The End Is Near: Visions of Apocalypse, Millennium and Utopia : Works from the American Visionary Art Museum

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The End is Near! maps the fervor haunting the human consciousness as the Millennium's final hour approaches. will it mean the dawning of a new Utopia or a terrifying descent into apocalyptic chaos? An unprecedented group of noted thinkers, from His Holiness th Dalai Lama and Stephen Jay Gould to Reverend Howard Finster and Apocalypse culture expert Adam Parfrey, joins dozens of world-renowned visionary artists in wrestling with the answer.

Encounter the works of artists who often dewll on the shadowy fringes of societythe recluses, the disenfranchised, the institutionalized, and the wildly eccentricbrought together by curator Roger Manley for an amazing exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum, the world's largest ever mounted on the subjects of Apocalypse, Millennium, and Utiopia.

Sumptuously illustrated with full-color reproductions throughout, The End is Near! provides a fascinating look at the sometimes shocking, always inspired imagery of our charged times.

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A Must Have Book for ANY Library.......1999-05-17

My wife and I just bought the hardcover and recommend it highly. We loved the reading the background of the authors. It proves that you do not have to be a celebrity or athlete or CEO to be "considered successful". Some of the world's greatest talent are never heard from. We have Dilettante Press to thank for bringing us this fine collection of artists. I work with libraries and recommend this book to all of them.

Visionary and Inspiring.......1999-03-16

This book is a must buy for anyone intersting in the millennium. The works are provoking and the accompanying text is informative and entertaining. Great coffee table material.

An inspiring, spiritually fulfilling feast for the senses........1999-03-06

"The End is Near" makes you yearn for Divine inspiration regardless of its source or circumstance. The artwork is stunning, the artist bios are awe-inspiring and the essays are thought provoking, empowering and spiritually comforting. This is an amazing gift to give to others...but do yourself a favor and give it to yourself first. And then go out and pick up a paintbrush, a pencil, or a piece of coal and create. This book will make you realize that the best art you ever see could be just below the surface of your own consciousness.

close to perfection.......1999-02-28

I was completely blown away by the beauty of the visions contained in this book. I am an art student, and i feel the artist in this book are never self indulgent, their vision isn't cluttered by desire of fame and recognition. they are the last american heroes. roger manley did an incredible job of editing only the most incredible pieces, of discovering new talents( paul laffoley,grant wallace) and also bringing new pieces from overexposed outsider art favorite (howard finster). the printing job is excellent and the design lively.i can't wait to see what this publishing company is gonna do next.

Disturbing and thought-provoking.......1999-02-25

By showing the amazing collection of the American Museum of Visionary Art, this book provokes the reader to re-think the distinctions our society draws between genius and madness. I've actually been to the Museum in Baltimore and am thrilled that this artwork is now available on a large scale. This book may not be for everyone, but those willing to expose themselves to its often disturbing imagery will be rewarded.

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Fur Nation traces the interwoven relationships between sexuality, national identity, and colonialism. Chantal Nadeau shows how Canada, a white settler colony, bases its existence and its nationhood on a complex sexual economy based on women wrapped in fur.
Nadeau traces the centrality of fur through a series of intriguing case studies, including:
* Hollywood's take on the 330 year history of the Hudson Bay Company, founded to exploit Canada's rich fur resources
* the life of a postwar fur fashion photographer
* a 1950s musical called My Fur Lady
* the battle between Brigitte Bardot's anti-fur activists and the fur industry.
Nadeau highlights the connection between 'fur ladies' - women wearing, exploiting or promoting furs - and the beaver, symbol of Canada and nature's master builder. She shows how, in postcolonial Canada, the nation is sexualized around female reproduction and fur, which is both a crucial factor in economic development, and a powerful symbol through which the nation itself is conceived and commodified. Fur Nation demonstrates that, for Canada, fur really is the fabric of a nation.

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Fresh from the funny papers, here is Garfield, all-around jokester. In this hilarious book, you'll find jokes of all shapes, species, and sizes. There are jokes about food and eating, other pets, Garfield and his pals, and knock-knocks, of course. So get ready to laugh out loud at humor told the Garfield way.

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GREAT JOKE BOOK.......2001-02-11

This book is way btter than the first one.It is also priced at an affordable price.GET THIS BOOK!!!!!

