Human Dimension and Interior Space: A Source Book of Design Reference Standards

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great reference.......2007-09-29

this is a book that will never make you excited with designing spaces, but it is something that you really NEED TO HAVE if doing inerior design. greatest reference book i've seen.

Good Reference Text.......2007-08-23

Good reference text for deminision and clearly illustrated. Only drawback is the data this is based on is a number of years old. That said it is still highly relevant.

Indispensible Resource.......2007-06-13

I purchased this book over 22 years ago and loved it then! I lost my copy during a move and now am looking to repurchase it. Without a doubt, it was one of the most valuable books in my collection for designing custom homes! As an architectural designer, I highly recommend this book to any design professional or student!

It's All Inside!.......2007-03-22

One of the best reference books to date for building ergonomic interiors.

MSUT HAVE FOR DESIGNERS!.......2006-02-26

I got this book for my Sr. Design class where we are designing a retail store. This book is a MUST HAVE for an interior designer... students especially....
a book you will keep in your design library forever...

Human Dimension and Interior Space: A Source Book of Design Reference Standards

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Human Dimension and Interior Space: A Source Book of Design Reference Standards
Julius Panero
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill Pubns
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KW4MQ6

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Like the earthquakes and explorations depicted on the covers of Gertrude Stein's notebooks, this study responds to artistic and linguistic fault lines and charts new territories. The author's concern is both with a general theoretical question - the relationship between painting and poetry, between the visual and the verbal - and with a specific period of artistic history - the early years of the twentieth century, when Cubism flourished.

Rather than seeing any conflict or irreconcilable division between painting and poetry, Scobie proposes, as a model for their relation, the Derridean notion of 'the supplement.' This relation is grounded in the pervasiveness of language, in the ways in which language surrounds, imbues, structures, and supplements both verbal and non-verbal images.

Working from the double focus of theory and history, this book does not attempt to develop a consecutive argument, but rather navigates around its topics, adopting a slightly different approach in each chapter. It begins with a general theoretical discussion of the role of language in painting and in art history, then moves to a series of specific discussions of aspects of Cubism, considering the paintings of Georges Braque, and the writings of Gertrude Stein and Guillaume Apollinaire. It concludes with an examination of the experimental form of concrete poetry, including sound and visual poetry, especially the Cubist-influenced work of Ian Hamilton Finlay. Earthquakes and Explorations will interest those studying art history, literary criticism, and critical theory.

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Cookie Cutter Knitters Need Not Apply

Breathtaking Handknits

Maggie's Ireland

Not the same old boring stuff

Impractical, Ugly Garments--What Gives?

Maggie's Ireland: Designer Knits on Location
Maggie Jackson
Manufacturer: Xrx Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Book Description

This splendid collection of designer handknits features photographs shot in beautiful Northern Ireland. With more than 40 projects, there are pieces suited for every season and shape that take knitters from the beach to the ballroom. Jackson brings a fashion designer's approach to handknits, showing knitters how simple stitches can create lines and blocks of texture. Traditional yarns-Irish tweeds and linens-and a few exotics materials such as strips of chambray, denim, gingham, and fur are combined to create innovative designs for women, men, and children. Highlighting each design are photographs from locations around Northern Ireland, including Giant's Causeway, Mussenden Temple, the Mourne Mountains, Queen's University, the Ulster Folk Museum, and historic Slieve Donard Hotel.

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Cookie Cutter Knitters Need Not Apply.......2007-08-02

What a breath of fresh air!

I opened this book and was remided that knitting -- and textiles, design, and clothing -- have the potential to be both art and craft simultaneously. It doen't necessarily happen often, but it does happen... and it happens here in "Maggie's Ireland."

Beyond mere function (warmth and protection from the elements) the spun fleece of goats, rabbits, llamas, and fat little sheep and lambs have the potential to become wearable works of art, with all the aesthetic leaps of faith that implies.

