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"Clothes make the man."

Mark Twain never worked in today's fast-paced workplace, but his observation has never been keener: clothes do make the man. With The Suit, Nicholas Antongiavanni provides a masterly manual on what it takes to succeed: advice on how to dress with style, flair, and an eye toward gaining power. That's because "business casual" has proved itself a one-way ticket to a lifetime in the corporate dungeon. But if you apply the sartorial advice proffered in The Suit to your clothes, you will project elegance, bravado, and success.

Drawing inspiration from Machiavelli's The Prince, Antongiavanni has crafted an essential handbook for the ambitious man who recognizes that smart and stylish appearance is a lever to power. From neckties to footwear, belts to suspenders, lapels to handkerchiefs, The Suit leaves no garment or accessory untouched and will inject a dose of good taste into your closet. The debates over double-breasted vs. single, two-buttons vs. three, English vs. Italian, and many others are settled with wit by Antongiavanni's wealth of knowledge in the art of dress.

The Suit is much more than a simple how-to manual -- Antongiavanni packs these pages with insightful and sometimes stinging commentary on celebrities and the clothes they wear. Leading public figures from David Letterman to Donald Rumsfeld are picked apart at the seams. Antongiavanni uses powerful men in the public eye as entertaining examples of how to dress properly and what garish mistakes to avoid. Whether you are already a corporate Prince -- or if you are a Joe Cubicle aspiring to be something greater -- The Suit will teach you how to make your clothes work for you. No matter what your physical build or your status in the workplace, let Nicholas Antongiavanni be your fashion consultant.

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A funny, sophisticated and indispensable guide........2007-09-03

The Suit by Nicholas Antongiavanni is a parody of Machiavelli's The Prince. It not the type of parody which ridicules, but rather it is the type that uses the tone and design of a previous work as inspiration to create a new work of art. I've read this little book twice now, and I think it might take a college level course to unearth all the literary devices used by the author to imitate The Prince. I keep discovering more clever references each time I read The Suit, and it is amusing and astonishing to note the level of craftsmanship involved.

However, that is really not the principal reason to own this book. The Suit can save you money, time and face! Most men I know do not enjoy shopping for clothing, especially professional clothes, because the whole process is usually fraught with anxiety, and often results in time that feels wasted, wallets that feel much lighter, and closets full of mistakes that no one will ever wear.

Arm thyself with knowledge! This book can help guys wishing to update their wardrobe. It can help people preparing for important occasions, and I think it could also help women who wish to make presents of garments to men.

The Suit is thoroughly researched and seems to derive its sartorial sensibilities from 1930's Apparel Arts Magazines (which I am fortunate enough to have seen) and the current but timeless work of Savile Row and Neapolitan tailors. Many people might feel those influences are way too old fashioned, hidebound or impractical. Not so,says Antongiavanni. I must agree. Once a person knows the "rules" of good dress, it is remarkable how valid they are. Just look at pictures of the world's most successful modern men. Those men send out subtle visual cues with their clothes. The initiated will consciously notice, but the rest of the world's mortals at least sense something is special.

Read The Suit and you will also increase your enjoyment of old classic movies from the 1930's and 1940's. I only recently noticed how consistent the modes of dress are in those movies. Men wear suits in town, and they wear odd jackets in the country with brown shoes. They wear dinner jackets in the evening, at dinner, of course! By having appropriate clothes for every occasion, the classic movie stars looked great for all time, and who doesn't want to look great?

I am especially amused by the author's criticism of black suits for business and formal daytime occasions. In fact, there is a notorious internet thread which I believe involves this author strongly making points against any black lounge suit. This guy is right! I am a musician, and I perform at many wedding services. Black suits and Tuxedos (in the book you'll learn much more about that term) really do look pretty bad in the daylight out in the garden. In fact, although most of the male guests I see at wedding services are fairly comfortable financially, I've seen maybe only two all summer who adhered to the values explained in The Suit. Those men stood out head and shoulders above the rest. I don't know how those "well dressed" gentlemen acquired their ability to dress well, but now that skill is available to others who might read and understand The Suit.

This book reveals the secrets of "proper dressing" to those that are willing to study the concepts and learn the vocabulary. I might also recommend that readers not familiar with the jargon of men's clothes check out Style and the Man by Alan Flusser. That book, with all its photographs, can be a starting point for those wishing to understand The Suit.

