Daughter of the Vine A Remembrance

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Reggie Jackson (Wyncote). Roy Campanella (Philadelphia). Pat Kelly (also Philadelphia). From the most famous to the little known, 350 major league baseball players came from the Philadelphia area. Now, for the first time, celebrated baseball historian Rich Westcott brings these native sons home.

In this short book, Westcott offers profiles of some of the most celebrated, talented, and often just hardest-working athletes to ever lift a bat and glove in major league baseball. He tells of the athletes like Mr. October, who were born here and went away, and others, like Kensington-born Jimmie Wilson, who became a star in his own hometown. Throughout Native Sons, Westcott recounts the startling careers of some incredible players, and recreates for readers the magical place they all called home.

Rich Westcott's Philadelphia All-Star Team:

Reggie Jackson (Wyncote)
Goose Goslin (Salem, NJ)
Del Ennis (Philadelphia)
Mickey Vernon (Marcus Hook)
Eddie Stanky (Philadelphia)

Jimmy Dykes (Philadelphia)
Buck Weaver (Pottstown)
Roy Campanella (Philadelphia)
Bucky Walters (Philadelphia)
Herb Pennock (Kennett Square)
Ray Narleski (Camden, NJ)
Eddie Miksis (Burlington, NJ)

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Generously illustrated with movie stills, historical photos, and posters in a stunning four-color book design—the only official tie-in to the new film, starring Will Smith and directed by Michael Mann (The Insider). Includes over 200 images, the screenplay, behind-the-scenes stories, and writings by Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Wilfred Sheed, David Remnick, Thomas Hauser, and Pete Hamill, among others. Filmed in five months in six cities throughout America and Africa, Ali focuses on 1964-1974, from the night in Miami when 22-year-old Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title, to the stunning upset in Africa ten years later when the fighter regained his crown from a hugely favored George Foreman. With the real Muhammad Ali involved in the filmmaking, as well as his close friend photographer Howard Bingham (who is also a character in the film), Ali takes us into the ring, the strategy sessions, the bedrooms, and straight into the mind and heart of the man who, as biographer Thomas Hauser wrote, "has become a legend in his own lifetime."

Customer Reviews:

a nice companion book to the film.......2003-07-22

While this book is basically a glossy version of the film's production notes, it does have some very nice pictures from the film and some of Howard Bingham's famous photos of Ali and the film's screenplay (albeit condensed and squished in there). What is nice about the book is that they pad it out with writings from the likes of Norman Mailer and do try to put Ali's life in a historical context. In this sense, it is a nice companion piece to the film because it fills in more of the gaps on Mann's rather Expressionistic take. Good reading.

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Ali: The Movie and the Man
Eric Roth
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MUBOS0

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How did the U.S. get so obsessed with cleanliness? Indiana historian Suellen Hoy goes back to the 19th century to explain how a decades-long struggle to educate government and the public on the need for sanitation and health reforms has now turned into a cultural obsession fueled by many millions of dollars in carefully calibrated ad campaigns. It may have originally been a question of stopping disease in America's booming new cities, but now it's really about our self-image--and the private house-cleaning business is booming.

