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Defining Edges: A New Look at Picture Frames
W. H. Bailey Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0810944898 |
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The choice of a frame affects the way we view a work of art in multiple ways, even when we are not aware of it. In this stimulating and truly original book, W. H. Bailey, an artist, designer, and frame consultant, shows how the frame is a vital part of viewing pictures and integral to their presentation. He shatters preconceived notions of borders and changes the way we see and understand art.Bailey examines 56 paintings-including some well-known masterpieces-to explore how their frames, many designed by the artists themselves, relate to the pictures they surround. As The New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik says in his foreword: "Bailey views the act of framing not as a decorative act but as a meaningful one. . . a vindication of the purely visual, of seeing as a form of thought. A frame can be like a superior detective, come to force the picture to confess its real intentions, saying, as detectives will: 'Come out, come out! You're surrounded!'"
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Sexing La Mode: Gender, Fashion and Commercial Culture in Old Regime France
Jennifer M. Jones Manufacturer: Berg Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1859738354 Release Date: 2004-09-23 |
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The connection between fashion, femininity, frivolity and Frenchness has become a clicheacute;. Yet, relegating fashion to the realm of frivolity and femininity is a distinctly modern belief that developed along with the urban culture of the Enlightenment. In eighteenth-century France, a commercial culture filled with shop girls, fashion magazines and window displays began to supplant a courtly fashion culture based on rank and distinction, stimulating debates over the proper relationships between women and commercial culture and between morality and taste. The story of how "la mode" was "sexed" as feminine offers compelling insights into the political, economic and cultural tensions that marked the birth of modern commercial culture. Jones examines men's and women's relation to fashion at this time, looking at both consumption and production to show the origins of the idea of shopping and fashion as specifically feminine.
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Foreign Investment in United States Real Estate: A Comprehensive Guide (Order No. 5430314)
Timothy E. Powers Manufacturer: Amer Bar Assn ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0897075609 |
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Foreign investment in United States real estate: A guide for buyers, sellers, their agents, and counsel
Myron Meyers Manufacturer: Dow Jones-Irwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0870942042 |
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The Guide to Foreign Investment in United States Real Estate
Timothy D. Richards Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0442272154 |
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The Foreign Investors Guide to U.S. Real Estate
Jeremy D. Smith Manufacturer: Oceana Pubns ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0379201070 |
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Agee on Film: Criticism and Comment on the Movies (Modern Library the Movies)
James Agee Manufacturer: Modern Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0375755292 Release Date: 2000-03-07 |
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"In my opinion, [Agee's] column is the most remarkable regular event in American journalism today."--W. H. AudenCustomer Reviews:
The Master Writes His Love.......2007-03-30
He created serious film criticism.......2005-08-21
James Agee, an inspiring critic.......2001-06-17
James Agee made his reputation writing sterling movie reviews for Time and The Nation magazines in the 1940's. Among other glories, he wrote a much-heralded essay titled "Comedy's Greatest Era" that helped to bring silent-comedy icons (most notably Harry Langdon) out of mothballs and caused them to be re-viewed and discussed seriously among film historians. He later went on to work on the screenplays of a couple of gems titled The African Queen and Night of the Hunter.
Unfortunately, many people who regard the critics Pauline Kael and Stanley Kauffmann have either forgotten Agee's work entirely or have assigned his own work to mothballs. But among the faithful are film director Martin Scorsese, who serves as editor of the "Modern Library: The Movies" series of film books. The series has recently reissued the AGEE ON FILM book, and re-reading Agee's work (or reading it for the first time, if you're lucky enough) proves that film criticism can make for reading material as compelling as any fictional novel.
Agee passes the acid test for any film critic: Even if you don't agree with him, his writing is so lively that you can't help enjoying it. His work ranges from three separate columns (three weeks' worth, in print terms) to Chaplin's much-maligned (at the time) MONSIEUR VERDOUX, to the most concise, funniest review ever: Reviewing a musical potboiler titled YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME, Agee replied in four simple words, "That's what *you* think."
