Forefront: The Culture of Shop Window Design

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A pane of glass, no more than three inches thick, separates store from sidewalk. On one side, an air-conditioned interior welcomes those who can afford the merchandise inside; on the other, from the weather-beaten street, passersby may, in the time-honored ritual of window shopping, look for free.

Window retail displays of the high-end kind, in which a temporary mise-en-sc ne presents expensive merchandise, have been neglected as a design discipline although they play a significant role in our consumer culture. Forefront features displays by such designers as Simon Doonan, David Hoey, John Field, Janet Wardley, and Kozo Fujimoto, in venues including Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman, Gucci, Herm s, Moschino, Shreve, Crump & Low, and Vin on. Window dressers and window shoppers alike will delight in this colorful parade of displays.

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Highly recommended.......2005-09-14

"Forefront" is a beautiful, compelling book that explores the realms between fashion as art and as commerce,and the cultural identities shaped by clothing and accessories through their display. The text and its graphic presentation set up the critical framework through which to view this rich experience of virtual window shopping. I highly recommend "Forefront" to anyone interested in art, architecture, history, consumerism, sociology, psychology, retail, and fashion design.

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Great for 2nd graders.......2007-07-05

This book is easy enough kids to have a good time with. Many of the drawing instructional books are too hard for elementary schoolers. My 8 year old used this book to learn how to draw a canary that looked like a canary.

1-2-3 Draw Pets & Farm Animals .......2005-09-10

Our family has other books in this series and we love them. If you think you are challenged when it comes to drawing, these are the books for you. My kids and I sit together and draw for hours, and I have as much fun as they do. I even sent some to my nephew for a gift, and he loved them as well.

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Nearly 20 photographers whose digital photographs and techniques are featured in this book provide inside information on everything from equipment selection and tips for creating top-notch studio and location portraiture to output and marketing techniques. Answers are provided to such questions as How can photographers ensure correct and consistent color? What printer type will best suit a photographer's production schedule? and What papers and inks will ensure acceptable longevity of the print? Adobe Photoshop and its usefulness to professional photographers is discussed, but other popular software programs such as Corel Painter, Nik Color Efex Pro!, and Bryce are covered as well.

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A MUST HAVE!!!!.......2007-08-24

THIS BOOK PROVIDES THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO SELECT EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING THERE AFTER. I FOUND IT TO BE VERY USEFUL IN ALOT OF AREAS THAT I WAS UNSURE OF. AFTER READING THIS BOOK I CAN HONESTLY SAY I HAVE LEARNED ALOT!!!!

Great Book!!!.......2007-02-15

This book is a great book. Once again, Patrick walks you through the digital aspect of digital photography for weddings & portraits. This is a great book for someone who is considering going digital. It is also a great book for someone who has already made the leap into digital because Patrick explains things in such a way that everyone can understand. I have been shooting digital for over a year now and I found this book to be very helpful. It explained alot of things for me. It clarified things that I was confused on.

I have read all of Patrick Rice's books. And I highly recommend all professional photographers do the same. Patrick has won many awards for his work. We could all learn something from him.

A perspective why digital is better. Not how to take better pictures.......2006-11-30

This is a book about why digital is better with perspectives from several people. It is not about digital photography techniques used for weddings or portraits. I found no usefull information for me in this book!

It does have a few nice photos in it but overall I found it to be a total waste of my money. If you think you may want this book, make sure you take a look at it at your local book store before buying it.

Good Place To Start.......2006-03-26

As a professional photographer just moving into digital photography, I found this book very helpful. The author explains digital imaging, cameras, CF cards, and everything elde you need to know about converting to digital from film. The images are really nice and I know this will be an invaluable guide for many photographers.

Author Comments on Book.......2006-02-24

As the author of this book, I wanted to create a easy to read, easy to understand guide for anyone considering digital portrait or wedding photography.

Digital imaging technology is described at length. There is probably more information here than you will ever need, but I would rather have too much instead of too little.

The book is illustrated with images of my own as well as several award-winning professional photographers.

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From acclaimed writer Alan Grant (Batman: Anarky, JLA: Riddle of the Beast) and artist Carlos Ezquerra (Just a Pilgrim), comes a hard-hitting sci-fi saga!

