Monticello in Measured Drawings

Book Description

This unique collection of architectural plans, elevations, and sections of the home of Thomas Jefferson reveals the house's complex facade and details the relationship of individual floors and the fascinating array of architectural elements found throughout the house. Each drawing is accompanied by insightful commentary from William L. Beiswanger, Monticello's Director of Restoration.

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Excellent, a unique piece of American history.......1999-04-27

I saw this book at Monticello and wish I had bought it. The drawings are crisp and fairly detailed. I would recommend it highly.

A beautiful book - architects and art lovers can both enjoy.......1999-04-06

I purchased this book at Monticello, and any lover of architecture will enjoy this beautifully conceived work. The paper and print are gorgeous (reminiscent of Tufte's The Visual Display of Quantitative Information) - everyone I've shown it to can't stop looking at it. As a non-architect, at times I wished they had better defined some architectural terms, but overall the text is also quite good. If you enjoy aesthetically pleasing books, this beats almost every art book I've ever seen.

Book Description

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was at the very center of the Impressionist movement. Although his paintings seem to typify the impressionist style, the variety of media in which he worked and his working practices, which involved careful studio preparation as well as plein air painting, lead us to redefine our concept of Impressionism.

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Cezanne Et Pissaro 1865-1885
Musee D'Orsay
Manufacturer: MUSEE D'ORSAY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OJJ27Y

Christie's New York - Impressionist and Modern Art - 3 May, 2006 Code Melyora 1657

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Christie's New York - Impressionist and Modern Art - 3 May, 2006 Code Melyora 1657
Christies
Manufacturer: Christies
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Product Description

International Impressionist and Modern Art auction. Works from the estates of many prominent collectors and art museums.

Graphic Works of the Impressionists: Manet, Pissaro, Renoir, Cezanne, Sisley

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Graphic Works of the Impressionists: Manet, Pissaro, Renoir, Cezanne, Sisley
Jean Leymarie; Catalogue By Michel Melot
Manufacturer: HARRY N. ABRAMS INC.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture (Monday 28 March 1988 at 7:00 p.m.)

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Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture (Monday 28 March 1988 at 7:00 p.m.)
Christie's
Manufacturer: Christie's London
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B000ORC2E6

Product Description

Beautiful color plates, Renoir, Sisley, Rodin, Modigliani, Picasso, Magritte, Bonnard, Braque, Degas, Chagall, Ernst, Kandinsky, Klee, Leger, Miro, Morisot, Pissaro, Roualt, Tanguy, Van Gogh, Utrillo and others.

Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture [Christie's, New York (8026) / 09 Nov 1994] (Part I)

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Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture [Christie's, New York (8026) / 09 Nov 1994] (Part I)

Manufacturer: Christie's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Product Description

Christie's auction house, New York (09 November 1994). Sale Code: 8026. About 141 pages and 59 lot(s). Catalog is in English. Include works by: Bonnard, P.; Boudin, E.; Brancusi, C.; Chagall, M.; Corot J-B C.; Degas, E.; Dongen, K. van; Dufy, R.; Giacometti, A.; Gris, J.; Kirchner, E.L.; Klee, P.; Leger, F.; Margritte, R.; Maillol, A.; Manet, E.; Matisse, H.; Miro, J.; Mondrian, P.; Monet, C.; Moore, H.; Morandi, G.; Picasso, P.; Pissaro, C.; Redon, O.; Renoir, P-A.; Sisley, A.; Tanguy, Y.; Toulouse-Lautrec, H de; Vlaminck, M, de. Auction catalogs are valuable reference tool for pricing and identifying works of art and collectibles.

The Letters of Lucien to Camille Pissaro 1883-1903

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The Letters of Lucien to Camille Pissaro 1883-1903

Manufacturer: Cambridge Univ. Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I9P0NK

Book Description

All studio directors need to know the basics of studio directing, whether they go on to direct news, drama, children's programmes or light entertainment. Learning the ropes on air can be costly: this book gives you all the practical and technical guidance you need to deliver a trouble free programme.

