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Native North American Art (Oxford History of Art) Review

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Hume leaves very little if any room for reason to either direct the people will, or even work in conjunction with people passions or emotions to form any kind of practical reasoning a person can rely on to guide them on a path to ethical behavior.
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Volume 1 of a pair (see The Great Movies II which I reviewed earlier) of collected extended critical reviews of the most important movies of all time. This book includes all the expected, including some of my all time favorites like "Casablanca", "Chinatown", and "Citizen Kane", and some of the more obscure critic's-picks type of movies like "Woman in the Dunes" and 'Un Chien Andalou"--most of which I find are available on Netfllix, the modern movie maven's mecca.

Ebert's Great Movies wraps up my recent tour of movies from worst (The fifty worst films of all time: (and how they got that way)) to bad (I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie) to evey day (A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey), and while it is fun to laugh about and even admire the worst in movies, it is the best that makes us look forward one more time to willful suspension of disbelief in the dark.

But while Ebert and others can act as guides, we will each find our own place in the dark. One movie ("Last Year at Marienbad") makes both the worst and the great lists. Put these movies in your Netflix queue (yes, Last Year is available), turn out the lights, open your eyes, and you decide.Get more detail about The Great Movies.

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I have to agree with the other reviewer here that commented on Greenfield's phrasing, his quoting of Shakespeare, etc. It did get very tedious! I bought this book because I truly enjoyed his other book on the Stones. My first copy was cut up for the pictures (I was a teenager) that I put on my walls, the second was a used one that I could only find online, many years later. I cherish this book. But "Season in Hell" turned out to be a dud. The only useful thing I gleaned from it (hence the two stars and not one) was the writing about Gram Parsons. I had always wanted to learn more about his relationship with the Stones and Keith in particular. But the rest of it just didn't do much for me. I'll stick with Greenfield's first book!Get more detail about Exile on Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones.

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Am reading The Ghosts of Berlin in anticipation of a trip there this coming summer. Great book for those interested in how the architecture of Berlin is the manifestation of the city's identity crisis. How does a city, its inhabitants, its government and the architects who design for it hide or reveal or inform their turbulent history and future hopes? This book provides an insightful view into the urban landscape of Berlin circa 1997: "German architecture and urban design cannot escape the crisis of German national identity...A building or monument might be able to display the wounds of Berlin's past, but it can do little to heal or even hide them."Get more detail about The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape.

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Egri's book is an outstanding work for narrative writers seeking to move to the next level in their storytelling. Egri's idea on establishing a strong, focused premise around which to develop the narrative has many disciples today--Robert McKee's Story and Stanley Williams's The Moral Premise being two good examples--but Egri's focus on stage plays sets it apart from almost all of those subsequent works, which are directed toward screenwriting. Nevertheless, in spite of its emphasis on the theater, Egri's ideas work for writers of any narrative form--novels, plays, screenplays. I would recommend this book to any writer seeking to improve his or her sense of story.

But I wouldn't buy this edition again under any circumstance!! The formatting is bizarre. The text is in a tiny, tiny font with unindented paragraphs with no space between the paragraphs. The only way to determine where a paragraph ends is when a line stops partway across the page, but occasionally lines end somewhere in the middle of the page as well as the middle of a sentence and continue the incomplete sentence on the next line. Throw in occasional misspellings, entire sections omitted from Ergi's original book, no index...this version is a trainwreck! Any publisher who would do this to a book and its readers has a pretty low regard for both books and readers.Get more detail about The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives.

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Reading the book was a delight and a walk down memory lane for me, as I have known Noah and Logan since they were born. Best friend of their Mom and dear friend of their Dad.
I have been telling their Mom for many years that I knew that I would be seeing the "boys" at the Academy Awards one day!
I have shared their book with many friends and have passed it on to folks in our community to share with teens to inspire them to not give up their dreams.
I can't wait for the movie to make it up north to Alaska so I can see it..just seeing the trailer gave me goosebumps to see Ed Harris's transformation..he truly captured their Fathers essence.
I am so very proud of Logan and Noah for their hard work and making the dream come true.. and at their young age..I know for sure they will continue to be successful in each and every project they dive into and give their beautiful hearts and souls to.
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BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ IN THE SUBJECT CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS. I HAVE BEEN IN THE INTERIOR DESIGN FIELD FOR TWO YEARS, AND THERE ARE TIMES THAT A REFERENCE BOOK IS NEEDED. THIS BOOK IS FOR BOTH THE STUDENT AND PROFESSIONAL. A MUST HAVE BOOK FOR YOUR LIBRARY. I MUST SAY THAT EVEN TWO COPIES WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. THIS BOOK WILL NOT SIT ON YOUR SHELVE FOR IT IS FULL OF HELPFUL INSIGHT.Get more detail about Construction Drawings and Details for Interiors: Basic Skills.

