Perfect Likeness: European and American Portrait Miniatures from the Cincinnati Art Museum

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Diminutive marvels of artistry and fine craftsmanship, portrait miniatures reveal a wealth of information within their small frames. They can tell tales of cultural history and biography, of people and their passions, of evolving tastes in jewelry, fashion, hairstyles, and the decorative arts. Unlike many other genres, miniatures have a tradition in which amateurs and professionals have operated in parallel and women artists have flourished as professionals.
This richly illustrated book presents approximately 180 portrait miniatures selected from the holdings of the Cincinnati Art Museum, the largest and most diverse collection of its kind in North America. The book stresses the continuity of stylistic tradition across Europe and America as well as the vitality of the portrait miniature format through more than four centuries. A detailed catalogue entry, as well as a concise artist biography, appears for each object. Essays examine various aspects of miniature painting, of the depiction of costume in miniatures, and of the allied art of hair work.

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One of the most photographed subjects on earth, Grand Canyon continues to inspire awe, admiration, and frustration for those who attempt to capture its majesty with a camera. Reaching back 125 years into the photographic record of the Canyon, this book artfully explores the experiences of the earliest photographers and today's most exceptional artists.

Accomplished writer and Ansel Adams Award-winning photographer Stephen Trimble deftly navigates the stories of the Canyon's photographic history and takes us down the river and along the rim with the next generation of photographers and their photographs. Also included are twenty-one essays by the finest contemporary photographers recounting their experiences at Grand Canyon, along with fascinating details of changing equipment and a timeline of important moments in the Canyon's photographic record.

Customer Reviews:

Not what I thought.......2007-09-13

I bought this as a present for my wife. We had just returned from a trip that included a visit to the Grand Canyon, and I wanted to get her a memento of the visit. This book sounded good, but was not the one that included the beautiful vistas that we wanted. There are some photos too dark to really discern why they are included. There are some photos of a boat on the bank of the river. That could be from anywhere.
Although I suppose others may find it interesting, we didn't want a book of prose, we just wanted amazing photos. This was not that book.

The finest Grand Canyon book at the lowest price...........2007-02-15

This book is so awesome, and of such high quality, that its Amazon price seems surreal...I have two copies and am ordering a third, for posterity or whatever.

Intensely beautiful photographic prints, at the very leading edge of Canyon photos....almost beyond description!

If you buy one copy of this book, you'll then want another for a gift, and another for your own collection.....etc.

off the charts superb stunning startling good heavens.......2006-11-03

Yes, you would expect truly astounding photography here, and you get exactly that, in lots of different flavors too, but the stories are deft and revealing -- far more than in a book of photos alone of a place that you couldn't take a bad photo if you tried. Trimble himself is a master craftsman with the camera, but his service here is to gather some really remarkable work and voices into a tome that anyone who has gaped and prayed there will want to paw through before you get major brownie points for giving it to someone else. Terrific work.

Review by Jennifer Owings Dewey, author/illustrator.......2006-09-28

Lasting Light is a treasure, a compilation of photographs taken of the Crand Ganyon over a broad stretch of time. The viewer/reader may gain a sense of history, passing from the old to the new. The book is an experience in images of the vast wonder of the Canyon and the smallest, most discreet detail. Because the text is direct and not-technical, anyone interested in what is grand and lit by extraordinary light, the Grand Canyon itself, will find this work a delight.

A superb choice as a Memorial Fund acquisition for any library system.......2006-07-10

Lasting Light: 125 Years Of Grand Canyon Photography by award-winning author and photographer Stephen Trimble is a visual celebration and documentation of the beauty and grandeur of one of the most photographed subjects on earth -- the Grand Canyon. Comprised of the best of 125 years of great photographs beginning with the pioneering glass plate negatives of the 19th century to the digital images of the 21st century, Lasting Light produces spectacular visuals enhanced with an accompanying text of fascinating details regarding the advances of photography, stories of various individual photographers, and the relationship between the photographers and the unique American icon that is the Grand Canyon. As a coffetable art book, Lasting Light is a simply wonderful contribution to any personal, academic, or community library photography reference collection and would make a superb choice as a Memorial Fund acquisition for any library system.