Finally, I really wish The Suit was required reading for people in the men's clothing industry--especially retail clothing salesmen and people that call themselves tailors. I am amazed how much ignorant advice is out there. I bet many clothing salesmen might actually enjoy knowing the history and traditions of their business, rather than just feeling compelled to make something up in order to close a sale.

Read this book and you will be able to select your own ties! A person that makes use of the information in The Suit is far more likely to come up with winning combinations of clothes. Give yourself some time to take it all in and reap the rewards.

Flawed gem: very informative but not well written.......2007-08-12

If you want to learn specifically about men's formal clothing (suits, ties, shoes, etc), this book pack plenty of good info. Unfortunately, there are no pictures, so it is often hard to imagine what the author is describing. Therefore, this should not be your first or only book about men's style. Alan Flusser's books are better introductions to this field.

Given that I already knew quite a bit about this topic, I was impressed how much new and interesting things I discovered in this book. For example, one interesting "advanced reading" chapter was "On the Difference Between Formality and Dandification"

The main problems that prevent the book from getting a higher rating are: lack of illustrations, difficult-to-read Machiavelli-style language, expectation of prior knowledge, and somewhat poor organization (e.g. it could have been faster and easier to get to the point on many occasions). Note that the author is an active participant in online forums devoted to men's style (London Lounge, Ask Andy, Style Forum), so many of the glowing positive reviews are from other members of these forums.

Overall: recommended reading.

The Suit is a Poor Fit!.......2007-04-11

I have read all of the leading books on men's clothing and style over the years. This ranks at the bottom of the list. It was boring and not well written. I put it aside about a quarter of the way through. I am surprised by the other reviews. I felt like they must have been reading a different book! Save your money on this one. Buy any of Alan Flusser's books. They are all about great style and how to dress.

Edifies while it entertains.......2007-03-15

Reading the numerous reviews of this work was painfully interesting. It's ok not to like something or disagree vehemently with it, but I found it surprising how a little tome about 'how to dress well for best advantage', stiched together in a style seeped in irony and hyperbole, could engender such a vitriolic response from some of the reviewers. I fear that perhaps not a few sacred cows were tipped over in the night. (One of the reviewers evinced a need for literalness so perfervid that I fear he'll misunderstand my previous sentence. "No, sir, no cows in India (where they are sacred) were harmed by the author.")

Rules have motley origins. For clothing, they come from numerous sources, including, but not limited to: what respected people did in the past, what flatters particular body styles, the mathematics of proportion, the aesthetics of colors and patterns, what 'other' successful people wear, and--most importantly--how people in our immediate peer group dress. The latter appears to be the most powerful sartorial force in today's society. Aristocratic snobbery has been steadily replaced by democratic slobbery. If anything that demonstrates that entropy exists in the realm of style, and that style--to sustain itself--must adapt successfully to its environment while maintaining its slowly evolving form. Not everything that worked in the past will work in the future; but a few things will. These 'few things' constitute the core of permanent style.

One important lesson I learned from the book is that a healthy understanding of past traditions is required to understand why things are the way they are and sets the proper context for understanding how things 'might be and ought to be.'

To paraphrase Santayana: 'Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to defeat it.'

fun to share.......2007-01-12

This book was enjoyed by several of the guys in my family over vacation. Those in the know especially enjoyed the subtleties of Machiavelli's The Prince showing through. Seemed to be a fun guy book on lots of levels...I even found my husband dusting off some suits and seeing how they matched up to his body type.

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An innovative, comprehensive overview of capital punishment. This book offers an objective, policy-oriented examination of the death penalty as practiced in the United States.

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Most Comprehensive and Balanced Text on Capital Punishment.......2005-03-23

As a professor of criminal justice I have had the ocassion to read numerous texts on the death penalty, and Evan Mandery's, Capital Punishment in America: A Balanced Explanation, is by far the most comprehensive and balanced examination of the topic I have seen. I highly recommend it to any serious student of the death penalty, particularly to those who already have their minds made up.

Professor Mandery's book is an outstanding compilation of the best research and scholarship on this controversial topic.