In the far future, Strontium-90 nuclear fallout has created a sub-race of mutants and freaks. Seen as fit for only one kind of work, some mutants have become bounty hunters, "SD's". Their name stands for search and destroy, but they're also known as Strontium Dogs!

One such mutant is Johnny Alpha, named for his ability to project Alpha waves from his eyes, which allow him to see through walls and even into men's minds! Along with his companion Wulf Sternhammer, Johnny is the most feared bounty hunter in the universe - and in this all-action collection, we find out where he comes from - and why he's given the most evil target of all!

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art on equal to STORY, unlike SANDMAN.......2003-11-19

THESE ARE SO MORE better than sandman, read em ponder em, prepare to embark into the oasis, of sheer BEST OF EARLY CONAN LIKE, backgrounds with CRUMBS ATTENTION TO THE GROTESQUE,foregrounds,MERGING IN the stupendous,AWFUL AUTHENTICITY OF A POSSIBLE, future.

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There are no career guidelines offered for a life as a marine photographer. This book tells the story of Rick Tomlinson's journey - from raw Whitbread crewman to National Geographic photographer. It is the most comprehensive collection yet gathered of his photographs, across all spheres of his work. Sailboat racing inshore and offshore, from the Caribbean to the high latitudes of the Southern Ocean and North Atlantic; monohulls and multihulls, dinghies, Maxis, lifeboats and Superyachts, plus wildlife photography at both Poles and through the Equator. Alongside the stunning photographs are many great stories, written with the help of long-time collaborator, Mark Chisnell.

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This book explains the medical aspects of diabetes -- what it is, how it's diagnosed, and how it's treated -- and provides advice, suggestions, and strategies for living with the disease.

AMA Guide to Living with Diabetes: Preventing and Treating Type 2 Diabetes-Essential Information You and Your Family Need to Know

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AMA Guide to Living with Diabetes: Preventing and Treating Type 2 Diabetes-Essential Information You and Your Family Need to Know
Boyd E. Metzger
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover

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More than 3 million american medical association books sold

From america's most trusted health authority, the ultimate guide to understanding, preventing, and managing type 2 diabetes

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes or may be at risk of developing the disease, you or your loved one can still look forward to a long, healthy, active life. The leading group of medical experts in the United States presents the American Medical Association Guide to Living with Diabetes, an easy-to-understand self-care reference to help prevent or successfully manage this serious disorder.

Authoritative and up-to-date, this comprehensive resource explains what type 2 diabetes is, describes its risk factors, and offers practical strategies for preventing it, primarily by losing weight, improving your diet, and reaching and maintaining a healthy weight. Even if you are overweight, you can lower your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Did you know that losing as little as 7 to 10 percent of your weight will cut your risk of getting diabetes in half? If you weigh 200 pounds, a weight loss of just 14 to 20 pounds reaps huge health benefits. This book gives you the inspiration you need to get on the road to improving your health and fitness while guiding you along the way.

If you are living with diabetes, this book offers in-depth explanations of the recommended lifestyle changes that can help you manage the disease and stresses the importance of rigorous testing and control of your blood sugar to avoid complications. You will learn about the available medications for treating diabetes and about alternative and complementary therapies. The book is complete with sections on gestational diabetes and the increasing threat that type 2 diabetes poses to at-risk children. This essential guidebook gives you and your family the tools you need to prevent or effectively manage type 2 diabetes, take control of your health, and live well.

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They Died With Custer Forgets Lieutenant Harrington.......2006-07-01

A very good book and recommended. It does however fall short with its look at Lt. Henry Harrington, commander of Company C during the battle. The forensic reconstruction figure on page 172 is Lt. Harrington, one of the long missing officers whose remains were not found after the battle. The authors are not alone in missing the resemblance to the 1872 West Point graduate whose remains have lain in the Smithsonian Institution for more than a century.

This oversight by historians and anthropologists alike is corrected in the book "Custer's Lost Officer the Search for Lieutenant Henry Moore Harrington, 7th U.S. Cavalry by Walt Cross. I recommend that if you purchase this book you also purchase the Cross book ISBN: 0-9771926-1-X. In "Custer's Lost Officer" Harrington is identified as the soldier the Sioux called "The bravest man the Sioux ever fought."

