Designing Utopia: John Ruskin's Urban Vision for Britain and America

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A fine examination of 1 of Ruskin's many areas of influence!

Designing Utopia: John Ruskin's Urban Vision for Britain and America
Michael H. Lang
Manufacturer: Black Rose Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1551641305

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A fine examination of 1 of Ruskin's many areas of influence!.......1999-07-22

This book takes a meaningful look at one of the most important, yet incomprehensible (maybe aside from Patrick Geddes), figures of the planning and design of our built environment. While Ruskin's diatribes covered many a topic, one of his most important legacies is his influence on those that have shaped our built environment: from the Arts & Crafts movement to the present day New Urbanism. A vitally important book for students of planning or architecture.

Michael H. Lang. Designing Utopia: John Ruskin's Urban Vision for Britain and America.(Book Review): An article from: Utopian Studies

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Michael H. Lang. Designing Utopia: John Ruskin's Urban Vision for Britain and America.(Book Review): An article from: Utopian Studies
Gill Cockram
Manufacturer: Society for Utopian Studies
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Utopian Studies, published by Society for Utopian Studies on March 22, 2003. The length of the article is 1045 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: Michael H. Lang. Designing Utopia: John Ruskin's Urban Vision for Britain and America.(Book Review)
Author: Gill Cockram
Publication: Utopian Studies (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2003
Publisher: Society for Utopian Studies
Volume: 14 Issue: 2 Page: 179(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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A THEMATIC APPROACH TO THE EXHILERATING WORLD OF ART

INTRODUCING ART has a thematic focus. It presents a wide range of artworks and styles and groups them by the themes that served as inspiration for the works. People, places, animals and nature. Artists have used these themes as subjects for their art since the beginning of man. Animals and stick people appeared on the walls of caves more than twelve thousand years ago. They remain today as a visual link to our forebears. Celebrations and events are commemorated in paintings, sculpture, and photographs. Fantasy is a powerful stimulus for the creative process. These and other themes in Introducing Art will bring creative inspiration to the classroom.

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Introducing Art, Student Edition
McGraw-Hill
Manufacturer: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OGETAW

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The modest size, slender girth, and bookish typeface of this little volume will effectively put off readers who are looking for glitzy peeks into the lifestyles of the rich and famous. The more sober readers who are the target audience of New York Living Rooms should get the irony at once, and for them this book will provide hours of voyeuristic pleasure. Dominique Nabokov is a realist. Her artfully deadpan color photographs, empty of people, simply show what is there to see, without obvious slant. And yet this collection of more than 100 Polaroids somehow invokes the mix of New Yorkers--wealthy, brilliant, witty, powerful, stylish, artistic, neurotic, and/or beautiful people--that makes the city what it is. It is fascinating, for example, to see what a warm, cozy, plant-filled living room the pompous, pompadoured Reverend Al Sharpton possesses. There is a posthumous, two-picture tour of Allen Ginsberg's poor but immaculate rooms; a shot of the magnificent Quentin Crisp's monkish cell; and pictures of the two-story living rooms of Elizabeth Hardwick and Barbara Epstein, whose shelves in their respective Hotel des Artists apartments still have space for more books. Wow. There are Bierre Bergè's velvet-covered digs at the Pierre Hotel; Mario Buatta's gold-framed collection of springer spaniel portraits; Barbara Taylor Bradford's cold but tchotchke'd sitting room. In the end it is Nabokov's list--including former mayor Ed Koch, painter Louise Bourgeois, composer Philip Glass, Princess and Prince Alexander Romanoff, and Nabokov herself--that makes the book. These living rooms suggest the party of the century, if one could gather all the owners in one place. Julian Schnabel's cavernous loft seems right. --Peggy Moorman

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Not just interiors........1999-03-31

A very intimate and unique look at living rooms- not just a book about living rooms and their interiors, but as personal expressions of their inhabitants.

