Matisse in Morocco: Paintings & Drawings, 1912-1913

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Matisse in Morocco: Paintings & Drawings, 1912-1913
Pierre Schneider , John Elderfield , Albert Grigorevich Kostenevich , and Marina Bessanova
Manufacturer: Natl Gallery of Art
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ASIN: 0894681400

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Matisse in Morocco Address Book
Te Neues Publishing
Manufacturer: Te Neues Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 3823880721

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Matisse in Morocco
Jack Cowart , John Elderfield , and Pierre Schneider
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0810915464

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MATISSE IN MOROCCO, THE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS 1912-1913
Jack -- Schneider, Pierre -- Elderfield, John--Kostenevich, Albert--Coyle, Laura Cowart
Manufacturer: National Gallery of Art
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ASIN: B000VGDBFY

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Simply gorgeous

Matisse in Morocco: The Paintings and Drawings 1912-1913 (Painters and Sculptors)
Jack Cowart , Pierre Schneider , John Elderfield , Albert Kostenvich , and Laura Coyle
Manufacturer: Thames and Hudson Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0500235880

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Simply gorgeous.......2002-07-30

One of the places that most inspired Matisse was Morocco, a country of huge contrasts, vivid colors and dramatic landscapes .
I missed the landmark exhibition for which this book served as the catalog, but I purchased it after vacationing in Morocco. Matisse's view of the country emphasizes the colors of Moroccan cities and landscapes -- intense orange-reds and azure bluesz. It is also informed and inspired by Moroccan design, which combines Mediterranean and Islamic elements to beautiful effect.

MATISSE IN MOROCCO, THE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS 1912-1913

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MATISSE IN MOROCCO, THE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS 1912-1913
Jack et al. Cowart
Manufacturer: National Gallery of Art
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ASIN: B000VGBEX0

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Matisse in Morocco: The Paintings and Drawings, 1912-1913
Jack et al Cowart
Manufacturer: National Gallery of Art [1990]
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ASIN: B000ONA670

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Matisse in Morocco: The Paintings and Drawings, 1912-1913
Henri] National Gallery of Art [Matisse
Manufacturer: Thames and Hudson
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KVIH3G

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The radiant effect of stained glass can transform a room while adding stylish charm. With over 20 original designs exemplifying the range of contemporary glass colors and paints, this book contains inspirational ideas from simple, glowing nightlights to more advanced projects such as stained glass cabinet panels. Easy-to-trace templates and fully explained techniques combined with practical advice will make this book a perfect resource for every crafter's library.

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reluctant 4 star.......2003-08-07

I have been going through this book for a couple weeks and its cool but i got hung up on chapter 6 today because some of the script for download dosent match up with the downloadable files. would be cool if this book came with a cd. I was hung up for over an hour cuz of some misslabled text. I figured it out...they named buttons wrong. ex. butScript instaed of scriptBut(you will know what I mean if u buy this). this book would be 5 star if it came with a cd but as is I give it a 3.75 star for the lack of cd. I am learnig alot though.

Very Helpful with an Excellent Reference in the Appendix.......2003-07-05

I learned a lot from this book and keep it close and handy. The ActionScript reference in Appendix A is terrific. In fact, I like it better than Macromedia's online reference. My only complaint about this book, and this is the second book I've had this problem with, is that several of the example/sample files downloaded had already been completed. That's very frustrating when you're trying to learn.

Flash MX Bible.......2003-02-20

This book contains 640 pages of real world examples complemented by a robust website with source code and more. A very complete work and a must have for anyone serious about Flash MX development.

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Ian Angell, dubbed "the Angell of Doom" by The (London) Times, lays out his manifesto for the New Barbarians who will lead the economic elite into a Brave New World over the next two decades. He rejects the long-held view of information technology as our benign liberator from mundane work. Instead, he regards it as the seed for a new society, in which the winners in the knowledge economy will construct their own "smart regions" founded on libertarian principles and enlightened self-interest.