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Americans in the early 19th century were, as one foreign traveller bluntly put it, "filthy, bordering on the beastly"--perfectly at home in dirty, bug-infested, malodorous surroundings. Many a home swarmed with flies, barnyard animals, dust, and dirt; clothes were seldom washed; men hardly ever shaved or bathed. Yet gradually all this changed, and today, Americans are known worldwide for their obsession with cleanliness--for their sophisticated plumbing, daily bathing, shiny hair and teeth, and spotless clothes. In Chasing Dirt, Suellen Hoy provides a colorful history of this remarkable transformation from "dreadfully dirty" to "cleaner than clean," ranging from the pre-Civil War era to the 1950s, when American's obsession with cleanliness reached its peak. Hoy offers here a fascinating narrative, filled with vivid portraits of the men and especially the women who helped America come clean. She examines the work of early promoters of cleanliness, such as Catharine Beecher and Sylvester Graham; and describes how the Civil War marked a turning point in our attitudes toward cleanliness, discussing the work of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, headed by Frederick Law Olmsted, and revealing how the efforts of Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War inspired American women--such as Dorothea Dix, Clara Barton, and Louisa May Alcott--to volunteer as nurses during the war. We also read of the postwar efforts of George E. Waring, Jr., a sanitary engineer who constructed sewer systems around the nation and who, as head of New York City's street-cleaning department, transformed the city from the nation's dirtiest to the nation's cleanest in three years. Hoy details the efforts to convince African-Americans and immigrants of the importance of cleanliness, examining the efforts of Booker T. Washington (who preached the "gospel of the toothbrush"), Jane Addams at Hull House, and Lillian Wald at the Henry Street Settlement House. Indeed, we see how cleanliness gradually shifted from a way to prevent disease to a way to assimilate, to become American. And as the book enters the modern era, we learn how advertising for soaps, mouth washes, toothpastes, and deodorants in mass-circulation magazines showed working men and women how to cleanse themselves and become part of the increasingly sweatless, odorless, and successful middle class. Shower for success! By illuminating the historical roots of America's shift from "dreadfully dirty" to "squeaky clean," Chasing Dirt adds a new dimension to our understanding of our national culture. And along the way, it provides colorful and often amusing social history as well as insight into what makes Americans the way we are today.

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Fascinating stuff........2002-10-17

A surpringly interesting account of the history of cleanliness in the U.S. From the early 18th century when 'good clean dirt' was considered the sign of a healthy working man, through the 20th century when 'sanitary' became the key, we read about a little known aspect of social history.

Another review suggests that this is essential reading for the public health professional. It is not, however, an academic text, but a book of interest to anyone who likes to learn about REAL history -- not just battles and presidents, but how real people lived.

A must own for the public health professional........1997-06-13

"Chasing Dirt" tells the story of cleanliness (and the lack thereof) in America in an engaging, charming, way. Hoy vividly describes the the day to day battle against filth and dirt, and how for immigrants, becoming clean was part of becoming American. A must own for the public health professional.

Chasing Dirt; The American Pursuit of Cleanliness.

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Chasing Dirt; The American Pursuit of Cleanliness.
Suellen Hoy
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OK8IEQ

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An all-new young reader adaptation of the second Dragonlance novel.

The next Dragonlance novel in the trilogy that launched the entire Dragonlance line, Dragons of Winter Night has been adapted to a format specifically targeted at young readers. The novel has been divided into two volumes, The Nightmare Lands and To the Gates of Palanthas, that are sized to fit the young reader market. These titles contain brand new cover art and interior art and are a continuation of the overall young reader adaptation of the entire Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy.

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Great book.......2005-02-22

This book is amazing! You should read the whole series. You will not regret it.

What a great book!.......2004-08-26

TO THE GATES OF PALANTHAS was a great book! I have already read the adult version of this book, it is also the original, and this book brings out the true beauty of the DRAGONLANCE series! Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman made a great decision in creating children versions of the book!

The authors are really great at making you wonder about certain events that could happen. They keep you on the edge of your seat. This book is really exciting, I had trouble putting it down and doing something else.

The characters are described very well, making the book even better to read. The authors really showed the personality that makes each character different.

The main part of this book is the war that rages on in the North of the continent. The story leads us to the fortress city of Palanthas. The battle is so intense, im on the edge of my seat the whole time!! There is so much action! It's incredible!

Not all the characters are in Palanthas though, so we get to explore a big amount of the world of Krynn. There is so much beauty on the continent that is all being destroyed. The authors portray the time as a time that could come crashing down and destroying everything.

My favourite part of the book would have to be when the Dragon High Lord fights against her old friend. There is a lot of emotion within that battle, as short as it may be. Sturm, the Kngiht she is fighting, shows anger and hate.

The most dissapointing part of the book was when Sturm di...., I won't spoil it for you.

Another thing I like about the book is that Laurana, the elf, becomes the general of the army of Palanthas. The authors show how powerful and intelligent she actually was, something I wasn't very sure about before.

A great book! A must have if you are a DRAGONLANCE fan.

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Protecting Palanthas: Champions
Douglas W. Clark
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Discover a World of Champions in Dragonlance(R)!

