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Stones of Empire: The Buildings of the Raj
Jan Morris , and Simon Winchester Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: B000KHXC4Y |
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No empire in history built so variously as the British empire in India: the buildings there attest to the richness of an imperial presence that lasted - from the first trading settlement to the end of the Raj - some three hundred years. The attitude of the British to India was compounded partly of arrogance, but partly also of homesickness, and it shows in their constructions. Georgian terraces were adapted to tropical conditions, Victorian railway stations were elaborately orientalized, seaside villas were adjusted to suit Himalayan conditions, and everywhere the fundamental ambivalence of the British empire, a baffling mixture of good and evil, was mirrored in the imperial architecture. This book, now reissued with a new introduction by Simon Winchester, was the first to describe the whole range of British constructions in India. The text and photographs illustrate these buildings not simply as physical objects, but as reflections of an empire's mingled emotions. Stones of Empire charts an enterprise in architecture, engineering, and social adaptation unique in human history.
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Stones Of Empire: The Buildings of the Raj
Jan; Winchester, Simon Morris Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OKJ84A |
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Stones of Empire: The Buildings of the Raj
Jan Morris Manufacturer: Oxford Univ Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OKBQ36 |
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Stones of Empire: the Buildings of the Raj
Jan Morris Manufacturer: Oxford University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N6B6M2 |
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Art Cars: The Cars, the Artists, the Obsession, the Craft
Harrod Blank Manufacturer: Blank Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1579903304 |
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An instant crowd pleaser!.......2007-05-30
Buy it NOW!.......2004-03-31
This is such a fun book........2003-04-05
This guy is my muse!.......2002-08-09
Superb book about a superb phenomenon........2002-04-29
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Art Cars: The Cars, the Artists, the Obsession, the Craft (ISBN: 1579903304)
Harrod Blank Manufacturer: Lark Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000LCCCWQ |
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The Poser 5 Handbook (Graphics Series) (Graphics Series)
R. Shamms Mortier Manufacturer: Charles River Media ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1584502290 |
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Discover the power of the latest version of Poser, the ultimate 3D character design and animation tool for artists and animators. Whether you're just beginning with Poser and 3D design or are an experienced designer, you'll find a wealth of ideas and techniques for harnessing the power of this fantastic tool. The new, innovative interface makes figure design, posing, and animating fast and easy. Using the practical examples and tutorials packed throughout these pages, you'll dig into the new features and really learn how to maximize Poser for your own projects. Beginning with a detailed review of the new interface and a discussion of how to use the Poser 5 Rooms, you'll find all the instruction you need to get up and running quickly. Next you'll explore Poser's animation features and tools, and gain new insights from the Poser masters. From there it's on to more advanced topics, including creating articulated poseable models, smart props, articulating props, editing clothing, and the art of composition.Customer Reviews:
Aim Higher.......2003-12-10
Absolutely Dreadful.......2003-10-07
Sometimes ya gotta wonder how someone gets picked for a job. The author of this book is a horrible CG artist (click on the book cover photo for proof) and not a particularly good writer. He spends 4 sentences saying something that could be said in one, and then, in the following step-by-step example, he will leave out a crucial step or two. If you do manage to figure out the steps he forgot to tell you about and thereby finish the exercise, what you are left with is an image that looks like one of his - i.e. horrible. Wow, now that's bad.
I only bought this book because, after six months, I got tired of waiting for the Peachpit Press's Poser 5 Visual Quick Start book to come out. The Visual Quick Start series is a wonderful series. I have a least half a dozen of those books, and they've all been good. As for Charles River Media, the publisher of this book, all the books of theirs that I've seen or purchased have been highly doubtful.
The only reason that I don't give this book one star is that if you do fill in the missing steps yourself, and if you come up with your own parameter settings, you can make some pretty cool stuff. Poser 5 is an exciting, powerful "new" program, and this book will give you just enough information to just barely make it over that "newness" hump. Which is more than I can say about the manual that came with the program. It is even worse than this book (how's that possible?).
