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Treehouses lift the spirits. They inspire dreams. They represent freedom: from adults or adulthood, from duties and responsibilities, from an earthbound perspective. If we can't fly with the birds, at least we can nest with them. With lively writing and beautiful photographs, Treehouses paints a fascinating portrait of this ingenious branch of architecture. It provides a brief history of treehouses, from Caligula through the Medici to Queen Victoria. It shows how to design and build a treehouse, from picking the right tree to shingling the roof. And it tells the stories of dozens of treehouses and the people who built them, from simple platforms nailed together by kids to arboreal palaces constructed and lived in by grown-ups. The centerpiece of the book is a photo essay showing Pete Nelson building a spectacular octagonal treehouse thirty feet up an old-growth fir on Saltspring Island in British Columbia. With two hundred square feet of floor space, cedar paneling, and leaded French doors, the Saltspring treehouse is one of the finest specimens of the treehouse builder's art. Anyone who has ever built a treehouse, or dreamed of it, or read Swiss Family Robinson, will find Treehouses irresistible.
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Never too Old for a Treehouse.......2007-08-13
I found the drawings of treehouse construction principles helpful and potentially life saving. The photos were beautiful and inspirational. This isn't the only treehouse building book I will own, but it was a good one to start out with.
Tree Huggers Beware........2002-12-15
Great Book, with lots of great pictures. Some technical stuff also. Another book that has a little bit on building tree houses is called "Shelters Shacks and Shanties by D.C. Beard. I love tree's myself but for you tree huggers complaining about a few nails, sheesh, your houses are full of lumber. Look in the walls at the studs, under the floors at the joists, kitchen cabinets, dining room table and chairs, bedroom furniture, etc. etc. so don't worry about a few nails in a tree eh, they love the iron in them anyhow!
Good Promotion for Treehouses.......2002-07-08
This book is 90% inspiration and 10% technical information. I don't think that there is enough information for someone wanting to build their own treehouse, but if you already have one of those books, then this one is a good companion for inspirational purposes.
Interesting at a high level.......2001-09-22
I was looking for something practical to help me design and build a tree house for my 5 year old. This is a great book if you want to consider "possibilities". It helped a little, as well in terms of providing conceptual designs. It was not as good in providing detailed plans on how to build a specific tree house. If you are an experienced builder you could probably take what they have here and develop your own blueprints. If you are a novice,and need detailed plans this book will not get you there.
Great fun!.......2001-07-20
In "Treehouses : The Art and Craft of Living Out on a Limb" Peter Nelson has come about as close as is possible to capturing the sheer joy of a treehouse in print. Through the use of beautiful photographs and ebullient prose he reveals the little kid in all of us that is just itching to climb a tree. He discusses the different forms that a treehouse can take: from a ramshackle affair built by children, to veritable mansions among the leaves. He also strives to capture what it is that makes a great treehouse; he seems to believe (and I agree) that a great treehouse isn't reflected so much in outer beauty, but in how it mirrors the essence of the tree itself.
Which brings me to a final point: many of the other reviewers have expressed concern about the fate of the trees. Let me reassure them that Nelson, both in his sample designs, and in his own constructions, encourages (and even lauds) limiting the use of nails driven into the tree to the bare minimum. In fact, he goes so far as to posit a treehouse constructed with no nails driven into living wood as an ideal.
This is a wonderful, engaging book. Anyone who has ever enjoyed climbing trees, or had a treehouse, or who wants to build a treehouse would do well to buy a copy. It is both an intriguing look at the architecture of these fanciful abodes, and a celebration of their spirit of freedom and escape.
Enjoy!
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Art lovers and would-be painters of all ages can discover a new appreciation for some of the greatest masters of 20th-century art by coloring 30 carefully rendered black-and-white line drawings. Highlights include Picasso's Three Musicians, Sorrows of the King by Matisse, Léger's The Big Parade, Piet Mondrian's Broadway Boogie-Woogie, and other splendid works.
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great for adults and kids.......2003-01-05
There are 30 different modern art masterpieces represented here, so it is definitely worth the price. All pieces are shown in color on the front and back covers, and each individual page has the name of the artist (years of their birth-death), title of the work, date created and type of medium used. So, it's educational and fun. I recommend it for all ages. Some of the artists included are: Picasso, Miro, Klee and Mondrian.
Modern Art Reproducibles.......2001-01-29
This is a fantastic resource for any children's art program. Whether you are writing your own lesson plans or connecting art with literature. This inexpensive resource is a must for your collection.
