The Wrightsman Pictures (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications)

Book Description

This lavish catalogue presents 150 European paintings, pastels, and drawings from the late fifteenth to the mid-nineteenth century that have been given to the Metropolitan Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman or are still held in Mrs. Wrightsman’s private collection. These notable works were collected over the past four decades, many of them with the Museum in mind; some were purchased by the Museum through the Wrightsman Fund.

Highlights of the book include masterpieces by Vermeer, El Greco, Rubens, Van Dyck, Georges de La Tour, Jacques-Louis David, and Caspar David Friedrich as well as numerous paintings by the eighteenth-century Venetian artists Canaletto, Guardi, and the Tiepolos, father and son, plus a dozen remarkable portrait drawings by Ingres. Each work is reproduced in color and is accompanied by a short essay.

Customer Reviews:

Top notch art book.......2005-10-02

As the publisher's description states, this book covers the paintings, pastels, and drawings associated with Mrs. Charles Wrightsman and the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The reproductions are very good and each entry comes with a brief essay. Also included are the provenance and exhibition history of each work. The works already given to the Met have been reproduced in many of the museum's own publications and are perhaps the least interesting part of the book. The works in Mrs. Wrightsman's private collection have seldom been seen and are definitely the reason to buy this book. The highlights are the superb Ingres drawings. The Italian works by Canaletto and Tiepolo (father and son) are also wonderful. FYI, the jacket cover of the woman seated on a sofa is a pastel by Liotard. If you love European art history, this is definitely the type of book that you will keep for many years and go back to again and again.

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The Wrightsman Pictures

Manufacturer: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 1588391442

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The Wrightsman Pictures
E Fahy
Manufacturer: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OSBW3W

Photocraft: Cool Things to Do with the Pictures You Love
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Great stuff

Exciting crafts ideas to use your 'stash' of photos

A Comprehensive List of Things to Do with Photos

Scattered Pictures

Photocraft: Cool Things to Do with the Pictures You Love
Caroline Herter , Laurie Frankel , and Laura Lovett
Manufacturer: Bulfinch
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0821261959

Book Description

Transform your favorite digital images and photographs into beautiful and unique keepsakes. The popularity of digital cameras has us taking more photographs than ever before, but what do people do with all those pictures? PHOTOCRAFT offers over 40 simple, stylish, and affordable alternatives to simply stuffing prints into dusty albums. Turn photographs into vellum lampshades, quilts, folding screens, or tote bags. Channel your inner Andy Warhol and create a colorful piece of photo pop art. Decorate your home with these very personal treasures or give them as one-of-a-kind gifts. Color photographs and line illustrations accompany concise, step-by-step instructions for each project. The book also explains simple techniques such as scanning, cropping, and overprinting. A fun and highly practical book, PHOTOCRAFT will appeal to everyone who has ever discoveredor takena photograph they love. This is the first book that truly embraces the trend towards digital

Customer Reviews:

Great stuff.......2007-02-07

Many of the projects are pretty advanced, but there are some great ideas, and I always appreciate craft books that have sections on materials and step-by step instructions.

Exciting crafts ideas to use your 'stash' of photos.......2007-01-19

This book has some GREAT ideas for using those stored photographs! We've already gone through several boxes and made a really cool lampshade; a collage; and jewelry! The book has creative gift ideas, which will be cherished by the recipient. Fun projects for the whole family!

A Comprehensive List of Things to Do with Photos.......2006-05-02

Photocraft features fresh, inventive ways to display your photographs. I was inundated with photo storage boxes and was seeking a creative way to display cherished images when a friend gave me this book. Most of the projects are relatively simple and are accompanied with easy to follow instructions. I needed a quick fix wall treatment in my entranceway and borrowed an idea from page 100: using old CD cases, I created my own rotating photo gallery (FYI: I found that poster tabs keep the light weight plastic in place).

I've found this book to be an invaluable resource for both displaying photos and making personalized gifts.

Scattered Pictures.......2005-12-03

What a wonderful addition to my burgeoning craft-book library! This book is visually engaging and can serve as a creative inspiration to novice crafters and seasoned ones alike. 'Photocraft' engages the imagination while providing practical instruction as to how to manipulate all types of images artisically. A great find!

