of the classic disney songs plus more songs original to the musical. Some include: Human Again, No Matter What, Me, Home, and many more! I definately suggest this music book!
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A GREAT book!.......1999-05-30
This book was a real treat going through. Loaded with photographs, it tells the story as a script, shows the design of the characters, and then shows the special effects, sets, and other cool stuff. It's a great soveneir of the musical, and if you haven't it's a great book to read to experience the musical if you can't experience it on Broadway
This book is wondefully elaborate and ornate........1998-09-05
This book is excellent. It is filled with gorgeous pictures from the Broadway musical. It also contains the complete lyrics and a story line of how the actual musical was produced. This is a definite for any musical theatre fan!
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Outstanding Soundtrack.......2001-07-20
Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack is outstanding. We bought it for our four year old daughter after seeing the Broadway production in Boston. She absolutely loves it. She consistently plays it on her toy tape recorder. It is also the most requested tape while riding in the car. The soundtrack has the quality and clarity that the stage show possessed. It even contains the narration and some of the speaking parts. This soundtrack is a must for anybody who loves Beauty and the Beast.
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Good book.......2006-08-06
I thought this book was an excellent way to learn 2/1. It started with the very basic- point count - which was a good refresher for the bridge player who has not played in a while. You can easily skip it. You learn constructive, limit, invitational, and preemptive raises. It explained the simple conventions - Bergen, Jacoby transfer, and splinter. These are routinely used in bridge auctions. It covers major and minor bids and responses. It stops short of NT opening bid, strong 2 clubs, weak two-bids. Does not cover slam bidding. But, for someone who really wants to learn the basics, it is excellent. There are plenty of exercises with explanations for each bid. Also, there are flow charts of a sort that you can easily refer to when doing the exercises.
This is the place to start if you're considering 2 over 1.......2005-07-20
This book continues in the excellent tradition of the "25 xxxs" by striking the right level in teaching effectively without overburdening the subject with detail.
I've bought and read thru all three Max Hardy books but just didn't want to uproot my hard earned bridge knowledge to essentially start over. Thurston's book showed me that the Two Over One system is not that much different from what I've spent the last two years learning. It's not much different than learning several new conventions at the same time.
My teacher swears by the precision of the Two Over One system. I'm not far enough along to testify to that but it was clear during the learning that many of the thorny problems I've encountered are much better handled with 2ov1 . Of course, there are those in-between hands that require the experience and judgement that I can only hope to achieve some day but there are far fewer of them.
Yes, the inclusion of some conventions does seem like a gimmick to flesh out to the number 25 but they are useful conventions that were not included in the Seagram & Smith book, "25 Conventions You Should Learn".
And yes, the quizzes are excellent and really help in the learning process. All in all, this book is certainly worth the money and time if your partnership is considering moving to Two Over One.
Best 2/1 book I've read.......2004-12-30
I've read Mike Lawrence's and Max Hardy's books on 2/1 (several times actually) and found them hard to comprehend because their organization was not structured so that my engineering mind could follow them easily. This book, "25 Steps to Learning 2/1", is certainly simplistic compared to the others, but I found that I could understand the "system" as presented here. The detail is certainly sufficient for the beginning 2/1 bidder. It is well organized and flows well from the basic system to the necessary additional conventions. I have purchased about 10 copies of this book for bridge playing friends and they all have found it very understandable.
Decent, but could be better.......2003-08-10
Paul Thurston takes you to learning 2/1 in 25 steps.
His choice of conventions to use is good, but some of them are not really related to 2/1 (New Minor Forcing, FSF, while excellent conventions, are both things that are fairly independent of 2/1 for instance), so one wonders about including them in this book -- likely he just needed to fill "25 steps".
Also, he has a strange choice of hand evaluation, and really he need not place that in this book. Generally, someone that buys this book will already have some basic form of hand evaluation, and this bould would do better just let each player use his/her own system without imposing "HCP" as the standard (and explicitly telling readers not to do things like count points for long suits, etc.) for seemingly every bid. This is probably my biggest criticism with the book.
My second biggest complaint is that he places Bergen raises in the book so early that someone reading this book is forced to learn Bergen while learning 2/1. This is not necessary. This chapter belongs later in the book -- placing the chapter so early on just results in a needless delay of getting to the point where you can start playing 2/1 at the table.
On the plus side, it does get you to the point where you are functional in 2/1, and the quizzes are well designed (just having them is a plus). He also does a respectible job warning the reader of potential sticky spots.
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We Bombed in Burbank: A Joyride to Prime Time
Vance Muse
Manufacturer: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
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