Sloan's Victorian Buildings
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  • Excellent general source for American Victorian architecture
Sloan's Victorian Buildings
Samuel Sloan
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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ASIN: 0486240096

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The original edition of The Model Architect (1852-3) is reprinted here with Sloan’s influential designs for pre-Civil War mansions, villas, churches, schoolhouses and other buildings. Over 100 lithographs display the buildings in perspective, with front, rear and side elevations. Plus floor plans, scale drawings, more. 114 plates.

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4 out of 5 stars Excellent general source for American Victorian architecture.......1998-06-14

This book is an excellent starting source for those interested in all aspects of Victorian architecture. There are essays on various styles of Victorian architecture, most notably the "revivals" of Gothic, Italianate, Norman, even Oriental styles. There are also discursions on certain techniques, such as joinery. The houses are quite often pictured as front and side elevations, and all are accompanied by floor plans, however some do not include plans of the attics and cellars. For most of the houses, there are complete materials and cost specifications, although naturally these are slightly outdated. All in all, this is a very interesting and informative work for the architectural history enthusiast. It is not very suitable as a source for those who wish to gather design ideas for a modern Victorian-styled house, as the styles pictured here are not those typically featured as "Victorian".
Sloane's Victorian Buildings (2 Vols in 1)
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    Sloane's Victorian Buildings (2 Vols in 1)
    Samuel Sloan
    Manufacturer: Peter Smith Pub Inc
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    Binding: Hardcover
    ASIN: 0844658154

    The Frescoes of Mar Musa Al-Habashi: A Study in Medieval Painting in Syria (Studies and Texts (Pontifical Inst of Mediaeval Stds))
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      The Frescoes of Mar Musa Al-Habashi: A Study in Medieval Painting in Syria (Studies and Texts (Pontifical Inst of Mediaeval Stds))
      Erica Dodd , and Erica Cruikshank Dodd
      Manufacturer: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
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      Shomei Tomatsu: Skin of the Nation
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      Shomei Tomatsu: Skin of the Nation
      Leo Rubinfien , Sandra S. Phillips , John W. Dower , and Shomei Tomatsu
      Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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      ASIN: 0300106041

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      A beer bottle that withstood the atom bomb blast in Nagasaki is the subject of Shomei Tomatsu's most famous photograph. Mysterious and repulsive, the object looks like a deformed fetus. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Tomatsu has created strikingly ambiguous images that hint at tensions simmering below the surface of Japanese life. Shomei Tomatsu: Skin of the Nation is the first English-language survey of this brilliantly idiosyncratic photographer's work. Grouped by theme, more than 100 images contain subtle layers of meaning. On a Tokyo street in 1962, an abandoned high-heeled shoe, a cigarette butt, and a crumpled piece of tinfoil (likely from a stick of American chewing gum) are bitter souvenirs of a night on the town. A few years later, Tomatsu captured the sense of isolation that envelops both a lone protestor and a shadowy group of policemen. In Okinawa, Tomatsu photographed both the U.S. military presence and the traditional way of life that persisted into the 1970s--glimpsed in the breeze-stirred motion of a curtain against a window or the sight of prowling dogs in the hazy morning sun. Leo S. Rubinfien's revelatory essay about the photographer and his work has a lyrical grace that approaches poetry. Sandra S. Phillips deftly summarizes the shift from American-influenced photojournalism of the immediate postwar era to the subjective approaches of a younger generation. John W. Dower adds further historical context, including the disquieting fact that—due to U.S. censorship—photographs of the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not published in Japan until 1952. Excerpts from Tomatsu's own vivid writings add another layer of insight. The handsomely designed book accompanies a retrospective exhibition of Tomatsu's work at the Japan Society Gallery in New York (through Jan. 2, 2005), which will travel to Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Winterthur, Switzerland. --Cathy Curtis

