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The sequel to the highly successful and critically praised book, Bar and Club Design, New Bar and Club Design is an elegant photographic journey through the latest international design trends in the bar and club industries, highlighting bars and clubs completed since 2001.
There has been a resurgence of cocktail culture and an explosion of the "style bar," places that are professionally designed and serve high quality spirits, wine, and cocktails. Such bars have continued to open in cities such as New York, London, and Tokyo, but also in Beirut and Bangkok. Another strong trend in bar and club design, documented here, is a interest in creating lower budget designer bars that are as visually interesting and unusually designed as the big budget productions, such as Andy Wahloo in Paris and Loungelover in London. Likewise, club culture continues to thrive, albeit on a far smaller scale than the superclubs of the 1990s. Nightclubs have grown cozier, late night lounge bars have emerged to cater to the "grown-up clubber," offering comfort and luxury rather than an empty shell in which to dance. The futuristic "superclubs" still being built now offer the very latest in technology and audiovisual entertainment.
This book explores the design zeitgeist of drinking and dancing culture worldwide. Divided by category into bars, restaurant bars, hotel bars, and clubs, each profile includes imaginative photographs, thoughtful descriptions, and architectural plans of the design. The innovative, sleek photographs allow the reader to enter into the ambience of each bar and experience its atmosphere. Sure to be an excellent guide for bar and club owners, architects and designers, as well as a sourcebook for new design inspirations, New Bar and Club Design will be appealing to travelers, night-lifers and design-lovers of every description.
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Unique Approach.......2007-08-11
This book is a classy edition to library of any nightclub industry professional and to anyone who enjoys fine design.
A sequel to "Bar and Club Design", a book I have not had the opportunity to view, this second book is reminiscent of the popular photograph books published with works of famous photographers. It is physically weighted, an unusual, square shape with high quality glossy pages. The book is divided by chapters that categorize the types of bars. Starting with bars, the book leads into restaurant bars, hotel bars, and clubs.
It visually captures fifty of the worlds most beautifully designed bars and clubs with detailed text descriptions that tell a story of their own. There are several floor plans that show the uniqueness of each of these clubs, beyond the photograph. Ryder, the books author, is a journalist from London specializing in lifestyle topics and interior design. This explains why each image in the book appears a true work of art.
Visit Coconclub in Moscow, Russia which is described as a "giant termite mound" by the author and as a "four level biomorphic formation like a mountain peppered with caves, suddenly put inside a building with a an eclectic façade" by its architects. The images that follow are an amazing feat of architecture and artwork weaved together.
See how Hajime in Tokyo, Japan has maximized the appearance of a small square footage area using some illumination and shadowing to create the illusion of a much larger space. Or the 2 million dollar color changing XL club in New York. The ideas, creativity and beauty seems endless.
This is a pleasant read and even more pleasant just to thumb through and enjoy the photographic art that it contains. If you own a bar or club, let it inspire you to make changes and differentiate your bar from others. If you just enjoy the nightlife, know that there are fascinating places you can spend your time.
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This book shows the techniques for drawing charming feminine characters and fully explains a woman's range of poses and the expression of the bodyline. Also, clothes, accessories, make-up, and various other materials and how they rest on the body are thoroughly explained.
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Lives up to the title.......2007-06-14
First of all, this is an excellent resource, and if drawing beautiful and alluring women is what you wish to accomplish, this is a must have book. The rest of this review is dedicated to addressing the complaints that have been levied against this book.
First, some have complained that this book doesn't do enough to teach how to start. This is because this book is not meant for beginning artists. It's called "More about Pretty Gals", implying that you have already learned about pretty girls and seek more information. Reading this before reading How to Draw Manga: BISHOUJO * Pretty Gals is like skipping a very crucial step; not recommended.
Second, many have complained that this book shows "too much" of the female anatomy, essentially amounting to fan service. The only complaint that should ever be levied against an art book, especially one dealing with anatomy, is that it shows TOO LITTLE. It is crucial that an artist knows every corner of the human anatomy, otherwise you're likely to make huge mistakes when rendering the body. If you can't take seeing a woman in bondage gear, or seeing a woman clinging to another woman (both of which are good lessons for clothing and physical character interactions), then perhaps you are not quite mature enough to handle detailed female anatomy. (Also, shouldn't looking at the cover be a good enough reference to judge the rest of the book? How could the contents surprise you?)
