Eric Fischl : 1970

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Eric Fischl emerged in the 1980s as one of America's most important figurative painters. His paintings compel the viewer to participate in a world of middle-class suburban ambiguity and drama. Engaging and distinctly American, Fischl's canvases present a world in which narration, sexuality, and psychology are preeminent.

This volume is the most comprehensive and current examination of this important 20th century painter. More than 200 works - selected in conjunction with the artist - present the full scope of Fischl's career and span three decades: the 1970s, with Fischl's seminal formative works; the 1980s, and his burst onto the art world; and the 1990s, with the artist's mature works, often of a personal and contemplative nature. In his most recent works, Fischl has turned to portraits of his most intimate circle of friends, including Steve Martin, Mike Nichols, and April Gornik, the painter's wife; these engrossing images have been accomplished with a mastery that has been compared to that of Caravaggio.

The introduction, by philosopher and critic Arthur Danto, places Fischl in the context of his contemporaries. Commentary drawn from interviews with Fischl - conducted by noted writer Robert Enright - accompany the paintings. Finally, a witty and personal afterword by Steve Martin - best known as a gifted comic and autor, but also as an astute collector of modern art - discusses Barbecue, a famed Fischl painting from his private collection.

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Great book on Fischl, but................2002-09-27

This is what a book on an artist should be, lots of nice big images, early to current work(presented chronologically) and not too much BS, except for an essay written by Steve Martin(yes the comedian).

.........But the more I look at the book, the more I think Fischl has quality control issues. The more I look at it, the more bad paintings I notice. Don't get me wrong, this is a great book and Fischl has done some great paintings, but the more you look at this book, the more you notice how bad he can be at times-quality control. Some of the paintings should have never left the studio except in a dumpster but when your getting as much money as he gets for work.................... I imagine its hard not to think everything you make is great, when you get the "status" he has as an artist.

but this isn't an art critique, this is a great book on a well know contemporary artist. If you like Fischl, this is the book to get and it may give you more insight then you want, if you have any asthetic sensibilities.

knowyourproduct.......2001-01-31

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incredible artist.......2004-04-06

i purchased this book having been inspired by her works of the elderly. She is an amazing artist and uses most unusual fabrics to bring these people to life. There is only a small section on the technique she uses...but much in the way of inspiration. THere are many of her works in this book and i feel that although more instruction would have been helpful...it in no way deters from what this book has to offer in the way of inspiration and challenge to the quilt artist. I was truly inspired by her work and am proud to be an owner of this book and hope to someday try to tackle this approach to making quilts.

More autobiographical than instructional.......2001-05-27

I purchased this book after seeing the author on HGTV's "Simply Quilts". Her work is unique and impressive. I was somewhat disappointed to find after purchasing this book that only a small amount of it involves instruction of how to do this technique. The book is 144 pages long, and one short chapter titled "Process" which is only about 5 pages long, is all that is dedicated to how these articles are put together. Even then it is not the typical, clear step by step examples that you might find in most instructional books, but rather a sometimes rambling personal narrative of how she puts the artworks together. For those wanting to know more about the artist, the book is valuable as an autobiography and has many samples of her work. But this can also be frustrating to have so many inspiring examples, and no instructions on how they can be made. I plan to read the book from cover to cover and re-read the Process chapter to see if I can understand or try to self teach my way through. This is not a book for those who are beginners or new to fiber arts. I would like to see this artist write a book where she shows her techique using simpler examples and step by step instructions.

More autobiographical than instructional.......2001-05-27

A spiritually moving book.......1998-12-26

Deidre's talent goes beyond sewing and art. She has a way of capturing the spirit of elders and whatever she is working on. This is a poignant book that should be shared. Her work is amazing. She uses patterned fabric and colors that one would never associate with skintones. But they all work so well. Reading about her work is fascinating.