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Academic derivative work that reads like a potboiler!.......2003-12-17

This is a very cool book because the synthesis is done by a academian who writes like a potboiler novelist! The paragraphs are shock full of references to deep philosophical and academic treatises, but done in an entertaining manner. Every paragraph is like poetry. Excellent derivative work.

In a nutshell, the author is taking a theme first exposed by Alvin Toffler "Future Shock" "Third Wave" and developing it further to synthesize the way the world's economies have performed in the last 20 years.

Outstanding! Don't be put off by the seeming "facist" or "harsh" tone of some of this writing--the author is tell you how it is, not how it should be--hence the term "barbarian" in the title. The old guard will attempt to smooth over raw, naked capitalism but in the opinion of the author it will be a losing battle (I'm not so sure, since I believe most old people, having been raised by the Welfare State, will never go quietly, so it will take another generation or two to renounce the Nanny Welfare State.

I give it four stars not five because the opinions are thrown out without much argument or development. It is a derivative work where you have to understand some background first. So it's not really a beginner's book.

A sunset not a dawn.......2001-07-18

To get a handle on books like this we must understand the author's philosophy of life.For Angell, the prime purpose in life is making money, lots of money.In his view the most greedy and ruthless go-getters, the "new barbarians," should have open slather to trample on the rest of society.He thinks it is good that globalization is causing societies to disintegrate, because it represents the triumph of the new barbarians.It is instructive to note the thinkers he admires most - Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich von Hayek, and Ayn Rand - all right wingers who extolled the "superman" over ordinary folk. Hence Angell's views have worrying fascist implications. In his world the super-rich will rule in "smart regions," and the rest of the people can just go jump.Angell expounds the logic of globalization, but he does not address the problems caused, such as the environmental crisis.He is a spin doctor for globalization.His vision of the future is a recipe for chaos.Rather than being a man for the future, the new barbarian is a dinosaur, doing his best to pull us all down.

The business-end of a crowbar.......2000-08-21

Ever see the film `Falling Down' with Michael Douglas? Well, after a long and frustrating struggle with rank-and-file academics and bureaucrats, Ian has finally taken an intellectual crowbar to post-war socialist greenhouse.

This is not a pretty book; it is slash and burn. It represents the blinding rage of a generation who suffered in silence as Winston Smith and Joseph K. were digested by early virulent strains of political correctness. So, beware, this book is deeply offensive to lawyers and politicians and all the other anti-conceptual drones who have nested in the post-war socialist paradigm.

What gives this book its power is the changing nature of the global political economy. Here we are dealing with facts - as hard and cold as the steel rails on which the Industrial Revolution was built. Remember those poor sods who attended the Congress of Vienna in 1815? What? The end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire? Haw, haw, haw. Steam engines powering ships? Hee, hee, hee. A new economy? Ho, ho, ho. The collapse of the Russian, French, and British empires? Tears of laughter. Airplanes? Oh, please no more!

I myself do not necessarily agree with all Ian's arguments, but there is no doubt that he has drawn a true note from his violin. I do believe that Rome will indeed burn again. What will rise from the ashes is what Ian seeks to explore.

A provocative view of the Dark Side of the New Economy.......2000-03-28

Angell's work is really very good, even if the author is sometimes too heavy handed. I saw him on the BBC and he admitted that his book was aimed at stirring the pot. He does that, no doubt. Rather than the glib views of how IT will change our world, Angell suggests that IT and technological change may well have some very serious and unforeseen consequences. It is a must read for all those who blithely toss around the term e-commerce. Read this and get another view!

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Experimental methods are now a mainstream empirical methodology in economics. The papers in this volume represent some recent developments in research on experimental markets. The articles span a variety of topics related to experimental markets, including auctions, taxation, institutional differences, coordination in markets, and learning. Contributors to the volume include many of the most distinguished researchers in the area.

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Electronic Data Interchange [EDI] Implementation and Security is a comprehensive and pragmatic guide to the implementation of EDI and the implications for business strategy and security for trading electronically.