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Garfield's Big Fat Hairy Joke Book

Manufacturer: Ballantine Bookas
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GLTEUA

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Garfield's Big Fat Hairy Joke Book

Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000HIN4EE

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Garfield's Big Fat Hairy Joke Book
Jim Davis
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: B000RKT720

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A Modern Vampire Myth With Hints of Titans.......2000-08-17

Pulido has taken the formula that has made The New Teen Titans (Wolfman and Perez) great. Using a "child" that has been "greatly tormented" (look for yourself), Chastity has weathered the odds of domestic violence, punk rockers and the machinations of a countess against a vampiric clan.

Actionwise, this graphic novel is very much like most "Chaos! Comics." Gore, blood, fueds, and nearly naked women.

Artwise, I believe the drawing, inking, coloring and pacing of the entire three issues deserves praise. It is clear and straight forward.

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This digital document is an article from Dance Magazine, published by Dance Magazine, Inc. on May 1, 2005. The length of the article is 697 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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Title: Labor pains: a survey.
Author: Joseph Carman
Publication: Dance Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2005
Publisher: Dance Magazine, Inc.
Volume: 79 Issue: 5 Page: 22(2)

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OEUVRES COMPLETES DE PAUL CLAUDEL Tome Dixieme THEATRE 5 - L'Otage / Le Pain Dur / Le Pere Humilie

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OEUVRES COMPLETES DE PAUL CLAUDEL Tome Dixieme THEATRE 5 - L'Otage / Le Pain Dur / Le Pere Humilie
Paul Claudel
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0320067475
Release Date: 1970-01-01

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Chastity (Theatre of Pain, #1 of 3)
Brian Pulido
Manufacturer: Chaos! Comics
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Growing Pains: Toronto Theatre in the 1970's

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Growing Pains: Toronto Theatre in the 1970's
Robert Wallace
Manufacturer: University Of British Columbia
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O1JDUI

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The career of towering, handsome actor Christopher Lee has stretched over half a century in every sort of film from comedy to horror. He has assumed such diverse roles as the Man With the Golden Gun, Frankenstein's monster, Fu Manchu, Sherlock Holmes, and Dr. Catheter (from Gremlins 2).

From Corridor of Mirrors in 1948 to Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones in 2002, this reference book covers 166 of Lee's theatrical feature films in detail. Each entry provides all production information (including year of release, studio, running time, and location), full credits for cast and crew, a synopsis of the film, and a critical analysis of the film and Lee's involvement, with a detailed account of its making and commentary drawn from some thirty hours of interviews with Lee himself. Each entry also places the film within the context of Lee's career and discusses the director and other significant figures. Two appendices list Lee's television feature films and miniseries and Lee's short films, with brief credits and Lee's role in each. The work concludes with an afterword by Christopher Lee. Photographs from the actor's private collection are included.

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The last word on the career of Mr. Lee--plus insights into the man himself!.......2006-06-27

Early in the summer of 2006 Turner Classic Movies ran Billy Wilder's underrated 1970 film, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. The picture was a box-office bust, Wilder himself elected to say little about it later (in part because it was recut and shortened against his wishes), and published critical reaction is scarce. Not least among the film's attributes is Christopher Lee, who is a splendidly forceful Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's officious, easily annoyed brother. I wanted to read more about Lee's performance, and more about the film. Where to look?

Ah! Tom Johnson & Mark A. Miller's exhaustive, scholarly, and compulsively readable THE CHRISTOPHER LEE FILMOGRAPHY saved the day. Nearly 2000 words from this smart, handsome book are devoted to the Wilder film, offering complete cast & credits; a plot synopsis that is concise, useful, and entertaining; and a lengthy "Commentary" section that looks at the film as a whole, thus placing the contributions of Lee and others in a helpful context that encompasses art and industry realities.

The latter portion of the authors' commentary about the Wilder film, as with every Lee film discussed, focuses on Lee's involvement in the film. Johnson & Miller's remarks comments reflect two perspectives: critical and business/ historical. So it is that, throughout the book, we get informed comment on Lee's work as an artist, as well as original research that illuminates the making of the film, and the particulars of Lee's relationships with other cast members, as well as his comments regarding director, producer, writer, and others who helped make the film a reality--or who may have impeded its success.

The U.S.-based authors spent many hours in face-to-face confabs with Mr. Lee at the actor's home in London (plus numberless follow-up phone calls and letters), asking questions, taking down the actor's marvelous anecdotes, looking through career scrapbooks that Lee graciously opened for them, and selecting rare photographs from Lee's personal collection. This is what scholars of any stripe call "original research," and its value pays off here, with insights into Lee's movies (more than 160 of them!) that simply are not available from other sources--or if they are, they may have been cribbed, without acknowledgemt, from Johnson & Miller.

