Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork

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Published to coincide with the tenth anniversary of his passing, Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork is a profusely illustrated showcase of, and appreciation for, Jerry Garcia's art, life, and creative spirit. Opening with a foreword by Mickey Hart, the collection features more than 100 full-color reproductions of his paintings, drawings, and prints. This historic presentation of Jerry's distinguished body of work (which includes pen and inks, acrylics, watercolors, and digital media) is at once a stunning art book in an accessible, coffee-table format and an intimate and playful celebration of his creativity.

Edited by April Higashi, art curator and archivist of the Jerry Garcia estate, each chapter opens with a commentary on the art presented in the context of Jerry's life and times. Punctuating these essays are "interludes," illustrated by candid photographs, featuring interviews, anecdotes, and remembrances by key cultural figures as well as those closest to Jerry. Participants include Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Herbert Gold, Donna Godchaux, Victor Moscoso, Carlos Santana, Baron Wolman, Paul Pena, and members of the Garcia and Grateful Dead families.

Customer Reviews:

Not just for "Dead Heads".......2007-10-03

The diversity and accumulation of art pieces in this book is extensive and includes a variety of media representations, including early and late drawings, water colors and gouche, accrylics, and digital works that are for more than just for "dead heads." I personally was never a "dead head." Myself I was more inclined to some of other musical projects like the fine countryesque CD entitled Grisman & Garcia which was a fine collaboration or the jazzy So What which was Miles Davis inspired. Back to the book, the body of work includes exhibitions as well other contributions to popular culture like Ben & Jerry's: The Inside Scoop: How Two Real Guys Built a Business with a Social Conscience and a Sense of Humor where the authors detail the influence of Jerry Garcia on their now famous ice cream and, of course, Garcia ties that are ever so popular in the bay area. Some of the works recall the art of GoyaGoya: The Complete Etchings and Lithographs (Art & Design) and Picasso, especially his etchings and drawings. His early drawings reveals an underlying talent influenced by Mad Classics with a yet to be developed style but budding for expression and growth like a plant coming through the earth reaching for the sun. The art works goes from sublime to macabre, spacey and surreal to life like earthy pieces. Some of the contemporary works he produced digitally are modern "Shamanic Vibrations" as the essay indicates that leads into this particular ending chapter. The essays are well written homages to a man of many talents who emerged from the California scene of the 60's to leave a tremendous legacy. I really enjoyed the essays that were contributed to this book by a variety of boheminan artists and such like people that encountered Jerry Garcia while he walked this earth. This is an interesting table top book that is colorful and a great addition to any library or home collection of art books.

Garcia.......2007-03-11

Jerry Garcia is as talented an artist as he is a musician. This book shows his full talents as an artist.

I'm Grateful.......2007-01-10

My future daughter-in-law had a very short wish list for Christmas. This was on the list with a note that said, "You probably won't be able to find this anywhere because I have been unable to locate it." Well, thanks to Amazon I was able to get her this book and just in time for Christmas wrapping!
Thanks for quick shipping... I'm truly Grateful!!!

Simply outstanding, a 'must have' for any fan.......2006-06-23

If you're an avid Jerry Garcia or Grateful Dead fan, you can't be without JERRY GARCIA: THE COLLECTED ARTWORK, published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the band's formation and the 10th anniversary of Jerry's passing. Mickey Hart provides the introduction to over a hundred reproductions of Jerry's paintings, drawings and prints. While avid fans will recognize some of these works, having them all together under one cover makes them outstanding; especially since they're accompanied by essays commenting on the meaning and importance of each section as it relates to Jerry's life and times, include interviews with key contemporary musicians and critics, and comes packed with anecdotes. Simply outstanding, a 'must have' for any fan.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

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The Collected Artwork of Jerry Garcia 2008 Wall Calendar
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Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork is a profusely illustrated showcase of and appreciation for Jerry Garcia's art, life, and creative spirit. The book opens with a foreword by Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart, and features more than 100 full-color reproductions of Jerry's paintings, drawings, and prints. This historic presentation of his distinguished body of work, from pen-and-ink drawings to acrylics, watercolors, and digital media, is at once a stunning art book and an intimate and playful celebration of his creativity.