The manual covers the current market place and EDI services available; how to plan a clear and non restrictive EDI strategy for your business needs and how to integrate EDI services into your existing systems.

Aimed at those responsible for the role of EDI and telecommunications planning or data transfer – who need to understand the marketplace and strategies available in networking; plus the security risks in using an open systems standard for trade. These include: IT directors, business development teams, managers involved in planning and running distributed systems; business consultants; IT auditors; and all telecommunications planning staf

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Mandatory EDI implementation for loan level reporting-May 1, 1999
George S Anderson
Manufacturer: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
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ASIN: B0006RYAMQ

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This digital document is an article from Dollars & Sense, published by Economic Affairs Bureau on September 1, 1996. The length of the article is 1876 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Jobless Future: Sci-Tech and the Dogma of Work. (book reviews)
Author: Laurie Dougherty
Publication: Dollars & Sense (Newsletter)
Date: September 1, 1996
Publisher: Economic Affairs Bureau
Issue: n207 Page: p36(3)

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The Jobless Future: Sci-Tech and the Dogma of Work. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of the American Planning Association

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The Jobless Future: Sci-Tech and the Dogma of Work. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of the American Planning Association
Alex Welsch
Manufacturer: American Planning Association
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This digital document is an article from Journal of the American Planning Association, published by American Planning Association on September 22, 1996. The length of the article is 967 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Jobless Future: Sci-Tech and the Dogma of Work. (book reviews)
Author: Alex Welsch
Publication: Journal of the American Planning Association (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1996
Publisher: American Planning Association
Volume: v62 Issue: n4 Page: p544(2)

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Jobless future: sci-tech and the dogma of work.: An article from: Labour/Le Travail

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Jobless future: sci-tech and the dogma of work.: An article from: Labour/Le Travail

Manufacturer: Canadian Committee on Labour History
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00096R6T8
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Labour/Le Travail, published by Canadian Committee on Labour History on March 22, 1996. The length of the article is 1109 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Jobless future: sci-tech and the dogma of work.
Publication: Labour/Le Travail (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1996
Publisher: Canadian Committee on Labour History
Issue: 37 Page: 360-2

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An informative guide to the importance of soy protein in reducing the risk of coronary heart disease and other major disorders.

A recent announcement by the FDA regarding soy protein has led to overwhelming interest in its ability to reduce coronary heart disease. Now, a registered dietitian provides easy-to-understand insight into the numerous health benefits linked to soy protein.

In Soy Protein, readers will discover how soy's high-quality protein can reduce the risk of the most common and serious form of cardiovascular disease. Included also is important information concerning soy protein's potential for preventing certain types of cancer and osteoporosis. In addition, the book sets forth helpful guidelines for incorporating soy into your diet, including a detailed list of the various available soy products.

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Mediocre analysis of the march on Berlin.......2006-12-15

This is a military account of the Soviet march to Germany after Hitler's disastrous attack. While the military descriptions are good the prose is generally disappointing the book is disjointed. It focuses on the military aspects only and pays little to no attention to other social or political factors that were occurring at the time. Little mention is given to the allies and their efforts which were impacting the march but if you are looking for battle descriptions this is the book for you.

Essential WWII Reading.......2006-10-30

Ah, what a pleasure to read such a skilled work of narrative-military history. Professor Duffy wrote this after delving into the Soviet records that opened up after the USSR split open, and the book is a delight to read. Duffy takes the emphasis off the drive to Berlin, and turns instead to the totality of the Soviet drive into Germany- the Vistula-Oder operations. The book is incredibly informative and very, very well written. In addition, it has fascinating appendices on matters such as German and Soviet military tactics & structure, as well as brief descriptions on some of the main weapons used by each side. Please trust me on this one, if you are interested in WWII you will love this book.