All studio directors need to know the basics of studio directing, whether they go on to direct news, drama, children's programmes or light entertainment. Learning the ropes on air can be costly: this book gives you all the practical and technical guidance you need to deliver a trouble free programme.

Starting with an emphasis on the skills that make a good director, the essential day to day know-how is outlined - from different presentation formats to the roles of the production team, camera technology, composition, lighting, digital video, chroma key, make-up and wardrobe. Whether you are a student or practitioner wishing to sharpen up your technique, this manual is an excellent guide to the technology and skills required.

This book:
· Provides essential day to day information in one handy source
· Offers a combination of theory and practice, technical data and intuitive skill
· Is an excellent introductory text for anyone embarking on a career in directing

Contents:
Networks * Cameras and Pictures * Pre-Production * Cutting and Combining Pictures * The Studio Team * Interviews * Magazines * Script Layouts * Electronic Newsrooms * Practical Directing * Communications * Directors Technology * Dealing with Problems.

Rod Fairweather is a freelance director and has worked for companies such as SKY TV, GMTV, ITN and MTV Europe. He conducts training courses on directing all over the world including Singapore, India and Australia.

A good introductory text in a handy concise format
Gives the reader a complete overview - essential knowledge for directing
A clever combination of theory and practice, technical data and intuitive skill

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Easy to grasp, very down to earth and accurate info about TV.......1999-04-05

I' have worked for years as an Editor and a sought to find some literature that gave me the overall picture about directing in a studio without the pain of filosofical theories. This is it. A good one glance manual that confirmed many of my aquired skills and stimulated me to go further in my career. Thank you Rod for a very fine book.

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Basic Studio Directing (Media Manuals)
Rod Fairweather
Manufacturer: Elsevier Limited
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OQ5NIO

Book Description

Comes in a free/bonus slipcase with full color images that can hold up to four volumes and contains: How To Draw Manga: Getting Started How To Draw Manga Volume 1 How To Draw Anime & Game Characters Volume 1

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Fantastic! An Vitally Important Read For All Americans!

For the history books

Stop the Presses (Reloaded)

Knock your socks off reading

Old Media, "Left" in the Dust

Stop the Presses!: The Inside Story of the New Media Revolution
Joseph Farah
Manufacturer: WND Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Media Studies | Mass Media | Current Events | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
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Power to the People

ASIN: 097904510X

Book Description

"Stop the presses!" You've heard newspaper editors shout that phrase in old movies. Joseph Farah was never a newspaper editor in the movies - he was one in real life. But he no longer works with ink, presses and newsprint.

A decade ago, Farah founded WorldNetDaily.com (WND.com) and became a pioneer on the New Media frontier. Today WND.com is the largest independent news service on the Internet. Stop the Presses! is not just Farah's story, but that of a new wave of media superstars who have forever changed the way Americans get their news and express their views.

Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Matt Drudge...these are just some of the New Media names that old-school media like ABC News has acknowledged "rule our world." This revolution has shaken the foundations of the mainstream media, eroding its ability to control the flow of information...and with it, the power to control the lives of millions around the world.

The New Media revolution's beginnings have never been told - until now.

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Fantastic! An Vitally Important Read For All Americans!.......2007-09-21

One book that must be read and understood to help save our Country! Joseph Farah (WorldNetDaily founder) takes the reader through the history of the mainstream/left biased/established media. Mr. Farah explains in detail how the established media has become the way they are and why they have lost so much credibility. This is an important read that exlains first hand the abuse of power that takes place towards citizens of the United States when the left is in power. Never has there been a more important time to read and understand this book with the elections approaching.

For the history books.......2007-08-17

Joseph Farah takes us on his journey to make a major contribution and a lasting difference in our free press. In the process, he reminds us what the true purpose of a free press in a free society has always been: to serve as a watchdog to government; to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. He demonstrates the importance of the press as a fourth estate, which helps the people hold the government accountable, while also pointing out the flaws in the modern trend of "fair and balanced" news.

