Painters of the Wasatch Mountains

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A distinct painting development with regard to the American West's Wasatch Range emerged in the nineteenth century and persists even today. These "painters of the Wasatch" have set many precedents through their artistic interpretations of this mountain subject matter. Painters of the Wasatch Mountains presents for the first time a survey of the gamut of painters who formed and have carried forward an expression of nature's mighty gift to both visitors and residents of Utah.

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Art=Nature. Nature=Art........2007-08-09

A stunning book. Anyone who is a fan of the mountain wilderness cannot help but enjoy viewing this book. It takes you back to the time when 'white eyes' first happened upon these mountains. The delicate color, the wide field, and the land itself breathes life. A treasure.

Magic Mountain Oases.......2006-11-25

A big coffee-table book, with exactly the kind of panaromic images you expect. You can while away an afternoon gazing at these cooly complacent views of an idealized West.

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Nice Sweaters.......2001-02-02

Nice collection if you don't have the magazines, but I wish they would also design for normal people. Quite a few of them are things that look good on a model runway, but are not something you would wear around town. Kind of like art that looks great in a gallery, but not at home.

Use this with Sally Meville Styles to help use up your yarn stash.

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Making Real Money in Rental Properties: A Street Smart Guide to Finding Money-Making Opportunities in Any Market
Susan J. Underhill , and Ken Upshaw
Manufacturer: Probus Professional Pub
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ASIN: 1557382530

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Academics have generally dismissed Hollywood's cowboy and Indian movies—one of its defining successful genres—as specious, one-dimensional, and crassly commercial. In Shooting Cowboys and Indians, Andrew Brodie Smith challenges this simplistic characterization of the genre, illustrating the complex and sometimes contentious process by which business interests commercialized images of the West.

Tracing the western from its hazy silent-picture origins in the 1890s to the advent of talking pictures in the 1920s, Smith examines the ways in which silent westerns contributed to the overall development of the film industry.

Focusing on such early important production companies as Selig Polyscope, New York Motion Picture, and Essanay, Smith revises current thinking about the birth of Hollywood and the establishment of Los Angeles as the nexus of filmmaking in the United States. Smith also reveals the role silent westerns played in the creation of the white male screen hero that dominated American popular culture in the twentieth century.

Illustrated with dozens of historic photos and movie stills, this engaging and substantive story will appeal to scholars interested in Western history, film history, and film studies as well as general readers hoping to learn more about this little-known chapter in popular filmmaking.

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Excellent for the major composers.......2006-10-09

This is an excellent reference if you are interested in the major composers and not in the thousands of other American and European composers. The three parts: alphabetic listing of composers and their works (in chronological order), chronological lists of composers and a complete timeline are useful when a listener wants to know who composed what (major works), who is contemporary to whom and what happened in the music world around a certain period or in a certain year. As a serious listener of classical music, I never use this book all by itself but I use it in conjunction with 'Classical Music the Third Ear', 'The penguin Guide of CD/DVD', 'The Classical Music All Music Guide' and the 'Canon of Classical Music' book. However, I do use it!!!

Leaves out famous WOMEN composers.......2004-01-23

When I discovered that at one point the LA Weekly was using this as their major music reference, I was shocked! I have the 1993 revised edition, and have SEARCHED for two names I would assume to be in the most basic biographical music dictionary written after 1965: Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn. And yes, I looked for Clara Wieck and Fanny Hensel--no luck. Oddly enough, Mr. Gilder did include Amy Beach and Thea Musgrave, both of whom definitely deserve this inclusion. Although I have not done a thorough survey, these are the only two women composers I found in the book.
We can only assume, from Mr. Gilder's apologetic preface, that he considers both Clara and Fanny's contributions to the "world's musical treasury...too inconsiderable to make them worthy of special mention." Given the ommission of these two composers, I was not surprised to see neither Hildegard von Bingen nor Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre. Mr. Gilder has, however, seen fit to include his own compositions.
I am not an ardent feminist out to make sure every woman composer who ever lived has representation in biographical dictionaries. I do think it irresponsible to NOT include two of the most famous, especially when both Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn are covered. Unlike Thea and Amy, the contributions of Clara and Fanny were always overshadowed by the music of their husband and brother, respectively. If this book garners any reputation as a reputable and reliable reference, that will continue to be the case. I see it is now out of print. I hope if another edition is published, these tremendous oversights will be remedied, amongst other issues already mentioned in other reviews.