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Even though every vacation generates hundreds of pictures, the results are often disappointing. That problem is now a thing of the past, with this handy travel-size guide by the founder of Outdoor Photography magazine. It gives amateurs the same specialized know-how the pros bring to their travel assignments. By analyzing a gallery of spectacular photos from around the world, and offering advice on cameras, lenses, techniques, and composition, Keith Wilson prepares the average tourist to tackle subjects from landscapes, cityscapes, and location portraits to underwater photography, fireworks, and sunsets. Plus: expert tips on such things as dealing with tropical sunlight, finding unusual angles, knowing the best times to take pictures, and getting people to let you photograph them.

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Phillip Longman
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Title: Misdiagnosed: why all the money in the world won't fix what's wrong with America's health care system.(Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis--and the People Who Pay the Price)(Book review)
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What works in Africa: with little fanfare, businesses are trying to fight disease in Africa. Roger Bate tells who does it right and who does it wrong. ... article from: The American (Washington, DC)

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What works in Africa: with little fanfare, businesses are trying to fight disease in Africa. Roger Bate tells who does it right and who does it wrong. ... article from: The American (Washington, DC)
Roger Bate
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Release Date: 2007-07-02

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Title: What works in Africa: with little fanfare, businesses are trying to fight disease in Africa. Roger Bate tells who does it right and who does it wrong. The best spur to benevolence: the profit motive.
Author: Roger Bate
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Early experiences in service intregration: What we can learn from no wrong door startups (Report)

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Early experiences in service intregration: What we can learn from no wrong door startups (Report)
Dario Longhi
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What's Wrong in Washington?
John Holladay
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The Education of a Yankee: An American Memoir
Judson Hale
Manufacturer: Harpercollins
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THANK YOU.......2001-12-03

I had tried for a long time to get this book. The service that was provided by Amazon was great. It took less than a week from the time the book was ordered till it was in my hands. This is a superb autobiography. I regard this book as must reading for anyone who enjoys Yankee Magazine and The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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one of the best books I have ever read.......1999-09-18

Very well written humourous and moving account of a remarkable family and a young boy who grew up to become quite normal in spite of it.Captures theunique qualities of rural Washington county Maine residents very well indeed .Great book!

absolutely delightful account of a most unusual family.......1999-01-31

For those of us who search for first-rate autobiographies, Mr. Hale has given us a rare gift- a fascinating account of his growing up in a most unusual setting, even by the standards of New England eccentricity. Raised by loving, extremely wealthy parents who abided by - and built a community based upon - an ahead-of-its-time Swiss educational philosophy, Mr. Hale enjoyed a mostly halcyon boyhood which Tom Sawyer would have envied. There is a dark side to his life as well, and Hale doesn't shirk from the harsher realities. This is a first-rate read - a genuine piece of Americana by the editor of Yankee magazine.

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The Education of a Yankee An American Memoir
Judson Hale
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The Education of a Yankee An American Memoir
Hale Judson
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The Education of a Yankee: An American Memoir
Judson Hale
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The first three years of life play a crucial role in setting the stage for later adjustment and success. For children with disabilities, children at risk, and even for healthy infants and toddlers born into well-functioning families, support and early intervention can foster optimal growth and development. This concise and readable guide presents a developmentally sound framework for strengths-based intervention with parents and young children. The volume is filled with practical suggestions for building positive family relationships, cultivating parental knowledge and understanding of child development, and enhancing family support systems. Also featured is an extensive annotated bibliography that describes a wealth of additional resources for professionals and parents. Grounded in research and informed by wisdom from the field, this book provides essential knowledge and skills for professionals and students across a range of health care, social service, and educational disciplines.

Infants, Toddlers, and Families: A Framework for Support and Intervention

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Infants, Toddlers, and Families: A Framework for Support and Intervention
Martha Farrell Erickson; Karen Marie Kurz-Riemer; Karen Kurz-Riemer
Manufacturer: The Guilford Press
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ASIN: B000WWRMA2

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What can we learn about leadership and the experience of war from the best combat leaders the world has ever known? This book takes us behind the scenes and to the front lines of the major wars of the past 250 years through the words of twenty combat commanders. What they have to say--which is remarkably similar across generational, national, and ideological divides--is a fascinating take on military history by those who lived it. It is also worthwhile reading for anyone, from any walk of life, who makes executive decisions.

