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The Death of the Baroque and the Rhetoric of Good Taste
Vernon Minor
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In late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Rome, a rhetorical war raged among intellectuals in the attack and defense of language, literature, and the visual arts. This book examines the cultural upheaval that accompanied attacks on the baroque predilection for ornament, extended visual metaphors, grandiloquence, and mystical rapture. Rome's Academy of the Arcadians emerged as a potent social and cultural force in the final decade of the seventeenth century and throughout the eighteenth century provided a setting for arguments on artistic taste and reforms in literature and religion. This book describes the waning days of the baroque and ends with an analysis of the Parrhasian Grove.
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Not what you might think.......2002-11-12
I ordered the book because I am in the process of designing an O'Furo for my home, and I hoped to get some ideas. Sadly, there was very little in the book to help me. Instead, I was treated a taste of opinion from several rich Japanese, and a smattering of relevant photos.
The Section on Resorts was particularly poor. I lived in Japan for eight years and visited many wonderful onsen. None were in this book. Of the 35 pictures in this section, only 7 were of actual baths. The rest were of tatami rooms, meals served, sinks and counters, etc.
Perhaps the most disappointing part of the book was the section dedicated to Ukiyo E. Although parts of this wonderful artform are known to be pornographic, it is generally not an emphasis of the genre. Mr. Tsumura does not seem to think so, and has chosen to show a variety of pubic regions and breasts in nearly every picture in the section. The entire section was a failure of taste.
All in all, it is a highly disappointing book and I would not recommend spending any money on it.
Tub styles of the rich and famous........2002-10-08
Some books beg for space on the coffee table. It's the usual place snobby friends file away their copies of "Archetectural Digest", or "Forbes", hoping you'll never notice that the adress labels printed on them are marked out with felt-tip pen. If you hold them to the light, you can just make out that they were sent originally to the office of their dermatologist. In the case of "Furo, the Japanese Trendy Bath Life", this tome is most enjoyable read in its' natural environment. In my case the bathroom is definately the least trendy room in my apartment. Fortunately with the addition of this book, i can see my "sitting room" become a little trendier, perhaps. The photographs of various dauntingly expensive bathrooms are expansive, and beautiful. It definately takes my mind away from the fact that I'm usually reading it on a "throne" that wobbles, thanks to an iffy wax seal, and bolts that I can't be bothered to tighten. Tsumura can be given to some overly flowery writing at times. An example of this can be found on page 30. "Mrs. Ukita's neat white bathroom on the sea-side of Mediterranean Sea is a shining example of her family's happiness." "The hero and heroine of this script, Mr. and Mrs. Ukita, always smile softly as though they were characters in a film." This sort of prose, might tempt some to lunge at the Ukitas with a small hand axe. Those violent thoughts, however would probably be put to rest after a vigourous soak in their luxurious bathtub. As a final thought to lurkers, expecting a voyeuristic view of total strangers sitting naked in exotic pools of fragrantly scented water. You will be extremely dissappointed. For anyone interested in stunning portraits of lavish bathrooms, and their accoutriments, this just may be the book You've searched for all Your life.
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In this book, Cynthia Freeland seeks to counter both aesthetic disdain and moral condemnation toward horror by focusing on a select body of important and revealing films, demonstrating how the genre is capable of deep philosophical reflection about the existence and the nature of evil-both human and cosmic. In exploring these films, Freeland argues against a purely psychoanalytic approach and opts for both feminist and philosophical understandings. Freeland is particularly interested in showing how gender figures into screen presentations of evil. Written for film enthusiasts and students, the book examines a wide array of films including The Silence of the Lambs, Repulsion, Frankenstein, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Alien, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Interview with the Vampire, Frenzy, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, Hellraiser, and many others.
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Solidly written, thought provoking look at horror in film.......2005-08-20
This book is extremely accessable and discusses horror in film in a profound way with considerable scope. Anyone who responds keenly to the supernatural in literature and film is bound to enjoy these in depth discussions of many of the finest horror films we have. The author is upfront about her approach, and about her own likes and dislikes, but these admissions do not limit the book in any way. There is much to learn here, much to ponder. For an author like me who believes that horror fiction and film reflect our deepest social and psychological concerns, this book has tremendous value. I am looking for more books by the author.
