Gopher Baroque and Other Beastly Conceits

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A Good entry in a scholarly series.......2006-09-07

I usually prefer line drawings of costume: while the merits of showing contemporary drawings are clear, the reader is too often left to attempt to draw conclusions from small picture, frequently in black-and-white, described somewhat vaguely in jargon. "Note the sitter's fumpow ... " the description is likely to say, leaving one to wonder what exactly that is and where it is worn: is it a hat, a sleeve, a shoe? Frequently, even unabridged dictionaries are little help in sorting out the terminology, even if they contain the word. "Kirtle" meant different things at different times.

This series, The Visual History of Costume, uses historic drawings, in an effective manner. The descriptive captions are very clearly written. There is a glossary, with references to plates illustrating the item described. The authors also attempt to place the styles precisely within the century. The picture may show, for example, an elderly sitter and explain that the clothing would not have been in style at the time of the painting, but that it was common for older people to continue wearing styles from their youth. Most of the clothing is middle- and upperclass styles. A more detailed description is in the ProductWiki.

The pictures in this case are both a strength and a weakness. The pictures are carefully selected to show variant styles, back details, etc. Unfortunately, some are so badly reproduced that the details are difficult to see.

A good reference work for someone interested in the fashion of the period.

The Eighteenth Century (A Visual History of Costume)

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The Eighteenth Century (A Visual History of Costume)
Aileen Ribeiro
Manufacturer: B.T. Batsford Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

ASIN: 0713440910

A Visual History of Costume: The Eighteenth Century

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A Visual History of Costume: The Eighteenth Century

Manufacturer: Batsford/Drama
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HJIBFU

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Before the outbreak of the colony war, forces were working to shape the future and prepare its players, the Gundam pilots, for war. As children, each of the pilots — Duo, Heero, Trowa, Quatre, and Chang — endured extraordinary hardships. This episode visits their youth when the events of a universe gone mad makes desperation just another part of daily life and shows what motivates these young warriors to keep fighting.

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can't help it.......2007-01-14

I can't help it I just love those gundam boys....though this was a little confusing... i got it in time....

This is what all Gundam Fans Want.......2006-03-06

Every Anime fan who wonders what happened to the characters before the series when it isn't completely covered, want a book or movie that explains it all to sate that thirst for more information. Every single book lover has that too. And this is that book for Gundam fans who have seen the series and want that tiny bit of information left out of the original series.

In this book, the childhood tales of all the main characters: The five Gundam Pilots and Relena plus many more. As the deaths of the comrades and friends of the pilots bring them to grief, it brings them closer to being the deadly people who have virtually nothing to loose, and that makes them even more dangerous.
This book is what really shapes the series, besides the movie "Endless Waltz," which I highly reccommend, and it gives the human side of the characters who are slightly vague in the series. The series was excellent and this completes the story.
Two Thumbs up!

A Must Have.......2005-01-28

This book is the only Official Manga of Gundam Wing. It was not incorporated into the episodes so it was made in a manga format.
It answers all of your questions about the 49 episodes and Endless Waltz. The price is good so its a good buy.

kickassgundam.......2004-07-11

this book is good for any fan(like me). it tells the tale of all the gundam boys' pasts. the only problem is that its got Relena's story and i dont give a damn about her. plus it leaves you with this story that takes place after End Walts but all in all it's a good book but buy End Walts with it couse this leaves out some stuff.

Buy This...NOW!!!!.......2003-09-18

This is an awsome manga! When I first started to read this, I thought,"Okay, so another great manga to read!" but I was far off from what should have been said. It's more than great! I really can't describe it in actual words... The eyes, among the other various places hard to draw on the face in manga style, are incredibly detailed. The artist took a lot of time making things just perfect, and it really shows. The emotion of Mobile Suit Fighter GUNDAM Wing: Episode Zero is unbelievable, and the bishounen (Pretty Boys, you know, what girls consider sexy) will keep even girls reading. There are a bunch of different stories in this book, explaining Duo Maxwell, Hiro Yui, Trowa Barton, and others pasts up to the beginning of GUNDAM Wing. If you like GUNDAM Wing, or any of the GUNDAM series (or just great art), pick up this book; it's worth a read or two!!!