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      Japan’s brilliant and influential postwar photographer Shomei Tomatsu (b. 1930) has created some of the most dramatic images in the history of photography. Many of his photographs have become icons of the twentieth century. This important book is the first in-depth English-language study of Tomatsu’s work. Richly illustrated and handsomely designed, it features more than one hundred plates representing—in ten thematic sections—the full range of his career.
      Tomatsu emerged in the 1950s with his sensitive pictures of postwar Japan. In the 1960s the artist turned his camera to the aftermath of the atomic bomb and the lingering presence of the U. S. military in his homeland. In subsequent decades his lens has captured the elation of Japan’s economic boom and the problems inspired by his culture’s increasing westernization. Throughout, Tomatsu’s pictures have consistently resonated not only with Japanese society but also with American culture. Included in this book are essays by distinguished scholars on all aspects of the artist’s life and career as well as a selection of brief excerpts from Tomatsu’s own writings, many of which have never appeared in English.
      Skin of the Nation (the book’s subtitle) is both a literal and metaphorical reference to the surfaces that have appeared in countless pictures throughout Tomatsu’s career. For the artist, skin is more than just a surface, it is a kind of map in which one can read the story of Japan—its essence and its future.

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      4 out of 5 stars beautiful, haunting, and funny.......2007-05-12

      This is book is beautiful. I had the pleasure to see the exhibition of Tomatsu's work at the Corcoran a few years ago, and several images were burned into my mind. Particularly the image of a bottle after an atomic blast, the cigarettes & bubble gum series, and an untitled piece with a big blob of reddish orange pigment splat in the middle of the frame. (I am writing this from memory and don't have the advantage to just flip thru the book at this moment to find the exact titles...) His work is very much street photographer - and he's good at evoking emotion. Think Robert Doisneau with an Asian flair for simplicity.

      5 out of 5 stars Skin of the Nation.......2006-08-06

      This is a high caliber photographic book. The images are stunning and the layout is easy to navigate. The text is informative and well written, but nothing compares to the visuals.

      5 out of 5 stars A different perspective of War .......2006-07-01

      As I stumbled across the Shomei Tomatsu exhibit last August I had no idea how much his work would impact me. Everytime I look at this book I find something new. In this book, Shomei Tomatsu documents pre and post war Japan in the 1950s. He depicts startling images of westerization on Japanese Culture, and the effects of hiroshima. The everyday moments he captured speak in volumes and sheds a new light on an era that changed Japanese culture forever.

      5 out of 5 stars What would I choose..........2005-08-18

      I saw the book laying in the library, between all the other photography books. 80% of the all the bookcovers doesn't look inviting enough to open it. This was one 20% that I took. Now all the books that looks inviting on the outside can really disapoint you when you open the it. I think that from the 30% that is left, 27% of the books are very disapointing on the inside This book is the uposite, what a wonderfull suprice. This is a book word it to open. The inside off the book is just how it should be first a lot of information and criticts about Shomei and her work. And that the work of Shomei, it's deep, tatsing, it's got a feeling a soul. She's got a great feeling about how to see a composition, to organize the contrast. And last but not least, the differsity she put in here work is amazing. From black and white, untill full clor and everything between there. From subkects of human beens untill abstract architecture and evreything between there. From very personal images untill very detached. From really close untill verry far. From very meaningfull untill very unmeaningfull. From a frozen image untill a fast movement image. Yeah, I think this a book is an inspiration for every artist in business.
      Shomei Tomatsu (Phaidon 55s)
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      • Good series of books for the price!
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      Ian Jeffrey
      Manufacturer: Phaidon Press
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      ASIN: 071484019X

      Product Description

      The 55 Series This is one of the most unique monograph series in the history of photography! The 55 Series represents the work of many of photography s most important figures. Each book contains 55 of the photographer s key works, presented chronologically and through them tells the photographer s own story. These books are small, but surprisingly rich in content and reproduction quality. They are a most economical way to bring the world of photography into your home. Each book is 128 pp. 6 1/4 x 5 3/4 , softbound.

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      4 out of 5 stars Good series of books for the price!.......2002-08-07

      The Phaidon 55 series of photobooks is a good series of books for the price. They all offer a good overview of the photographers work in the form of 55 representative images each. The text, written by a different author in each book, varies book to book from abysmally and overly high brow arty, to pretty good and clear.

