Product Description
Special extended issue features Ken Thomas' award-winning story "The Mysteries of London."Plus: The continuation of Eugie Foster's "Gifts Not Asks for" and Alphonso Warden's "Vita Nova Ex Stellis Veniet".Also, the conclusion of William Meikle's "Hair and Graces." ... Read more

Product Description
From the epic poems of Homer to the glittering art and architecture of Greece's Golden Age to the influential Roman systems of law and leadership, the classical world has established the foundations of our culture, as well as many of its enduring achievements. Astonishingly in-depth in its coverage of the entire 1000-year history of the classical world and richly illustrated, The Oxford History of the Classical World offers the general reader the definitive companion to the Graeco-Roman world, its history, and its achievements.

The first volume, Classical Greece and the Hellenistic World, covers the period from the eighth to first centuries B.C., a period unparalleled in history for its brilliance in literature, philosophy, and the visual arts. It also treats the Hellenization of the Middle East by the monarchies established in the area conquered by Alexander the Great.

The second volume, Classical Rome, covers early Rome and Italy, the expansion of the Roman republic, the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus, its consolidation in the first two centuries A.D., and the later Empire and its influence on Western civilization.

The editors--three eminent classicists, John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, and Oswyn Murray--intersperse chapters on political and social history with chapters on literature, philosophy, and the arts, and reinforce the historical framework with maps and chronological charts. The two volumes also contain bibliographies and a full index, as well as color plates, black and white illustrations, and maps integrated into the text.

The contributors--thirty of the world's leading scholars--present the latest in modern scholarship through masterpieces of wit, brevity, and style.While concentrating on the aspects essential to understanding each period, they also focus on those elements of the classical world that remain of lasting importance and interest to readers today.Together, these volumes provide both a provocative and entertaining window into our past. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

A Superior Overview of Greek History
The best aspect of this book on Greek history is its comprehensive treatment of all aspects of Greek life. Literature, politics, religion, etc. are all covered in this book. My favorite sections dealt with how theGreeks socialized through organizations such as the Gymnasion and thePrytany. It really showed how the Greeks were devoted to the polis and howthey were required to be very social creatures from cradle to grave. Aserious problem of the book is tendencies by some of the authors to writein a style that is not user friendly. Also, a background in Greek historyis required to recognize names and places. Without that you will be lost.Don't buy it unless you are really interested in Greek culture. ... Read more

Product Description
Frank O'Hara began working at the front desk of The Museum of Modern Art in order to see the exhibitions as often as possible. During his lunch breaks he wrote poetry, sometimes pausing mid-meal to pen his seemingly effortless, spontaneous verses, which were stitched together from the events and sentiments of his daily life. These writings made him into one of the most important American poets of his generation. Eventually, he became an Associate Curator--even though he had no formal art training. Frank O'Hara: In Memory of My Feelings explores a key period in modern art, and highlights 30 artists who collaborated with O'Hara to produce "poem-paintings"--a single work of art paired with a single poem. The artists included Nell Blaine, Norman Bluhm, Joe Brainard, John Button, Giorgio Cavallon, Allan D'Arcangelo, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Niki de Saint Phalle, Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Michael Goldberg, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Al Held, Jasper Johns, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Alex Katz, Lee Krasner, Alfred Leslie, Roy Lichtenstein, Marisol, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Robert Nakian, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers and Jane Wilson. After being published by MoMA in 1967 as a collection of slipcased sheets, the original art-literature pairings of In Memory of My Feelings were thought to be lost. Last year, the works were rediscovered in the museum's archives, and this bound version was planned to re-present a seminal document of the beauty of collaboration in the arts.Frank O'Hara's poems are pairedwith a work by each of the following artists:Nell Blaine, Norman Bluhm, Joe Brainard, John Button, Giorgio Cavallon, Allan D'Arcangelo, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Niki de Saint Phalle, Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Michael Goldberg, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Al Held, Jasper Johns, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Alex Katz, Lee Krasner, Alfred Leslie, Roy Lichtenstein, Marisol, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Robert Nakian, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers and Jane Wilson.By Frank O'Hara.Edited by Bill Berkson.Essay by Kynaston McShine.Clothbound, 9 x 12 in./224 pgs / 49 color. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Again this evening, listen to Frank, browse his art collection, you're welcome
Beyond being a tribute to Frank O'Hara's ambidextrous grip on both poetry and painting, this admirable book attains another virtue: Each of his 30 poems becomes as individualized as the days of the month--as hath September April June and November--and you feel you are listening to Frank in his glory each day, each evening in his unkempt apartment, and your eyes can wander over all the hasty pictures hanging on the wall from his artist friends. And the white sheet between these poems offers you a rest, a shared bed for the night, if you're plastered. And you and Frank are not yet forty, so there's time time time, spake the Calendar.

