Book Description
You know you’re supposed to review it, although few of us do, and it is there for your own protection in the “unlikely event,” in every seatback on every airliner from every country throughout the world: the laminated safety card. Yes, these colorful works of universal illustration all answer the same basic questions – Where’s that life vest? How does the oxygen mask work? Where’s the closest exit? – but every plane and every airline has its own unique system of graphic shorthand to communicate quickly and across language barriers. Design for Impact is a compendium of the most interesting and imaginative of these airline safety cards, from the earliest booklets created for planes like the 1930s Pan-Am Flying Clipper to the simple pictograms used on today’s jumbo jets.
This wryly humorous primer (“Gentlemen should loosen their ties before impact” counsels a 1960s British Air card) on the most basic – and urgent – form of visual communication inlcudes cards from planes like the De Havilland Comet, the Lockheed Constellation, the DC-3, the Boeing 727, and the Concorde, along with airlines such as BOAC, Eastern, Air France, Ghana Air, Lufthansa, PAN AM, Qantas, Swiss Air, and Sudan Airlines, among many others, all reproduced at their original size. Design for Impact will appeal to both aviation buffs and information designers.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent.......2005-12-17
This is an excellent survey of the history and design of safety cards. I thought that the cards selected were an excellent choice and it would have been impossible for it to be comprehensive. Overall, an excellent book.
Unfortunately merely a showcase for his collection.......2003-04-23
As someone very interested in information design and especially airline safety card design, I was hoping this book would have good samples of what the editorial review termed "the most interesting and imaginative of these safety cards."
Unfortunately, instead the entire book is apparently merely an only vaguely interesting set of reproductions of cards from Carl's collection -- chosen apparently on the basis of scarcity rather than interest. Thus we get two full pages of reproduction of a card from Air Ceylon which has nothing of interest to recommend it (unless you are really interested in Ceylonese typography).
The text (what little there is) unfortunately adds nothing to our understanding, as it is almost entirely about the history of the introduction of new airliners and has almost no interface with the actual (and very interesting) history of the development of the modern safety card, or the more general topic of safety and instructional graphics.
The most interesting aspect of this book for me was the few reproductions of pre-war cards, and comparing styles of commercial illustration -- but you can view better comparisons in almost any average book on the history of poster design.
In summary, get this book only if you want some nice reproductions of pretty average to poor safety cards from some small countries and short-lived airlines. I can spend at least 30 minutes each airline flight examining different aspects of the safety card, but this book didn't even hold my attention for an hour.
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How to Draw Cartoons, Monsters, Animals and Machines (How to Draw)
J. Tatchell
Manufacturer: Edc Pub
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0746002955 |
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Prose by Rose.......2000-03-12
What a wonderful way to teach children the art of drawing. So well presented.
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Emily Carr Country
Manufacturer: McClelland & Stewart
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ASIN: 0771058896
Release Date: 2001-10-23 |
Book Description
Though fame came late to Emily Carr, today she is hailed as a major and influential figure in the history of Canadian art and as a writer of unique and extraordinary talent. In this book, Courtney Milne has taken the best of Carr’s writing about the land she loved and has matched it to a stunning selection of his own photographs of the West Coast.
In a vigorous and colourful post-impressionist style, Emily Carr painted the vanishing native villages and totem poles of her beloved coastal British Columbia, and later in her career produced beautifully lyrical paintings expressive of the spirit and rhythms of Western forests, beaches, and skies. She also poured her talent into books about her life and art, her love of animals and nature, her frustrations and disappointments, her many sources of joy.
An annual visitor to the West Coast, Courtney Milne has been making photographs with the words of Emily Carr in mind for close to 20 years. To put this book together he has collected his favourite quotes from Carr and combed through many thousands of his photographs to find the perfect image to match a chosen piece of prose. The result is a spellbinding duet of text and pictures from two gifted and sympathetic artists.