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Exquisite pictures and discussion of technique
Wow!
You should make great photos with this book.
Far from Instructional
Not what I had hoped for - but OK

Large Format Nature Photography
Jack Dykinga
Manufacturer: Amphoto Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0817441573

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Exquisite pictures and discussion of technique.......2007-02-13

This is by far the most useful book of advice on taking LF pictures, showing how to handle many important aspects of the craft. The discussions are all very enlightening: on equipment (from cameras to tripods to filters), technique, problems and their solutions, advantages of the format, and the philosophy of LF photography. The important points are illustrated with wonderful pictures of the processes and with the resulting photos. The author uses pairs of similar pictures to demonstrate the effects of variations in settings and approach.

It is also a spellbinding book of nature photographs. Each one is a like little jewel.

I believe some of reviewers on this site who express disappointment must have been looking for a primer or handbook, which this is not. Anyone thinking of trying LF or already immersed in it, no matter how successfully, should own this book and study it closely. It's all pleasure.

Wow!.......2007-01-04

This book is incredile beyond belief! If you are a photographer, then this is the book for you. The pictures are fabulous and the text quite readable. No matter what format you prefer, this book should definitrly be readily available to you. All-in-all, an excellent book!

You should make great photos with this book........2006-11-10

This is a good book with some good tips on using a Large Format camera for nature shots. I also bought the book Using The View Camera by Steve Simmons. I notice in this book that he recommends glass filters where as Simmon's suggests gelatin ones. I wouldn't suggest this book as your first large format book because he doesn't tell you how to use one, you should already know by the time you read this. If you are interested in LF or thinking of getting one, this is one of those books you can read rather than watching that stupid television. It will inspire you to get out there and use your camera.

Far from Instructional.......2006-01-20

If you're looking for an instruction book on LF Photography, then this is NOT the book.

Jack Dykinga's highly acclaimed talent as a photographer does not translate into this book. As other reviewers have commented, the book falls far short on technical merit.

Not what I had hoped for - but OK.......2003-10-16

This book is light on technical information unless you happen to use the exact same equipment as the author. This is primarily a personal journal and not really an instructional volume. Pictures are OK.

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The original Radioactive Man

An Intelligent Comic Superhero Series

Subtlest comics of the 1960s

The Original Man of the Atom Returns

A classic Gold Key pseudo-superhero!

Doctor Solar: Man of the Atom Volume 1 (Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom)
Paul S. Newman , Matt Murphy , and Bob Fujitani
Manufacturer: Dark Horse
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1593072856

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The original incarnation of the classic hero Doctor Solar - Man of the Atom springs to life in this newly remastered collection of classic stories from comic geniuses Paul S. Newman and Matt Murphy, reprinted for the first time in nearly thirty years. Fans of Russ Manning, Mac Raboy, or Alex Raymond will be delighted with artist Bob Fujitani's original depiction of this classic hero in all his radioactive glory. True fans of the golden age of sci-fi comics will not be disappointed with the newest addition to Dark Horse's line of classic science fiction titles.

Customer Reviews:

The original Radioactive Man.......2007-08-17

I loved Dr. Solar when I was a kid. The writing and art were so much more sophisticated than what I saw in most other comics and the painted covers were Alex Ross-quality long before anyone knew what that meant. I would compare Doctor Solar to the early Challengers of the Unknown or the Doom Patrol rather than to your average superhero comic.

So, why not five stars? I guess because I came away from the book vaguely unsatisfied. The potential for what this series could become was not realized at this stage...maybe I'll buy one of the later volumes and report back. Dark Horse certainly did a great job in putting it together and it's definitely worth a read, but I wouldn't pay list-price.

An Intelligent Comic Superhero Series.......2007-05-17

That works hard to give pseudo/scientific explanations for the hero's powers.
There's also less flash and more concentration on character and storywork. Fujitani's linework is sharp. I'd recommend this series to anyone who thinks that all "comics" are merely for children and are immature.

