Learning to Draw: Studies in the Cultural History of a Polite and Useful Art

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Rather than a history of techniques, media, and practitioners, Learning to Draw is an original and stimulating examination of drawing's cultural uses and meanings. Using a variety of sources including pedagogical and philosophical texts, novels, manuals of etiquette and decorum, letters and diaries, as well as drawings made by amateurs and professionals, Bermingham explores the social space that drawing both occupied and helped to form. Put simply, her book explains how drawing came to be seen as a practice of everyday life in the early modern period, what processes, both practical and ideological, enabled this to happen, how it intersected with changing social, political and practical needs, and what kind of cultural context enabled it to emerge as an amateur pastime.

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When the University of California Press first published Roediger's Ceremonial Costumes of the Pueblo Indians in 1941, it was immediately hailed as both a beautiful book and the most comprehensive description ever of the making and meaning of the Pueblo costumes of New Mexico and Arizona. It has been widely acknowledged as a classic and eagerly sought after in antiquarian bookstores.
Exactly fifty years after its original publication, here is the book back in print, with a new introduction by the renowned anthropologist Fred Eggan. Roediger's vivid paintings are reproduced once more in full color, capturing the beauty and drama of the Pueblo ceremonies--the turquoise dance moccasins, the tableted headdress of the Zuni corn maidens, the bright-blanketed Kachina maiden, and the buffalo, brilliant eagle, and horned deer costumes.
It was Roediger who first viewed the ceremony and ritual of the Pueblo peoples as dramatic performance, a view that has gained great currency since. As a student of drama at Yale University she was fascinated by the intensely theatrical dimension to Pueblo worship, and it is this original perspective that informs and illuminates her study.
After a brief survey of the history, location, and life of the Pueblo peoples, Roediger embarks on a thorough analysis of the materials used in the Pueblo costumes. She explains both their symbolic significance and their manufacture--from the weaving of cloth and the tanning of leather to the preparation of birds' feathers, evergreens, paints, and dyes. She then provides a meticulous description of the costumed dancer--body paint, garments, ornaments, accessories, and dance properties such as rattles, headdresses, and masks.
In her final section, Roediger explores the relation of the costumes to the prayer dramas, particularly to the reverential, solemn, ecstatic public dance with which these climax. Vivid details emerge here about such rituals as the animal dances from the Rio Grande region and the Rain Dance of the Zuni.
Fifty years after its original publication, Virginia Roediger's book remains the most comprehensive study of the ceremonial costumes of the Pueblo peoples. A book of great visual appeal and unrivaled detail, it will be welcomed back by scholars and general readers alike.

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The classic on this subject........1998-07-19

Being interested in this subject from the age of 14, and after searching for this long out of print book, I was ecstatic when I learned of the reprint being published. All the basics are there - what is worn for each ceremony - how it is made or acquired, what is significant about each piece. If you have the chance to visit any of the Rio Grande Pueblos or Hopi or Zuni, please do so before it is too late and these wonderful ceremonies are forever closed to the eyes of the Anglos. Reading this book before you go will give you a much better insight as to what is being seen.

Ceremonial Costumes of the Pueblo Indians: Their Evolution, Fabrication, and Significance in the Prayer Drama

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Ceremonial Costumes of the Pueblo Indians: Their Evolution, Fabrication, and Significance in the Prayer Drama
Virginia More Roediger
Manufacturer: University of California Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GRQX0S

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The return of the New Warriors! When Night Thrasher strikes a mysterious deal with a Reality-TV producer, the team moves out of New York to help the villain-plagued denizens of small-town America. But will their filmed exploits be uplifting, or just exploitative? And is heartland America ready for Big City Super-Heroics? Collects New Warrirors #1-6.

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They're back.......2007-05-18

Anyone who remembers the New Warriors will probably remember them with equal feelings of joy and disdain. Reality Check finds a bit of more light hearted take on the lower-tier super team, as former leader Night Thrasher re-assembles the team for the sake of reality television. The team features returning members like fan favorites Nova and Speedball, along with Namorita and new member Microbe among others. What makes Reality Check enjoyable is the way writer Zeb Wells satires reality TV and the media to boot, while providing an actually compelling story. My biggest gripe is the artwork by Skottie Young, which is very anime-ish and cartoony. I don't mean to knock the guy, but his style just isn't my thing. That being said though, Young's art doesn't detract from the story too much, making this a pleasent surprise indeed. Though it would have been nice to see some other old New Warriors members in the lineup (Firestar and Justice in particular, and maybe even Rage), Reality Check is a surprising treat. Check it out if you remembe the old New Warriors comics, of if you enjoyed Dan Slott's GLA: Misassembled.