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10th Muse Volume 1 - Photo Cover
Marv Wolfman , and
Ken Lashley
Manufacturer: Avatar Press
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ASIN: 1592910068 |
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Selecting and Installing Software Packages: New Methodology for Corporate Implementation
Jud Breslin
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ASIN: 0899301584 |
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Readers will learn the basic concepts and steps of executing Section 1031 exchange transactions. Throughout the day, there will be practical examples, where readers will work through real world examples. This manual will also introduce some of the more complex exchange strategies, such as reverse and build-to-suit exchanges. If you are looking for a basic introduction or a refresher on the basics of the exchange rules and the implementation of these concepts, this manual is for you.
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Fort Duncan, Texas: Rock of the Rio Grande Line of Defense
Richard A. Thompson
Manufacturer: Eakin Press
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ASIN: 1571685340 |
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Fortress Builder: Bernard De Gomme, Charles II's Military Engineer
Andrew Saunders
Manufacturer: David Brown Book Company
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ASIN: 0859897516 |
Book Description
This is the first study dedicated to the military engineer Bernard de Gomme, and to late 17th-century fortification in England. Heavily illustrated, and produced in a large format, it includes reproductions of many of de Gomme's original plans and drawings. Bernard de Gomme, a Dutchman, was recruited by Prince Rupert as a fortifications expert at the beginning of the English Civil War; he re-fortified Oxford and drew maps of the main battles. After the Restoration he improved the defenses of Dunkirk and Tangier, but his main contribution, as Chief Engineer, was fortifying Portsmouth, Gosport, Plymouth, Sheerness and Tilbury Fort. De Gomme personifies the development of English military engineering during the late 17th century, at a time when bastioned fortification in Europe was at its most sophisticated.
Book Description
Where-to site guide to 81 of the best birding areas in Northern California including 294 individual sites and 102 maps.
Customer Reviews:
Compliments to a Norcal birding field guide.......2007-07-26
- Compliments to a Norcal birding field guide
Found it very handy
Areas to improve
- Verbose format could be improved and turned more concise (tables, possibly more thumbnails and less free text) with possibly better indexing of birds vs spots to find them.
A Wonderful Book to Plan For Bird Trips.......2006-03-01
This book was better than what I had expected. I am getting ready to order several more for birding friends. I was not under the impression that is was an identification guide when I first bought the book and it isn't. But, it does tell me what to study before I travel to the very descriptive destinations.
I cannot wait for the weekend to try birding in another area close to home.
Thank-you John Kemper for a thorough guide book.
Not an ideal reference or field guide.......2003-01-12
I've used the guide to help plan three birding trips so far and found it to be an asset in preparing for the trip (e.g., understanding the location, what species to expect, and best time to go). Upon arrival at the site, I found myself using a field guide like NGS's Field Guide to Birds of North America almost exclusively to help sight and identify the birds.
Birding Northern California is not suitable as a true field guide since it lacks detailed graphics or photos of the close to 600 species that can be found here. While using the book, I also found the book to be "too wordy" to use as a reference. For instance, to find the best location in Northern California to view a Ross's Goose in December, you would need to browse a good chunk of the book before finding a spot (and it might not be the best location). Later I discovered handy reference information in the very back of the text (e.g., Chapter 7 provides a breakdown of "specialty birds" throughout the area with their respective ranges mapped for winter and summer). FYI - the Ross's Goose is included in Chapter 7 with the key sites. The last chapter of the book provides a complete listing, including specialty and more common birds, with a geographic region and month of the year to look for the bird.
Given the room for improvement in the book's organization, I would encourage the publisher/author to produce a 2nd edition. The ideal improvement would be to include a CDROM that structures the information by bird species (hey, a photo would be nice), the locations where the bird can be found with a relative ranking, the time of year (again with some form of ranking). Including a CD would also allow the reader to search over the information by species or location.