Edited by April Higashi, art curator and archivist of the Jerry Garcia Estate, each chapter opens with a commentary on the art presented in the context of Jerry's life and times. Punctuating these essays are interludes illustrated by candid photographs, featuring interviews, anecdotes, and remembrances by key cultural figures as well as those closest to Jerry, including Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Herbert Gold, Baron Wolman, jon Carroll, Paul Pena, Victor Moscoso, Carlos Santana, Grace Slick, and members of the Garcia and Grateful Dead families.

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The head of Roxxon Oil sics the world's greatest mercenary, Silver Sable, on Spider-Man to learn why the web-spinner has targeted Roxxon on his nightly patrols. How violently Ms. Sable wants to handle the situation is strictly up to her. Spinning out of the Ultimate Spider-Man video game (written and designed by our longstanding team of Bendis and Bagley), Ultimate Silver Sable might be the most dangerous foe Spidey has ever faced! Plus: the mystery of Ultimate Omega Red! Collects Ultimate Spider-Man #86-90; Annual #1.

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hopefully peter ends up with kitty pryde over mj..........2007-02-02

ultimate spider-man by bendis and bagley is one of the best series out there. not as much action and non-stop bad guy fighting, but a good mix of that and a lot of peter parker being a teenager with problems (girls, bullies, being grounded, etc.) along with his spidey life.
the series is great great great. only a few minor things that could be better:
1. i don't like how nick fury comes in and tells spider-man he's going to work his whole life for him and shield. the idea of peter being...trapped in a web? haha...well it isn't too cool. superheroes need to fight the good fight because they want to, not because shield will go and take away their superpowers (as fury has threatened) if they don't comply.
2. bendis needs to cut down on the tuchas talk. seriously if parker grew up in nyc today he'd more likely speak spanglish than yanglish.
3. geldoff.

Great story - so-so action.......2006-11-21

They feel alone and out-of-place, so it's destined that they would end up together - Peter Parker (Spider-man) and Kitty Pride (Shadowcat). But, things are never as smooth as they should be. Silver Sable has been hired to capture Spider-man and bring him in to her boss, so that he can see who it is under the mask. Things get hotter by the minute.

OK. This one is kind of hard. It has an entertaining storyline, with a lot of wonderful character development, and the illustration work is excellent. On the down-side, though, there's not a lot of action here. My thirteen-year-old son gave up the book part way through, having found it boring and un-engaging. So, be clear about what you are getting here - a very entertaining story, but not a giant battle-royal between unbeatable superheroes.

Overall, I liked this book, and am glad I read it. My son was unhappy with it, and didn't enjoy it. Therefore, I give this book a somewhat guarded recommendation.

Reprinting Peter and Kitty's first date, plus Silver Sable is after Spider-Man.......2006-08-06

First off, when you open up "Silver Sable: Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 15," be sure that you read the reprint of "Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #1" before you read the Silver Sable story from "Ultimate Spider-Man" #86-90. This is because you have to be clear on what is happening between Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson at this point in the series. That means you have to know that Peter has started seeing Kitty Pryde of the X-Men. Peter dumped MJ back in #78 because she will not listen to him and it is going to get her killed. Meanwhile, Kitty is no longer involved with Bobby Drake, and she gets it into her head that she should call Peter out of a clear blue sky and see if he would like to hang out together after school in what might be the most awkward phone call in the history of comic books.

Peter and Kitty go to the mall and then have an interesting talk on the rooftop before Spider-Man and Shadowcat go off to fight the Shocker together. The story in this annual is just priceless, because not only does it have an extremely high cuteness level (cute is good), but it is a perfect solution to Peter's romantic problems. If he is right to be worried that anybody he dates is in danger, then a girlfriend who can phase through objects (and visa versa), makes perfect sense. I accept as gospel that in the end Peter and Mary Jane are going to get married and live happily ever after, but they are teenagers now and such side trips are part of the adolescent playbook. This story is just completely enjoyable from start to finish, when Kitty e-mails Peter that their battle with the Shocker made Yahoo, and in the end I round up on this collection because they included this story. The art is by Mark Brooks and Jaime Mendoza, rather than by Mark Bagley and Scott Hanna with the rest of the stories, but that is no cause for concern. But as I said, you need to know way MJ is going crazy that Peter seems happy and why Kitty is showing up to see him after school.

