The Country Houses of David Adler

Book Description

The first comprehensive study of one of America's great house architects. The Country Houses of David Adler (1882-1949) discusses in depth fifteen representative houses (many with interiors by Adler's sister, the noted interior designer Frances Elkins), illustrated with fine archival photographs and newly drawn plans. In addition, the full scope of Adler's work is documented in an illustrated catalogue raisonné.

Customer Reviews:

Chicago's Finest.......2005-11-10

Though I must say, that I agree that this book could have used some color plates, it in my opinion does not distract from the fact that this is a wonderful book on a fine architect. I personally love the archieval black and white plates, they are so vivid and the Adler homes are quite old, so it somehow seem to fit. This book covers in detail Adler's best country homes, his work was just amazing and the attention to detail in his homes ranks with Horace Trumbaur and McKim, Mead, and White as the best of this age. Chicago is most blessed with his homes, but the Crane Estate, in the Boston suburbs is, in my opinion, his most interesting home and this book does a fine job of covering it. If you have any interest in great American residental architecture, or Mr. Adler's work itself, then I can't imagine you being disappointed in this book.

this book is fine.......2004-07-19

oh i wanted to LOVE this book-- it is FINE--but not amazing-- a bit too "textbook"--

Four stars for a Great architect, but so-so publisher........2002-01-19

I really love David Adler. I was thrilled to find out that this book was in the making. But when I finally got my hands on it I was furious to find that there were no color plates in the entire book. All photographs are archival. The Richard Crane mansion in Ipswich is a tremendous house, and I appreciate the old view from the beach, but how does that compare to the view now that all of the landscape has come to maturation. Not including color plates and more contemporary shots was a cruel tease to play.

beautiful book -- excellent gift!.......2001-07-14

growing up in Lake Forest, IL...I, too saw these beautiful country estates -- but never knew the common theme was David Adler. Such a wealth of information and history that I have to thank Mr. Salny for. We are talking an era of architecture that included not only the design of a building, but also the design of the gardens, the interiors, etc. A fabulous book -- beautiful and inspiring in so many ways!

Sloppy detailing.......2001-06-20

Useful and informative, but Norton was a bit slap-dash in its production. The "newly-drawn plans" were disappointing and nowhere near the standard in architectural publishing; whoever was responsible shouldn't have been.

THE COUNTRY HOUSES OF DAVID ADLER - Interiors By Frances Elkins with a Catalogue Raisonne of His Work

Average customer rating:

THE COUNTRY HOUSES OF DAVID ADLER - Interiors By Frances Elkins with a Catalogue Raisonne of His Work
Stephen M. Salny
Manufacturer: NORTON
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JVA7OY

Book Description

'Chemical Principles of Textile Conservation' provides must-have knowledge for conservators who do not always have a scientific background. This vital book brings together from many sources the material science necessary to understand the properties, deterioration and investigation of textile artefacts. It also aids understanding of the chemical processes during various treatments, such as: cleaning; humidification; drying; disinfestation; disinfection; and the use of adhesives and consolidants in conservation of historical textiles. Textile conservators will now have ready access to the necessary knowledge to understand the chemistry of the objects they are asked to treat and to make informed decisions about how to preserve textiles.

The combination of a chemist and a conservator provides the perfect authorial team. It ensures a unique dual function of the text which provides textile conservators with vital chemical knowledge and gives scientists an understanding of textile conservation necessary to direct their research.

The many practical examples and case studies illustrate the utility of the relatively large chemical introduction and the essential chemical information which is included. The case studies, many illustrated in colour, range from the treatment of the Ghandis' clothes, high-altitude flying suits and a Mary Quant raincoat, to the Hungarian Coronation Mantle.

*Comprehensive coverage of the subject by a chemist and a conservator
*Illustrated with many practical examples and case studies
*Provides textile conservators with necessary chemical knowledge

Average customer rating:

Great for Long-Term Tax Planning

Reference

How to Pay Zero Taxes by Schnepper

How to Pay Zero Taxes, 2004
Jeff A. Schnepper
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Taxes | Accounting | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Personal Taxes | Taxes | Accounting | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Tax Planning | Taxes | Accounting | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

Lower Your Taxes - Big Time! : Wealth-Building, Tax Reduction Secrets from an IRS Insider

What the IRS Doesn't Want You to Know : A CPA Reveals the Tricks of the Trade (What the Irs Doesn't Want You to Know)

Brilliant Deductions

Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

ASIN: 0071427295

Book Description

Includes all the latest updates and changes to the 2003 tax code

"If there's a tax break allowed out there, it's in here." --New York Daily News

Publishers Weekly called it "a can't-miss title." The New York Daily News praised it for "pushing the envelope" and taking "a consumerist approach that's helpful during all the other months before next April." Best of all, more than half a million people have consulted How to Pay Zero Taxes for solid guidance on paying less to the IRS.