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The Ultimate Leica History.......2000-07-05
Paul-Henry Van Hasbroek goes into amazing depth and detail in this ultimate reference volume for all Leica devotees. A wonderfully large and highly illustrated work, it is a marvellous coffee table piece, and a delight to show anyone who has an interest in both Leica and the history of 35mm cameras. Without a doubt, Paul-Henry sums up the modern era of popular photography by offering student and artist alike a wonderful opportunity to view in wonder the rich legacy offered by Leitz. A must-have reference of lavish proportions, quality illustrations and informative text.
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I love Mr. Boffo.......2002-04-02
This is a great collection of comics. Joe has a wonderfully satirical and cynical wit. He has the perfect combination of smart humor and dry humor. I'm really glad that amazon is including the sample pages above. Look through the sample pages, and I'll guarantee you'll be howling.
Another nice thing about this book is that it has reprints of his really popular strips, such as "Friends" and "Carlos."
If you're looking for more of Mr. Boffo, the Mr. Boffo website has more books that you can order.
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From one of America's best-loved journalists—a richly entertaining roundup of the extraordinary individuals with whom he has crossed paths in our nation's capital and of events that marked the 20th century.
Here are firsthand profiles of Washington insiders as only an insider himself could give us: Franklin D. Roosevelt counting out enough cigarettes to get through a half-hour debriefing with the press; May Craig, the first female reporter to penetrate the Roosevelt's inner sanctum; Theodore Bilbo, a Mississippi senator and race-baiter who effectively became mayor of Washington at a time when it was a segregated provincial town; Lyndon B. Johnson, whom Brinkley remembers as the most impressive and appalling figure he and appalling figure he encountered; and Ronald Reagan, who he found to be the most mysterious of the 11 presidents he covered. Brinkley also gives us an account of President Kennedy's assasination, and a poignant remembrance of D-Day.
David Brinkley has been there and seen it all. Here in the "sour-lovable manner" (Mark Feeney, Boston Globe) of story-telling that he has perfected, and in a narrative both "hilarious and intstructive" (George Will, Washington Post), he shares his vivid recollections and the intelligence, acuity, and clear-sightedness on which his unimpeachable reputation rested for more than half a century.
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From one of America's most revered journalists, a richly entertaining roundup of the extraordinary individuals with whom he crossed paths in our nation's capital and of the events that marked the twentieth century.
Here are firsthand profiles of Washington insiders that only an insider himself could have given us: Franklin D. Roosevelt counting out enough cigarettes to get through a half-hour debriefing with the press; May Craig, the first female reporter to penetrate Roosevelt's inner sanctum, who never failed to remind the president that his wife was a newspaper writer, too; Theodore Bilbo, a Mississippi senator and race baiter who effectively became mayor of Washington at a time when it was a segregated provincial town; Jimmy Hoffa, the popular and ill-fated union leader; Lyndon Johnson, whom Brinkley describes as the most impressive and appalling figure he encountered; and Ronald Reagan, whom he found to be the most mysterious of the eleven presidents he covered. Here is also Brinkley's account of President Kennedy's assassination and a poignant remembrance of D-day.
David Brinkley was there and saw it all. In the "sour-lovable manner" (Mark Feeney, Boston Globe) of storytelling that he perfected, and in a narrative style that is both "hilarious and instructive" (George Will), Brinkley's Beat gives us his vivid recollections and the intelligence, acuity, and clear-sightedness on which his unimpeachable reputation rested for more than half a century.
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From a man who was there.......2007-08-29
This book contains a hundred wonderful anecdotes from the life of a man in the middle of things for four decades. They don't make journalists like David Brinkley any longer.
Light but Entertaining final "Good Night" from David.......2005-12-16
David Brinkley's final work is a brief but often amusing accounts of "persons, places, and events" covered in his long career--a literary post-dinner liquour to be sipped and savored for the moment and the memories. Brinkley is at his best when he recalls his meetings with Washington types, from reporters to presidents, in brief summations. It was fun to once again, for those of us long in tooth, recall the antics of Martin Dies, the racist Theodore Bilbo, the amusing bloviator from the Illinois prairies, Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, the solemn hat-wearing reporter, Mae Craig, and other worthies that Brinkley chooses to comment on. Brinkley also shares his views on presidents he knew and interviewed. There is nothing particularly notable here, but little asides as, for example, his apology to President Clinton after Brinkley's late night put-down of Clinton's long-windedness during the 1996 convention are of interest.
Some of the tales that Brinkley tells are little known, or forgotten, as for example his treks into the hinterland of America, early TV travel documentaries, that he helped pioneer. All of these mini-essays and remembrancs make for a nice bedside book, to be picked up and savored before the sandman arrives. As usual, the writing is clear and unpretensious and his acerbic and sometimes jaundiced view of Life in Washington greatly appreciated, particularly by those who have lived here during many of the events written about.
