Art and Revolution in Latin America, 1910-1990

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In this uniquely wide-ranging book, David Craven investigates the extraordinary impact of three Latin American revolutions on the visual arts and on cultural policy. He discusses the upheavals in Mexico (1910-1940), in Cuba (1959-1989), and in Nicaragua (1979-1990) and assesses their legacies, demonstrating how the revolutions' consequences reverberated in arts and cultures far beyond their own borders.

"Beautifully illustrated. . . . Thoroughly documented, well conceived and executed."—Latin Americanist

"An ambitious book, weaving political, economic, and a broad swath of cultural phenomena into the analysis of works of visual art."—Art Journal

"[A] wonderfully intricate book on a seldom discussed topic."—Library Journal

"Destined to become a classic in the field."—Arte en Colombia

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Art and Revolution in Latin America.(Book Review) : An article from: Art Journal
David Kunzle
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000B9DODK
Release Date: 2005-09-03

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Title: Art and Revolution in Latin America.(Book Review)
Author: David Kunzle
Publication: Art Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 64 Issue: 2 Page: 109(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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The collection of arms and armour in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is one of the finest in England, and ranks just behind the royal and national collections in terms of the range and quality of its material. The majority of the items come from the bequest of J.S. Henderson, a collector who bought extensively in the 1920s; he owned a group of pieces from the armoury of the Princes Radziwill at Niescwiecz in Poland, and other items from this source have subsequently been given to the museum. The strength of the exhibits is therefore in German and North Italian armours of the sixteenth century, mostly for field use but with some tournament and parade armours. Full descriptions for each piece, together with provenance (where known) and physical details are given, as well as comparisons with pieces in other collections.

Catalogue of European Armour at the Fitzwilliam Museum

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Catalogue of European Armour at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Ian Eaves
Manufacturer: Boydell & Brewer
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N5F3SG

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For many aficionados of the New Yorker magazine, the drawings of Peter Arno, William Steig, Charles Addams, and Saul Steinberg epitomize its sophisticated wit and disarming humor. In The Comic Worlds of Peter Arno, William Steig, Charles Addams, and Saul Steinberg, the first full-scale scholarly study of the subject, Iain Topliss considers the work of each artist, traces the development of his art, and recalls the cultural and social context in which it was created.

Topliss delves into the nature of humor and the elements that make successful cartoons funny, paying special attention to matters of style and technique. He draws particular attention to the ways in which these four artists mocked the status quo without alienating the magazine's readers. Indeed, argues Topliss, the New Yorker's cartoons helped define American consciousness in the mid-twentieth century.

Illustrated with more than fifty drawings from the artists published in the magazine between 1925 and 1975, The Comic Worlds of Peter Arno, William Steig, Charles Addams, and Saul Steinberg recognizes the achievements of these talented artists and their distinctive contribution to American culture.

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Ups and Downs.......2007-03-08

Somehow I always wind up first whenever I get a book that I'm sure dozens of other reviewers would be all over, like white on rice! This book, a serious and academic study of four New Yorker cartoonists, I would have thought would be a natural. Maybe people got turned off by the cover, a particularly grisly Charles Addams sketch in a drab, battleship gray color. And yet, the sketch itself, a crowded movie theater packed with weeping, intensely uncomfortable viewers, in the middle of which you see one of Addams' trademark characters watching whatever is happening on the screen (a death?) and chuckling happily--yes, the sketch itself encapsulates some of Topliss' thoughts about the position of spectatorship vis-a-vis the New Yorker artists he covers.

We see ourselves in Uncle Fester's grin, for we feel we too are different than the rest of the crowd, and that we have a privileged and superior position to what is being displayed on the screen. How these four artists managed to animate their own, very different sense of the "unique," is Topliss' subject.

He won't make you want to read much more about Peter Arno, the aristocratic playboy for whom comics were decidedly slumming. Of William Steig, Topliss shows us how first Karen Horney and then Wilhelm Reich animated his thinking about creativity and the act of drawing. His was a fascinating life, but again, I'm not so sure he was so utterly a genius at his art. Addams and Steinberg come off the best, although Topliss' "fame" angle on Steinberg made him sound a little like those celebrities who complain about the paparazzi even when they're courting press attention.