      These books are small and easy to carry around with you. They also look good on a shelf together as a series. I recommend them as a good low-cost introduction to some great and some just ok but still famous photographers.
      Visions of Japan
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Social commentary that doesn't knock you upside the head.
      Visions of Japan
      Korinsha Press , Toshihara Ito , and Shomei Tomatsu
      Manufacturer: Korinsha Press
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      Binding: Hardcover

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      ASIN: 4771328315

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      5 out of 5 stars Social commentary that doesn't knock you upside the head........2004-12-04

      Tomatsu Shomei documents the world but with a poet's eye. Bits of plastic appear to mingle with flora and fauna that have washed onto black sands from the sea. Yet, the photo does not seem intimate but other worldly as if taken from high above the ground, as if revealing huge landscapes below. The effect is like a proverb, not quite right, but beautiful--and unsettling. Besides, the quality of the book is great and the price, very little. Would that all art were so.
      Black Sun: The Eyes of Four, Roots and Innovation in Japanese Photography
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        Black Sun: The Eyes of Four, Roots and Innovation in Japanese Photography
        Mark Holborn
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        ASIN: 0893811858

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        "The photographs as "ruins" and the "ruins" in the photographs overlap and when the newly emanated feeling for time is marked into the center of the photographs, the ruins are not the carcasses of destruction and devastation, but turn away from being coffins, symbols of death, and move the hub to the mysterious stage of life."--Shunji Ito

        Black Sun is an unprecedented portrait of postwar Japan through the eyes of four of the nation's most significant photographers. It encompasses and connects ancient Japanese prophecies, the terror of nuclear destruction, and the results of swift and massive westernization.

        Eikoh Hosoe, Shomei Tomatsu, Masahisa Fukase, and Daido Moriyama are widely acknowledged in Japan as masters of photography. Their work ranges from the metaphoric to the documentary, from the presentation of post-apocalyptic artifacts to portraits of crows and crowded city streets. However varied the approach, this work is unified by a sense of innovation and a persistent search for native roots.

        Eikoh Hosoe's representation of the demonic myth Kamaitachi is structured like a dance, enacted among the villagers of the far north country and evoking Hosoe's childhood memories of the final years of World War II.

        Shomei Tomatsu's work ranges from the legacy of Nagasaki to the student riots of the sixties. His photographs combine social documentary with a search for personal identity, a quest which concludes among the remote islanders of Okinawa.

        Masahisa Fukase's epic series Crow adopts the universal symbol of the black bird as evil omen. The crow's somber presence shadows Fukase's journey to his birthplace on the northern island of Hokkaido, fusing private memories to a darker, national heritage.

        Daido Moriyama uncovers the malice lurking in the alleys and backstreets of Tokyo. With his confrontational, highly graphic style, Moriyama reveals the overpowering density of life in modern Japan.

        In the accompanying text, Mark Holborn creates his own picture of Japan's creative climate, one in which audacious exploration crashes against a legacy of tradition and refinement. He s20provides previously undocumented links between the photographers and other leading Japanese artists of our time, such as filmmaker Nagisa Oshima, graphic designer Tadanori Yokoo, and dancer Tatsumi Hijikata.

        Ultimately, the dark lyricism of Black Sun serves as both cultural introduction and global prophecy. The shadow cast by these four photographers stretches beyond the shores of Japan and across the entire length of contemporary experience.
        Ruinous Gardens
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          Ruinous Gardens
          Shomei & Tashiharu Ito Tomatsu
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          ASIN: B000KQ43HU
          SHOMEI TOMATSU: I AM A KING
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            SHOMEI TOMATSU: I AM A KING
            SHOMEI). Tomatsu, Shomei. (TOMATSU
            Manufacturer: Dai Nippon Printing Company
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            ASIN: B000ORGU76
            Biography - Tomatsu, Shomei (1930-): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online
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              Biography - Tomatsu, Shomei (1930-): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online
              Gale Reference Team
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              ASIN: B0007SJS2Q
              Release Date: 2007-06-13