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A hot new talent from Europe, Gennadiy Koufay has a fascination with the female form! His love of the curves and swerves of a woman's body is abundantly clear in every painting he produces. The heat generated from every canvas is palpable, which is why this first volume of his work is subtitled "Heatwave."

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A TALENT FROM EASTERN EUROPE!.......2005-09-23

Gennadiy Koufay is a relative newcomer to the realm of pin-up/erotic art but in a short time the native of the Ukraine has quickly established himself as one of the best in the filed. SQP presents the first collection of work from this talented artist who came to New York in 1995. Looking at Koufay's work it's obvious that he's influenced or at least studied the pin-up art of the 1940's. Like those great masters, Koufay focuses the entire attention of his painting on his subjects, leaving the backgrounds completely open.

Some of the subjects of this collection include blonde bombshells Pam Anderson and Victoria Silverstedt as well as the legendary Bettie Page. Anderson takes the spotlight in a painting simply titled, "Pamela" as she models on a bed in a white teddy. Pam also appears on the back cover in a piece called "Apple", as a topless Pam is wrapped up in the American Flag, eating an apple as the ultimate female temptress.

Bettie Page is the subject of a number of pieces in the book. My favorite has her dressed in a lavender Playboy bunny outfit. The Gorgeous Silverstedt also is the subject of several of Koufay's paintings. "Village Girl" shows off her ample assets while she is wearing lace panties and a cowboy hat. Another dazzling piece has Silverstedt posing in a revealing blue sun dress, holding a daisy. Note the brilliant blue eyes!

A classic 1940's style pinup gets a two page, centerfold type spread as an alluring nude woman lies on her stomach with her backside arched in the air. A piece called Pinup #44 is yet another of Koufay's takes on classic pin-up art with an alluring red head dressed in sheer black nylons and lace bra.

What strikes you about Koufay's art is that he really "gets" the look of classic pinup art while still adding his own seductive style to each piece. I look forward to seeing more from him in the future. The book is 48 pages featuring both black & white and full color art.

Reviewed by Tim Janson

Pidgin to Da Max: 25th Anniversary Edition
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Review to da mx!

Dis da bestest

Hawai'ian Pidgin

Dis haole's goin bak home

Local Hawaiian humor stalwart

Pidgin to Da Max: 25th Anniversary Edition
Pat Sasaki , and Ken Sakata
Manufacturer: Bess Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1573062502

Book Description

Upon publication twenty-five years ago, Pidgin To Da Max became a best-seller and remains one today, with over 200,000 copies in print. The sequel, Pidgin To Da Max Hana Hou, also became a best-seller. The anniversary edition combines the words and illustrations in those two collections in a paperback format.

Customer Reviews:

Review to da mx!.......2007-08-31

This book is awesome! I once owned the first book "Pidgin to Da Max" and that was great, but the 25th anniversary is even better.

Dis da bestest.......2007-08-21

Ho, dis book stay da bestest book about da Hawaiian pidgin. If you from dea (like me) den you no can stop cracking up at all da cartoons inside. Da words too, brings back all da memories of growing up dea (all my life). If you not from dea, PLEASE no try fo talk liddat (make shua fo read da warning in da front of da book) :-) , bumbai you goin get all buss up an sound funny kine. Jus use um fo get one feel of da real Hawai`i. No odda book like dis one. Da second one stay good too ... I no tink as good as da first one but.

Hawai'ian Pidgin .......2007-08-11

If you are a haole and do not have a Hawai'ian friend this book does not make much sense. Some of the more self explanitory things were somewhat funny.

Dis haole's goin bak home.......2007-03-19

I grew up in Hawaii and really miss talking pidgin. I can't wait to show my family why I say things that they have NEVER hear of. Like hanaokalele broke your okalele:)

Local Hawaiian humor stalwart.......2007-01-10

Yes it's funny...if you are new to Hawaii and trying to get familiar with the local flavor. If you're living in Hawaii, as your tenure lengthens, it seems less entertaining, and more annoying. Some of the cartoons verge on misogynistic drivel, while others perpetuate the weary stereotype of the ignorant local who speaks pidgin. For those who do not know Hawaii and don't live here, I suspect this is a mildly disturbing book harboring little humor.