Subtlest comics of the 1960s.......2006-09-22

This volume contains the subtlest, most convincingly told superhero stories of the 1960s. I'd hesitate even to call the Man of the Atom a superhero, as he has much more in common with sci-fi and spy fiction than he does with the costumed cavorters of Marvel or DC Comics--indeed, he doesn't even wear a costume until around issue 5. Matt Murphy created the perfect hero for the Atomic Age, a scientist named Dr. Solar who was bombarded with radiation and somehow survived with newfound powers over his own energy. Paul S. Newman fleshed out the creation with wonderful, "realistic" (for comics) stories and a great supporting cast with believable concerns and motivations. And Bob Fujitani brought it all to life with his classic illustrative style that leaves out all inessential elements and focuses on storytelling and crisp linework. Buy this now!

The Original Man of the Atom Returns.......2005-02-27

Like most people of my generation, I discovered Doctor Solar when he was revived, along with Magnus, Robot Fighter, by Valiant Comics in the early 1990s. And I did read that series for a little while, but right when the whole company was on the down-turn. But, I was excited to learn that the original "Doctor Solar" series from Gold Key was being reprinted by Dark Horse.

First, it's worth pointing out that the original Doctor Solar and his Valiant counter-part are very different. Magnus was simply picked up where the Gold Key series left off (although there was a different slant on the nature of "evil" robots). Solar, however, was rebooted completely. Indeed, the original Doctor Solar was treated as a comic book (a la the Flash). His Valiant counter-part was a fan, who received his powers in a similar accident, and then went somewhat crazy. The origin was pretty confusing.

Returning to the book in question. I enjoyed it, but not quite as much as the "Magnus" hardcover. While Bob Fukjitani and Frank Bolle were both excellent artists, they never quite got to the heights of Russ Manning. Another problem is that the character never quite seem as strongly developed as Magnus was.

Doctor Phillip Solar (his first name is never used in this volume)is involved in a nuclear accident, his whole body is rebuilt at an atomic level, making him a "man of the atom", allowing him great power. He then spends the next several issues, handling various menaces while trying to keep his new powers under wraps (literally, as long term exposure to him would be fatal). The central villain is the mysterious Nuro, whose face is never seen. This is one of the strengths of this volume: Nuro deduces Solar's existence only about issue four, whereas Solar doesn't even consider that there is a maestro of the events in the series until issue seven. It makes for an interesting relationship.

Solar was in many ways different from other out-and-out super-heroes of the time. For example, Solar doesn't get his famous red costume until issue five. The only reason he does is because he begins to get the vague inkling that he is being targeted, and so he needs a means to distract Nuro. Up to that point, he simply solved problems covertly.

However, there are some obvious similarities to the comic book characters of the time. Most of the characters of the Marvel Universe got their super-powers as a result of radioactive events. Indeed, there are some interesting similarities to Marvel's own Hulk. Both characters get their powers after the actions of sabateurs, and whenever Solar goes into action, his skin turns green.

"Doctor Solar" is fun, if not the best the Silver Age of comics has to offer. I am looking forward to further volumes in this series.

A classic Gold Key pseudo-superhero!.......2005-02-02

One year after Dell split with Western Printing, Gold Key(Western's new imprint) began creating some new characters,rather than just producing licensed properties as it had during its partnership with Dell. Doctor Solar and Magnus, Robot fighter were two of the best new creations. As a kid I always loved the George Wilson painted covers with amazing depictions of Dr. Solar, and was always disappointed by the interior illustrations as not living up to the expectations. Gold Key seemed embarrassed to do a straightforward superhero, and it seemed like you never got to see Dr. Solar in action in many panels in his cool uniform. Many years later I find he never even HAD a uniform untill the fifth issue! But time has allowed me to appreciate the wonderful "realistic" artwork of Bob Fugitani on the first five issues and Frank Bolle in six and seven.Both were longtime masters of nonsuperhero genres. This collection of the first seven issues holds up better than expected. Each issue had two 12 or13 page stories or chapters in one long expanding continuity. Gail Sanders is an interesting hotter-than-I-remembered love interest for Phillip Solar. The stories are a mixture of pseudoscience and espionage. Not great but not bad. Dr.Solar's tragic and alienating accident ( he's WAY radioactive and can be around people only for a short time) is barely touched on - only one story explores this theme. Stan Lee would have drenched him in pathos. His powers are a dizzying compendium of heat, radiation, magnetism, flight as a beam of light,with mystifying turns as green-skinned and normal hued ( does anyone around him notice this??).His weakness is that he can run dangerously low on energy when performing his feats. The uniform with Cyclops-like eyepiece was published the same month as X-men #1-Sept 1963. In a later issue he is referred to as an atomic mutant. Hmmm. Any way all of these quirks and flaws actually help to make these issues charmingly interesting. All in all a better trip down nostalgia lane than I would have predicted. If this character ever intrigued you pick up this edition-you may be pleasantly suprised too.