--Mark A. Stelter, J.D.
Professor of Criminal Justice
Montgomery College
Houston, Texas

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Ground water monitoring technology: Procedures, equipment, and applications
Robert D Morrison
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Ground Water Monitoring Technology Procedures, Equipment and Applications
Robert D. Morrison
Manufacturer: Timco Mfg. Inc.
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All papers in this volume were peer-reviewed. The BIFI2006 Conference represents an interactive forum for physicists, chemists, biologists, and mathematicians for sharing ideas as well as adressing recent advances in the frontier between physics and biology. Current challenges in molecular and cell biology, biomedicine, and biotechnology require the interdisciplinary collaborative effort of theoretical and experimental researchers benefiting from the interplay between the latest computational and experimental developments. There were three main topics at the conference: nucleic acids, proteins and peptides, and collective behavior of biomolecules. This volume includes papers on: protein folding, nucleic acid structure, ligand binding, proteomics, network dynamics and topology, cell signaling, collective behavior, biomolecular modeling, systems biology, and biophysical computational methods.

Interface between Chemistry and Biochemistry (Experientia Supplementum)

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Interface between Chemistry and Biochemistry (Experientia Supplementum)

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This book seeks to be a guidebook on the journey towards the minimal supersymmetric standard model down the orbifold road. It takes the viewpoint that the chirality of matter fermions is an essential aspect that orbifold compactification allows to derive from higher-dimensional string theories in a rather straight-forward manner.

Halfway between a textbook and a tutorial review, "Quarks and Leptons from Orbifolded Superstring" is intended for the graduate student and particle phenomenologist wishing to get acquainted with this field.

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`Tonight When I make my sweeping bow at heaven's gate, One thing I shall still possess, at any rate, Unscathed, something outlasting mortal flesh, And that is ... My panache.' The first English translation of Cyrano de Bergerac, in 1898, introduced the word panache into the English language. This single word summed up Rostand's rejection of the social realism which dominated late nineteenth-century theatre. He wrote his `heroic comedy', unfashionably, in verse, and set it in the reign of Louis XIII and the Three Musketeers. Based on the life of a little known writer, Rostand's hero has become a figure of theatrical legend: Cyrano, with the nose of a clown and the soul of a poet, is by turns comic and sad, as reckless in love as in war, and never at a loss for words. Audiences immediately took him to their hearts, and since the triumphant opening night in December 1897 - at the height of the Dreyfus Affair - the play has never lost its appeal. The text is accompanied by notes and a full introduction which sets the play in its literary and historical context. Christopher Fry's acclaimed translation into `chiming couplets' represents the homage of one verse dramatist to another.

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Fantastic.......2007-07-21

This is a geart version of Cyrano. It features Jose Ferrer in the title role of Cyrano. Unlike some other swashbucklers Jose can really fence. The fencing scenes are fantastic and all the actors work to bring the tragic story of Cyrano to life in an amazing way. The only gripe I have is with the sound, but this is a fantastci movie.

Tale of Two Loves .......2007-05-26

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...or maybe it is in the ear of the beholder.

Jose Ferrer plays Cyrano de Bergerac, a witty, chivalrous swordsman who has a flair for quick quips and romantics. Cyrano's one insecurity is something he can do little about, his rather large nose, and this seems to make him reluctant to profess his love for a woman he desperately is in love with, Roxane. Roxane, however, has her love already set on another man (Christian) who has the looks that Cyrano has no hope of competing with.

In a classic story of lost love, and inner and outer beauty, the film Cyrano de Bergerac seems to highlight the idea that physical attraction can only go so far, and that sacrifice is a huge part of love. There is a significant point in the film when both major characters--Cyrano and Christian--have to sacrifice something. Christian's sacrifice in battle is parallel with Cyrano's sacrifice in trying to help Christian win the love of Roxane, and these sacrifices seem to underscore the various meanings of love in the film. While Roxane loves Christian for his outer handsomeness, it is the voice and words of Cyrano, unbeknownst to her, that she falls in love with. This seems to highlight the notion that physical attraction can only work so much magic before it falls flat, that there has to be something deeper.

Another interesting perspective is the two types of battles raging: both physical and emotional. The physical war that Cyrano and Christian fight in seems to coincide with the emotional battle within both of their hearts for Roxane. These seem to equate with both characters different kinds of wounds suffered: Cyrano (emotional, from the idea of not gaining Roxane's love) and Christian (physical, from being hurt in battle).