The leaders showcased here range from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf. They include such diverse figures as Napoleon Bonaparte, commanders on both sides of the Civil War (William Tecumseh Sherman and Stonewall Jackson), German and American World War II generals (Rommel and Patton), a veteran of the Arab-Israeli wars (Moshe Dayan), and leaders from both sides of the Vietnam War (Vo Nguyen Giap and Harold Moore). What they have had in common is an unrivaled understanding of the art of command and a willingness to lead from the front. All earned the respect and loyalty of those they led--and moved them to risk death.

The practices of these commanders apply to any leadership situation, whether military, business, political, athletic, or other. Their words reveal techniques for anticipating the competition, leading through example, taking care of the "troops," staying informed, turning bad luck to advantage, improvising, and making bold decisions.

Leader after leader emphasizes the importance of up-front "muddy boots" leadership and reveals what it takes to persevere and win. Identifying a pattern of proven leadership, this book will benefit anyone who aspires to lead a country, a squadron, a company, or a basketball team. It is a unique distillation of two and a half centuries of military wisdom.

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A must read for business, education and government leaders.......2004-03-12

This book is excellent reading to inspire leadership. Its greatest asset is the fact that Connelly selects great leaders and writing that characterizes their personal leadership styles.

Good, but Could Have Been Better for Its Intended Purpose.......2002-12-09

A scholar with a military background, Connelly begins with an excellent thumbnail sketch of the changing nature of Western warfare over the past 250 years. This sets up the bulk of the book, which is selected words of 20, primarily European and American, military leaders from the same period. Each receives a separate chapter (except for Frederick the Great and Napoleon, who are combined), and each chapter starts with a short background on the leader. These are what Connelly refers to as "muddy boots" leaders, and each was successful in so far as his combat operations were concerned. He also concludes each chapter with an explanation of the importance to the field of leadership of that individual's ideas and methods. Thus, he provides a brief, but adequate rationale for each leader included in the book. His inclusion of T.E. Lawrence (Great Britain, World War I), Erich von Manstein (Germany, World War II) and Vo Nguyen Giap (Vietnam, French Indo China War and the War in Vietnam) were particularly excellent choices. The others were certainly apropos to Connelly's purpose, except for Charles de Gaulle. The rationale for including him escapes me. The other leaders Connelly included are:

o William Tecumseh Sherman (Union, American Civil War)
o Thomas Jonathan "Sonewall" Jackson (Confederacy, American Civil War)
o John Singleton Mosby (Confederacy, American Civil War)
o Archibald Percival Wavell (Great Britain, World War II)
o Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel (Germany, World War II)
o George S. Patton, Jr. (US, World War II)
o Bernard Law Montgomery (Great Britain, World War II)
o William Joseph Slim (Great Britain, World War II)
o Joseph Warren "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell (American, World War II)
o Matthew Bunker Ridgway (US, World War II and Korea)
o Moshe Dayan (Israeli War for Independence)
o Harold G. Moore (LZ X-Ray, Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam)
o Nicholas F. "Nick" Vaux (Great Britain, Falklands War)
o H. Norman "Stormin' Norman" Scwartzkopf (US, Persian Gulf War)

As you can see, he included small unit leaders (Mosby, Lawrence, Moore, and Vaux) rather than keying on just major commanders. This provides a nice blend to the discussion and demonstrates that good leadership traits are much the same at all levels of command. He might have commented on why some obvious choices were NOT included such as Zachary Taylor (US, War with Mexico), James Longstreet (Confederacy, American Civil War); or, for small unit actions (which may be more apropos today) Joshua Chamberlain (Union, American Civil War), Teddy Roosevelt (US, Spanish-American War), John Howard (Great Britain, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, World War II), John Frost (Great Britain, Arnhem, World War II), William Orlando Darby (US, Rangers, World War II), or Robert Frederick (US, 1st Special Service Force, World War II). Each of these men exercised great leadership ability and skill in training and preparation for combat and later in desperate fighting. It might also be instructional to have provided a contrast with a few leaders of lesser caliber.

