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Mondrian: The Art of Destruction
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This book on Mondrian, one of the great pioneers of abstract art, analyzes the interrelation between his paintings and his theories on art and life as expressed in public writings and (largely unpublished) letters. Mondrian's art was not based on reasoning or calculation – on the contrary, intuition was central to his concept of the artistic process – but he always felt a strong urge to position his art in a wider cultural and philosophical context. Crucial to Mondrian's thought was the Theosophical notion of evolution, which required the destruction of the old to make room for the new, in life, in society and in art.Mondrian: The Art of Destruction concentrates on the paintings, the artist's major achievement, examining the influences that shaped his art: Fauvism and Cubism c.1910, the work of Bart van der Leck, De Stijl and the Parisian art world during the 1920s. Mondrian appears not as an isolated figure, but as an artist who took a keen interest in the world around him, a veritable avant-garde painter who saw his role as a creator of a new, modern culture.
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Start with an everyday occurrence, add several helpings of absurdity, a few cups of silliness, and a dash of sickness and you get Close to Home. For more than a decade, the goofy people and brilliant humor of this single-panel strip have put smiles on the faces of readers of nearly 600 daily newspapers. It's yielded 12 books-10 collections and two treasuries. The latest collection, Close to Home Exposed, captures the daily hilarity of the most recent cartoon panels.As the comic's name suggests, Close to Home provides humor that's comfortable and familiar; yet the strip also has a palpable element of danger or nonsense. Topics vary widely, from health care and parenting to car repairs and shopping. But whether it's addressing dating or death-or just as likely, dating and death-Close to Home always delivers the off-center laughs its long-time readers have come to expect."Close to Home is always a scream, and I love the goofy people that you draw. Truth is, I work with a lot of these folks."-Tom D."Where do you come up with these comics'! They are totally stupendous and are a big part of my stupid and nauseating life. You're the best!" -Sleepless in New York"Every day you make me laugh!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!" -An Online Fan
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Believe: Hope Springs Eternal Journal
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Watercolor artist Becky Kelly's "Liberty Girl" believes that hope springs eternal. This patriotic journal encourages hope and optimism.
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The "Believe Journal" is a Lovely, Patriotic Writing Book!.......2006-09-20
The "Believe Journal" is so beautiful! The cover of the
journal show a little girl as the Statue of Liberty
with a sparkler in her hand to bring off light, the
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This is the only journal I have found that is so patriotic!
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God Bless America!
The Best Journal I have!.......2002-11-26
I love this Journal. It is my very favorite. The pages inside seem dusted with starlight and moonbeams because of Becky Kelly's neat drawings. I love Coco bear with the wand on the front. I think it is great that part of the artist's proceeds from the sale of this journal will be donated to charity. The picture on the front reminds me of how wonderful our country is!
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Giant Monster Movies: An Illustrated Survey
Robert Marrero
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On the Publishing and Dissemination of Music, 1500-1850
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This classic book secured Benjamin Graham's status as a Wall street immortal. the carefully honed methods for finding undervalued stocks and bonds he described here have never been equaled, and have already outlived their author by more than 20 years. Even as Security Analysis has gone through five editions and nearly a million copes, you can learn time-tested investment secrets and strategies by going back to the source - THE ORIGINAL - and paying close attention to its wisdom. Written just five years after the crash, Security Analysis's message today is just as vivid, just as lucid, and just as vital as it was in 1934.
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The 1934 edition is the last edition you should buy........2007-04-08
My star rating is for the 1934 edition, but this review may appear for other editions of the book.
The 1934 edition came out before the creation of the SEC and deals with a lot of accounting irregularities that are not such a problem today. I suggest you buy a newer edition.
Some people seem to have a preference for the 1940 edition. The 1951 edition was the first one written after the Great Depression, so it dealt with businesses in a more normal economic environment. The 1962 edition was the last written directly by Graham and Dodd, but it is currently unavailable. The 1988 edition is the most recent edition of Security Analysis, but it was updated by other authors years after Graham had died. The 1988 edition is the one currently used as a textbook for Columbia University's Security Analysis course.
Best Book on Stocks.......2007-01-16
The best book for stock analysis. The thing that impresses me the most is that it takes investors emotions into account--the main reason people don't make money in stocks.
Best investing book I've ever read.......2006-01-17
Yes, this is the best investing book I've ever read, but I never read the 2nd or 3rd editions so maybe they are better? I do know that the 5th edition is absolutely horrible, it wasn't written by Graham and has nothing to do with this book, and you won't learn anything about investing from reading it.
