Express Yourself With Pastel

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Carole Katchen, well-known artist, workshop instructor and author, invites readers to begin expressing their own ideas in the brilliant, liberating medium of pastel.

This book will inspire pastel painters looking for new creative directions and gives beginners a great place to start. Checklists, tips and step-by-step demonstrations make the instruction easy to follow. Artists will first learn how to master basic techniques, from choosing colors, paper and fixatives to making expressive marks. The second half of the book guides artists to explore the "boundless limits" of their own creativity. Katchen motivates artists with:

* A 10-point checklist for choosing evocative subjects
* Tips on how to break the rules and take chances with pastel
* Strokes that will reflect and enhance personal vision
* Four different approaches to beginning a painting
* Advice on how to strive for excellence, not perfection

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an artist's art book.......2003-02-11

This book was great and fun to read. Even her painting examples in the book show how much painting can be a joy and fun. I especially liked how the book is divided up into easy to understand chapters and topics like "what you need to know about applying pastels" or "what you need to know about completing a painting" . With tips and reviews throughout the book. Thus it is a good book to use if one is also teaching art. The book is not just for beginners but for those that have been painting for years. It shows you how to "have fun with art" not just knowing techniques. Author- Creative Painting For The Young Artist

Expressive and Impressive.......2001-09-07

Carole Katchen understands the pastel artist and reflects her understanding in this book that goes from the basics of selecting and using pastels to the emotional needs of the artist. She has useful tips throughout. She has information and examples of negative painting, blending,scribbling, and stippling. There are refresher pages that emphasize the main points of each chapter. But, maybe the most important chapter is the last one, because it encourages the artist to be true to himself or herself and know that if art is done with courage, fun and dedication, it will glow with distinction.

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Actually mentions: "Fashion intellectuals".......2006-03-19

It doesn't seem possible, but this guy wrote 2 books about the fashion world with the word 'SAVAGES' in the title. Kinda like Frank Herbert's 'Dune' series, or 'Son of Kong'.

Who's "In"? Who cares........2005-10-10

John Fairchild is the charismatic and outspoken publisher of two of the fashion industry's most influential magazines: Women's Wear Daily and W. Here he offers the ultimate insider's guide to today's fashion scene--a gossipy, no-holds-barred look at the world of the superstar designers and social climbers who buy their clothes. It's actually a pretty boring book. It was written in the 80's so it's really dated. I wouldn't recommend this one, it's way too pretentious.

Chic Savages the New Rich, the Old Rich, and the World They Inhabit

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Chic Savages the New Rich, the Old Rich, and the World They Inhabit
Fairchild John
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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ASIN: B000LBUI1Y

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CHIC SAVAGES.
John Fairfield
Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster
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Chic Savages
John FAIRCHILD
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Paperback
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Chic Savages
John Fairchild
Manufacturer: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989
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Chic Savages
John Fairchild
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Chic Savages
John Fairchild
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CHIC SAVAGES
FAIRCHLD JOHN
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The Shogun himself has given Retsudo a stern warning: do something about Itto Ogami, the Lone Wolf, or the Yagyu clan will fall out of favor. Now Retsudo must turn to the Fire Watchers, a select band of warriors, for help - as well as the last surviving members of the legendary Kurokuwa ninja clan! As death stalks him, Ogami is confronted by desperate, impoverished peasants who want him to share his fortune with the suffering. With Ogami's cub, Daigoro, caught in the middle, what will he decide? Find out what everyone can't stop talking about.