Really good book on all kinds of horror.......2002-07-16
I found this book to be wonderfully readable and absolutely facinating.
Ms. Freeland's view of the movies she discusses (Frankinstien, Dracula, Interview with a Vampire, the Hunger, The Shining, Eraserhead, the Alien series, the Hellraiser movies, etc.) is very interesting and her perspective on good and evil deserves to be brought to the foreground. I also appreciate her critiques of flat feminist critiques. Noting that sometimes a chainsaw is just a chainsaw.
This book makes a great basis for a number of film festivals. And with the advant of DVD, you can program it right in your own home. Say, what about your book club reading this book and watching the movies? That would be a blast.
Now...If I could only find a book club.
Thorough & insightful, but too academic........2000-05-27
My favorite title of recent memory, "The Naked and the Undead" (a play on Mailer's WWII classic "The Naked and the Dead") is a much-needed review of recent horror films. Too many books on this topic are sadly out of date, incomplete, condescending, or just plain wrong. Philosophy professor Cynthia Freeland, however, dives right into the thick of things, stating that her favorite director is auteur David Cronenberg and that she has little patience for mainstream schlock like Freddy and Jason. "All right," I thought to myself, "my kind of writer."
She covers the entire "Hellraiser" series, the most recent vampire films, and classics like "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "Repulsion," "Them!" "Eraserhead," "Peeping Tom" and "Nosferatu." The chapters range from "Women and Bugs" (the Alien and Species films) to "Monstrous Flesh" and "The Slasher's Blood Lust." Freeland knows her stuff, and her insights are profound and interesting. She considers feminist images in contemporary horror, graphic violence and its impression upon viewers, the appeal of the seductive, aesthetic vampire, and the visionary, intellectual works of Cronenberg ("Videodrome," "Dead Ringers," "The Fly").
The major problem, however, is that she's an academic, and the book reads like a PhD. dissertation. It's not a lot of fun to read, like, say, Stephen King's "Danse Macabre" or Kim Newman's "Nightmare Movies" or the anthology "Cut!" If you're a serious reader as well as horror film buff, then this book is very worthwhile. If you've ever studied film in college this book will be right up your alley. If, however, you don't really call into either category, then this book probably isn't for you.
There is much to be learned from in this book, and I'm very glad Ms. Freeland took such care and patience. I only wish she had approached this book more as an intelligent fan rather than as an academic. So, 3 and a half stars. And kudos for the awesome cover art!
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Music With the Under Fours
Susan Young
Manufacturer: RoutledgeFalmer
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This lively book provides practitioners, students and other professionals, working within both early childhood care and music education, practical guidance on how to include musical activity in the care and education of children aged from birth to five years. The wide-ranging text offers the reader a synthesis of recent research as well as practical suggestions for fostering creativity through musical activities. The author also shows how music can help with literacy and numeracy education, using rhymes and rhythmic counting.
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A Delightful Diversion.......2007-03-26
Mathemagics is a delightful diversion. Anyone who enjoys puzzles, games and mathematical wizardry will get their money's worth with this amusing book.
People who have no mathematical abilities whatsoever, and experienced number crunchers alike, will find something to their liking in this book. Even if you don't wind up looking like a genius, this book will help you distinguish between real genius and those with just a few clever tricks up their sleeves.
Awesome book!.......2005-01-28
After seeing Dr. Benjamin perform in Las Vegas at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference in 2002, I bought this book and also his Mathemagics course. My middle school students love it! Many of them prefer to do mental calculations when possible and they love when I do mathematic magic tricks on them. Better, they love the algebraic explanations and can't wait to use the tricks on their friends and family, knowing that they can explain the trick as well.
My college students are amazed when I can square a 2-digit number quicker than they can punch it in on a calculator. (I'm not too fast at the 3 digit numbers; it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks!)
I highly recommend this book for math teachers, school libraries, students, or anyone at all!
