Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865
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    Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865
    Peter E. Palmquist , and Thomas R. Kailbourn
    Manufacturer: Stanford University Press
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    Binding: Hardcover

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    Photographers, A-ZPhotographers, A-Z | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books | Adams, Ansel | Avedon, Richard | Bourke-White, Margaret | Brady, Mathew | Bubley, Esther | Callahan, Harry | Capa, Robert | Caro, Anthony | Carroll, Lewis | Cartier-Bresson, Henri | Clark, Larry | Cunningham, Imogen | Doisneau, Robert | Eisenstaedt, Alfred | Evans, Walker | Feininger, Andreas | Gatewood, Charles | Geddes, Anne | General | Goldin, Nan | Goldsworthy, Andy | Hamilton, David | Haskins, Sam | Hine, Lewis Wickes | Hurrell, Geoerge | Jackson, William Henry | Kenna, Michael | Kern, Richard | Kinsey, Darius | Lange, Dorothea | Leibovitz, Annie | Leonard, Herman | Mann, Sally | Mapplethorpe, Robert | Mark, Mary Ellen | Miller, Lee | Modotti, Tina | Muybridge, Eadweard | Newton, Helmut | Orkin, Ruth | Ray, Man | Ritts, Herb | Seymour, David | Sherman, Cindy | Steichen, Edward | Stieglitz, Alfred | Sturges, Jock | Uelsmann, Jerry | Wegman, William | Weston, Edward | Wiggins, Myra Albert
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    ASIN: 0804740577
    Release Date: 2005-10-11

    Book Description

    This biographical dictionary of some 3,000 photographers (and workers in related trades), active in a vast area of North America before 1866, is based on extensive research and enhanced by some 240 illustrations, most of which are published here for the first time.

    The territory covered extends from central Canada through Mexico and includes the United States from the Mississippi River west to, but not including, the Rocky Mountain states. Together, this volume and its predecessor, Pioneer Photographers of the Far West: A Biographical Dictionary, 1840-1865, comprise an exhaustive survey of early photographers in North America and Central America, excluding the eastern United States and eastern Canada.

    This work is distinguished by the large number of entries, by the appealing narratives that cover both professional and private lives of the subjects, and by the painstaking documentation. It will be an essential reference work for historians, libraries, and museums, as well as for collectors of and dealers in early American photography.

    In addition to photographers, the book includes photographic printers, retouchers, and colorists, and manufacturers and sellers of photographic apparatus and stock. Because creators of moving panoramas and optical amusements such as dioramas and magic lantern performances often fashioned their works after photographs, the people behind those exhibitions are also discussed.

    The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
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      The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
      Peggy Samuels , and Harold Samuels
      Manufacturer: Doubleday
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      Binding: Hardcover

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      Biographical Encyclopedia Of Artists (Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists)
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        Biographical Encyclopedia Of Artists (Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists)
        Alvar Aalto , Paul Durand-Ruel , Albrecht Durer , Jan Lievensz , Limburg Brothers , Francisco Ribalta , Jusepe De Ribera , and Francisco De Zurbaran
        Manufacturer: Facts on File
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        Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary
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          Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary
          Michael Sullivan
          Manufacturer: University of California Press
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          Binding: Hardcover

