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Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past
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Children and Childhood in Classical Athens (Ancient Society and History)
ASIN: 0300099606 |
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What was childhood like in ancient Greece? What activities and games did Greek children embrace? How were they schooled and what religious and ceremonial rites of passage were key to their development? These fascinating questions and many more are answered in this groundbreaking book-the first English-language study to feature and discuss imagery and artifacts relating to childhood in ancient Greece. Coming of Age in Ancient Greece shows that the Greeks were the first culture to represent children and their activities naturalistically in their art. Here we learn about depictions of children in myth as well as life, from infancy to adolescence. This beautifully illustrated book features such archaeological artifacts as toys and gaming pieces alongside images of them in use by children on ancient vases, coins, terracotta figurines, bronze and stone sculpture, and marble grave monuments. Essays by eminent scholars in the fields of Greek social history, literature, archaeology, anthropology, and art history discuss a wide range of topics, including the burgeoning role of childhood studies in interdisciplinary studies; the status of children in Greek culture; the evolution of attitudes toward children from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period as documented by literature and art; the relationships of fathers and sons and mothers and daughters; and the roles of cult practice and death in a child's existence. This delightful book illuminates what is most universal and specific about childhood in ancient Greece and examines childhood's effects on Greek life and culture, the foundation on which Western civilization has been based.
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A Good Overview.......2007-05-08
The book provides a complete discussion of childhood images from the Classical Period with ample illustrations. The discussion of the significance of childhood images is also covered in detail.
Alan Safani
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Nice Book, if a Bit Outdated.......2003-08-30
This book is really nice, very informative, laid-out well and its information is very clear and fairly easy to follow. While it's a textbook, and therefore its primary audience is students of design, a skilled sewer will find this book to be very helpful nontheless. It's definitely for the beginner pattern-maker, and that's why it's successful not only as a text book but as a simple instruction book as well.
It outlines a brief (i.e. a few paragraphs) history of pattern making. Then it outlines all the tools (oak tag, pattern paper, french curves, hip curves etc.) of pattern making and how those tools are used. Next the book discusses darts, gathers and other ways to fit and add fullness to garments. After these introductions to pattern-making and fitting, MacDonald addresses the basics of EVERY TYPE of garment you will ever want to make! Seriously.
She addresses bodices, variations on bodices, darting for different figures, and then goes on to sleeves (variations on sleeves include cowl, raglan, kimono, lantern, leg o mutton and more!). She addresses variations and fitting techniques for the following: bodices, sleeves, necklines, pants, shorts, skirts (every skirt you've ever heard of and some you haven't!), tunics and dresses, collars, cuffs and closures!
While some of the techniques are a little outdated fashion-wise, (lantern sleeves and sweet-heart necklines - yuck!) the important thing is that it teaches you how to make EVERYTHING which is great experience nonetheless. And once you're familiar with pattern making for the various pieces - you can use what you've learned to make EXACTLY what you want!
This is, in short, a very thorough and clear book.
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Since they first appeared in the 1950s, Thelwell's irresistible pony cartoons have captured the hearts of horse-lovers and children everywhere. This edition contains Thelwell's advice to aspiring equestrians on how to get into the saddle and stay there, illustrated with inimitable clarity and deadly humor.
Norman Thelwell's cartoons have delighted millions throughout the world. His portrayals of sporting pursuits, the life of the countryside and, of course, ponies, are the products of a unique comic genius. He died in February 2004.
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An Angel on Horseback
Ralph Byrne
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Angels on Horseback
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Angels on horseback
Frank P Crozier
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Jules Feiffer's America: From Eisenhower to Reagan
Jules Feiffer
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ASIN: 039471279X
Release Date: 1982-09-12 |
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Modern history, recorded as it happened........2004-12-22
Jules Feiffer is best known for his long-running cartoons in The Village Voice. Once a week, he would target racism (both the people for and against), religion (ditto), bohemian artistry (ditto), or the tribulations of modern life. Or, as shown here, presidents and politics.
This is a collection of his cartoons, spanning nearly 30 years. It's organized chronologically by president, an organization that itself carries information. From the complacency of the 50s, when "leisure" was a problem, through Viet Nam and most of the Cold War, up to Reagan's Movie America, this is almost a chronicle of American neuroses.
His cartoons of kids may be the most pointed. In some (p.187, for example), Feiffer digs at parental callousness and irresponsibility. In others, the unfortunate little ones are shown contorting themselves into blatantly ridiculous patterns of adult reasoning. In others (e.g. both on p.63) the child seems to be the one sane point in a world where sanity is not an asset.
These cartoons express ideas that are probably important to you. Maybe they echo your own beliefs, maybe they present the opposition - either way, they're important.
//wiredweird
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- BEST PORN REVIEW BOOK EVER!