This bound volume, printed in 2005, duplicates the content of the 1967 edition, which however comprised single-fold sheets in a slip case; each 4-page unit included a virtual blank bearing only volume page number, artist name/poem title; a spread with decorative art and poem title and text; and a concluding blank. So the bound volume preserves a lot of white space.

The Museum of Modern Art decided to use only American artists. The sepia and/or black illustrations range through abstract, pictorial, and comic strip. Each artist's intention is to react to the poem and do a suggestive at-ease piece that friend Frank would like.

The 3-page Afterword (1967) is by Bill Berkson, Frank's pal, so it is a warm embrace indeed.

The Poems are:

Ann Arbor Variations
Jane Awake
The eager note...
Poem to James Schuyler
Chez Jane
Blocks
(excerpt from) Second Avenue
Romanze, or The Music Students
Ode (June 18, 1954)
Meditations in an Emergency
On the Way to the San Remo
Music (October 1954)
To the Film Industry in Crisis
Sleeping on the Wing
In Memory of My Feelings
A Step Away from Them
Ode to Willem de Kooning
Ode to Michael Goldberg('s Birth and Other Births)
Image of the Buddha Preaching
The Day Lady Died
Rhapsody (June 30, 1959)
Song (July 31, 1959)
Hate is only one of many responses...
Naphtha
Khrushchev is coming on the right day...
Variations on Pasternak's "Mein liebchen was willst du noch mehr?"
Poem to Donald Allen
Poem V (F) W
Light clarity avocado salad
For the Chinese New Year & for Bill Berkson

P.S."Digressions on Some Poems by Frank O'Hara: A Memoir" (2003) by Joe LeSueur provides rich detail on many of Frank's poems, including at least a half dozen in the MoMA volume. Plus, the naked truth about Frank's life and Joe's life. A joy to read! ... Read more

Product Description
A Physiotherapist's Guide to Measurement is an essential tool for both the student and clinician who will gain ready access to a wide range of common measurement techniques.This exclusive handy guide gives detailed images of the various measuring methods used in practice, such as goniometric measurement of all the main joints; lower and upper limb girth measurements; manual muscle testing of all major muscle groups; spinal measurements; spirometry (respiratory function); and many more! Each illustration is accompanied by concise but clear instructional text. Additionally, reference tables cover the aims, methodology and results of research, summarising studies on the reliability and validity of a particular measuring tool.

• Highly illustrated with clear step-by-step guidance
• Anatomy reviews for each region
• Observational checklist to facilitate peer review and student's performance
• Space to record a simulated patient record and further notes
• Spiral-binding allows for easy, lie-flat reference ... Read more

Product Description
Unabridged CDs, 10 CDs, 12 hours

Read by TBA

A brilliantly imagined satire that envisions a terrifying dystopia by the bestselling author of Thursday Next.

... Read more

Customer Reviews (66)

Love Fforde, but "Shades of Grey" is somewhat colorless
I love Jasper Fforde. He is one of my favorite authors, and so I was predisposed to like this, but found it wanting. It pains me to say the social commentary is heavy handed, and the plot is hackneyed. It's hard to bring a fresh perspective to the story of one or two lone souls who try to fight against the state. If anyone could do it, it might be Fforde, but I'm afraid Shades of Grey falls short of the two excellent examples Fahrenheit 451 and 1984.

