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At what stage of their careers do great artists produce their most important work? In a series of studies that bring new insights, and new dimensions, to the study of artistic creativity, Artistic Capital examines the careers of more than 100 modern painters, poets, and novelists to reveal a powerful relationship between age and artistic creativity.
David Galenson's analysis of the careers of such major painters as Cézanne , van Gogh, Picasso, Pollock, and Warhol, such important novelists as Dickens, Woolf, Joyce, and Hemingway, and such key poets as Frost, Eliot, Lowell, and Plath reveals the very different methods by which artists have made innovations. Remarkably, each method is associated with a distinctive pattern of discovery over the life cycle. The book's use of simple but powerful quantitative analysis permits systematic generalization about large numbers of artists.
Pointing to a new and richer history of the modern arts, Artistic Capital will be of interest not only to humanists and social scientists, but to anyone interested in the nature of human creativity in general.
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New York: Capital of Photography
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ASIN: 0300094450 |
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For street photographers, New York has always been a city of unparalleled visual excitement, teeming with diverse people and distinctive neighborhoods. New York: Capital of Photography examines how photographers chronicled New York throughout the twentieth century, how the city changed their vision, and how their work affected ideas about New York throughout the world. This beautifully illustrated book presents the work of both famous and lesser-known photographers, many of them Jewish. An underlying theme in this pictorial history of New York is the critical role played by Jewish sensibility. Max Kozloff begins with the development of street photography that emerged in New York in the early 1900s with a local school of photographers led by Alfred Stieglitz. Documenting work, loneliness, play, conflict, love, and spectacle, this group came to define urban perception as the characteristic visual experience of modernity. Some photographers also became social activists, observing New York's ethnic and racial diversity and focusing their lenses on newcomers and marginalized groups. From the 1930s to 1960s, Kozloff shows, members of the New York School envisioned the city in a different way, as a processing center for immigrants, a site of commercial display, and a crossroads of world culture. In the 1950s and 1960s, photographers saw New York as an uneasy battleground, and their pictures caught the forces of civil rights, sexual liberation, and leftist politics as they clashed with traditional powers. Finally, as the century waned, photographers became more self-conscious, exploring their own and their friends' identities through the camera's eye. From Lewis Hine's 1905 picture of recent immigrants at Ellis Island to Nan Goldin's portraits of her friends over the past thirty years, these photographs reveal the true vitality of New York. The book accompanies an exhibition at The Jewish Museum, New York, from April 28 to September 2, 2002.
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Max Kozloff, as always, extremely interesting.......2006-07-08
Had really no time to finalize the book so far, however, quick overview: as always, one of the most original authors on photography (along with Ian Jeffrey), Max Kozloff exploits the depth of the medium with exceptional originality and taste. I would highly recommend to anyone interested in the medium of photography as such as well as to those interested in excellent criticism of nowadays.
An Exceptionally Fine Look at 20th Century Photography.......2004-02-12
New York: Capital of Photography is one of those rare books that takes on a difficult subject and carries it off so well that more is achieved than any reader could normally expect.
The subject is New York City in the 20th century. How did the most prominent and highly respected photographers look at and capture the Big Apple? That's the subject here. The only photographers that you might have expected to be in the book that aren't are Diane Arbus, Roy DeCarava and Robert Frank -- due to disputes with Ms. Arbus's daughter and the latter two photographers. So it?s quite complete.
I am a photography fan, and was familiar with most of the photographers covered in the book. But I found the book built on my previous understanding of their work by exposing me to works that I had not seen before and by carefully explaining those works. Some may be disappointed that many iconographic works are not included here . . . but many of those are referenced in Max Kozloff's essay. So you'll see them indirectly in your mind.
The plates capture many different focuses for photography, different styles, varieties of techniques and equipment, and different philosophies about the purpose of photography. As such, they present a catalog of the whole field of photography in the last century. That catalog is more valuable because it concentrates on one subject . . . in many different dimensions.
Frankly, how do you capture New York on film? You can't. Most photographers tried to capture tiny elements that express universal truths. Some succeeded in timeless ways while others created time-limited archives of the past.