These garments are not cardis, jumpers, pullovers, t-shirts, and socks -- all fine knitted goods in their own right. Instead, they go beyond just being what we need to survive -- they are the dusters, wraps and delights of imagination that refuse to conform to expectations and preconceptions of what handknitted craft should be. These are not mass produced ideas, and there won't be 16 people in your knitting circle all wearing the same raglan sleeved, solid color cardigan with 2 inches of ribbing at the bottom from this book. The designs instead take us from simply what we NEED to survive into the far reaches of what we WANT and what we revel in.

This is a book full of inspiration for those who require inspiration before committing their time, energy, and the fleece of some generous animal to hours of focus and imagination.

Moreover, the book itself is beautiful -- filled with the lush greens of Ireland that most folks never get to see for themselves and so just assume it's all a matter of Madison Avenue invention. But the colors and the knitting are both real -- and have the combined aesthetic impact of nature's overwhelming possibilities.

This is the work of dreamers and communicators. Every garment and object says something distinct and emotional about its maker and its wearer.

If you want servicable, econimical, and hard wearing, go to Walmart and get yourself some acrylic yarn.

Breathtaking Handknits.......2007-07-18

The designs in this book are amazingly beautiful. Maggie uses a lot of interesting, but uncomplicated texture in her handknits. With simple garter ridges, bobbles, tubes, slits, and seed (moss) stiches, her designs are undeniably breathtaking. I love how she mixes natural fibers such as mohair and linen to produce lovely, attention-getting garments. Maggie's artistry is absolutely inspiring. You won't find the typical stockinette cardigan or ho-hum pullover in her book. Instead, you will find creative designs that many will notice when you knit one. Thank you, Maggie, for sharing your awesome designs. Your book is wonderful!

Maggie's Ireland.......2007-07-09

Maggie really thinks out of the box. I just finished taking two classes from her and she is absolutely delightful. All her books have wonderful and inovative designs in them. These are not for people who are afraid to use knitting as an art form and who are afraid of trying something different.

Not the same old boring stuff.......2007-03-28

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED it! Checked this book out of the library last night and just had to order it immediately. Spent the last week combing through local bookstores looking for knitting inspiration. All I found was the same old boring books/patterns/styles. Obviously this book is not for everyone, but for the rest of us it's a great gift. Not sure how to categorize Maggie's funky styling - kinda nomad meets the goddess? Asymetrical, richly textured designs. Reminds me of Tienda Ho fashions in California. Check out the incredible sweater coats! For those of us who prefer the road less traveled, this is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.

Impractical, Ugly Garments--What Gives?.......2007-03-21

I am a passionate fan of Aran knitting, and could not wait to get my hands on this book. To be brutally honest, I was shocked at the wierd, ugly garments in this book -- to call them "designer" is an insult to designers like Elizabeth Zimmerman, Meg Swansen, Alice Starmore, Lily Chin, Debra Newton, etc. Who on earth would wear such stuff? Even the dog sweather is totally ridiculous. I was hoping for some fresh, new Aran designs, expecting some designs to be trendy, but not this--this stuff is just plain bizarre. I will admit -- there are some beautiful pictures in this book, but if that's what you're looking for, then get a coffee table book on Ireland. I can't imagine anyone spending their precious time and money making any of these items -- where on earth would you wear them?

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Here is a new episode in the official manga adaptation of the classic mecha anime which is featured on the Cartoon Network. After a fierce battle at the Federation's headquarters, the White Base is launched to Side 6 ahead of the rest of the fleet to act as a decoy. But the uneasy peace is about to be shattered when Zeon admiral Conscon comes hunting for the White Base with a seemingly insurmountable force of mobile suits! Can young electronics wizard Amuro Rey fight his way out of this trap or will it prove to be his undoing?