The author leaves no doubt that he is indeed a Christian, but he does very well in calling attention to the unfairness of labeling himself or WorldNetDaily as "conservative" or "right-wing." While the viewpoints in the publications of WND do resemble more what you might expect to read in early America, versus our increasingly postmodern America, this is simply traditional. That is, after all, the entire point of this book: to tell the tale of the New Media Revolution, and all the while call us back to a proper understanding of our free press in this free society; an understanding that is unfortunately absent in the big indoctrinating press of today.

Given the nature of the book, I believe that freedom loving Americans the world over should appreciate this book; and with a wonderful endorsement from Rush Limbaugh right on the back cover, this book is especially hallowed for Americans with conservative sympathies.

Stop the Presses (Reloaded).......2007-08-06

Joseph Farah (founder of WorldNetDaily) takes the reader through a smooth and easy to read history of the current mainstream/lame-stream/established media. Farah explains in detail how the established media has become the way the are and why they have lost so much credibility and why they are losing credibility on daily basis.

Before reading this book there was not much respect for any news media. After reading this book it (and it is an easy read) quite a bit of respect for the "true" function of the news media has been restored.

Farah is honest about himself, who he is, what he has done in the past good or bad.

Everybody, not just Americans, should read this book! I dare say that a lot of Americans will learn a lot while reading it. Non Americans might be jealous once they learn how the government and the news media was meant to be in the US.

Knock your socks off reading.......2007-04-21

This should be required reading for all journalism students, professors, writers, editors and anyone interested in being more informed about the direction media is taking. It is a must read.

Old Media, "Left" in the Dust.......2007-04-13

I appreciated reading the behind-the-scenes accounts and how the mainstream (or "lamestream") media has been swayed by pressure groups of all kinds. When one fully understands why the press was created in the first place, as a check and balance for all 3 branches of government, not as a pawn for what government wants people to believe, it clarifies for the reader why the "New Media" is critical for the health of our country. This book contains the truth about the Clinton administration, Google, Matt Drudge and many other fascinating pieces of information. A must-read for every American!

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The Inside Story: A Life in Journalism
Anthony Westell
Manufacturer: Dundurn Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1550023756

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For political buffs, this is a fascinating view of the politics of the Diefenbaker-Pearson-Trudeau era, including backroom information never before published. For media buffs, its an inside view of the politics of our leading newspapers, and a critical analysis of modern journalism by one who helped to invent it. For those concerned with the great public issues of our times, it's a controversial account of where constitutional reform went wrong and of how we got to free trade by a journalist who played a significant role in the national debate.

But this is more than the record of a professional life. It's also the personal story of a motherless boy growing up in Britain, his wartime experiences with the Royal Navy, and his decision to emigrate to Canada, with a young family in tow, after publisher Lord Beaverbrook declared the young scribe unfit for promotion because he was the wrong shape: "Small head, big feet, won't do."

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Not enough information.

Not for the beginner in real estate vocabulary.

For beginners only

Uninspired Fluff

Don't waste your money

Successful Real Estate Investing: How to Avoid the 75 Most Costly Mistakes Every Investor Makes
Robert Shemin
Manufacturer: Wiley
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0471453978

Book Description

Successful Real Estate Investing is written specifically for novice investors who want to get started with confidence. It highlights 75 of the most common mistakes investors make and offers specific, real-life strategies for avoiding them. Each mini-chapter covers one mistake and offers pearls of wisdom based both on Robert Shemin's long experience as an investor and on case studies of investors he has met or assisted along the way. For investors worried about making a particular mistake in any step of the investment process, this is the only real estate guide that offers quick, expert guidance on avoiding everything that could-but won't!-go wrong.