Birding Northern California.......2001-05-11
I ordered this for use in my daughter's 6th grade science class in Oakland. Unfortunately, it contains no photographs of the birds--only text descriptions of viewing locations. So it's not useful as an identification guide. The general description should clearly state this. JM
The most comprehensive guide to birding northern California........1999-05-28
With the passion of a life-long birder and the precision of a former professor of engineering, John Kemper has written an exceptional, new site guide for northern California. Detailed information is given for 81 major locations from the Oregon border through Monterey, King, and Tulare counties plus the Kern River Valley in Kern County; Mono County and the White Mountains are included on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada
The book focuses on species of interest by listing "specialty birds" and "other key birds" at the beginning of each location description. Specialty birds include uncommon to abundant birds found primarily in the western United States, endangered or threatened species, and rare birds if the site is among the best for the bird. The text describes when, where, and how to the find the birds at each site, and this information was personally verified by John during two years of fieldwork preparing the book. Range maps and bar charts at the back of the book are cross-referenced to the best sites for each species and the time of year when each species occurs in different regions of the state. Readers will appreciate the easily readable, detailed maps and the clearly written site descriptions. Novices, long-time California birders, and birders from out of state planning their first or 100th trip to the state, will find the information needed to find the birds of interest to them and to plan successful birding trips.
Book Description
Learn about 320 species of Northern California birds in fascinating detail. Descriptions, illustrations and range maps help you identify birds and understand their habits. A checklist helps you keep a list of your birding accomplishments. Perfect for beginner birders and beyond.
Customer Reviews:
Quite good.......2007-07-26
Quite good. Like the indexing the most. Very handy for newer birders to the area or people starting with birding in Norcal (highly recommend).
3 areas could improve.
1- comparison section is good, but does not cover similar looking birds of other families (e.g: compares short billed dowitcher with long billed dowitcher but need this to be clapper rail vs willet vs dowitcher)
2- need pictures of both flight and sitting positions for some birds (e.g: different hawks, others like northern mockingbirds)
3- a bit smaller size will make this a better field guide
Birds of Northern California.......2007-01-12
Illustrations are excellent. Descriptions are brief and informative. Data is organized in a logical and structural way. Easy to use. Cover is sturdy, but light. I bought 4 copies for myself and as gifts.
The BEST Northern California bird book...........2006-04-17
What can I say, except that this is THE best Northern California bird book in existence....and in fact, it may well be the best bird book ever written! Over the years I've used a wide variety of bird identification books, including Sibley, Audubon/Peterson, etc...
Nothing matches this beautiful volume, from its fantastic color drawings/renditions to its sensitive and detailed textual comments, etc.
Helpful but limited.......2006-03-21
Unfortunately, the illustrations in this book are of varying quality, with some looking as though they were painted from specimens. Moreover, there are no flight depictions, just static poses. However, the book is useful for focusing your attention on the set of species you need to know in northern California. I recommend using a Sibley identification guide with this book.
Very Best of Its Kind.......2006-03-04
I am an advanced-amateur birder, and I own four separate bird guides. I live in the Bay Area, and this is by far the guide I use the most. I've owned it for three years, and virtually every bird I've seen has been within its pages. It's very easy to navigate because of its "thumbnails" in the opening pages - you can easily spot your bird there without having to flip through the whole guide.
It's also very well written. It is always eloquent, occasionally humorous, and does a wonderful job of capturing the personality and "feel" of each bird. A problem I have with the overrated Audubon guide, and even sometimes with the fine Sibley and Stokes guides, is that they are too consistently technical. They rarely give unusual background or personality information about the birds. By contrast, this Fix-Bezener guide has something pleasurable to read in every entry.
Some folks might want to supplement this guide with the Stokes Field Guide, Western Region, because it includes photographs. Or perhaps with a Sibley guide if you really want to get into the details. But for 90% of Northern California birders, this single guide will do just fine.
Book Description
Explore the coastal lagoons, bays, and esteros from the Russian River to Monterey Bay, plus inland Tahoe, Mono, and Pyramid Lakes with this book's 24 kayaking adventures.