While in Palanthas to convince the Knights of Solamnia to aid Solace against her neighbor Samuval, Gerard uth Mondar finds himself pitted against an old opponent from the War of Souls, Galdar the minotaur. But when the Knights' council adjourns due to a devastating magical storm that threatens Palanthas, Gerard and Galdar become uneasy allies on a quest to protect the city by recovering a mysterious stolen chest. The pair must track down the chest before its thief discovers the secret that will allow him to unlock it, thereby unleashing its terrible contents onto the world of Krynn.

Palanthas (Dragonlance, 5th Age, SAGA System)

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Palanthas Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Palanthas é surpreendente!!!!!!!

Palanthas (Dragonlance, 5th Age, SAGA System)
Steven Brown
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
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ASIN: 0786911999
Release Date: 1998-12-07

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Palanthas Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......1999-10-22

This supplement gives great detail on the city of Palanthas and gives plenty of story seeds for those narrators needing a good idea. Good to have if you want to run a campaign in the city.

Palanthas é surpreendente!!!!!!!.......1999-01-31

Finalmente um livro sobre a maior e melhor cidade de Krynn. Stan! realmente fez um incrível trabalho, descrevendo a cidade pelos olhos de seus cidadões, do mesmo modo que foi escrito The Bestiary, outra surpreendente obra do autor. Dentro do livro, você encontra MUITO material de jogo, incluindo dicas de aventuras( o livro é repleto delas). Recomendável para os que curtem interpretação. Nota 10. Amazing BOOK !!!!!!!!

To the Gates of Palanthas (Dragonlance Novel: Dragonlance Chronicles (Youth))

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To the Gates of Palanthas (Dragonlance Novel: Dragonlance Chronicles (Youth))
Margaret Weis , and Tracy Hickman
Manufacturer: Tandem Library
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Knoppix is a portable Linux distribution with a collection of hundreds of programs and utilities--a veritable Swiss Army knife in CD form. This practical and flexible Linux distribution runs on the fly from a single CD with no need to install anything to your hard drive. Knoppix's excellent hardware detection, collection of programs, and ease of use help explain why Knoppix is radically changing the face of Linux. Though Knoppix is the most popular live CD Linux distribution available, until now there have been no books on the topic. A weighty theoretical tome or a book for dummies won't do--the perfect Knoppix book, like Knoppix itself, must be as useful and clever as a Swiss Army knife. Clearly, Knoppix calls for an O'Reilly Hacks book. Knoppix Hacks is a collection of one hundred industrial-strength hacks for new Linux users, power users, and system administers using--or considering using--the Knoppix Live CD. These tips and tools show how to use the enormous amount of software on this CD to troubleshoot, repair, upgrade, disinfect, and generally be productive without Windows. With Knoppix you can:

Test drive a Linux desktop without the need to install Linux
Troubleshoot and repair Linux and Windows systems
Create a thin client network with just one CD
Replace a web server or firewall in an emergency
Perform a security audit on your entire network
Virus scan a Windows computer from the safety of Linux
Customize Knoppix for personal or business use
Easily install the popular Debian GNU/Linux distribution with all of your hardware detected and configured

Knoppix Hacks provides ingenious fixes, clever customizations, and time and resource-saving tips. If you want more than the average Knoppix user, this invaluable book is a must-have.

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Non Fiction.......2007-09-03

Firstly, Knoppix is very cool, and this takes the usefulness and niftyness of that live distribution on a disc and throws a bunch of ideas at you that you can consider using it for.

Some are of the fun stunt variety, but that is what you want in a book like this.

a useful reference.......2006-08-09

I bought this book to give me a quick boost on Linux and Knoppix as a whole. As with a number of these "Hack" books there is usually a good pearl or Hack to make the book worth while.

This book certainly does that and for someone who need quick tips this book certainly helps. I would consider this a key book for any sys admin's tool kit as it is very useful in support MS OS systems.