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The Best of Gay Adult Video 1998: Mickey Skee's Dirty Dozens
Mickey Skee
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The Best of Gay Adult Video 2000: Mickey Skee's Dirty Dozen
ASIN: 188913810X |
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BEST PORN REVIEW BOOK EVER!.......2003-12-29
Yeah, I've read hetero and gay porn columns and reviews, subscribe to Adult Video News, etc, but this is the most fun I've had finding behind-the-scenes stories about what happened on the set.. and other funny stories. I like this, even though it's dated.
Other Reviewers are BIASED!.......1999-01-29
I've read Gay Chicago and Sticky Remote and RAD Video and all of them have a biased slant of reviewers of guys who seem to only give reviews if people SLEEP with them. Don't trust them, go to someone who seems to have a reputation for fairness and objectivity. You can't just give your FRIENDS good reviews, like others do. That's why Mickey Skee has a book, and others have nothing, or just one version of their books.If you want it fair and funny, this is it.roland!
More in-depth than other guidebooks.......1998-12-30
The Sticky Remote Guide, The Adam Gay Video Annual Guide, and Sabin's Gay Adult Video Guide are all worthwhile books. The first two are great for their photos and recommendations as well as their brief synopses of lots of films. Sabin's guide is very useful for containing info about a huge number of older films, and is very helpful to those who look for videos based on specific performers. The reason you also need Mickey Skee's book is because of the in-depth coverage and behind the scenes information he gives you on the best recent films. The photos are quite nice too. Definitely worth the investment.
I ordered a couple more for my friends.......1998-09-16
"I found the book very, very interesting and well written. I liked it so much ... I ordered a couple more for friends." -Joseph B. Martin (Los Angeles)
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"It is an excellent book!" -Gary Philip, Skinflicks
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Mel Bay's Premium Quality Manuscript Paper Ten-Stave Quire (24)
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Mel Bay's highly acclaimed, best-selling premium manuscript paper. Twenty-four sheets (96 pages) of 10-stave paper printed on beautiful, cream colored, high grade, heavy paper. Every detail in the production of this premium paper has been carefully planned and implemented. Probably the best value in manuscript paper on the market.
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great game!.......2003-02-14
great game!!1, it offers a lot of freedom and puts you in the seat of the greatest movie written!!
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The most cutting-edge read on CDO and credit market structures
Collateralized Debt Obligations and Structured Finance provides a state-of-the-art look at the exploding CDO and structured credit products market. Financial expert Janet Tavakoli examines securitization topics never before seen in print, including the huge increase in the CDO arbitrage created by synthetics; the tranches most at risk from this new technology; dumping securitizations on bank balance sheets; the abuse of offshore vehicles by companies such as Enron; and securitizations made possible by new securitization techniques and the introduction of the Euro. This valuable guide comprehensively covers one of the fastest growing markets on Wall Street, predicting where new bank regulations and other developments may lead to product growth or product extinction. While providing an overview of the market and its dynamic growth, Collateralized Debt Obligations and Structured Finance explores the types of products offered, hedging techniques, and valuation and risk/return issues associated with investment in CDOs and synthetic CDOs.
Janet M. Tavakoli, MBA (Chicago, IL), has over eighteen years of experience trading, structuring, and marketing derivatives and structured products with major financial institutions in New York and London. She is also the author of Credit Derivatives and Synthetic Structures, now in its Second Edition (0-471-41266-X).
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The most cutting-edge read on CDO and credit market structures
Collateralized Debt Obligations and Structured Finance provides a state-of-the-art look at the exploding CDO and structured credit products market. Financial expert Janet Tavakoli examines securitization topics never before seen in print, including the huge increase in the CDO arbitrage created by synthetics; the tranches most at risk from this new technology; dumping securitizations on bank balance sheets; the abuse of offshore vehicles by companies such as Enron; and securitizations made possible by new securitization techniques and the introduction of the Euro. This valuable guide comprehensively covers one of the fastest growing markets on Wall Street, predicting where new bank regulations and other developments may lead to product growth or product extinction. While providing an overview of the market and its dynamic growth, Collateralized Debt Obligations and Structured Finance explores the types of products offered, hedging techniques, and valuation and risk/return issues associated with investment in CDOs and synthetic CDOs.
Janet M. Tavakoli, MBA (Chicago, IL), has over eighteen years of experience trading, structuring, and marketing derivatives and structured products with major financial institutions in New York and London. She is also the author of Credit Derivatives and Synthetic Structures, now in its Second Edition (0-471-41266-X).
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Intriguing Expose of CDOs .......2006-01-05
The volume of collateralized debt obligations has ramped up so rapidly in recent years that the level of expertise needed to transact business in these products competently is very uneven. Experts often disagree on the basic terminology. Both of these related problems are linked to a third problem - opportunities for fraud. Tavakoli addresses this market's growing pains in this book.
Tavakoli tackles terminology at the very beginning and objects to the lazy practice of using the term "arbitrage" to refer to any hedged position that has made money such as referring to a long bond position being "arbitraged" by a short sale. A true arbitrage is a risk-free profit opportunity. Arbitrage language in the CDO context helps parties hide from themselves the fluctuating nature of the profit (and loss) conditions that they actually face. This is also true of "delta" hedging.