Clearly a sense of honor is there for Cyrano, and this makes the final climactic scene with Roxane perhaps the best scene in the film.

This is well-performed classic, albeit overlooked, shows that love has more than one dimension.

Great version...but a problem with audio.......2007-05-20

I love this movie. I think that Jose Ferrer is great a Cyrano. My students also liked this version and it was great for showing the consolidation of characters and plot lines. However, the audio inconsistencies tended to be a problem. My students missed lines. On the plus side, they were quiet throughout the movie.

Wonderful Wit.......2007-05-15

This version of Cyrano de Bergerac is timeless. Jose Ferrer embodies the character of Cyrano in a way that Steve Martin's "Roxanne" version of the story never did. I highly recommend this movie for entertainment, as well as, disscusion of wit and humor during the Renescience.

My own dear love I love you not............2007-04-13

Everytime I watched this movie when I was growing up on television, I would cry when he said that one line. Cyrano to me was the very picture of what this time period is like, this is the version that I love more than all others. I was in my local Half Price Books when I saw the book, I picked it up and was thumbing through it when I realized that the DVD of the Jose Ferrar version was attached all for $5.98, joy. I have seen every version of Cyrano, even the Steve Martin take on it in Roxanne. Jose's tenderness and beauty in this part is something that I must admit that I have read some of the reviews and they say that it doesn't seem realistic to them. There was a time when men actually courted women with sweet words and kindness, when being a poet was something that you were praised for. I suppose that there will be people who think that there is something fantasy like in this character but I also know that he is based on a real poet living at the time that it was written. I find that it was something that endeared the character to me. I love Cyrano, he taught me at a young age that it is important to look beyond someone's features and see who they are. I am like the young woman who offered him a feast at the beginning of the movie, my eyes would have held no mocking in them. Jose Ferrer is amazing in this part, this is the one that I looked for and when I found it that Sunday afternoon, I ran to watch it because it had been my one true search for so long. The quality of my DVD is fine, it has that haze of older film but everything can't be HD, get over it and watch the movie.

Cyrano de Bergerac : An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts : A New Version in English Verse

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Cyrano de Bergerac : An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts : A New Version in English Verse
Edmond; Hooker, Brian Rostand
Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Company
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Cyrano De Bergerac An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts A New Version in English Verse By Brian Hooker Prepared for Walter Hampton

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Cyrano De Bergerac An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts A New Version in English Verse By Brian Hooker Prepared for Walter Hampton

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Cyrano De Bergerac - An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts - Complete and Unabridged

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Cyrano De Bergerac - An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts - Complete and Unabridged
Brian Rost Edmond; Translated By Hooker
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H4RWKU

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Cyrano de Bergerac : an heroic comedy in five acts
Edmond Rostand
Manufacturer: BANTAM BOOKS
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Cyrano de Bergerac An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts A New Version in English Verse by Brian Hooker Prepared for Walter Hampden

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Cyrano de Bergerac An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts A New Version in English Verse by Brian Hooker Prepared for Walter Hampden
Edmond Rostand
Manufacturer: Bantam Books
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ASIN: B000O894UA

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Complete and Unabridged

CYRANO DE BERGERAC HEROIC COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS

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CYRANO DE BERGERAC HEROIC COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS

Manufacturer: New American Library
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One of the most beloved heroes of the stage, Cyrano de Bergerac is a magnificent wit who, despite his many gifts, feels that no woman can ever love him because of his enormous nose. He adores the beautiful Roxanne but, lacking courage, decides instead to help the tongue-tied but winsome Christian woo the fair lady by providing him with flowery sentiments and soulful poetry. Roxanne is smittenbut is it Christian she loves or Cyrano? A triumph from the moment of its 1897 premiere, Cyrano de Bergerac has become one of the most frequently produced plays in the world. Its perennial popularity is a tribute to the universal appeal of its themes and characters.

Cyrano De Bergerac Heroic Comedy in Five Acts A New Adaptation of Edmond Rostand's Play

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Cyrano De Bergerac Heroic Comedy in Five Acts A New Adaptation of Edmond Rostand's Play
Erna Kruckemeyer
Manufacturer: Samuel French
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Cyrano de Bergerac,: An heroic comedy in five acts
Edmond Rostand
Manufacturer: H. Holt and company
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