THE NEW WARRIORS NEED A ON- GOING ..........2006-03-17

(up date 4/25/07, after reading the civil war , I was shocked and sadend by the deaths of ... ok , Amazon won't let me say because of spoilers , but anyway , even though the civil war books where cool , my opinion still stands R.I.P. old friends!)FIRST OFF , I'M A LONG TIME FAN OF THE NEW WARRIORS (ever sense #1 of the original series) AND IT'S TIME FOR A NEW ONE . THE TEAM IS THE AVENGERS FIRST "YOUNG" GROUP (think teen titans) AND WHAT WITH THE "YOUNG AVENGERS" , IT'S TIME FOR MARVEL TO RELEASE IT'S VERSION OF THE "OUTSIDERS" .
THIS TRADE INCLUDES #1-#6 OF THE MOST RESENT MINI-SERIES (which would make it vol.3 considering marvel tried to bring it back years ago after redesighning nova's classic duds and making the team more anime like) ANYWAY , NIGHT THRASHER (think black batman) LOSSES HIS FORTUNES AND SELLS THE RIGHTS OF THE WARRIORS TO A GREEDY REALITY TV PRODUCER .
OF THE ORIGINAL TEAM ONLY 4 COME BACK : NIGHT THRASHER , NOVA (in his classic costume !) , NAMORITA (who's blue for some reason) , AND THEN THERE'S THE MIGHTIEST ONE OF ALL !!!!
SPEED BALL !!!!! ... (ok , that's just me being funny)
THE TEAM IS JOINED BY TWO NEW MEMBERS : MICROBE (who I find some what offensive because he's a stereo type of over-weight people , his only friends are his germs and he doesn't bathe)
AND THEN THERE'S DEBRII! (she's a low level telekinetic magnet , who can pick up small things around her to use as weapons)
AND LAST , BUT NOT LEAST ...MR.TICKES ! (ok , that's also a joke)
THIS BOOK IS A FUN AND EASY READ WITH CARTOONY LIKE ART THAT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HATE , BUT I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT .
THIS BOOK ALSO , HAS A GREAT PLAY WITH THE RETURN OF SOME OF MARVEL'S B-LIST VILLIANS LIKE : TIGER SHARK , ARMADILLO , THE GRAY GHOST'S SUPER APES , THE CORRUPTOR , AND ALBERT EINSTEIN ! ... (no joke!)
I'M SO GLAD TO SEE MARVEL BRING BACK SOME IT'S OLDER CHARACTERS , AND IT'S THANK'S TO DC COMIC'S (unfortunately). DC IS THE TREND SETTER NOW BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS BOOKS AND MARVEL IS FOLLOWING SUIT BY BRINGING OUT IT'S OLD FAN FAVORITES (they're even having a civil war to bring in readers ... which means killing some of their most beloved characters and having them fight & kill each other to attract readers)
INJOY THE LIGHT SIDED STORIES LIKE THIS ONE AS WELL AS "GLA:DISASSAEMBLED" AND THE NEW "SHE-HULK " BOOKS WHILE THEY LAST TRUE BELIEVERS !(this review was writen in mid 2006 and before the civil war) Civil War (Marvel Comics)

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Never Knew to Ask

Did you know that in Middle-Eastern Islamic countries it is not only a sin but also a crime to eat a lamb that you've had sex with? Or that the world vanilla comes from a Latin word meaning "vagina" because of the vanilla pod's resemblance to the female genitalia? Or that Grand Tetons literally means "big tits"?

You've probably never even thought about such things. But here they are, in this unusual compilation of strange facts about the facts of life that will make you laugh out loud while your hair stands on end. Highlights include:

* Just the Factoids, Man -- For instance, the number of human ova necessary to repopulate the world could fit into a chicken egg.

* When Sex Goes Horribly Awry -- Don't be caught with your pants down. Learn once and for all the words you didn't find on your SATs, such as "acrotomophilia," "oculolinctus," and "taphephilia."

* Animal Lust -- There is more to sex in the animal kingdom than doing it doggie style. Did you know that a barnacle's penis is 150 percent of its body length?