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          ASIN: 0520244494

          Book Description

          The first biographical dictionary of its kind in any Western language, this pioneering work provides short, information-packed entries for approximately 1,800 Chinese artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In recent years interest in modern Chinese art has spread across the globe. Public and private collections are being formed; courses in modern Chinese art are offered in many universities and museums. At the same time, the number of practicing artists in China and the amount of published material have greatly increased. Michael Sullivan's pathbreaking book Art and Artists of Twentieth-Century China, published in 1996, included a biographical index of some eight hundred artists. This volume includes more than twice that number, with entries that have been revised, expanded, and brought up to date. Illustrated with portraits and photographs of more than seventy leading artists, this comprehensive, convenient reference will be an essential tool for anyone interested in the study or collection of modern Chinese art.
          Broadside Authors and Artists: An Illustrated Biographical Directory
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            Broadside Authors and Artists: An Illustrated Biographical Directory
            Leaonead Pack Bailey
            Manufacturer: Broadside Pr
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            Art & Artists of South Africa: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary and Historical Survey of Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists Since 1875
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              Art & Artists of South Africa: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary and Historical Survey of Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists Since 1875
              Esme Berman
              Manufacturer: New Holland Publishers,
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              ASIN: 1868123456
              Artists of the American West: A Biographical Dictionary (Artists of the American West)
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                Doris Ostrander Dawdy
                Manufacturer: Ohio Univ Pr
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                American Artists of Italian Heritage, 1776-1945: A Biographical Dictionary
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                  American Artists of Italian Heritage, 1776-1945: A Biographical Dictionary
                  Regina Soria
                  Manufacturer: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
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                  African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945
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                    African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945

                    Manufacturer: Routledge
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                    ASIN: 0415929598

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                    Since the end of the Civil War, African-American architects have been responsible for creating houses, schools, research institutes, and other significant buildings throughout the United States. The Widener Library at Harvard University, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and Tuskegee Institute's Butler Chapel are just a few examples of prominent buildings designed by African Americans. But even though many of the structures they helped create survive to this day, most of these architects remain virtually unknown.

                    This unique reference source brings the lives and work of these pioneers to light for the first time. Written by over 100 experts, ranging from archivists to architectural historians, this book chronicles African-American architects from the era of Emancipation to the end of World War II, filling a key gap in existing scholarship.

                    The number of architects and the scope of their accomplishments will surprise and fascinate readers. Some 160 illustrated A-Z entries include biographical essays as well as commentary on the work of each architect, offering a wealth of information about their lives, their buildings, and the obstacles many had to overcome. Articles provide insight on the history of architectural education at traditionally black colleges and universities, such as Tuskegee Institute, Howard University, Hampton Institute, Florida A&M, and Prairie View A&M. The book features a helpful introductory overview of African Americans in domestic architecture, and an appendix containing a list of buildings by geographical location and architect makes for a handy reference tool

                    Practical and accessible, this singular work is essential for any library collection serving scholars and students of African-American history, architectural history, and American history in general.

                    Modern Arts Criticism: A Biographical and Critical Guide to Painters, Sculptors, Photographers, and Architects from the Beginning of the Modern Era (Modern Arts Criticism)
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                      Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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                      Binding: Hardcover

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                      Textile and Fashion Arts (MFA Highlights)
                      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                      • Nearly thirty short essays discuss not only history but techniques, covering everything
                      Textile and Fashion Arts (MFA Highlights)
                      Alexandra Huff , Susan Ward , Tiffany Webber-Hanchett , Lauren Whitley , and Pamela Parmal
                      Manufacturer: MFA Publications
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                      ASIN: 0878466991
                      Release Date: 2006-07-01

                      Book Description

                      Humans have been producing textiles since the days of hunting and gathering. Over time, those primitive woven baskets, animal-skin garments and woolen coverings have given way to the increasingly sophisticated and varied clothing, furnishings, accessories and decorations that surround us today. This comprehensive introduction presents 100 of the finest textiles and fashion arts produced by weavers, embroiderers and designers around the globe. Twenty-nine short essays introduce some of the major techniques and genres of the last 25 centuries, weaving links between the objects and the context of their creation. Topics range from the expansion of medieval silk production throughout the Islamic empire to the transformation of Andean weaving under Spanish domination, and from the political and Confucian symbolism of Chinese dragon robes to the reemergence of French couture after World War II. Richly decorated, finely crafted, and extraordinarily varied, the textiles featured in this concise, handsome volume demonstrate the artistry and innovation that elevate these functional objects to works of art.

