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Takahashi can do better, but still worthwile.......2003-12-25

All right, those of you who have read Takahashi's later series such as Ranma ½, Maison Ikkoku, Inu-Yasha, and even Urusei Yatsura, have come to expect more from the great Rumiko Takahashi. None of the stories in here are really stand out stories, such as The Laughing Target, which was in the first volume. Some of them seem dragging, like The Golden Gods of Poverty and The Entrepreneurial Spirit. They feel like just a short, shallow attempt to make us laugh. At least in her other series, there's been an extended plot which truly gives her more things to draw on and the stories end up seeming very meaningful and funny, but in these everything comes to quickly. Well, with the slight exception of Wasted Minds. Wasted Minds feels kind of like the others, but it draws you in more and is longer (5 chapters instead of 1). For the best in Takahashi romantic/slapstick/comedy/action, definitely try Urusei Yatsura or Ranma ½, and if you want to lean more towards romance but you still want your fair share of zany humor and peeping Toms, try Maison Ikkoku, and if you're a fan of Fire Tripper or The Laughing Target (both in the first volume of the trilogy) then try Inu-Yasha. So for people expecting Takahashi at her best, try again, but if you want to see the origins of who is in my opinion the greatest manga artist ever, and/or is already a fan of Takahashi, this is a good buy. Just don't expect to be able to compare it to either of her four main series, all of which I've mentioned.

funny, but not Rumiko Takahashi's best.......2003-06-09

This volume has "The Golden Gods of Poverty", all five parts of "Wasted Minds", and "The Enterpreneurial Spirit". "The Golden Gods of Poverty" was okay, and certainly strange, but it felt very weak. In the story, a boy named Sakae is used by his parents in an attempt to get money without any actual work. Instead of money, they get the Seven Lucky Gods. Unfortunately, these gods aren't very helpful. This story and the last one were the worst in the book.

The parts of "Wasted Minds" follows the adventures of three JCIA agents. There's Tamuro Gomi, who can teleport, but only from garbage to garbage, Yura Enjoji, who's really strong, and Sekoi, who is, I suppose, a regular human being. The "Wasted Minds" stories are the best in this volume, showing some of the quirkiness that can be found in Rumiko Takahashi's other works. There's also an attempt at romance, although I think that that should have been left out - it felt more like an afterthought, like it was tacked on. These stories made me laugh, but, once again, they weren't as good as some of the author's series.

The last story was about a school club trying to make money by charging people for seances. Unfortunately for the people trying to make money, things don't go entirely as planned. Really, that's all there is to the story - it's very short, shorter even than the first story in this volume. I didn't think it was very interesting or very funny, and it's probably the weakest story in this volume for me.

If you're a big fan of Rumiko Takahashi, you'll probably want to read this, but I don't think it's a keeper. Personally, I think it would be better to buy another Inu-yasha volume.

if you like the author, or short stories, go ahead.......2003-02-24

There's one short story about a boy who gets to meet the "seven lucky gods" (which turns out not to be so lucky), five that are about a pair of young people with extra-sensory abilities (one teleports, one is super strong), and one about talking to the dead ("The Entrepreneutiel Spirit"). All are humorous to a more or lessor degree. If you enjoy the author, you might want to check this out.

Note: this is VOLUME TWO of the Rumic World Trilogy.

dramatic, romantic, humorous, horrific...absolutely stunning.......2001-10-18

It's hard for me to decide which one of the stories is my favorite because all of them are beautifully drawn with unique plots. "When My Eyes Got Wings" left me breathless (from both the shock and crying) so I'll probably say I like that one the best. Others, such as "Sleep and Forget", "The Face Pack", "Wedded Bliss", and "A Cry for Help", also left me wanting for more. "That Darn Cat", an autobiographical story of Rumiko Takahashi let us take a look at our favorite manga artist's life. Overall, great story, worth every penny! (And I mean it, cos God knows I'm broke from the anime convention I went to this summer...)

