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Damascus, reputed to be the world's oldest continually inhabited city, has enjoyed a history of immense grandeur, enormous political and mercantile power, and great cultural and artistic achievement. In addition to some of Islam's most magnificent architecture, such as the Umayyad Mosque, the city boasts a heritage of fairy-tale palaces and sumptuous private houses. Sadly, many of them are in urgent need of restoration. Brigid Keenan and Tim Beddow have set out to record these priceless architectural gems and to reveal them to the world at large. They were given unprecedented access to the inner, "hidden" city, which has resulted in a book that will be of immense importance to all concerned with the heritage of architecture in the Islamic world. The text first sets the historical scene, describing the growth and fortunes of Damascus through the ages. It continues with an account of its architecture and way of life, and concludes with descriptions of individual houses and of the people who built and lived in them. The superb photographs include façades, courtyards, alleyways, and fountains, and the breathtaking interiors that often lie behind the unassuming walls of the old town, with exquisite details in stone, wood, paint, marble, plaster, glass, and mother-of-pearl. The whole forms a convincing and elegiac plea for the preservation of the heart of this historic ancient capital. 214 illustrations, 171 in color.
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Beautiful Book of an Enchanting City, Pursuing a Noble Cause.......2007-01-31
Photos here are exquisite, great text in pursuit of a noble cause--saving the crumbling architectural treasures in Old Damascus. Would be tragic if these are forever lost--the feeling of standing in a mosaic courtyard with trees, a fountain in the middle, where just outside the bustle of the world moves by in the suq...this book brings back memories of the place, if you've ever been there. The one comfort is that if these houses do crumble beyond repair, at least they are preserved in some way in this beautiful book.
Combine Syria's architectural treasures with the warmth of its people, its great food, and you see why it leaves such an impression with visitors.
affordable intresting history.......2006-11-15
Affordable entertaining book if you love Damascus like i do.Excellent pictures .No big lies like some authers who are experts!!!!. buy it you will love it.Give it as gift to any friend.
A beautiful must-have book for anyone who loves Damascus.......2003-11-20
This book is a must for anyone who loves Damascus and is concerned about its deterioration. It's a must for any Damascene expatriate's living room coffee table book collection for sure. The photographs are absolutely stunning and the text is interesting and engaging. One flaw, however is that I would have liked to see the photographs and the text regarding specific houses cross-referenced, (perhaps in the appendix of houses' names in the back of the book) as photographs and texts about specific houses are scattered throughout the book and you have to find all the references yourself--very annoying. Other than that, it is a wonderful book for showing off a unique aspect of our beloved city. Some of these houses are being used as sets for Syrian soap operas-- look closely and you might recognize some!
poignant beauty.......2002-06-27
This book documents a lifestyle that we can only know through writings and recollections, mostly by English expatriates and scholars. The houses themselves are gradually falling into decay, which is shameful, but which appears to be the fate of so many great architectural treasures of the past. I was charmed by the magnificence that one can sense (through the photographs), however dimmed by present squalor, and resolved that if I could, somehow, I would try to recreate the feeling; I know that's quite silly but even so it would be marvelous to have a fountain right by one's door and great trees growing inside one's living quarters. I loved the black, red, and white horizontal stripes and the mother-of-pearl-inlaid furniture, the inlaid Arab designs, the 20' ceilings and the beautiful arches. I also loved the recollections of Isabel and Richard Burton, and Jane Digby, these people were triumphantly confident and strode through life with none of the fright and nerves that we contemporary readers seem to have...and rightly so. I loved this book, and hopefully it will assist in the preservation of the great houses of Old Syria.
Will delight students of Islamic culture.......2001-10-15
Brigid Keenan's informative and highly recommended text comprising Damascus: Hidden Treasures Of The Old City, is enhanced throughout with 214 illustrations and photographs (171 in color) by Tim Beddow. This superb introduction to the architectural grandeur of Damascus incudes descriptions of individual houses and the people who built and lived in them. The amazing photographs reveal the facades, courtyards, alleyways , fountains and amazing interiors behind unassuming walls will delight students of Islamic culture, architecture, history, and lifestyles.