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Collier's Junior Classics. The Young Folks Shelf of Books. 10 VOLUME SET.
Margaret E. (series editor) & Shores, Dr. Louis & Snowden, Harr y R. Martignoni
Manufacturer: Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KLUESM

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Accessing the French nature

Cultural Crossroads

French and Americans: The Other Shore
Pascal Baudry
Manufacturer: Les Frenchies, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0976057026
Release Date: 2005-05-30

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One of the many reasons why the Americans and the French, these two great people who nourish such complex feelings towards one another, have so much difficulty getting along consistently is that Americans like to do and the French are content to understand. But this is not to say that such understanding comes easily. The author, a French-born and naturalized American with extensive experience of both countries, has attempted here not only to describe the surprisingly strong differences between our two cultures, but also to explain why we are so different. For this innovative work, he mobilizes a multi-disciplinary approach to a rare degree. He gives readers from either shore an opportunity to reflect, at a truly deep level, on their own culture, in order for us to finally be able to see what we were taking for granted and to unearth the many cultural roots of our personality. The we become able to enrich our thinking and our practices with a broader stet of options. However you have been warned this discovery happens at the price of a certain loss of innocence: once you have read this book, there will be no way back. Dr. Baudry published the French best-seller Français et Américains, lautre rive first in 2000, as a cyberbook (which can be downloaded free of charge at www.pbaudry.com) and then on paper (Village Mondial / Pearson Ed. Paris. 2nd edition, 2004), and finally as a comic strip, Les Frenchies, co-authored with Luc Nisset. Many of his 74,000 French-speaking readers asked him for an English translation, either to share with their American colleagues in French-American companies, to better communicate within culturally mixed couples, or to use as a reference book for Intercultural Studies, a topic that he has been teaching for many years at several of these famous institutions of higher education that the French fret soi much about. He has also given hundreds of conferences to American and French audiences, despite which he is still alive and well. Mais bon!

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Accessing the French nature .......2005-08-04

This book is based on real knowledge, full of valid examples and thoughful commentary. Pascal is a man of high intellect and this is a documentary of his reflections.It is not a book to be read through in one sitting,but rather it should be read, savored and used to think about one's own experiences.

Cultural Crossroads.......2005-08-02

This is an excellent book for anyone interested in moving to or doing business with France. Pascal Baudry's experience in both cultures is frank and eye-opening. Take a step outside your stereotypes and norms to see a raw view of two countries and cultures with centuries of cross-cultural connections. Even if you have no plans to live or work in France, this book provides an enriching insight into French and American culture.

Call of Adventure: Collier's Junior Classics Series #9

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Call of Adventure: Collier's Junior Classics Series #9
Margaret E; Shores, Louis; Snowden, Harry R; Rollins, Charlemae (editors) Martignoni
Manufacturer: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000CEM4GM

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A completely new selection of outstanding children's stories and peoms compiled reading by a distinguished editorial board of children's librarians. This volume includes stories of adventure.

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1969 Year Book: Covering the Year 1968
Louis, Blackburn, Robert H., & Francis Sir Shores
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ASIN: B000UVCW1Y

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1971 Year Book: Covering the Year 1970
Louis, Blackburn, Robert H., & Francis Sir Shores
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1972 Year Book: Covering the Year 1971
Louis, Blackburn, Robert H., & Francis Sir Shores
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1973 Year Book: Covering the Year 1972
Louis, Blackburn, Robert H., & Francis Sir Shores
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Audiovisual Librarianship
Louis Shores
Manufacturer: Libraries Unlimited Inc.,U.S.
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Basic Reference Books
Louis Shores
Manufacturer: American Library Association
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000L337GA

Basic Reference Books: An Introduction to the Evaluation, Study and Use of Reference Materials, with Special Emphasis on Some 300 Titles

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Basic Reference Books: An Introduction to the Evaluation, Study and Use of Reference Materials, with Special Emphasis on Some 300 Titles
Louis Shores
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A refreshing perspective on parenting.

Elegant Parenting: Strategies for the Twenty-First Century
Beth Gall
Manufacturer: General Systemantics Pr/Liberty
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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A refreshing perspective on parenting........2000-03-30

Elegant Parenting presents clever, emotionally savvy ways of getting to know your child, listening well, engaging cooperation, and extinguishing irritating behaviors. The authors focus on "pacing," or getting a good understanding of what your child is doing and why. They also offer stragegies from their own experience and from other parents of how to use "pacing" to direct or redirect behavior. The book offers a refreshing perspective on parenting, one that emphasizes behavior-shaping through knowing your child and individualizing interventions, rather than focusing on trite notions of discipline or punishment that are unlikely to work for all children anyway. One problem with the book is that since it is based on a seminar that the authors taught and consists of written details of class discussion. As a result, it lacks organization and a cohesive thesis or argument. Still, if you have the patience to plod through the book, reading dialogue after dialogue, you're likely to emerge with a new perspective on parenting and "discipline."