This is a wonderful book,and worth buying........2000-04-25

This book is really very funny,intamate,and charming.I've heard great things about Rumiko Takahashi,and it's all true(unless the few of us without brains havn't guessed yet,this is the first book of hers I've bought.might I also add that I have no brain either^_^)Well,if you're still not convinced,I'll anilize it,k? 1.'Wedded Bliss'.In this first story a young married couple find out the joy of a good fight to relieve stress,much to the dissapointment of their neighbors.When they try to stop,or get evicted, it's the worst possible thing in the world.I really liked this one,because let's face it,it was just plain hilarious. 2.'That Darn Cat'.This is a little bit of Ms.Takahashi's own life when she is asked to look after a cat.Very funny. 3.'Cry For Help'.The laughs keep rolling in in this third story about a boy who cries louder than the explosion of an a-bomb when he's in trouble. With a little help(or is it?)from an alien he fends off his enemies. 4.'War Council'.Ever wonder what'd happen if three student cuncils were battling for right to plan the school's budget?Well,wonder no more.This entertaining tale will keep you laughing even after you're done reading it. 5.'When My Eyes Got Wings'.Unlike the other stoies, this one is more serious.Ii's about a sick little boy who falls in love with a Junior High girl.But this is no ordinary boy,which makes for a beautifully written story.This is one that makes the whole thing buying. 6.'Sleep And Forget'.Another wonderfully serious story(personally I like the serious ones better). I can't explain it other than to say that it has a little bit of horror,an intruiging plot,and is a love story.Yet another one that ultimately makes this worthwhile. 7.'The Face Pack'.This last story lets you down on a light note.It's about these kids who are into wearing masks,even in public.But they soon learn that masks are only used for entertainment,not for your own ends. That's it!Buy this book,you'll love it!I know I did.

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Popular culture's interest in celebrities who are no longer popular generally takes one of two forms. Either the formerly famous person is mercilessly mocked or they're treated with condescension and pity. In The Sixteenth Minute, authors Jeff Guinn and Douglas Perry choose a more interesting direction in profiling people whose proverbial 15 minutes have expired. The subjects, including Irene Cara of, ironically, Fame, wrestler-turned-novelist Mick Foley, and former Speaker of the House Jim Wright, are left to speak for themselves and discuss what may have brought them to celebrity, what caused them to subsequently fade, and what they intend to do next. In between the individual profiles, the authors take on one of the weirder rises to fame of the 20th century: Melvin Dummar, the aspiring entertainer from Utah listed as a beneficiary in a will purported to be from the late billionaire Howard Hughes.

Life in the 16th minute is not the same for everyone. Cara claims to be glad to be rid of the hype but is still clearly bitter about the movie and recording industries, former heavyweight boxer Gerry Cooney seems to have a much better life as a New Jersey dad than he did as an alcoholic prizefighter, former Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills has channeled his obsessive drive away from baseball and drugs and toward sobriety, and Foley, who loves being a novelist but is apparently not good at it, is continually drawn back to the ring and the fans who made him a star. But Guinn and Perry are wise to give so much room to the story of Dummar, whose constant schemes to achieve fame failed repeatedly but who by accident (or some say design) reached a level of notoriety beyond both his imagination and control. A darkly hilarious section describing Dummar's ill-fated Reno disco revue should be enough to make the reader never wish fame on anyone. --John Moe

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This fascinating examination of American celebrity asks, "What happens when your fifteen minutes are over?"

In the decades since Andy Warhol made his infamous prognosis that, in the future, everyone would be famous for fifteen minutes, celebrity has indeed become one of America's greatest growth industries. In The Sixteenth Minute, Jeff Guinn and Douglas Perry explore the treacherous aftermath of fame, bringing depth and insight to a subject that is often treated as superficially as the people who temporarily achieve it.

In a world where, as social historian Leo Braudy put it, "The world of images is so much better than real life," what happens when the spotlight clicks off? For their book, Guinn and Perry interviewed an array of individuals who experienced Warhol's "fifteen minutes" and survived, some more happily (and successfully) than others. The book's subjects span the celebrity spectrum from politics (former Speaker of the House Jim Wright) to professional sports (onetime Great White Hope Gerry Cooney) to entertainment (Fame diva Irene Cara), and, of course, reality TV (a rare glimpse of American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson as she frets about how to remain in the spotlight she craved from childhood).