Gundam Wing Episode Zero #6 Comic (Episode Zero)

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Gundam Wing Episode Zero #6 Comic (Episode Zero)
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Manufacturer: Viz Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic

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Incredible Gundam Wing comic from the terrific Episode Zero series. Gorgeous graphics. A must have for any anime fan!

Gundam Wing Episode Zero #7 Comic (Episode Zero)

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Gundam Wing Episode Zero #7 Comic (Episode Zero)
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Manufacturer: Viz Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic

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Incredible Gundam Wing comic from the terrific Episode Zero series. Gorgeous graphics. A must have for any anime fan!

Gundam Wing : Episode Zero (Written in Japanese)

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Gundam Wing : Episode Zero (Written in Japanese)
Gakken Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic

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Gundam Wing Episode Zero #1
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Manufacturer: Viz Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic

General | Manga | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books

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Black & white comic book published by Viz Comics. Translated Japanese manga title bound in a left-to-right Western comic book format.

Gundam Wing Episode Zero #2 Comic (Episode Zero)

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Gundam Wing Episode Zero #2 Comic (Episode Zero)
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Manufacturer: Viz Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic

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Incredible Gundam Wing comic from the terrific Episode Zero series. Gorgeous graphics. A must have for any anime fan!

Gundam Wing Episode Zero #4 Comic (Episode Zero)

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Gundam Wing Episode Zero #4 Comic (Episode Zero)
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Manufacturer: Viz Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic

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Incredible Gundam Wing comic from the terrific Episode Zero series. Gorgeous graphics. A must have for any anime fan!

Gundam Wing Episode Zero #5 Comic (Episode Zero)

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Gundam Wing Episode Zero #5 Comic (Episode Zero)
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Manufacturer: Viz Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic

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Incredible Gundam Wing comic from the terrific Episode Zero series. Gorgeous graphics. A must have for any anime fan!

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Gundam Wing: Episode Zero

Manufacturer: Tandem Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Mike's sweetie.......2002-03-18

Most new parents don't think the first 12 months of parenthood is a laughing matter...till they read this collection of 101 cartoons by Lynn Johnston. There's something about sleepless nights and babbling days that seems a lot funnier in a cartoon book.

Parenthood.......2000-10-20

This is a very fuuny book. It makes you see the lighter side of parenthood. I laughed through and through. What makes it more appealing is that over 20 years later I have experienced the same things that Lynn Johnston wrote about then.

Hi Mom! Hi Dad!: The First Twelve Months of Parenthood

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Hi Mom! Hi Dad!: The First Twelve Months of Parenthood
Lynn Johnston
Manufacturer: Meadowbrook Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Psychology & Counseling | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0881661899

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Hi Mom Hi Dad
Lynn Johnston
Manufacturer: Pma Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0887781578

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Hi mom! Hi dad!: 101 cartoons
Lynn Franks Johnston
Manufacturer: P. Martin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006D1F4G

Hi Mom! Hi Dad! 101 Cartoons for New Parents

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Hi Mom! Hi Dad! 101 Cartoons for New Parents
Lynn Johnston
Manufacturer: Stoddard Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K08VZG

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Hi Mom! Hi Dad!
Lynn Johnston
Manufacturer: Pma Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JG7C2Y

Book Description

In discussions of postcolonial nationhood and cultural identity, Taiwan is often overlooked. Yet the island—with its complex history of colonization—presents a particularly fascinating case of the struggle to define a “nation.” While the mainland Chinese government has been unequivocal in its resistance to Taiwanese independence, in Taiwan, government control has gradually passed from mainland Chinese immigrants to the Taiwanese themselves. Two decades of democratization and the arrival of consumer culture have made the island a truly global space. Envisioning Taiwan sorts through these complexities, skillfully weaving together history and cultural analysis to give a picture of Taiwanese identity and a lesson on the usefulness and the limits of contemporary cultural theory.

Yip traces a distinctly Taiwanese sense of self vis-à-vis China, Japan, and the West through two of the island’s most important cultural movements: the hsiang-t’u (or “nativist”) literature of the 1960s and 1970s, and the Taiwanese New Cinema of the 1980s and 1990s. At the heart of the book are close readings of the work of the hsiang-t’u writer Hwang Chun-ming and the New Cinema filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien. Key figures in Taiwan’s assertion of a national identity separate and distinct from China, both artists portray in vibrant detail daily life on the island. Through Hwang’s and Hou’s work and their respective artistic movements, Yip explores “the imagining of a nation” on the local, national, and global levels. In the process, she exposes a perceptible shift away from traditional models of cultural authenticity toward a more fluid, postmodern hybridity—an evolution that reflects both Taiwan’s peculiar multicultural reality and broader trends in global culture.