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The Dropped Living Room
Frances Y. McHugh
Manufacturer: Thorndike Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0786234687

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God's living room,
John Herbert Walker
Manufacturer: Logos International
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Binding: Unknown Binding

The New Elvis? From Cultural Enemy to mainstream megastar: Eminem takes rap into America's living rooms and onto the big screen. (arts).: An article from: New York Times Upfront

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The New Elvis? From Cultural Enemy to mainstream megastar: Eminem takes rap into America's living rooms and onto the big screen. (arts).: An article from: New York Times Upfront
Frank Rich
Manufacturer: Scholastic, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from New York Times Upfront, published by Scholastic, Inc. on December 13, 2002. The length of the article is 1204 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 New Elvis? From Cultural Enemy to mainstream megastar: Eminem takes rap into America's living rooms and onto the big screen. (arts).
Author: Frank Rich
Publication: New York Times Upfront (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 13, 2002
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Volume: 135 Issue: 6 Page: 22(3)

Article Type: Biography

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Single room living in New York City: A report

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Single room living in New York City: A report
Anthony J Blackburn
Manufacturer: Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Anyone who's ever battled the bureaucracy of the business world or been run down by a random act of management (and let's face it, who hasn't?) counts Dilbert as both hero and poster boy. Every day, 150 million followers flock to the comics pages of more than two thousand newspapers to see this socially challenged engineer outsmart the self-proclaimed best minds of middle management. A million point their browsers each month toward his website to cheer his fight against common sense-defying directives and stress provoking policies. Scott Adams, the man behind the icon, has made Dilbert an industry unto himself. Adams has had four New York Times business best-sellers, including The Dilbert Principle, recognized as the best-selling business book of all time. Additionally, fifteen of seventeen cartoon collections have appeared on the list. Add in the approximately 6 million calendars sold, and it's plain even to management that the world's Dilberts - and not the Pointy-Haired Bosses - are in control. So you don't have the corner office. This calendar is just the size for any cubicle.

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Reality What a Concept.......2002-10-10

I bought this to brighten up my day. Unfortunately my boss thought it subversive and forced me to take it down. It is so on target about business today you'll be shocked. DRC members UNITE, buy this calendar and bug your boss!

The Best Calendar I ever had!.......2002-10-01

The thing is, I got bored of our old, boring, corporate calendar, with the company logo on every single page. So I bought this one. Everyone in my department has thought that it's amusing, even my boss gave it a compliment!

not enough to crack you up to be.........2002-03-08

Not your average daily-dose of humor, and aside from being an amusing gift, I don't recommend this calendar even/especially to diehard Dilbert fanatics.

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Inside the Minds: The Financial Services Industry is written by an unprecedented collection of leading CEOs and explains in an easy to understand language and format proven real world intelligence, strategies, ideas, and predictions for the future of the financial services industry. The book covers topics such as areas poised for growth, the everlasting effects of the Interny and technology, stock market effects, consolidation, client services, team building, management, leadership, and other important topics. This book is a must read for every professional in the financial services industry, others servicing it, and anyone interested in the industry and how to take advantage of it on a person or professional level.

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Typical Larry book

Private Thoughts from a Trader's Diary
Larry Pesavento , and Peggy Mackay
Manufacturer: Traders Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Leather Bound

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Larry Pesavento and Peggy MacKay, professional traders, team up for their 2nd book together. Their first book, Opening Price Principal, was published in October 2000 and has already been reprinted. It became a qualified success.

This second book begins with an admonition that, "A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others." With this in mind, the authors take you through an in depth look at their daily trading principles and tactics. Not just one day, but you are treated to many days of trading.

Each trading decision they made is explained in detail. You actually see into their minds and thought processes. It is a unique experience. New and old traders, Pesavento students and other traders will all gain new insights from the many trading examples shown. Their vast experience and knowledge will help the reader traverse the dangers land of trading markets.

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Typical Larry book.......2003-04-25

I'm hardly a fan of Larry or his methods and writing , but purchased this in hopes of finding just a few gems among the rambling. Larry has a boring kind of writing style using way too many cliches with a very unique method of trading patterns and fib based relationships. Those familiar or somewhat familiar with his gartley and butterfly patterns would benefit the most from this book. Overall, I found some value in this book though it was hardly remarkable. The price was reasonable and anyone who trades with his methods certainly should have a look at this. It takes time to see his setups and they don't work at all many times, but it's as close as you'll get a picking tops and bottoms.

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The United States, Germany, and Japan, the world's three most powerful and successful free market societies, differ strikingly in how their governments relate to their economies. Comparing Policy Networks reports the results of collaborative research by three teams investigating the social organization and policymaking processes of national labor policy domains in the United States, Germany, and Japan during the 1980s. Through interviews with more than 350 key labor policy organizations in all three countries, the authors reveal similar conflict divisions between business and labor interests but also distinctive patterns within each nation.