No one who experiences fame walks away the same. All the men and women profiled in The Sixteenth Minute have had to move on with their lives. Often, they found ways to reclaim their self-respect, if not always their reputations. In a few in-stances, the desire to recapture former glory eclipsed common sense with predictably painful results. In every case, their experiences reflect our culture, where fame is often considered the ultimate life achievement.

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Interesting, but disappointing.......2006-08-20

I should have known from the jacket, all the people selected had far more than 15 minutes of fame, but the topic is intriguing so I read it anyway. One had over 25 years (by any conservative account of time) in the spotlight. After reading the book, I got the idea the people were selected because the authors had access to them and not because they illustrated anything significant about the aftermath of fame.

The authors devote far more text to the RISE to fame and TIME OF fame than to the aftermath of fame. What little analysis provided by the authors is limp. Gerry Cooney is the only one providing any depth on subject stated in the title. Jim Wright gives a perspective of what drives someone to achieve fame in politics.

I gave this 3 stars (and not one or two) because the stories were interesting and have value, especially the ones on Susan McDougal and Melvin Dummas. But the book does not fulfill the promise of the title which is a promise that deserves to be filled.

Surfing in the wake of fame.......2005-03-23

This is a fascinating look into what happens to people who become famous and then lose the media attention and perks. I thought I knew about a lot of the former celebrities the book uses to explore life "in the aftermath of fame," but this book shows that what's widely believed about celebrities is usually only half the story. I thought for example that Susan McDougal went to prison rather than tell all she knew about President Clinton, but the truth is actually far more complicated than that. I didn't know anything about a few of the subjects, like baseball player Maury Wills and boxer Gerry Cooney, and this book offers vivid portraits that serve as excellent introduction. The story that's most fascinating is Melvin Dummar's. He's the guy who says he picked up Howard Hughes in the desert and that's why he was included in Hughes' purported will. Dummar's faith that fame alone would make his life better is sad and poignant, especially since that's what so many people think today about fame. The Sixteenth Minute is very well written, with compassion and humor, and tells a lot about how our expectations for celebrity in this media age are totally out of whack.

Book misses the mark on a subject with great potential.......2005-03-22

I've long been intrigued with the concept of fame and - more to the point - life in its aftermath. The Beatles were in their early 30's when their spectacularly productive ten-year run ended. And while none of the Fab Four ever stopped being recognized celebrities as post-Beatles, it's also obvious that none of their solo work matched the brilliance of the music they wrote as twenty year olds. What's it like to the live the rest of your life in the shadow of your youth? What's it like when your greatest achievemnts -- the best work of your life -- occurred in your 20's, and the next 60 years of life are marked by mediocrity, if that? Paul McCartney is in his 60's now. That's 40 years of being famous and answerinng for something he did as a kid. The Beatles are a little unusual, as they are uber-stars. But what about those who truly came and went? Whether a musician, an athlete, or an actor: Is it better to taste celebrity/fame once -- even if only briefly -- and then to lose it? Or is it better to never have tasted it at all? I was so looking forward to this book and the promise that it could mine the depths of post-fame loss, depression, identity confusion, etc. (Ever watch Vh1's Bands Reunited? I love seeing these former rock stars pumping gas or waiting tables; you can sense their sorrow and confusion. What do you do one you are no longer a rock star? go back to college? go to work for IBM? ) Unfortunately, this book spends much of the time focusing on the famed life and accomplishments of the seven-featured celebrities (who are minor celebrities at best) rather than "life after fame." Certainly no great revelations or candid insights here. It's mostly mini-bios of these people's lives, with far less attention paid to life in the "sixteenth minute." Who cares about what they did. What are they doing NOW! Plus, what a strange selection of people to profile? My guess is that the authors sought out former "celebrities" who were still alive so they could interview them (both authors are reporters). Unfortunately, these living post-celebrities are still invested in nurturing their legacy and places in history, a sort of twilight celebrity. This means they're not going to reveal much beyond how humble and modest their lives are now. Might have been better to do a more historical book on stars/public figures who really struggled in their later years, like Orson Wells, Richard Nixon, etc. If one's identity and self-worth is based solely on one's standing in the public eye, what does a person do when that fame abrubtly ends?? What's it like to be so recognized and so loved one day, then so unnoticed and forgettable the next? So many people struggle to become famous, most in vain. But what about the folks who tasted it and lost it? I so long for a real study on this fascinating topic. Unfortunately, this book just isn't it.

