Art-Sites Spain: Contemporary Art + Architecture Handbook (Art

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The art and architecture scene in Spain has become the focus of international attention. High points of interest include Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum, Madrid's Reina Sofia, Barcelona's acclaimed revitalization projects, world-class art centers in Badajoz, Caceres, Castellon, Santiago de Compostella, and award-winning architecture in all regions of Spain by Bofill, Calatrava, Gehry, Isozaki, Meier, and Moneo. With its compelling commentaries on each site, myriad illustrations, practical information, and maps, this book is the essential resource for art adventures in Spain.

Published and distributed by art-SITES Press, San Francisco.

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Art-Sites Spain.......2002-02-13

Third in an indispensable series from an indefatigable culture hound with edgy taste and a gift for succinctly mixing facts and opinions. Here's what to do after you have seen Gaudi in Barcelona, Calatrava in Valencia, and the Guggenheim in Bilbao.

Where to find work by internationally acclaimed artists.......2001-07-04

In Spain: Contemporary Art + Architecture Handbook, Sidra Stich provides the visitor with a fascinating guide to what the diverse and rich heritage of the country has to offer. Such art and architectural resources as museums, alternative spaces, galleries, public art exhibitions, urban projects, film centers, sculpture parks, bookstores, and art fairs are identified and surveyed. Readers will note where to find work by internationally acclaimed artists, as well as those newly emerging into prominence. The informative and engaging text is enhanced with 150 illustrations, detailed maps and city tour routes, as well as addresses, phone numbers, websites, access hours, and miscellaneous helpful hints. Spain is a welcome and highly recommended addition to any traveler's reference shelf and an ideal resource for crafting that very special art and architecture oriented itinerary.

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Lacy, padded, push-up, frilly, strapless, halter, plunge, underwire, minimizer, maximizer--the bra in all its glorious forms is celebrated in this sassy gift book for fashionable girls everywhere.

From the suffragettes to the Supremes, from Marilyn Monroe to Madonna, the bra has had more impact on shaping generations of women than any other item of clothing.

The evolution of the bra, from the constricting corset to the liberating Wonderbra, is laid bare in nine uplifting chapters, spilling over with juicy facts, fashion highlights and archive photos of the Hollywood divas who brought the bra to the big screen and into the hearts of men worldwide. Bra Function and Fantasy is presented in a stylish format that makes it an ideal gift from one fashionable girl to another. It contains hundreds of fascinating photographs, including inspirational archive photos of 1950s screen goddesses.

This fun and sophisticated book celebrates the bra and everything it stands for--giving girls the information, inspiration and support they need to make the most of their assets!

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Can't read it........2007-10-03

This book has way too much information in it and the type is only 10 or even 8. I really wanted to read it, but I just couldn't read the words so small and all squished.

Bra: A Thousand Years Of Style, Support & Seduction.......2007-03-25

Very helpful, and has alot of wonderful information.

Pedersen is excellent researcher.......2005-12-05

Although the cover insinuates tittilation, the information packed into this book is historically accurate and detailed, with photographs backing up information. The book is logically laid out and would be a perfect part of any woman's studies course or project for such a class. The presentation is such that this would also make a conversational coffee table book - espcially when combined with other Pedersen books like "Shoes". Highly recommended.

History made fashionable.......2005-04-06

Though this is a history of breast treatments (it includes binding and corsets which pre-date the bra), Bra: A Thousand Years of Style, Support & Seduction is also a social commentary, explaining what it must've been like to live in the various eras before our own. The art is amazing--and fun.

Sexy and smart.......2005-04-02

What a fun book! You get a heaping helping of history--Pedersen has really done her research--as well as gorgeous art. This would make a great gift for the fashionista in your life

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Bra Fashions By Stephanie
Seymour Chwast
Manufacturer: Warner Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0446670502

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E.V.E ProtoMecha, the story of a cold and calculating cybernetic tool of destruction that progresses to embody the powerful essence of humanity as it has never been witnessed before. E.V.E ProtoMecha broke sales records when released in periodical form - with its stunning artwork, gripping story and vibrant colors it was a video-game on paper. This is the first Trade paperback printing of this modern masterpeice.

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What A Wonderful Gift for Mom and Baby!.......2000-03-31

This book is illustrated by my brother, of whom I am very proud. The illustrations are first rate and had me rolling on the floor laughing. I am sending it to my two girlfriends who are pregnant. This is a wonderful gift for anyone who is pregnant or who has a pregnant friend or family member. Help bring some humor into what can be a very long and emotional nine months!