I didn't find a bit of this book that wasn't useful. Showing women clothed in different material was very helpful, and also, the sections which focused on specific parts of the female body was helpful to me, especial the parts on rendering hands and the back. I highly recommend this book to any artist who wishes to render attractive women and is mature enough to handle it.
Really no good........2005-11-15
I looked over this book at my public library, and I was totally disappointed. There is really very little that this book provides, except oversaturation with fanservice. It really is a shame that this book, which is printed very professionally, is so devoid of everything that will make an artist better at drawing anything. At least, drawing anything EXCEPT for rather large naked (or almost naked) breasts in a variety of outfits. Some of these outfits are so outlandish that they would rarely ever occur in real life, let alone in any self-respecting manga drawing.
I don't think I could find a single drawing in there that was NOT designed to get a male's attention in a highly revealing manner. That's really what this book was about. (If you don't believe me, you can look at the Table of Contents at [...] - see for yourself).
If being able to draw women in a variety of slightly sexual through almost nude poses is what you want to get out of drawing manga, buy this book - it was made for you. However, if you expect this book to teach you anything else, you will find yourself in for a REAL suprise.
I love drawing at least NOW.......2005-07-04
I love this book not because it teaches you on how to draw a pretty anime girl. This book has pictures of half naked women in it and thats what anime is all about.
hmmm...not the best...but still good.......2005-03-12
i got this book as a gift from my grandmother a few days ago, and i must say it's very...mediocre. some of the art is beautiful, but about a quarter of the art is done by an artist who tends to draw females looking like robots (right-angled noses, pointed lips, flat faces). in my opinion, i think this artist should have his pencils snapped in front of his face and be promptly fired (he has done art for other HTDM books as well, all equally bad, IMO). however, with that aside, i you're an artist who tends to draw only females (like me!) then you should certainly get this book, since it covers the aspects of manga women such and curves, clothes, and styling.
NOTE: i strongly do not recommend this book for the not-quite-mature-yet drawer. it contains a great deal of bondage and skimpy outfits, and has a lot of excess nudity. just a forewarning :-).
A great help........2005-03-06
I found this book to be extremely usefull, but I recommend getting the first book on Bishoujo characters before this one. It covors many types of clothing, which inculdes not only different fashions, but materials, and states such as wet clothing. It does not, I noticed, covor different face types, as the first did, which is one of hte reasons I recommened this one second, since the first is abit more basic. there is quite alot of nudity, but it does not amount to porn and such. Most of the nude drawings are simply to tell what the body would look like under clothing and things like that. There are,however, afew pages on bondage clothing. In the end, there is a complete picture that would be considered extremely mature, of two women. There is also a page on a body wrapped in gauze or ribbon, though I am not exactly sure as to why.
This book was an extremely good help. I gave it 4 stars and recommed it to the experiened Manga artist.
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Written by an expert author with 25 years experience in the field, this illuminating guide demystifies every aspect of the inkjet printer.
An actual photo in hand is sometimes worth two on the screen. That's why photographers struggling with the new digital printing technologies - or who want to improve their printing skills - will snap up this comprehensive guide. In reader-friendly language, it explores the entire process of creating, managing, and printing digital photos at home on any inkjet printer. From getting a good quality image to using advanced editing software, it's all here. Begin by selecting the printer, taking into account factors such as cost, color, speed, longevity and other features. See how to establish image files; do proper archiving and backup; and use editing software to get the best photo possible. Find out how to calibrate your monitor to match your printer, create a test print, and select papers and inks. There's also helpful information on printer maintenance and troubleshooting to keep your printer in tip-top shape.
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An Excellent Primer for Inkjet Printing.......2006-06-03
For most of us the ultimate goal of making a great digital photo (or a film photo for that matter) is to make a great print. As luck would have it, however, print making can be both the simplest and the most exasperating aspect of the digital process. Issues like color managent and equipment profiling are not concepts that come naturally to most of us. But Derek Doeffinger has done a fine job of putting all of this into simple, clear language.
Sure, pressing a button to get a quick color print is as simple as it sounds, but when it comes to getting a great print, it takes quite a bit of practice and some good basic knowledge. This book is the best primer that I've seen on the subject (and I'm surprised there aren't more good books on this topic). The book covers every aspect of printing including: setting up a good workspace, choosing the right printer, understanding technical issues like resolution, tone/color adjustments and calibrating your monitor, etc. In fact, it's hard to think of an aspect of digital/inkjet printing that Doeffinger doesn't cover.
