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Atlas of Western Art History: Artists, Sites and Movements from Ancient Greece to the Modern Age
John Steer , and Antony White Manufacturer: Facts on File ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 081602457X |
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Wonderful reference........1997-04-14
Starting with the Ancient Greeks, this splended production ties art to history and the physical world, explaining trends, contexts, and movements, clearly mapping important sites, artistic exchange routes, materials sources, and more.
The reader is able to trace the development of the Western art tradition not only across time, but now across space as well.
Beautifully produced; generously illustrated with 300 illustrations and 150 excellent maps, and an exemplary index, this will be a welcome addition to the permanent reference shelf of any art lover.
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Atlas of Western Art History: Artists, Sites and Movements from Ancient Greece to the Modern Age
John & White, Anthony Steer Manufacturer: Facts on File Publ. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000O6GN6U |
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Atlas of Western Art History: Artists, Sites and Movements from Ancient Greece to the Modern Age
John; White, Antony Steer Manufacturer: Facts on File ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000ONQ73C |
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Indian Beauty: Bollywood Style (Memoires)
Berenice Geoffroy-Schneiter Manufacturer: Assouline ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 2843235723 |
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Death By Field Trip
Bill Amend Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0740713914 |
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All I Can Say is Har-de-har-har.......2007-02-17
Death By Field Trip. Foxtrot, All Great!.......2007-01-19
Foxtrot rocks!.......2005-08-08
Death By Field Trip: A FoxTrot Collection.......2002-11-05
Foxtrot we know and love.......2002-08-02
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Geology of the Death Valley Region : Annual Field Trip Guidebook #16
Manufacturer: South Coast Geological Society, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000UFW9WC |
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Road log, Death Valley to San Fernando,: Pacific Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Death Valley Field trip, December 7, 8, 9, 1951
Thomas Clements Manufacturer: S.E.P.M., Pacific Section ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007F855K |
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The Little Book of Stupid Questions: 300 Hilarious, Bold, Embarrassing, Personal, and Basically Pointless Queries
David Borgenicht Manufacturer: Hysteria Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1887166505 |
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Worth much more than you imagine!.......2007-09-19
Stupid people don't ask stupid questions. Smart people do........2003-06-14
Question such as "If you had a third eye, where would you put it?". This is a question that can trigger an intensive discussions with so many possible answers. This is not only where you want `the eye' to grow out/in on your body, it is also about how you are going to use it. And, this eye is not necessarily part of your body. It can be in Bill Gates' or Michelle Pfeiffer's head. Can the eye be portable or have a wing of its own to be wherever and whenever I want it to be? This one question is a piece of work on its own!
The only reason I gave this book four star instead of five because many questions from the book are not universal. You have to grow up in certain part of the world at certain period to appreciate the questions. For example, a question like "Who is the better boyfriend, Kramer..." You have to see the TV show (I am not going to advertise for it) to know what the author is talking about. These questions are the real `stupid' ones I suppose.
This book has more values than faults. It can make a great gift for friends, family, or yourself. It can be a perfect `kill-time' toy, or a primer for a `Philosophical moment'. Either way, you will be smarter every time you read it. Remember, stupid people don't ask stupid questions. They just give you stupid answers without thinking. Only smart people ask stupid questions, such as "Why apples fell from the tree?" and "Why men have two legs instead of six."
A great way to get to know someone!.......2003-02-14
Review of The Little Book of Stupid Questions.......2000-04-02
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The Complete Films Of Audrey Hepburn (Citadel Film)
Jerry Vermilye Manufacturer: Citadel ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0806515988 |
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The only book that compiles her filmography in detail.......1999-09-07
There are some pictures not seen in other publications. Especially I would like to mention pictures from "How to steal a million" and "Two for the Road". They are the best of her Mod-ish look. Especially, the one on pp. 188 that shows her face half in the dark is a superb piece of art. Also, it includes beautiful images of her with a dark coat and a beret from the last scenes of the much overlooked film "The Children's Hour."
One complaint about this book is the poor quality of its binding. Already pages are coming loose. It should have been hard-bound. But still this is the ony compilation of her films.
Audrey betrayed by another man putting her in her place........1999-08-16
It begins with a brief overview of her career, offering no insight into why Audrey was perhaps the most wonderful actress of them all. We're so consistently reminded of her 'grace' and 'kindness' that we forget that she was an actual human being, and that her particular genius lay in the disparity between her ineffable chic and mischievous charm on the surface, and the profound sadness and disillusion (which ironised her so-called vulnerability)hidden in her eyes.