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                San Francisco Museum of, Leo Rubinfien (Photographer and Contributor to Art in America), John W. Dower (Professor of History at M.I.T.) Sandra S. Phillips (Senior Curator of Photography
                Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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                ASIN: B000OS8X9I
                Shomei Tomatsu Skin of the Nation
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                  Sandra S Phillips
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                  ASIN: B000N6BBJ0
                  Shomei Tomatsu, Japan 1952-1981: Publikation zur Ausstellung : Fotogalerie im Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Salzburger Landessammlungen Rupertinum, Salzburg, ... Moderner Kunst, Wien = exhibition catalogue
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                    Manufacturer: Vertrieb, Forum Stadtpark Graz
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                    Works of Art: Joe Chiodo Limited Edition
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                      Joe Chiodo
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                      Presenting many never-before-published new painting and pin-ups, plus noteworthy Vampirella paintings, this book showcases renowned comic book and pin-up artist Joe Chiodo's latest tantalizing visual feast of lush painted ladies. This book presents a look at Chiodo's recent pin-ups and paintings in the perspective of his past work. Chiodo's new work convincingly demonstrates that his artwork has become more assured and mature without losing its playfulness and sense of whimsy. An extensive gallery of Chiodo's recent unpublished paintings of his luscious ladies, Works of Art, is a comprehensive monograph about the past and current work of comic artist, colorist, and painter Joe Chiodo, and demonstrates the wide diversity and range of the artist's work.

                      Knowledge Flows, Governance and the Multinational Enterprise: Frontiers in International Management Research
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                        Knowledge Flows, Governance and the Multinational Enterprise: Frontiers in International Management Research

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                        This book contributes to the understanding of Knowledge Governance in the Multinational Corporation. Intra-firm and inter-firm processes of knowledge creation, sharing and exploitation have attracted increasingly managerial and scholarly interest. However the relation between particular knowledge processes, determinants of organizational choices, governance mechanisms, their relevant costs and benefits, and associated strategic advantages remain less well understood. To address these challenges, this book gives answers to the following questions. What are key challenges of governing knowledge in the multinational corporation? How do contingencies influence relavent trade-offs? How do sets of governance mechanisms respond to problems of cognition and incentives?

                        Water in Crisis: A Guide to the World's Fresh Water Resources
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                          Among the most compelling environmental issues of today and tomorrow are those concerning the world's fresh water resources. Peter H. Gleick's important new volume, Water in Crisis, addresses the timely and sometimes controversial aspects of world water use. At stake are water quality, quantity, and possible future conflicts over shared international water resources. Nine essays by leading specialists from fields as diverse as hydrology, zoology, and law, among others, cover such issues as the status of developments in international water law; hydroelectric power; the possible effects of climatic change on water resources; and the state of fresh water fisheries. Particular chapters explore access to clean drinking water and sanitation; the use of water for energy and food production; the quality of rivers, lakes, and inland seas; and the condition of natural aquatic ecosystems. A joint project of the Pacific Institute and the Stockholm Environment Institute, this book is a comprehensive guide to the world's fresh water resources. Hydrologists, engineers, policy makers, professionals in the environmental sciences, as well as lay readers will find Water in Crisis a dynamic resource and information-packed reference. More than 200 tables of fresh water data supplement this important volume.

                          The Water Baby Book: How to Watersafe Your Baby in One Week (Word Shop Series)
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                            Glidermen of Neptune: The American D-Day Glider Attack
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                            Glidermen of Neptune: The American D-Day Glider Attack
                            Charles J Masters
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                            Although the word gliderman does not appear in the dictionary, a brave group of World War II soldiers known as glidermen flew into combat inside unarmed and unarmored canvas-covered gliders known as "flying coffins."



                            Charles J. Masters points out that because World War II was the first truly mechanized and armored global conflict, the role of the glidermen and their combat gliders was at best anachronistic. Fighter planes exceeded speeds of 400 miles per hour and were heavily armed with multiple machine guns. Dogfights had taken on new dimensions, eclipsing the tactics, speed, and firepower first evidenced by the fragile biplanes of World War I. Tanks achieved a lethal efficiency barely dreamed of even five years before the war. An array of weaponry never seen in any previous military engagement confronted the combat soldier during World War II. And yet there were gliders. And glidermen.