Then we get to the Silver Sable storyline. Omega Red, a work-for-hire albino, mutant Russian new to the freelance world attacks the S.S. "Roxxon" when it comes to port in New York City, only to be stopped by Spider-Man. Mr. Roxxon (think evil rich guy) wants to know why he blew up an entire cargo ship and since Omega Red is in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, he orders his secret operative, Silver Sable to question Spider-Man. So Silver and her Wild Pack start tracking Spider-Man, and since he keeps going to Midtown High, she concludes he must be a student there. But when her henchmen grab the target and bring him to her, it turns out to be Flash Thompson. He manages to escape and becomes a big hero, but now the words is out that Spider-Man is a student (or a teacher) at Midtown. That means that when security guards want to check out Peter's backpack, they are going to find his Spider-man costume.

The story here is about Silver Sable trying to get her hands on the real Spider-Man to find out information that he does not have, but that is not the real story. The situation is closing in on Spider-Man and the pivotal moment in the story is when he talks to Aunt May about Spider-Man, about to tell her the truth, and she derails his intentions with a comment and a conversation that will preclude him from every trying again. Meanwhile, Mary Jane puts two and two together regarding Peter and Kitty. I am just not sure why his spider sense does not kick in until Part 3, but of course Spider-Man gets captured by Silver Sable and then the fun begins. I like how running Spider-Man's finger prints turns out to be a really bad idea, and if the villain who shows up for the first time and the person behind what is happening to Roxxon are not particularly impressive, you do have to like the way things just go from bad to worse to the dark region beyond for our hero as the story progresses. However, I do think he should really pop the next person who tells Spider-Man, "What are you, twelve?"

Another Strong Addition to the Series.......2006-06-28

This story arc focuses mainly upon Peter Parker and his developing relationship with Kitty Pride (aka Shadowcat). This is one of the things that myself and many others find to be so great about the Ultimate Spiderman series- it doesn't focus almost exclusively on Spiderman, but gives equal or greater time to Peter Parker's life and problems, which makes both him and his alter ego seem much more REAL.

We see Ultimate Silver Sable and her Wolfpack and Ultimate Vulture as Spiderman's enemies (though it is unsure whether Sable IS Spidey's enemy) in this arc. As usual and expected of Ult Spidey, the artwork is stunning and the dialogue is clever, and again very REAL.

Highly recommended to any reader, specially those who have collected the other 14 volumes. For those considering starting the series I recommend you go with the hardcovers which can contine 2 or 3 paperback volumes, usually with bonuses at the end, and can save you some money as well.

solid read but still lacking .......2006-06-23

this is a good read and should be picked up by fans of the series. however the quality of the book has decreased since the carnage arc. this is a good book but not great.

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Good, but not genius

Classic Dave Barry

A very funny weasel book

Funny and Funnier

As my introduction to the author, it is the best!

Dave Barry Talks Back
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
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Binding: Paperback

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Good, but not genius.......2007-03-29

This is a collecton of his regular columns. They are funny, but not side-splitting. If you want to see what Dave can *really* do, try "Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide you will Ever Need".

Classic Dave Barry.......2007-01-28

Hilarious! Some references are a little dated now, but still tons of laugh-out-loud moments - I loved it! If you're a Dave Barry fan, don't miss this one.

A very funny weasel book.......2004-05-14

"Weasel is a funny word. You can improve the humor value of almost any situation by injecting a weasel into it."

This book by Dave Weasel... er... Barry is an extremely funny read. It's a collection of his newspaper columns that will have you laughing over and over again, and annoying your family members with your constant quotations.

He covers almost every topic here, from exploding animals to traffic cops to reader suggestions to doctors to drug dealers to television. It's all here.

This may not be his best book, but it's really funny and a must-have for any Dave Barry weasel. Er... fan.