FINALLY, Answers to all my Knoppix/Linux questions.......2006-02-24

First, I have been trying to accomplish several things in the Linux environment that I knew could be made much easier:
- Make "kiosks" for a trade show environment
- Loading Knoppix on the hard drive
- Set up an all Thin Client network for use in public library or k-12 environments

I did all of those things (And many more) the same day I got my Knoppix Hacks book.

Knoppix has proven itself to be an excellent vehicle for promoting the "Usability" of Linux to those who still feel it is beyond the grasp of non-geeks.

The Knoppix Hacks book has proven that advanced knoppix functions are not beyond the geek.

I highly recommend this book to anyone exploring the Linux world and specifically the Knoppix distro. I still have more hacks to try, so I'll be back in a bit ;-)

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Great book for data recovery and fixing MBR.......2006-01-02

I work in data recovery and this book has some great tips. It shows you how recover files from a bad disk. This book also teaches you how to repair the MBR which saved me from reinstalling Windows. Well worth the price.

Great book, - dogeared already.......2005-12-12

When it comes to Live CDs Knoppix is by far one of the most popular. So much so that many of the other Live CDs are remasters of the basic Knoppix system. This book contains a lot of hacks that can better be described as how to do all the things you were wonder if Knoppix could do. This includes booting Knoppix with cheat codes, working with the Knoppix desktop, installing Knoppix onto your desktop computer, repairing a Linux installation, repairing a Windows installation, creating your own remastered Live CD, copying the system to RAM so the CD player becomes available, using it as an emergency router, file server, or web server, using it for forensics, and scanning a Windows file system for viruses. An excellent resource and useful guide for the person who wants to go beyond the basics, Knoppix Hacks is highly recommended.

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Drawing from her earlier and more academic studies, Lisa Jardine approaches the challenge of creating a new history of the Renaissance with remarkable bravura and all the boldness required to deliver a fresh and highly readable story of an age we think we know so well. In Worldly Goods, Jardine argues that while the Renaissance was indeed marked by a flourishing cultural identity, it was the material and commercial spirit of the 15th and 16th centuries that set the tone. Commerce and international trade provided the enormous fortunes that funded artistic production, and luxury goods, including great works of art, became important as means of displaying newly acquired wealth and status. It was an urge to own, a ceaseless quest for new horizons and exotic treasures, that fueled the cultural output of the Renaissance, according to Jardine, and that taste for conspicuous displays of opulence characterizes the Western experience of the arts and culture to this day.

That Worldly Goods succeeds in telling a captivating new story of the Renaissance is testimony to Jardine's literary and scholarly success at a difficult task. That her book, richly illustrated and well written, makes contemplation of its subject a thrill is testimony of a very good read.

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In this provocative and wholly absorbing work, Lisa Jardine offers a radical interpretation of the Renaissance, arguing that the creation of culture during that time was inextricably tied to the creation of wealth-that the expansion of commerce spurred the expansion of thought. As Jardine boldly states, "The seeds of our own exuberant multiculturalism and bravura consumerism were planted in the European Renaissance." While Europe's royalty and merchants competed with each other to acquire works of art, vicious commercial battles were being fought over who should control the centers for trade around the globe. Jardine encompasses Renaissance culture from its western borders in Christendom to its eastern reaches in the Islamic Ottoman Empire, bringing this opulent epoch to life in all its material splendor and competitive acquisitiveness.

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Wealth and commerce stimulate art and luxury.......2004-02-20

Although a good book with a valid and interesting point, the subtitle "A New History of the Renaissance" is too pretentious. Jardine convincingly argues that the astounding rebirth in the arts and in knowledge in general during the Renaissance was in god measure a byproduct of renewed trade, a commercial revival, and the lust for wealth and social recognition. Also very interesting is the demonstration that the artist as a solitary, bohemian genius who faces the world by expressing in his work his internal emotions, dates back only to the Romantic period. Before the late XVIII century, artists were basically employees or entrepreneurs eager to put their talents (oten as sublime as those of Michelangelo or Raffaello) at the service of the highest bidder or patron. It is a valuable book if only for the seldom-made link between the "new rich" and the progress of knowledge.

The birth of conspicuous consumption in the Renaissance.......2003-04-22

This is an impressive book about the economic underpinnings of Renaissance art, generously illustrated, and rich in examples to demonstrate the author's points.