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Ogami Itto and Daigoro continue on the path to Edo.......2002-12-16

It seemed that with the death of his children and the Kurokuwa that Retsudo Yagyu had run out of pieces to put into play against Ogami Itto, but that proves not to be the case in "Twilight of the Kurokuwa," Volume 18 of the Lone Wolf and Cub manga epic by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima. For the first time in the series the Shogun makes an appearance (although we never see his face), and we can only speculate as to what impact this will have on the blood feud;

(88) "Firewatchers of the Black Gate" finds Retsudo Yagyu leading the Shogun's annual pilgrimage to the family mausoleum. As part of this ritual we learn about the Shogun's bodyguards, the Firewatchers (the Kemuridome-Shu), who are also the warriors assigned to ensure all fires are out along the route; each carries a section of ladder that can be joined together with others. The Shogun, concerned that Ogami Itto's actions are eroding the Shogunate, tells Retsudo to solve this problem within a month or forfeit his own life. Retsudo then orders the Firewatchers to kill Ogami Itto, and in this story we see their first attempt.

(89) "The Immortal Firewatchers" continues the quest of the Firewatchers to kill Ogami Itto, who is trying to get to Edo by water. However, as such things often do, this fight comes down to a duel between Ogami Itto's Suio-Ryu and Habrui Genbu, Kuromon Kemuridome-Shu.

(90) "Paper Money" brings together several themes we have seen in earlier stories. Again, rather than helping to slay Ogami Itto, there is someone who want's Lone Wolf's help. However, this time, it is not his sword that is desired, but rather the money he has collected on the Assassin's Road.

(91) "Lifeline" finds Daigoro once again separated by his father because he had been distracted. Now Daigoro struggles to catch up with his papa, following the two tracks of the baby cart that Lone Wolf pushes across the sandy beaches. This is another one of the classic stories in this series where the dialogue is at a minimum and it is Goseki Kojima's drawings that carry the story.

(92) "Twilight of the Kurokawa" reveals that not all of the Kurokawa ninja have been slain by Ogami Itto. Retsudo Yagyu visits the retirement home of the Kurokawa, where there are five old men who had served their code for fifty years and now live out their final years in Kurokuwa village. Retsduo relates what Ogami Itto has done (represented by Kojima's artwork) and "asks" for these old men to use their famous sword wheel, which has never been defeated, to kill Lone Wolf and Cub.

After the bloody two-parter that begins this collection, the final trio of stories suggests a quiet before the storm, or at least a significant lull in the action. The ebb and flow of this grand saga is part of its strength, for this is not a bloodbath from start to finish. In fact, the fights are the least compelling part of the narrative for me. Instead, I focus on the character development, the historical detail, and, of course, the relationship between father and son. I am now two-thirds of the way through the Lone Wolf & Cub story and continue to look forward to reading the next episode each night before retiring. As soon as I finish I will probably start it over again, to better appreciate how Koike and Kojima put their masterpiece together.

You have read this far....why stop........2002-05-09

If you are reading this review then you have most likely read the past 17 or so books in this series and are hopelessly lost in the tale. Will the wolf win? If so, will he live? You know these answers from the very begining so don't bother asking now. At this point I think we must ask...if the wolf and cub correct in continuing? Don't say YES without thinking. The wolf is no longer killing the guilty or those he is paid to. Now he is fighting people with hearts as good as his, and samari that follow the code of the sword as closely as him. How much is one mans revenge worth? Read on my friends we shall know the answer soon.

And you thought it couldn't get sadder........2002-04-16

The Shogun himself enters into the story, imploring Retsudo to remove the wolf plaguing the landscape. The Yagyu are already mocked at court for their failure, and the Shogun makes it clear that the Yagyu honor is at stake. He lends Retsudo his elite group of firewatchers- unparralleled fighters under the direct service of the Shogun.

In the second half of this volume, a desperate and half-blinded Retsudo calls upon the true last of the Kurokawa - a retired group of ninja, now aged and crippled, but still deadly. They have fulfilled their years of servitude to the Yagyu, but Retsudo insists that they perform one last mission: Kill Ogami Itto!

As this series progresses, and spirals further into the depths of sacrifice for duty, the whole concept of Ogami vs Retsudo fades, as does good vs evil. They both seem to be men trapped by their roles, trapped by their obligations, destined to agony by their senses of responsibility- Itto to his road of hell, and Retsudo to his blood line.