A special pleasure is that nearly every essay concludes with Mr. Lee's remarks, presented verbatim, about the individual films. Over the course of these first-person recollections, Lee reveals himself as a dedicated artist, of no small ego, perhaps, and also a man of powerful and varied talents. Above all, he has wished to work in meaningful films of quality and integrity, and to stretch himself as an actor. That he has not always been able to do so says more about the inanities of the film business than it does about Mr. Lee. Given opportunities worthy of him--the early Dracula roles, Lord Summerisle, Mycroft Holmes, Count Dooku, Jinnah (the founder of Pakistan), and many others--Lee dominates the screen not merely with his physical presence and that marvelously deep and cultured voice, but with his ability to become lost in his role. Like other great film actors--all of whom are forced to perform in fits and starts--Lee BECOMES the character. Film scholars and movie fans alike are swept away; they buy the illusion.

As an incredibly detailed--and always fascinating--chronicle of the career of one of cinema's most compelling actors, THE CHRISTOPHER LEE FILMOGRAPHY is the last word on Mr. Lee's professional life. And it is that rarity: a book created by the authors AND the subject, in protracted and amiable collaboration. How unusual that is, how valuable, and what a treat.

More than a laundry list - Real Film Scholarship.......2005-03-03

Exhaustive without being exhausting, authors Miller and Johnson manage to transcend the trend of "lists" by not only providing the details of Christopher Lee's myriad film works, but accompanying the facts with delicious anecdotes and observations. Each and every film has an accompanying commentary - and each and every commentary is a treasure trove of information either from Lee himself or one of his collaborators, along with relevant snippets from reviews. What I particularly liked about the commentary segments is that they not only rely on Lee's memories of the films - they also frequently draw on contemporary accounts by Lee himself in the form of quotes from letters Lee wrote to his fan club president over the years. Many's the time Lee would approach a film with high hopes, only to have them dashed by any one of a number of problems that tend to beset the best of productions. It's truly fascinating to see what was running through the actor's mind prior to starting something like THE DEVIL RIDES OUT.

While they obviously have great respect and affection for their subject, Miller and Johnson are never sycophantic.

You may buy this book because you are a fan of Christopher Lee or a horror film completist. But you'll return to it again and again because it is well-written, well-researched, and just plain fun to read.

One of McFarland's finest.......2004-09-10

Individually, film historians Tom Johnson and Mark A. Miller already have several books and articles to their credit. Now they've pooled their talents to collaborate on what will stand as the definitive account of Christopher Lee's film career. Documenting Lee's cinematic output is a daunting challenge; he appeared in many films that were never released in the U.S.--or anywhere else--making them extremely difficult to track down, even in this wonderful age of DVD and satellite television. Fortunately, Johnson and Miller--with valuable assist from Mr. Lee himself--come through with flying colors. This is cinematic scholarship of the highest order, which is not to imply it's dry and academic. Hardly. Thanks to Johnson, Miller, Lee and many interview subjects, it's a lively, accessible, and at times fall-down-funny look at the career of someone who could be cited as the ultimate example of a "working actor."
McFarland books tend to be very high priced, and since most of them never make it to a bookstore shelf, consumers don't have the luxury of checking out the goods before hand. So you're never really sure of what you're getting until the money has left your wallet. At $55, THE CHRISTOPHER LEE FILMOGRAPHY may seem pricey, but it's well worth the investment; the book is beautifully written and McFarland has done a bang-up job of laying out the text and (rare) photos. For Lee fans, it's a must-have item.

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Thorough, helpful, and original.......2007-06-16

Humorous and thorough, this book highlights everything you'd want to know for a tour, from packing your traveling shoes (and instruments) to tolerating annoying traveling companions, getting contracts, where to put your money (including choosing a currency), staying healthy, promoting your tour, and cultural differences abroad. Contains brief interviews with advice from musicians, samples of contracts and Web sites. Packed with info.

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excellent afghan book.......2002-10-07

This book was the first of a big collection, and it remains one of my favourites. Has gifts for everybody. The projects are beautiful, well explained and with detailed pictures. I've done several afghans and they all turned out perfect. I would recommend it to everyone from beginner to expert level. I also bought Vanna's afghans all through the house, also a great book.