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A beautiful overview

Mastering War

brilliant

The most comprehensive analysis of war I've read

An analytical rather than ideological overview of war

War: The Lethal Custom
Gwynne Dyer
Manufacturer: Carroll & Graf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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While modern science ponders whether human beings are programmed toward belligerence and warfare, there is no doubt that war has been humanity’s constant companion since the dawn of civilization, and that we have become all too proficient in its conduct.

In War, noted military historian Gwynne Dyer ranges from the tumbling walls of Jericho to the modern advent of total war in which no one is exempt from the horrors of armed conflict. He shows how the martial instinct has evolved over the human generations and among our close primate relations, such as the chimpanzee. Dyer squarely confronts the reality of war, and the threat of nuclear weapons, but does not despair that war is our eternal legacy. He likes and respects soldiers, even while he knows their job is to kill; he understands the physics and the psychology of battles, but he is no war junkie. Dyer surveys the fiery battlefields of human history, never losing sight of the people caught up in war. He actually believes there is hope that war can be abolished, that human beings are more than just our genes.

War is an award-winning book that explores the human past to imagine a different future.

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A beautiful overview.......2006-03-30

Dyer has done an excellent job of revising his earlier text, although I must confess to missing a couple of particularly trenchant comments that he has left out in an effort to rise above the suspicions of today's readers, steeped as they are in a silly, false political dichotomy. Dyer's book is both a source of illumination onto how humans got here and a clear explication of how war threatens the future of the human race. He is not overly optimistic about our chances, but neither is he a doomsayer. If we have the guts and intelligence to confront the urges, instincts, and social pathologies that drive us towards violent conflict, we've got a chance. It's up to us.

Mastering War.......2005-10-30

When a tourist lodge opened about twenty years ago in Kenya, the alpha males of a nearby baboon troop helped themselves to the easy pickings at the garbage dump. In the time honored tradition of baboon despotism where status obsessed males strictly enforce the prevailing hierarchy, the top ranking males claimed the spoils for themselves, and drove away their lower ranking brother baboons. The alpha males then perished en masse when they become infected with bovine tuberculosis from the rotten meat they ate at the dump. Once the alpha males died and their terroristic bullying tactics with them, the survivors were suddenly able to relax and began treating each other more decently. A new more peaceful baboon society was born.

Gwynne Dyer recounts this incident in the last chapter of "WAR: The Lethal Custom" to summarize and exemplify one of his main arguments in this thought-provoking work -- that our species' penchant for violence, although it does have roots in our evolutionary past, does not mean it is inevitable. He argues that as sentient beings we do have and have shown the capacity for making peace, too. In what is a hopeful but realistic retelling of the founding of the League of Nations after WWI and the United Nations after WWII, Dyer suggests that through it these organizations human beings are attempting to deal with the very real possiblity of species annihilation. He argues that the reversal of despoliation of the world must begin in earnest now so as to prevent the international anarchy that will undoubtedly follow if nations choose not to cooperate and instead chase after and fight over diminishing resources.

Tracing the rise of war from our early ancestors to the present day, Dyer relates a convincing story of increasing technological efficiency in the art and machinery of death, where the technology of war comes to outstrip the capacity of most human societies to contain and direct it. Early on when our species lived in egalitarian societies of roughly thirty individuals to a band, killing one's neighbors was a rare occurrence. In a sparsely peopled world with few competitors for game or territory, it was rare that roving bands would skirmish or fight each other. War appeared as more constant and sustained human enterprise with the rise of agriculturalism with its settled communities ripe for plunder by marauding bands whose economic lives and assumptions about tactics were based on their experience as shepherds of livestock. Highly mobile, schooled in techniques of herding, these bands employed the same principles when facing armies of settlers, e.g., using speed, terror, bluff and deception to terrorize settled communities into giving up their treasures.