This fully updated 21st edition contains:

The latest tax changes
More tax-saving tips than any other guide
Easy, practical strategies to lower taxes this year, next year, and beyond
Hundreds of legal ways to preserve pretax income and profit

Customer Reviews:

Great for Long-Term Tax Planning.......2005-01-09

Recommended for anyone who wants to implement long-term tax strategies to reduce or eliminate their tax liabilities. Long-term strategies require careful planning, and Schnepper's historical and legal approach will show you the advantages and pitfalls of various tax strategies.

Comprehensive guide to tax deductions and tax credits. This book is not to be used to help you prepare your tax return. You will not find line-by-line instructions or IRS forms.

Schnepper excels in the discussion of various tax shelters, and giving his opinions on which shelters are better, and which are to be avoided. Chapters 7 and 8 on various tax shelters are the best chapters in the book. Excellent binding.

Schnepper organizes his material historically. So his discussion of a particular tax item will proceed through various tax laws, noting changes in the law or various tax court cases. The current information will always be towards the end of a particular section.

Reference.......2004-02-12

It may work for a reference, but detailed answers cannot be found inside. I found it lacking in questions I needed answered.

How to Pay Zero Taxes by Schnepper.......2004-01-28

This is an excellent reference on the workings of the current
tax system. The author provides easy to read explanations with
sample forms and computations. He covers important tax shelters,
Court rulings, the child care credit, savings vehicles and
much much more. The book is a goldmine for taxpayers interested
in the fine points of the tax code and the implementation of it.

How to Pay Zero Taxes, 2004: Twenty-First Edition

Average customer rating:

How to Pay Zero Taxes, 2004: Twenty-First Edition
Jeff A. Schnepper
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OG44JI

Customer Reviews:

A deligtful collection of ways to say NO! to your child.......1997-04-09

5,000 Ways is a sanity-saver for parents whose kids think they (the kids) are in charge. Walt Peterson provides parents with multitudes of techniques, all guaranteed to put parents back in the driver's seat. Some of his imaginative suggestions are real howlers. Highly recommended reading for parents of kids of all ages!

Customer Reviews:

A Disappointment.......2006-03-06

I found the book "The Marble Man" to be disappointing in several ways. The author, Thomas L Connelly, attempts to illustrate that the modern notion of Robert E. Lee as a selfless leader, great general, noble gentleman, and devoted family man is the result of a vast Virginian conspiracy.
Connelly's composition leaves something to be desired. The prologue, chapters, and epilogue seem to be thrown together in a way that shouldn't be described as "seamless". He is repetitive with quotes, often using the same quote from the same person several times (sometimes to convey different meanings). Throughout the book, one is waiting for the big "hook", or the "zinger" where Connelly will finally show his indisputable truth that Lee is not what he seems to be. This never arrives.
Connelly is certainly a well known historian, but not much of a Theologian. The "God thing" is throughout the book and really bothers/baffles Connelly. At various times he identifies Robert E Lee as a Calvinist, an Episcopalian, and a Puritan. Lee was a very devout Christian and attended the Episcopalian denominational churches most of his life. Connelly describes many of Lee's beliefs as "other-worldliness" and a "fixation on death". No time here to go into this in depth, but Connelly scratched the surface of something his just doesn't get.
One huge goal of many post modern historians is to bring the great down (no evidence necessary) and to elevate the base. "Lincoln was a homosexual"..."Clinton a great leader for his time" The beat goes on.

The Marble Man.......2005-10-12

I must say that the Marble Man is a good read. I can say this from two perspectives. First, I read the book and thouroughly enjoyed it. Second, Dr. Connelly was my professor and advisor at the University of South Carolina from 1986 until 1988. I cannot express enough what an experience it was to sit in one of his classes and listen to his lectures. It was like being transported back in time to the battle or period we were covering that day. The students would wait with anticipation before he arrived and didn't want to leave when the class was over because the transportation back in time would end when we'd leave the classroom. I remember Dr. Connelly's assessment of Lee quite well. While Lee was a good general, he did tend to be wasteful with resources and has become overrated with time. I strongly encourage the reader of this review to read anything written by Dr. Connelly. He was an amazing man.

The marble man.......2005-03-14

Connelly argues that Robert E. Lee's heroic image was largely created post-war by a small group of Virginians, and goes on to give what he regards as a more accurate assessment.

While agreeing that the post-war canonization of Lee imposed some distortions upon historians which modern scholars do well to avoid, several things about this study didn't convince me. Firstly, Connelly spends little time analyzing Lee's popularity during the war, which rose after the Peninsula campaign and remained high through the end; Lee and his army were a significant image and source of morale to all Southerners, not just Virginians, at that time.

Secondly, Connelly makes various statements about personalities and psychological quirks -- Mary Custis Lee was "unpleasant", Lee was morbid and death-obsessed -- in the presence of limited supporting evidence and of no discussion of the mentalities, religious faith, and social norms of the time. (His idiosyncratic assessment of individuals includes a characterization of Fitz Lee as the worst of Lee's cavalry commanders -- even considering the shadbake incident, that seems like too strong a statement when one considers that Fitz' competition for the worst would include candidates such as Grumble Jones and the luckless Lunsford Lomax.)