As wonderful as the photographs are, the essay by Max Kozloff is what sets this book apart from other photography books. It's as though he gives you a personal tour of the show and answers your questions about the photographers and the plates in as much detail as you want. Almost every plate is discussed and some figures are added for context as well. Seeing the collection through his eyes was like suddenly being loaned an advanced degree in photography studies. Enlivened by this education, I'm sure my eye will always notice more about fine photography when I see it displayed in the future.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of this field. In addition, I strongly urge New Yorkers to get copies. The sights captured here will trigger many important memories.
As I finished this wonderful volume, I thought about how fortunate photography students would be if their teachers used this book as a source . . . and then assigned the students to photograph New York.
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Capitals for Calligraphy: A Sourcebook of Decorative Letters
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A Capital Collection: Virginia's Artistic Inheritance
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Tracy L. Kamerer
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For more than two hundred years the Commonwealth of Virginia has commemorated its history, culture, and notable citizens by commissioning and collecting art. Internationally important works, such as Houdon's Washington, have been on public view in the State Capitol, but the vast majority of the commonwealth's treasures reside outside the public eye, in buildings in Richmond's Capitol Square and at the Library of Virginia. A Capital Collection features this remarkable collection, highlighting thirty-one works. The book presents full-color images of portraits, sculpture, and historical paintings ranging from Hiram Powers's bust of Daniel Webster to Eugene Louis Lami's monumental painting Storming of a Redoubt at Yorktown by American Troops. Each work is supported by descriptive text with biographical sketches of the artists, chronicling major figures of American and European art such as Joel Tanner Hart, Francis Legatt Chantrey, William Couper, John Adams Elder, John Frazee, Alexander Galt, Louis Mathieu Didier Guillaume, Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, Attilio Piccirilli, William Thompson Russell Smith and Edward Virginius Valentine. A Capital Collection documents for the first time a significant yet little known public collection and is a must for readers interested in the rich artistic and cultural history of the commonwealth and the United States.
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Critical Essays in Monetary Theory.......2004-07-15
The author, who is not primarily a monetary economist, has nevertheless written two papers on money, 'A Suggestions for Simplifying the Theory of Money' (1935) and 'Mr Keynes and the Classics' (1937), that have become very well known. These are reprinted here, but most of the other essays that are included are new. They are the fruit of a re-thinking of these older papers in the light of more recent work; they lead up to a view of the 'Keynesian revolution' which is rather different from that which is usually accepted. They conclude with a set of studies of the contributions to monetary theory of three eminent authors - Henry Thornton, of 'Paper Credit,' the Keynes of the 'Treatise,' and the Hayek of 'Princes and Production.'
Table of Contents:
1. The Two Triads, Lecture I - pg. 1
2. The Two Triads, Lecture II - pg. 17
3. The Two Triads, Lecture III - pg. 38
4. A Suggestion for Simplifying the Theory of Money (1935) - pg. 61
5. The Yield of Consols - pg. 83
6. The Pure Theory of Portfolio Selection - pg. 103
7. Mr. Keynes and the 'Classics' (1937) - pg. 126
8. The 'Classics' again - pg. 143
9. Monetary theory and history - an attempt at perspective - pg. 155
10. Thornton's 'Paper Credit' - pg. 174
11. A note on the 'Treatise' - pg. 189
12. The Hayek Story - pg. 203
Index - pg. 216
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A behind-the-scenes look at how consulting works in the real world, High Value Consulting cuts through the jargon to put the power to get things done back in the hands of executives, managers and organization development professionals--where it belongs.
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Hispanic Self-Employment in the Southwest: Rising Above the Threshold of Poverty (Garland Studies in the History of American Labor)
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Self-employment is an option that has been considered a viable economic alternative for minority populations facing barriers to gainful employment in the traditional wage and salary labor market in the U.S. This book examines whether self-employment is an opportunity that will enable the Hispanic householder who resides in the Southwest portion of the United States to earn a living that will keep his/her household above the threshold of poverty.
(Ph.D. Dissertation, Ohio State University, 1997; revised with new Introduction and Preface.)
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Integrated Marketing Communications 1999-2000 (Cim Workbook Series)
Tony Yeshin
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This practical and inspiring guide to negotiating lifes passagesespecially career change and retirementtakes readers on a richly rewarding voyage of self-discovery. The ultimate destination: personal as well as professional fulfillment. A much-needed manual in this era of widespread layoffs, corporate downsizing, and a workforce in seemingly perpetual transition.
