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Postcard Companion: The Collector's Reference
Jack H. Smith
Manufacturer: Wallace-Homestead Book Co
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- A great book
- Learning the art of comics
- Unfair criticism, in my view
- Does not tell much.
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How to Draw and Sell Comic Strips
Alan Mckenzie
Manufacturer: Titan Books
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Binding: Paperback
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A great book.......2005-01-24
I first read this book in 1989 when I was 15...It was without doubt one of the most influential books of my life.
As a kid I'd already read tons of `how to draw' books but this one put me on the right track.
I've found that with some so called "how to" books they're often made by people out to make a quick buck, or they fall into the category of "if you cant do; teach."
Not here, this books the real deal.
Beautifully laid out and easy to follow with real advice that will help the budding artist or comic writer. The step by step process from script to final inked page of a short story about a samurai bodyguard was a highlight.
Also not only did it contain great tips and techniques it was full of inspirational artwork from some of the best artists in the medium.
Two years after discovering this book I was getting my work published.
I now work as a Cartoonist/ Graphic Artist and I owe a debt of gratitude to Alan McKenzie for writing this book.
I understand there is an updated version due out. I will definitely be purchasing a copy as sadly the version I originally read was stolen from my public library some years ago.
I look forward to reacquainting myself with this great book
Learning the art of comics.......2004-12-11
This book is fantastic for helping you to learn how to make comics, from start to finish. It goes over methods of inking, lettering, coloring, and more. The book also features ideas on storytelling and style, how to create mood and more. It also includes helpful information on how to submit your final product to publishers for consideration.
Overall, this is a great book for someone who wants an overview on how to make their own comics.
Unfair criticism, in my view.......2004-12-01
I have to take issue with "A Reader's" comments about my book. To begin with, the title of my book is "How to Draw and Sell Comic Strips", not "How to Draw". There are already dozens of books on the subject of drawing, so I concentrated more on the techniques used by professionals (who already know how to draw) when they draw comics. In fact, in the book I state, "In learning to draw comics there are two distinct stages: first you must learn how to draw; second, you must learn how to draw comics. Obviously, this book is concerned with the second stage."
Contrary to "A Reader's" assertions, "How to Draw and Sell Comics" does cover drawing, but it also spends some time on the vital aspect of storytelling, inking techniques, lettering techniques and colouring techniques. Too many aspiring comic strip artists spend all their efforts on the mechanics of pencilling without thinking about the story they're telling. "How to Draw and Sell Comics" attempts to give the reader a balanced and comprehensive tuition in the entire comic-making process.
The new edition - due out early next year - will also include more extensive coverage of creating comics digitally.
By all means criticise my work for the quality of the writing, for the subject matter covered or even for the spelling - but don't criticise the book for not being "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" ...
Does not tell much........2003-06-12
If you are interested in the history of comics then this is A great book for you. However if you are interested in drawing and selling comics you DO NOT want this book it says almost nothing about the actual drawing part. Although it does has A few helpful hints such as shadow, different inking styles and helping you decide whether you should use a brush, pen, or marker. All in all I decided it was not very good at all and think that How TO Draw Comics The MARVEL way would be A much better investment for anyone.
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Not a "How to Draw" Book...........2002-06-07
I was disappointed in this book after reading the great reviews printed here. This is not a "How to Draw" book at all, but focuses much more on the publishing/layout end of the comic book biz. Nothing like its title suggests: "How to Draw and Sell Comic Books." Sigh. What a let down.
The art instruction inside is minimal, and most of the art is fully completed and consists of comic panels and pages from comic books. Most of which, are well done - but failed to enlighten me.
For those interested in reading about comics, this might be the way to go. For those looking to learn drawing techniques, you'll probably be disappointed in this book. I know I was.
It was very good, even beter!.......1999-07-24
I loved it it was exalnt
This book focuses more on the technical aspect of Comics........1999-07-05
I used this book as one of four texts in my independent study in Sequential Art. Compared to Will Eisner's book, "Sequential Art", and Stan Lee's, "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way", Alan McKenzie's book provides much more detailed information on the technical aspects of Comic Books. There is better information on what tools to use, how to use them, how to get published, etc...The other books show only finished pieces of art, whereas this book actually shows the artist working on the art. I found that aspect very helpful.