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I love Andy Williams. Saw him with my family in San Francisco in December of 2003. His voice was golden as ever. Considering the lack of autobiographies, or biographies for that matter, of the great popular singers, this book came as a surprise. I saw it at the airport in Baltimore and was surprised to see it. I didn't see any promotion for this book. Had I not seen it there, I never would have known about it. I enjoyed the book tremendously. I didn't realize how poor his family was. It was his father that decided to use music to make certain his boys would not have to live in such poverty and saw it as their way out. A lot of interesting stories, particularly about song writer Kay Thompson, the woman who almost single handedly made Andy's career. Even though I really enjoyed the book, I was disappointed with the lack of mention of the actual recording sessions, his opinion about the arrangers he worked with (except the ones he mentions on his TV shows, and the brief mentions of Archie Blyer) and how he was treated by Columbia Records. I found it curious in the fact that he said he bought the master tapes of all his recordings for Cadence and had them subsequently reissued on Columbia. This is interesting to me because when I purchased the reissues of the Cadence recordings on CD that were issued by Sony (which now owns the Columbia records library) I was disappointed at the incredibly poor quality of the transfer. Yet, when I bought the same Cadence recordings issued by Varese Sarabande, they sound excellent. So I wonder if Sony only had inferior copies of Andy's master tapes, or did Andy choose not to license the master tapes to Sony? So more clarification on why this is would have been helpful. I also wanted more insight in his style of recording, how often he rehearses and if he had any preferences for any particular arranger or conductor. So I guess I wanted a more insightful look at Andy the musician, in addition to all the great stories he had told. A minor quibble, but as a huge music fan, I would have found this material invaluable. I would have also liked a discography of his recorded works. That too is also absent, but again, this is a memoir and not intended as a discography of his recordings, but even a small discogarphy would have been welcome. One the whole, the book is very enjoyable and is a must for all Andy fans.Get more detail about Moon River and Me.

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Highly recommended.
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Brian Eno's Another Green World (33 1/3 series)

Credit to the author for avoiding the straightforward 'making of' template of your duller 33 1/3 entries but unfortunately she never does arrive at an interesting alternative. The better 33 1/3 entries either work as almost a jumping off into something larger (Carl Wilson's Let's Talk About Love - probably the best 33 1/3 - examines the nature of good and bad taste, Douglas Wolk's Live at the Apollo feels like a lost chapter from Delillo's Underworld) or as a trip down the rabbit hole, really loving and living within the work (thinking here esp. of Franklin Bruno's Armed Forces and Eric Davis' Led Zeppelin IV, both of which abound in flourishes appropriate to their subjects). The better entries also feel like books, short books yes but nevertheless something necessitating the length, that what the author accomplishes could not have been done within the confines of a magazine. This on the other hand feels very much like a magazine article that has been expanded but not really developed. Lots of filler and many fruitless digressions. Pared down to a magazine feature the gist of an idea developed here, concerning 'collaboration' and 'process', might not seem so threadbare but here, over one hundred some odd pages, it is a bit exposed. Don't get me wrong - if you love the album you will enjoy this book but I must admit that when I finished it it felt like an opportunity had been missed.Get more detail about Brian Eno's Another Green World (33 1/3 series).

MULE BONE (UPDATED w/LINKED TOC) Review

Aside from the controversy of the dispute between Hughes and Hurston, I deal with the story and play itself.

The play "Mule Bone" is based on "The Bone of Contention," a 1930 short story by the Queen of Black Folklore (ZNH) based on a folktale from her hometown of Eatonville Fla. about two men who fight over a turkey. One uses a Mule bone to assault the other, and the town's Black Baptists and Methodists split over the issue as Mayor Joe Clarke tries to settle the matter.

The play by Hughes and Hurston is similar, only the two men are now a song and dance team fighting over the affections of a local vamp and an epilogue is added to the ending.

Overall, it's mildly amusing. It does a decent job in capturing some subtleties of Black rural life in 1930 such as the courting rituals and the "dozens" insults between the Black Baptists and Methodists (one Baptist insults a Methodist as a "half-washed Christian." Anyone familiar with the competing theologies will have a good laugh at this one). But those familair with Hurston's work will see a lot of "The Eatonville Anthology" and the later "Mules and Men" here. Nothing really outstanding to the Hurston fan, but worthy of a few chuckles.

However, had this play been performed in 1930, I doubt very seriously that it would have been considered as revolutionary as the authors intended. It would have surely set off a firestorm of controversy. Given the fact that few literate Blacks who attended plays wanted anything to remind them of their rural Southern origins, this play would have been damned and dismissed by the African-American elite and white liberals of the day. While the heavy dialect, the use of the n-word, the casual attitude toward domestic violence, the illiteracy and pompousness of many characters, etc. were realistic aspects of Black rural life at the time, this was a side of Black life that many feared would be exploited by bigots to prevent their inclusion into mainstream society. In fact, I have read where these issues accompanied the play upon its actual performance in 1991.

But even a so-so effort by Hughes and Hurston proves to be far more interesting than many other efforts by others at the time.Get more detail about MULE BONE (UPDATED w/LINKED TOC).

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This book was great! The behind the scenes of SNL gave me an entire new outlook on the show. I even remember many of the skits that Jay references in the book.