Successful Real Estate Investing covers these mistakes as well as many more:

Forgetting to screen all tenants
Not taking in adequate cash flow
Missing out on special loan programs
Not having the proper insurance
Holding onto a rehab or rental house that won't sell or rent
Thinking short-term when you should be thinking long-term
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But Successful Real Estate Investing is more than just a list of troubles to avoid, it also teaches the most important keys to real estate success: keep it simple, believe you can do it (because you can!), inform yourself so you know what you're doing, and stick with it! With common sense and the uncommon guidance you'll find here, there's nothing standing in your way!

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This book walks the reader, step by step, through an understanding of all the common mistakes novice real estate investors make and the specific, real-life strategies they can use to avoid them. Readers will learn to avoid mistakes like: failing to screen potential tenants, not receiving adequate cash flow, missing out on special loans programs, overlooking bad houses, not having the proper insurance, and owning a rehab or rental house that won't sell or rent.

Customer Reviews:

Not enough information........2007-10-22

I've just become interested in real estate investing and this is the third book I've read. It's the first one where the author repeatedly pushes his other products as part of the solution for avoiding the mistakes he identifies. It has been helpful to read the short examples he presents, just to have an awareness of these pitfalls, but he doesn't adequately discuss avoiding the pitfalls. I'm glad I borrowed this book from the library before buying it because it isn't a book I feel is worth owning.

Not for the beginner in real estate vocabulary........2006-01-16

The tips may not make much sense if you haven't experienced any real estate dealings yet. It did remind me how important asset protection is. It teaches you mistakes to avoid, but if you're busy trying to avoid all mistakes...you will never learn anything. For the most part I found this book to be a shameless attempt for product promotions. Some of the phone number resources didn't even work! But if you want daily bread to feed on...you get 75 slices. Just don't expect to get full.

For beginners only.......2005-08-12

This book is simple, direct, very basic, and unfortunately I agree with others who feel it's primary purpose is to sell other products and services.

Uninspired Fluff.......2005-05-20

Even as a beginner real estate investor I knew that this book was hardly worth reading. It probably took Shemin two weeks to write it and you can read it in an afternoon. Only one or two insights and a lot of real estate common knowlege. It's like Cliff Notes for a REAL investor book. Do yourself a favor and pass on this one.

Don't waste your money.......2004-11-06

as a professional real estate investor I found this book to be a complete rip off. Most of the pages were only partially filled and what was written was compeletly vague hype.

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Stories for the Heart: The Third Collection: 110 Stories to Encourage Your Soul (Stories For the Heart)

Manufacturer: Multnomah
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 157673773X
Release Date: 2001-09-11

Book Description

Readers will continue to cherish the uplifting stories found in this third collection of Stories for the Heart. These touching selections-divided into the topics of friendship, encouragement, love, inspiration, family, memories, life, and faith-honor togetherness and celebrate relationships nurtured by time, laughter, and tears. Contributors include many of today's most loved and respected Christian communicators. This treasury of more than one hundred tender stories satisfies the deep longing each of us has to have our heart entwined with another's.

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The threat of terrorism knows no borders, and, given the complexities of today's global system, no nation can afford to stand alone. This study considers the role that international cooperation plays in assisting elite military forces engaged in low-intensity and counter-terrorist operations, particularly hostage rescue efforts. Using historical examples from the experiences of Great Britain and the United States, the author concludes that cooperation (ranging from shared intelligence, to forward base access, to the provision of observers) can provide significant advantages in dealing with low-intensity operations. However, the most fruitful joint efforts involve shared activities by countries that possess a similar threat perception, usually in part a result of a common "sociology" in their view of historical developments. Before turning to modern counter-terrorism, Taillon addresses the respective military experiences of Britain and America within the wider realm of conventional and low-intensity operations. The main Anglo-American focus of the book gives primary importance to the developments and doctrine for the employment of special forces, as well as an analysis of more recent low-intensity and counter-terrorism operations, such as the 1980 Iranian embassy siege in London and the failure, that same year, of the American hostage rescue attempt in Teheran. Taillon hopes to identify and highlight those key aspects of cooperation at an international level which have, at least in part, been absolutely essential to successful counter-terrorist operations in the past and which seem destined to remain so in the future.