Very funny writing. Hysterical cartoons - best I've seen!.......1999-06-16

This is a great book! Anyone who has ever been (or is thinking about becoming) preganant should own this book! Even dads will love it! Furthermore, any publishers who like the illustrative style of this book's cartoons should get in touch with the artist for freelance work -- he's a very hard worker and has a true knack for capturing funny situations in a very creative way.

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It's hard to overrate Howard Hawks, the extraordinary film director whose credits include the classics Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Red River, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Rio Bravo. Hawks directed Cary Grant in most of his best comedies, and John Wayne in many of his best Westerns. He was instrumental in furthering the careers of Angie Dickinson, James Caan, Jane Russell, and Marilyn Monroe. Fortunately, the critical writing on Hawks is excellent and this book collects the best of it. With essays by Graham Greene, James Agee, Andre Bazin, Jaques Rivette, Robin Wood, Andrew Sarris, Molly Haskell, Hawks's screenwriter Leigh Brackett, Stanley Cavell, and Laura Mulvey, this will surely be the single most important book on Hawks for many years to come.

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Howard Hawks, American Artist.
JIM (ED.) HILLIER
Manufacturer: See notes
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RRA4TS

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Written over a period of twelve years and published in magazines and anthologies, these beautiful poems of place and Abenaki Indian heritage are addressed to the land, to the poet's two sons James and Jesse, to his wife Carol, and to himself. A few poems invoking the land join others of close observation of the natural world of native New England and the poet's meditations upon it. In its essence, the land and culture Bruchac celebrates is not lost to him, but is a heritage to be passed on through his family. In a second section, "Traveling Stories," the well-traveled poet views creatures and events from his perspective. In these encounters a notable fact emerges: Bruchac is always at home, always centered, no matter what he encounters. Humpback whales, a forest fire from the air, medicine bundles in a museum in South Dakota are all felt through the same wise sensibility and yield understanding for the reader as well as the writer.

Meditations on the land and heritage of the New England Abenaki Indians from award-winning native writer Joseph Bruchac.

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The Open Defense is under a Cloud

Excellent Work

A very solid introduciton

Open Ruy Lopez
Glen Flear
Manufacturer: Everyman Chess
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 185744261X

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The Open Ruy Lopez (also known as the Open Spanish) has always been a popular choice both at club level and at grandmaster level, where it has withstood the test of time after decades of close scrutiny. It offers both sides the opportunity for a sharp clash of forces in which the better prepared player will often come out on top. It is therefore no surprise that such fighting players as Victor Korchnoi and Jan Timman have always used the Open Ruy Lopez as an important weapon in their armory. Written by leading author Grandmaster Glenn Flear, this book explains the basic elements, strategies and tactics for both sides and offers an accessible, digestible blend of explanatory and theoretical material.

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The Open Defense is under a Cloud.......2002-06-20