Topliss sees US culture, New Yorker division, through the distant, cold eyes of an Australian. Sometimes the onlooker sees more of the game, and there's a sense in which one of our better academics might be the best candidate to write about the classic Australian cartoonists of the 1920s, 30s, 40s, and 50s. Turnabout is fair play, and in the writing game, objectivity is nearly everything. He has a rousing salute to Melbourne at the end of his introduction, in which he also explains why he seems to ignore the contributions of two other excellent cartoonists from the same period and venue, namely, Thurber and Hokinson. His salute to his hometown is worth the price of the book, though it's a little odd. Perhaps he could write another book about the "tall poppy syndrome" and why people in Melbourne are both proud of, and dismissive of, their celebrated comic muse, the one and only Kylie Minogue.

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loved it!

Dave and the The Clown Narrator from Hell

Funny Stuff!

Re-read this to re-live the year 2000 and all its quirks

Still a Fan

Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism!
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1400080762
Release Date: 2004-09-28

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The New York Times calls him “the funniest man in America,” and his legions of fans agree, laughing and snorting as they put his books on bestseller lists nationwide.

In Boogers Are My Beat, Dave gives us the real scoop on:

• The scientific search for the world’s funniest joke (you can bet it includes the word “weasel”)
• RV camping in the Wal-Mart parking lot
• Outwitting “smart” kitchen appliances and service contracts
• Elections in Florida (“You can’t spell Florida without ‘duh’”)
• The Olympics, where people from all over the world come together to accuse each other of cheating
• The truth about the Dakotas, the Lone Ranger, and feng shui
• The choice between death and taxes
And much, much more—including some truths about journalism and serious thoughts about 9/11.

Dave Barry won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1988, and his columns are syndicated in more than 500 newspapers. His most recent books, Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down and the novels Big Trouble and Tricky Business, were national bestsellers. He lives in Miami, Floriduh.

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The New York Times calls him "the funniest man in America," and his legions of fans agree, laughing and snorting as they put his books on bestseller lists nationwide.

In Boogers Are My Beat, Dave gives us the real scoop on:

The scientific search for the world's funniest joke (you can bet it includes the word "weasel")
RV camping in the Wal-Mart parking lot
Outwitting "smart" kitchen appliances and service contracts
Elections in Florida ("You can't spell Florida without 'duh'")
The Olympics, where people from all over the world come together to accuse each other of cheating
The truth about the Dakotas, the Lone Ranger, and feng shui
The choice between death and taxes

And much, much more -- including some truths about journalism and serious thoughts about 9/11.

Customer Reviews:

loved it!.......2007-04-01

I purchased this particular book because I wanted the articles about Grand Forks, North Dakota. When I received it and read those specific ones first, then I went back and started at the beginning...and could barely put it down. Mr. Barry is one of our favorite writers and always has us in stitches about some of the things he comes up with.
I wish I had his quick wit and fantastic humor. : )

Dave and the The Clown Narrator from Hell.......2007-02-03

I've been reading Dave Barry for years, and have developed my own impression of Dave's comic voice. It is laid back, dry, a little slow-witted and beer-addled, maybe. But it is not the bozo-clone, wacky-happy voice that was chosen to read this compilation of Dave's work. I can only assume that Dave was ball-gagged and duct-taped to his office chair when the auditions were going on. *My* Dave would never have allowed his work to be so hokily performed.