If you want to see what high-caliber movie criticism meant in the pre-Siskel & Ebert days, engross yourself in this sprawling book. It'll make you appreciate the decades before every newspaper, newsletter, and Internet site had its own minor-league deconstructionist of Hollywood blockbusters.
Resurrected Film Study.......2001-02-17
Interesting to me is that he spends three weeks discussing Chaplin's MONSIEUR VERDOUX, which is a most unusual movie and mostly forgotten today. This might be because he saw it as his only chance to write a poignant piece on the greatest living film artist, or it may be because he identified with the plight of mankind theme that Chaplin was reaching for. You can pick another reason, yourself, but it was a bold decision, because most critics panned the film (according to him) and most readers probably couldn't even see the movie in their small towns. It was as if he knew he would be writing for posterity. Like all critics, he cultivated his darlings. He saw much in the work of John Huston and was very skillful in his sizing up of TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE. I was impressed that he predicted the all-time classic nature of the film, but also understood the studio system gimmicks that took away from the genius.
You don't have to be literary minded like W. H. Auden to enjoy this book. You'll like it, if you like movies.
More than we ever deserved . . ........2000-05-12
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The politics of American cinephilia: from the Popular Front to the age of video.: An article from: Cineaste
Richard Porton Manufacturer: Cineaste Publishers, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008FLMVI Release Date: 2005-07-30 |
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This digital document is an article from Cineaste, published by Cineaste Publishers, Inc. on September 22, 2002. The length of the article is 7382 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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Measure by Measure: A History of New England Conservatory from 1867
James Klein , and Bruce McPherson Manufacturer: New England conservatory ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0964885700 |
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Easy German Crossword Puzzles (Language - German)
Suzanne Ehrlich Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0844225088 |
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Easy German Word Games & Puzzles (Language - German)
Susanne Ehrlich Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0844221775 |
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Easy German Crossword Puzzles
Suzanne Ehrlich Manufacturer: MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COM ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000K2SR4E |
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Phrases That Sell : The Ultimate Phrase Finder to Help You Promote Your Products, Services, and Ideas
Edward W. Werz , and Sally Germain Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0809229773 |
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"An excellent 'ready reference' both for copywriters and for those entering the field." -- Robert Goldsborough, Special Projects Director Advertising Age "Holy smoke! This is amazing! A thesaurus for advertising copywriters. Where has it been all my life?" -- Denny Hatch, Editor Target Marketing Six seconds. That's all you have to grab your prospect's attention and make a sale. Use the right phrase or slogan, however, and you've made your sale. Use the wrong one, and you've lost your opportunity . . . maybe forever. Choosing the right phrase or slogan is vital to your success. And so is Phrases That Sell. It's the ultimate resource for anyone needing hands-on, instant access to the key phrases, slogans, and attention grabbers that will gain more attention and sell more product. Organized by category . . . indexed and cross-referenced for ease of use . . . loaded with expert advice on how to write copy that sells, Phrases That Sell covers everything, including those hard-to-describe product and service qualities and those product/service attributes that are subtle or abstract. It has 143 selling phrases to describe service, 153 for fun, 341 covering style and design, 180 phrases related to price, and much more! In this book you'll find:Customer Reviews:
Phrases That Sell.......2007-07-27
Media Sellers Bible.......2007-01-09
Beyond Your Wildest Dreams (Wink)!.......2006-12-03
Phrases that sell.......2006-11-06
PHRASES THAT SELL.......2006-03-09
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Red Azalea
Anchee Min Manufacturer: Berkley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0425147762 |
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This New York Times Notable Book tells the true story of what it was like growing up in Mao's China, where the soul was secondary to the state, beauty was mistrusted, and love could be punishable by death. Newsweek calls Anchee Min's prose "as delicate and evocative as a traditional Chinese brush painting."Customer Reviews:
Excellent........2007-09-04
Good but not as good as Empress Orchid.......2007-08-31
RED AZALEA.......2007-08-24
I still think about this book 5yrs later.......2006-11-30
torn from a family.......2006-09-05
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RED AZALEA
ANCHEE MIN Manufacturer: Unknown ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000S5HX4S |
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Red Azalea
Anchee Min Manufacturer: PANTHEON BOOKS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000UYGEX8 |
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Red Azalea - Life And Love In China
Anchee Min Manufacturer: Pantheon Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: B000IY6A9I |
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Red Azalea 10ct
Anchee Min Manufacturer: Berkley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 042514867X |
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RED AZALEA LIFE AND LOVE IN CHINA
ANCHEE MIN Manufacturer: GOLLANCZ ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000S337IQ |
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The Red Azalea: Chinese Poetry Since the Cultural Revolution
Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0824813200 |
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RED AZALEA: Life and Love in China
Anchee Min Manufacturer: Pantheon, ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0575057289 |
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RED AZALEA: LIFE AND LOVE IN CHINA.