Bottom line - if Peachpit Press's Poser 5 Visual Quick Start book is available (now due October 21, 2003, but don't bet on it) - buy that instead. If not, and you really want some info now - buy this book and live to regret it. What a choice!
Average at best.......2003-07-13
Files not on CD again!.......2003-06-09
A decent basic tutorial, will not turn you into a Poser guru.......2003-05-27
The "overview" portion is not bad. For the most part it simply rehashes information found in the Poser manual, but does so in more detail and in a more readable form, offering several tutorials to give you some hands-on practice. It will not be helpful to anyone who already has some familiarity with Poser or other 3D programs, but if you are a complete novice like me, it's a good introduction to Poser's rooms and basic features.
The tutorials written by other people cover more advanced topics, and while by themselves they will not turn you into an expert, they do give you some idea of what it takes to create your own models, textures, and characters. Some of the topics are fairly advanced, far beyond the level of anyone who is working their way through the first part of the book.
So, I would recommend this book for a Poser newbie who wants help getting started, and to dip his toe into more advanced techniques. If you already kind of know how to use Poser and want to learn more advanced techniques, this book may give you a few useful tidbits, but you will probably be better off searching sites like Renderosity and RuntimeDNA and PoserPros for the numerous tutorials offered there for free.
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Poser 5 Handbook
Manufacturer: CHARLES RIVER MEDIA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000HA01T8 |
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Project Arms, Volume 2: Egrigori (Project Arms)
Ryoji Minagawa , and Kyoichi Nanatsuki Manufacturer: VIZ Media LLC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1591160588 |
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Containing all the best elements of sci-fi, spy fiction, and conspiracy theory stories, Project Arms is about kids whose arms transform into grotesquely deformed superweapons. In this volume, just when Ryo and Hayato learn that the third ARMs kid is Takashi Tomoe the new transfer student at their school the mysterious Egrigori organization deploys precocious twins Jeff and Al Bowen to go after them. Using their hi-tech cyborg goons Plus and Minus, the deceptively innocent-looking Bowens plan a merciless assault on Ryo's school. The only way the ARMs kids will survive is by working together but Hayato's a hot-headed lone wolf and Takashi just wants to hide.Customer Reviews:
A stand-out manga that becomes addictive........2005-03-24
Addictive entertainment.......2004-04-15
Awesome action, good story ..........2003-12-30
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An H. G. Wells Chronology (Author Chronologies)
J. R. Hammond Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0312222343 |
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H. G. Wells continues to be widely read as a novelist, short story writer, and as the father of science fiction. Because he was deeply involved with the literary, social, and political issues of his time, a chronology of his life is in a sense a history of ideas in the 20th century. J. R. Hammond offers a definitive chronology of Wells that provides a fascinating insight into the background, life, and times of a major literary figure.
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A short history of the world
H. G Wells Manufacturer: Penguin Books (For the Forces Book Club) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding Similar Items:
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Wells had an intense curiosity and used it to investigate and share the entire history of the world in a condensed form. Wells, the great science fiction writer who wrote The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man, was fascinated with the real world just as much as his imaginary ones. This book is a testament to his genius and immense knowledge involving the key events of humanity throughout the history of the world. He allows us to witness how we learned, grew, and reached deeper understandings throughout our physical, intellectual, and spiritual evolution. He also reveals that we are still in our infancy and have only just begun an immense and important journey. The pattern he lays out shows that we are moving toward new ways of understanding, growth, and wisdom.Download Description
Great conquerors appear in the dim light of that distant time and pass, Tushratta, King of Mitanni, who captured Nineveh, Tiglath Pileser I of Assyria who conquered Babylon. At last the Assyrians became the greatest military power of the time. Tiglath Pileser III conquered Babylon in 745 B.C. and founded what historians call the New Assyrian Empire. Iron had also come now into civilization out of the north; the Hittites, the precursors of the Armenians, had it first and communicated its use to the Assyrians, and an Assyrian usurper, Sargon II, armed his troops with it.Customer Reviews:
Just Superb!!.......2007-07-22
A Masterpiece.......2003-10-23
This is a book for all ages as it is written in an extremely simple and clear manner.