Helpful reference but imcomplete and flawed.......2000-11-25

For a serious music listener, the knowledge of when and where a piece of music was composed is pretty useful because it helps the listener understand deeper the relationship between the music and its composer and the impact of the environment on the composer. However, there were not many works dealing with this issue. The efforts of the author did help bridge this appreciation gap. In the first part, the author listed the composers alphabetically, and under each composer his music was listed chronologically. Part two surveys the major pieces of music composed in the same year, thus giving the reader an impression of the contemporaries of the music. Timelines of the composers's lifetimes are displayed in part three to give an overview of the contemporaries of the composers.

Each part of the book is well designed and useful. However, there are some flaws in this book. As previous reviews pointed out, many composers were not fairly covered and no reason or criterion was given. Moreover, I feel the need that the author should make another listing for each composer that shows the chronological order of the compositions in the same style, for example symphonies, concertos, etc. Anyway, this book is still a valuable reference for every music lover.

Biassed and no clear criteria for coverage of composers.......2000-03-23

It is not only the exclusion of composers but the fact that there is no indication of the criteria used for including or excluding them or for the depth of coverage given. There is no way to infer why are ,for example , Don Gillis or the author himself given more than twice the coverage given to Mauro Giuliani, just to mention something that can be found from page 143 to 146. There are plenty of examples like this. There are 8 works by Mr Gilder, and less than a dozen works by George Philippe Teleman, none by Tartini, Giusepe Torelli or Johann Pachelbel...! I really felt disappointed with the recomendation of this book.

This is a great reference book. There is NOTHING like it........1999-09-30

Yes, the selections are incomplete - but how much can one include in such a book. The truly comprehensive book would cover many more volumes. The exclusion of Arvo Part is sad but I hope Mr. Gilder will listen to his readers and think about this.

I have used this book for 20 years since it's earliest edition. I have found NO OTHER BOOK like this with Cross-referencing of Dates to Composers names. I know this book will only improve with each edition. The first edition was barely more than 400 pages. Mr. Gilder has added a lot more since.

He deserves DUE CREDIT for having amassed such a wonderful book. Thank you, Mr. Gilder,,,for years and years of pleasure and learning.

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From The Inside Flap:.......2006-01-21

This indispensable, easy-to-use companion spans almost 700 years of musical history - from 1300 to 1984 - and details the works of 425 of the world's most important composers of music for the concert hall, church, opera and ballet.

Part one arranges the composers alphabetically with a chronological listing of all their major and minor works. Also included are their dates of birth and death, their nationality, the instruments for which eack work was written and the age of the composer at the time of composition.

Part Two is an ingenious year-by-year survey of music that shows at a glance precisely what was happening in the musical world in any given year.

Part Three is an invaluable time-line that graphivally plots the lifetime of each composer, enabling the reader to see instantly which of them were contemporaries.

The fruit of fifteen years' research, this book is a hallmark in popular musical reference publishing. Whether for specific fact-finding or casual browsing, it is a must for every music lover's library.

The A to Z of classical music: The great composers and their great works

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The A to Z of classical music: The great composers and their great works
Keith Anderson
Manufacturer: Naxos
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The Listener's Guide to Classical Music: An Introduction to the Great Classical Composers and Their Works

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The Listener's Guide to Classical Music: An Introduction to the Great Classical Composers and Their Works
Kenneth McLeish , and Valerie McLeish
Manufacturer: G. K. Hall & Company
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Classical Music: A New Way of Listening

ASIN: 0816173702

The Milton Cross New Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music

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The Milton Cross New Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music
Milton John Cross
Manufacturer: DoubleDay
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American Organ Music of the Twentieth Century: An Annotated Bibliography of Composers (Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography)

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American Organ Music of the Twentieth Century: An Annotated Bibliography of Composers (Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography)
Sharon L. Hettinger
Manufacturer: Harmonie Park Press
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Collected material deals specifically with American organ composers, filling a bibliographical need for organists and scholars of organ music. Citations include a short biography, biographical source data, and a bibliographical notation.