* They Said What?! -- They said plenty: "I knew her before she was a virgin." (Oscar Levant on Doris Day)

* Sex Styles of the Rich and Famous -- Forget Bill and Monica. Adolf Hitler was a coprophiliac.

* Sex in History -- Catherine the Great did not die under a horse, but she did love to have her feet tickled and her bottom slapped.

* Around the World -- It's good to know, for the next time you're invited to the dinner party of a North-African Siwa man, that he believes you will find him irresistible if he laces your food with his semen.

* Crimes of Passion -- Did you know that in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it is illegal to have sex with a truck driver in a tollbooth?

Wonderfully outrageous and absolutely deadpan, this book is, unbelievably, all true.

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The information in this book won't raise your IQ, get you a better-paying job, or improve your table manners. It will, however, raise your eyebrows, provide a wealth of amusing material to spice up dull conversations, and satisfy your lust for arcane facts and figures. Intended' to be enjoyed by a wide range of readers, it contains only "tastefully prurient facts, " most of them perfectly repeatable in polite company. Here's just a sampling:
-- Dendrophiliacs prefer trees as sex partners
-- The expression "get laid" harkens back to Chicago's Everleigh bordello
-- It's been shown to be harder to tell a convincing lie to someone you find sexually attractive
-- Agatha Christie preferred archaeologists because they prefer older women
-- In Victorian England, the formerly nude Cupid was redesigned wearing a skirt
-- Here at last is the naked truth about length, width, and circumference

With chapters on "sexstyles" of the rich and famous, sex in history, crimes of passion, and much more, Useless Sexual Trivia will appeal to the adolescent curiosity about carnal matters that lurks in all of us.

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thing about sex you never knew.......2007-08-16

good book if there are things about people and sex that good together to make you think , do people really do or did that and some laws that have to do with sex,, good entaining book

Not too bad.......2007-01-05

You know, this is one of those books you don't admit to having. I mean, some things are still taboo these days. I got it out of curiosity and got the answers I was looking for; for sure!

Some interesting, some just creepy.......2003-08-09

Read all of the facts in this book. Some of them will make you laugh out loud. Others ... will really make you think. A great book - lots of good trivia questions!

The leader in a VERY small field.......2001-05-31

The world of sex trivia books is small - at best (and you thought size didn't matter). "Useless Sexual Trivia" is the most comprehensive of the bunch.

This is a well-organized, funny list of some of the most unusual, bizarre and just plain creepy sexual practices and habits in the world. We publish a sex trivia newsletter, and for us, this is an indispensable reference work.

Just the Facts Pt. 2.......2001-01-18

What a wonderful book. Not only will you learn more than you'd ever need to know, but you can chuckle right along with the author as he puts his 2 cents in. Wanna find out once and for all what the average size of a penis is? Do you have any idea what oculolinctus is? I dare ya to find out. Thank me later!

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This is the filmography. There are 137 Vietnamese films not before noted in the literature. The French coverage is of course comprehensive. As for the U.S., the so-called covert Vietnam films (Soldier Blue, Little Big Man, etc.) that treat the war in an indirect or allegorical way are covered in addition to the mainstream movies. Each entry includes title, alternate titles, year of release, country, studio, credits (director, producer, screenplay, editor, music, cast), availability on video, major themes, plot synopses, and critical commentary on the film and its relevance to Vietnam. The cooperation of the Office of the General Secretary of the Vietnamese Filmmakers' Association and the Vietnamese material from the years 1959 through 1989.

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Kamien 3.1: the Multimedia Companion CD-ROM, is designed to add an interactive dimension to the third brief edition of Roger Kamien's Music: An Appreciation.

Kamien 3.1 - text with multimedia companion by Kamien, Roger

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Kamien 3.1 - text with multimedia companion by Kamien, Roger
Roger Kamien
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill College
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OFNQZ2

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Cool

Very comprehensive

This book is so awesome

Absolutely terrific! A must read for videogame fans.

Amazing Book!

High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, Second Edition
Rusel DeMaria , and Johnny L. Wilson
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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Binding: Paperback

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Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984

ASIN: 0072231726

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In this lavishly illustrated full-color retrospective, discover never-before-seen photos that bring to life the people and stories behind the most popular games of all time, including Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, SimCity, Quake, Myst, Tomb Raider, and more. This is the inside scoop on the history, successes, tricks, and even failures of the entire electronic games industry.