Erudite, vivid, and entertaining...essential reading........2003-05-12
The World in One Volume.......2000-04-06
Yes, it's dated. Yes, it's slanted. H. G. Wells is very Victorian in his ethics. His politics were Fabian Socialist so you will find a distinct undercurrent for a socialist world government driving the story along. He is as un-Eurocentric as you could expect for the time: Europe and the Middle East take up the majority of the book, China and India play the next biggest role, followed distantly by Africa, Australia and the Americas.
The flaws are few given the task, the style is immensely readable, and the man who wrote The War of the Worlds, Time Machine, The Invisible Man and the Island of Doctor Moreau knows how to tell a story. Wells had the nerve to take on the World and the world gets a ripping good yarn with Mankind as the hero. You're part of the story; why not read it?
Also if you liked this book, you might enjoy:
Guns, Germs, and Steel : The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Democratic Ideas and Reality by Halford J. Mackinder
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H.G. WELLS CHRONOLOGY
Hammond J Manufacturer: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N5EZU8 |
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An H.G. Wells Chronology
J. R. Hammond Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan 01/1//1999 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N5MRLC |
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Gari - Gari - Expedicion Etnologica Al Alto Nilo
Hugo Bernatzik Manufacturer: Timun Mas ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 8448035038 |
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Mothers Without Custody
Geoffrey L. Greif , and Mary S. Pabst Manufacturer: Lexington Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Accessories:
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How Could You?: Mothers Without Custody of Their Children
Harriet Edwards Manufacturer: Crossing Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Accessories: ASIN: 0895943352 |
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Death without dignity for commercial surrogacy: the case of Baby M.: An article from: The Hastings Center Report
George J. Annas Manufacturer: Hastings Center ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008JHN8K Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from The Hastings Center Report, published by Hastings Center on April 1, 1988. The length of the article is 3106 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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Stuart: A History of the American Light Tank, Volume 1 (Stuart - History of the American Light Tank)
R.P. Hunnicutt Manufacturer: Presidio Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0891414622 Release Date: 1992-06-01 |
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One stop shopping.......2000-04-08
There are many excellent photographs of the vehicles, as well as line drawings, cut aways, technical data, specifications- you name it, it's here. I have read this book several times over and enjoy it enormously- there is something to be learned every time you pick it up.
Post WWII light tanks are covered in a seperate volume.
THE reference source on the American light tank!.......1998-12-13
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Assassination at St. Helena Revisited
Ben Weider , and Sten Forshufvud Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0471126772 |
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Napoleon was poisoned! The academic elite hated this theory when Sten Forshufvud first introduced it in 1961, but over the years, working with experts across the globe, he built an increasingly forceful case that an assassin killed Napoleon with arsenic. Assassination at St. Helena Revisited presents the most complete argument yet, and a growing number of authorities now accept its premise as an established fact. (See, for instance, Alan Schom's biography Napoleon Bonaparte.) Forshufvud and coauthor Ben Weider reveal their science and also detail Napoleon's final years of exile on St. Helena. The culprit, they believe, was Comte Charles-Tristan de Montholon, an opportunistic man who had both the motive and means to do the deed. A minor classic of historical and scientific detective work, Assassination at St. Helena Revisited will continue to spark debates, but for now it looks like the conspiracy theorists have the upper hand.Book Description
ASSASSINATION AT ST. HELENA REVISITEDWas Napoleon murdered? This baffling question has been sparking hot debates for nearly two hundred years. But, according to Swedish toxicologist Sten Forshufvud and Napoleonic scholar Ben Weider, the answer is an irrefutable yes.