Incidentally (or perhaps not so incidentally) the book is superbly written and nicely designed--a very fun and informative read. Most important though, there is nothing about this book that will scare you off if you're just getting your first serious inkjet printer and if you're an experienced printer, you'll still find lots of useful information. When you consider that the book costs about the same (or less) than a good ink cartridge or a pack of paper, it's a very good investment.
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Vikings just want to have fun! Of course, their idea of fun involves sharp bladed weapons and lots of blood. So how can a great big, powerful lad like Modi have fun? He's suffering under a curse and if he ever touches a weapon he will lose his soul. If that wasn't bad enough, Modi is now tracking down the God Thorr to thrash him. Hear that thunder? They're going at it right now!
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Great Read.......2003-09-05
This is an awesome read from top to bottom. Excellent artwork and a fantasy story that is well plotted and scripted. I encourage anyone who enjoys quality story telling to check this out along with any other books that have the name "Oeming" in the credits whether on the art side or the story side. Always a gurantee of high quality.
This ain't your daddy's Norse gods.......2003-09-02
This book is a must for any Oeming fan. If you dig what he does in POWERS, wait until you see what he does here. Modi feels like a character that very well could have been written about in norse legends. There's action, there's humor, and there's incredible art. What more could you ask for in a graphic novel. Recommended to anyone who's a fan of Mike Mignola.
Great Art, Mediocre Read.......2003-08-10
Michael Avon Oeming, is in my opinion, one of the best comic artists going. Though his art has been called "derivative" of Bruce Timm's animated work, I think that it's more celebratory of that style, and even goes deeper to evoke Timm's predecessors Jack Kirby and Alex Toth. "Hammer of the Gods" has a great premise, unfortunately I don't think it's explored to the extent that it could be and could have been a much better read if handed over to a more seasoned writer. However Oeming's moody artwork and visuals save the day. Overall, it's worth a look.
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Like a modern-day Don Quixote, Joe Kurmaskie—bike adventurer, writer, and twelve-year-old boy trapped in a man’s body—wanders the world on two wheels, often with hilarious results, in
Riding Outside the Lines.
A jaunt through such far-flung locations as Ireland, Australia, Mexico, South America, and beyond, here is a collection of tales woven together with one central theme: the world is a much smaller place when you view it from the seat of a bicycle.
Whether he’s weekending in the buff after accidentally stumbling into a nudist colony wedding, knocking back red wine in tin cans with a gun-toting ex–bounty hunter, combing the countryside in a quest to find the all-girl bagpipe squad he met in his dreams, or playing a rousing game of ice golf on the frozen tundra, Joe Kurmaskie writes of his gonzo global trek in a spirit infused with insight, good humor, and optimism.
Riding Outside the Lines encourages travel buffs and armchair explorers alike to get on your bike and see the beauty of our planet and the colorful souls who populate it.
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For the free cyclist.......2007-05-16
I was laughing so hard reading this that my husband came in to check on me because he thought I was crying.
Having read all 3 of Joe's books, I was inspired to check out his website and find out what he is up to now (he is running Camp Creative to rescue America from the couch).
Cycling will save America, and these books are what will bring the rest of my family (somewhat taken aback by my recent cycling obsession) over to Our Side.
I'd recommend this one for the single cyclist, Metal Cowboy for anyone, and Momentum is Your Friend for the cylist with family.
The Metal Cowboy's 2nd offering will not disappoint!.......2007-02-23
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A while back I reviewed Metal Cowboy by Joe Kurmaskie which I thoroughly enjoyed. Joe is an amazing writer with a flair for getting to the best of a situation or person and he always has a way of making me laugh out loud while reading his tales. After finishing Metal Cowboy I immediately went out and picked up the follow-up called Riding Outside the Lines.
In Riding Outside the Lines Joe tends to focus more on his international adventures which made for a nice change of pace coming off of the mostly U.S. centric Metal Cowboy. One line in and I knew I was hooked again. I wouldn't be able to put this book down until I finished it off.
The cast of characters this time around was impressive. I always wonder how he meets such interesting people time and time again. My favorite stories in Riding Outside the Lines took place in Ireland because I had spent a decent amount of time there and backpacked across the country with Laura (I hope to someday ride across Ireland but that's a whole other story).