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Cool.......2007-04-28

This is a very cool book, lots of fun to read and browse. High quality glossy paper and tons of pictures. Highly recommended.

Very comprehensive.......2007-04-26

I've been designing games for a while now and started programming them. This book was a good book to reference games to see what I could and couldn't program.

As for the actual content of the book... the author makes the material interesting. His organization of the book could have been better. It goes in chronological order (most of the time). The visual design of the book is outstanding. The appendix in the back is good.

Its a great book for the most part.

This book is so awesome.......2007-03-19

I learned SO much about the video game industry. I wasn't all that interest in video game history at first. I was looking at this book for nostalgia purposes. I was reading a friends copy and I got hooked. Luckily, I found it used on Amazon.

If you think you'd be remotely interested, buy this book!

Absolutely terrific! A must read for videogame fans........2006-11-29

An amazing and comprehensive picturebook of all electronic games through history (not just "video" games). This book has some great photos of consoles and game prototypes you may have never heard about -- like the Atari Game Brain and Cosmos. It's just packed with images on thick glossy paper. My only complaints is there were no images of the very first videogame, "Tennis for Two". The book is also so thick and heavy, I don't know how long the binding will last under multiple readings. But these are minor gripes. A must have if you are interested in the beginnings of electronic entertainment.

Amazing Book!.......2006-03-11

It's a very colorful book, full of information and ilustrations. I am argentinian and I understand it all perfectly. Very recomendable!

High Score! The Illustrated History of Electronic Games

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Almost great
Memories, So Many Memories!
Good for the coffee table, not for the true game fan
The Book aging game nuts have waited for!
What I was looking for.....a sum of my youth.....

High Score! The Illustrated History of Electronic Games
Rusel DeMaria , and Johnny L. Wilson
Manufacturer: Osborne/McGraw-Hill
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Binding: Paperback

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"...overflowing with color screenshots, package art, reproductions of old game ads, shots of old machines, and photos of collectibles. Every picture triggers another memory, and before long you're awash in blissful recollections..."--Computer Gaming World, August '02

"...300+ pages offer a visually compelling record of the origins and development of electronic entertainment, so buy it for the pictures of rare game boxes and screens... it's a great nostalgia trip for old-timers and a primer on the industry's storied past for the less ancient reader."--Computer Games, August '02

From pinball to PlayStation, this photo-packed volume chronicles the history of electronic games--which has become both a billion dollar industry as well as a cultural phenomenon. Featuring hundreds of interviews with game creators and thousands of never-before-seen photos from the early days, this book honors the games that have captivated youngsters and the young-at-heart for more than 30 years--making this the ultimate tribute to electronic games.

Customer Reviews:

Almost great.......2005-05-08

The book itself is good, but the binding fell apart not to long after purchasing it (and i'm not rough with my books at all). To pay (...) dollers for a book it seems as though you should at least get a decent binding!

Memories, So Many Memories!.......2003-10-28

This book will take you back. I flicked through this book and the memories kept flooding back. I had completely forgotten about a lot of these games until seeing their pictures in this book. I remember being a little kid in the 80's and playing Paperboy, Pac Man, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego, Frogger, Leisure Suit Larry, California Games, Railroad Tycoon, Maniac Mansion, Wings and It Came from the Desert. I had a Commodore Amiga 500. Other kids had Commodore 64's or the Atari and all those games are in this book too

This book has a lot of the games from the 80's and the 90's. I wasn't still playing games in the 90's but I recognise a lot of the titles. Not every single game is in here but there are a lot and the reminiscing you will do is worth the price of this book alone. This book is an excellent conversation starter as well.

The companies that made the games and the game machines are in here in detail as well as well as the history of games over the two decades. There is a lot of information in this book. You have to read it if you played these games in the past.

Good for the coffee table, not for the true game fan.......2003-06-29

The Bottom Line: This is a nice coffee table book to spark some discussion, but true gaming fans and players will be dissapointed with this version of gaming history.

My own, personal dissatisfaction with this book comes from the lack of coverage of the 2D fighter genre, which was kicked off in the early 1990's with Street Fighter 2. This one game single-handedly revitalized and recreated the arcade market, which had been strugling since around 1983. It forever shifted some primary design philosophies, most importantly, from competing against a computer AI to competing against human opponents (which is the main draw to just about every online game in existence today).

In a sense, it was a retro-evolution back to games like Pong and what made those games so much fun.