A good book for the learning process of drawing cartoons.......1998-07-10
The book is an easy way of getting started with comics. From the tools to the advanced sketches. The book is built up in a way that does not seem messy. This is a good handbook. It is always easy to find the passages that you need. An excellent book with only one bad thing. It would have been good to see some other ways of cartooning from other artists. But still a good buy! :-)
Book Description
-Expertly written in an entertaining and easily accessible way
-Contains detailed instruction on how computers are applied to the creative process
-Includes step-by-steps and finished examples by legendary artists Chester Gould, Will Eisner, Steve Ditko, Winsor McCay, Robert Crumb, and Tod McFarlane
Artists will discover how to create great comics and make a career out of doing so with this completely revised and updated classic. Written by Alan McKenzie, a renowned expert in the comics industry, and packed with superb illustrations by other leading industry professionals, How to Draw and Sell Comics takes readers step by step through the entire comics-creating process. Readers will learn to:
-Develop dynamic characters
-Understand comic book storytelling conventions
-Pace a story, lay out the page, and add dialogue
-Grasp techniques for penciling, inking and coloring-by hand or computer
-Apply their work to different genres, from newspaper strips to graphic novels
McKenzie also features essential information on going pro, and including setting up one's own magazine, budgeting, and copyright issues.
How to Draw and Sell Comics is the complete guide to creating comics, from writing the story and designing the characters to lettering and coloring the final artwork.
Customer Reviews:
One book, two editions, many uses.......2007-06-01
I bought two books with this title: McKenzie's original (used, hardcover); and McKenzie's third edition (new, paperback). Either would be a very good resource for an aspiring cartoonist (or manga-ka). The third edition includes an expanded history of comics section, covering what happened since the first publication date. The newer book also has a new layout. For me, the best feature of the newer edition was the updated graphics, particularly the illustration of a typical 32-page American comic. The older book appeals to me more, probably because I remember quite a few of the historical comics used as examples. The older of the two editions also focuses on the black-on-white styles of older American comics: making it a source of information and inspiration for manga-ka wannabes like me, who want to fuse Eastern and Western graphic styles (think Cowboy BeeBop meets Flash Gordon).
Both books introduce traditional pigment-on-paper graphic techniques and materials, and give a survey of the culture and economics of the comics culture.
One of the best in its field.......2007-01-15
I don't know why this book on comic art is not more popular than it is. For anyone who wants to enjoy drawing comic art, I can't think of another title I would rather have.
I bought the first edition several years ago, and thought it was excellent at the time. I recently came across the third edition in the library -- at first I didn't recognize it because of the new cover and format -- and was blown away. It is even better then the original version.
It includes discussions of subjects that are rarely seen in other, more basic titles -- script writing, the pacing of a single issue (which I've never read anywhere else), and the creation of memorable, likable characters.
All in all, highly recommended.
Excellent, though overlooked........2006-12-28
McKenzie's book is excellent and thorough, and belongs on the shortlist of good "how to draw comics" books, alongside COMICS AND SEQUENTIAL ART, MAKING COMICS, and the underrated HOW TO DRAW COMICS THE MARVEL WAY. I'm not sure why it hasn't garnered more attention; perhaps it's because McKenzie isn't well-known on the American side of the pond. The nuts-and-bolts, hands-on advice is especially useful as a supplement to the more theoretical advice often found in other books. Good tips from a seasoned artist. I learned from this book as a teen, and now I draw comics professionally.
(Note: I haven't read the updated 2005 edition, with advice about computers and examples by American cartoonists like Todd McFarlane, so I couldn't say how it stacks up against the first edition.)
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How to Draw and Sell Comic Strips
Manufacturer: North Light Books,
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In Spring City, where super-heroes blur the lines between law enforcement and celebrity, Pearl Penalosa, a.k.a. Ultra, is a workaholic. At the prestigious agency, Heroine Inc., she has earned a legion of fans, a nomination for "Best Heroine of the Year" and a perfect life. Well, almost perfect. A chance encounter with a mysterious fortune teller prophesizes true love for Pearl within seven days.