Brinkley's reflections on his career.......2005-08-25
This book is not a memoir in the traditional sense, or even directly about Brinkley. Instead, Brinkley has composed a collection of essays recounting, as mentioned in the subtitle, the people, places and events that have captured his interest during his career as a television journalist. These compositions provide glimpses into the past sixty years, and are both observant and humorous. Brinkley helps shed some light on the second half of the twentieth century, and in doing so, also provides us a glimpse into his own personality. Through his insights and reactions, we can just begin to get a glimmer of the man behind the familiar face.
Sketches Across a Legendary News Career in "Brinkley's Beat".......2004-12-13
Legendary newsman David Brinkley's final book lacks the narrative sweep of his autobiography or of "Washington Goes To War," his highly recommended history of the District of Columbia's growth during World War II. But "Brinkley's Beat," published shortly after its author's death in June 2003, retains the trademark of his six-decade news career: a walk along the fine line between wry humor and casual, near folksy storytelling, all told with an insider's sense of detail.
It's basically Brinkley clearing out his lengthy, valuable notebook, remembering people he knew and sharing a few pages at a time about them. In chapters no more than a few pages each he recalls infamous icons like Senator Joe McCarthy (with some personal remembrances of Brinkey's sister, who worked for McCarthy), FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover, and Teamsters Union boss Jimmy Hoffa. He also shares his views on presidents from Clinton to John Kennedy. Brinkley candidly assesses each man's career and their enduring popularity and legacy.
Along the way he speaks of personal disdain over Johnson's allegedly wiretapping his phone during the Vietnam war, shares a moving account of the days following Robert Kennedy's 1968 assassination, and even chastises himself for publically criticizing Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election victory speech. (It would be Brinkley's final covered campaign even as another chapter addresses the 24 political conventions he reported at and how television changed the conventions' intent and approach.)
But "Brinkley's Beat" shares its spotlight with smaller, more intimate reminiscences. He writes brief histories of a rogue's gallery of forgotten political figures including bigoted Washington mayor Theodore Bilbo, Roosevelt-era reporter May Craig and long-winded Senator Everett "Wizard of Ooze" Dirksen, describing their foibles with touches of quaint sentiment mixed in with the deserved ridicule.
Brinkey extends his personality studies to places he visited during a series of travelogues he hosted in the 1960s. He writes of Vienna trying to reclaim a past of classical music and rich food, and of Florida beaches and hotels beginning their decades-long, pre-Disney reputation as tacky playgrounds. Brinkley also shares a personal portrait of Normandy at D-day in 1944 and at its 50th anniversary, keeping his wry humor while praising those who fought there and citing the horrid conditions they endured.
Many see NBC's Tom Brokaw and, soon, CBS's Dan Rather leaving their long-held anchormen's chairs as the end of an era in news coverage. To that end, Brinkley's final reflections are his most valuable as he says, "The news becomes not just what happened but what a familiar face and voice says happened, and the meaning of it is to some extent determined by how he says it." David Brinkley's unique approach to the news, from his cadence to the angles he reported it from to the rapport and credibility he gained presenting it, endeared him to two generations and made him an icon the near equal of those he covered. While "Brinkley's Beat's" tone is a bit cranky, it's still a breezy, worthwhile read for history and journalism buffs. Recommended as a solid follow up read to his essential biography.
a nice little book..........2004-11-03
with short essays of varying degrees of perceptiveness. I thought Brinkley's best essays are the ones about relatively obscure politicians like Theodore Bilbo and Martin Dies. (He notes that Dies accused Franklin Roosevelt of PLANNING Pearl Harbor- far worse than anything even Michael Moore said about Bush - and Dies was a congressman of FDR's own party!) By contrast, he doesn't tell me anything I don't already know about Clinton.
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Pele (Creative Education sports superstars)
Paula Taylor
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Pele, Soccer Superstar
Louis Sabin
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Another Birthday.......2000-04-10
I (and I'm sure others who have read this book) thought that Mary Engelbreit gives a beautiful and humorous discription of the happiness in a birthday.It was the best summary of joy and excitement that I have read!Another Birthday is a charming book for anybody to read and enjoy on their very special day,and I know you will enjoy it as much as I do.