The main theses of Lisa Jardine are that a "competitive urge to acquire was a precondition for the growth in production of lavishly expensive works of art" (12) and that "the seeds of our own exuberant multiculturalism and bravura consumerism were planted in the European Renaissance" (34).

Ms. Jardine argues convincingly that economics influence aesthetics. In the mid-fifteenth century the social rise of the merchant brought with it an aesthetic of expenditure, and "the art of Flanders like the art of Venice celebrated the triumph of worldly goods." (124) She describes at length the emergence of book manufacturing and trading in Europe, because "nowhere is the interrelatedness of cultural innovation and shrewd financial exploitation of a new market opportunity more strikingly illustrated than in the emerging book trade." (128)

One of the most interesting points she makes appears almost as a footnote. It is the fact that the conspicuous consumption of the European Renaissance is in imitation of the lavish splendor of the rulers of the Muslim Ottoman Empire. "Ostentation and authority went hand in hand; to be ostentatious was an important part of being considered a figure of civic worth." (72) To show one's wealth meant to show one's power. Pursuing this idea a bit further, one could argue that the initial spark for the phenomenon of conspicuous consumption in Renaissance Europe came - as so many other things - from the Muslim East.

The next question would be, how come this initial spark fired Europe's development but fizzled in the area where it came from? This is largely the story of how innovations are made and spread, and how the European 'newcomers' in the Renaissance caught up with and overtook their Muslim competitors (and models). For this story of comparative economic history, one has to look elsewhere, of course. It is not the focus of Lisa Jardine's book - which is not meant as a criticism.

However, there is one minor gripe I have with "Worldly Goods." The book is very good at arguing its case, but I felt a bit overwhelmed by the sheer amount of evidence supporting the book's rather uncontroversial, straightforward theses. For my taste, the main ideas of the book are not revolutionary or provocative enough to sustain the long narrative.

Overall, "Worldly Goods" is a successful hybrid of art history and economic history. Maybe art historians will grumble that the book does not paint the full picture of Renaissance Art (it does not), and economic historians will complain that it does not fully explain the mechanics of the rise of capitalism in Renaissance Europe (it does not). But there are other books for that. "Worldly Goods" delivers what it promises: a cogent and undogmatic study of the influence of economics on Renaissance art.

Revelatory Reexamination of the Renaissance.......2002-11-18

Were Britisher Lisa Jardine resident on this side of the Pond, she would be familiar in our mouths as household words, celebrated in print and film and certified a MacArthurian genius. As it is, she is simply the author of stimulating, beautifully conceived and compiled, engagingly written works of revisionist history with a uniquely, appealingly literary twist. Worldly Goods looks at the Renaissance through its material traces and transactions, focusing on the immortal works of art, yes, but using them forensically as primary depictions of a burgeoning material culture that invariably gets lost in our customary focus on "humanism" and the great "humanists." And the artistic evidence Jardine considers includes jewelry, tapestries, books, maps, and the full range of opulent artifacts that, assembled in display, demonstrated the stature of the owner to his or her beholders.

In an imaginative preface, Jardine creates a powerful hook, taking the reader across the surface of Carlo Crivelli's lovely "Annunciation with St. Emidius," then diving deeply to a close analysis of the imagery. What Jardine calls attention to is not the prayerful Virgin with downcast eyes or the calling Archangel at the point of "Ave!" but to the contemporary urban Italian setting of the meeting. Here we are not, as you may think, on familiar ground - "Oh, I know - Leonardo gives his Annunciation a well-known, but anachronistic, Tuscan background because that's what the era's painters KNEW" - because Jardine's analytic eye is on the profusion of lovely objects that literally spills into the street from the marble- and terracotta-clad house in which Mary prays: rugs, vases, hanging tapestries, wall and ceiling paneling, finely tooled books, ornamental plants, a peacock. And among these objects are items contemporary viewers would have immediately recognized as the especially prized and precious products of international commerce: Ottoman rugs, Venetian glass, Spanish tapestry, English broadcloth, and more. This is a commerical civilization in capsule. We are carefully led to join Jardine in concluding that Crivelli, in addition to inspiring a numinous awe in the picture's viewers, almost certainly sought also to create a "frisson of desire at the lavishness of (the) surroundings," in the service of a wealthy patron whose munificence was therein on display.