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Ultra.......2007-04-20
After reading this and the equally compelling (but completely different) "Girls," I have become a die hard Luna Brothers fanatic. Not only is the book stylish and cool, but very insightful, human, and FUNNY. My only complaint about this series is that it didn't run for five years, because I grew to really love the characters.
unimpressed.......2007-04-09
I was unimpressed. The coloring is subtle but not outstanding. The violence is gratuitously visible (when it shows something it shows a little more wnated violence than I want). The story wasn't compelling or completely clear, or engrossing for me.
Really good!.......2007-03-16
I got this book at the library and it's the first graphic novel I've ever read. I loved the story line. I felt like I was watching a movie. It's the first of a series of 8 and personally I can't wait for the other ones to come out. The characters are witty and very interesting. There was not a boring spot in the book!
Better than you might think.......2006-11-17
From Jonathan and Joshua Luna, Ultra: Seven Days is a surprisingly innovative and mature look at the super hero genre. The story takes place in a world where super humans walk with normal people in everyday life, and it revolves around three super heroines. There's the title character, also known as Pearl Penalosa, sex-crazed Aphrodite, and insecure Cowgirl; all of whom make a fateful trip to a fortune teller one night for fun as Pearl is told that within seven days, she'll find the true love she's always seeked and yearned for. After a while, she hooks up with a normal guy, only to have her heart broken, and what follows is an examination of not just what drives these women to do what they do, but just what kind of people they really are underneath the capes and spandex. Though it has plenty of tongue-in-cheek moments, Ultra is frequently sharp and witty and the art by the Luna brothers is nothing short of awesome. Though it doesn't reach the lengths that it was striving to go towards, Ultra: Seven Days is still a graphic novel that is better than you might think, and deserves to be checked out.
A smart and fun take on female superheroes.......2006-03-08
This work is rather brilliant in many ways. It sneaks up and grabs you with its characters. You feel like you know these women after only a few panels of conversation--the dialogue being some of the best natural dialogue I've seen. It fleshes out each character without heavy exposition. And when they converse you hear the characters, not the author(s), which actually is (unfortunately) a rare talent in comics. By far the dialogue and characters are reason enough to buy this book.
However, another good reason is the humor! I laughed out loud so many times reading this book... It's a mature humor, often sexual without being crude. Certainly not something for younger readers, so be aware of that if you're planning on buying it for someone else. But it truly is some of the funniest, smart humor I've seen lately. The "ads" are hilarious. The "articles" on the superheroes are hit and miss, but mostly hit. Aphrodite's interview is by far the best of the lot and a brilliant piece of writing, which harkens back to the obvious strength of the Luna brothers--their dialogue.
The art is modern, computer fair, but gorgeous just the same. Probably one of the best examples of what modern techniques can do. It has a photorealism as if there is a camera filming with some shots of the foreground in focus and the background not, and vice versa. It works most of the time, and where it doesn't isn't a big deal. If that look isn't a favorite of yours, I would still suggest giving the book a try. It's that good, and it might even win you over.
The plot is interesting, and comes with its own twists, which are well done. It moves along at a good pace. I read it all the way through when I got it, which to me means it has that reader quality of wanting to find out what happens next. Some of the plot elements don't exactly break new ground, but the characters are so convincingly real and sympathetic, it adds a new dimension to the story regardless.
I would have liked to see more of Ultra doing her job as superhero, but what is shown is great.
Overall, I can tell you I'm very pleased I bought this work and hope more people do. It's a great value on Amazon, and these guys are far too talented to not be read more widely.
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In Spring City, where super-heroes blur the lines between law enforcement and celebrity, Pearl Penalosa, a.k.a. Ultra, is a workaholic. At the prestigious agency, Heroine Inc., she has earned a legion of fans, a nomination for "Best Heroine of the Year" and a perfect life. Well, almost perfect. A chance encounter with a mysterious fortune teller prophesizes true love for Pearl within seven days.