One path to learning mathematics.......2003-03-10
Ambivalence surrounds me when I attempt to review this book. As someone who learned arithmetic in the pre-calculator days, many of the ideas in this book bring back deep memories. One of my favorite things to do when in my teen years and later was to keep track of the items in the grocery cart and estimate the total cost. It was considered a failure when the guess and true total differed by more than $0.25. While this skill did succeed in amazing people, I cannot recall a single instance where it actually was financially beneficial. And eventually I gave it up, going on to mathematics and computers.
But those days are gone, and calculators (computers) do free the mind for other things. So the question becomes, is it beneficial to read books of this type and learn the "lost" art of estimation? The history of mathematics informs us that early mental manipulation of numbers is a strong indicator of the future development of mathematical ability. Gauss and Hardy are two excellent examples of this. However, in later years Hardy in particular looked down on those who were mere number crunchers.
Which leads to the clearest use for the techniques demonstrated in this book, namely to instruct children in the mental manipulation of symbols. By having young minds compete against a calculator, mental techniques are developed that most likely cannot be created any other way. And those methods are excellent training for future careers in the quantitative sciences. And this book does an excellent job in introducing these "tricks." All are clearly explained and detailed solutions to the problems are in the back of the book. Anyone wishing to learn how to perform efficient mental computations will find what they are looking for.
If your goal is to teach or learn how to perform calculations in your head, then this book is for you. However, one should make an effort to keep everything in perspective. The ability to perform mental arithmetic should be considered as a step toward mathematical ability and not a stand-alone indicator of such skill.
(Published in "Journal of Recreational Mathematics" - reprinted with permission.)
Una pequeña joya.......2001-12-24
He encontrado el libro muy útil , entretenido , y facil de leer.
Muy recomendable para iniciarse en el cálculo mental.
Una pequeña joya.......2001-12-24
He encontrado el libro muy útil , entretenido , y facil de leer.
Muy recomendable para iniciarse en el cálculo mental.
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Many Americans have wondered why prescription drugs have become so expensive while advertising for those drugs seems to grow exponentially. Former New England Journal of Medicine Editor Marcia Angell has some answers. The pharmaceutical industry, according to Angell, is fraught with corruption and doing a disservice to customers, the federal government, and to the medical establishment itself. In The Truth About the Drug Companies, Angell explains how a huge portion of the revenue generated by "Big Pharma" goes not into research and development but into aggressive marketing campaigns to sell their product. She describes how, even though the drug companies claim that it costs them an average of 802 million dollars per drug to develop new medicines, that figure is obscenely inflated since it factors in marketing as well as expected interest the company would have received had they invested the money in the open market. Meanwhile, Angell says, most of the R & D work is done by colleges and universities funded by the government. There are also problems with the drugs themselves, Angell indicates, since a majority are "me-too drugs", slightly modified versions of existing products which meant to address concerns of consumers most likely to spend money on pharmaceuticals. Thus, the market is filled with remarkably similar drugs to treat depression and high cholesterol while potentially life-saving medicines for diseases afflicting third-world countries are discontinued because they aren't profitable. In the books most damning passage, Angell tells of the high-priced junkets offered to doctors, ostensibly offered as educational opportunities that seem to constitute little more than bribes. The prognosis for reform is a grim one, Angell indicates, due to the massive cash reserves and lobbying efforts of "Big Pharma." Indeed, that lobby was hard at work trying to discredit her claims immediately upon the book's publication. But for anyone who's paid a pharmacy bill, The Truth About the Drug Companies is a fascinating read. --John Moe
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During her two decades at The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Marcia Angell had a front-row seat on the appalling spectacle of the pharmaceutical industry. She watched drug companies stray from their original mission of discovering and manufacturing useful drugs and instead become vast marketing machines with unprecedented control over their own fortunes. She saw them gain nearly limitless influence over medical research, education, and how doctors do their jobs. She sympathized as the American public, particularly the elderly, struggled and increasingly failed to meet spiraling prescription drug prices. Now, in this bold, hard-hitting new book, Dr. Angell exposes the shocking truth of what the pharmaceutical industry has become–and argues for essential, long-overdue change.