The revelatory point, of course, is Jardine's suggestion that "the impulses which today we disparage as `consumerism' might occupy a respectable place in the characterization of the new Renaissance mind." She prosecutes this thesis with great vigor, imagination, and thoughtful interweaving of evidence from commercial, artistic, scientific, philosophic, and literary sources (which, sadly, receive NO documentation whatsoever except for a bibliography that does not seem comprehensive). The chapter titles tell much of the story - "Conditions for Change: Goods in Profusion," "The Price of Magnificence," "The Triumph of the Book," "New Expertise for Sale," "A Culture of Commodities" - although each is an absolutely brilliant essay that takes its thematic lead from the title but interweaves collateral evidence from diverse sources and field of endeavor.

We always knew the great merchant and banking houses were also the major patrons of the Raphaels, Michaelangelos, and Leonardos and that all the geniuses of artistic beauty worked for commissions. We understood less, however, how thoroughly commercial the era was, how its opulence functioned, and how the spread of learning and beauty was born on commercial wings, for profit, as a series of commercial transactions. In our own time we've debated endlessly the question "Can `commercial' also be `art'?" And we've taken this issue up with just as much heat when discussing any potential "sell-out," high or low, from Julian Schnabel to Green Day. But the answer to this great question, driven home again and again in Lisa Jardine's spectacular book, is "of course, dummy."

(In addition to the unfortunately lack of scholarly trappings, the book's other failing, which I note parenthetically, is the inclusion of illustrations that from time to time are too small to assist the reader in following Jardine's close visual analysis, an absolutely essential aspect of this work. On the other hand, from time to time, as in her wonderful analysis of Holbein's The Ambassadors, she includes the necessary color plates, plus numerous black and white details, that powerfully advance the analysis. Although beautifully produced, Worldly Goods would be even better in folio - something to hope for - with larger illustrations and many, many more color plates.)

Why not bring Professor Jardine to the US of A (the combined Florence, Venice, Rome, and Antwerp of our time) for a few years - which of our major research universities wouldn't like having her on its faculty for a spell? Or how if our own patron creates the position of "amazon.com fellow" at Harvard, Yale, or Princeton? - and drop a MacArthur on her (she needs to be working here for that to happen), simultaneously certifying her genius and deservedly enriching her. She'd understand perfectly.

Persuasive, but no footnotes.......2002-09-17

I really would not have expected a book with at least some academic intent to have no apparatus whatever whereby the reader may take under view the same sources. Are they all unpublished? Or are some published and others not? Where does Jardine's translation (where appropriate)begin and that of others leave off. I find this extremely disconcerting in a book of this nature.

Maybe I'm not entirely persuaded on all counts. Seems to me that Columbus' threat to go to France if the Spanish Crown didn't pony up in a reasonable interval sufficiently explains the latter's decision to do so. To her credit, Jardine does acknowledge some of the economic pratfalls that mark the Renaissance, without, however mentioning any of the scholarship that claimed the Renaissance marked a business downturn (a case which I never did find fully proven).

Money and Wealth talk.......2001-09-14

Lisa Jardine's book "Worldly Goods" is in itself a refreshing view of the Renaissance. The typically structure of the period is to lecture on the enlightement of thought, such Erasmus, or political change as seen with the republics established in the northern Italian cities. Mostly though the Renaissance is connected with the explosion of art. However, Jardine clearly shows that the concept of personal wealth through materialistic possesion is not something new and had a greater influence on the Renaissance period then many would have realized. Her writting style is also a strength of the book as I found it fairly easy to get through in a short period.

WORLDLY GOODS - A NEW HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE.

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WORLDLY GOODS - A NEW HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE.