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Found II, the follow-up to the acclaimed national bestseller, contains an engrossing, eye-opening assortment of the latest and greatest lost, tossed, and forgotten items -- love notes, shopping lists, doodles, and diary entries -- from around the world. Whether they are found on city sidewalks, stuck in chain-link fences, tucked into the pockets of secondhand clothing, or on the grass in a school yard, these items give readers an uncensored, poignant, and often hilarious peek into other
peeple's people's lives.
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Totally cool!.......2007-04-15
It is so fun to find something along the street... perhaps a love letter not meant for your eyes, or a hilarious note from one person to another. Thats what FOUND is all about. People from all over have sent in things they find from all over. From bathrooms and parks, to inside bathrooms and classrooms. Some are hilarious and some are very strange. This is a great book.
Great Sequel.......2007-02-22
If you loved the first found book, then you'll love the second. They are set up exactly the same. I think its so fun to get a peek into the lives of strangers and that's why I love these books. Makes a great unique gift!
The New Testament of the FOUND Bible.......2007-02-20
In both FOUND books, and in every issue of FOUND Magazine, the thought comes rushing to my mind that these texts are Scriptures for the Unholy.
...In a good way.
For the rest of us.
These are pages that can be rifled through again and again, and every time something new will be found--some nuance, some missed word, some minor innuendo, something, something you never saw before.
Just as theologians and church members have pored over the Bible and various sacred texts for centuries in search of some elusive meaning, some hidden secret, some lost answer, so can anyone pore over these books in search of something to enrich what they've already read, to complete their conceptions of what this world is like.
When I bought this book, I of course read it in its entirety as fast as I could, because FOUND is fascinating.
FOUND is the distillation of everything sad and strange and joyous and sweet and tragic in modern life, and it's as gripping as any page-turning pulp novel out there. But, after I'd raced through it, after I'd let a little time pass, I kept on picking the book up, and every time I found something I hadn't seen before. An expression in a photo. A strain is someone's handwriting. A painfully significant crossed-out line.
This book is a terrific follow-up to the first FOUND book, and well worth whatever the cost. It's packed with new finds (including a few from yours truly), filled with hope and sadness, and serves as a stunning collage of a worthwhile existence.
I'm going to dinner.
Very Intriguing.......2006-12-21
Found II is a companion piece to Found and the Found Magazine. In it are bits of paper stories, notes found all over the world - from a passenger on an airplane to a fax sent to the wrong number. What is fascinating is what is on these bits of paper - the confessions, the anger, and the funny stories. They are all real and fascinating. Some people might not like the format or style of this book. The found items look like they have been photocopies onto the pages in the book and you are told where the item is found. It has the feel of a scrapbook. There is also some explicit language.
However I think the power of the items will fascinate and make you take a second glance at that piece of paper floating around your car and on the ground...
not what I expected.......2006-11-16
I ordered Found 1 and 2, I expected some cute,sad,and sometimes heart wrenching reading material. I was very surprised to say the least. If the description of the book had include the phrases "excess profanity" and porn material enclosed" I would not have ordered them. I think you should warn readers that these books are XXX rated.
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Alphaville; a film (Modern film scripts)
Jean Luc Godard
Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster
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One of the most unique, moving, and poetic science fiction films ever made..........2007-04-04
This film really doesn't get as much attention as it should. I was recently watching clips of this on youtube, and was struck by a couple of comments. Someone wrote "how does Godard do it? He uses very old fashioned techniques here (dissolves, fades), yet, makes one of the most profound films ever made?". Another wrote "because he's an artist". This is so true. This is one of most challenging, complex, cerebral science fiction films ever made. Despite the fact that it was shot in current day Paris when it was made (with no futuristic sets or anything like that), it still feels like it's futuristic. People live well, but live without heart and soul, which seems to be Godard's point (or one of many...Godard's films are amongst the most complex ever made). There are too few science fiction films like Alphaville. It belongs in a very select category along with 2001, Solaris (the original), A Clockwork Orange, THX 1138, Twelve Monkeys, Stalker, Blade Runner, and A.I.. It is among the sci-fi films that appeal to the mind and soul rather than overwhelm your senses with lots of fast cuts, CGI graphics up the wazoo, and a completely soulless approach to character and ideas. This is one of Godard's classics, which is really saying something considering how brilliant the man is...