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The Boys of Winter, new in paperback, tells the true story of three young American ski champions and their brutal, heroic, and fateful transformation from athletes to infantrymen with the 10th Mountain Division. Charles J. Sanders's fast-paced narrative draws on dozens of interviews and extensive research to trace these boys' lives from childhood to championships and from training at Mount Rainier and in the Colorado Rockies to battles against the Nazis. 2005 winner of the International Ski History Association's Ullr Award.
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The Boys of Winter: Life and Death in the U.S. Ski Troops du.......2005-03-30
I am a descendant of a 10th Mountain soldier, who is still living, my review of course is biased to that slant. My dad shared with my brothers and I the places in Colorado where he trained, the mountain songs, however, he has never told us about the sights, sounds, or events of the battles in Kiska or Italy. This book brought to me the understanding of those events and the impact of why he never talked about those events, it has opened to me what happened on the battlefield. The book is non-fiction, it reads like fiction. One reviewer commented that it was not great military writing, I don't believe that was the premise for the book.
Thank you Mr. Sanders for helping me understand my father's role as well as those which whom he served. I'm grateful he came home and enriched my life.
Nicely written human story, poor military history.......2005-01-26
The Boys of Winter: Life and Death in the U.S. Ski Troops During the Second World War is Charles J. Sanders' attempt to tell the story of the 10th Mountain Division from formation to the end of war in the ETO (plus brief discussion of post-war adventures of veterans). Unfortunately it is not an attempt that succeeds from the standpoint of a piece of military history. On the other hand Sanders has created a highly readable story about skiers-turned soldiers. In fact, if one is interested in skiing, the history of American ski resorts and learning the who's-who of 30-40's skiing The Boys of Winter might be for you. However, if you're looking for solid unit combat history this is not it!
Sanders' book can be separated into four topical sections: 1) introductions of the three central characters of the book (pp. 1-57) - Rudy Konieczny, Jake Nunnemacher, and Ralph Bromaghin; 2) formation and training of the Eighty-seventh Mountain Regiment (the precursor unit to the 10th Mountain Division) (pp. 58-116); 3) Deployment of the 10th Mountain Division to Italy in January 1945 and the subsequent four months spent battling German troops (pp. 117-192); and 4) discussion of what became of 10th Mountain Division men who survived (pp. 193-204). The first, second and fourth sections are mainly devoted to skiing adventures, ski racing, and the personal lives of the three central characters and other notables of the skiing world. Sanders clearly knows skiing history and can name drop with the best of them.
In contrast, the third section of the book, which is really the only section with significant military focus, is not particularly good history. Sanders' prose in this section is very readable but not very deep. His narrative relies almost exclusively on second and third-hand accounts and is rarely substantiated by other materials (e.g., after-action reports, official U.S. Army documents, German Army documents). There is amazing human value in accounts made by the men who were there but the most reliable, accurate and sound history is that which combines information from multiple sources - both emotionally attached and not. Here Sanders fails. In many cases Sanders' writing style, while engaging to the reader, will also annoy the more serious students of WWII history. Two examples are particularly obvious and prevalent. First, Sanders refers to the Germans simply as "Nazis" in almost every context where he is writing the prose himself. In contrast, when Sanders is quoting 10th Mountain Division veterans the term Nazi is rarely (if at all) used. Take note Mr. Sanders - not all Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS soldiers, or Germans in general for that matter, were Nazis. It is simple wrong to refer to WWII German soldiers as "Nazis" broadly. Is it fair to call Hitler's regime Nazi? Yes. But not the German soldiers as a whole. The veterans didn't use the term for a reason! As a second example, Sanders also appears to create his own set of U.S. Army unit designations. For example, in a reference to B Company/87th Infantry Regiment/10th Mountain Division Sanders uses the shorthand designation "Company 86-B" (p. 152). This is in no way a standard U.S. Army designation.
In the final tally, The Boys of Winter is a four-star book from the standpoint of readability but a 1.5 star effort for military history. Total score: 2.5 stars. If you want a well-written human story that is skiing centric this might be one to pick up. If you want a history of the 10th Mountain Division (what this reviewer thought he was getting) - save your money!
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Long Vistas: Women and Families on Colorado Homesteads
Katherine Harris
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Advanced Statistics provides a rigorous development of statistics that emphasizes the definition and study of numerical measures that describe population variables. Volume 1 studies properties of commonly used descriptive measures. Volume 2 considers use of sampling from populations to draw inferences concerning properties of populations. The volumes are intended for use by graduate students in statistics and professional statisticians, although no specific prior knowledge of statistics is assumed. The rigorous treatment of statistical concepts requires that the reader be familiar with mathematical analysis and linear algebra, so that open sets, continuous functions, differentials, Raman integrals, matrices, and vectors are familiar terms.
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