Autobiographical Reminiscences of African-american Classical Singers, 1853 - Present: Introducing Their Spiritual Heritage into the Concert Repertoire

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Autobiographical Reminiscences of African-american Classical Singers, 1853 - Present: Introducing Their Spiritual Heritage into the Concert Repertoire
Elizabeth Nash
Manufacturer: Edwin Mellen Pr
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A Critical Dictionary of Composers and Their Music

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A Critical Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Percy M. Young
Manufacturer: Dennis Dobson Ltd.
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A Critical Dictionary of Composers and Their Music (Encore Music Editions)

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A Critical Dictionary of Composers and Their Music (Encore Music Editions)
Percy Marshall Young
Manufacturer: Hyperion Pr
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Dictionary of Composers and Their Music: Every Listener's Companion

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Dictionary of Composers and Their Music: Every Listener's Companion
Eric Gilder , and June G. Port
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Rough beauty

A Fantastic Tactical Work

Excellent training for improving chess players

Great book on tactics, with accurate ratings predictions

Important tactics book!

Test Your Chess IQ: First Challenge
August Livshitz
Manufacturer: Everyman Chess
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ASIN: 1857441397

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Rough beauty.......2007-04-28

I just finished the final test in this book this week after going thru it off and on for nearly ten years (??). When I began the book I was a rank beginner rated under 1000 USCF and when I finished I'm now a mid-1500 player. This book has some fantastic problems...I mean some of them are just art incarnate. That was probably the thing I enjoyed most about this book ; the fact that some of these moves were possible and actually won! My final score was woefully pathetic partly due to the fact that this was one of my first tactics books. And also because I used up enormous amounts of time trying to figure out every line I could with every problem. The time factor in this book will really help tournament players since it adds a pressure element that one would have in an actual game. But it also forces you to either abandon a problem you stubbornly want to solve or burn points using extra time and then possibly not solve it anyway. I would recommend this book to anyone who really wants to elevate his or her tactical ability but be sure to have a solid grounding in basic tactics first. A good workup to this book would be when you were very easily solving problems from a book like Chess Tactics for Students which I found very helpful recently.

A Fantastic Tactical Work.......2005-06-04

This is the first book in the "Test your Chess IQ" series. That in no way means that this book is easy. If you aren't at least about 1500 or so, this book will be way too much for you. Make sure that you read Seiriwan's Winning Chess Tactics and work through both of Reinfeld's 1001 books before tackling this one.

The book consists of dozens of 8-problem tests, spanned across two pages each with the solutions on the next page(to discourage cheating, which I like). The book covers a wide number of themes, and in many cases progresses in difficulty as you work through a motif. For example the first test in Double Attack will be fairly easy, but the next test will take considerably more work.

The author provides a table in the back for you to record your progress. I immediately copied this(so as to have a 'clean copy' incase I want to go through this again, and I'm sure I will). In the beginning of the book the author provides instructions on how to score your answers, and approximately what rating they correspond to.

The best way to go through these puzzles is to do one a week, making sure to use all or most of the time given to solve the puzzles(remember, you have to find all the reasonable defenses for the losing side, not just the first move or one particular winning line).

Don't be discouraged if you struggle with it in the very beginning. You'll be amazed by how quickly you begin to see things and your percentage scores will rise. A nice thing about this book is that most of the problems were taken from real games, proof that these sort of combinations DO happen and you need to be able to see them when they do.

The book is thin but large enough that it folds open easily and is written in descriptive notation. Almost all of the analysis I've done on problems has been accurate(only his move is best), except for one problem where my move was a little better according to Fritz.

All in all this is an outstanding and challenging introduction to advanced tactics. Go through the books I mentioned above first, but make sure that this book is in your hands afterwards.

Excellent training for improving chess players.......2005-01-18

Since this book is in the form of 56 tests, to be taken seriously, as if one were playing a tournament game, I have one obvious complaint. Namely, why tell the reader what the theme is?

Why say it is "double attack," or "discovered attack," or "discovered check," or "pin," or "diversion," or "decoy," or "interference," or "defence-elimination," or "square vacation," or "line-opening," or "utilization of open files," or "diagonal-opening," or "utilization of open diagonals," or "smothered mate," or "blocking," or "x-ray" or "overloading," or "back rank weakness," or "weakness of the second rank," or "zwischenzug," or "passed pawns," or "simplifying combinations," or "stalemating combinations," or "geometrical motifs," or "attack on the king side castled position," or "attack on the king caught in the center," or "destructive combinations?"

These are great themes to test us on, but in a real game, we don't know that there is a theme, let alone which theme!

How good should one be at chess to profit from this book? I think you need to be at least a C-player (1400 USCF) to get the full benefit. And I've seen Masters go through it too! It's good practice for a big range of chess players. It definitely helped me.