Brainwashed Drones.......2007-01-17
Lately I have been interested in watching films that have a strong leftist political feel to them. In the realm of Japanese film I have been viewing and purchasing films from the 1960s that have connections with the leftist theatrical troupes and student and social movements. Of course directors like Oshima Nagisa, Imamura Shohei, and Susumu Hani play an important role during this movement so I have picked up a number of their films. Anyway, I am slowly, but surely, developing an interest in films from America, France, etc. that also deal with this same time period and it is quite interesting to compare both diverse and intermingling themes within these films.
In the realm of French cinema, especially that of French New Wave Cinema, the director who has some of the strongest leftist sensibilities is Jean-Luc Godard. I have been trying to watch quite a number of Godard's films and some of them have left me completely cold, but perhaps that is due to general lack of interest on my part when I attempted t view said films, while others I enjoyed quite a bit. Band of Outsiders is still my favorite Godard film. Anyway, the most recent Godard film that I watched is Alphaville (1965).
Alphaville is a Sci-Fi mystery film that honestly has very few elements that can label it a Sci-Fi film. There are no futuristic settings and one does not witness any spectacular scientific inventions. However, there is one glaring exception to this, and that is the presence of Alpha 60: a massive, sentient computer with a nearly omniscient mind about the happenings with Alphaville and with a voice that might remind one of a French Hal who has smoked way too many cigarettes. Whatever its purposes might be, Alpha 60 represents the ultimate in mind control. Basing everything on logic, Alpha 60 eliminates anyone who displays emotion, including a man who cried after his wife died. Such a lovely place to live, isn't it? Well for most of the people who live in Alphaville this is the only world that they know. A world in which words are constantly being eliminated, such as tenderness, because they call up emotions and one in which the dictionary, which is always changing because words are constantly being changed, has replaced the bible as the key "holy" book.
However, in the Outlands people still have that own thoughts and feelings and the spy Lemmy Caution, disguised as the reporter Ivan Johnson, has received orders to find his fellow spy Henri Dickson, a Dr. Von Braun, who he is either to return to the Outlands or liquidate, and destroy Alpha 60. Around forty-five, dressed in a beat up trench coat, and a chain smoker, Lemmy Caution looks more like a gumshoe than a spy from the future, but he is highly capable: At least, until he meets Natasha Von Braun, the daughter of Dr. Van Braun and an example of someone who might possibly be extricated from the power of Alpha 60.
The first fifteen minutes or so of Alphaville were hard for me to watch because I had a hard time getting into the right frame of mind for a Sci-Fi film that looked like it was filmed in the backstreets of Paris, which it was, but I was able to get drawn into the film a bit more as it continued. Godard's film is not only an attack on Communist policies, i.e. Stalinist policies, but it is also an attack on Capitalism as well. While brainwashed, most of the residents of Alphaville material desires are satiated by the system. However, can material items truly replace deeply engrained human emotion? Hopefully not, but Godard's film shows how an oppressive government attempts to mold the minds of its citizens. A must for fans of New Wave cinema and recommended for casual foreign movie fans, Alphaville might not be an enjoyable movie experience, but it will at least get the brain juices flowing.
Hollywood action and SFX it ain't...........2006-12-01
This film has inpsired several later films, like Brazil and Logan's Run. What I found so unique with this film, however, is that it did draw me in, but not in a passive way. Rather, it, in contrast to most other films, it actually helps the imagination, and forced me to be an active viewer and interpreter: it does not serve ready made experiences.This film demands attention from its viewer. What immediately struck me when I watched this film was that over half the story is told by the photography. Both the imagery and the dialogue intentionally leave gaps, which have to be filled in by the imagination of the viewer, and interpreted by each individual viewer.
The imagery tells us about a city built completely logically. No attention to artistic expression or human comfort has been paid. The humans are all given roles as servants of the order. There are obvious allusions to the police collaborators during the German occupation.