You do need a strong background in accounting to understand this book. There are some archaic accounting terms used in the book that no longer apply today. A law school course in Corporations Law is helful here too.
Nevertheless, every more modern book on "value investing" never really explained it as well as this book written in 1934.
Yes, the book is long, but who said investing should be easy? If you want easy money, go to Vegas. I made hundreds of thousands of dollars in the stock market after I read this book. This book is more valuable than a college education and a lot cheaper.
A MUST read.......2005-08-10
Security Analysis is the most important book ever written about the subject. (...)
Sven Klein, Santa Barbara, CA
A MUST read.......2005-08-07
Security Analysis is the most important book ever written about the subject. It should be mandatory to read this book prior to getting any security license.
Sven Klein, Santa Barbara, CA
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A MONTH OF SUNDAYS is about the seven months that the author spent as her dying sister's primary caretaker, and after her sister died, the 31 houses of worship that she visited in 31 weeks in her hope of finding an outlet for her grief and getting some answers to spiritual questions. Her houses of worship include traditional churches, mosques, temples, Buddhist, Zen, Spiritualist, Scientology, Salvation Army, and so forth.
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Wow. .......2006-10-25
Beautifully written personal story that speaks to the universal experience of loss. At times, this deeply honest story is quite heartwrenching, yet the depiction of this personal tale --- often peppered with comical insights and characters who become familiar to the reader --- is heartening in its courageous depiction of how deep the wounds of death can cut and how the path to healing is long and filled with personal revelations.
Sad but good.......2006-03-11
I gave this book a B mostly because I have a really difficult time with books that are continually sad, even though I can recognize that they are sad but moving and well-written (as was the case with this book). Of course the book is a true story, so the author's continued focus on death is understandable, since she is unable to come to terms with her sister's death. However, it was a bit much for me, especially because I had thought it would be more uplifting than (to me) it was. However, I did enjoy looking at the different belief systems every week and seeing the differences between various religious spaces that the author encountered.
Not an easy read, but a truly worthwhile one.......2005-08-15
A Month of Sundays is a powerful book that reflects the process of grief better than any other book I've read. I deeply felt the author's pain and her need for spiritual truths and answers. Throughout her 31 Sundays, Ms. Mars doesn't find the kind of easy answers we all hope for, but this makes the story more raw and real. I wonder about her now, and I hope she has found some peace and comfort since writing this difficult story.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has experienced loss and feels alone in the quest for meaning.
Wonderful Book.......2005-07-05
In A MONTH OF SUNDAYS, author Julie Mars grapples with her beloved older sister Shirley's death - the events leading up to it, the death itself, and the chaotic feelings she's left with afterward. To cope with her grief, she visits a different church each week for 30 weeks in a search for understanding, peace, and meaning. Meaning does come, not with any grand, sweeping insights, but slowly, in bits of memory and experience. And that's what so beautiful about this book - the way Mars weaves together daily stories, past and present, as she seeks to cope with deep emotion. She stops to look at the events that most of us allow to drift by, and thus inspires us to pay closer attention to our own lives. She's a wonderful writer, and her stories are alive with her vivid prose. I gave copies of her book to several friends who are coping with personal loss, and copies to other friends, too, who are not - this book is for everyone with a drive to look deeply into life.
One Step Forward Two Back in Grief.......2005-06-02
Two Steps Forward, One Back in Grief
In the preface of her newest book, A MONTH OF SUNDAYS: SEARCHING FOR THE SPIRIT AND MY SISTER, Albuquerque, New Mexico author, Julie Mars says: "For seven months, I took care of my sister, Shirley, who was dying of pancreatic cancer....I witness her intense spiritual turbulence and her return to Catholicism....I consider it an honor and a privilege to be with her every day as she considers the state of her soul....As my sister's faith forms its final shape and hardens, mine disappears....When I return home to Albuquerque, I feel a driving need...to go to church."
So Mars does, for 31 Sundays, the equivalent of a month, visiting Christian, Sort-of-Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Unitarian, and nonsectarian places of worship.
Each visit triggers thoughts, feelings and remembrances of Shirley, their siblings and parents; and Shirley's children. Using simple, direct language, Mars interweaves her family's relationships, Shirley's advance toward death, and her own spiritual search for something she can call God, into a microcosm of human experience.