Great book on tactics, with accurate ratings predictions.......2003-07-14

Wow. I'm impressed. You can learn a lot of chess with this book, and if you honestly grade and time yourself, you'll get a realistic picture of where you stand.

These puzzles are not easy. They take about 5 minutes each, and you'll have to put in that much time if you want your rating to be indicated accurately. This is NOT for tactics training, even though you will learn from it. You need to be VERY GOOD at tactics before you attempt these; otherwise, you'll get NOTHING correct. You'd be wise to go through Lev Alburt's Chess Training Pocket Book at least once before tackling these.

If you're 1500, you could start this book, but don't rush through it. Do one 8-problem test per week and monitor your progress through the year. (There are 56 tests.)

Each test is prefaced with the sort of tactics you will be looking for, and some of the puzzles are very similar within a test. This is intentional. The authors want you to LEARN, but without making things too obvious.

I have noticed minor typos in the answers, but no actual errors, which is quite rare for a puzzle book. The font, diagram size, printing, and layout are all excellent. The original games are named in the answers, rather than in the problems, to avoid distraction. Remember: These tests are timed!

Highly recommended. But if you're below 1500 USCF, caveat emptor! You don't want to ruin the future value of this book by cheating and looking at all the answers now!

Important tactics book!.......2000-12-12

This book is a must for those who wish to improve their ability to calculate. These are just a collection of tests and will only help you if you follow the instructions carefully! Do not casually read through the examples like you would with "1001 Brilliant Chess Sac..." by Reinfeld, but do the tests as if you are playing a tournament. Here are some helpful hints from the book.

1. Set up the pieces on a board, this simulates actual play. 2. Do the tests regularly, but not too often. 3. Be honest in grading yourself. 4. Follow the directions on timing yourself.

In summary, a great book if used properly! You should be at least 1400 rated for this to help.

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It is ok !!

TaxMama Delivers on Small Business Taxes

Good solid advice

Painful on the Surface, but Needed and Well Done

You'll be happy you bought it!

Small Business Taxes Made Easy: How to Increase Your Deductions, Reduce What You Owe, and Boost Your Profits
Eva Rosenberg
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JK Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2007: Your Complete Guide to a Better Bottom Line (J K Lasser's New Rules for Small Business Taxes)

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The ultimate tax expert shows small business owners how to keep more of what you earn

For millions of self-employed Americans, Eva Rosenberg is the go-to person for tax advice. Now, from the woman behind the wildly popular TaxMama.com--named one of the top seven tax advice websites by Inc. magazine--comes the ultimate guide to navigating the tax maze. Small Business Taxes Made Easy walks you through every stage of the process, showing you how to reduce your tax losses at every step. You'll learn:

How to set up a business plan that helps minimize taxes
The tax benefits of various forms of financing
How to spot errors in 1099s and what to do about them
Record-keeping techniques that legally increase deductible expenses

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It is ok !!.......2007-08-17

The first few chapters are good but later chapters are borring. Although the author has quoted many excerpts humorously I think it is still incomplete.
Also this book mentions many tax websites/ links but most of them know or will know by googling.

TaxMama Delivers on Small Business Taxes.......2007-05-14

Eva delivers a wonderfully comprehensive book on small business tax from start up to dealing with the nitty gritty of tax situations once the operation is up and humming. There are thirteen chapters filled with clear language, easy to follow examples, and oodles of follow through website addresses at the end of the chapters. This is a MUST book for both the entrepreneur considering starting up a business and an established small business owner who needs to review tax issues as their business is growing. Tax Mama , Eva brings a refreshing and easy read from business plans and recordkeeping to deductions and tax notices.

Good solid advice.......2007-05-13

Excellent primer for new business and reference for those a few years in. I found it covered most topics of interest except state taxes, which in the DC/MD/VA area is still a mystery to me.

Painful on the Surface, but Needed and Well Done.......2006-09-04

Taxes? Ouch! It's rather like going to the dentist. A necessary evil. Most of us small business owners love the profits, but cringe at the taxes. Uncle Sam can be intimidating and a book like this can help overcome the fears, while explaining the options. It answers most of the FAQ's we face and does so in a thorough and easy to understand manner. I will probably refer to it many times as various tax issues arise.

You'll be happy you bought it!.......2005-04-03

This is an exceptionally well-written and practical book on small business taxation and a very good starting point for anyone who is interested in learning how to keep good business records.

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