If you are interested in a critique of Budo, and a sharp critical gaze into the intricacies of Japanese origins of honor and duty, you must read these books.

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Not a dictionary

A fun to read, "user friendly", operatic dictionary!

this book is funny!!!

Tenors, Tantrums and Trills: An Opera Dictionary From Aida to Zzzz
David W. Barber
Manufacturer: Sound And Vision
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Binding: Paperback

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From strutting singers to cantankerous composers, from ludicrous librettos to pompous prima donnas, Barber skewers them all in his satirical yet affectionate opera dictionary.

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Not a dictionary.......2004-12-16

Calling this book a "dictionary" is using the term very loosely. It has opera terms listed in alphabetical order, but that is where the resemblance to a dictionary ends. Actually, it is a joke book. The author follows a basic format for most of the "definitions" by giving the word/term, providing some minimal factual (?) information, then telling a joke. This is not a reference book. It has only marginal entertainment value, and even less educational value. Just know what you are buying, because I did not.

A fun to read, "user friendly", operatic dictionary!.......2000-09-07

Enhanced with the line drawings of Dave Donald, David Barber's Tenors, Tantrums And Trills: An Opera Dictionary From Aida To Zzzz provides a clever, witty, informative, and thoroughly delightful alphabetically formatted compendium of opera terms and personalities. This fun to read, "user friendly" operatic dictionary will prove welcome browsing for all opera enthusiasts everywhere!

this book is funny!!!.......1999-02-07

This book is one of the funniest books I ever laid my eyes on!!!!!!! Any person who likes jokes out there, this is the book for you!!!

Tenors, Tantrums And Trills - Opera Dictionary From Aida To Zzzz

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Tenors, Tantrums And Trills - Opera Dictionary From Aida To Zzzz
David W. Barber
Manufacturer: Sound and Vision
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JZYE7G

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Presents key ideas and practical suggestions for implementing the music standards through performance. Based on a Northwestern University Music Education Leadership Seminar.

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Pinball reference.......2006-05-20

This book on pinball machines has examples from the games beginnings to the present day, focuses in particular on the years from 1958 to 1998. It showcases fifty pinball games, each with its own chapter outlining the special features. Covered in detail are cultural influences, design and artistic trends, historical connections, collectibility, values, and unique game rules. Over 800 full color photographs display whole machine shots, close-ups of backglasses and playfields, and ball's-eye-view images. This beautiful book is an essential reference for the libraries of pinball collectors.

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The Goldman Touch

The rise and rise of Goldman Sachs - a human history

Great Historical read

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A real insight into one of the most powerful investment houses on the planet

Goldman Sachs : The Culture of Success
Lisa Endlich
Manufacturer: Touchstone
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Goldman Sachs brings you inside the rarefied boardrooms of one of the most secretive Wall Street banking giants. Begun by a German immigrant in the late 1800s as a small family-run business, Goldman Sachs rose to become the world's top investment bank in the 1990s, even without selling stock to the public. It attracted some of the best talent in the business and cultivated an image of superiority and exclusivity. "The Goldman Sachs mystique was born of secrecy and success. Nothing like it exists on Wall Street," writes the author, Lisa Endlich, a former vice president at the firm. But behind that mystique lie tales of being swindled by British media tycoon Robert Maxwell, multimillion-dollar losses on bad trades, and the on-again, off-again attempts to go public. The book begins and ends with the firm's efforts to go public and get greater access to capital. Most other brokerages are already publicly traded, but internecine conflict and financial turmoil always seem to prevent Goldman from joining the action. In September 1998, for instance, Goldman stunned investors when it dropped plans for a stock offering amid a plunge in the market. A management shakeup soon followed. Goldman Sachs is an intriguing history of the company that invented such financial tools as block trading, commercial paper, and risk arbitrage. The book can sometimes be critical, but is largely a favorable portrait by a former employee. --Dan Ring

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Goldman Sachs, the nation's leading investment firm, with a solid-gold reputation and a first-class list of clients, began as a family business in a lower Manhattan basement in 1869. The secrets behind the remarkable success of Goldman Sachs since then are revealed in unprecedented depth in this fascinating and authoritative narrative history of the firm.