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Quick Photoshop for Research: A Guide to Digital Imaging for Photoshop 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x
Gerald Sedgewick
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Quick Photoshop for Research: A Guide to Digital Imaging is a step-by-step guide written for those who use Photoshop 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x on Macintosh or Windows platforms. It is intended for the researcher who needs to use the program infrequently, yet energetically, as well as the beginning or intermediate Photoshop user. The manual shows how to use action buttons so that most functions are performed with the click of a button. Templates are also included for two-, three-, four-, six-, and eight-panel figures, which can be made automatically. The book covers only what the researcher needs to know for the production of publication-quality images.
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Photoshop for scientists.......2002-11-06
Seqdgwick's Quick Photoshop for Research is a well-produced book with one to two page instructions on using Adobe Photoshop in scientific imaging.
The book is not just for scientists! Anyone using Photoshop who is not an expert will benefit from the instructions. The science part is the admonition to be honest with your images - a point that needs to be taken seriously by scientists, photojournalists, and marketeers, but can be skirted by artists.
To get an idea of the breadth of coverage, check out huge number of entries in the table of contents (online) The book is about 100 pages long, so there is a lot to peruse. You do not need to read the book from front to back to get what you need to solve a problem "right now".
The style of the book is much better than the usual computer manual 'style' of "this is how you press the close button to close the dialog". Jerry actually explains what is going on with your images.
All in all, an excellent book for serious Photoshoppers.
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'Tis the Season to Be Crabby (Festive Peanuts)
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- Personal testimony on the joys and hardships of writing
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Pie in the Sky: A Memoir about Writing and Publishing
Patricia Condon Johnston
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PIE IN THE SKY is a refreshing success story by the author of hundreds of magazine articles and a dozen books. Johnston discusses writing for magazines, writing and self-publishing books, and her work at the Afton Historical Society Press, where she is the founding publisher. "I am writing this book in the hope that it will inspire others to indulge in the joys of writing for publication," she begins. "Writing is an immensely satisfying activity and one that has given tremendous focus to my life. I am thankful beyond words to have creative work that often literally consumes me. My writing and publishing duties provide the kind of never-ending challenge that I enjoy waking up to each morning."
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Personal testimony on the joys and hardships of writing.......2002-07-12
Pie In The Sky: A Memoir About Writing And Publishing is Patricia Condon Johnson's personal testimony on the joys and hardships of writing for magazines, writing books, self-publishing books, and the tragedy of losing her daughter to murder. Black-and-white photographs illustrate this thoughtful and deeply engaging accounting which is hallmarked by the author's tenacity and insight. Pie In The Sky is highly recommended reading, especially by those who aspire to have their own writings published, regardless of the pressures and challenges life puts in their way.
Patricia Johnston shares her personal journey.......2001-07-06
In Pie In The Sky: A Memoir About Writing And Publishing, Patricia Johnston shares her personal journey as a writer and self-publisher. Along the way Patricia also shares her views regarding the 1993 murder of her daughter, Jane Ellen Neuman, the subject of a CBS "48 Hours" television program and Patricia's ultimately successful crusade to bring her daughter's killer to justice. As a publisher, Patricia's Afton Historical Society Press has produced 37 titles (many of them award winners) and has pursued partnerships to produce and sponsor television documentaries and art exhibitions. Pie In The Sky will prove of intense interest to anyone who aspires to have their writings published, to become a small press publisher, or who has an interest in the small press phenomena and trends in today's highly competitive and rapidly evolving publishing community.
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The book offers broad understanding and unique insights into the REITs industry. Its scope is to analyze and synthesize the existing scholarly research on REITs in a way that will enable managers to improve their investments decisions and the operating performance of their REITs. It also provides up-to-date original research on REITs based on the authors' own database, which is the most extensive data base available on REITs that is free of suvivorship bias. This book helps investors evaluate REITs and identify those with the greatest investment potential. Finally, it provides the reader with a detailed discussion of likely future changes anticipated for this unique invetment vehicle.
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Good book for real estate practitioners and lay investors who are interested in REITs.......2006-05-05
This book is the most authoritative analysis and synthesis of modern scholarly research on different complicated issues surrounding REITs. No currently available books can examine this investment vehicle as comprehensive and organised as this one.