Funny and Funnier.......2002-05-17

Dave Barry really fulfills the position of funniest man in America with this book; he makes every line something to laugh about. When I read this book I had to keep myself from laughing out loud, and scaring those. The book gets funnier and funnier as it goes along, but its not all just booger jokes, its a lot of jokes that make you think and have a meaning behind them. Don't get me wrong there still are plenty of booger jokes that everyone has come to know and love from Mr. Barry. The book covers many interesting topics like; Exploding animals and other assorted things, dogs, and buying cars. I gave Dave 5 stars for his epic novel Dave Barry Talks back, so go buy, rent it, what ever you have to do to get it, just do it.

As my introduction to the author, it is the best!.......2002-01-25

My cousin bought me the audio version of this 7 years ago. I wasn't sure why, but I had heard that Dave Barry was funny. I listened to it on the way back to Sonoma County from San Diego. It was a fantastic 3 hours that took me from Mojave to just north of Fresno.

Mr. Barry has an unusual sense of humor, mixing a sarcastic wit with observation and whacky schemes to get rich and/or better the world. He takes us on a voyage from the usefulness of the word "weasel" to Disneyworld, to buying a boat, to the Nintendo world, and later topping it off with his own airline with Sean Penn as the official spokesperson.

I have to say this, though, I have had others listen to this masterpiece, and while a few liked it as well, others didn't get it and therefore did not like it. You either like Dave Barry or you hate him. As for me, I went about buying many other audiobooks of Dave Barry, as well as actual books. No 4- or 3-star review would pull that much money from me!

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4 Books by Dave Barry: Talks Back, Complete Guide to Guys + 2 More
Dave Barry
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3 Hardbacks & 1 Med Sz PB

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Dave Barry Talks Back
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: Crown Publishers
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Binding: Paperback
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Dave Barry: Four Complete Books (The World According to Dave Barry Containing Dave Barry Talks Back, Dave Barry Turns 40, Dave Barry's Greatest Hits) PLUS Dave Barry Slept Here, a Random House Audio Book

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Dave Barry: Four Complete Books (The World According to Dave Barry Containing Dave Barry Talks Back, Dave Barry Turns 40, Dave Barry's Greatest Hits) PLUS Dave Barry Slept Here, a Random House Audio Book
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: Wings
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0517149184
Release Date: 1996-02-27

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Biassed as though written by great Rossellini's fan.......2004-07-17

This book seems a frivolous essay of Rossellini's art and life and must have been written by a great Rossellini's fan and destined to pour the balm on his fans' souls. But it's much too biassed to other filmmakers, considered even more prominent than Rossellini. The author devoted many words to stress the battle and dislike between Rossellini and Visconti and to demolish the latter's reputation as a director and as a man (a homosexual, a sadist, a maniac Communist....). The question is "Why?" The answer is "Ordinary envy" as the one made only three well-known movies and didn't steped out the limits of neorealism and the other stretched the neorealism to the philosophical multy-layerd parable (as "La terra trema" is) and then became one of the most prominent world's filmmakers. God will judge Mr. Galagher for his opus that succumbs even to slander (that Visconti asked Magnani to have an abortion in order to take part in his Ossessione) but I'll never take this book in my hands any more.

Fasten your seat belt.......2001-07-08

Stepping into these adventures is like getting into the passenger seat of Rossellini's Ferrari - it will take you far, fast. Rossellini was not simply one of the greatest filmmakers, he was also a modern Ulysses whose life was the stuff of fable and whose fables were his life spliced into 24 frames per second. Tag Gallagher has done a superb thing by not attempting to divorce them, and the result is a work of art in its own right that has more to say about the 20th century than a boatload of "important" novels and sententious tomes. On top of that, it's a damn good read.