He fails to put her persona into any kind of meaningful cultural context - he doesn't define her persona at all; her modernity, her status as an almost abstract icon (in films like Charade and Funny Face, her very chiselled beauty becomes enmeshed with the sharp formality of the film's mise-en-scene to create a complex, anti-naturalistic evocation of desire, last seen in the Dietrich/Von Sternberg films) are all ignored in favour of fluffy Victoriana.
As I said, one expected the text to be trite: after all, one buys these books for the photographs. And these are magnificent, detailing Audrey from every point of her career, and her early life, some I've never seen before. They reveal her at work, in wonderfully disarming, relaxed attitudes. There are stunning stills from all her pictures, not all of them flattering, but always redolent of a real woman, not some angelic waif, and certainly making you yearn to watch those amazing films again.
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The Music of George Gershwin: Clarinet (Plus One)
Manufacturer: Alfred Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0769282237 |
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Favorite Gershwin[r] Classics (Solos, Duets, and Trios With Piano Accompaniment): Clarinet
Manufacturer: Alfred Pub Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0769251803 |
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Star Trek Roleplaying Game Aliens
Manufacturer: Decipher Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1582369070 |
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Expanding your Universe.......2004-01-11
Regarding the Efrosians change of name; I'm inclined to think that was a choice of Paramont, not Decipher, just as the previous game under LUG was required to call the previously established Kaitians to Regulans.
Anyway, back to the book. I loved it. The Betazoid section finally includes specific tenants of the Betazoid Code of Sentience (this was lacking in previous write ups); the section on the Q provided really fine ideas on how to use the Q in your on stories; the Klingon section included bits about thier societal structure that allows you to remember why they used to be the bad guys and wouldn't be accepted into the Federation even if they were inclined to join. Other TOS era offerings include the ever popular Gorn and Capellans, to name a few more; but almost *every* species included has a Use in Era blurb telling you what they might have been up for each major era (Enterprise / TOS-Movie/ TNG+).
I think you will find it interesting even if you are not a fan of the Decipher system; those of you still playing LUG can easily reverse engineer them over, those playing Prime Directive powered by GURPS can likewise do the same; and if you don't game at all... well heck, it's still a pretty sweet source book; after all, the gaming supplements of today have to be gone over with a finer tooth comb than the Pocket Books as far as canon adherance and such go -- and frankly, the DS9 relaunch Andorians are painfully poor in comparison to the Andorians in the Decipher book which build off of the fabulous treatment in the LUG Among the Clans: Andorian Sourcebook of a few years back.
Fun for fans of Star Trek's aliens... and for RPGers.......2003-06-29
As with Last Unicorn Games (LUG), the previous RPG licensee's efforts, "ST: The Motion Picture " is represented by Betelgeuseans and Zaranites, but this time there are no photos for these guys. Ilia represents the Deltans.
Some other ST races are conspicuous by their absence; I guess Decipher's authors have been cautious about expanding some races we know little about, but even races covered in earlier Decipher volumes aren't in this one (ie, no Regulans/Caitians of ST's old Animated Series this time).
No Grazerites. No Zaldans. There's an Elasian (of TOS), but no Troyians. No "Nemesis" Remans. The Suliban of "Enterprise" are included, but no Denobulans, even though Dr. Phlox is mentioned in the Introduction. Several major Delta Quadrant aliens are included for gamers wanting to keep the USS Voyager lost in space.
One surprise is that the Efrosian UFP President of "ST VI: The Undiscovered Country" is given yet another overhaul. (The name "Efrosian" was supposedly given to the alien race introduced in "ST IV: The Voyage Home" by the Makeup Dept. and named for Paramount's Mel Efros. The term was then popularised by "Cinefantastique" magazine and the old FASA RPG materials - and most recently by the Pocket Books novel "In the Name of Honor". Other Pocket novels and novelizations have called the race "Deltan".) However, in Decipher's "Aliens" volume, the ST VI UFP President's pic represents the Atreonids of Atreos IV. Sigh...
Anyway, this book is beautifully presented and well worth checking out! Green cover this time.