Joe is a masterful storyteller and this book showcases that talent. His descriptions truly bring the people to life in your mind and you begin to feel like you are there with him every revolution of the pedals. In fact, I call Joe by his first name now as if I we were lifetime friends. It's pretty crazy!
From his run-in with the local lifeguard trainees in New Zealand to the the brush with death in Ireland that lead him to the best impromptu B&B in the country to the mountain biking trip that ends the journey in Mexico Joe shows us what it means to be alive and that people, while they have their problems, are generally good and kind. The book is a great read for cyclists and non-cyclists alike and I guarantee you'll become engrossed in Joe's stories within a page or two.
Needless to say I have since purchased Joe's most recent and third book called Momentum is Your Friend and am eager to read it. In Momentum Joe takes along his two young sons on the journey which should yield some interesting stories.
Why am I not jumping into that book right away you ask? Well, I picked up Miles from Nowhere by Barbara Savage which I am going to read first. I actually got the name of the book from the chapter in Riding Outside the Lines where Joe nominates people for cycling sainthood. Barbara is one of the nominees and in the paragraph about her Joe calls Miles from Nowhere the cyclists bible. After that kind of recommendation how could I not read it?
Please go check out Metal Cowboy and Riding Outside the Lines when you have a chance. They are top notch reads and will really get you thinking about what you want out of life. Ride on!
Fantastic.......2007-02-11
Joes adventures are fantastic. The story telling is good and I like particular the mix between meeting people, funny situations, and the bicycling itself. That makes the book a great travel book, a great cyclo touring book and, just as important, a real funny book. Highly recommended!
He knows something and he's willing to share it with us...........2007-02-07
I bought this book about 2 days after starting "Metal Cowboy." Joe Kurmaskie's storytelling makes something so foreign to most of us (bike touring in the extreme) seem so possible. Why not get on a bike and ride to the coast? Why not chase a bagpipe troupe across Ireland? Now, I'm not going to start wearing a "What Would Joe Do?" bracelet or sell my earthly possesions to take his message to the streets, but I am challenged to try something a little outside my everyday existence.
metal cowgirl.......2005-12-14
Joe Kurmaskie you have done it again! I loved the first book that Joe wrote, "Metal Cowboy", so I just had to read the sequal. As a fellow metal cowgirl, I can relate to Joe's love of biking down that long and winding road. The way he weaves his stories of the people he meets along the way is what keeps me reading his books. The chapter that I just loved and had many laugh out loud moments is "Sign Language." The great mishaps of bulletine board messages are a great way to pull in all the unique view on a bycycle. If you are a biker , this is a must read.
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Battleground Berlin is the product of an unprecedented collaboration between two veteran intelligence officers--one with the CIA, the other with the KGB--who worked on opposite sides in postwar Berlin. With the help of journalist George Bailey, they have told what will likely stand as the definitive account of those remarkable years. The KGB had the advantage of existing, in one form or another, since the Russian Revolution, while the CIA was a fledgling agency. But KGB agents and analysts were under chronic pressure to twist their intelligence reports for political reasons, which evened the scales somewhat.
Armed with information from numerous interviews, access to previously secret documents (many reproduced in the book), extensive research, and their own recollections, the authors roam the existing Cold War literature, correcting lies and false conclusions, putting rumors to rest, and exposing ignorance--in short, setting the record straight. They provide definitive accounts of many key episodes, including the double defection of Otto John, the head of West German counterespionage, and the famous tunnel incident of 1955-56, in which an American tunnel into the Soviet sector was exposed by a highly placed informant and then "discovered" in an elaborate ploy to protect the agent. Battleground Berlin is a remarkable amalgam. It is a fascinating, sometimes gripping spy story, complete with safe houses, forged identities, double agents, and street-corner rendezvous; it is also a scrupulously researched piece of historical scholarship and analysis.
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Battleground Berlin is the definitive, insider`s account of the espionage warfare in Berlin from 1945 to the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, In an unprecedented collaboration, CIA and KGB intelligence veterans reveal previously untold stories of the Berlin tunnel, critical movements of the Berlin crisis, clandestine initiatives, betrayals, and defections to provide the first comprehensive and accurate history of the Cold War battles waged in Berlin.