This book consists of 12 chapters that provide readers with full understanding on how to manage and invest in REITs. Chan et al suggest that REIT stocks are different from real estate investment because investors should judge the value of a REIT stock not only by the assets it holds but also by its organisational structure (traditional vs UPREITs), management style (externally advised vs internally advised REITs), and growth strategy (diversification vs focus). They conclude that equity and mortgage REITs remain an attractive long-term investment vehicles because of their high dividend-payout ratios that generate a more stable income stream when the overall stock market is down and interest rates are low. However, investors should avoid purchasing stocks in the IPO market because the initial-day return of REIT IPOs is far lower than non-REIT stocks. In other words, REIT stocks seldom perform well in the short run.
Chan et al also suggest that REITs with significant investment from institutional investors and adoption of a focused investment strategy will offer more potential opportunities for investors to earn above-average profits. However, they do not recommend investors to buy captive REIT stocks because the sponsor-shareholder conflict will lower the value of the REIT.
This book has its limitation because it was published in 2003. The REIT concept has been becoming very hot in overseas real estate markets, particularly in Europe and Asia. For instance, US REIT players such as GE Capital, ABM, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs have undertaken active property investments in Japan, China, and Hong Kong. I highly recommend Chan et al to add 1 or 2 chapters on investment strategy in emerging markets and the laws and regulations that circumscribe activities in these markets to their next edition.
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There is nothing more fulfilling that holding your baby for the first time. Whether you are a new dad or a veteran, each time the feeling is alway overwhelming. This book is an inspiring and encouraging collection of advice and wisdom based on the experiences of seasoned fathers who have celebrated and cherished fatherhood as only a father can. Topics range from ways to support the new mother to practical advice of caring for a new baby interspersed with thought-provoking insights about the improtance of mindful fathering.
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Great book for busy dads.......2007-05-12
This book is full of positive advice for expecting dads or dads with new babies... even if they've done it all before. The tips focus on the little things a dad can do to help his family thrive. The book is small and each page contains a single piece of advice so it is an easy read even for the busiest dad. Some of the advice is pretty obvious but is more of a reminder to actually DO the thing suggested. My husband thought this book was really great and so do I so we now own a copy. He works a lot and is always very busy but this book reminds him to make his family #1.
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- A most refreshing approach.
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Flawed Victory: Jutland, 1916
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Many books have been written about Jutland, the most important naval battle of World War I, but this work sets a new standard for popular naval history. Keith Yates writes with such clarity that readers can follow even the most abstruse details of the battle, and he writes with such style and verve that even readers with no knowledge of the war will get caught up in the story. Yet his expert analysis of the battle and his discussion of the post-war controversy, which draw on his own naval experience and lifelong study of the subject, will attract professional naval historians.
One of the book's many strengths is a background essay that prepares the reader for the battle and also offers one of the best portraits available of the Royal Navy before, during, and after the war. The author's profiles of the major players involved contribute to a deeper understanding of the battle whose opponents both claimed victory. When the British and German fleets finally met that day in 1916 off the coast of Denmark--as much by accident as by design--none would know that debate over the outcome would rage on for years and become nearly as interesting as the battle itself. Now distanced in time and completely detached from the personalities involved on that momentous day, Yates can take a fresh look at Jutland and the naval actions preceding it.
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A most refreshing approach........2002-02-05
There in no doubt that the Battle of Jutland was indecisive - and with ship's lost to both sides, it was inevitable that both Britain and Germany would claim victory.
This is a book in which a knowledgeable author provides an easy-to-understand dialogue with informed and balanced opinions. In so doing, the book adds something very refreshing to an old and well-aired debate. The book is hardback and contains some 300 pages of text and 23 well chosen historic photographs. One of these shows the 17,250 ton Battle cruiser "Invincible" having broken in two with both halves sticking out of the water - the other ends resting on the seabed below.
For any diver contemplating an expedition to these historic wrecks, this book will provide all the background information to both the Battle itself and the intrigue which continues to this day. Please bear in mind that every ship is a War Grave.
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Read it for Yourself and decide.......2000-10-21
The previous reviewer from London is correct, there are some mistakes made by the author of this book. However I think that taken in the overall context of what the author was trying to present to the reader they do not diminish from the end result. In the introduction the author states:
"As the bibliography will show, the book is based almost entirely on secondary sources, and I make no apology for this. It was never intended to be a piece of original scholarly research. There are surely no relevant facts or important details that have not been revealed after all this time in the many accounts and analyses written on the subject of Jutland. I believe I have not omitted or distorted any significant facts concerning the battle, or the North Sea actions preceding it."
