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Mother Goose's Guide to Scrapbooking Your Baby: Creating Fabulous Projects & Pages with Classic Drawings & Cherished Rhymes
Kerry Arquette , and Andrea Zocchi Manufacturer: Lark Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1600590047 |
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Drawing Your Baby
Judy Clifford Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill Pubns ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0823013693 |
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Your Baby Book Star Book No. 72
Manufacturer: American Thread ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000JJK97Q |
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Your New Baby April 1956
Manufacturer: Parents' ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000JJODHI |
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Punk and Neo-Tribal Body Art (Folk Art and Artists)
Daniel Wojcik Manufacturer: University Press of Mississippi ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
Accessories: ASIN: 0878057358 |
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Punk body adornment, the most notorious and celebrated of recent styles among youth, emerged in the mid-1970s and has persisted in varying forms to the present day. This book illustrates the confrontational aesthetic of punk style, and examines in detail the symbolic meanings and subversive aspects of punk body art. Like members of previous subcultures, denizens of the punk subculture have created a coherent and elaborate system of adornment calculated to horrify the general public. An aesthetic of shock, negation, and cultural pessimism is revealed not only through adornment, but through music, art, dance, fanzines, and dramatizations of violence. The symbolic inversions, ritual pollutions, and carnivalesque antics of the punk movement violate the conventions of daily life. The anti- commercial, do-it-yourself ethos of punks, with their emphasis on parody and gender confusion and an interest in the exotic and forbidden, further challenge dominant cultural values and ideologies.Customer Reviews:
Punk Promises.......2007-09-08
great pictures and reasoning behind punk and tribal style.......1998-08-24
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Short Cuts, Volume 2 (Short Cuts)
Manufacturer: VIZ Media LLC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1591160693 |
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In this second and final volume of his Short Cuts series, Furuya revisits the gallery of bizarre comic characters introduced in the first entry: classroom bunny Mariko, obsessive Zero Boy, Bigfoot Muku, and stranger beings still. This volume contains a tsunami of surreal gags and teenage zaniness, all rendered in Furuya's distinctive mixture of innovative layouts and peerless art. A treat for fans of the cutting edge of comics art as well as anyone who wants the skinny on the latest Tokyo fads.Customer Reviews:
Short, Sharp, Shocking.......2006-05-28
Great Satire..........2003-06-10
Great for people who like to have a critical eye turned towards Japanese pop culture.
Woah FUNNY.......2002-08-10
All I can say is these are some of the raunchiest, most perverted, and sick jokes I've ever read. So in other words HILARIOUS. This is definately a 16 and up age requirement. No if ands or buts about it. These jokes are just too perverted for anyone younger.
A thing to keep in mind, while many of the jokes are universal, many are not. There are quite a few cultural references that only japanese people would understand and you're left thinking "What? I don't get it." Thankfully, though I didn't realize it till I was halfway through the book, there is a summary guide in the back that pretty much explains all the hard to understand ones. After you read it and then read that particular story again later, it does become very humorous. :D
This is a great read for all us sickos out there that like reading this kinda thing. The art is a bit different from other manga, no big sparkly eyes, and that actually turned a few of my friends away from it before they even read any of it!! That's crazy. It is drawn very nicely though in my opinion, almost like Junji Ito's Uzumaki. Anyway get this book and you won't regret it. ^.^
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A SHORT-CUT GUIDE TO CORRECT PRONUNCIATION; 2 VOLUMES
Manufacturer: Better-English Institute ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000HTZ3TM |
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Singer Sewing Library ; 4 Volumes: #1 - Short Cuts to Home Sewing, #2 - How to Make Dresses, #3 - How to Make Children's Clothes, #4 - How to Make Draperies, Slip Covers, Cushions, and Other Home Furnishings
Mary Brooks Picken Manufacturer: Singer Sewing Machine Co. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000KI8XEC |
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2024: A Graphic Novel
Ted Rall Manufacturer: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1561632791 |
Amazon.com's Best of 2001
Combining the most depressing aspects of Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World, Ted Rall's 2024 shows us where turn-of-the-century corporate America is heading if we don't collectively wake up. Yet, like most of Rall's work, it's not a downer. Even when the reader sees a not-so-twisted reflection of his or her own life in Winston and Julia's horrifying misadventures in neopostmodern "Canamexicusa," it's usually more of a belly laugh than a gut punch. Tearing away at the shrouds of irony that keep us from experiencing our lives more directly for all their faults, Rall captures the essence of our reactions to soft oppression by having his characters repeat the mantra "Yes. No. Whatever." If the best criticism is satire, then 2024 is as good as it gets. --Rob LightnerBook Description
Move forward two decades. See the world as the giant media moguls and software companies have become our new big brothers. They want the best for us. They know what's best for us. And what's best for us we have chosen ourselves to be consumer heaven with no questions asked! A terrifying future where the past doesn't matter and no one cares! The motto to live by: 'yes, no, whatever!" Ted Rall updates and spoofs 1984 in a scathing look at where we could be headed. All Rall, guaranteed to kick your ass! Thought provoking? Try thought incensing! His best and most chillingly funny work yet! For mature readers. ³Astonishingly good! The ideas are so arresting and knowingly presented that you fall into the story in two pages. This is the work that Ted Rall's life and career have led up to. He knows this material intimately. 2024 should be required reading in every high school in America. It's just that scary.²Customer Reviews:
Not terribly original - a bit of a disappointment.......2007-07-04
Great ideas but could have been presented better.......2006-07-28
Five Full Stars of Insight into Orwell and Our Times.......2005-10-12
entertaining satire.......2005-08-24
Not his best work..........2004-09-14
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Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic: (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture)
Linda Badley Manufacturer: Greenwood Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0313275238 |
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This fascinating study relates horror film to recent interpretations of the body and the self, drawing from feminist film theory, psychoanalytic theory, cultural criticism and gender studies. Applying the term "horror" broadly, this work includes discussions of black comedy, thrillers, science fiction, and slasher films. Central to this book is the view of horror as a modern iconography and "discourse" of the body. Badley's thought-provoking analysis of films by directors Tim Burton, Tobe Hooper, George Romero, Ridley Scott, Brian De Palma, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, Jonathan Demme, and Clive Barker, will be of interest to both scholars and students.Customer Reviews:
For the film scholar.......2002-01-27
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Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic: (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture)
Linda Badley Manufacturer: Greenwood Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OTQ308 |
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Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab
A. J. Racy Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0521304148 |
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A. J. Racy is well known as a scholar of ethnomusicology and as a distinguished performer and composer. In this pioneering book, he provides an intimate portrayal of the Arab musical experience and offers insights into how music generally affects us all. The focus is tarab, a multifaceted concept that has no exact equivalent in English and refers to both the indigenous music and the ecstatic feeling associated with it. Richly documented, the book examines various aspects of the musical craft, including the basic learning processes, how musicians become inspired, the love lyrics as tools of ecstasy, the relationship between performers and listeners, and the influence of technological mediation and globalization. Racy also probes a variety of world musical and ecstatic contexts and analyses theoretical paradigms from other related disciplines. Written in a lucid style, Making Music in the Arab World will engage the general reader as well as the specialist.Customer Reviews:
Exceptional Book about Arab Music .......2005-03-05
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Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab.(Vernacular Musics)(Book Review): An article from: Notes
Nicole LeCorgne Manufacturer: Music Library Association, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00082PBGI Release Date: 2005-07-31 |
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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on June 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1397 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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Player's Option - Combat & Tactics Book - Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Rulebook, Tsr 2149
L. Richard, Iii & Williams, Skip; Tsr, Inc. Baker Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000KIRA3M |
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Player's Option - Combat & Tactics Book - Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Rulebook, Tsr 2149
L. Richard, Iii & Williams, Skip; Tsr, Inc. Baker Manufacturer: Tsr, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000V0J7I0 |
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Players Option Combat & Tactics
Tsr 2149 Manufacturer: TSR HOBBIES INC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000TXF44U |
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Player's Option: Combat & Tactics (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition, Rulebook/2149)
L. Richard Baker III Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0786900962 Release Date: 1995-07-04 |
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Pretty Sick!.......2002-11-14
Good, but not perfect.......2000-12-12
Good, but not perfect.......2000-12-12
Almost, but not quite entirely useless.......2000-01-11
...And it fell over the edge........2000-01-09
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Players Option Combat & Tactics :Ad&D
Tsr 2149 Reprint Manufacturer: TSR INC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000UC53B4 |
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The Visual Investor: How to Spot Market Trends
John J. Murphy Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471144479 |
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Praise for THE VISUAL INVESTOR"John Murphy is one of a rare breed: an expert technical analyst who can actually write. This combination of skills helped make his Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets a classic. Now John has written the perfect overview aimed specifically at the stock investor who wants to learn technical analysis. . . . The Visual Investor offers a complete course in technical analysis, lucid enough to be accessible to the novice, yet thorough enough to range well beyond the basics. . . . [It] is must reading for the stock and mutual fund investor who wants to start incorporating technical analysis as a decision-making tool."
Jack D. Schwager Author, The New Market Wizards and Technical Analysis
"The challenge of technical analysis is that it can be so technical. Now John Murphy, through The Visual Investor, explains everything for the common investor who wants to use technical analysis but doesn't want an overly complicated presentation."
Thom Hartle Editor, Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine
"As my research group relies heavily on market analysis for its research product, we get numerous inquiries from professional investors on where to find books on this topic. John Murphy's The Visual Investor is my first recommendation to the novice investor as well as the investment professional. . . . [It] is the simplest and most helpful first look at markets that I have seen."
John Kozey III, CFA, CMT Equity Research Director, Bridge Trading Company
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Over rated!.......2007-05-12
intro book.......2007-01-09
Visual Investor - Good Starting Point.......2006-03-20
Good starter book but that's it.......2004-02-01
Perhaps the most important part of the book is Murphy's mentioning that the head and shoulders pattern was investigated by the Federal Reserve and found to be statistically significant, and supposedly now is using the indicator to time its currency interventions. However, the real use of technical analysis is not that the patterns mean anything in and of themselves, its having the experience and judgment to know which pattern applies in a given situation that makes them truly useful, and the fact the traders themselves believe in them, so to some extent they become a self-fulfilling prophecy. So the field of technical analysis is itself a combination of art and science.
And actually, the most important aspect of trading is loss control and sell discipline, and understanding position sizing relative to risk and reward, since understanding the technical indicators is actually fairly straightforward, and many charting packages will do that for you anyway, so you don't even know how to understand how they're derived. And the charting packages will generate buys and sells by whatever indicator you want, but remember, it's knowing when to apply a given indicator that's the hard part. Finally, if you're planning on starting in on trading yourself, make sure you read up on and understand what's known as "money management" thoroughly before you set out--such as proper position sizing (not risking too much money on a given trade) and not selling your losers promply--an almost universal mistake among novice traders--and even pros who should (and do) know better. Good luck and happy trading!
Yet another trading book.......2003-08-21
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Visual Investor, The : How to Spot Market Trends
John J. Murphy Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000KW4NL0 |
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