                      Customer Reviews:

                      5 out of 5 stars Nearly thirty short essays discuss not only history but techniques, covering everything.......2007-06-09

                      TEXTILE & FASHION ARTS offers a similar format but journeys the world to provide a hundred of the finest textile and fashion pieces. Nearly thirty short essays discuss not only history but techniques, covering everything from medieval silk production in the Islamic empire to Andean weaving under the Spanish. Both individual artists and world trends are illustrated in pieces that pair well with the selected textile representations.

                      Chrono Crusade Volume 5 (Chrono Crusade)
                      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                      • A BROTHER AND SISTER MEET
                      • OMG
                      Chrono Crusade Volume 5 (Chrono Crusade)
                      Daisuke Moriyama
                      Manufacturer: ADV Manga
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                      ASIN: 1413902731

                      Book Description

                      The toughest nun of New York City has finally found her brother, but their reunion is anything but happy. He's under the sway of the demon Aion, who seeks vengeance upon his old buddy Chrono. In his true demon form, Chrono is up to the evil-stomping action, but our nun with the gun is left too weak to even pull the trigger. Rosette will have to call for a miracle - or at least some back-up!

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                      4 out of 5 stars A BROTHER AND SISTER MEET.......2006-03-28

                      Rosette's dream has finally come true as she comes face to face with her lost brother Joshua. The problem is that he doesn't even recognize her as he has become possessed by Chrono's horns. Besides now being Aion's flunky, he's really just window dressing for Aion's main goal...to capture Azmaria to use in his plans to attack Pandemonium, the demon realm. To battle him, Chrono needs all his power back, and in a brash loss of control, he might just use up all of Rosette's soul to do it! And why does Aion's maid look a little too familiar to Satella's shocked eyes?

                      Chrono Crusade the manga is superior to the anime in all respects. This volume has a lot of emotional heft to it because of the anti-climax of Rosette and Joshua's meeting. While there is a lot of tragedy inherent in the relationships here, there is also a light-hearted humor that was all too painfully missing from the latter half of the anime series. Even Aion and his crew have their humorous moments. But don't get me wrong, there is a lot of gore and demon battling, but it doesn't suffer from poorly animated shojoesque fighting poses. This original manga version just has more heart than the anime. Great book.

                      5 out of 5 stars OMG.......2005-07-05

                      this was the best chrono crusade yet it had action and plenty of subspence it was great i was even glad about how elder behaved (no more naughty ness in this book) i cant wait for vol 6

                      Bok!: The 9.11 Crisis in Political Cartoons (Series on International, Political, and Economic History)
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                        Bok!: The 9.11 Crisis in Political Cartoons (Series on International, Political, and Economic History)
                        Chip Bok
                        Manufacturer: University of Akron Press
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                        ASIN: 1884836909

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                        Has the world changed since September 11, 2001? It has for at least one band of subversive operatives who scheme in the shadows to ambush politicians. I'm speaking, of course, of the small yet poorly organized cells of individuals who take advantage of the freedoms this nation provides in order to carry out their roles as political cartoonists. I'm one of them and this is my story. I've operated inside these borders for many years, confounding immigration officials by the simple yet elegant strategy of being born here.

                        The primary targets of my drawing have always been the leaders of my own government from city council to Congress to the president. That's what cartoonists do and that's what the public expects of us. But what happens when an enemy force attacks the government, not with sarcasm and satire, but with commercial aircraft loaded with jet fuel, and destroys national landmarks in New York City and Washington D.C., killing thousands of people? In the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attack a lot of things changed, and I felt like one of them was my job description. No more mucking around with Gary Condit. The social security lock box was now a dead issue. And while it was tempting to make something of the president's disappearing act in Air Force One on that day, it's tough to attack the commander-in-chief when the United States itself has just been attacked. This book contains a collection of my cartoons from that day forward.

                        How To Get A Job In The Film Industry (Get a Job!)
                        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                        • Not very essential, but nice and encouraging...
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                        How To Get A Job In The Film Industry (Get a Job!)