Former Goldman Sachs vice president Lisa Endlich draws on her insider's knowledge and access to all levels of management to bring to life a unique company that has long held its mystique intact. The most stunning accomplishments in modern American finance are explored through the story of how Goldman Sachs reached its summit.

Goldman Sachs: The Culture of Success provides a rare and revealing look inside an institution -- until recently the last private partnership on Wall Street -- and inside the financial world at its highest levels. Included here, in a new chapter, is a first look at the history behind the firm's landmark initial public offering.

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The Goldman Touch.......2007-08-01

This is the firm that learns. From its origins as a two person broker of IOUs in 1862 to its position today as the world's dominant player in trading, risk management and arbitrage, Goldman Sachs has managed the unthinkable in the world of finance: attaining mind-bending levels of profit growth over a century and a half while maintaining a mythical mystique based on a corporate culture of integrity, intelligence, and humility. It's an improbable feat at best. But after all probability is Goldman's business--measuring it, defying it, and reading into it things that others can't.

So what is the secret? How is it that one firm can attract the most brilliant minds in finance, force them into a quasi-military commitment of time and mental energy, and organize that brainpower into a unified profit machine? Many have conjectured, more have envied, but noone on the outside can provide any more than idle opinion.

Luckily for the readers of "Goldman Sachs: A Culture of Excellence", they have in author Lisa Endlich a docent of matchless qualifications. A former VP in foreign exchange at the firm, she provides an insider's view that's not a tell all. She's writes well, in a style that honors the Goldman ethos--thorough, absorbing, and critical in the academic sense. While examining the birth and development of each of Goldman's divisions starting with commercial paper, she offers up a rich education in the operations of i-banking and trading for anyone inclined to read in detail.

And for the rest of us, there's still plenty. Endlich starts from the premise that Goldman Sachs is all about its people, and she stays consistent throughout. From its inception as a family firm run by Marcus Goldman and his son-in-law Sam Sachs, through its early years as banker to the robber barons, the long reign of the Weinberg family, its reinvention as a trading power and the tenure of master trader Gus Levy and Uber banker John Whitehead, and on into the nineties and the ascendancy of Rubin, Friedman, Paulson, Corzine, and Blankfein, Endlich provides nuanced and sympathetic portraits of brilliant, complex men whose leadership skills are surpassed only by an ability to place personal ego second to the needs of the team.

And that, Endlich suggests, is the big secret. That's what makes Goldman so exclusive. The firm absorbs those with superior intelligence who subsume personal need to propel the greater glory of the collective. It's a major irony in one of the prime movers of capitalistic society, but its borne out empirically by the story Endlich tells.

Throughout its history Goldman has demonstrated time and again an insatiable institutional desire to win, and to accomplish that by embracing change. Goldman created the commercial paper market, and went on to become a pioneer in investment banking, risk arbitrage, and trading. All along Goldman, the whole organism, developed an intuitive feel for risk and a collaborative approach to deal making that helped it emerge on top time and again. And since its decision to go public, the action that Endlich builds her book around, its business model has only refined and improved.

There may be those in the know who believe that the ascendancy of hedge funds and the powerful private equity barons has rendered Goldman's model obsolete. There are others who take issue with aspects of the firm's trading philosophy. Only time will tell whether the naysayers views on the subject have merit. But Goldman has left armies of detractors in the dust for decades now. Bet against it at your own peril.