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Pupus to da Max
Douglas Simonson , Pat Sasaki , and Ken Sakata
Manufacturer: Bess Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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A humorous and informative introduction to the foods of Hawaii, featuring definitions, cartoons, and recipes.

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Hawaii to da Max
Douglas Simonson , Peppo Vision Group , Ken Sakata , and Pat Sasaki
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Jerry Hopkins
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Hawaii Business to da max.(Editor's Desktop)(Brief Article): An article from: Hawaii Business

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Hawaii Business to da max.(Editor's Desktop)(Brief Article): An article from: Hawaii Business
Kelli Abe Trifonovitch
Manufacturer: Hawaii Business Publishing Co.
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Binding: Digital

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Book Description

This digital document is an article from Hawaii Business, published by Hawaii Business Publishing Co. on September 1, 2004. The length of the article is 389 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Hawaii Business to da max.(Editor's Desktop)(Brief Article)
Author: Kelli Abe Trifonovitch
Publication: Hawaii Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2004
Publisher: Hawaii Business Publishing Co.
Volume: 50 Issue: 3 Page: 6(1)

Article Type: Brief Article

Distributed by Thomson Gale

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Pidgin to da max hana hou
Douglas Simonson
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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If you're looking for clear-cut information on how to make a film on a minimal budget that is based on tried and tested techniques - look no further. Elliot Grove has worked on hundreds of low-budget productions, teaches Lo-to-No Budget filmmaking courses and runs the Raindance Film Festival (the largest independent film festival in Europe.) His wealth of teaching and filmmaking experience combined with knowledge of the winning formulas that work is the basis of this book. Refreshingly clear, no-nonsense tricks of the trade. The free CD provides all the contracts and material you need to run a production company and make successful low budget movies; how to schedule, budget and break down a script and how to get it shot with what you have, not what you want.

This is a must have read for filmmakers serious about making and selling films. Creative and technical expertise coupled with a behind the scenes look at the film industry makes this book an excellent starting point for beginners. For experienced filmmakers there are plenty of practical approaches in here for you to try, from developing CV's, showreels and business plans to information on pitching, raising finance, creating publicity and much much more. Use it as a point of departure or as an everyday reference tool. The accompanying CD-ROM contains sample budgets, publicity plans, trailers and interviews.

*Adopt the tried and tested techniques that work
*Get the inside view from the Director of the Raindance Film Festival
*Experience 'results-orientated' filmmaking expertise

Customer Reviews:

Well Organized.......2006-11-16

Excellent step-by-step breakdown. Also, really cool recipe for fake blood and theatrical wounds. Good overview of business concerns dealing with fimmaking.

practical and thoughtfully written.......2004-08-25

The book touched on all the challenges of indie filmmaking in a clear and concise way. He discussed what areas you should focus on and what areas you can spend less money and time while still getting a great film as your final product. Elliott explored the psyche of the indie filmmaker too by bringing his own easy to understand explanations of why things work the way they do.

His anecdotes really help explain why things work the way they do on low budget productions. He is gifted at giving you insights into the small things you can change that show big improvements on camera. This book eases your mind about not having enough money to make your film. And hopefully give you the courage to put your film out there.

I recommend that any filmmaker who has little or no money buy this book. With Elliot's expertise, you can gain value insights into telling the story that you want.

Raindance Producers' Lab Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking

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Raindance Producers' Lab Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking
Elliot Grove
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MUF9V8

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Never before has the history of the RandB album been spelled out in such exacting, intriguing detail! Joel Whitburn's Top RandB Albums 1965-1998 is an artist-by-artist listing of each of the 2,177 artists and 6,940 albums to appear on Billboard's "Top RandB Albums" chart, from its first appearance on January 30, 1965 through December 26, 1998. Here, for the first time in one book, you'll find the complete album chart histories of RandB's legendary performers, the charted album achievements of RandB favorites, and the album chart rise of stellar RandB newcomers. Brimming with chart facts and feats, Top RandB Albums 1965-1998 includes the compete listings of all tracks from every Top 10 RandB album, plus artist bios, photos, rankings, and so much more!