A visit to the Church of the Latter Day Saints evokes this thought: "My father taught me, expected me, to be tough, to follow my own strong will, and not apologize for it. I did. But secretly, I locked myself in the closet and cried so hard I could not breathe. Waves of sadness washed over me, washing me away, and I was enormously bereft, lonely, scared of everything. That was when Shirley would whisper through the door that she wanted to come in. I would crawl into her lap and drink in her silence."
Describing this intimate moment, Mars states a universal truth. Independence can terrify. Everyone needs a safe person and a safe place. Everyone faces the moment when they must lose that security.
The combination of universal and personal experience in this and many other paragraphs in the book makes A MONTH OF SUNDAYS: SEARCHING FOR THE SPIRIT AND MY SISTER a compelling, tender, and moving read.
So do Mars' frank descriptions of caring for a dying person, right to the moment Shirley becomes so weak, she needs diapers, just before her "Final Dive," as Mars calls it, into delirium and coma. Mars' spiritual search and its climax, add a final touch on the last page of the story.
A MONTH OF SUNDAYS is a thoughtful and moving book for anyone, but especially for those facing illness, death, loss, spiritual crisis, and grief. The story is not for the airport or the beach, but for a time to sit down, and think, about life.
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One Step Back But Two Forward in Grief.......2005-05-29
Two Steps Forward, One Back in Grief
In the preface of her newest book, A MONTH OF SUNDAYS: SEARCHING FOR THE SPIRIT AND MY SISTER, Albuquerque, New Mexico author, Julie Mars says: "For seven months, I took care of my sister, Shirley, who was dying of pancreatic cancer....I witness her intense spiritual turbulence and her return to Catholicism....I consider it an honor and a privilege to be with her every day as she considers the state of her soul....As my sister's faith forms its final shape and hardens, mine disappears....When I return home to Albuquerque, I feel a driving need...to go to church."
So Mars does, for 31 Sundays, the equivalent of a month, visiting Christian, Sort-of-Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Unitarian, and nonsectarian places of worship.
Each visit triggers thoughts, feelings and remembrances of Shirley, their siblings and parents; and Shirley's children. Using simple, direct language, Mars interweaves her family's relationships, Shirley's advance toward death, and her own spiritual search for something she can call God, into a microcosm of human experience.
A visit to the Church of the Latter Day Saints evokes this thought: "My father taught me, expected me, to be tough, to follow my own strong will, and not apologize for it. I did. But secretly, I locked myself in the closet and cried so hard I could not breathe. Waves of sadness washed over me, washing me away, and I was enormously bereft, lonely, scared of everything. That was when Shirley would whisper through the door that she wanted to come in. I would crawl into her lap and drink in her silence."
Describing this intimate moment, Mars states a universal truth. Independence can terrify. Everyone needs a safe person and a safe place. Everyone faces the moment when they must lose that security.
The combination of universal and personal experience in this and many other paragraphs in the book makes A MONTH OF SUNDAYS: SEARCHING FOR THE SPIRIT AND MY SISTER a compelling, tender, and moving read.
So do Mars' frank descriptions of caring for a dying person, right to the moment Shirley becomes so weak, she needs diapers, just before her "Final Dive," as Mars calls it, into delirium and coma. Mars' spiritual search and its climax, add a final touch on the last page of the story.
A MONTH OF SUNDAYS is a thoughtful and moving book for anyone, but especially for those facing illness, death, loss, spiritual crisis, and grief. The story is not for the airport or the beach, but for a time to sit down, and think, about life.
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Why CW combat degraded into trench warfare.......2006-03-13
While author Edward Hagerman agrees with the questionable assumption that the rifled musket transformed warfare by strengthening the defense, he takes a broad view to explain why Civil War combat degraded into trench warfare. Hagerman stresses Mahan's doctrine of using field fortifications in one area in order to allow maneuver elsewhere on the battlefield. Lower population density than Europe meant that Napoleonic logistics assumptions were completely inadequate. Making frequent mention of an army's wagons per 1,000 men, as well as the distance it could march from its railhead, the author shows how wide ranging maneuver was impractical, forcing all commanders, but Lee in particular, to confront his adversary directly. The author also states that American ideology prevented staff development, which combined with generally poor use of signals and the telegraph, helped lead to indecisive combat. As a result of all these factors, Civil War combat was indecisive, and trench warfare was the inevitable result. Minimal mention is made of the failure of Civil War armies to make combined use of infantry with cavalry. This could be explained by the author's conclusion, without discussing weapons in any meaningful way, that the rifle musket was a significant improvement over smoothbores. The book is strongest on the Army of the Potomac, and some of the author's conclusions are questionable, but the book is full of thought provoking insight and is well worth reading. It is an invaluable addition to our understanding of the war. Unfortunately, a conclusion, which could have made his thoughts more clear, is not given, and the book ends abruptly. Although it is well written, the book may not appeal to beginning Civil War buffs.