Currently Americans spend a staggering $200 billion each year on prescription drugs. As Dr. Angell powerfully demonstrates, claims that high drug prices are necessary to fund research and development are unfounded: The truth is that drug companies funnel the bulk of their resources into the marketing of products of dubious benefit. Meanwhile, as profits soar, the companies brazenly use their wealth and power to push their agenda through Congress, the FDA, and academic medical centers.
Zeroing in on hugely successful drugs like AZT (the first drug to treat HIV/AIDS), Taxol (the best-selling cancer drug in history), and the blockbuster allergy drug Claritin, Dr. Angell demonstrates exactly how new products are brought to market. Drug companies, she shows, routinely rely on publicly funded institutions for their basic research; they rig clinical trials to make their products look better than they are; and they use their legions of lawyers to stretch out government-granted exclusive marketing rights for years. They also flood the market with copycat drugs that cost a lot more than the drugs they mimic but are no more effective.
The American pharmaceutical industry needs to be saved, mainly from itself, and Dr. Angell proposes a program of vital reforms, which includes restoring impartiality to clinical research and severing the ties between drug companies and medical education. Written with fierce passion and substantiated with in-depth research, The Truth About the Drug Companies is a searing indictment of an industry that has spun out of control.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Your Life depends on this information.......2007-09-03
The media in general and the medical industry in particular do not want you (patient) to read and be informed about what you are being prescribed and the consequences. They also are dealing with symptoms instead of causes. Prevention is not in the medical dictionary terminology. Drugs do not heal! Drugs should be a short term interrupter and not a progression from one prescription to another and another. Pharmaceutical companies are gaining more political power through Federal legislation of Congress, which results show in company coffers. Read and be informed.
The truth isn't pretty.......2007-06-26
This excellent book which shines a bright spotlight on the industry. This is an industry which (mostly due to its actions) is ready to implode, and I fear that it may take us physicians right along with them.
a must read.......2007-05-13
The message is clearly spelled out in the first few chapters.American consumers need to be aware of how we are being ripped off by the drug industies.This is a must read and extremely well written
Careful what you put in your mouth!.......2007-05-06
At the same time people are dying from this disease, and that, Big Pharma maintains it's strangle hold on research in our Medical Schools, and the treatment of diseases. Why the Diabetes industry alone worldwide is a 4 billion dollar a day industry. Not to mention herpes, asthma, AIDS, cancer, and the like. The afore mentioned diorders are said to be incureable. Why? Well when research is geared to profit, and not a cure, one begins to understand why. No cures unless there is a profit to be made. So what if people die, it controls the population.
It has been more than 100 years or more since a real cure for a specific disease was discovered. There is more of a profit in making a crutch, than an actual cure. Because once that disease is cured there is then very little money to be made. We have diseases hanging around forever, and when they say there is no cure, they mean we have not made enough money from this disease. In short there is no profit in a cure. Profit is of main concern here. Not you or your family.
Ms. Angell has a blueprint or an inside look at the process of the how and why things are the way they are. Money, money, money. The Love of money is the root of all evil. Money before people. This book is an eye opener, and like the people who rang the bell before 9/11, if no one listens, no good can come from this book. Ms. Angell is giving us a look from the point of view of a former insider, and very well bares listening to. Read this book and become pro-active about the healthcare of you and your family.
She Bashes Pharma.......2007-03-09
This a an attck on big pharma and a well rounded one at that. In the end Angell proposes a plan to lessen the power of the pharma companies.
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La Verdad Acerca De Las Industrias Farmaceuticas/ the Truth About the Drug Companies: Como Nos Engana Y Que Hacer Al Respecto / How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It
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Large Print. Written by the former editor in chief of 'The New England Journal of Medicine'. Winner of the Polk Award.
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This digital document is an article from Women's Health Activist, published by National Women's Health Network on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 498 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 Truth About Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It.(Book Review)
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Date: January 1, 2005
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Title: When money talks and science listens.(Book Review)
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