Customer Reviews:

great overview.......2000-11-20

this is a very comprehensive book that covers many years&Decades of R&B.very detailed&full of insight&information.i do wonder how things would have been if Soundscan had have been in full effect during the full time period?but never the less it's still fantastic.

Comprehensive Volume for R&B Music Scholars and Fans.......2000-09-15

Was there an R&B album that rings in your brain, but you can't remember the title? This is the book for you. This volume which includes every album to make Billboard Magazine's R&B album chart from 30 January 1965 - 26 December 1998 is a must have for any serious student of R&B music. It is an excellent companion volume to Joel Whitburn's "Top R&B Singles." This is because many artists that hit the R&B album charts, failed to make the R&B singles charts and vice versa. So you need both volumes to get a complete picture of what happened in R&B over the last thirty-five years. Also, if your interest lies beyond the most popular artists, this is one of the few volumes that will provide information on lesser known acts. A feature that I particularly like about this volume is that it includes ALL of the tracks for Top Ten albums (including the peak position for each track on the R&B singles chart). It also tells you how each album did on Billboard's Pop Album charts.

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Top RandB Albums 1965-1998
Joel Whitburn
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MU8UAU

The Storytellers Handbook to the Sabbat (Sourcebook for Vampire : the Masquerade)
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Infernal goodness from the people who brought you the Sabbat

Excellent- puts the source in sourcebook

Mmmmm...Sabbaty good

A sourcebook for VtM Storytellers (White Wolf)

The Storytellers Handbook to the Sabbat (Sourcebook for Vampire : the Masquerade)
Steven C. Brown , and Ken Meyer
Manufacturer: White Wolf Pub
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Infernal goodness from the people who brought you the Sabbat.......1999-02-02

What can you say about this book except.... Wow! This book was good from the very start, but the chapter on Evil Revelations (it's not just a concept anymore!) was pure White-Wolf gold. The new infernal Discipline of Dark Thaumaturgy is just what any storyteller needs to reek havoc in a chronicle. The only thing I really didn't like about this book was the new Vicissitude rules... They were far too confusing without the necessary support. If you're a Storyteller (or ever intend to be), grab this book and its counterpart The Player's Guide to the Sabbat before they sell out. The new books won't be as in-depth, and it would be a shame to lose this classic forever.

Excellent- puts the source in sourcebook.......1998-09-05

I thought that the book was extremely insightful and players- even if they are not sabbat, will learn what it actually means to play one. The only downfall I thought of was that the descriptions of Sabbat rituals weren't detailed enough.

Mmmmm...Sabbaty good.......1998-01-17

A good sourcebook for the Sabbat Storyteller, it leaves some to be desired. It should include the information in the players guide, but leaves out many important features, such as Vicissitude. It is a good sourcebook for one heavily involved in a Sabbat Chronicle though. Just make sure you pick up the players guide to the Sabbat as well.

A sourcebook for VtM Storytellers (White Wolf).......1997-06-29

This book is packed with all the information on the Sabbat that your players shouldn't see. It provides a close look at the dreaded enemy of the Camarilla. I'd seriously say that if the Sabbat is very active in your Chronicle that this book is a good thing to have on hand, even if you don't intend to allow Sabbat PC's. It provides insight into the way these Kindred think, if nothing else

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In Hide Your Assets and Disappear, a master gumshoe gives some straight information about how to cover your trail and protect your money from the government and creditors. Edmund J. Pankau, a writer and acclaimed private investigator, believes that individual rights, privacy, and benefits are slowly eroding in the United States, but that there are ways--legal and illegal--to beat the authorities. "The choice is yours to make," writes Pankau, "Don't be the one that someday says, 'I wish I could have done that.'"

Pankau despises domestic tax laws. He urges people to hire a good attorney to help plan a move offshore to a sunny clime with low taxes, bank-privacy rules, and simpler, cheaper living. He recommends New Zealand, Belize, Costa Rica, and Honduras, where the island of Roatan is his own personal hideaway. And for those who truly need to disappear, Pankau explains how amazingly easy it is to obtain a second or third passport, become a new person or stage a phony death.