Anyway, "Boogers Are My Beat" is another workmanlike effort from the master of modern comedy. Dave uses his standard comedic formulae (suggesting phrases as good names for rock bands, using outrageous numerical exaggerations and making self-deprecatory remarks about his lack of masculine skills) to actually write some decent material. In spite of Bozo the Narrator, it is still possible to get a few laughs from these columns, which is a testament to the quality of Dave's wit. Dave covers the 2000 Democratic and Republican conventions, where he beats up on silly demonstrators who shout on behalf of "the people.". He climbs a Florida trash heaps with Tenzig Norgay's son, samples the fine products of Grand Forks, ND (a baggie filled with peat) and describes life with his 2-year old Barbie-loving daughter. His piece on driving a new Hummer pokes fun at the price tag and at its hyper-macho gadgetry, including self-inflating tires. Dave avoids direct analysis of politics -- though his endless Bill Clinton jokes (Clinton is a philanderer! Ha! Ha!) seem dated and got on my nerves. But the Office of Homeland Security made a horrible faux-pas (literally, weasel poop) when it picked him, his wife and toddling daughter for an extensive airport screening. What better way to show the ludicrous nature of our screening procedures than to force the 2-year-old child of a famous humor columnist to crawl alone through a metal detector.

Anyway, there are worse ways to experience the comic stylings of Dave Barry. Just kidding -- short of special rendition, this audio CD *is* the worst way. Get the book and record it yourself, even if you are just learning to read. Or just read it the old-fashioned way from the printer page. You'll thank me later.
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On a more somber note, Dave ends of volume with two of his 9/11-related columns. While he's not a master of global nuance, his columns were full of heartfelt emotions for those who had lost loved ones in the attacks. His evocations of the spirit of Gettysburg (in his reflection on the experience of Flight 93, which crashed into Shanksvillee, PA) were somber and actually quite profound. Not bad for a guy who normal jokes about bodily effusions.

Funny Stuff!.......2006-08-02

Dave Barry has written and selected an extremely humorous collection of his articles from The Miami Herald. There is a huge margin in difference of quality in Boogers are My Beat than in his initial non fiction books such as Dave Barry's Bad Habits. Boogers are My Beat is one of those rare books that once you start turning the pages you don't want to put down until the back cover. Dave Barry educates his fellow man on a diverse range of topics such as why you can't use the towels hanging in the bathroom, the Salt Lake City Olympics, babies on airlines, North Dakota, Bear in the Big Blue House and cell phones to name just a few.

His article written the day after September 11 and one written a year after, about the Philadelphia crashed plane are also included which prove Barry could have been a serious writer if he had pursued that career. Thankfully he didn't because the rest of the book is hysterically funny as is his Carl Hiaasen style fiction novel Tricky Business. Big Trouble isn't bad either. Check them out along with his other non fiction novels as well.

Re-read this to re-live the year 2000 and all its quirks.......2005-07-08

I always trust Dave Barry to provide me with some quality laughs, and this book does not disappoint. He covers the 2000 presidental campaigns and conventions, the Florida election counting debacle, the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and a bunch of regular weekly columns from that time period.

Barry concludes with two amazing columns about September 11th. These are stunning. When I was searching for reading material/commentary in those days immediately post-9/11, I wish I had found these columns. His ability to write to Americans in the face of tragedy proves his true depth and talent as a columnist. (Yes, he actually writes about moore than just boogers.)

Still a Fan.......2005-05-31

I've been a Dave Barry fan since he was writing columns about his (now twenty-something) two-year old son doing embarassing things in public places. Now Barry is on a new wife and has a brand new two-year old to write columns about. And he still thinks the word (and presumably the concept of) "booger" is funny.

I picked up this book with mixed feelings. He seems to rely more and more on silly humor (boogers, exploding toilets, hilarious names for rock bands) rather than the classic columns of Dave Barry's Bad Habits (my favorite Barry book). And the jackets of his books always have him in some ridiculous pose. I keep saying, "This will be my last Dave Barry book."

But Dave Barry always comes through. I read this latest book cover to cover. His comments on the Republican and Democratic conventions were scathing, his observations at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City were deadly, and the serious columns at the end reveal that there is more to Barry than adolescent humor. (His essay from an earlier collection, written after the death of his mother, is a masterpiece.)

So I will ignore the goofy cover photos, the inane titles, and the wacky cartoons, and just read what Barry writes -- solid, mostly humorous, essays.