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Excellent book for the word-fun-atic. Very entertaining........1999-05-31

I like to call myself a word-fun-atic. I like rhyming, tongue twisters, puns, puzzles with words, and generally anything that turns a rather complex language into a new twist, perhaps with wacky spoonerisms (one of my favorites) or various teasers to think about on the drive to work. Lots of great word squares that boggle the mind to imagine even attempting to construct. The book is certainly recommended for those starting to read and eager to learn about the language or just have fun reading to the older folks who have some time to sit down to a page turner with an interesting subject.

Other Reviews.......1998-12-14

Wordsworth: the Magazine for the P.C. User; Ted Clarke, Cornwall, England, editor and publisher (mail@cmcal.softnet.co.uk), Jan. 1999 issue:

This first book by O.V. Michaelsen is certain to be a must for logololepts such as yours truly and will enrapture anyone who is captivated by a love of words (logophilia).

It is a veritable mine of historical information on the subject of wordplay. The author has dug deep into the archives to unearth details of anecdotes, word puzzles, quotations, etc., way back into the 14th century and beyond. It contains a fantastic collection of lists; there are 42 pages devoted to each of the subjects "Anagrams" and "Palindromes" and, more to my liking, 46 pages dealing with "Word Squares" and other "Form Puzzles." I was particularly pleased to see the authorships of some of the wordsquares, with their dates going back more than a century. I had sought the meaning of the word METI for years. It appears in this book, in the 1860 palindromic wordsquare based on anagrams of TIME. There it is, on page 168--METI.

It also gave a new word, so far as I was aware, to rhyme with "orange." It is "Blorenge"--the name of a 1,833ft. hill near Abergavenny (Wales).

Its 22 chapters contain a wealth of rib-tickling funny names, oxymora, and quotations in a well-presented, easy-to-read layout.

Words at Play represents really good value for money.

Word Ways: the Journal of Recreational Linguistics; review by Ross Eckler (author of Making the Alphabet Dance), editor and publisher, Aug. 1998 issue:

The title of this marvelous book by O.V. Michaelsen echoes C. C. Bombaugh's 19th-century classic, Oddities and Curiosities of Words and Literature. Like the earlier work, it consists of brief examples of a large number of logological curiosa, with great emphasis on the classics: palindromes, anagrams and forms (mini-crosswords of various shapes).

Michaelsen spent several years mining the puzzle literature, from the century-old British periodical Notes & Queries to a myriad of columns from 19th-century newspapers and privately-printed puzzle journals. He updated this historic material with such hot-off-the-press results as Chris Long's computer-generated word squares and a 1997 NPR competition for word-unit palindromes.

Appendices give the pseudonyms of hundreds of members of the National Puzzlers' League, plus the names and publication dates of scores of periodicals and columns.

This 240-page paperback should be on every logologist's shelf!

At the Crossroads.com; review by puzzle constructor Mary B. (Mary Brindamour, a.k.a. Luv), Aug. 1998 issue:

What a delightful experience to go through this book! Everything is so clearly presented and informative and yet concise and easy to read. My favorite areas are mainly Reversals and Palindromes, as well as Forms. It sure was surprising to find such a long list of reversals and their pals used in so many ways. The forms, I found incredible, also; especially since they were done as far back as the last century. To be sure, once the book is opened, it holds one's interest and is almost impossible to put down. It is too enjoyable to stash away on a bookshelf, so I intend to keep it handy and in plain sight, knowing that whenever I pick it up, there will be something new to interest me.