                        Manufacturer: Hard-Pressed Books.
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                        5. How to Get into the Entertainment Business: Behind-the-Scenes Jobs that Pay $100,000 or More a Year! How to Get into the Entertainment Business: Behind-the-Scenes Jobs that Pay $100,000 or More a Year!

                        ASIN: 0962962708

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                        This book is more than just a reference, it's a tool for anyone looking to work in the movies. Not only does it include tips on how to get started and where to look for those first jobs, there are four useful appendices with contacts, definitions, web sites, and other useful information. This book is a must for anyone who dreams of one day becoming a director, producer, or cinematographer. "How To Get A Job In The Film Industry" includes tips on everything you need to know to break into the world of movie and television production.

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                        4 out of 5 stars Not very essential, but nice and encouraging..........2000-06-08

                        I like author's approach to things. He does not scare the reader away; he does not sound like "the all-knowing, arrogant Hollywood pro". He is trying to be helpful and more or less encouraging. Yet, he does talk about how things are in Hollywood realistically. He does want you, the reader, to take his advice and to try Hollywood out with his help. This book is not a must-have, but read it, just in case, if you have a chance.

                        5 out of 5 stars excellent.......1999-03-26

                        A great book. Helped me get my first Hollywood job

                        5 out of 5 stars This book saved my life!.......1999-03-05

                        Starving in the streets of production village? Burns' book will teach you the basics of making connections in the film industry. Complete with names and numbers of industry resources, this book can help you find a job in Hollywood.

                        Hindustani Music and the Aesthetic Concept of Form
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                          Hindustani Music and the Aesthetic Concept of Form
                          Anjali Mittal
                          Manufacturer: DK Print World
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                          Sky Galleons of Mars / Cloudships & Gunboats (Space 1889 Sci-Fi Roleplaying)
                          Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
                          • Flying ships on Victorian Mars!
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                          Sky Galleons of Mars / Cloudships & Gunboats (Space 1889 Sci-Fi Roleplaying)
                          Frank Chadwick , Tim Bradstreet , and James Colton McGonigle
                          Manufacturer: Heliograph, Inc.
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                          ASIN: 1930658044

                          Customer Reviews:

                          4 out of 5 stars Flying ships on Victorian Mars!.......2003-02-17

                          There are two ways of looking at this book, as a miniature based war-game, or a role-playing supplement for the Victorian era space-faring Space 1889 Game. The text-portions only of the original boxed games are put together well with rules errata between the two sections, little repetition and all of the record sheets together at the back. As a miniature based war-game, it has some obvious failings: no ship counters or miniatures and no playing map. While thirty odd deck-plans in Cloudships and Gunboats are very nicely reproduced, the scale is too small for the original intention of miniature 25mm deck battles and boarding actions (but there was only six plans reproduced in the original games large enough for this anyway). There are many miniature war-game rules which don't have pieces provided so this is not really a problem; go buy some. Lack of the game board can be overcome with a ruler/tape measure and perhaps a home-made turning circle. As all the diagrams and ship plans are to scale, you can make counters easily enough using the "silhouettes" (someone has done this on the web). Not ideal, but there you go. The greatest loss is of the two large colour hex maps, but tiny versions are visible on the back of the book for reference. As a Space 1889 campaign guide it is very useful; Cloudships and Gunboats in particular contains detailed descriptions of all major power's assets on Mars and Earth. Political details, history, where built, and where posted are all included. While the original Sky Galleons of Mars contains very useful maps of the Syrtis Major area and useful scenarios and campaign rules that could be the basis of a role-playing session, or a distraction within an existing one. In all day good overall view of what is the most interesting part of the Space 1889 world: flying ships.

                          3 out of 5 stars Hmmmm................2000-10-19

                          ...This is a pretty entertaining book and the art by Tim Bradstreet is very nice. He is truly one of the best artists working today. This book is definitely worth a look for the artwork alone.