To put it another way, games were designed with the idea that humans would be competing against each other as a primary design element. Therefore, issues such as balance, cheating, and competition took on new meanings. These factors had to be developed within the framework of highly complex games, not simple games like Pong.

The impact of this game cannot be overstated, but the authors devote a whopping 1-page to this landmark game and say little about the genre (and the hundreds of games) that came after and are still being made today. That's simply inexcusable. Street Fighter, alone, has about 30 sequels in various incarnations.

The vast majority of 1990's section is devoted to PC gaming and profiles of PC Gaming companies (because the PC finally began to become a powerful enough machine that it could deliver graphics and sound that had broad market appeal).

Very little is ever said about the shifting gaming cultural landscape that occured between cosoles, home computers, and Arcades but that sort of thing, to a true gamer, is as important as the demise of Saturday morning cartoons when cable got big.

In short, with the exception of the early history section, this book reads more like a catalog of games organized by release date and accompanied with a screen or box shot. It fails to actually comment intelligently on the subject itself.

The Book aging game nuts have waited for!.......2003-04-23

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This book may seem a little pricey, but it's worth it. It covers an incredible amount of information (albeit not in the depth some might want)-But the thing that allows it to rise above in my opinion is the high quality, HUGE range of photographs, some very rare. As games are a visual medium, this is important to me. Home games or arcade games, both are covered well, and the beautiful layout will have you returning to this book again and again.
The 'Ultimate Guide to video games' (Also available) goes into greater details, but has very few photos-I prefer this, but I would recommend both to any game fan, as both are excellent, and together they make a fantastic companion set.

What I was looking for.....a sum of my youth............2003-03-28

Well...that's what I was looking for...a complete sum of history of videogames in a cool book..without the need to buy a 3000 pages encyclopedia.
I'm a 36 year old guy..I had a VCS 2600 , Intellivision and other consoles..and was a teenage arcades fan, and I found in this book all the glittering past that I still recall. Many photos, many particulars, stories, adds and much more materials than I could believe. The book is the right size, it's HEAVY and it has a great "touch" feeling..
You cannot miss this book if you were mad for arcades and consoles. And if you still recall it...you still are mad for that ! :-)
Recommended for nostalgics like me...and keep it aside your pac man original arcade in the living room..to astonish better your friends :-)

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Simple and Powerfull

PROMISED MUCH - DELIVERED NOTHING

Relationship Marketing

Golden Rule in real life sales

gwolf

The Referral of a Lifetime: The Networking System That Produces Bottom-Line Results Every Day (Ken Blanchard (Paperback))
Tim Templeton , and Lynda Rutledge Stephenson
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ASIN: 1576753212

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In The Referral of a Lifetime, author Tim Templeton frames a powerful plan for cultivating clients and customers in a fable about businesswoman Susie McCumber, who feels increasingly like a failure. A friend refers her to the mysterious Mr. Highground, who introduces her to four successful people. They show her how they transformed their businesses and their lives by determining how others view them and how they view themselves as both human beings and businesspeople. Each of the four represents a "type" in this schema - from the "relational/business" type who puts the relationship first but thinks strategically when the talk turns to business, to the "business/business" type, who avoids relationships unless they work to a business advantage. Templeton shows how understanding one's type allows one to showcase strengths while improving weak areas in this simple, easy-to-use guide to success in business and in life.

Customer Reviews:

Simple and Powerfull.......2007-06-15

Tim Templeton offers a fun, crisp read that brings to life a simple but powerfull network marketing system that virtually anyone in business can adapt to their own style.
I have given away several copies to my leads group memebers and have my copy all marked up with highlights.
I's a keeper.

PROMISED MUCH - DELIVERED NOTHING.......2007-06-11

There are very few good books on referrals - This is not one of them

Relationship Marketing.......2007-04-12

Tim Templeton's book is an excellent resource for any one who wants to learn about relationship marketing. This book is a perfect fit with the BNI philosophy of "Givers Gain". Building relationships that last a lifetime will generate more business than just going for the "sale". Reading this book will help you to start building those relationships.

Golden Rule in real life sales.......2007-03-25

This book is a blueprint for putting the Golden Rule into your business. This is just what I have been looking for, validation that you can do the right thing AND make money.

gwolf.......2007-01-09

One of the top books on the philosphy and mechanics of nerworking.
A direct approach for the everday person. I have given this book to colleagues and clients. I read this after Never Eat Alone and Endless Referrals and truly enjoyed it.

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