The Entire Works of Rossellini, at last..........2000-06-19

Roberto Rossellini is one of the most influencial figure in film history. A few of his films changed the way movies are made. Open City and Paisan shocked the world. Voyage in Italy changed the lives of many filmmakers, from Jean-Luc Godard to Martin Scorsese. Yet, no serious study was done about his entire body of work, before this book. Rosselini is a mysterious figure. His style changes from a decade to another. Also, many of his films, like Vanina Vanini or Blaze Pascal, are rarely screened. His carrer is also sort of tarnished because of his affair and marriage with Ingrid Bergman. In fact, most f not-so-serious movie fans know his name as only the guy who brought her to Italy. The truth is, they made some of the most beautiful films in film history: Voyage in Italy, Stromboli, Europe 1951... Gallagher, who is also known with his magnificent work about John Ford, applied the same tactics to write about Rossellini: to carefully study each film, from shot to shot. It is an impressive book. It takes a lot of time to read, perhaps, but not aslong as the author took to write (20 years). His argument is sober and careful, yet you can feel the passion behind it, just as you can feel from the later works of Rossellini himself. In studying each film with great attention, the author finds out, and explains to us, that in spite of the differences in their appearance, there is a single, unique, coherent style, logic, and genius behind this impressive body of works. It is one of the most impressive book about cinema. One regretable thing is that, most of the films disscussed in this book, we can't see them.

The Adventures of Roberto Rossellini.(Review): An article from: Cineaste

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The Adventures of Roberto Rossellini.(Review): An article from: Cineaste
Peter Bondanella
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This digital document is an article from Cineaste, published by Cineaste Publishers, Inc. on March 22, 1999. The length of the article is 1921 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 Adventures of Roberto Rossellini.(Review)
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Date: March 22, 1999
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The Adventures of Roberto Rossellini
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All 12 songs from the current album from this alt-pop, neo-punk Southern Cal trio. Songlist Includes: Adam's Song, Aliens Exist, All The Small Things, Anthem, Don't Leave Me, Dumpweed, Dysentery Gary, Going Away To College, Mutt, The Party Song, Wendy Clear and What's My Age Again? Recorded Version, Guitar TAB.

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These are great tabs!.......2002-07-28

They're easy and fun to play tabs! I swear every guitar player should have this book! It's awesome! The difficulty level is easy, but the speed, well Blink's too fast! But, who cares, if it's easy and fun to play, get it!

Includes:

Dumpweed: some twists at the beginning, good guitar song
Don't Leave Me: really fun to play, rock song
Aliens Exist: alot of bass in this, but good song
going Away To College: The best song on guitar, pretty much. love the beginning
What's My AGe AGain?: This song is hard to play. Especially the beginning, I've been playing it over a year, and still can't get it right! But the rest is easy!
Dysentary Gary: alot of sliding, good song
Adam's Song: every string's tuned down here, follow the book, and you'll like it!
All The Small Things: easiest song in the book
The Party Song: Not the greatest song for tabbing, but it'll do
Mutt: awesome song, with twists and turns
Wendy Clear: nice song, not too difficult but really fast
Anthem: good up beat song!

Get this book!

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Enema of the State
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Great book

If your family is on a budget, don't buy this book!

For Children of ALL ages...

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A busy mother's best friend!

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OVER 30 ALL-NEW, SURE-TO-PLEASE PARTIES FOR KIDS OF ANY AGE!

Whether your two-year-old's passion is teddy bears, your eight-year-old can name every dinosaur in the museum, or your sweet-sixteen-yearold wants a sophisticated casino evening -- you can create the perfect party with The Penny Whistle™ Birthday Party Book.

Complete with suggestions for entertaining games and activities, instructions for making personalized invitations, decorations and party favors, and delicious recipes for refreshments (including the best birthday cakes ever!), this book shows you how to give:

* A Pig-Out Party (everyone gets to be a pig for the day)
* A Cloud-Nine Party (a heavenly time will be had by all)
* A Secret Agent Party (super sleuths get to find the birthday cake)
* A Stegosaurus and Friends Party (dress is prehistoric -- dinosaurs welcome)
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* A Chocolate Factory Party (complete with a life-size candy cottage)

Customer Reviews:

Great book.......2005-08-15

My birthday's coming up soon, and my mother wanted me to decide everything I wanted to do. This is a great book with awesome themes that come with activites,invitation,and decorating ideas. It's very creative and helpful. I've looked through the book many times!

If your family is on a budget, don't buy this book!.......2003-06-17

This book is ridiculous. Nothing in here is affordable!

When I read the other reviews, I assumed that everyone here must have a fortune to spend on their children's birthday parties.

I'm on a tight budget and could never afford the lavish parties suggested in this book.