Send your brain to Disneyland........1998-04-28

Words at play arrived at 6 p.m. Dinner burned at 7, dessert melted at 8, and we--my wife and I--were still grinning and laughing at 9. This is like taking your brain to Disneyland and letting it loose to play.

The Anagram and Palindrome chapters-yes, chapters-are worth the price of admission. But there are also pages of real and imagined definitions, historical and hysterical quotes, and some of the funniest mistranslations, blunders, and misunderstandings one can imagine.

And I haven't even reached the puzzles at the end of the book. Tons of puzzles, patterns, and ingenious devices.

You will at last know positively that Sam Goldwyn never delivered his most famous line, "Include me out." The citations are clear, and when a source is in doubt, the doubt is explained.

This is the perfect bedside book. No, it isn't. You'd never get to sleep with this in your hands. This is the perfect breakfast table book-a way to jolt your brain into a laugh each day.

This book is not, however, for the cherophobic. In fact, if that word scares you, it is not for you, either, you phobologophobic, you.

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Words at Play: Quips, Quirks & Oddities
O. V. Michaelsen
Manufacturer: Sterling
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GQWVIC

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Could have been a contender.......2007-02-26

How can you publish a book about movie flubs and include so few photos? "Roman soldiers" would have been a lot more fun if instead of telling us about the supposed mistakes in films, it showed us. If ever there was a need for a companion DVD, this book was it.

Aside from a few really interesting flubs, the book is actually quite repetitious. Scars and bloodstains appear and disappear or switch places. Bodies appear and disappear. But after a few dozen pages of this, I had had enough. I would have like to have heard from the film editors who use various techniques -- like film reversal -- that give rise to these flubs. It's not enough, for instance, to tell me that in a particular shot in the movie, "The Birds," that the attacking creatures cast no shadows. Why not? Were they included via double exposure? The book does not say.

Too, a number of the book's items were not flubs. In a James Bond film, a house appears to explode twice. Is this a flub, or a movie technique to allow the audience to experience the same event from multiple angles? And is it really a flub when a couple seems to switch sides while walking down the street -- or are we to assume that we are not witnessing every second of their perambulation? And is it a flub when a filmmaker deliberately includes material that he/she expects the moviegoer not to perceive?

That said, there were a few flubs that rose to the level of worthwhile -- the Invisible Man's footprints should have been barefoot, not shod. The book did include a few descriptions of near-flubs, in which directors repaired errors before they hit the theaters. The story of how Cecil B DeMille managed to have Jesus write in the sand while standing in a tiled Temple was ingenious and interesting. More stories along thse lines would have made the book worthwhile.

As a whole, the book was a disappointment and a bore. The flubs were mostly small and of interest only to the geekiest cineaste. A missed opportunity to expose the film-making process.

Look! A Roman centurion is wearing a Casio!.......2004-06-08

Roman soldiers, as we all know, didn't wear watches at the height of the Caesars' power. Not because they couldn't afford even an inexpensive digital watch, mind you, but simply because the watch -- heck, even the mechanical clock -- hadn't yet been invented. Yet, as Bill Givens will cheerfully point out in his extremely amusing (and for some film producers, dismaying) collection of film flubs, some ancients were way ahead of themselves. Modern watches, wedding rings and other anachronisms make their little unexpected cameos in such set-in-ancient-times epics as The Ten Commandments, The Viking Queen, and Spartacus.

Givens' Roman Soldiers Don't Wear Watches: 333 Film Flubs -- Memorable Movie Mistakes is a compilation of continuity errors, slips of dialogue, film-flipping flaws, and other unexpected mistakes that often pop up during production. Some of them have been published in other volumes of his successful "Film Flubs" series, but quite a few are new.

Many moviegoers are by now familiar with some of the realities of filmmaking, such as the fact that films are shot out of sequence, that many "takes" of a scene are shot, and thousands of feet of film are cut and spliced together in an editing room. Much care is taken to make sure the movie's final cut tells the story properly and that the scenes have no distracting flubs, but quite often things do slip by, even in movies that are considered among the very best, including Casablanca, Star Wars, Dances With Wolves, Pretty Woman, and Scent of a Woman.