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Worldly Goods: A new History of the Renaissance.: An article from: Renaissance Quarterly

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Worldly Goods: A new History of the Renaissance.: An article from: Renaissance Quarterly
Lauro Martines
Manufacturer: Renaissance Society of America
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This digital document is an article from Renaissance Quarterly, published by Renaissance Society of America on March 22, 1998. The length of the article is 4358 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: Worldly Goods: A new History of the Renaissance.
Author: Lauro Martines
Publication: Renaissance Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1998
Publisher: Renaissance Society of America
Volume: v51 Issue: n1 Page: p193(11)

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The Corrupting Sea is a history of the relationship between people and their environments in the Mediterranean region over some 3,000 years. It advocates a novel analysis of this relationship in terms of microecologies and the often extensive networks to which they belong. This is the first major work since Braudel's The Mediterranean to address the problems of studying the area as a whole and on a long time-scale.The authors emphasize the value of comparison between prehistory, Antiquity and the Middle Ages. They draw on an exceptionally wide range of evidence - literary works, documents, archaeology, scientific reports and social anthropology.The themes addressed include past conceptions of the Mediterranean, its historiography, the history of primary production, the rhythms of exchange and communication, the pace of environmental and technological change, the geography of religion, and the contribution of Mediterranean social anthropology to an assessment of the region's unity.The book offers a provocative and innovative approach to the history of the Mediterranean, explaining what has made Mediterranean history distinctive.

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Mediterranean microecological connectivity.......2002-12-02

Mediterranean microecological connectivity

I like reading history. I enjoy with it. I am not a professional historian. In the last few years I have tried and read books offering a broad scope and general overviews of history such as this one.

In this work, the authors intend to study Mediterranean history as a whole, the history of the region. For them, the Mediterranean is only loosely defined, distinguishable from its neighbours to degrees that vary with time, geographical direction and topic. Its boundaries are not the sort to be drawn easily on a map. Its continuities are best thought of continuities of form or pattern, within which all is mutability.

In that sense, the distinctiveness of Mediterranean history results (they propose) from the paradoxical coexistence of a milieu of relatively easy seaborne communications with a quite unusually fragmented topography of microregions in the sea's coastlands and islands. The different chapters of the book are aimed to impressionistically show some of the prime ingredients in the normal variability and connectivity of Mediterranean microregions: the shifting along a spectrum of possibilities; the fluctuating relations between pastoralism and agriculture; the manipulative state with its taxes and symbols; the mobility of people both voluntarily -economic migration- and compulsory -military service- (not necessarily very distinct); a history of Mediterranean redistribution as inseparable from that of the people (who are often profoundly mobile) who produce, store, process, transport and consume.

The authors also warn that several central topics have been reserved for a Volume 2 to come in the future: climate, disease, demography and the relations between the Mediterranean and other major areas of the globe.

I have rated it four starts. Considering its content, I think it should be five; considering its readability, three (sometimes falling to two, sometimes raising to four).

Other books of "global history" I would recommend to read are "The Rise of the West" by William H. McNeill, "World History. A new perspective" by Clive Ponting, "The Great Divergence", by Kenneth Pomeranz, "The Dynamics of Global Dominance. European Overseas Empires 1415-1980", by David Abernethy and "The History of Government", by S.E. Finer.

A prequel of Braudel.......2001-03-03

Horden and Purcell have produced in The Corrupting Sea a comprehensive overview of the ancient Mediterranean world in the annaliste tradition of Braudel's Mediterranee et le monde mediterraneen a l'epoque de Philippe II. A historian of medicine (Horden) and a classicist (Purcell), the authors develop the thesis that one must examine the microenvironments of the Mediterranean in order to understand the broad trends of the region's culture and history.

This work is a must read for everyone who is interested in the Mediterranean --classicists and medievalists in particular. Every public library in the world would be well advised to purchase a copy. In addition to the narrative that is replete with extensive commentary, the volume has a very useful set of bibliographical essays as well as the normal scholarly apparatus.