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A primer for those "in the desert".......2005-04-18
"What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?" is a must book for those who are "in-transition," thinking about retirement, or uncertain about their present career path (the desert experience). For four years, I have been serving as a co-ministry head in my Church assisting those who are either "in-transition" or contemplating it. This has been my number one reading recommendation to all participants, as this book handily addresses the first step to be taken before one moves-on, the step of self-awareness. Without knowing you are and where you want to go, you are doomed to a very empty existence.
Dorothy Cantor shares her twenty-five years of experience as a psychologist working with those who are seeking "what to do next" with key questions and real-life stories. While some, like me, may find the stories of little use, the questions she raises are the guts of the book and make this an excellent purchase. Some of these include:
What will I be doing when I am no longer spending most of my time at the work I am doing now?
What are the fifteen good things (besides money) that I get from job now?
What was it that I first longed to be when I grew up?
What are my obsession and reigning passions?
Who are my heroes, my favorite or most unforgettable people?
These and a host of other questions she raises will get one to think about their lives, their dreams, their gifts, their passions, and, ultimately, their direction. This is not a book to read quickly as this book requires the hard work of reflection and introspection to maximize its value.
Cantor has authored a very readable and useful book in helping those who are searching to start the next chapter in their lives - possibly the most fruitful and meaningful
Starts out great; doesn't deliver on its promises.......2004-02-04
The book "What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?" by Dorothy Cantor starts off with some promise. Early she says, "What we are going to talk about can be summed up as the capacity to grow and the need to choose....We will look at what went on before, in order to find some clues for the future." Later in the first section, she adds, "I'll show you how to pull those pieces together to sketch a plan for the next part of your life- the time in which there will be few rules, the time in which the choices will be up to you....Don't just leave the future to chance; do not assume that after you stop working, all will fall comfortably in place....design the years ahead, not wait for them to happen....you have within you, as we all have, the gift for endless self-renewal."
This is good stuff; we are off to a good start. But, in my opinion, the book does not deliver on its promises. Instead, we find that the author, who is a practicing psychologist, builds her book like a therapist who is trying to help someone solve a personal problem, in this case the prospect or experience of an unfulfilling retirement phase of life. This theme is exposed when she tells us, "Many people who have entered the after-the-job stage of their lives find themselves asking if there isn't supposed to be more to it....many such people come to my office for counseling."
So, the author presents four men and four women, "who sketched their journeys for me." My problem with what happens next is that the next 120 pages dwell on the childhood, educational, personal and vocational phases of these people's lives. Five of the eight still work, one retired one year ago, another two years back, and the other 12 years ago. So, a basic problem can be seen here: only one of those profiled has much of any experience with and in retirement!
I'm a firm believer that life, for the most part, only makes sense when you look at it in reverse. The variables along the way are endless: who we end up with as a spouse, what career we end up with, where we end up living, whether we are "successful" or not, etc. I also believe that the variables in the retirement phase can be endless, and, for the most part, are not controllable any more than the variables in our earlier phases were. The point here is that, for me, this lengthy exercise to learn who these working people are now and who they were earlier in their lives does little for me as a guide to my personal success in retirement. I just don't see these people as having much to say that is knowledgeable about the subject of retirement.
What I think the author may be on to is to open the door to the area of specialized retirement counseling for those who might need some "special" help. Folks who enter retirement with histories of having problems making decisions, following through on things, and being comfortable with themselves outside of their jobs might, indeed, need to look at their past to better understand who they can become in retirement. But I firmly believe that most folks do not need to go to the psychologist's couch as an essential step into retirement. So, in that sense, the essence of this book, in my opinion, is not valuable to most pre-retirees or those in their early transition.
Surely there are those who could use such help finding themselves in retirement. Willie Lowman, the central character in "Death of a Salesman" might be a candidate. After his death, one of his sons says of his salesman father, "He never knew who he was." Another candidate would be Mr. Schmidt of the "About Schmidt" movie fame. Talk about a guy that is ill-prepared for retirement! He came into it a mess, and he makes an early mess of it. He didn't know who he was, what he was supposed to be doing, or where he was headed. If someone is a mess before retirement, how could he or she not be expected to be a mess in retirement. And surely some people find success in the workplace in ways that will be difficult to find outside of the workplace. These folks could use some help.