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The Hollywood.com Guide to Film Directors

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Binding: Paperback
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The Movie Business Book, Third Edition (Movie Business Book)

ASIN: B000HWYJ62

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In an unprecedented publishing event, the exclusive database of Baseline.Hollywood.com—the leading source of film information for the entire entertainment industry—offers in book form an authoritative, up-to-the-minute guide to America's most celebrated movie directors. Hitchcock, Huston, Kubrick, and a host of other major American movie directors pack this comprehensive, first-time-ever who's who. The first in an exciting new series of film reference books, The Hollywood.com Guide to Film Directors profiles more than 500 first-rank filmmakers from last century's pioneers to today's box-office favorites, from DeMille to Spielberg, from Welles to Wilder to Woo. Along with significant biographical data like date and place of birth, education, career milestones, and awards and nominations, the directory provides smart biographical sketches of Hollywood giants like Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick, box office champs like James Cameron and George Lucas, mavericks like Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, "indies" Joel Coen and Jim Jarmusch, and the unclassifiable David Lynch and Terry Gilliam. Included, too, are quotes by and about the directors as well as engaging bits of trivia, like the name of Steven Spielberg's first award-winning film (Escape to Nowhere, which he made at the age of thirteen). In the pages of this lively compendium, "art house" favorites James Ivory and Mike Nichols share billing with such eminent women directors as Nora Ephron and Jane Campion. Here, too, are the controversial Roman Polanski and inventive Robert Altman. There are also actor-directors Clint Eastwood and Kenneth Branagh, and triple-threat actor-writer-directors Woody Allen, Steve Martin, and Spike Lee. The Hollywood.com Guide to Film Directors is a must-have for film buffs and industry professionals alike.

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Grab some friends and a copy and sing!.......1999-08-23

It's a crying shame this anthology is out of print. This collection is a wonderful sampler of medieval and Renaissance song as it developed in England.

An Anthology of English Medieval and Renaissance Vocal Music

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An Anthology of English Medieval and Renaissance Vocal Music

Manufacturer: Norton
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H16YEI

The Cancionero de la Sablonara: A Critical Edition (English edition)

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The Cancionero de la Sablonara: A Critical Edition (English edition)

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The so-called Cancionero de la Sablonara is a highly selective manuscript collection of seventy-five Spanish polyphonic art-songs, composed primarily at the Spanish Court during the first quarter of the seventeenth century. Named after its scribe and compiler, Claudio de Sablonara (the chief copyist of the Spanish Royal Chapel), it constitutes one of the relatively few extant relics of the court's prodigious musical repertoire. The majority of the songs, comprising genuine Spanish genres and set for two, three and four voices, were written by leading composers of the time. The high quality of the musical settings is matched by the poetry, with texts by prominent literary figures of the Golden Age. This long-awaited critical edition of the Cancionero de la Sablonara offers a complete transcription of both the poetry and the music, whilst introductory chapters review the scholarship and research to date on the manuscript.The notes and introduction to this volume are in English. Professor JUDITH ETZION is chair of the Musicology Department, Tel Aviv University.

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A good Repertoire book

A very good book

Meeting 1d4 (Everyman Chess)
Jacob Aagaard
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International Master Jacob Aagaard provides an all-in-one solution to the popular opening move 1 d4 and other White systems that do not involve 1 e4. Throughout this work, Aagaard delves into the strategies, ideas and tactics for Black, while also showing the possible traps and pitfalls.

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A good Repertoire book.......2003-08-27

A very active, easy to learn system agaisnt 1.d4 backed up with good theory and advice. Also, they go into very good systems against white's other first moves, except for 1. e4. I've noticed that most 1.d4 players don't bother with main line queens gambits but opt for simple systems like the "Old Man's Bad Habit", Hodgsone tromp, colle, etc. This books deals with all of those and a great section on the Reti. A good repertoire book.

A very good book.......2002-08-23

Aagard and Lund do a greatv job in teaching the Tarrasch defense.
This book features a good selection of games, as well, as good highlighting of typical strategic and tactical themes.
Anyone from C player to Master will benefit (I am a master).

Most important, you can really feel that the authors have played the defense, and they have personal opinion on the line (this should be the rule, but lately, many MI/GMs tend to write books also on opening they have little ideas of how to handle, and the resut is something close to a database dump with little useful pointers).