Vanna's Favorites.......2000-12-09

This book contains some of the most innovative afghan patterns I've ever seen. I specifically purchased it after searching for a double wedding ring afghan pattern. It turned out to be simply the most gorgeous afghan I've ever seen. Quite challenging for a relative novice like myself.

The variety of afghans in this book is wonderful. The pictures are clear, the instructions simple to understand. It's very inspiring book.

Vanna's Favorite Gift Afghans.......2000-08-03

I checked this book out at the library and loved it, bought this one and her other 2 afghan books. Has varying levels of difficulty. Designs are beautiful and very motivating. The designs will not be outdated. Perfect gift for the crochet lover!

A Must-Have Afghan Pattern Book.......2000-01-31

I am so pleased with this book. I am on a constant search of imaginative, unique patterns from doilies to afghans, and this book does fit the bill. I have always been a fan of any Vanna patterns, I have the entire binder she puts out, and have done many things out of it. I like the way the patterns are written, they are very clear. One note of caution: Vanna patterns that I know of do not have difficulty levels noted, and they do vary quite a bit from beginner to advanced. You will have no problem if you are intermediate or up, but may have a few if you are a beginner.

Question.......1999-12-20

I am making the loving hearts afghan and have done something wrong or cannt figure out how to connect my strips of motifs together. I honestly think you left out that step. Please help.

Vanna's favorite gift afghans (Crochet treasury)

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Vanna's favorite gift afghans (Crochet treasury)

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Binding: Hardcover

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This new series of fifteen books - The Food Service Professional Guide TO Series from the editors of the Food Service Professional are the best and most comprehensive books for serious food service operators available today.

These step-by-step guides on a specific management subject range from finding a great site for your new restaurant to how to train your wait staff and literally everything in between. They are easy and fast -to-read, easy to understand and will take the mystery out of the subject. The information is "boiled down" to the essence. They are filled to the brim with up to date and pertinent information.

The books cover all the bases, providing clear explanations and helpful, specific information. All titles in the series include the phone numbers and web sites of all companies discussed. What you won't find are wordy explanations, tales of how someone did it better, or a scholarly lecture on the "theory". Think of them as "Cliff Notes TM" on the subject matter.

Every paragraph in each of the books are comprehensive, well researched, engrossing, and just plain fun-to-read, yet are packed with interesting ideas. You'll be using your highlighter a lot! The best part aside from the content is they are very moderately price. You can also purchase the whole 15 book series the isbn number is 0-910627-26-6. You are bound to get a great new idea to try on every page if not out of every paragraph. Do not be put off by the low price, these books really do deliver the critical information and eye opening ideas you need you to succeed without the fluff so commonly found in more expensive books on the subject. Highly recommended!

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Tip of the Iceberg.......2007-09-25

This is a good start. For a more detailed book, I'd recommend "How to Manage a Sucessful Catering Business".

Good Starter.......2007-05-03

The table of contents lists all the aspects that one would need to know about but the chapters and subchapters are brief in their explanations. More attention is needed in the area of paperwork, laws, and regulations since that is where most people need the help.

Wonderful information for such a small purchase.......2005-07-27

I'm so happy this book was written particularly since I'm new to the catering business. I found this book to be extremely helpful. There's a huge amount of work that goes into just preparing to go into business for yourself as a caterer and this book did a wonderful job of providing website resources for further research as well as providing very useful tips. It's easy to read and understand. This is a great reference book and I'll be sure to look at it often.

Practical "real world" examples for maximizing profits.......2004-07-06

One of the newest additions to the Atlantic Publishing Group's outstanding "The Food Service Professional" series, The Food Service Professional Guide To Successful Catering: Managing The Catering Operation For Maximum Profit. Here revealed are 365 "insider secrets" showcasing everything necessary to launch a successful catering business; practical "real world" examples for maximizing profits; and clear, accessible instructions on how to sell, market, and operate a catering operation profitably no matter what part of the country it is located in. If you are considering your own catering company as an entrepreneurial small business, then give a close and careful reading to Sony Bode's The Food Service Professional Guide To Successful Catering: Managing The Catering Operation For Maximum Profit!

Great Book.......2002-10-12

Great Book! I Found These step-by-step guides easy-to-read, and easy to understand! The books are packed with information. They reminded me of "cliff Notes" from my college days.The information is comprehensive without the fluff you find in so many of the more expensive books out there on the subject. The books are also packed with resources such as phone numbers and the web sites of the companies they are discussing - there is no "theory" just great information.

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