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Draws upon thirty-five years of meticulous scholarship

Research and discussions about "parenthood"

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Parenthood in America : Undervalued, Underpaid, Under Siege

Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0299170640

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"We can and must build communities that care about beseiged paents. We know what to do. Will we do it?"--T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. from the foreword.

Our society is engaged in heated debates about family values, child care, education, and the future of children. Largely missing from these debates is any serious discussion of the complex vocation we call "parenthood." This book recognizes parenthood as a lifelong process in which parents and children grow together. The distinguished contributors call for families, employers, communities, government, and society to give parents real help with their day- to-day concerns and challenges. Parenthood in America brings the insights of experts in child development, education, health, media studies, economics, history, sociology, and human services to bear on practical aspects of childrearing and on the kinds of policies that have a real effect on parenting. In response to the stresses of parenthood today, they call for: • family-friendly workplaces and decent childcare options • pediatric health care for all • programs that aid children's development as well as their physical health • recognition by professionals of parents' expert knowledge about their own children • alternatives to vapid or violent games and TV programs • prioritization of time for family meals, talks, chores, and activities • valuing of caring relationships above wealth and possessions • appreciation of cultural and religious diversity • supportive networks among parents, teachers, pediatricians, and childcare providers.

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Draws upon thirty-five years of meticulous scholarship.......2002-06-06

Pat Getz-Gentle draws upon thirty-five years of meticulous scholarship and research in Personal Styles In Early Cycladic Sculpture, the latest contribution to the outstanding University of Wisconsin Press series, "Wisconsin Studies in Classics" Here presented is a 185-page definitive work on Cycladic sculpture provides a wealth of new material and fresh insights into a artistic tradition which is rooted in the Neolithic period spanning the third millennium B.C. The reader is treated to a an informative and challenging review of this tradition of artistic express as Personal Styles In Early Cycladic Sculpture gives special emphasis on the stages leading to the reclining figure with folded arms that is the unique and quintessential icon of the early Bronze age culture at the center of the Aegean. Personal Styles In Early Cycladic Sculpture also focuses on the discernibly unique styles of fifteen specific carvers. By introducing little-known pieces attributable to these sculptors, Pat Getz-Gentle superbly illuminates various phases of their artistic development. Personal Styles In Early Cycladic Sculpture is enhanced with a special chapter by European art history and lecturer Jack de Vries, a profusion of photos and drawings illustrating 212 different works of Cycladic sculpture. Personal Styles In Early Cycladic Sculpture is an impressive, seminal, accessible, original body of work that will prove to be an invaluable addition to Art History Studies in general, and Hellenic Sculpture Studies supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections in particular.

Research and discussions about "parenthood".......2001-09-08

Parenthood In America: Undervalued, Underpaid, Under Siege is a compilation of contributions by professionals engaging in research and discussions about "parenthood" as it is being experienced in the American culture today. After succinct and compelling analysis of the current stresses and problems involved with parenthood, a body of recommendations emerge in behalf of having family-friendly workplaces and decent child care options; family health care for all members; programs aiding the development of children in addition to their physical health; recognition by professionals of parental expertise regarding their own children; alternatives to vapid or violent games and television programming; prioritization of family meals, talks, chores, and activities within the parenting schedule; valuing caring relationships above the accumulation of wealth or the acquisition of possessions; an appreciation of cultural and religious diversity; and family support in community settings. Highly recommended for both child development professionals and interested non-specialist readers alike, Parenthood In America is a welcome and much needed addition to academic and community parenting studies reference collections.

A compilation of contributions by professionals.......2001-08-10

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A reissue of this best-selling, soldier's-eye view of the 45th Infantry Division and its heroic efforts during World War II, from the beaches of Italy to the liberation of Dachau.

Anzio was one of the greatest battles of World War II-a desperate gamble to land a large amphibious force behind German lines in Italy in the hope that the war could be shortened by capturing Rome. It also turned out to be one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. military history. Based on extensive research into archives, photos, letters, diaries, previously classified official records, and scores of personal interviews with surviving veterans of the 45th, The Rock of Anzio is written with an immediacy that puts the reader right onto the battlefield and shows us war through the eyes of ordinary men called upon to perform extraordinary deeds.