Connelly actually penned relatively little of the book. Rather, as the title implies, most is taken from the words of the leaders themselves (memoirs, letters, diaries) or from those close to them. His contribution is the choice of the leaders, choice of "their" material, and his set-ups and conclusions. Sometimes he uses whole blocks of material without explaining why the particular passage is important. The chapters are quite interesting reading on their own (especially the chapters on T.E. Lawrence and Harold Moore), and one can certainly draw conclusions about leadership, but I would have struggled to get full measure from them had I not read his final, Conclusions chapter first.

One point that isn't crystal clear is that leadership is a learned art. There are natural leaders (charisma, for example, helps), but most successful leaders are students of leadership. Moreover, the more you read about leadership, the more spins and nuances you see. Much of what is written is just that: spin with an eye to selling a new book. But in its essence, leadership is rather straightforward. It's the implementation -- the practice of good leadership techniques -- that's the difficult part.

That's the key attribute in Cohen's book -- his summary in the Conclusion's chapter depicting the key traits of good leaders, supported by the descriptions of how each applied some or all of these traits. In his summary they are:

o Lead in person
o Lead from the front
o Improvise according to the situation
o Hold to unity of command
o Take care of the troops
o Take risks (calculatedly, not recklessly)
o Prefer the offensive
o Know the value of winning.

I don't take exception to this list, but I would add that these must be against a backdrop of a sound set of positive personal values, first among which is integrity.

On balance, Cohen's book is a useful addition to one's library or reading list, whether you are military or civilian (each trait above has a corollary in civilian life), professional or amateur, or just enjoy reading about leadership or military history, but it could have been better for its intended purpose.

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On War and Leadership: The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf. (Book Reviews).: An article from: Parameters
Dr. Henry G. Gole
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Title: On War and Leadership: The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf. (Book Reviews).
Author: Dr. Henry G. Gole
Publication: Parameters (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2003
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Volume: 33 Issue: 2 Page: 130(3)

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On War and Leadership: The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf.: An article from: Air & Space Power Journal

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On War and Leadership: The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf.: An article from: Air & Space Power Journal
Robert B. Kane
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Title: On War and Leadership: The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf.
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Publication: Air & Space Power Journal (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2003
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This is the first full academic study of the political thought of the French regionalist movement in the Belle Epoque. Julian Wright has examined the private papers of Jean Charles-Brun, founder of the Federation Regionaliste Francaise, in detail. He has rethought the conceptual basis of regionalism through Charles-Brun's intellectual biography, showing that it penetrated the political debates of the period as a commonplace in Republican arguments about state reform. Despite the often made association of regionalism with the right, Dr Wright reveals the diversity of political views expressed, and demonstrates that the connection to left-wing federalism ws emphatically present in the intellectual background. Interwoven with this discussion is an examination of the personal mission of Charles-Brun. He saw himself as a reconciler, using his regionalism within a mission to heal the divisions of French politics and society. He argued that France's instability stemmed from an obsession with reforms that followed a priori political models, and that politicians who sought to rethink the shape of the Republic needed to attend to the cultural or economic realities expressed in France's regions. Charles-Brun and his regionalist movement continue to have resonance in current debates about decentralization in France.

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Damit ein guter Wein entsteht, muÃŸ nicht nur das Wetter stimmen. Wilhelm Flitsch fÃ¼hrt in diesem Buch durch die AblÃ¤ufe der modernen Weinbereitung und erklÃ¤rt, welche Folge die einzelnen Arbeitsschritte im Weinberg und in der Kellerei auf die WeinqualitÃ¤t haben. Mit dem Wissen des Naturwissenschaftlers und der Begeisterung des Weinliebhabers zeigt er, wie aus Trauben und Hefe Wein wird, welche MÃ¶glichkeiten die moderne Kellertechnik bietet und wie sich der Charakter des Weines mittels Degustation und moderner Analysemethoden erfassen lÃ¤ÃŸt.Rotweine und wichtige europÃ¤ische Weinbaugebiete werden ausfÃ¼hrlicher behandelt als in der 1. Auflage. Aktuelle Themen wie Gentechnologie, integrierter Pflanzenschutz, der "untypische Alterungston" und die Psychologie des Weingenusses runden die Darstellung ab.

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