Don't waste your money on this book--check it out from the library. It has a few good game ideas, that's about it.

For Children of ALL ages..........2002-09-30

What I like about this book is the creative ideas for older children, even teens, not just young children. The party themes are listed along with age guidelines. Parties for older kids include a soccer game party, casino party, or a night "under the stars." The book has lots of fun ideas to get you brainstorming, and recipes to match themes. Good general advice, as well as specific party plans. Check the Penny Whistle Party Planner and the Penny Whistle Any Day is a Holiday books for more theme ideas.

Penny Whistle Party Book.......2001-06-24

If you own just one birthday party book, this would be the one to buy. The parties are creative and includes lots of fun activities, decorations, and refreshments. The book is kid friendly too, with attractive illustrations and easy to understand instructions for everything. The Penny Whistle books are the best available.

A busy mother's best friend!.......2000-01-02

This book has a number of wonderfully creative ideas for birthday parties for children including not only party themes, but activities, party favor ideas and even party-throwing guidelines to follow! What a relief to know that as busy mothers and fathers, we won't have to "reinvent the wheel" to make our kids' parties a smashing success!

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If you have ever looked for P-values by shopping at P mart, tried to watch the Bernoulli Trails on "People's Court," or think that the standard deviation is a criminal offense in six states, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Statistics to put you on the road to statistical literacy.

The Cartoon Guide to Statistics covers all the central ideas of modern statistics: the summary and display of data, probability in gambling and medicine, random variables, Bernoulli Trails, the Central Limit Theorem, hypothesis testing, confidence interval estimation, and much more--all explained in simple, clear, and yes, funny illustrations. Never again will you order the Poisson Distribution in a French restaurant!

Customer Reviews:

Cool.......2007-08-29

This book is so cool! It makes the topic clear and fun at the same time.

Cartoons add little and subtract much.......2007-08-23

I have a B.S. (from a school you haven't heard of) and an M.S. (from one you have) in mathematics, and I teach math, but probability and statistics was my _worst_ undergraduate math class (I avoided it in grad school). I came across this book, and I bought it on a chance. I'm sorry to say, it was wasted money...

1) The cartoons at best merely illustrate points made in the text; at worst they are irrelevant interruptions. For example, here we have a cartoon of the reader in a straightjacket after the text mentions calculus. And there's a cartoon of a man rolling dice. This sort of stuff does not advance the discussion.

2) The cartoon format reduces the space available for text. The discussion is therefore abbreviated and compressed; points are made once only, without examples, and often after skipping important steps. I think it's _more_ difficult than a standard textbook.

3) There are no exercises! Who ever heard of a math book without exercises? We learn by doing, I always tell my students, not by just reading or listening.

I think this book may be useful to a former student of statistics who wants a review but I can't think of anyone else who would get much out of it.

A dry textbook + cartoons.......2007-06-12

Whenever I try reading this book my eyes just gloss over. It's extremely dry material with cartoons added to every page to make it seem as if it'll be entertaining and easy to learn from but IMO it's neither. On the contrary, it would probably be best as a reference book. Almost every page has a new equation or symbol on it and I rarely felt that they were adequately discussed. "What does it do? When is it useful? What does it mean if the value is high/low?" are questions I constantly asked myself and the book doesn't take the time to answer.

Not for the feint of heart.......2007-05-19

Some people will complain that the book is difficult and/ or uninteresting. To this I say, "Dude, it's statistics! Mr. Gonick makes the best of a difficult subject. This is certainly not less friendly than your stats text book." If you want an easy laugh, get a Get Fuzzy compilation, if you want a different and more intuitive approach to statistics, this is your best bet.

Ok resource.......2007-05-13

My MBA program suggested this book to all incoming first years. In reading it so far, it outlines the concepts well, but doesn't give enough opportunity to practice them and get comfortable with them. I am not getting very much out of it, but I may use it as a resource when I am taking my actual stats class.

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The Bull Of The Woods

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Reprint of classic 1944 cartoon series.

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Cartoon Guide to Statistics
Larry Gonick
Manufacturer: MORROW WILLIAM & CO
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000J4L7VS

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