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The Rock of Anzio.......2005-09-18

Good service, good price, the used book look new.
My uncle was with the 45th and he said the author was historically correct in his description of the men and battles in which the 45th fought. I found the book not only interesting but a keepsake for me and my family. I appreciate this indepth study of this gallant group of men.

Excellent look at a National Guard unit in WWII.......2005-04-21

Being a former National Guard officer and having visited the concentration camp in Dachau in a trip through Europe, I was interested in this book. The scene when the soldiers get to the Dachau concentration camp was unforgettable. This event makes us all realize how important it was to win this war against fascist and extremely racist dictators.

Whitlock does an excellent job in trying to report the facts without any moral judgements in all parts of the book. Whitlock also brings the reader to see the mistakes as well as the successes and gives his reasons. We see the events of Anzio from the level of generals, and other events from the reactions of lower level officers and enlistedmen. This book is a true testament to the sacrifice of Guard soldiers in World War II. I wish there were more books like this one on Guard units in World War II. This is an excellent book to read for the amateur military historian.

A Thourough Review of a Battleworthy Infantry Division.......2003-03-05

The Rock of Anzio chronicles the WW II experience of the 45th Division, a national guard unit primarily from OK, TX, and NM. This covers prewar status, the callup to federal duty, and its' prodigious battle action in Sicily, Italy including Anzio, France, and Germany. Personal remembrances of former thunderbirds (the divisions' nickname) are widely used as well as the divisional history. Far from being a dry accounting of the divisions' exploits, this book is very easily read, with many small details well covered as well as the overall strategic situation the division was facing at that time. I personally wasn't aware of the critical defense of Anzio by the thunderbirds. Battle actions are well written and exciting to read. I would recommend this book to anyone with a special interest in the Italian campaign and it is a excellent companion book to Edwin Hoyt's Backwater War.

Thought Provoking.......2000-07-12

My late grandfather was a Thunderbird (157th rgmt, M co), and seldom talked of his World War Two days. After reading this book, I now know why. I can only imagine what it must have been like to live for days on end in a wet foxhole, always cold and miserable. Only have the faintest idea of what horrors he saw when Dachau was liberated. The stories of those days were never told by him. As with many men of his generation, he did not want to remember those terrible events of nearly sixty years ago. _The Rock of Anzio_ tells the story that my grandfather was never able to tell, a story that should be told.

Interesting look at a National Guard Division.......2000-06-13

I really enjoyed this book. It moved so well, and kept my interest from cover to cover. I have read many unit histories, and this work is the most complete. It cover the unit from activation, through all of its battles. Anzio and Dachau must get the highest praise. Anzio is written so well, I can hardly see how the US prevailed in that battle. I also never knew of the conflict between the Thunderbirds (45th ID) and the Rainbows (42nd ID), over the liberation of the Dachau Concentration camp (even having visited it). The author does a great job, buy this book!

The Rock of Anzio. From Sicily to Dachau: A History of the U.S. 45th Infantry Division

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The Rock of Anzio. From Sicily to Dachau: A History of the U.S. 45th Infantry Division
Flint Whitlock
Manufacturer: Westview Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000QA9C76

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This book analyses the relationship between commercial and elite culture in Britain in the early twentieth century. The development of popular national daily newspapers, the cinema, the radio, the gramophone, and other forms of mass entertainment threatened to upset traditional patterns of British culture. Writers, artists, musicians, critics, and their sympathizers responded in a variety of ways. Some engaged in detailed polemics against the mass media; others, such as those associated with the BBC, embraced new technology and sought to uplift tastes. These groups struggled against a culture that measured success by popularity rather than aesthetic merit. With the significant extension of the franchise in 1918 and 1928, Britain finally enjoyed full parliamentary democracy. What culture was appropriate for that democracy became an issue which pitted the forces of the market place against the influence of an articulate minority.

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The birds of the Bahamas: New Providence and the Bahama Islands
P. G. C Brudenell-Bruce
Manufacturer: Taplinger Pub. Co
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Birds of New Providence and the Bahama Islands
Brudenell
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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The Birds of New Providence and the Bahama Islands

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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I3J262

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The birds of New Providence and the Bahama Islands
P. G. C Brudenell-Bruce
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Pleistocene birds from New Providence Island, Bahamas (Florida State Museum. Bulletin. Biological sciences)
Pierce Brodkorb
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