Back to the book, the last 30 or so pages have some tidbits that are worthwhile, like breaking the transition into retirement into three phases: honeymooning, testing new waters, and the second wind. And on the final pages, she says, "Life keeps happening, and transitions are part of it....After all, growing up is never done." Sounds like good advice, but doesn't that mean that we've come full-circle in the book? At the end she tells us that we never grow up? If so, what was the point of the book?
In the end, I found the eight people profiled to be too few and with too little to say about the realities of successful retirement. As for advice about what one might want to do with extra leisure time in retirement, I'd point readers to the Activity Tree in "The Joy of Not Working," by Ernie Zelinski, as a much more practical way to build and to "pull" meaningful activity ideas for an individual retiree.
LIKE PLANTING AND TENDING A GARDEN!.......2001-05-09
As a counsellor, I have found many individuals discover "anticipating retirement" and "living in retirement" are two very different things. In the next ten years, I, too, will be "growing up" and facing this new chapter of my life. However, there are so many plans for my future, I only hope my health, financial resources and stamina will allow me to fulfill these ambitions. To me, retirement is like planting and tending a garden. First, one must plan carefully (you do not want to waste your precious years on activities that do not bring you joy and fulfillment.) Then, one should decide what plants (projects, hobbies, activities) to sow, not only to keep you physically active, but metally alert. Finally, one must lovingly tend that garden (nourish the soul, maintain physical health, and weed the emotional clutter from the past.) If you have lost a spouse, partner or soul-mate during this planting season, it is important to grieve, but it is equally important to know when to let go and when it is time to plant a new garden. Remember, time waits for no one. Only then, will one be prepared to start the next chapter of their life. We all need to have hopes, goals and dreams, no matter what our age.
In this book, the author points out the positive ways of dealing with change and how to plan and approach this new period in the lifecycle. Anyone approaching mid-life can certainly benefit from this book; it is never to soon to plan for the future. If you are already into your retirement years, this book may be just the inspiration you need if the years are not as challenging and fulfilling as you anticipated. The author has a lot to say on the subject and it is a great book based on sound advice.
Hits the Nail on the Head.......2001-04-21
As a mid-sixties professional who retired about five years ago from my own business,and then found myself in a true depression until I sought help, I found this book remarkably acute regarding the questions that I should have thought to ask myself, the planning I should have done, and the problems that would arise for me when I no longer had the structure of my working life to support me. Doctor Cantor's amazing understanding of the dynamics of retirement has helped me immeasurably to understand myself in what is an exciting but very complicated period, and her practical advice is advice I wish I had had before I retired!! I cannot imagine anyone approaching the later stages of life who would not benefit enormously from Dr. Cantor's insights and help. GET THIS BOOK!
lifesaver.......2001-03-15
Dr. Cantor has written a brilliant analysis of the fears of facing retirement, and how to plan for a meaningful life after work ends. I keep giving this book to friends who are looking for more for their anticipated leisure than bridge and golf. Dr Cantor outlines practical ways to figure out our strengths and interests to craft together a blueprint for the last third of our lives.
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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
Margo Chevers
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This book was written to help the reader through the process of discovering what they want from life. Step by step, using creative exercises, the reader will be led to finding the fulfillment they seek.
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book.......2005-05-02
Terrible, I could not make it through the first page without throwing up. I used it to start a fire. She obviously has no idea what she is talking about.
Wouldn't buy it if you paid me.......2005-02-07
I know her personally and she is full of lies. Would you buy a book if you knew that it was full of bogus lies.
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What do you want to be, when you grow up?: Career kids
Ayanna A Shamari
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THE MILLIONAIRE CODE: Unlocking Your Financial Personality
And Making More Money
Chances are you already have the BUILT-IN genetic make up designed to help you achieve financial security!
We call it The Millionaire Code. Despite all your hard work, advanced degrees and even lucky breaks—unless you identify and unlock this Millionaire Code, you may never earn all you can OR hold on to it.