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A book for students of counter terrorism.......2001-09-17

This is an excellent study of the evolution of British and American counter terrorist CT teams. As well the author provides a well documented and detailed analysis of the problems that have been and continue to be faced by the political and military leaders/operators in hostage type situations. The detail for this study was drawn from interviews with experts and operators in the intelligence and spec ops communities,government and contemporary studies of these incidents, as well as an extensive list of books, historical papers and articles. In short this is not the book for those seeking a quick study of special forces and heroics, but rather a serious study for those professionals in the special operations /intelligence community, as well government leaders and academics who are focused upon the issues relating to terrorism and how to most effectively counter the manifestations of this phenomena.
This book is obviously a product of extensive research and provides the reader with little known insights into the British and American hostage rescue operations in London and Teheran in 1980. There are lots of interesting nuggets in the footnotes predicated obviously to Taillon's extensive research. The author also lays out to the reader an important set of criteria so as to maximize the opportunities for success in future CT operations. From the two hostage rescue case studies (NIMROD/EAGLE CLAW) Taillon draws a number of important lessons learnt, some of which can be tough medicine, particularly if you have any politcal or military biases. Reflecting upon the recent events in New York these lessons appear to require re-learning, particularly the criticality of timely and accurate intelligence.
Overall, this is a superb book authored for professional students of this type of warfare and stands alone as an excellent analysis of what critical issues demand to be taken into account, particularly when the negotiations with the terrorists ends, and the political/military operation, which hostage rescue is, begins. A must read for Delta/ SAS/GSG9 and those interested in special operations and counter terrorism.

extremely disappointing.......2001-04-28

This book comes nowhere near living up to its title. It is an extremely topical discussion of 1) the British and American experience in Counter Insurgency and LIC, and 2) the history of the 22 SAS and the US Army Special Forces. In both cases the author simply re-hashes old and tired arguments in a "cliff - notes" form, never spending enough time on any subject to develop his own thesis. From here he completely changes gears and discusses two hostage rescue operations that have absolutely no relevance to the previous discussion (he makes a big deal about the "fish in the sea" aspect of guerrilla warfare, and how one must win the "hearts and minds" of the locals, and yet chooses to discuss the hostage crisis at Princess Gate for Britain and the American Embassey takeover in Iran for America. In both cases none of the previous discussion about COIN applies. The respective countries could have cared less about the "hearts and minds" of the population surrounding the crisis site.) He then seems to decide he must live up to the description of his book, so in his conclusion he begins to throw out a bunch of thoughts about international cooperation during hostage rescue operations that bears no relevance to the previous discussion, and is so topical it almost appears that he wrote it as an afterthought. Finally, what really took the cake for me was the inaccuracies regarding operations and units in the book. Time and time again he makes the mistake of quoting a newspaper that was inaccurate to begin with, then uses that quote to buttress his argument. Bottom line: This book is not worth [...it]. The title is misleading and the book cannot decide what it wants to discuss. It frenetically skips around from topic to topic with little thread to pull the thoughts together.

The Evolution of Special Forces in Counter-Terrorism: The British and American Experiences

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The Evolution of Special Forces in Counter-Terrorism: The British and American Experiences
J. Paul De B. Taillon
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORQ24C

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Das erste Buch, das einen fundierten Ãœberblick Ã¼ber Malaysias Kulturgeschichte und kulturelles Schaffen im Zeichen der MultikulturalitÃ¤t bietet: so werden der Einfluss der groÃŸen Weltkulturen und dessen lokale Synthese in Ã„sthethik, Kunst, Kunsthandwerk und Architektur anhand eines symbolischen malaysischen "offenen Hauses" illustriert. In diesem opulenten, reich bebilderten Band werden die verschiedensten Zeremonien, AlltagsaktivitÃ¤ten und Objekte der Kunst in ihren zugehÃ¶rigen RÃ¤umlichkeiten aufschlussreich dargestellt.

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