The rise and rise of Goldman Sachs - a human history.......2007-01-21

Any financial news reader is aware of the almost mythical status that surrounds this company, not to mention the money its employees can earn in a good year. And for Goldman Sachs every year is a good year. Well, almost... The company had a few bad years that almost wiped out the company. The book is a good account of the rise of this company from its birth as a small private enterprise until it became a large public investment bank.

Lisa Endlich is an ex-employee of Goldman Sachs, as a foreign exchange trader to be more precise. Lisa talks in positive terms about Goldman Sachs, almost humanising it. You could almost believe you are reading the story of a successful athlete that manages to become a champion after many, many defeats and difficulties.

Lisa went to great length to do a thorough research and combine stories about people and companies that contributed to the history of making of Goldman Sachs. The book starts with the story of a German Jewish emigrant that arrived in US in 1848, raised five children and had the courage 21 years later to open a brokerage business (called Marcus Goldman & Co. Several other personalities influenced strongly the evolution of this company. The leaders have legend status and they are almost like heads of state for Goldman Sachs. You will learn about founding families of Goldman and Sachs, then the extraordinary Weinberg dynasty, Stephen Friedman, Robert Rubin, Jon Corzine and finally Hank Paulson.

The author takes you in and out of the company, so you get to know the inside stories while other macro events occur outside the company. The reading has an almost intimate atmosphere and it makes you feel an insider (to a certain degree). The story telling is great, though some times I found a little bit frustrating the lack of detail in their chronology. I wish I had more facts about historical context. I also found that the stories and the presentation of the events where predominantly about the trading side of the business. From the history point of view, the investment banking business is much more telling than trading, and this part is rather missing or less represented in the book.

You also get a glimpse of the history of competition with other companies, the rise of globalisation and liberalisation of trade in Europe. Sadly, the story of China is missing (this is where Hank Paulson brought a major contribution) because when the book was written, China was not making the headlines.

The reading is enjoyable and instructive. If you want to understand Goldman Sachs and the making of one of the most successful investment bankers, this is a good source of background information.

Great Historical read.......2006-08-10

I'm an I-Banker with a regional firm and do some business with Goldman. This is a very dry historical book but it is a subject with which I have knowledge and an interest. I enjoyed this book. For history buffs this is an excellent book giving background of a historical perspective of how this company was initially built on excellent commercial paper execution. Also, their troubles at the 1929 stock crash and the lingering effect on the firm are of interest. This book also does a great job describing the management personalities, what they did well and in some cases the problems they caused. Other significant events covered are the Penn railroad failure and the early 90 red ink from lack of control in proprietary trading.

This is/was an excellent firm to analyze as it struggled with its partnership structure before finally relenting to go public in 98. For finance buffs, this is a very worthwhile read.

Review of "Goldman Sachs".......2006-03-02

I cannot give this volume a very positive review.

This is a very good book to read on the development of the company and on the internal workings of Goldman Sachs- which is one of the world's great investment banks.

The difficulty arises from the author's strong bias toward the positive, which is reflected in the subtitle of the work. This bias penetrates the work in all aspects of the operation- culture, people, history, etc.

Yes, it is a strong company, but it has made its share of mistakes, most notably in the book in aligning itself with the "false tycoon" Robert Maxwell and his dealings. The various mistakes made along the way are polished over by the author or ignored entirely.

Again, I would raise my review from two stars to four with the caveat that the reader view the book as part history lesson and part unabashed advertisement while consuming its wisdom.

John Kercheval
Georgetown
Washington, DC

A real insight into one of the most powerful investment houses on the planet.......2005-12-29

I would say this is an excellent book overall...very insightful not only on GS but on Wall St and the financial markets from 1900s - 2000. While the details presented are great there is some overlap and repetition of certain events which can make the read a little slow at times. I would recommed this book to those who are eager to learn about the world of finance and also to those who want to see perhaps a model that became and still is an inspiration to many financial firms across the world. 4 Stars

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Goldman Sachs; The Culture of Success
Lisa Endlich
Manufacturer: Little, Brown
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OUFIKI

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