                            Masters tells of these men and of their fragile aircraft in a war of mechanized chaos. In copious detail, he describes the gliders and the Americans who boarded them during the American D-Day glider attack, a mission that was part of the overall cross-channel plan code-named "Operation Neptune." The son of a gliderman with the 82nd Airborne Division, Masters had unique access to the surviving glidermen and comrades of his father. During the course of his research, he located and interviewed 106 of the men who had flown the D-Day mission in gliders. As an insider—in a sense almost a member of the family and fraternity of glider-men—Masters was cordially received by the members of the American airborne divisions that participated in D-Day, many of whom told him stories they had seldom told their own friends and families. Often harrowing and always riveting, the stories these men told an eager listener and researcher are very much a part of this narrative.



                            Masters has also assembled the finest existing collection of photographs of the American D-Day glider attack. These photographs—many of which have never before been published—provide a spectacular photographic record of a little-known aspect of this war. In fact, because of the short military history of the American combat glider, most readers, including veterans of World War II, will not have seen one of these "flying coffins," even at a distance. These photographs afford the opportunity to actually examine the inside of the combat gliders used on D-Day, to observe the glidermen in action, and to witness the often tragic consequences of the glider attack.

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                            5 out of 5 stars I was a glidermen on D-Day. Best account ever!.......2001-07-16

                            I was a battalion commander and glidermen in the 101st Airborne Division for the D-Day operations. I was also one of the consultants for the movie "The Longest Day". Over the last 50 years I've endeavored to read as many books as I could on the subject of D-Day, Airborne and the American and British gliders used in the D-Day operations. "Glidermen of Neptune" is the most accurate, clear, consise and lucid accounts of the D-Day glider operations I've ever read. It is an excellent book and an invaluable resource on the subject. I recommended it to my son, who is an instructor at the War College and uses it as a reference book in his class. I applaud Mr. Masters for his fine book.

                            1 out of 5 stars Not what you think!.......2001-05-29

                            This is one of the most disappointing books I have ever purchased. ...there does not appear to be any original research conducted with participants. The book is merely a rehash of other writers" efforts and a monotonous listing of Units, departure times and LZ arrival times. For instance, he states: "... two glidermen managed to push open the door of the still speeding glider so that another could fire his BAR ..." Who are these men and what is the source of this information? We are never told individual glidermen's names or sources of these stories. The combat descriptions seem generic, in nature. In addition to the almost copywriter approach to the acutal D-Day combat descriptions, the remainder of the text recants the statistics of the day "Mission Galveston was to begin with two serials of fifty gliders each taking off concurrently from two different fields. The first serial, leaving from Ramsbury, was comprised of thirty-two Wacos and eighteen Horsas. All fifty gliders in the second serial, leaving from Alderson, were Wacos." For all the energy one gets from reading about D-day events he could have put the information in a few tables. Masters has the foundation of a good book, but he needs to weave the lives and struggles of the individuals he purports to describe into and interesting narrative to warrant the title "Glidermen of Neptune".

                            5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2001-04-26

                            Excellent book. Well researched and superbly written. A must read by anybody interested in WWII, Airborne, D-Day, etc. This is the best book ever written about the use of combat gliders in WWII. I hope the author, Charles Masters writes more. If he does, please send me a copy and charge my account. Thank you.

                            5 out of 5 stars Great.......2000-12-13

                            Finally a great book about combat gliders and the part they played on D-Day. Superb! The author did a sensational job of laying out in detail this unique WWII subject. Also the best analysis and explanation about how the location of the invasion was chosen and how it was decided what country was responsible for assaulting a particular beach. This is the first book that I have found that sets out this information in detail. Well done!

                            5 out of 5 stars Well written.......2000-12-07

                            An extremely well written, consise and informative book about a little known area of WWII. I bought three and gave them as gifts. Eached recipient raved.