Not every gripe is about honest mistakes (such as Mark Hamill's calling Princess Leia "Carrie" near the end of A New Hope -- chalk that one up to overexcitement in the actor's part and a temporary lapse in the sound editor's) or silly anachronisms such as a wristwatch on a Roman soldier's wrist in 44 BC. Some are careless lapses in attention to detail, as in the Sound of Music when the Von Trapps are fleeing from Austria to escape the Nazis. Instead of heading toward Switzerland and freedom, they are driving north, straight toward Germany. Some are accidental "cameos" by crewmembers -- such as the guy with the handheld camera in 1989's The Fabulous Baker Boys, glimpsed as the brothers fight after a fake telethon. Others are even worse, such as setting a film's scene in one season while it is quite clearly another.

Although most of the entries in this book are short -- often introduced with bon mots such as "How's That Again, Sam?" and "Is a Bird Bath the Fountain of Youth?" -- Givens does scrutinize big crowd pleasers (Apollo 13, Terminator II, Jurassic Park) in chapters with the heading Picking on the Biggies. Here Givens has great fun pointing out flubs (such as wrong markings on the Saturn V rocket in Apollo 13, wrong dates and even the premature existence of USA Today in Forrest Gump, and just about everything in Kevin Costner's Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves) in some really big moneymakers and/or critical darlings.

Some of the strangest flubs, such as the switch in direction of the "blood" on young Indy's chin in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade or attacking birds without shadows in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, are shown in black and white photos.

Givens, who is an entertainment reporter and TV writer, clearly has a love for the movies in general, so none of this is written with any mean-spiritedness or malice. Like Damien Boma in Starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan, his approach is lighthearted and funny while at the same time being factual. His intended audience is not, of course, the Hollywood insider or the technical expert. Rather it is for the average filmgoer who loves the medium, yet spots such bizarre little things as California license plates in a movie that's set in Illinois (1978's Halloween) or a crewmember's hairy arm where none should be (Butterfield 8).

must have.......2003-07-09

this is a must have for anyone that loves movies, it's fun to try and find some of the mistakes they talk about in this book.

Work it Bill.......1999-02-10

I must say that Bill has got what it takes. Even a musician puts out a greatest hit now and then. But Bill has added some new songs to his "Greatest Hits Book". I have enjoyed every page of this book. Bill has once again stayed in the realm of my standards as to a GREAT "G" rated book. I even enjoyed looking back at the past as Bill has taken the best and put it all together for his new readers out there. Encluding much new findings, this book is surely one to own. If you are in to finding out little know facts about your favorite movies that most people are never aware of then this is it. You will never waste a dime of your hard earned money on this book. You will get much more entertainment for the dollar here than if you had gone to the movies tonight and bought everybodies popcorn. Once again Bill Givens has done it again and I will always be first in line for any new books he releases. You to will become an addict to Bill's books after reading this one. Bill, I have given your book the highest 5 star rating but we both know that it is an 11 on the scale. This is GREAT "G" rated reading that will keep you amused not for days, weeks, but for years. If you don't believe me then buy this book and find out for yourself. I promise you will thank me later. Bill, please keep up the good work. Thank You.

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richness of expressive innovation here.......2000-04-17

Marco a composer himself is equipped to deal with the expressive richness of Spanish composers. It's fascinating that he divides the book into two halves, claiming the Spanish Civil War,(1936 to 1939) as a moment which divided Spain. I would have gone farther into the Fifties,for Franco had kept a repression of the arts well past the official end of the Civil War. Spain had its grandfathers Manuel de Falla,Albeniz, and Granados,all here amply discussed as to their influence on future generations. The conservative side seemed to dominate Spanish music up to the Fifties, interests in a national voice with past nostalgia, composers of the Zarzuelas,and the Generation of 1927 are focal points. But composers here were quick to absorb the innovations of European modernity of Bartok and Stravinsky. The Generation of 1951 Marco refers is the post World War 2 generation, composers like Luis de Pablo who we see(almost exclusivily) on Europes most rigorous festivals. Spain has had a cultural distance an isolation from the power centers of Europe, and like embarking into the regions to acquire knowledge and wealth like colonialists, is a fascinating perspective here.It seems how the only Spanish composers who gained recognition in the capitals in Europe are those composers who fostered close ties with composer power brokers, like Italian composer Franco Donatoni,Pierre Boulez, or Stockhausen. The second half here of this book, is all about splinter groups it seems again a convenient way to describe different expressive interests, So we have The Associates,The Moderates,composers like Abril,who search for a meeting place of the conservative voice and innovation, The Independents.Spain still remains isolated in that we seldom have a chance to hear this music only read about it.