The killers as victims.......2006-10-24

I read this book twice before write my observations, because I wanted confirm my first impression. This is a correct book explainig the movements of the armies and soldiers and the graphics are very correct usually. The author writed a book about Frederick the Great and many others about that time. I understand that for him it's very difficult to understand how the soldiers that he admired so much can be convert in sadic killers. But the way of conduct of german soldiers ( all, not only the SS ) in Russia was so wild, savage and without the minimum sense of moral that no country did germans did in mankind history. If I was German I would hide my face of the people civilized with shame, and instead off, they look like proud people still, that is shameful and dangerous because they are not conscious of all the damage that they did.
This way there is not understandable all the friendliness that runs for the whole book towards the german soldiers and the german people. if a sadic killer go into your house, kill the father, rape the mother and children, after kill them and put fire to the house and when the police surround him, he fires them and fight hardly before the police reduce him, he's a hero ? . This is the form in which the Germans behaved for three years and there is no comparison with what the Russian soldiers did for five months in Germany, moreover if the majority of the victims can relate it, the majority of real Russian victims can not do it.
It's very sad that the suffering of russian people remain ignored till today, but observations like " nobody had the clean hands in that time" are insultants, it equipar the killers and the victims.
The crimes of german people (repit not only the SS) are much bigger that the russian soldiers did. Remember just one example, the foreign slaves who were working in the German cities they were not allowed to enter the antiaircraft refuges when the cities were bombarded. Where are the protest of germans common people about that in that time ? Not even a word on these people started by force of his cities and villages to die in the streets of the German cities under the bombs, most of them young, almost children.
What about the slaves that worked in farms in East Germany ? The author mentioned the french workers as go away with their german bosses like a example of love, what about the slav workers that, I'm sure, were a lot more ? Not a word.
In his book Mr Duffy usually prolog a action with admitration about the german soldiers and the pompous name of their unities, but their defeat by the russian is quickly over . By example : "the Altman bridgehead ...terrain excellent for purpose of defence....105000 men...formidable positions...heavy local counterattacks...." The fight begun the 6 March and 14 and 15 the germans withdraw. I supppose russians did something about, if you read the parrafe seems that the germans go away voluntary, not forced by the russians and the author admire not the russian but the germans.
In chapter 2 speaking about the year of 1944 speak of Nemersdorf massacre, not a word of german massacres much bigger in time and amount in Russia.
In Pag 68 " for almost the first and late time in that war the Soviets saw Germans running from their positions in panic". I'm sorry to disturb Mr Duffy but the germans soldiers running with panic in many others situations, in the contraoffensive in Moscow, when they saw the T-34 the first time, in the south in the withdraw of Caucasus, even in his book : pag 194 " ...a tumult of panic-strickrn troops". pag 197 "...panic...", etc.
It's normal, they were normal men, not the supersoldiers that Mr Duffy believes.
Pag 72 " ninth army....one of most proud and battleworthy formations of the Werchmacht " The first day "this proud formation" lost 20 Km to anonimous russian soldiers.
Pag 81 "The german talent for improvisation". If you ask to one hundred persons I'm sure that none would say anything similar. The german people are good making cars not art workings or something that needs improvisation. Another example of the erroneus admiration of Mr Duffy for the german people.
Pag 114 " german losses 400.000, russian 15.000 killed and 60.000 wounded." Usually many authors say that the Russians gained the war for number of soldiers and volume of material, we see, and know, that it's not true, at least this time.
Pag 138 "German morale and efectiveness recovered so far that....after rhe first shock had passed ' the russian began to put a heavy resistance..." The tactic fracase of germans in this operation by the heroism of russian is explain as a german victory. Again the admiration by nazi germans is showed.
"In terms of numbers the oppsing forces were very approximately equal, at around 1.650.000 to 1.800.000 each." ( Pag 153 ) What surprise, did I believe that the Russians were always exceeding the Germans in number.
Pag 165 ...germans dressed in Soviet uniforms..." Don't seem a example of "fair play".
In Pag 179 "Here the fighting was on nearly equal terms between... russians and germans". One time again.
When spoke about the sinking of the Goya and others ships, not a word about similar desasters when the russian fleet full of civilians and wound soldiers sunk in the Baltic to the beginning of war when they travelled from Tallin to St Petersbourgh. It seems that there are two categories of dead persons and the Russians are always ignored.
In Pag 292 "...and precious archives and art collections, most of them stolen in Russia and another countries after kill their owners.
In Pag 294 Battle of Lake Balaton, just a few words about as "The soviets contained the onslaught ... of several of the best units of nazi army.
In Pag 300 speaking about the recolocation of germans "...the process was inherently violent in character, and was attended with killing and much brutality" What a surprise, seems a joke ¡, the people who transported millions persons to the death, which tested criminal and mortal operations and experiments with babies and children, that massacred thousands of peoples with all his inhabitants, men, women and children, protesting of a violent recolocation ¡ Really a joke, a cruel joke. Even when the author reports atrocities, one forgets that the Germans did it earlier during a lot of more time and in major quantity in Russia and in another occupated countries.
Tha last part of the book with miliar descriptions of armies, weapons and tactics is arid but interesting.
In resume an interesting book but the reader have to be alert about the one side point of view of the writer and contrast this book with anothers, much better that this one, as the Richard Overy's books about the WWII.