A good idea would be to purchase together Schiller's "A complete defense to d4", one of the best Schiller's books (since he doews play the Tarrasch as Black).

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As a consultant, Kiyoshi Suzaki has helped scores of Fortune 500 clients improve manufacturing operations and get the job done faster, cheaper, better, and safer. Now, in this detailed "operating manual" -- full of more step-by-step applications than any other book available -- Suzaki spells out new options in production and employee resources that can help American industry regain the cutting edge in price, quality, and delivery of products.

A well-known expert in the field, Suzaki begins with the premise that "if it doesn't add value, it's waste" -- a concept devised by Henry Ford and later used by Toyota. He recaps what Toyota identifies as the seven most prominent forms of waste in factories. Most importantly, he meticulously details steps individuals can take to "simplify, combine, and eliminate operations" -- thereby reducing waste, improving quality, and saving money.

Describing in detail the basic techniques culled from Japanese industrial philosophy and procedure, Suzaki shows how small, family-run businesses and billion-dollar American corporations from a wide range of industries -- automotive, electronics, cosmetics, and even defense contractors -- are meeting the manufacturing challenge today -- demolishing the widely held belief that most American manufacturers have become distribution organizations for products manufactured overseas. In addition, he links his methodology with several successful production systems, from Just-In-Time Production, Total Quality Control, Total Productive Maintenance to Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Throughout this practical handbook, he places emphasis squarely on the shop floor and grounds his approach in easy, yet powerful techniques everybody can understand and implement today.

Illustrated with numerous charts and exhibits, The New Manufacturing Challenge shows how to integrate people and techniques to improve the workplace and, thus, strengthen any company's competitiveness in the global marketplace.

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The best introduction to lean.......2004-11-22

Suzaki's book, like the other introductory texts, describes the operations of factories practicing JIT/lean production, but not how to convert a traditional plant. It describes the destination but not the way to get there. This is appropriate for readers who are new to the subject, and Suzaki writes well enough to retain a manager's attention during air travel.

The Classic that transcended the time.......2003-08-19

I still go back to this now a classic to get the sense out of it. There are many techniques, ideas, but more importantly, it points the appreciation of people engaged in the process of continuous improvement as a core to drive us to move forward. Whatever way people may call this stuff, the person who discovered the principle of improvement cannot but to move on in his life for the betterment.

By the way, there is a 3.5hour video correponding to this book still available at SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers). Read the book, share the examples, confirm the principle, practice the heartbeat of improvement, and keep on moving forward.

Good luck!

Continuous Improvement Principles.......2002-05-23

This is an easy read book with some excellent ideas. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to improve something. The ideas can be used also in service and general life -- although primarily aimed at manufacturing.

And still we have more Japanese authors leaching on to varia.......2001-09-30

This book could have been written by taking exerps from other books on TPS and rearranging the pages. Same old, same old more same old.
We need an American's view on the practicle application of TPS not advice from some guy from Japan who doesn't have the faintest idea of American culture or people. So there!

5 stars plus.......2001-05-17

This is THE book for hands-on actual implementation of lean production techniques. This book answers the difficult problems accompaning implementation of the Toyota Production System. It is written in an easily understood straight-forward style. In my opinion this is the best book on boosting shopfloor efficiency. It does not shy away from discussing the problem areas. The author proves he has "been there and done it". An example is the Kanban system usually described in most books as a sytem where cards control the shop floor work flow. This book describes in detail various Kanban systems to handle the situations where the work flow is interrupted by processes requiring outside vendors or where an operation such as heat treating will slow the process. I rated this book five stars because it discusses real problems and solutions.

New Manufacturing Challenge: Techniques for Continuous Improvement

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New Manufacturing Challenge: Techniques for Continuous Improvement
Kiyoshi Suzaki
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The new manufacturing challenge: Techniques for continuous improvement ; videotape training course workbook

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The new manufacturing challenge: Techniques for continuous improvement ; videotape training course workbook
Kiyoshi Suzaki
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