The Open Ruy Lopez has been played by many famous Grandmasters since the end of the nineteenth century. It has been used in World Championship contests by Schlecter in 1910, Euwe in 1935 and 1948, Korchnoi in 1978 and 1981, and Anand in 1995. Timman and Yusupov have contributed many ideas to enrich this opening, although the hero of the Open Spanish has to be Viktor Korchnoi. The variation seemed to bring out the best features of his complex counterattacking style. Flear's book, together with Mikhail Krasenkov's older (1995) book "The Open Spanish" present the interesting development of this line. Flear's book has many games played in the late 1990's, while Krasenkov's has many older historic games. I have been looking for a defense based on the reply 1..e5 for some time now. My goal is to find a defense that I can play against a strong players, who, I will assume, have studied Opening Theory in depth. Sadly, I have come to the conclusion that the Open Ruy Lopez is not going to be it. Flear, while trying to be objective, is, I believe, too enthusiastic about the merits of the Open Defense. This is understandable, as he has spent a long time mastering it. I think that anyone who has the ability and practice of using books like The Open Ruy Lopez can quickly sift through the material (This does not imply gaining mastery of it by any means) and identify the critical variations. Any opening book that misses key lines or tries to disguise them is of questionable worth. Flear, to his credit, helps the reader find key positions, his book is well laid out in this regard. Looking at the opening from the Black side, it is clear that the critical line starts with 9 Nbd2. Flear is too optimistic of the possibilities for Black here. If a player of the Black pieces is willing to endure a worse ending and try to make a draw, then the Open is, I think, still a viable choice, but if you are seeking a confrontation with good chances of counterplay and a possible win, then the Open is in trouble. There is an ongoing trend among the SuperGrandmasters to find ways to suffocate a potentially dynamic defense. The Dragon, the Benoni, the Alekhine, among many, have suffered from this approach by White players. The Open has come under the same suffocating attack. It is a testament to its dynamic features that it lasted so long. The line 9 Nbd2 has been around forever, but in 1978 Anatoly Karpov adopted it against Korchnoi and hit him with a shocking piece sacrifice 11 Ng5!. This move is credited to the mind of Karpov's trainer Igor Zaitsev, but I suspect Mikhail Tal did early analysis on it as well. Somehow Korchnoi survived but when Challenger Anand tried to withstand the attack in 1995 Kasparov smashed him in a game that sounded the Death Knell of the Open Ruy Lopez. Shirov-Timman 1996 helped undermine another line, that, if Flear is correct, is now winning for white. Only Sokolov's 11 Bd5 move seemed playable, but this has no winning chances for black, (unless somehow white blows a fuse in a sacrificial attack against the black position, I think it more likely black will lose after Nxf7.) I think the clearest indication the line 9 Nbd2 Nc5 10 c3 d4?! 11 Ng5!! is trouble for black is that GM's have stopped playing it. Instead they have fallen back on the old Berlin variation with 10...Be7 11 Bc2 Bg4 12 Re1. This line is where the true theoretical verdict on the viability of the Open Ruy Lopez lies. If Black can get decent positions here then all would be ok. In fact, since that day in 1978 many Grandmaster games have been fought here, and Black held his own, until the late 1990s, as the theory of the lines here (with 12..Qd7 and 12..0-0) developed twenty five moves deep or so, and move orders became more refined, gradually Blacks counterplay is stifled. The Qd7 lines, in which Korchnoi won some tough hand to hand battles, look untenable now. Theory has moved beyond Flear here and it looks even worse for Black. The lines with 12..0-0 look a bit safer but I have trouble seeing how Black can find many winning chances here, he has to go into contortions just to hang on. I laugh when someone recommends the Open for beginners to teach them the dynamics of chess. While I think the Open is a very strong weapon if played against someone unfamiliar with its fine points, the thought of a novice trying to hold some the positions in the Berlin variation is laughable. Perhaps one point in its favor is that if the White player must play to win against the Open then perhaps he should avoid the possible endgames that can follow 9 Nbd2. 9 c3 Bc5 offers a sharper game where both sides have chances, but white can probably get an edge in the key lines. If everyone played 9 c3 the Open would be played alot more. As it stands today I cannot recall a Super GM game with the Open at a major classical Tournament this year. The only Spanish line seen regularly are the Anti-Marshall (see GM Adams) or World Champion Kramnik's Berlin Defense (not to be confused with the Berlin variation of the Open) Otherwise the Petroff is the safe e5 defense of choice at high level. Players like Shirov have dabbled with the Archangel but it seems too unstable to really tell what the state of theory is at any given time (maybe that is a good thing for dynamic black players.) The Berlin defense, while complex, does not fit the image of "dynamic conterattack" The Marshall Attack, does, but few are willing to tace it and avoid it with set-ups that can be almost as troubling as these Open Ruy Lopez lines. Poor Nigel Short had a rough time in 1993 playing this against Kasparov. The Berlin did hold up for Kramnik in his match, although Kasparov showed signed of improvement in Astania, defeating Kramnik and the "Berlin Wall". I am left still seeking a defense against 1 e4. I have doubts about those who claim 1..e5 is better than the Sicilian. What else can Black play if he wants to win? the Alekhine? Yikes..However I have not given up yet on 1..e5. But I will wait for a new champion to emerge, following the path blazed by Korchnoi and Yusupov, to lift the Open Ruy Lopez out of the mud and lead the way for all of us. When that day comes I will be the first to join in playing ...5 Nxe4!

Excellent Work.......2001-08-21

This is an excellent work for anyone looking to play the Black side of the Open Ruy. It uses complete games with fairly deep analysis, and seems to cover all the lines (something that can't be said about that many opening books now-a-days). I wouldn't recommend this book though to someone that doesn't have a thorough understanding of positional play, as a lot of lines lead to imbalances that are much too complex for a beginner (the Dilworth Attack comes to mind, with Black getting a pawn (sometimes 2) and a rook for 2 pieces, and yet White still gets the minimal advantage due to the bishop pair).