Interesting Look at the final days of the 1000 Year Reich.......2006-01-25

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, its archives suddenly became available to authors of the Second World War and Duffy seems to have lead the charge to provide an English language accounting of what hitherto has been primarily recounted in a variety of excellent German texts.

As other reviewers have noted, Duffy presents the information in a very balanced and non-subjective way. Soviet atrocities are revealed but not dwelt on in a subjective way. Duffy's narrative combines factual data with interesting narrative showing the human side of a very tragic history.

I was particularly intriqued by his recounting of a German operation launched to retake a captured factory in order to dump, what was essentially nerve gas into a prominent Eastern European River. Who knows the ecological holocaust of that action in a sea of holocausts.

This book is a must read for any student of the final days of Hitler's forces on the Eastern Front. Highly enjoyable.

An indispensable account of the Eastern Front battles.......2005-01-12

This is a fine and well known book about the operations in the Eastern Front in 1945 which usually remain at the sidelines of World War II histories. The author is a renowned military writer and a specialist on Frederick the Great's campaigns, a fact that served him well in his attempt to recount the terrible and fast-paced battles of the closing months of World War II in the East. The account is evenly balanced between the German and the Soviet side and so is the criticism for the mistakes commited by the two mighty and ruthless opponents. The period covered does not include the capture of Berlin, but this is not so important because the fate of the Third Reich was sealed months before, during the horrible battles of Poland, East Prussia, Pomerania and Silesia. However the book suits more the military history fan than the layman, it requires a solid backround on WW II and is not to be read like Anthony Beevor's popular works. Duffy writes in his introduction that ""Red Storm on the Reich" stands as an atrocious book, in the literal sense of theat term. I have limited the story of destruction as far as I could to that of landscape and machines, and I hope that I have given no satisfaction to lovers of the pronography of violence". I think that he has fully achieved his aim. He presents the operations in a crystal clear way, with the aid of numerous and very good maps, and the editing is excellent, leaving only a few typos. I was especially impressed by his bibliography whic I found very useful. It is not particularly extensive but it includes many first hand accounts as well as some rare and authoritative sources on the subject. The Appendix named "The Conduct of War: Soviet Science and German Art" is also an extremely interesting analysis of the technical and operational matters of the campaign.

Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany, 1945

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Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany, 1945
Christopher Duffy
Manufacturer: Atheneum
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NWAHJ4

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With more than 5,000 works cited, Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World is the greatest compendium of information ever published on hybridization in birds. Worldwide in scope, it provides information on all reported avian crosses, not only those occurring in captivity, but also in a natural setting (approximately 4,000 crosses are covered). This book is a basic reference, intended both for the serious birder and the professional biologist. McCarthy's work fills a need for reference material that takes into account the last half century of data. It will be of interest to workers in a wide variety of fields, ranging from animal behavior to genetics, ecology, zoology, and systematics. In fact, it will make fascinating reading for anyone interested in birds and the natural world.

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