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Spies Like Them.......2007-10-15
If one were to pick the "ideal author" to narrate a history of the CIA or KGB, the choices usually end with a decision between a former operative in one of the agencies, a historian, or a journalist. In Battleground Berlin, Murphy, Kondrashev, and Bailey have managed to find the merging of two of the three. The first two are former operatives - one in the CIA and one in the KGB. The latter, is a reporter. It is an important distinction to make from the beginning, because the tone and language used in their book is often that of the first-person, and it is always narrated with a vested interest, first-hand accounts, and material that may seem overzealous.
Luckily for the three, the Cold War remains a fertile topic of examination for historians. In terms of uniqueness, Battleground Berlin represents one of the first times in the post-Cold War era that former CIA and KGB officers have come together to write about the history of American and Soviet intelligence operations. The work is not simply the memoirs of David Murphy, former chief of the CIA's Berlin Operations Base, and Sergei Kondrashev, former head of the KGB's German department and active measures department, but relies to a considerable extent on a vast array of sources from both Soviet and American archives. To be sure, much of the story is based on the recollections of the co-authors, but these are tempered by supporting evidence.
In this work, the reader is treated to a sober and balanced account of major Cold War events in Germany as interpreted by the American and Soviet intelligence services. The authors' smooth narrative touches on the primary events that will be familiar to most historians of post-war Europe: the Berlin Blockade, the Korean War (and its effect on Germany), the June 1953 uprising in East Germany, the Otto John case, the Berlin Tunnel, and the Berlin crisis of 1958-1961 which culminated in the building of the Berlin Wall.
The authors portray in an interesting manner the intelligence organizations in Germany in the initial postwar years. The view put forth is not necessarily a unique one, but it is put forth in a dynamic manor: The fledgling CIA was naive and unprepared compared to the seasoned opponent in the KGB. The authors point out, for example, that the CIA did not receive its first Russian speaker until 1947 (p. 23). In contrast, the Soviets in Germany were preparing for intelligence operations in the West "as the fronts advanced into Germany (p. 33)." The authors attribute this contrast in preparation to the deep-seated paranoia which characterized Soviet Russia (p. 26), as personified in Joseph Stalin.
Battleground Berlin sets out to describe in detail the major Cold War events in Germany, and specifically Berlin, as they related to intelligence. The account of the Berlin Blockade makes clear that the Soviets had reliable information on the position of the Western governments, but that this information was not translated into useful knowledge because the Soviet leaders rejected intelligence that did not conform to their preconceptions. As a result, Soviet intelligence officers often "appropriately" adjusted negative intelligence before distributing it to higher levels of the Communist Party, or simply did not distribute discouraging intelligence. On the other hand, the authors argue, the West opted to continue the Airlift in part because of reassurance by CIA reports that the Soviets did not intend to take military action against the West for continuing the Airlift (p. 62). This analysis of the effect of CIA intelligence on American policy during the Berlin Airlift is provocative, but the evidence to support it is disappointing. The authors cite an interview with Gordon Stewart, the head of the German mission in Heidelberg, as their primary evidence that "senior policymakers in Germany and Washington" were making extensive use of CIA reporting (p. 62). This may be insufficient evidence to support the authors' claim that, "Information obtained by CIA's Berlin Operations Base had a significant and immediate effect on US decisions about West Berlin and West Germany (p. 78)." Furthermore, the reader might have expected mention of the Western counter-blockade, and other events, as contributing to the Soviet decision to lift the Berlin Blockade.
What the authors are truly doing, in their work, is attempting to provide the greatest detail presently available on American and Soviet intelligence organizations during a number of significant Cold War events. Their book successfully untangles the numerous Soviet bureaucratic agencies and departments involved in foreign espionage from one another. Its main strength, however, lies in its portrayal of the inner workings of the Soviet system which effectively hindered reliable intelligence from becoming a useful product in policy-making. Stalin's Soviet Union by its very nature broke the intelligence cycle.
The weaknesses of this work, however, detract from its overall contribution to its academic use. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of this work is that it falls short of its claim in the introduction: "The great story of this book is how information becomes knowledge and how this knowledge gets transmuted into political policy (p. xxv)." While events and motives are discussed, little is illustrated to show the effects that such actions had on policy. There is no demonstration of how policy was created, changed, or affected. The authors provide suggestions of such an effects in the discussion of the Berlin Blockade and of the Berlin Wall, but certainly not sufficient evidence to support the claim in the introduction.