The other good thing is the book isn't biased to one side or the other, though to me it would seem to be a bit too detailed to be extremely effective to study from the White side unless you have all the time in the world, given that White also has to know the Closed Variation, Steinitz, Old Steinitz, Schlieman, and Bird Variations, just to name a few.

The other plus for this book is that it includes many games on lines in which Black must play exact just to survive (for example, the variation where White sacrifices his knight on g5 gets a few games coverage), and explains why the moves that fail truly fail.

A must have for anyone that plays the open ruy as Black.

A very solid introduciton.......2000-07-08

This is a very solid introduciton to a fun opening. Flear should be commended especially for the time he spends at the end of the book addressing lines which make rare appearances in Grandmaster play but which the casual player will encounter often (such as 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Re1?!) and can have a lot of sting if you don't know how to handle them.

The book is built around illustrative games and while it strives for theoretical accuracy, Flear is clearly writing for the player of the black pieces. He makes some unusual recommendations (such as the Dilworth Gambit, where black gives up two minor pieces for a rook and pawn).

Like all opening books, this one is probably a waste of your time and money if you don't already have a solid understanding of tactical and endgame fundamentals. But if you do and you're looking for an alternative to the theory-intensive Marshall attack, which allows black to play for the win and avoid the tradiitonal "Spanish Torture," then the Open Lopez may be for you, and this book is as good a starting point as you're likely to find.

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Understanding the Open Games (Except Ruy Lopez)

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This book explains the logical basis of every chess move, idea, and variation in every important opening system, showing how each move plays its necessary part in the system's logical structure. The discussion, sometimes extending as far as the endgame, is presented in plain English, avoiding obscure move-analysis and imprecise symbols.

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Spanish Ruy Lopez Open
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Understanding The Open Games (except Ruy Lopez)
Edmar; Solits, Andy; Hartston, William; Peters, Jack Mednis
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Understanding the Open Games (Except Ruy Lopez)
Mednis, Peters and Hartson Soltis
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PHR/SPHR Professional in Human Resources Certification Study Guide by Anne Bogardus

Not a study guide at all

HRCI Certification Guide Ninth Edition
Raymond B. Weinberg
Manufacturer: Society For Human Resource Management
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ASIN: 1586440640

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This thorough test preparation guide is an ideal tool for human resources professionals preparing for certification as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and is the only guide prepared by the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI), the certifying body for these exams. A topical outline of the body of knowledge of human resource management, from which the certification examinations are drawn, is featured, including management staffing, family and social issues that affect the workplace, employee rights, and international competition. Tips for exam preparation, a practice exam, a bibliography, and reference lists are also included.

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thanks for the quick turnaround.......2007-04-10

I recieved my books very quickly - I appreciate your service because this book does lie out the basics of the exam.

Overrated.......2007-01-04

The HRCI is an incestuous organization more interested in financially preying on others in the HR community than actually sharing HR knowledge. If it were not so, they would not charge such exhorbitant fees for their learning systems and guides. The pracitce questions and answers in this guide may help prepare for the PHR/SPHR exam, but you should see if you can find a used copy or borrow one, rather than buy a new copy. While the HRCI will tout "new content", it isn't worth the cost of the new copy.

Kristina.......2006-03-21

I took the PHR/SPHR certification class. The class did not prep me all that well. I relied on reading & re-reading the textbooks and the HRCI Cert. Guide. The questions in the Cert. Guide were extremely useful because they were very similar to the questions I had on the PHR exam. I disregarded the rest of the book. All in all, a very smart & useful purchase.

PHR/SPHR Professional in Human Resources Certification Study Guide by Anne Bogardus.......2006-02-18

For many years, I have coordinated a study group for human resource individuals taking the PHR/SPHR certification test.
I would not recommend this book. There are statements and questions in the text that do not go into enough depth to be able to study from this book and pass the certification exam.

One example can be found on page 350, question 8, "Which of the following injuries or illnesses is considered work-related?" Under OSHA you have "reportable" and "recordable" accidents. The wording in the question is not complete.

Another example is "disparate impact". The term is defined with two lines of text within the book, however, no examples or details are given on how to determine if there was disparate impact.

I have heard from other certified individuals in our local area who purchased this book and will not use it as a source of study to pass the PHR/SPHR certification exam.

Not a study guide at all.......2003-11-26

This book contains a 125-question practice exam, with answers and rationale behind the answers for each question. Most other information in the book can be obtained from the HRCI website, without buying a book. It is worth buying for the practice exam (taking the HRCI practice exam online costs $45), but not as anything other than a practice test.

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