The Sixteenth Minute: Life in the Aftermath of Fame

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What happens when your fifteen minutes are over?

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OGL CyberNet is a complete core rulebook, released under the Open Game Licence, allowing players and publishers alike to set games and scenarios to the cyberpunk setting of their choice. Mongoose Publishing is releasing OGL CyberNet under a royalty-free world wide license, allowing publishers (of both print and electronic books) to use the CyberNet logo and rules to create their own settings and adventures.

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Needs a lot of editing.......2004-09-12

Picked this up the other day as I enjoy and collect high tech, futuristic, type rule sets. The book isn't bad, nice high quality hardback and semi-glossy color pages, but the content needs some serious editing. There are lots and lots of mistakes, unclear rules, statements relying on information that hasn't appeared yet (and sometimes doesn't appear), and grammar problems. On the other hand, Mongoose Publishing has an active website and has started to address some of these issues. However, for the price they are putting on this ruleset, it should have been cleaner, even on the first run.

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A quick and reliable way to build proven databases for core business functions
Industry experts raved about The Data Model Resource Book when it was first published in March 1997 because it provided a simple, cost-effective way to design databases for core business functions. Len Silverston has now revised and updated the hugely successful First Edition, while adding a companion volume to take care of more specific requirements of different businesses. Each volume is accompanied by a CD-ROM, which is sold separately. Each CD-ROM provides powerful design templates discussed in the books in a ready-to-use electronic format, allowing companies and individuals to develop the databases they need at a fraction of the cost and a third of the time it would take to build them from scratch.
With each business function boasting its own directory, this CD-ROM provides a variety of data models for specific implementations in such areas as financial services, insurance, retail, healthcare, universities, and telecom.

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Best choice for advanced data modeling........2005-07-20

If you will got this book, you will got perfect template model.

Is it worth buying a book for only one chapter?.......2005-02-15

Yes, it is. Because the other chapters have all sorts of useful content as well. This book covers Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Health Care, Insurance, Financial Services, Professional Services, Travel, and e-Commerce. Most companies, even if they aren't in those sectors, use the services of companies that are (or may do a little bit of them - offer insurance on their products, for example), and if you need to include these areas in your model, in more detail than was covered in volume 1 (the core Universal Data Model book), then this is the place to start. If you are in one of these areas, then the specific chapter has a lot of useful stuff (I have worked in Travel, Telecommunications and Professional Services), but it is well worth checking out the other models for ideas that can be re-used in your area.

A Great Time Saver!.......2004-08-05

The industry models defined in volume 2 have greatly accelerated our data warehouse/mart projects. We have used many of the pre-defined industry models for both internal and external projects. Again, a great time saver allowing us to "jump-start" our data projects.

Excellent, best practice industry data models!.......2004-03-31

This book provides an extremely comprehensive and useful set of industry data models. They have been a tremendous value to us by allowing us to reference best-practice designs on our projects as well as being able to save a great deal of time by not having to re-invent the wheel for standard data modeling structures. The models are extremely well thought out and offer insight into both effective ways of modeling as well as pitfalls to be careful of. The author shows extensive knowledge and expertise in the various industries that are provided. We have used many of the models from the health care, insurance, professional services and e-commerce models to give us a kick-start on data modeling projects as well as to double check our designs and make sure we didn't overlook anything important and we did end up modifying and improving many of our data models based upon ideas from this book.

The books offers an optional electronic download of the SQL for each industry for $400 but this is not at all necessary to benefit from the templates offered in the book because the book provides detailed data model constructs showing everything necessary to implement the models including primary and foreign key structures, attributes, relationship and attribute optionality, cardinalities of relationships, full explanations of the rationale behind each model, and even data examples for most of the models and attributes. We licensed the electronic download also and it saved us some time instead of having to manually enter the models from the book, however, the book without the electronic downloads is complete in and of itself, and it is amazing that one can buy an extensive library of industry data models for the cost of this book!