One for the specialist ..........2000-10-24
I enjoyed this book, but must admit it comes behind Archer Jones, Bruce Catton, Peter Cozzens, Paddy Griffith and the other great historians who have tackled military aspects of the Civil War. It is rather dry, but one can see how the US army became one of the best equipped armies in history with an enormous logistical 'tail' compared to (say) the Russian, Chinese or British armies. What Hagerman showed for me the falsity of the claim that the Civil War was the first 'modern' war - e.g. while railways were important, away from the railhead, the armies depended on horses and oxen, much as Napoleon did. McClellan does emerge as somewhat of an innovator in his proposal for 'flying columns' living off light rations. Oddly enough, Grant put this experiment to an end when he became commanding General - perhaps he felt that with such hard fighting ahead, it might be unwise to cut the amount and variety of rations. Similarly, while there were innovations in staff organisations (Jackson, for example, make very effective use of his staff), there was no revolution such as was then taking place in the Prussian army. I suppose the Civil War was on the 'cusp' of a military revolution - neither exactly the last of the old wars, not the first of the new. An engaging book, but one for the specialist, I'm afraid.
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"Stephen Van Evera's Guide to Methods makes an important contribution toward improving the use of case studies for theory development and testing in the social sciences. His trenchant and concise views on issues ranging from epistemology to specific research techniques manage to convey not only the methods but the ethos of research. This book is essential reading for social science students at all levels who aspire to conduct rigorous research."--Alexander L. George, Stanford University, and Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
"Van Evera has a keen awareness of the questions that arise in every phase of the political science research project--from initial conception to final presentation. Although others may not agree with all of his specific advice, all will appreciate his user-friendly introduction to what is sometimes seen as an abstract and difficult topic."--Timothy J. McKeown, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
For the last few years, Stephen Van Evera has greeted new graduate students at MIT with a commonsense introduction to qualitative methods in the social sciences. His helpful hints, always warmly received, grew from a handful of memos to an underground classic primer. That primer has now evolved into a book of how-to information about graduate study, which is essential reading for graduate students and undergraduates in political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, and history--and for their advisers.
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Practical guide to research/writing (and the arrows work).......2002-08-06
Van Evera's book is simple, to be sure, but not simplistic; a prior reviewer's gibes at the notion of flow-charting a theory, with arrows, are a bit off the mark. As the reviewer notes, a theory designates a causal relationship. If so -- no matter what its other "good" points (parsimony, explanatory reach, etc) -- you can draw that causal relationship between the various independent variables and the dependent variable they help to explain. You can even draw it with arrows.
In general this book is recommended for 1st or 2nd year political science graduate students, and useful for advanced undergraduates (who will only care about the 1st 100 pages or so). It is clear and eminently practical. Other reviewers are right to imply there is little here in the way of philosophy of science in the broadest sense. But that merely makes this book a complement, not a substitute, to more esoteric explorations of the topic.
Got Arrow Diagram?.......2002-03-16
In this book Mr. Van Evera introduces the reader to the gospel of arrow diagraming, in which all political science theories must be drawn as letters, representing variables, with arrows (representing causality) connecting them. Thus, to quote Van Evera, "a theory that cannot be arrow-diagrammed is not a theory and needs reframing to become a theory." Thus, by his measure, much of the poli sci "theories" are not theories at all. So what are GOOD theories, for van Evera, besides those that are easily arrow-diagramed?
Theories are general statements that describe and explain the causes or effects of classes of phenomena. They are composed of causal laws or hypotheses, explanations, and antecedent conditions. Explanations are also composed of causal laws or hypotheses, which are in turn composed of dependent and independent variables. A good theory has 7 characteristics: it has large explanatory power (importance, explanatory range, applicability), and is parsimonious, satisfying, clearly framed, falsifiable, explains important phenomena, and has "prescriptive richness."
In short, the book might teach newbies a thing or two about methodological rigor and research design, but is certainly no model of sophistication. In fact, the book is a perfect example of why American political "science" is sometimes mocked by the rest of the academic world.