Yes, the real link to achieving your maximum earning potential may be hiding in the not-so-deep recesses of your brain!
Think of it as your own personal, financial Genie that grants monetary rewards.
To unlock this pre-wired brain magic, start here. Ask yourself the sixteen EASY questions presented in this book. Your answers will identify which one of four financial personalities is strongest in you! Are you a …
• Powerbroker
• Pleasure Seeker
• Problem Solver
• Peacekeeper.
The Millionaire Code has only recently been revealed. During the 1990s decade of the brain, many neurological-based explanations of behavior were identified, and we discovered the same brain systems that respond to everyday sensory rewards also control money behaviors.
Once you know your financial personality, it's easy to transform your money weaknesses into strengths, earn more, even improve relationships with those whom you love. After this book, you'll never see money the same way again! It adds up to dollars and sense.
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Interesting insight into personality and behaviors.......2006-12-29
This book isn't about getting rich quick. If you're looking for a book to make you get rich quickly then this isn't the book for you! The book is more about exploring and identifying what type of personality and behavior you have, as the title explains itself. This simply reflects how you spend your money in real life. It also shows you how financially compatible you are with your partner and how to deal with money. As you married folks know, money is a big factor in marriages and can make or break a marriage! The book doesn't have simple solutions for fixing money problems, or some kind of plan. It's more of an informative book and leaves it up to you to figure things out.
Wish I'd Known Sooner.......2003-11-13
Great Book! Wish I could have had these insights earlier. It's a must read for everyone seeking financial independence.
Read it now!.......2003-11-13
A must read now for anyone who wants to discover how to unlease their financial psyche and improve their quality of life.
Wish It Were Available Earlier!.......2003-11-11
While reading this book, my wife and I each took the tests. After reviewing our "financial personalities", we had to wonder what different financial decisions we might have made earlier in our lives, as we are now in our mid-50's. Read it now and make those decisions or better yet, buy it for your children!
Great Concept!.......2003-11-11
I am getting ready to get married, and my fiance and I both took the test and read the book. This is a great concept that will be invaluable as we begin our lives together!
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No Canadian company has fuelled as much speculation about its demise as A.V. Roe Canada Limited. When its name was erased off the corporate map in 1962, A.V. Roe's most ambitious undertakings - the Jetliner, the Iroquois Engine, and the Arrow - were reduced to scrap. In Requiem for a Giant: A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow, Palmiro Campagna supplies us with new information to help dispel the myths surrounding the company. With an array of recently declassified documents, Campagna investigates the star projects of A.V. Roe Canada. Was the C-102 Jetliner technically flawed? Was the Avrocar a failure? Was the cost of the Arrow program spiralling out of control as historians have maintained? These questions and many others are put to rest in Requiem for a Giant.
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If you want the hard numbers and actual memos, here they are.......2004-06-30
Having read the authors first book, revealing the memos etc. surrounding the demise of the Arrow, I thought this book would be worth getting. I was right, to put it mildly. Very interesting summaries of the CF-100, and C-102, with some information that I had not seen before, it is a very good read. Easy to read, and VERY informative. The best portion, in my mind, would be the sections dealing with the cost of the Arrow. The cost break down, detail, and suprising bits of information regarding funding for the armed forces, will lay to rest claims that Canada could just not afford the Arrow. We could have, and should have. This book takes the financial attacks on the Arrow, completely down. GET THIS BOOK. Sorry, I usually don't raise my voice.
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- Authorship Puzzles in the History of Economics: A Statistical Approach
- Back to Shared Prosperity: The Growing Inequality of Wealth and Income in America
- Bond's Franchise Guide, 2007 (Bond's Franchise Guide)
- Bottom-Line Training: How to Design and Implement Successful Programs That Boost Profits (Improving Human Performance Series) (Improving Human Performance Series)
- Business Cycles: Theory, History, Indicators, and Forecasting (National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth)
- Capitalism, Culture and Decline in Britain: 1750-1990
- Companion to the History of Economic Thought (Blackwell Companions to Contemporary Economics)
- Competition and the World Economy: Comparing Industrial Development Policies in the Developing and Transition Economies
- Contemporary Post Keynesian Analysis: Keyensian Analysis (Contemporary Post Keynesian Analysis)
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