Also buy Volume 2!.......2004-03-09

This is an excellent companion to Volume 1 and well worth the cost for not only the book, but also the industry specific CDs. There is a separate CD for each industry specific data model, however it wouldn't take long for a person to buy just the book and end up spending more in man-hours trying to create the data model from the book, which isn't a very good use of your time. Buy the CD also.

My organization found this book a tremendous help on one of our projects. The time saved on just one project will more than pay for the book and CD.

This is not a how-to for data modeling, however I believe it should be purchased along with your how-to book if you are interested in learning

I know there are other universal data models available. However the others I've seen are either very simple, don't have a CD, and don't have near the content as these models, or they are unbelievably expensive.

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From the Introduction
In the end, then, the Vietnam War was a conflict of myriad complexities. It was a colonial war and a regional war. It was a total war and a limited war. It was a civil war, an insurgency and a conventional war - and indeed it varied from one form to another at different times and in different places. It was a war in mountains, jungles or open rice paddies depending on the location of the battlefield. It was a war of high technology and no technology. It was a war of airpower and a war of footpower. It was a helicopter war and a brown-water war. It was a war won on the battlefield and lost on the homefront. One thing that the Vietnam War was not was simply an American War. It was a war of varying and mutable contexts - a chameleon of constant change. The greatest American failure in the conflict was a failure to understand context. For far too many important American planners the Vietnam War had but one context - the black and white context of the Cold War; a context that begged an inexorable singular military logic and solution. A military solution that was so overly simple that it proved to be no solution at all.

???? The present study takes as its main goal to place the Vietnam War into its proper contexts. Though Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land cannot pretend to answer all of the nagging questions that still surround the conflict, it can at least begin to pose new questions that have too often been left unasked or ignored. Through the work of a unique collection of historians, journalists, and war participants Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land also seeks to spark historical debate and research by searching for new contextual answers to questions that many historians had thought long since answered - sometimes calling for a needed revision of the historical orthodoxy of the conflict. Thus the present study proposes to take fresh looks at several of the most important aspects of the Vietnam War and hopes to demonstrate that the field remains one of the most vibrant and important fields available to future historical inquiry of all types by scholars and laymen alike who seek an opportunity to help define a war of unending complexity.

CHAPTER HEADS An American war? The French experience. The North Vietnamese experience. The Ho Chi Minh Trail. The war outside Vietnam: Cambodia and Laos. The South Vietnamese experience. The civilian experience. Vietnam ANZACs. US doctrinal critique. The US experience. The river war. The air war. Vietnam tactics. Vietnam in the media. The legacy of war.

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EXCELLENT BOOK.......2007-09-13

This is one of the best books on military history and the Vietnam War. The essays are superb. I strongly recommend this book to everyone who has an interest in international affairs, military history and the Vietnam war.

Simply brilliant work.

Tim O'Brien: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)

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Tim O'Brien: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)
Patrick A. Smith
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After growing up in Minnesota and graduating from college, Tim O'Brien received a draft notice and joined the war effort in Vietnam. He chronicled his combat experiences in his memoir "If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home," and then went on to write the eight novels that are discussed in this volume. The novels reflect their characters' struggles with the effects of place, namely small-town America, in the Vietnam Era. Works included in this volume:

If I Die in a Combat Zone

Northern Lights

Going After Cacciato

The Nuclear Age

The Things They Carried

In the Lake of the Woods

Tomcat in Love

July, July.

A Companion to the Vietnam War (Blackwell Companions to American History)

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A Companion to the Vietnam War (Blackwell Companions to American History)

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ASIN: 063121013X

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A Companion to the Vietnam War contains twenty-four definitive essays on America 's longest and most divisive foreign conflict. These historiographical and narrative essays by leading historians examine the war in its most important contexts. The broad thematic coverage of the book includes the political strategy of three American presidents, the American military tactics and their consequences, the adjoining wars in Laos and Cambodia, the American home front and antiwar movement, and the intersections of race, class, and gender in both America and Vietnam.This volume represents the best current scholarship on one of the most controversial and influential episodes in modern American history. It also contains an expanded bibliography of hundreds of secondary sources to guide further research. For students, scholars, and general readers of Vietnam War studies, this Companion is a vital resource.