Pankau is also a powerful advocate for asset-protection planning. The book features some nifty moves to block creditors with bankruptcy laws. There are also methods to maximize state and federal tax exemptions and maneuvers to shield a personal residence, real estate, stocks, or pension accounts from taxes and potential creditors or lawsuits.

The book is for hard-core freedom seekers. It's also recommended for people interested in more conventional techniques for protecting money, property, and other valuables. --Dan Ring

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A New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller!

Are you tired of the way you're living? Are you fed up with everyone trying to take your most valuable possessions--your money and assets--away? Are you sick of having creditors, the IRS, or a vindictive ex-spouse nipping at your heels? If only you could disappear without a trace...if only you could resurface in some exotic foreign place with a whole new identity and a brand-spanking new life.

And on the other side, how would you like to track down that ex (and his assets) who owes you money? Want to know his tricks?

For most people, this is just a fantasy. But it doesn't have to be. In Hide Your Assets and Disappear, one of the nation's top-ten-rated private investigators, Edmund J. Pankau, reveals all the tricks of his trade to show you how to hide it all or find someone who has. An experienced tracker who has worked for the government to recover missing assets, Pankau explains step-by-step how to successfully get away or find someone who has.

Filled with vivid real-life stories of both successes and failures as well as an Internet research guide, this invaluable guide outlines exactly what you should know before you go, including the ever-increasing difficulties you will face as the world becomes more tightly linked through electronic networks. Pankau shows you how to pay attention to prevent slip-ups that can give you away, from birthday phone calls to magazine subscriptions to an off-the-cuff comment to a stranger. He prepares you logistically and psychologically to successfully make the transition to your new life and new self in a new world, and gives you the best information on how to go, where to go, how to live, how to behave, and even who to become once you get there.

Should I keep my assets here or move them abroad? How do I create a new identity? How do I stay lost? Can I ever go back? How can I avoid anyone who might be looking for me? And how can I find someone who's disappeared on me? How do people fake their own deaths? What can the government do to catch a concealer? Pankau has the answer for all these questions and many more, and provides the tiny, often overlooked details that can make the difference between lounging on a tropical beach or ending up on the wrong side of the law.

Whether you're in search of a new life or someone who has hidden their assets and disappeared and left you in the lurch, listen to Edmund J. Pankau. With his unique, entertaining, eye-opening guide, he shows you how to go from victim to victor.

Thinking of disappearing without a trace? Want to find someone who has? Consider these questions...

Which is the better place to go, New Zealand or Panama?

How much cash you can legally take out of the country?

What are the hot spots the Customs Department targets as suspicious entrance points?

What is FinCEN and how can it ruin your plans?

Where is it better to keep money, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, or Switzerland?

Should you seek out the expatriates in your new country or lay low?

What should you do if someone recognizes you in your new home?

What happens if you get sick abroad?

Customer Reviews:

Hide Your Assets and disappear.......2007-09-24

Great book, had lots of useful insights. Book arrived in a timely manner and in condition promised.

Dated and not practical for privacy.......2007-01-31

I have read a number of privacy books and this one is not a great read.
Dated and not practical.

Didnt tell me anything.......2007-01-05

Gave alot of ideas on what you should do, but no real advice on how to do it

Utterly useless.......2006-08-23

Before 9/11, this was already a joke among people interested in protecting their privacy and assets (e.g., from litigious lawyers). After 9/11, none of the stuff mentioned in this worthless book even remotely works. BTW, the other reviewers are right: he doesn't really tell you *how* to do things anyway!

Don't waste your money.......2005-10-08

This book is for more affluent folks who already have access to this type of information. Outdated, sexist, even insulting to those who believe in paying their fair share. If you are a regular middle class or working class person who is fed up with paying through the nose to make everyone else richer, you are on the right path but this is NOT the book for you.

HIDE YOUR ASSETS AND DISAPPEAR: A Step-by-Step Guide to Vanishing Without a Trace.

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HIDE YOUR ASSETS AND DISAPPEAR: A Step-by-Step Guide to Vanishing Without a Trace.
Edmund J. Pankau
Manufacturer: Regan Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEEYG8

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