                            Western Civilization: A Social and Cultural History, Volume C: Since 1750
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                              Western Civilization: A Social and Cultural History, Volume C: Since 1750
                              Margaret L. King
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                              These Western Civilization, Second Edition books explain why western civilization is worth knowing about. Taking a topical approach, they stress social and cultural themes, they ask, “What is the West?”, and incorporate significant discussion of peoples and civilizations outside the boundaries of the West. Provides a more coherent introduction to global issues than a world history presentation. Western Civilization, 2/e is accompanied by rich visual images, numerous textual excerpts, provocative special features, and timelines, charts and maps that make the narrative even more accessible. Each chapter now includes internet resources for research. Examines the French Revolution and 19th-century social and political movements in depth. Discussion of religion now occurs at key junctures in each chapter. Updated first chapter reflects the latest findings in paleoanthropology. Epilogue includes recent events such as global terrorism. Covers Social/economic history—e.g., gender roles, family and children, elite groups, urban/rural contrasts, cities and associations, commerce and manufacturing, and technological innovation. Non-Western (including North and South American) issues are discussed. Historians or anyone interested in a social, topical approach to Western Civilization with a global perspective.
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                                Margaret L. King
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                                A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific
                                Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                                • Needs reformatting
                                • Good and complete birding book
                                • The indispensible Tropical Pacific field guide.
                                A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific
                                H. Douglas Pratt , Phillip L. Bruner , and Delwyn G. Berrett
                                Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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                                ASIN: 0691023999

                                Customer Reviews:

                                3 out of 5 stars Needs reformatting.......2007-01-11

                                This field guide has excellent sketches of birds but the layout is quite awkward. This guide like most if not all guides breaks down the birds by family groups. This works well for most areas but not Hawaii. As an example, on the first page for Crows and Honeycreepers there are six birds listed, three are extinct, the other three birds all exist on seperate islands, so if I am birding on Kauai and I look on this particular page there is only one bird I would have any chance of seeing but I still have five other birds on the page as a distraction. On the other pages there are on average 8-10 birds per page but once again some are extinct (and not boldly labled as such) while there may only be one or two birds from each island on the pages. My recommendation to make it easier to ID birds in the field would be to put all the extinct Hawai'ian endemic birds on two or more pages (since there are so many of them) for emphasis and then have seperate pages for each island. Since there are so few birds to be found on each of the Hawaiian islands versus say the tropical forests of Costa Rica, I beleive my recommended format would be much less frustrating than the current format of the book to use in the field.

                                4 out of 5 stars Good and complete birding book.......2007-01-10

                                If ou go to Hawaii and you want to go birding, I can recommend this book. It is a comprehensive guide, with clear and accurate drawings, and checklists for each island. The only thing missing is a list of buirding sites.

                                5 out of 5 stars The indispensible Tropical Pacific field guide........1999-07-11

                                Pratt, Bruner, and Dickinson have produced a superb field guide completely covering all the islands of the tropical Pacific from Hawai'i west through Micronesia. This is a true field guide: it gives the field marks of every species, notes problems in identification with special emphasis on distinguishing similar species, and wastes no space on matters not related to identification. (The exception is that Pratt, a significant ornithologist as well as an expert in identification, summarizes controversies in classification whre appropriate.)

                                The text is organized by order and family, not by region, so the flycatchers of Tahiti appear next to the flycatchers of Palau rather than near other Tahitian birds. But the illustrations are grouped by region: Samoan land birds appear together, regardless of relationships. This greatly facilitates use in the field.

                                The illustrations are paintings, not photographs, which allows the authors to show similar birds in identical poses as well as eliminating the accidental marks which appear in even the best photographs and can confuse the user.

                                The authors have chosen to include the extinct birds of the region as well as the living ones. This puts a certain amount of "deadwood" on the illustration pages, which may be detrimental. But, considering that more than one "extinct" bird has been found after being missing for nearly a hundred years, it is probably worth the minor inconvenience.

                                I have used the book extensively in Hawai'i and believe it to be the best guide Hawai'i's birds. I would not consider being without it anywhere in its area of coverage.

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