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An excellent portable seminar on the Vietnam War.......2003-08-10

This is a first rate collection of definitive, state of the art essays on just about all aspects of the Vietnam War. Buzzanco and Young have put together an outstanding collection of essays on the Vietnam War by an impressive cast of the leading scholars in the field. The war itself may have been created by the "best and the brightest" of the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations, but this book shows that the "best and the brightest" can be brought together to do justice to a complicated and controversial period of American and world history. This book should be on the shelf of every serious student of the war and it certainly deserves a place in every public and college library. Buzzanco and Young deserve our thanks for collecting such an excellent crew of scholars.
Yours truly, John J. Fitzgerald Longmeadow, MA
Vietnam Veteran and student of the Vietnam War.

Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture (Concise Companions to Literature and Culture)

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Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture (Concise Companions to Literature and Culture)
Josephine Hendin
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A Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture traces the creative energy that surged in new directions in the United States after World War II. Each of the contributors approaches a particular aspect of postwar literature, film, music, or drama from his or her own perspective. Yet taken together, their contributions demonstrate how different genres and approaches interacted and opened up new paths through this period.The Concise Companion embraces the diversity which became characteristic of the postwar period. Vietnam literature, gay and lesbian literature, American Jewish fiction, Italian American literature, Irish American writing, emergent ethnic literatures, jazzmusic from bebop to hip hop, African American writing, and postwar film, among other subjects, reflect a time of turbulence, change, and cultural enrichment. What emerges from this survey is a portrait of postwar America split by differences of wealth and position, by ethnicity and race, by agendas of the left and right, but nevertheless united by the sheer intensity of its creative drive.

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A Companion to the Vietnam War
Young BUZZANCO
Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishing (UK)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N5F01G

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gives depth to your appreciation of history.......2006-12-08

This little text is a good accompaniment to the main book, "Making of the West". Here, Lualdi takes the student in a tour of excerpts from original source documents. Translated where necessary from other languages.

So you can see a lengthy essay written on the eve of the French Revolution. Asking, "What is the Third Estate?" This Estate was the impotent assembly that represented the French people, as contrasted to the other Estates that drew from the aristocracy. The essay neatly encapsulates the rising demands of the majority of the people; suggesting why the Revolution occurred.

The book has many other examples. All fitting to give depth to your appreciation of modern history.

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First paperbound edition of 485 remarkable plates (over 2,000 illustrations) that accompanied landmark work of the Enlightenment. Sharply detailed royalty-free images depict agriculture, military science, metalwork, mining, textile manufacture, masonry, carpentry, much more. Invaluable resource for art and craft use. Introduction and detailed captions by Charles C. Gillispie. Bibliography.

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The whole story of Renaissance technology.......2004-06-08

A fascinating survey of how to do or make almost anything. Beautuful illustrations. Nothing like it.

The High Tech Guide to 17th Century Europe and America........2000-05-07

This book presents in fantastic plates an insite into the technology available to 17th Century France. This is also the technology enjoyed by the early settlers of North America and Australia.

The art work in the book in gripping. I first saw this book in a library and rushed to buy it. Aside from its beauty, the book is very practical. I know that with a copy of this book, some clay, lumber and a timber saw, I will soon be casting bells and cannons, making my own blast furnace and maybe even a bronze statue.

This book helps you realise just how much effort was involved in producing many of the every day things we enjoy.

I gave a copy of this book to my dad who loves it.

A must have for when the "Big One" drops.

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A DIDEROT PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TRADES AND INDUSTRY: Manufacturing and the Technical Arts in Plates Selected from "L'Encyclopedie, Ou Dictionnaire Raisonne Des Sciences, Des Arts et Des Metiers of Denis Diderot (2 Vol set) Vol 1; Vol 2
Denis; Gillispie, Charles Coulston (ed. With Intro. & Notes) Diderot
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This digital document is an article from Arkansas Business, published by Journal Publishing, Inc. on November 17, 2003. The length of the article is 1550 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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