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This timely volume, written by Spin magazine contributing author David Kushner, offers easy steps for finding, downloading, creating, and listening to music on any PC. Cybercasts, MP3, and Internet radio are among the hot trends covered in this fun and easy guide, which also includes tips on tweaking systems for optimal performance and locating the best tunes online. The CD-ROM contains links to online music sites, software for making and listening to music files, and more.

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Good Book.......2000-08-26

This is darn near the best book I have ever read on this subject. It is jam packed with useful tips and treasures. After reading this book I came away feeling like an expert. I can't wait for the next book in this series. Wahoo!

Music on theinternet-easy for everyone.......2000-08-01

As a novice, I was looking for some information on how to tap into the new internet music technology. This book gave me the answers in simple and interesting language. I was able, without a technical background to log onto the net and find many more music sites than I ever thought possible. I have used Dummies books before and found them very useful. This book is no exception. I am also familiar with the author becuae I have been reading his articles in the Circuits section of The New York Times...He is very knowledgeable and readable.

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Musica Online Para Dummies
David Kushner
Manufacturer: Grupo Editorial Norma
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Spanish | Foreign Language Nonfiction | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

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Check list of early American bottles and flasks,
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Manufacturer: Stephen Van Rensselaer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B00087HOZE

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Early American bottles and flasks
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Manufacturer: J. E. Edwards
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006CO5XA

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Early American Glass Bottles and Flasks: Including Eagle, Violin, Historical, Log Cabin, Jenny Lind, Railroad and Other Rare Examples Collected By Prince Cantacuzene [Parke-Bernet Auction Catalogue, Nov. 5, 1948]

Manufacturer: NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000F9LE1K

Product Description

Collection owned by: Prince Michael Cantacuzene, prerevolutionary Russian general and former husband of Julia Dent Grant, granddaughter of President Ulysses S. Grant; in Sarasota, Fla. Prince Cantacuzene met Julia Grant, daughter of onetime (1888-93) Ambassador to Austria-Hungary Major General Frederick D. Grant, at Cannes, married her in 1899, and was divorced by her in 1934, spent his last years as a Florida bank executive and manager of agricultural holdings. 36 pp. Original green wraps w/ title on front cover. Staple bound. b/w plates; 244 Lots; not all illus.

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Early American Bottles and Flasks
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Manufacturer: Stephen Van Rensselaer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LRD1H6

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Featuring a foreword by George GilderThe Qualcomm Equation provides readers with a fascinating inside look at how a small company stormed the burgeoning wireless industry and grew into a global multibillion-dollar powerhouse in less than a decade. This book examines how Qualcomm became so successful, chronicling the early history of the company, then provides an in-depth analysis of Qualcomm's business model. Through this eye-opening, real-life case study, readers will learn:* how the company pioneered and commercialized a new technology in record time...and made it an industry standard* how Qualcomm's revolutionary business model relied on licensing this technology * key business strategies that enabled Qualcomm to leapfrog the competition* how companies can encourage and use innovation to dominate their marketsIn addition to describing the development of the wireless industry over the last few decades, The Qualcomm Equation is a riveting look at a one-of-a-kind company.

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History of CDMA .......2007-02-09

Good general overview of how CDMA was born and the history that has lead the company up to this point. Needed more detail around the complexities of licensing CDMA technology and the behind the door events than transformed the industry. Too general in some senses but a good read for someone looking to understand the wireless business.

Story of how the Telecom Industry was Revolutionized.......2005-05-06

Dave Mock did an excellent job of giving a good, accurate telling story of how a small start-up company in San Diego revolutionized the telecom industry. The book does not talk so much about the company, the technology, or the business model that made it successful, but rather describes in more narrative manner of the story behind the scenes, its history dating back from decades ago. The book describes in details the numerous technical and business challenges that Qualcomm encountered during the early stages of the endeavor and how the company managed to overcome these obstacles.