This study does reveal the ugly post-war squabble for the portrayal of history in all its inglory.

Beyond the Facade.......2003-06-13

This book might be approached as an examination of how a well-known personality is transformed for a human being into a cultural icon. Sequentially and chronologically Connelly takes his readers through that process using Robert E. Lee as the item of investigation. Along the way, Connelly makes commentary on the differences between the cultures of the north and south and how Lee's legion spread because of those cultural differences. That context has been well-established by numerous writers. Connelly simply uses it for a closer examination of Lee. For example, on page 102 he quotes another historian, Bradley T. Johnson in writing "Environmental factors had forced North and South to develop contrasting socieites. The North, 'invigorated' by constant struggle with nature, became materialistic, grasping for wealth and power. The South's 'more generous climate' had wrought a life-style based upon non-materialism and adherence to a finer code of 'veracity and honor in man, chastity and fidelity in women'"
This book helps a person to understand how history evolves in the process of retelling over a period of several generations.

A Hard Look at Lee and The Lost Vause Syndrome.......2001-12-10

This book is not just a revisionist look at Robet E. Lee but also an objective evaluation of the Southern Lost Cause Syndrome that utilzed Lee as their flagship for a just cause. Thomas Connelly is a great writer of the western theater notably the history of the Army of the Tennessee and of the western Confederate cabal that had conflicts with Jefferson Davis. Connelly offers what southerners and partiucularly Virginians may find as a harsh evaluation of Lee during the war. This book also includes some psycho-analysis that offers some reasoning for Lee's very formal demeanor which is in far contrast's to Joe Johnston whose troops would pat him on the head on occasion but not dare approach Lee in such an informal manner. In my opinion the book demonstrates that Lee was simply not infallible like amy man who has overall responsibility, he must accept some of the blame for failure. There is also the question of whether Lee was too aggressive with limited manpower (Gary Gallagher has referred to this as crucial, that the Confederacy was in serious need of military victories for morale). The Lost Cause contingent made up of Jubal Early and company always gave Lee total credit for victory but not in defeat, Early & company always made someone other than Lee a scapegoat in their version of history. Gettysburg serves as the grand indictment of this philosophy where Longstreet becomes the total goat at Gettysburg in the 1870's while one of his accusers, Early, covers his own lackluster performance by publicly hanging Longstreet. Early raps himself with the cloak of Robert E. Lee to deflect criticism of his own actions and post war exile. To my mind, Connaly expolores better than anyone else the self serving relationship of Jubal Early to the Lost Cause syndrome in Early's attempt to rewite history. Connelly brings out that Jackson was the south's great hero until Lee's death and the emergence of Lee's rise among southern writers. He also argues that Lee lacked a national picture of how to best serve the Confederacy by his opposing transferring troops west to bolster those failing armies with limited resources. He argues that Virginia was Lee's first and main focus. Highly reccommend this book, whether you agree or not, Connelly makes you look at the facts presented and while not meaning to destroy Lee's image of a competent and charismatic general, it tends to show him as human and mortal who like everyone made some mistakes. We all have to look at historians presentations carefully, even Douglas Freeman in Lee's Lieutanents slightly diminishes Jackson's role and he makes Longstreet shorter, fatter and a plotter of self grandization. This is an intellectually challenging book best appreciated by those that have an open mind. This book most likely helped foster Alan Nolan's "Lee Considered."

The Marble Man - Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society

Average customer rating:

The Marble Man - Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society

Manufacturer: Louisiana State Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HEQIF0

Average customer rating:

The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society
Thomas L. Connelly
Manufacturer: LSU Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OLWZWQ

Average customer rating:

THE MARBLE MAN: ROBERT E. LEE AND HIS IMAGE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY.
Thomas L. Connelly
Manufacturer: NY, Knopf, 1977. 249 pp., illus. First edition, in dust jacket, in very good condition.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UDUZ7A

Average customer rating:

Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society.
THOMAS L.- CONNELLY
Manufacturer: See notes
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RQ4ZDA

Book Description

Die digitalen Technologien und Telekommunikationsmedien erzeugen radikale VerÃ¤nderungen in den Bereichen Kunst, Wahrnehmung und Ã„sthetik, die zu neuen interdisziplinÃ¤ren Thesen Anlass geben. Das Werk stellt die sich herausbildenden Diskursparadigmen und Positionen vor, die es gestatten, die neuen Ã¤sthetischen Theorien und die Symbiose des wissenschaftlichen, kÃ¼nstlerischen, systemischen und medialen Denkens zu verstehen. Ein besonderer Stellenwert kommt einerseits dem historischen Ãœberblick der vorlÃ¤ufigen Theorien zu, die sich mit der Interrelation von Ã„sthetik und Information auseinandergesetzt haben, und andererseits den Ã¤sthetischen Theorien der interaktiven Medienkunst, die den kreativen Dialog des Rezipienten mit der offenen Struktur des Werkes hervorheben.

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books