Lastly, the authors appear overly pleased with their own "uniqueness," repeating phrases like "never before revealed," (pg. 38) and, "previously unknown" (pg. 51). While much of the evidence and accounts are compelling and interesting, they are hardly unique in and of themselves. What they do not rely on is perhaps their strongest claim. Their knowledge and information is not solely unique, but their portrayal, their comparison side-by-side, and especially their collaboration between two "sides," are what make the work useful, distinctive, and informative.
The Second Cold War.......2003-08-06
Gorbachev's 'glasnost' and 'perestroika' made much more harm to Western Intelligence than any ideological campaigns of his predecessors. Only once before, namely during the WWII, did Stalin manage to trick the West into believing in 'comrades in arms' and 'Allied powers' slogans of Soviet politics. It resulted in thousands of people, who hated Bolshevism, to be forcefully returned to the Soviet Union after the war, where they were either shot or sent to Gulags. Simultaneously, Western intelligence services were paralised by many moles successfully operating on all shores of the Atlantic and Pacific. As a result, Stalin was awarded "A Man of the Year" title by the Life magazine twice (1939 and 1942), and Gorbachev became a Noble Prize (for Peace?!) winner in 1990.
What did Mikhail Sergeevich do for this award? Deceiving the West with his 'glasnost' concept, he managed to convince many leaders that the Soviet Union started to move in the direction of the open, democratic society. At the same time, the CIA suffered the heaviest blow of all times duting the 1985 Year of Spy with most of its officers ambushed and expelled, and secret agents arrested and shot. Surprisingly, the number of Soviet moles within the CIA and the US government did not decrease after Senator McCarthy's fierce anti-Communist campaign. Names are well known, but I would like to stress that the most recent case dates back to 2002!
So since the Soviet Union under Gorbachev-Yeltsin-Putin started its ideological attack, the number of officers at the Soviet/Russian desk of many Western intelligence services had been dramatically reduced. The budgets allocated for balancing KGB-SVR operations in Europe and Americas were either cut or withdrawn. RFE/RL was moved to Prague, and its staff now consists of only a fistful of journalists. It is virtually unoperative and is being justfully criticised by both American and Russian politicians.
In 1983 Burton Gerber, then head of the CIA's SE division, started secret cooperation with the KGB, authorised by his bosses. In the 1990s first writers and journalists 8late John Costello, as an example), and then the CIA officers started to queue to be nominated Soviet KGB collaborators in "bashful projects of unseen openness". David Murphy, former head of the CIA's SR division, notoriously known for his multiple faux pas (take Nalivaiko and later Nosenko cases, for example) co-authored this book, which gives no credit at all to American intelligence, but fully acts in the interests of Soviet propaganda. I was very much surprised to see such respectable analysts and archivists as Hayden Peake and Oleg Gordievsky praising the book in their earlier reviews. Maybe, it was fashionable in 1997, but then followed Bearden's production in 2003 (Milton Bearden is another former CIA's Soviet/East European chief), so the suit became dangerous. I guess the only way to stop it will be to publish Rem Krasilnikov's book, recently appeared in Moscow. Former Soviet KGB General claims: 'the Cold War will never be over!'
Authoritative and detailed.......2000-03-29
This is the first time a thorough review of post war Berlin intelligence activities has been published. For the professional this is a good compilation of operations (collection, defection, analysis, etc.). For the novice the book is a difficult read - chock full of details but not written in captivating language. Students of history need to add this to their collection of books to keep and use as reference.
A little tedious.......1998-09-11
While there were some stories and information of interest, the book is very often dry to the point that it's unreadable. I skipped some sections.
There's also a tendency to self-aggrandize. Several time, the authors take a few moments to criticize other works, and then say "here for the first time" is the real story. While undoubtedly they do have some never before seen information, I think they spend a little too much time beating their chests.
Somewhat interesting, but certainly not spellbinding. Reads like a textbook.
Worthwhile Read.......1997-12-02
The most interesting aspect of the book may be the insight it gives on the interworkings of the Soviet State. While some passages go into detail much beyond what the general reader will want to know, it is worth trudging through the slow passages.
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Lounge Design (Daab Design Book)
Ultimate Restaurant Design
The Professional Bar & Beverage Managers Handbook: How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Bar, Tavern and Night Club