In 1978, their Assassination at St. Helena stunned historians the world over. One of history's most important homicide investigations, it revealed startling yet convincing evidence implicating a nobleman once severely punished by Napoleon. At St. Helena, the nobleman became the defeated leader's most praised and rewarded attendant . . . and his executioner.
In the years since Assassination at St. Helena first appeared, it has come to be regarded as a classic, a historical investigation par excellence. Now new, definitive evidence is presented for the first time in this revised and expanded edition. Assassination at St. Helena Revisited reveals further corroboration of the authors' acclaimed account of Napoleon's final, tragic years.
Carefully researched, with forewords by David G. Chandler and David C. Hamilton-Williams, two of the most respected Napoleonic scholars in the world, this superb volume combines clearly presented scientific evidence with a historical detective story unrivaled in the annals of royal intrigue. Assassination at St. Helena Revisited will surprise, delight, and enthrall Napoleonic buffs everywhere.
BEN WEIDER is internationally known in two fields: sports and Napoleonic history. In the sports field, Dr. Weider is President of the International Federation of Body-Builders (IFBB) and heads the Montreal-based Weider Sports Equipment Co., Ltd., which is dedicated to promoting total fitness. He has been honored by governments in over twenty countries and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. His honors include the Order of Canada, the highest award a Canadian can receive.
Dr. Weider is also a leading Napoleonic historian, having published several books on the life and times of the emperor Napoleon, including Assassination at St. Helena (1978) and the bestselling Murder of Napoleon (1982). He is President of the International Napoleonic Society, with headquarters in Montreal, and a member of the council of Souvenir Napoléonien in Paris. He owns one of the largest private collections of Napoleonic artifacts in the world.
The late STEN FORSHUFVUD was a Swedish scientist who pursued research in the fields of biology and toxicology in many European laboratories. He published numerous papers on subjects in these fields, including the circulation of blood and its functions, plasma, and poisons. His broad knowledge of toxicology, combined with his reading of Napoleonic history, including journals of Napoleon's last days, led him to deduce the true nature of Napoleon's death.
David C. Hamilton-Williams, Bt., B.Sc., ARHist.S, a respected authority on the political and intelligence operations of the Napoleonic period, is the author of Waterloo: New Perspectives and The Fall of Napoleon: The Final Betrayal.
David G. Chandler, M.A. (Oxon.), D.Litt., FRHist.S, considered by many to be one of the foremost living authorities on the military aspects of Napoleon's life, is the former head of the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst, England. He is the author of The Campaigns of Napoleon and, most recently, On the Napoleonic Wars.
Winner of the International Napoleonic Society's Golden Laurel Award as the most important book on Napoleonic research ever undertaken.
How did Napoleon meet his end? It is a question that has baffled historians and Napoleonic buffs alike. Now, a newly revised, expanded edition of the authors' classic work reveals startling new evidence that Napoleon was murdered in exile, and presents the compelling case against the trusted nobleman who was his assassin. History and mystery are potently combined in Assassination at St. Helena Revisited.
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Good book but a bit heavy.......2001-01-10
A masterpiece for history lovers and Napoleonic fans!.......1999-11-22
Compelling Story for True Crime and History Lovers.......1999-04-18
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Handbook of Lithium and Natural Calcium Chloride
Donald E. Garrett Manufacturer: Academic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0122761529 |
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This book is concerned with two major industrial minerals: Lithium and Calcium Chloride. The geology of their deposits is first reviewed, along with discussions of most of the major deposits and theories of their origin. The commercial mining and processing plants are next described, followed by a review of the rather extensive literature on other proposed processing methods. The more important uses for lithium and calcium chloride are next covered, along with their environmental considerations. This is followed by a brief review of the production statistics for each industry, and some of their compounds' phase data and physical properties.
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Handbook of Lithium and Natural Calcium Chloride
Donald E. Garrett Manufacturer: NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000MUBF66 |
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