War figures heavily in explaining the rise and fall of civilizations and peoples throughout history. The Roman phalanx, for instance, an early "machine" of war which used men as its moving parts, remained effective for hundreds of years, until guns eventually rendered it passe. Walled cities and medieval castles too, were marvels of defensive engineering, until they met a similar fate. Then with the end of professional and mercenary armies with the levee en masse in the wake of the French Revolution, came the era of total war when civilian populations, the manufacturers of the materiel of war, became defined as combatants, too, ushering in totalitarian states, weapons of mass destruction and the possiblity of annihilation.

Dyer also does a particularly fine job on guerilla warfare, which acquired that name during the resistance to Napoleon's invasion and annexation of Spain. He questions the notion of a "War on Terror" as espoused by the current American regime as emblematic of its naivete. The idea of war implies an end, a truce, an armistice. Dyer suggests that the U.S., by declaring a "war" on terror fell into the trap laid by Osama Bid Laden. For it is not a war that can be won through warfare. "Police Action Against Terrorists," while not as compelling from a rhetorical or strategic standpoint, has been shown to be the more effective strategy over time.

A history of the humankind told through the changing techniques of warfare and the key confrontations marking these shifts, written with verve, psychological and anthropological acuity, WAR is a valuable exploration of this most uncivil custom. Dyer sees evidence of and movement toward the restoration on an international level of the cooperation of early egalitarian societies. He suggests the spread of cross-cultural communication, which is opening a field for international debate (as evidenced in the massive worldwide anti-war protests against the invasion of Iraq), is restoring the possiblity of dialogue and a democracy of the multitude.

brilliant.......2005-07-17

The best reflection about war I have read so far. Less detailed than Keegan's "history of warfare", but more pertinent. A clear, lucid perspective on organized human violence. Dyer is parcimonious with words and daring with concepts.
The hardcover edition is also a beautiful looking book.

The most comprehensive analysis of war I've read.......2005-02-06

In the mid-80's, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) presented a documentary on the nature of war. Hosted by Gwynne Dyer, my recollection (I was barely a teen at the time) is that it was an interesting and in-depth analysis on the nature of war. Dyer then proceeded to write a companion book, which has been out of print for some years. Now, there is this brand-new, updated version. Dyer has woven the events of the last 20 years into the fabric of the narrative, instead of tacking on an extra chapter at the end - thus it reads like a new book, not a money-grabbing enhancement of an old one. It has been out in Canada for a few months, and will make it's U.S. (re)debut in the spring.

In terms of timeline, this is the most comprehensive book on the roots of, and motivations for, war. Dyer uses archaeological evidence and combines it with analyses on the behaviours of our primate cousins (chimps, baboons, etc.) to build a description of the origin of organised society and the roots of warfare. He then proceeds through the ages, from Babylon and Egypt to the Cold War and the two U.S.-Iraq wars. In this way, he builds a complex but ultimately useful and compelling description of warfare as a human activity. He makes many of the same conclusions as John Keegan and others, but the sheer depth of the analysis is more complex than anything else out there, to my knowledge.

Granted, much of the material in this book has been covered before. For example, is war a natural condition of human societies? Is it inevitable that man will fight his peers? With his trademark wit and seemingly contradictory combination of optimism and sarcasm, Dyer convincingly builds his thesis. The prose is entertaining to read, and the liberal sprinkling of photographic illustrations makes this book eminently readable.

First, the pessimistic side: Humans (and most apes, for that matter) really DO mean to kill each other. However, the average person's chance to die by a violent death has remained mainly steady over the millenia. Certainly, the chances of dying in this century's World Wars was high, but those wars only took up 10% of the century's time. Thus, as battles increased in size and lethality, societies fought less and less frequently, so it all balanced out.