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A superb book!!.......2007-03-22

This is, without doubt, the best book that I have read about telescope making. It is clearly written, full of detail, with good instructions on all points of mirror making and also describes how to make a simple mounting for an 8" reflector. If you have this book, together with Howard's "Handbook for telescope making" and the chapter on mirror making in "Amateur telescope making Vol 2", you will have all the information that you need to make an excellent telescope. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!

how to make a telescope.......2003-12-22

I'm sorry, this is my first review. How could amazon fail to give a good synopsys of this book? Anything by texereau is pretty much a definitive work on telescope making and mirror making. He gives good explanations, gives the math behind stuff. He also gives the best explanations of how to polish and parabolize a mirror that i have seen. Before you buy Ingalls book buy this one.

Some topics dated but still irreplaceable........2000-05-17

Originally published in French in 1951, translated and published in English in 1957, it was re-published by Willmann-Bell in 1984, with extensive appendices giving sources of even more information. This book certainly shows its age in its inclusion of topics such as silvering a mirror at home (don't do it - lots of nasty chemicals), and its omission of Dobsonian ideas in its section on alt-az mounts - it pre-dates that innovation. However, for a discussion of designing an optical system, to grinding and polishing a mirror, and especially for details of how to rigorously test its figure, Texereau is unparalleled.

Several other books include six or a dozen telescopes you can build, with some pictures of the final product, and the builder's musings on what problems he faced in building it; Texereau takes you through all the messy details you need to know before making a lot of time-consuming mistakes. Again, much of it can be skipped; he spends four chapters on classical Cassegrains, which I gather is his favorite telescope design. But this book is highly recommended for anyone considering pushing glass.

HELP I SEEK THIS BOOK IN GERMANY OR FRANCE (ENGLISH EDITION).......2000-02-23

HeLLO, WHO CAN HELP ME TO FIND THIS BOOK FRM JEAN TEXEREAU? ILL BE VERY GREATFULL! THANK U MADHU

HELP I SEEK THIS BOOK IN GERMANY OR FRANCE (ENGLISH EDITION).......2000-02-23

HeLLO, WHO CAN HELP ME TO FIND THIS BOOK FRM JEAN TEXEREAU? ILL BE VERY GREATFULL! THANK U MADHU

How and Why to Make a User-Friendly Sidewalk Telescope

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A Small Glimpse into a Fascinating Life

How and Why to Make a User-Friendly Sidewalk Telescope
John L. Dobson
Manufacturer: Celestial Arts
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Science | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0890877068

Customer Reviews:

A Small Glimpse into a Fascinating Life.......2003-09-22

I got this because I was interested in the man behind the "revolutionary" design of the telescope.
What John Dobson revolutionized was large aperture reflectors (thin, plate glass mirrors) on economical, sturdy mounts (plywood and teflon) that anyone could use that would enable one to see the Universe as it really is.
As a telescope making manual, it's fair - bare bones and not much theory. As an introduction to Dobson, it's tantalizingly brief. More info by and about Dobson is probably available on the web.
The binding is unique, and problematic. The front and back covers are plywood sheets (one of Dobson's prime construction materials) with a glue binding. My copy has several sheets that have become unhinged.
Recommended as a Collector's Item.

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How To Make a Telescope
Jean Texereau
Manufacturer: Interscience Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LWC2T4

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How to Make a Telescope
Jean Texereau
Manufacturer: Anchor Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O0587G

How To Make A Telescope - The Natural History Library

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How To Make A Telescope - The Natural History Library
Jean; Translated and Adapted from the French by Strickler, Allen Texereau
Manufacturer: Anchor / Doubleday
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000IY4S42

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how to make a Telescope the Natural History Library

Manufacturer: Doubleday & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H7KX5I

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HOW TO MAKE AND US A TELESCOPE
H. Percy and Moore, patrick Wilkins
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton and Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000V3M46E

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HOW TO MAKE AND USE A TELESCOPE
WILKINS &MOORE
Manufacturer: NORTON
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000S29B2I

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Not recommended if you want to polish a mirror.

How to Make and Use a Telescope
H. P. Wilkins
Manufacturer: W.W. Norton & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0393063232

Customer Reviews:

Not recommended if you want to polish a mirror........2005-10-08

It would be difficult to make a Mirror and/or telescope on
this book alone. The lack of diagrams would leave the novice in the dark. There is little to gain for the experienced.

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How to Make and Use Telescope

Manufacturer: w w norton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000BJF9R4

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