In relation to the other comment made about the "expert analysis" in regards to crew members flung clear from the blast the actual sentence reads:
"The Invincible survivors bravely cheered back as they clung to floating wreckage. There were only 6 men left out of a crew of 1,032, all of them from the foretop. The gallant Hood was not among them. One of the lucky ones was Dannreuther, who had been flung clear by the blast. He recalled later, `I just waited for the water to come up to meet me, then I stepped out and began swimming...'
The only one mentioned being flung clear of the blast was this one crewman, nothing said about the others in such manner. In regards to this crewman's story about being flung clear of the blast it may be a case of it needs a bit more clarification. Who knows where he was actually flung from or to but it's his words so I don't see a problem with what he is saying.
The author is an Oxford educated emeritus at the University of Toronto and a veteran of the Royal Navy so I am taking a guess he knows what he is talking about when it comes to naval action.
Regardless of these comments made by the reviewer from London I still found this a well-written book and enjoyable to read. For a person who has not previously read about this battle I found this a very easy to read account.
FLAWED HISTORY.......2000-10-19
The Publishers' Blurb claims that the author writes with "style and verve", and gives an "expert analysis" of the battle. Well, yes, undeniably he does write with "style and verve", but his "expert analysis" is unfortunately not quite expert enough in places, and his background essay has sufficient factual errors that you wonder how reliable his account of the battle actually is.
He refers to the coronation of Kaiser Wilhelm I as "emperor of the first German Reich" (p.10). If that is the case, and Hitler's was the Third Reich, where does the author think the second fits in...? Wilhelm's Reich was of course the Second, the first having been dissolved as a result of Napoleon's conquest of Germany.
He seems to have his world wars confused on page 48: "War with Germany now seemed inevitable, because Britain knew that a German attack on France would almost certainly go through the Low Countries as it had in 1870, to repeat the successful Schlieffen Plan".
This is pure nonsense. In 1870 the Germans did NOT attack through the Low Countries, they came through Alsace-Lorraine, where the French were waiting for them in 1914. I don't know which "successful Shlieffen Plan" was being repeated in 1914, as that was it's first outing in anger. This is not the place to discuss Schlieffen's plan, but no-one really thought it would be successful; even Schlieffen's successors modified it severely. If Britain was expecting the German attack on France to go through the Low Counties, would it have sent two Army Corps to face two German Armies at Mons? They were expecting something to go through Belgium, of course, as the French had "borrowed" a copy of the Schlieffen Plan several years before, but no-one expected the Germans to do anything so rash...
Now, you might argue that these opening chapters are just setting the scene for the author's study of the battle, but, if he cannot be bothered to check his facts on something so basic as this, how can anyone be expected to trust his judgement on the more complex issues involved in the battle?
As to his "expert analysis", he twice refers to crew members, "all of them from the foretop" of their ships, a hundred feet or more above the sea, "who had been flung clear by the blast" (p.163) surviving the catastrophic destruction of their ships. These crewmen, if they had been flung from a foretop by the explosion of their ship, would hardly have survived the experience. The author immediately prints the account of one of the survivors (p.163):
"I just waited for the water to come up and meet me, then I stepped out and began swimming."
"Expert analysis", hey? Or does "flung clear by the blast" mean something else on the other side of the Atlantic?
Do publishers read their books before issuing them? Do they no longer employ editors? I paid good money for this book, and I think I've been robbed.
On the vaguer issues, despite mentioning V.E. Tarrant's Jutland - the German Perspective in his Preface, a book looking at the German accounts of the battle, with extensive translations into English, our author then appears to ignore this evidence and base his accounts purely on the English-language authorities and ignore the German viewpoint entirely. This is definitely an Anglophile account of the battle.
For anyone wanting a balanced view, I would recommend Mr. Tarrant's book; you will understand why the Germans were doing what they did much better than you will here. I would also recommend the following, as they obviously proved very useful to this author; I certainly recognised their influence in his narrative:
Robert Massie's Dreadnought, a magnificent, well-researched and eminently readable work on the story of Anglo-German naval rivalry;
Andrew Gordon's The Rules of the Game - Jutland and British Naval Command, a detailed, scholarly, and highly-readable study of the Royal Navy and how it came to behave as it did at Jutland.