Manufacturer: P/B ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0753810328 |
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Red Azalea
Anchee Min Manufacturer: Berkley Pub Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000V9JJPC |
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Laboratory Warriors: How Allied Science and Technology Tipped the Balance in World War II
Tom Shachtman Manufacturer: Perennial ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0380816237 Release Date: 2003-05-27 |
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The dreadful global conflagration known as the Second World War was more than the clashing of great armies on bloody battlefields. A different kind of war was being waged in the secret laboratories on both sides of the conflict -- a war that would alter the course and determine the outcome of the bitter hostilities, forever changing our world and our future.
While it is a widely accepted fact that America's development and employment of the atomic bomb ended the Pacific struggle -- and that the failure of Hitler's scientists to develop their own A-bomb helped to doom Germany -- little has been made of the other remarkable scientific accomplishments of this dark and terrible epoch. Edifying, enthralling, startling, and sobering, Laboratory Warriors is a masterful work that sheds light on the technological achievements that swung the pendulum of victory in the Allies' direction.
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Avoid this horrible book!.......2003-12-26
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Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy
Frederick Clarkson Manufacturer: Common Courage Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1567510884 |
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What is behind the violence against abortion clinics, attacks on gays and lesbians and the growing power of the religious right?Frederick Clarkson makes it clear that beyond the bombers and assassins who sometimes make news, is a growing, if not well understood, movement that encompasses Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition, the Unification Church of Sun Myung Moon and the Promise Keepers--the lead agency of the so-called Christian men's movement.
Drawing on years of rigorous research, Clarkson exposes the wild card of the "theology of vigilantism" which urges the enforcement of "God's law" and argues for fundamentalist revolution against constitutional democracy. Contrary to popular belief, these figures are usually neither nuts nor alone.
ETERNAL HOSTILITY concludes with a challenge to leading neoconservative academics who attempt to blame much of the current culture wars on the legalization of abortion while ignoring the theocratic intentions of leading "conservatives."
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Even more interesting given recent events.......2005-05-11
An eye opener.......2004-11-17
A good road map to conservative thinking.......2004-11-10
Eye Opening .......2004-11-10
How can someone so smart be so ignorant? Hatred........2004-10-23
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Eternal hostility: examining the struggle between theocracy and democracy.(book): An article from: Church & State
Jospeh L. Conn Manufacturer: Americans United for Separation of Church and State ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00097B1W0 Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Church & State, published by Americans United for Separation of Church and State on January 1, 1997. The length of the article is 749 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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PHEASANT JUNGLES
William Beebe Manufacturer: G. P. Putnam's Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000ODV0D4 |
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Pheasant Jungles
William Beebe Manufacturer: Blue Ribbon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000O2I9XO |
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Pheasant Jungles
William Beebe Manufacturer: Hancock House Pub Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0906864054 |
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Pheasant Jungles
William Beebe Manufacturer: NY G.P.Putnam Sons. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000OBD2T6 |
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Descriptive catalogue of Homer Davenport's wonderful and rare collection of pheasants, jungle fowl, Arabian horses, eyc: Davenport's farm...Morris Plains, New Jersey
Homer Davenport Manufacturer: Union Printing Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0008D4LUE |
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Jungle fowl
William Beebe Manufacturer: Published under auspices of New York Zoological Society by Witherby Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00089BLJW |
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