Although Qualcomm's story is about how CDMA came about, the book is suitable for both the technical and non-technical audiences as it circumspect more about the entrepreneurship side and what made it work for a group of renowned academic individuals in becoming businessmen. The book is suitable for readers in the wireless industry as well as entrepreneurs trying to look for key ingredients in starting a successful company.

An important work on IS-95.......2005-04-24

In The Qualcomm Equation Dave Mock does an excellent job of reporting the company's technological and financial history. The first half of the book,"The Radical Technology Solution", interweaves different story lines as well as Brooks did when he presented AT&T's complicated history in Telephone. Mock handles well the difficult job of keeping a cogent narrative flowing while discussing different elements: the founders, their funding, the competition, and the technology itself.

As with Brooks, Mock is not an employee of the company he writes about, nor is this a corporate sponsored biography. Still, having been granted special access to Qualcomm people and papers, he seems at times too favorable to Qualcomm, jeopardizing the validity of conclusions he draws. Never-the-less, the factual reporting he presents is quite strong; there is information here on CDMA development in mobile telephony not found anywhere else.

Part Two: The Intellectual Property Business, explores how IP promotion and control helped Qualcomm become a worldwide company. It's fascinating, to a degree, but I am a technology historian, not a business manager. I feel unable to comment on Part Two's validity but it is obviously well researched.

Gripes? A bizarre Foreword from George Gilder. You'll see :-) And a one-sided approach to covering Qualcomm which is perhaps a structural problem; this book wasn't meant to be a comparative history or to tell the story of another company. Q's decision to withhold payment to Korea's ETRI, later overturned in arbitration to the cost of $80 million, for example, could be viewed as a smart decision by Q to save their stockholders money, or a robber-baron like action intent on defrauding a group that had a legitimate right to be paid. A reader of this book can't tell because we don't have ETRI's position. Nor Qualcomm's legal department. The success of Qualcomm may indeed be based on all the positive things Mock tells us, but it also could be founded, in part, on aggressive lawyers and a bankroll big enough to buy out or shut down competition when threatened.

Positives? An excellent index. Nice, bright paper. A good bibliography and a detailed time-line. 231 pages of good information. Most important, the arrival of Dave Mock as a first class technology historian.

While the history of TDMA based GSM and IS-54/IS-136 is documented in hardcopy and on the web, CDMA based IS-95 has not been covered well until now. This book should be considered an essential title for anyone working in or investigating cellular radio.

If you want to know how Qualcomm became Qualcomm, this is it.......2005-04-08

Qualcomm is the Microsoft of the telecoms industry, for better and for worse. You either love the company or you hate the company; I'm leaning toward the latter, so please keep this in mind.

First, you have to give the company credit for getting to where it is today. Dave Mock does an excellent and meticulous job of documenting Qualcomm's against-all-odds rise to the top of the telecoms industry. I did not realize the degree to which Qualcomm relied on government business in the early days and also did not realize just how close the company came to missing the cellular boat completely. Back when Europe set in place one standard and many in the US wanted to follow suit, Qualcomm stuck to its guns.

And I think that the US is better off for it.

By and large, the mixed-standards "mess" that we have in the US has turned out to be a pretty good thing. Because of competing standards, we have EV-DO, which is a much-faster technology than single-standard Europe has to offer. Competing technologies keeps everyone on their toes, and Qualcomm has certainly kept the GPRS vendors on their toes. Dave Mock does a great job of documenting this drama and making sense of the very complex technical standards and jargon.

Mock is perhaps too kind to Qualcomm, particularly in the latter years, as the vendor transforms from David to Goliath. For example, the company has been in an all-out war with Wi-Fi and WiMAX over the past three years, and it is only recently that we now see the company starting to co-opt some of the same technology underlying WiMAX. Qualcomm recently ditched its much-hyped EVDV technology when it became brutally apparent that carriers want IP and big pipes, something WiMAX was designed to address from the ground up. I find Qualcomm to be a little lost these days, as if it is searching for another big bully to take on again; the trouble is, Qualcomm is now the big bully and it's taking on the types of innovators that it once was.

That said, anyone in the telecoms industry who wants to know how Qualcomm got to be Qualcomm should read this book.

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