                          Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It
                          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                          • Not addressing the real wage difference
                          • Women and children first
                          • An excellent coverage of the subject, incorrect marketing
                          • A strange book
                          • Moronic Logic
                          Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It
                          Warren Farrell
                          Manufacturer: AMACOM
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                          Book Description

                          Controversial and exhaustively researched, gender expert Warren Farrell's latest book Why Men Earn More takes as its stunning argument the idea that bias-based unequal pay for women is largely a myth, and that women are most often paid less than men not because they are discriminated against, but because they have made lifestyle choices that affect their ability to earn.Why Men Earn More argues that while discrimination sometimes plays a part, both men and women unconsciously make trade-offs that affect how much they earn. Farrell clearly defines the 25 different workplace choices that affect women's and men's incomes -- including putting in more hours at work, taking riskier jobs or more hazardous assignments, being willing to change location, and training for technical jobs that involve less people contact -- and provides readers with specific, research-supported ways for women to earn higher pay. Why Men Earn More, with its brashness in the face of political correctness, is sure to ignite a storm of media controversy that will help to make this thoroughly pragmatic exposŽ Warren Farrell's next bestseller.

                          Customer Reviews:

                          2 out of 5 stars Not addressing the real wage difference.......2007-09-09

                          Farrell contends that women make less due to the fact that they pick "easier" or more pleasant jobs than men. This may be the case in some instances, but I picked up this book because I thought it was about the wage imbalance, not what an average man makes compared to the avg woman. The wage imbalance is for the SAME jobs, not different ones.

                          Farrell says things like women make less because they choose to be day care providers instead of accountants. Again, I'm not saying this is not the case, but that does NOT address why women accountants make LESS than male accountants (with the same education, years of experience, etc). THAT is the real wage imbalance and Farrell just tells one common sense (like that a liberal arts degree gets you less money than a technology degree). I hope this "researcher" didn't get any money for his "research" on this. It's COMMON SENSE, not research!

                          Don't waste your money on this book!!!

                          4 out of 5 stars Women and children first.......2006-08-05

                          If I did not see in author's biography that he is the father of two girls, I would have difficult time accepting some of his statements and explanations as to why is it that men make more money than women do. Advice to women that they should be courageous and enter the male dominated fields is something I have tried many years ago myself. Being willing to travel, relocate, enter the professions traditionally held by men and dedicate life to a career is the path I have followed. While I have had good professional success so far, I still do not find it to ring true that will necesarily generate more money in salary than what people working for me (all men incidentally) do. As a matter of fact, my employees make the same, or more money in salaries and benefits than I do.
                          What I have found interesting is the notion of the social order that author is trying to break. He is suggesting that women need to be accepting of having "stay at home husband" or what author is also referring to as "wife". Traditionally all women, even the successful ones according to today's standards have always been looking into ways to marry well (i.e. marry up). That made their own professional careers limited, since they always had to consider their own husbands careers too before making their own professional mark. Successful men on the other hand always had stay at home wives that followed them around country or world every time a new career opportunity for their man came along. Women need to free themselves up from the notion that they must have successful professional husbands in order to be successful themselves. I still find it difficult to buy as an idea, since I have a "wife" myself, and yet - money is not as good as it should be. There must be some other answers out there, only this book is not providing me with ones I was hoping for....

                          5 out of 5 stars An excellent coverage of the subject, incorrect marketing.......2006-08-03

                          The controversy surrounding this book is not only in its very existence in the gender-political climate of today but also the author's weak choice of his target market. The material is unsettling for the female reader searching for yet another sympathetic ear in the mire of self-help books, an industry with synthetic reality for sale. It's totally ok for a handful male-oriented books to exist amongst the shelves of female self-help "porn." Do universities even offer male-oriented social study ? Oh, wait, that's engineering.

                          The author systematically discusses the reasons behind the perceived in equality in the inappropriately concocted but very real pay gap. When multiplied by years worked, the "total earnings" difference is a canyon.