A great look into a young, struggling comedian/actor trying to make it big by getting his dream shot as a featured player on Saturday Night Live... then seems to get railroaded everywhere he went. A completely different environment then what you would expect.

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While I was reading this book, I came to understand that a great quality of voice should be produced in a healthy and relaxed way. Some of us mistakenly try to take on a low tone by forcefully lowering your voice. This is a mistake. It could make your voice sound fake or, in a worse case, injure your throat. A great voice, on contrary, can be achieved by "freeing your natural voice" with a little effort. This book shows how to do just that.

I picked up this book to learn to become better in communication. Having a greater sense of control over my voice allows me to communicate more delicately nuanced subtleties in social and business situations. "The Voice Book" was of great help for my specific purpose. But it will be as helpful for any other purpose since the book is written for anyone who cares about voice.

Finally, the book is accompanied by a CD. Just listening to the authors' voices, I was amazed by their powerful, beautiful and very clear voices. It just sounds as if there were a high quality stereo inside of their bodies. The moment I heard the voices, I just simply felt I got right people to rely on.Get more detail about The Voice Book: Caring For, Protecting, and Improving Your Voice.

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BIAS: A CBS INSIDER EXPOSES HOW TO DISTORT THE NEWS by Bernard Goldberg.

IN 1996, veteran TV reporter Bernard Goldberg wrote an editorial for the Wall Street Journal exposing the ingrained Liberal bias in the news programs of the three major networks and warned of the dangers. He was promptly attacked and, on the orders of Dan Rather, harassed, persecuted, blacklisted and eventually driven into an early retirement.

Along with extensive examples--ranging from the media's bigotry against White Males being victimized by totalitarian feminist laws while at the same time obscuring--to the point of falsification--black crime, the damage done to children being raised in single parent homes, to how the media immediately tried to blame Timothy McVea on conservatives and Christians but constantly obfuscate whenever Muslims or liberals committ terrorism to the constant portrayal as any non-liberal as a dangerous "other", Goldberg tells the sordid story of his professional destruction and the intolerant culture in the newsrooms.

With the recent orchestrated attack on conservatives, the Catholic Church, Christians in generals while shilling for Moslem terrororists and Obamacare, this book is still as vibrant and essential as when it was first published. Not only has nothing changed but it has incredibly become so bad that there is no difference between the Liberal media now and the former Soviet Media.
Chilling.

Disturbing.

Essential reading to understand our current reality.
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BIAS: A CBS INSIDER EXPOSES HOW TO DISTORT THE NEWS by Bernard Goldberg.

IN 1996, veteran TV reporter Bernard Goldberg wrote an editorial for the Wall Street Journal exposing the ingrained Liberal bias in the news programs of the three major networks and warned of the dangers. He was promptly attacked and, on the orders of Dan Rather, harassed, persecuted, blacklisted and eventually driven into an early retirement.

Along with extensive examples--ranging from the media's bigotry against White Males being victimized by totalitarian feminist laws while at the same time obscuring--to the point of falsification--black crime, the damage done to children being raised in single parent homes, to how the media immediately tried to blame Timothy McVea on conservatives and Christians but constantly obfuscate whenever Muslims or liberals committ terrorism to the constant portrayal as any non-liberal as a dangerous "other", Goldberg tells the sordid story of his professional destruction and the intolerant culture in the newsrooms.

With the recent orchestrated attack on conservatives, the Catholic Church, Christians in generals while shilling for Moslem terrororists and Obamacare, this book is still as vibrant and essential as when it was first published. Not only has nothing changed but it has incredibly become so bad that there is no difference between the Liberal media now and the former Soviet Media.
Chilling.

Disturbing.

Essential reading to understand our current reality.
Get more detail about Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News.

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Let me open with a bit of history about myself. Studying comparative religion, anthropology and mythology has been my favorite hobby for over 30 years, and I have been Wiccan for over 20.

When I first saw this book I was stunned that anyone would have the audacity to write an "Idiots Guide" on this topic. While I'm a fan of the "Idiots Guide" and "For Dummies" series for mundane topics, I thought no one in thier right mind would write one on a religion.

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Let me open with a bit of history about myself. Studying comparative religion, anthropology and mythology has been my favorite hobby for over 30 years, and I have been Wiccan for over 20.

When I first saw this book I was stunned that anyone would have the audacity to write an "Idiots Guide" on this topic. While I'm a fan of the "Idiots Guide" and "For Dummies" series for mundane topics, I thought no one in thier right mind would write one on a religion.

Despite my original distaste, my instincts kept pulling me back to this book, and since I'm always having people asking what is a good beginners book for Wicca, I decided to listen to my instincts and give this book a chance. After all, what kind of Wiccan would I be if I didn't listen to my instincts?

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It's been almost a century since the "Sword of Welleran" collection was first published, compiling the title novella with other stories by early fantasy writer Lord Dunsany. Now finally this collection is back in print, and new readers can get acquainted with Dunsany's elaborate prose and otherworldly plotlines.

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