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From Third World to First : The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
Lee Kuan Yew Manufacturer: HarperCollins ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0060197765 |
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In this memoir, the man most responsible for Singapore's astonishing transformation from colonial backwater to economic powerhouse describes how he did it over the last four decades. It's a dramatic story, and Lee Kuan Yew has much to brag about. To take a single example: Singapore had a per-capita GDP of just $400 when he became prime minister in 1959. When he left office in 1990, it was $12,200 and rising. (At the time of this book's writing, it was $22,000.) Much of this was accomplished through a unique mix of economic freedom and social control. Lee encouraged entrepreneurship, but also cracked down on liberties that most people in the West take for granted--chewing gum, for instance. It's banned in Singapore because of "the problems caused by spent chewing gum inserted into keyholes and mailboxes and on elevator buttons." If American politicians were to propose such a thing, they'd undoubtedly be run out of office. Lee, however, defends this and similar moves, such as strong antismoking laws and antispitting campaigns: "We would have been a grosser, ruder, cruder society had we not made these efforts to persuade people to change their ways.... It has made Singapore a more pleasant place to live in. If this is a 'nanny state,' I am proud to have fostered one."Lee also describes one of his most controversial proposals: tax breaks and schooling incentives to encourage educated men and women to marry each other and have children. "Our best women were not reproducing themselves because men who were their educational equals did not want to marry them.... This lopsided marriage and procreation pattern could not be allowed to remain unmentioned and unchecked," writes Lee. Most of the book, however, is a chronicle of how Lee helped create so much material prosperity. Anticommunism is a strong theme throughout, and Lee comments broadly on international politics. He is cautiously friendly toward the United States, chastising it for a "dogmatic and evangelical" foreign policy that scolds other countries for human-rights violations, except when they interfere with American interests, "as in the oil-rich Arabian peninsula." Even so, he writes, "the United States is still the most benign of all the great powers.... [and] all noncommunist countries in East Asia prefer America to be the dominant weight in the power balance of the region." From Third World to First is not the most gripping book imaginable, but it is a vital document about a fascinating place in a time of profound transition. --John J. Miller
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Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the world's fourth–highest per capita real income?
The story of that transformation is told here by Singapore's charismatic, controversial founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. Rising from a legacy of divisive colonialism, the devastation of the Second World War, and general poverty and disorder following the withdrawal of foreign forces, Singapore now is hailed as a city of the future. This miraculous history is dramatically recounted by the man who not only lived through it all but who fearlessly forged ahead and brought about most of these changes.
Delving deep into his own meticulous notes, as well as previously unpublished government papers and official records, Lee details the extraordinary efforts it took for an island city–state in Southeast Asia to survive at that time.
Lee explains how he and his cabinet colleagues finished off the communist threat to the fledgling state's security and began the arduous process of nation building: forging basic infrastructural roads through a land that still consisted primarily of swamps, creating an army from a hitherto racially and ideologically divided population, stamping out the last vestiges of colonial–era corruption, providing mass public housing, and establishing a national airline and airport.
In this illuminating account, Lee writes frankly about his trenchant approach to political opponents and his often unorthodox views on human rights, democracy, and inherited intelligence, aiming always "to be correct, not politically correct." Nothing in Singapore escaped his watchful eye: whether choosing shrubs for the greening of the country, restoring the romance of the historic Raffles Hotel, or openly, unabashedly persuading young men to marry women as well educated as themselves. Today's safe, tidy Singapore bears Lee's unmistakable stamp, for which he is unapologetic: "If this is a nanny state, I am proud to have fostered one."
Though Lee's domestic canvas in Singapore was small, his vigor and talent assured him a larger place in world affairs. With inimitable style, he brings history to life with cogent analyses of some of the greatest strategic issues of recent times and reveals how, over the years, he navigated the shifting tides of relations among America, China, and Taiwan, acting as confidant, sounding board, and messenger for them. He also includes candid, sometimes acerbic pen portraits of his political peers, including the indomitable Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, the poetry–spouting Jiang Zemin, and ideologues George Bush and Deng Xiaoping.
Lee also lifts the veil on his family life and writes tenderly of his wife and stalwart partner, Kwa Geok Choo, and of their pride in their three children –– particularly the eldest son, Hsien Loong, who is now Singapore's deputy prime minister.
For more than three decades, Lee Kuan Yew has been praised and vilified in equal measure, and he has established himself as a force impossible to ignore in Asian and international politics. From Third World to First offers readers a compelling glimpse into this visionary's heart, soul, and mind.
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Great account of Singapore's development.......2007-08-23
most impressive character.......2007-05-14
A Taiwanese Perspective.......2007-04-08
Illuminating what can be achieved by a superior intellect coupled with honesty........2006-09-26
Excellent insight!.......2006-06-12
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From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965 - 2000
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The Singapore Story (vol. 1) From Third World to First--The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 (vol. 2).(Resena de libro): An article from: Estudios Internacionales
Manfred Wilhelmy Manufacturer: Universidad de Chile, Instituto de Estudios Internacionales ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008G6C2G Release Date: 2005-07-30 |
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This digital document is an article from Estudios Internacionales, published by Universidad de Chile, Instituto de Estudios Internacionales on July 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1271 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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From Third World to First : The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
Lee Kuan Yew Manufacturer: HarperCollins ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OA62IK |
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