Outside of the city there is the semimythical and chaotic Outside. It is from here a hired assassin arrives to find the scientist responsible for the computer that runs the city. He is also an observer. He, being from Outside, is able to see the absurd and bizarre results of this "logical" society. He is also able to see how vulnerable the city really is...
A French Film........2006-10-01
Our hero is Lemmy Caution. He loves gold and women, yet never seems to like the women he gets. He has a gun which he uses and a lighter which is always lighting fresh cigarettes. He says he is a reporter, he does have a camera, but in fact he is an agent from the Outlands. He has come to either kidnap or kill the scientist, who invented Alpha 60, a computer that runs the city of Alphaville. A society where emotions and certain words have been removed and logic rules. The computer, like 18th Century humans who wished to dominate nature with reason and logic, wants to rule mankind with logic and rational thinking. Yet why do people who live there like to bat at light bulbs and take drugs?
HA! What is logically about women in swimsuits killing people in a pool with knives? None of the film really makes that much sense. Of course it could be that a computer's logic is not the same as mankind's. The film had French actors and is a film which was filmed in black and white, so it is a French film released in 1965 in black and white. MST3K would have had problems with this flick - it is surreal but also, I think, badly edited. It is science fiction without any special effects. It is many themes that just don't seem to mix well. Even the sound clues, which should tell us when something important is about to happen, were clueless. The music would swell up and become all dramatic when somebody was riding an elevator or lighting a cigarette. At one point the female character was blind, then seemed normal, then was blind again.
Now I still enjoyed it in a bad B-movie kind of way and some scenes really seemed to work for me. Such as when the computer is questioning Lemmy, with the blinking lights and moving microphones, it really looks like something out of a dystopian future. And how a computer's voice told you if the room was empty or not when you passed it. And the women in the film are pretty cute if underused.
But in the end all you can say about it is that Lemmy smokes too much and that love and art is important in any culture. 99 minutes of something but I'm not too sure what that something was. When it comes to the Criterion Collection I should stick to the Japanese or American films.
Futuristic hard boiled sci-fi.......2006-09-29
"Alphaville", the brainchild of director Jean-Luc Goddard is a low budget, campy sci fi detective yarn starring the chain smoking pockmarked Eddie Constantine. Constantine plays Lemmy Caution a rumpled secret agent from the Outland sent to Alphaville to bring back a Professor Von Braun or liquidate him, to apparently avert a possible intergalactic war. Von Braun played by Howard Vernon, a previous Outland inhabitant, has invented the Alpha 60, a tobacco wheezing supercomputer that runs the society.
Alpha 60, which rivals emotionless computer HAL in "2001" for its treachery, rules by virtue of logic at the expense of human emotion, scorning individuality. Any display of this particular foible results in the extermination of that individual. The computer routinely eliminates worlds from the Alphaville vocabulary as they become obsolete.
Constantine is aided in his mission by Von Braun's daughter Natacha played by Anna Karina. They eventually fall in love, a situation impossible in this tabooed society.
Goddard's 1965 flick filmed within the modern, at that time, chic and impersonal sections of Paris smacks of social commentary and is a mish mosh of multiple genres.
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Alphaville (French Film Guides)
Chris Darke , and
Chris Drake
Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
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Alphaville
Peter Jay Shippy
Manufacturer: BlazeVOX Books
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ASIN: 1934289124
Release Date: 2006-12-02 |
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Alphaville by Peter Jay Shippy
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Alphaville
Jean-Luc Godard
Manufacturer: Lorrimer
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ASIN: 0900855118 |
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Alphaville
Jean-Luc Godard
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Postcards from Alphaville (Lingo Book Series)
Raphael Rubinstein
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ASIN: 1889097357 |
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Cinema is oneof the recurring themes in Rapheal Rubinstein's first collection of prose. Legendary French director Jean-Luc Godard and Jean Eustache are the subjects of diaristic sequences; another storoy delves into the suspicious career of an elusive leftist film makes, A a Cameo ponders why a wealthy Itallian terrorist once posed for a photo with Alfred Hitchcock. Touching down in New York, Milan, Mexico City and the Balearic Islands, these lucid narratives explore private and public realms. The book culminates with a montagelike inventory of diverse objects, seemingly chosen at random, through which the author examines hisown life and family history.