Despite being heavily influenced by The Rules of the Game - starting this book with Admiral Tryon's mishap with HMS Victoria and HMS Camperdown (an event also used in the film Kind Hearts and Coronets), and bringing the ghost of the admiral back at the conclusion of the book, when he looks at the dead hand of British naval tradition and it's malign influence on tactics at Jutland, our author has overlooked Gordon's discovery that the British battlecruisers made up for their poor gun-sighting by increasing their rate of fire - by wedging open the blast-doors that were supposed to protect their magazines from flash-backs from turret explosions, to allow faster passage to the ammunition and charges.
There were a couple of other points of interpretation I could argue over, but I can't be bothered to go back and look them up.
Excellent Account of the Battle of Jutland.......2000-10-15
Firstly before I start my review of this book I must make two admissions; One I am a land person, never served in the Navy and I don't much like the sea. Second, this is the first book I have ever read of this battle. With those two useless bits of information out of the way I can now offer the utmost praise for this excellent and gripping account of the 1916 Battle of Jutland.
Keith Yates offers the reader an engrossing and highly readable account one of the twentieth century's most famous naval engagements. I for one had no problems following the twists and turns of the Dreadnoughts as they plowed through the sea off the coast of Denmark in May 1916. From the very first page the author grabs your attention with details of the lead up to this massive engagement between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet.
The book starts in the year 1893 with details of the forthcoming personalities in this drama and some events that had bearing on this battle. The first part of the book offers us details and hints of some of the reasons behind the why and how of this battle. The second part of the book describes some of the early engagements of WW1 and the Battle of Jutland in detail. The final part looks at what happened after the two Fleets disengaged and this was as interesting as the battle itself. The author provides us with a concluding chapter in regards to the controversies that have continued to this very day.
This is a great book, well researched and as the author states the book is aimed intentionally at the general reader with an interest in naval history. The author provides details of recommended books to those who want to read more on the subject. Books like `Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting' by N. J. Campbell which I think is one of the most extensively researched books on this battle available.
There are a number of black & white photographs provided along with numerous maps and some very interesting appendixes covering the make up of both Fleets and casualties for this battle. The author's conclusions are well presented and very fair. I think that if you wanted only one book to read on this battle this would be the one to suit most people. This is a great story and a very easy to read account, enjoy!
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The ancient Mayan civilization of southern Mexico and northern Central America has long been described as "mysterious," even though scholars have been studying this culture for hundreds of years. Our view of the Maya has changed dramatically based on the various findings of these scholars; what were once thought of as "vacant ceremonial centers," inhabited by only a few calendar priests and used as places of ritual by the surrounding peasant farmers, have now been redefined as ancient thriving cities of thousands of Maya. Hierogliphic inscriptions, once thought to be astrological mumbo-jumbo, now read as names of historical individuals and the cities they ruled. The Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World provides a comprehensive and accessible reference to the greatest and most mysterious of civilizations, hailed for its contributions to science, mathematics, and technology. The book focuses on recent groundbreaking discoveries while presenting the civilization's earlist beginnings to its conquest by the Spanish in the 16th Century. Each chapter is supplemented by an extensive bibliography as well as photographs. original line drawings, and maps. Different sections include civilization and archaeology, evolution, geography, society and government, astronomy and the calendar, funerary beliefs and customs, and many more,
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Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World.......2007-01-05
Whether you are a novice or expert on the subject, the author has captured the essence of Maya culture in this work. This book is a compilation by several experts of different Maya subjects i.e. architecture, agriculture, hieroglyphics etc. It would qualify as the textbook for a course on the Maya. Not only is the book easy reading but it is stocked full of facts that every student of the Maya should know.
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Audubon's Birds of America Postcards: 24 Full-Color Ready-to-Mail Cards (Card Books)
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Brilliant sampling of ornithological masterpieces by America's greatest painter of wildlife: whooping crane, great blue heron, roseate spoonbill, American white pelican, wild turkey, and American flamingo. Drawn with Audubon's characteristic accuracy and passion for detail, all appear in natural habitats, in realistic poses.
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Tasteful and inexpensive media for your communications.......2000-04-05
This compact little book includes postcards of six favorites from Audubon's watercolors in the Birds of America: Great blue heron, Wild turkey, American white pelican, Roseate spoonbill, Whooping crane, and American flamingo. The quality of the reproductions is very satisfactory, and the cards are well enough perforated to allow for easy removal without tearing into the images. The card size is small enough for postcard postage. All in all a nice value.
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