Digging into the Little Bighorn.......2006-02-21

This book should be a considered a companion book to the others written detailing the results of the numerous battlefield investigations following the 1984 brush fire, particularly "Archaeology, History, and Custer's Last Battle: The Little Big Horn Reexamined."

While this book goes into detail about the individual soldiers and the remains found at numerous marker pairs across the field, the other title gives the new forensic based chronology of the battle. I was a park visitor in 1984, and two time subsequent to that date. It is amazing how the interpretation of the battle has changed since then. The new explanation answers many of the nagging questions that have fed the Custer Myth. Scott's book in particular explodes the myth of the noble fighting bunkmates or suicide pacts, that rose from the apparent grave stone pairs that dot the battlefield, and the apparent mis match between the number of markers and the number of soldiers that were killed. Exhumation of numerous such sites revealed in all cases only the partial remains of one individual. The fact that so many ramains were found at so many of the sites, and that markers intended for the Reno Field were placed on the Custer Field, calls into question the thoroughness of the reburial details subsequent to the battle. Remnants and nearly complete skeletal remains were found. Makes you wonder how many horse bones are under the marker on mis-named Last Stand Hill. Scott makes a valiant attempt to include attributed artifacts and remains previously found on the battlefield to expand his data population. A noble endeavor. Some of the biggest questions regarding the battle may never be known due to the construction of the park visitors center, parking lot and Veterans Cemetary. Scott's book adds new indespensible information to the updated unglorified story of the Little BigHorn. A must read for anyone interested in the Little Bighorn.

Its about the men this time...........2004-03-08

I thought this was a well written, easy to read and utterly interesting book on the archeological research done around the Custer Battlefield (Little Big Horn Battlefield for the politically correct). The book centered around the common soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry instead of its more infamous commander. The study of human remains helped give a "slice of life" look at the regular cavalrymen of the Seventh Cavalry and how the battle went according to archeological finds of bullets, casing and where the men of Seventh fell during the battle. It was also interesting to read about how they tried to identified some of the remains they found. The book should be consider as a mandatory reading material for anyone interested in the battle of Little Bighorn.

Digging into Little Bighorn Battlefield.......2000-08-12

A well-written summary of more than a decade's analysis of battlefield archeology. Fascinating identification of several bodies from a few bones, especially those well-know persons who were found in sites other than where eyewittnesses placed them in written history. The book suffers, however, by a brief and weak synopsis that fails in its attempt to draw too-broad conclussions about the entire frontier population from a few soldiers' bones.

They died with Custer........2000-04-05

This was a superbly written volume outlining the archaeological reclaimation of the battlefield site of the Little Big Horn. A military archeologist (Scott), a forensic archeologist (Conner), and a forensics anthropologist (Willey) combined talents to preserve and identify the material evidence of the events that took place there after a wildfire stripped the scene of vegitation and exposed the site to erosive processes and human curiosity. The book details: 1) the history of the 7th Cavalry, including among other things, the age of the soldiers, their origin, and length of service, 2) the efforts to identify individual soldiers and the location of their fall in battle, 3) the effect of the rigorous life on the frontier on the health of the soldiers, 4) etc. I found particularly interesting the efforts to reconstruct the facial features of some of the skulls in an effort to identify the remains with specific people. This is a good text of archaeology at work.

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During the English Civil Wars the streets and fields of Yorkshire were fought over for the control of the county. In the bitter confrontation between king and Parliament, Yorkshire was the key to control of the North. This historical guide tells the story of this Yorkshire war, using contemporary accounts, early and modern maps and a wealth of other illustrations. It also provides detailed tours of the battlegrounds and other sites.

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The key emphasis of this book is on the practical application of ideas, focusing on straightforward ideas that can be understood, explained, and put into action. More advanced methods are covered, but they are treated in the general context of forecasting and are easily understood and useable. Topics of stategic interest, such as long-term and qualitative forecasting for use in planning new products and services, as well as tactical and short-term quantitiative forecasting are presented in a clear and logical style. Many small tools and tricks to ease the job of actually preparing forecasts, expecially concerning the use of computers, are included and calculations are illustrated using spreadsheet software and a statistical package that is available on the internet.

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