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Tuning the Blues to Gold: Soundprints
Vickie Dodd
Manufacturer: Woven Word Press
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ASIN: 0965813711 |
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This is a book and CD designed for our bodies, not our heads; it is meant to release us from painful stored memories and heal us toward the future.
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This is a a thorough guide to a very complex opening system for experienced players. Organized in the traditional 'complete' style, this is more than just a repertoire for White against this topical system. Experienced players are attracted to the strategic complexity of 1.d4 openings, but do not know how to deal with the dynamic Grünfeld Defence. Here, an International Master suggests that the answer is the Modern Exchange Variation, as favoured by Kramnik, Gelfand, Anand and other top grandmasters on numerous occasions. With in-depth coverage, the book includes 50 main games readers can play through with conclusions at the end of every game and chapter This is essential reading for both defenders of this opening system, as well as those who want to "Challenge the Grünfeld."
Customer Reviews:
Amazon fixed the problem!.......2007-06-08
I ordered a dozen copies of this book for my boss and somewhere in shipping the box was cut open - I only received 10 of the 12 copies. I called Amazon and immediately they sent me the 10 missing books -great customer service and my boss was pleased with me! Thanks
It's a Must Have!!.......2007-01-29
Being raised in a family of cowboys, I was surprized when one of the grandsons asked his wife to get him this for X-mas. He had looked at a copy briefly at a customers home and had been facinated. Needless to say he got the book and after Christmas dinner all the men in the family were passing it around. I too have read it now and I must say it is a must have. The entire family has enjoyed it.
Highly recommended.......2007-01-10
This book was a recommendation by our corporate CEO, so I bought it for my husband who is a cowboy. It was a great purchase and stays out where we can read it regularly. Even my kids enjoyed it.
Mythic photography and wisdom!.......2006-06-04
I have always been a sucker for a man wearing a cowboy hat, and you combine that with the cowboy code and you have a winner. This book is a great mix of beautiful western photography and cowboy morals. Having been around a lot of cowboys in real life they don't have the market cornered on ethics, but we would all be better people if we tried to live by the mythic code of the west. I also have to recommend the Modern Day western "Across the High Lonesome" --think "Lonesome Dove" only with mules!
A Quick Read on a Complex Subject for Our Time.......2006-05-11
This book was loaned to me by a person engaged in overseeing ethical considerations in medical testing. Given my interest in ethics in the software industry, I found this book fascinating. I've ordered my own copy. James Owens has written a book that can be applied far beyond his target of the financial world. ALL PEOPLE of all nationalities and persuasions should read and embrace this book. As James says several times, it's easy to tell the difference between Right and Wrong. Embracing the ten principles, and especially "Do What Has to Be Done", can lead us to a much improved world.
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Peter French examines the world of the western, one in which death is annihilation, the culmination of life, and there is nothing else. In that world he finds alternatives to Judeo-Christian traditions that dominate our ethical theories, alternatives that also attack the views of the most prominent ethicists of the past three centuries.
Customer Reviews:
A must read for every Western film lover.......1998-10-15
Cowboy Metaphysics explores the ethics of the Western hero that people need in a world based on lies and exploitation.
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This digital document is an article from Mississippi Business Journal, published by Venture Publications on May 1, 2006. The length of the article is 843 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: Second to none reputation within industry, community.(Cowboy Maloney's Electric City)
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Mississippi Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2006
Publisher: Venture Publications
Volume: 28
Issue: 18
Page: S12(1)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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The cowman & and his code of ethics
Ramon F Adams
Manufacturer: Encino Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
Old West
| 19th Century
| United States
| Americas
| History
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: B0007DEDB2 |
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The cowman's code of ethics
Ramon F Adams
Manufacturer: The Westerners, Denver Posse
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
Old West
| 19th Century
| United States
| Americas
| History
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: B0007F1YVC |
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