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Nurturing the Peacemakers in Our Students by Chris Weber is the only book I have seen that gives classroom teachers the key to teaching peace. Study it. Teach it. And give your students the key to a hopeful future.
- Barry Lane, Author of After THE END
This profound book . . . offers teachers a stunning reminder that the most important standard is how we treat each other within our schools, our communities, and this world.
- Jim Burke, author of The English Teacher's Companion, Second Edition
Nurturing the Peacemakers in Our Students will renew your faith in the power of stories, the power of the imagination, the power of teaching.
- Carol Jago, author of Papers, Papers, Papers
Using both historic and contemporary war images, drawing on the wisdom of both students and experienced teachers, Nurturing the Peacemakers in Our Students offers strategies for helping children speak aloud their connection to the world.
- Susan Ohanian, author of One Size Fits Few
What kind of world do you wish for your students? For all people? Nurturing the Peacemakers in Our Students offers middle and high school teachers fresh ideas to inspire and nurture the peacemakers among their students by showing them how adolescents have experienced war.
Chris Weber, as well as a wonderful cast of contributors, including Peter Elbow, Bill Bigelow, and Jim Burke, demonstrate that through reading, discussing, and writing about narratives of children who have experienced war, students make connections between what they see, hear, and read through the media about military conflicts and their horrible human consequences. This critical examination of war then inspires subsequent opportunities for students to use their literacy skills to communicate with others dedicated to ending global violence. In fact Nurturing the Peacemakers in Our Students offers lists of online organizations and projects where kids can become part of a national, international, even global community of peacemakers.
Nurturing the Peacemakers in Our Students is an extraordinarily timely book whose call for empathy, consciousness, and critical thought gives teachers the chance to make a difference in the literacy lives of their students, in the quality of their students' lives, and in the quality of the lives we all live as citizens of the world.
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This text provides a generalized framework for understanding how knowledge is developed, acquired, tested, and applied to human affairs, enabling the reader to evaluate and criticize the thinking process.
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Produces infantilism........2007-08-01
Having been forced to use this in a college course, I can say that this is perhaps the worst college text I have ever seen. Meehan's pseudo-scientific breakdown of decisions into different factors would have been laughable had I not been assigned his questions, which simply asked us to summarize topic sentence of various paragraphs. Indeed the greatest irony is that a book on critical thinking asked no questions that actually required critical thinking, only the ability to summarize.
Don't inflict this book on your students.
essential reading.......2002-06-17
This book should be the standard text of a course in critical thinking taught in every high school in this country. The citizens of the United States need a book like this as a way of teaching people how to sort out the deluge of opinion and cant that spews out of every orifice of the media. Somebody please get this book back into print!
The best book on Critical Thinking I have ever seen........1999-04-17
This is the true use of critical thinking written by a political scientist. It presents a down to earth practical application of critical thinking. The type of thinking we all should use to make inportant choices.
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Funny and informative at the same time.......2001-06-15
This book is a children's introduction to the most awesome (if unseen) inhabitant of the night sky: the black hole! Using simple words and concepts, the book explains where black holes come from, and describes their nature. This is all done using the vehicle of a small boy first talking to an astronomer, and then using his imagination to travel to a black hole wearing a space suit.
My seven-year-old son jumped at this book. I liked that it was pretty easy for him to understand (except that the author repeatedly mentioned "mass" without ever defining the word). The pictures are wonderfully whimsical, while still contributing forcefully to what is being discussed in the text. Overall, I would say that this is a great book for children - funny and informative at the same time.
Real science presented in easy words and great illustrations.......1998-05-30
What happens to a star when it dies? A small child dons a spacesuit to find out. The gravity of the black hole stretches him out. Another child considers a thimbleful of black hole on a seesaw, outweighing a stack of elephants.
This book is full of hard science. But it is presented in easy words that a child of 4-8 can understand. The bright illustrations are full of motion and lend understanding and excitement to the subject.
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- Out There: Marginalization and Contemporary Culture (Documentary Sources in Contemporary Art)
- Overcoming All Obstacles: The Women of the Academie Julian
- Painting Summer in New England
- Passed to the Present: Folk Arts Along Wisconsin's Ethnic Settlement Trail
- Reading & Teaching the Postcolonial: From Baldwin to Basquiat and Beyond
- Realist Drawings and Watercolors: Contemporary American Works on Paper
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