                          The author makes a great point that the workplace has largely changed to accomodate females. Diversity training is about altering male behavior rather than training women to enter the culture of the existing workplace. There is no equivalent training of women to accept men in female-dominated industries, such as teaching, retail clothing sales, medical practice/nursing, childcare, etc. On the contrary, men are increasingly demonized as potential rapists and child molesters.

                          Men have always been pressured to earn more because they NEED to. Males compete with one another for desirable characteristics that are still in vogue. Just search the on-line dating listings to see that women prefer men that are physically larger (taller), are older (can demonstrate a track record of holding a job and accumulating assets) and , well, make more money. When these selective pressures are reduced, the pay gap may narrow. The gap won't disappear until the advantage of leveraged feminity disappears with it.


                          3 out of 5 stars A strange book.......2006-03-13

                          This book is filled with interesting statistics about the job market, and certainly should put an end to the idiotic "59 cents" button we have seen so often.

                          However, one of the book's key insights was written up long ago by Thomas Sowell: unmarried men and unmarried women are paid just about identically. Married men tend to work much harder because they are now "bringing home the bacon," while married women work much less because they are raising children at home.

                          So one of the major issues here is a really obvious one: women have children. Of course, men are necessary to make this happen, but the female is the one who is equipped with a complete biological system to carry the infant to term and give birth, plus another complete biological system to nurture the new-born infant during its first years of life. We are called "mammals" because the females have "mammary glands."

                          If a woman does not want to have children, and wants to strike it rich by working for money, this book is full of good advice for her. It's full of good advice for everyone.

                          But it also strikes me as a very strange book, mostly because of its "Mindless Egalitarianism." The author seems to think that just anyone can choose to be an engineer, or a brain surgeon, that it is all a question of options, and never a question of cruel necessity. He does not really seem to live in a universe where some children cannot learn beyond the elementary-school level, or beyond the high-school level. Everybody has all these wonderful options -- and nobody has any limitations.

                          This is, of course, utter nonsense. Speaking from my own experience, I was surprised to discover, in high school, that I was not really very good at math, and that PHYSICS was my worst subject. How, then, could I aspire to be an engineer? As things turned out, I finally became a "software engineer," but any dolt could tell you that a "software engineer" is a computer programmer, and not a real engineer at all.

                          We are not all equally good at all things. And women cannot do all of the things men do, at the same level of excellence. (OK, shoot me already!) But the author will not tolerate such thinking on any level. The preface is written by a former president of NOW, and the author himself was a committed feminist (and board member of NOW) for many years.

                          And this is the second strangeness. Aside from admitting, and dealing with, the obvious inequalities among people -- and here I am talking about inequalities of ABILITY, not inequalities of INCOME -- the author simply refuses to admit, or discuss, the idea that men and women are not interchangeable parts. To clownishly simplify: don't send women into combat, and don't send men to suckle the newborn.

                          A really strange book.

                          1 out of 5 stars Moronic Logic.......2006-03-02

                          It's too bad - it could've been an interesting book.

                          Major flaws:

                          (1) His assumptions that women lack ambition and competitiveness and are unwilling compared to men to do what it takes. Clearly this man's views have been shaped by the women he personally knows. Do you know a highly aggressive, well-respected, well-liked, sharp woman who knows how to negotiate and who works as hard as any man but STILL doesn't even come close to what a man would make? Well, if you do, and in particular if you know a lot of them, you'll find this book startlingly naive.

                          (2) The author fails to notice and address the very simple concept that males have made a corporate structure where males succeed.



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                          Here are alternatives:
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                          If you want to feel sympathetic towards the difficult world that men inhabit, read:
                          "Self Made Man" by Norah Vincent
                          or
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                          If you want to understand how to get more money, read:
                          "Getting Even : Why Women Don't Get Paid Like Men--And What to Do About It"
                          by Evelyn Murphy

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