Most are daytrips, but some can be done as overnights. Accurate maps show the water routes and distances you'll paddle, where to camp, and how to get to the put-in and take-out points. For kayaking newcomers there's information on kayak rentals and guided trips. Newly updated.
Customer Reviews:
Well worth the price. Great info, enjoyable read........1998-08-06
If you've never been to the sites listed in Adventure Kayaking, Jenner gives the info a kayaker wants to know to make an informed selection: Clear accurate directions to the put-in sites . Comments on winds, tides. Suggested paddle routes. Maps. Notes on the presence or absence of power-boats and picnickers. Where to camp. What a joy to read a guide book, go to a place and experience no major surprises!
Jeneid's writes beautifully of natural features and wildlife encountered. Clearly he has a love for birding. If you are a kayaker and a birder, then I highly recommend this book before you plan your next outing.
Excellant information packaged with interesting anecdotes.......1998-03-07
I checked this book out at the local library and thought it was so valuable that I bought my own copy. My only complaint is that I wish the book could of been bigger so more trips could be included. I had already done some of the trips in the book and I found the book to give not only a fair representation of the area, but I learned a few new things.
Average customer rating:
- Not on my wavelength - worst guide I have seen
- Northern California birding trip frustration
- A disappointment
- Birder's Guide to Northern California
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Birder's Guide to Northern California (Birder's Guide)
LoLo Westrich
Manufacturer: Gulf Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0872010635 |
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Whatever your level of birding expertise, this book will show you the best places to seek birds close to home, and then keep you rolling through northern California's exceptional and varied habitats in search of more.
Customer Reviews:
Not on my wavelength - worst guide I have seen.......2006-10-07
I found this book very frustrating. I often drive up Southern California using the excellent ABA guide and as soon as I hit Northen California it is like navigating in a fog. The directions are terrible and frequently I end up with a detailed map trying to work out where the site I am aiming for is located. Each chapter covers far too much ground to be possible to follow easily.
The 2nd major fault is there is no bar charts and checklist showing seasonal variation of numbers, frequency of occurance etc. It makes it very difficult to figure out what one is supposed to be looking for and when.
Northern California birding trip frustration.......2001-08-28
I'm afraid I'll have to agree with what's been said about this book. I took a trip earlier this month to Northern California and my friend and I found this book only mildly useful. It does provide general information, however for anything more than that, another book is needed. Seasonal variation is ignored in some site descriptions and detailed directions to sites that require them are absent. There are no bar-charts to tell when a species is common, rare or even present, only a very general checklist in the back. Northern California is a large area to cover with a birding guide, so I can see why this book may be thin on detail. I think a much better bet would be to try John Kemper's "Birding Northern California". We saw this at the Pt. Reyes visitor's center near the end of our trip and certainly regretted not having it the whole time. Until an ABA/Lane guide comes out for this region, I think Kemper's is the best there is. Good birding!
A disappointment.......2000-06-05
This book needs work. It is not going to be a lot of help in planning a birding trip. It is too generalized.
Birder's Guide to Northern California.......2000-01-15
Don't waste your time or money on this book. The information was to generalized and did not include specifics. I have never experienced a book with such vague and poor directions to birding sites. Too bad that there is not an ABA guide to birding Northern California.
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- THIS ISN'T A BOOK; it's a plastic photo guide!!!
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Mac's Field Guide Northern California Park & Garden Birds
Craig MacGowan
Manufacturer: Mountaineers Books
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Mac's Field Guide to California Garden Bugs (Mac's Guides (Charts))
ASIN: 0898863147 |
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THIS ISN'T A BOOK; it's a plastic photo guide!!!.......1999-06-26
If you're looking for a book on birds, this item isn't it! I thought I was getting a book. It appeared to be advertised as a book. But, it's just a laminated picture guide of birds.
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Animal Tracks of Northern California
Chris Stall
Manufacturer: Mountaineers Books
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0898861950 |
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