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It takes a subtle touch to win at Lords of the Realm II. The combat element has to be deftly matched by diplomatic skills, the ability to manage an economy, keep the populace happy, and manipulate friends and enemies alike. There's no one clear path to victory, but Bart Farkas provides an excellent guide to winning principles, plus the detailed data on game elements that can give you a winning edge. Farkas approaches it all with his customary sense of humor, salting his excellent advice with amusing observations and making his descriptions a pleasure to read.

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Life's tough in the 13th century: The peasants demand food, the blacksmith
needs iron, the battles are bloody. Not to worry!
Get Lords of the Realm II: The Official Strategy Guide and learn:
How to feed your people and forge your weapons
Strategy options and their effects
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The art of diplomacy -- the velvet glove and the mailed fist
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About the Author
Bart Farkas is Editor-in-Chief of Inside Mac Games and the author of Wing Commander IV Unauthorized Secrets and Solutions (Prima).

Customer Reviews:

Great Wonderful.......1998-10-13

This book helped me get into the game so much. It is the best advice I have ever had about something. You need to get it because it helps you in the game so much.

Not New, Not Satisfactory.......1998-03-30

This 'Help' book was a total waist of money. I was excited to purchase this book thinking that this text might provide me with new information that would guide me to not only defeating the computer easier, but to drive other human players to their character's early graves. None of this was included into the book. Before buying I should have investigated the book a little closer, but confident that a company would publish a relevant gamers book, I didn't. The short comings of the book is apparent upon opening it up within the first few minutes of reading. THIS BOOK IS NO MORE THAN A INSTRUCTION MANUAL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE RECIEVED FROM SIERRA, the software company. Nothing new from the game manual. For example, the book should have had a lengthier section on diplomacy strategies. To sum up the half a page on the subject of diplomacy: "Stay away from the computer players, you can never trust them." This fact is visible if only playing the game less than one hour. The book continues on brushing the other subjects with the same 'vagueness' as the previously described Diplomacy segment. I ONLY WISH I HAD THOUGHT OF WRITING A VAGUE BOOK ON THIS GAME - ANYONE COULD HAVE DONE IT; but Mr. Farkas got all the royalties. I would have felt guilty 'ripping people off'. I was hoping my computer character could have recieved the royalty of becoming King through this book.

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This year's Word Development Report (WDR), the twenty-eighth, looks at the role of equity in the development process. It defines equity in terms of two basic principles. The first is equal opportunities: that a person¡¦s chances in life should be determined by his or her talents and efforts, rather than by pre-determined circumstances such as race, gender, social or family background. The second principle is the avoidance of extreme deprivation in outcomes, particularly in health, education and consumption levels. This principle thus includes the objective of poverty reduction. The report's main message is that, in the long run, the pursuit of equity and the pursuit of economic prosperity are complementary. In addition to detailed chapters exploring these and related issues, the Report contains selected data from the World Development Indicators 2005¡Xan appendix of economic and social data for over 200 countries. This Report offers practical insights for policymakers, executives, scholars, and all those with an interest in economic development

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"This year's Word Development Report (WDR), the twenty-eighth, looks at the role of equity in the development process. It defines equity in terms of two basic principles. The first is equal opportunities: that a person's chances in life should be determined by his or her talents and efforts, rather than by pre-determined circumstances such as race, gender, social or family background. The second principle is the avoidance of extreme deprivation in outcomes, particularly in health, education and consumption levels. This principle thus includes the objective of poverty reduction. The report's main message is that, in the long run, the pursuit of equity and the pursuit of economic prosperity are complementary. In addition to detailed chapters exploring these and related issues, the Report contains selected data from the World Development Indicators 2005-an appendix of economic and social data for over 200 countries. This Report offers practical insights for policymakers, executives, scholars, and all those with an interest in economic development. "

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