This is a recurring theme in this book: Participants first need to get the words right in order to get the concepts right, and they have to do both in order to get the numbers right. Another example is the "dual currency swap." A borrower receives one currency, pays coupons in another currency and has a final exchange of principal in a third currency. "Borrowers often perform this swap when they want to lower their all-in borrowing costs by taking on more currency risk," Ms. Tavakoli explains.
But the term "dual currency swap" also is used quite broadly for transactions in which fixed-rate bonds denominated in one currency simply are swapped for floating-rate bonds denominated in another. Ms. Tavakoli suggests that her readers should not assume that market professionals know the correct terminology. "Ask for the cash flow structure in writing, so you can determine the cash flows to see if they are consistent with the terminology as you understand it."
Tavakoli introduces a valuable distinction between timing and frequency, both terms important to the clear understanding of the cash flow that a contemplated transaction will produce. "It is not sufficient to state that I will get all of my cash back within the year," Ms. Tavakoli writes, explaining the distinction. "This is merely the timing of my ultimate receipt of cash flows. I want to know the frequency. Will I receive the cash flow in one lump sum toward the year-end, in equal monthly payments, or in a varied stream of payments over the course of the year? I'm not indifferent. This is why I emphasize timing and frequency."
This is an intriguing book. The market in collateralized debt obligations is complicated, subject to a miasma of human frailties. Hedge funds have entered this market in droves, particularly the synthetic market, and banks curry their favor as customers and competitors. As Tavakoli points out "find ways to become comfortable with alternative investors ... because this customer base is a key consumer of leveraged risk. They do not have the same regulatory capital constraints as banks."
Hedgers Manual.......2006-01-04
This book gives the best explanation I've ever read of the cash and synthetic collateralized debt obligations markets. Especially clear is the extra cash injection due to the large synthetic super senior tranche, which does not exist in the cash market. Tavakoli's book is the only one that discusses the language arbitrage and rating ambiguity. As a quant and delta hedger, I would have liked more on correlation trading and delta hedging, since this book pre-dates this, but the overview of how the cash flows work is excellent.
Creates More Questions than it Answers.......2006-01-03
Poorly written - poorly edited
This book needs a complete rewrite
Its more a collection of disjointed notes and facts than a book
If you don't understand CDOs before you read it - you won't after you read it
Straight Steering in Structured Finance.......2005-02-20
Even the experts have trouble understanding the various complex structures in the collateralized debt obligation market. In this book, Tavakoli does for CDOs what she did for Credit Derivatives. She makes sense of the confusing terminology, shines a bright light on the key issues, and discusses how to avoid the potential for fraud.
She clarifies what the rating agencies miss. For instance, in a dispute between a German bank and a British bank that was recently settled in London, the British bank was alleged to have misled the buyer and then taken advantage of the buyer by substituting fallen angels into the CDO portfolio. Rating agencies don't capture this type of risk. Tavakoli explains how ratings won't save investors, but paying careful attention to the portfolio trading constraints in the deal documentation will. She recommends rewriting any "standard" document that doesn't adequately protect an investor's interest by adding trading rules and restrictions (if it is allowed at all), reserve accounts, and other structural protections.
She also debunks the term CDO "arbitrage." This "arbitrage" is not risk-free for the investment banks who arrange these deals, but using this term gives comfort to bank managers who may be unaware of the hidden volatility in their trading portfolios. Very inconvenient when one can't transfer the risk to an unwary investor's portfolio. Tavakoli points out that single tranche CDOs in which one is long the super senior and equity and short the mezzanine tranche can turn the trading book into a delta hedging parking lot. She also points out that CDOs squared put you at risk for having some of the least advantageous structures stuffed as collateral into a portfolio. If it requires diligence and rewriting the documents to get a fair deal in a CDO, why would you accept tranches from deals that you didn't have a chance to rework? Put in this context, buyers of those types of deals should demand a huge premium. These deals are beyond the scope of meaningful ratings, and nearly impossible to properly model in the secondary market.
The language is precise, and as she points out it can even be more important than understanding the numbers, since overwhelming risk can come from inadequate documentation. If you are an investor, don't venture into the world of collateralized debt obligations without reading this book. If you are trading these tranches, this book will give you details about these products you won't find anywhere else.
Where was the editor?.......2004-09-02
As a novice to securitizations, I can't speak about the merits of this book in comparison to its peers. However, I will say that it is neither a reference book nor a novel. The overall structure and organization of the book was horrendous with stories leading nowhere and technical examples blurted out onto the page without thought to a fundamental theme or why they were offered. An example is not a good teaching lesson if it doesn't relate to a fundamental point.
I don't blame the author because she is obviously skilled and well informed. I do blame the editor for not reviewing the book more carefully. Wiley shame on you!
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