However, he is quite optimistic that humans really are moving in a pacifistic direction. With the advent of nuclear weapons, the next big war will be the last one. His chapters describing the Cold War might be controversial (especially to the U.S. Right) as he maintains Reagan's defense policy was basically invented by Jimmy Carter, and the Soviet Union was already done before Reagan came to power. Whatever your political leanings, though, he lucidly describes the training and mindset of the professionals tasked with maintaining and, if necessary, launching the ICBMs that WWIII would have been fought with.

That's not to say that Dyer is a pacifist per se. He has great respect for people in uniform, and those that follow his syndicated column will know he was in favour of Gulf War I and the destruction of the Taliban by the U.S.-led coalition. He does maintain, however, that modern warfare has turned into an all-or-nothing game where the loser is wiped out (at least the government, and often entire ethnic groups). This is not a sustainable situation in the nuclear era, and so we are in great danger. However, he points out that natural human tendency is to equal rights and democracy. As modern communications and universal literacy make it feasible, nations will naturally move towards more equitable solutions. Thus, in the final analysis, war may eventually become obsolete after all. As he says in the book, it will be good riddance.

An analytical rather than ideological overview of war.......2002-11-08

Tom Clancy once observed that a war of agression is armed robbery writ large--"they've got it, we want it, let's go get it." That's a simplistic if accurate observation, but it only describes war in only one incarnation. This book was written during the last few years of the Cold War, when very few "experts" on the issue could be described as objective. Back then, only two camps were being heard from. One was the "gung ho" school of thought that admitted that war might not be very desirable, but when your country got a slap in the face from someone "over yonder", those responsible had to be taught a lesson. That of course is the product of nationalism having been confused with patriotism--the terms are not identical. The other was the pacifist school of thought, which maintained that any enemy can be reasoned with and should be at all costs, and that anyone in uniform is by definition a bloodthirsty human predator. The first is the product of a bottomless naiivete about human nature and ignorance of how societies other than one's own think--the second forgets that it's the criminal, not the soldier, who's a predator in human vesture. Out of curiosity, I viewed the PBS series based on this book. I found myself intrigued by Dyer's observation that the way to make a fighting man out of a young man raised to believe that killing people is wrong is to strongly imply the enemy aren't really people. When you get right down to it, that is borne out by the historical wartime habit of referring to the enemy by demonizing the enemy and referring to him in subhuman terms. Another of Dyer's comments that interested me was the observation that a nation that piles up stockpiles of weapons in preparation for war will sooner or later get that war. Dyer of course isn't the only writer who's been able to look at war in such terms--Herman Wouk postscripted "War and Remembrance" with the comment that either war is finished or we are. The sad irony of our age is that some of us may be able to view war with this level of objectivity, but most of us still haven't outgrown nationalism--a phenomenon which Dyer correctly identifies as the root cause of war.

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War the Lethal Custom
Gwynne Dyer
Manufacturer: CARROLL & GRAF @ PUBLISHERS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000SNOYDS

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This book is a compilation of twenty-five years of fieldwork with a group of Maori. It is an examination of oral histories, notebooks of songs, diaries, accounts of pilgrimages, and life histories. Critical issues are addressed including written and unwritten histories, colonialism, gender, and membership in Maramatanga. This book examines in great detail what scholars of New Zealand have grown to understand, there is no monolithic Maori voice.

Maori Times, Maori Places: Prophetic Histories.(Book Review): An article from: Oceania

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Maori Times, Maori Places: Prophetic Histories.(Book Review): An article from: Oceania
Meredith Filihia
Manufacturer: University of Sydney
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Oceania, published by University of Sydney on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1054 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: Maori Times, Maori Places: Prophetic Histories.(Book Review)
Author: Meredith Filihia
Publication: Oceania (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: University of Sydney
Volume: 74 Issue: 3 Page: 254(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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One of the challenges in protecting and displaying environmentally sensitive objects is preventing deterioration caused by the presence of oxygen. This volume describes the design and construction of an oxygen-free, hermetically sealed, display and storage case developed by the Getty
Conservation Institute for the long-term protection of such objects. The case was originally designed during a collaborative project between the Egyptian Antiquities Organization and the Institute to conserve the Royal Mummy Collection at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

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