Fforde's protagonists, villains, and plot twists are all predictable. The setting is interesting, and how the world represented came to be is intriguing, but the main action is so uninspired, it was hard to get involved in that part. There are many dangling questions that have the feel of having been left off for the sake of social comment. All in all, it feels like two books. One book is too worried the reader will miss the cautionary tale about fascism. The other is a potentially marvelous story of a future more then 500 years in the future, in which everything has a bar code, including the people--maybe people--who've evolved so that color vision is severely limited.

My final criticism is the book ends with a cliff-hanger--such as it is, with heavy foreshadowing. The isn't a self-contained unit. As such, it's not a self-contained novel. Being a part of a series is one thing, but, in my opinion, all the books in a series should also be able to stand alone also.

I suggest that readers new to Fforde read his earlier books first.

The best Fforde book, to date!
Beautifully written sentences flesh out another crazy, amazingly entertaining and novel plot from Jasper Fforde!

My favorite book of the year. Destined to take it's place in the pantheon of great dystopian fiction.
Shades of Grey: A Novel by Jasper Fforde is about the eighth book I've read by this author so I was somewhat prepared for a number of the common themes of his work: humor, a witty look at the funny side of tyranny (more about this momentarily), imagination in great excess - Fforde seems to specialize in creating other worlds from whole cloth which are often utterly different from our own, but more often with some striking similarities that cast a footlight on our own culture, society, mores & values, as well as our foibles and the things that make people funny.His Thursday Next character deals with an all-powerful, oft corrupt super-corporation called 'The Goliath Corporation'. Their brand of tyranny is rather more pythonian than Kafkaesque. They mostly control the government, arbitrarily promote hyperinflation of cheese prices (causing a black market in Welsh cheese to arise and flourish), and utterly eradicating any persons they deem a problem, often by using a special branch of the secret police to cause them to never be born in the first place.As you can see, very creative, and flash.
In this new novel, the tone is more staid, and the unsettling dark lies deeper.The main character is a young Eddie Russett, a middle rank middle class fellow(and a Red, as his name denotes) who strives to get along, and who's great ambition is to marry a couple notches up the social ladder, and settle down to a life with, for his world, all the amenities.That the amenities include servants of a less prominent color perception, live feed from the central office of artificial color, which can be used to color just about anything, and color it in a fashion that everyone can clearly see irrespective or their personal color perception.
Trouble begins brewing when Eddie falls foul of the rules. The bureaucracy of his society is serpentine indeed, and the punishments are harsh.Independents and insolent types are swiftly singled out, and sent off for a year or more of attitude correction at 'reboot'. Thankfully Eddie's infraction is less serious, so the collective decides just to send him out to the sticks on more of a wild goose chase.The novel begins with his rather untimely demise, having just been devoured by an yatevayo plant.Delightfully, this is not even the worst of the troubles he encounters in his adventure.

1.3.02.06.023 There shall be no staring into the sun, however good the reason.

As you may see this review can just begin to scratch the surface in describing the elaborate and otherworldly story that Jasper Fforde so wonderfully and clearly lays out.
By the end you will be citing the rules just as Eddy does.In the meantime, plan to be delighted and (what other word is there really but...)horrified.You may find yourself wondering as I did if it's really right to titter about totalitarianism, or chuckle over class-struggle such as rear their ugly heads here.I hope in the end you find that this book is destined to become a real classic up on the shelf between Brave New World, We, and the collected works of P.G. Wodehouse.

Fford's even stranger new world
Each first book in any Jasper Fforde series takes a little getting used to.I was iffy at the beginning of the Thursday Next series and Nursery Crimes also.I think it's because Fforde doesn't initially introduce you to the altered context of reality that his stories take place in.This makes the first few chapters slightly disorienting.You have to just keep reading and gradually you begin to understand how things work in this strange world he's created then you begin to settle in and enjoy the story.

The world in which Shades of Grey is set revolves almost exclusively around an individuals ability to perceive the color spectrum.It also has a set of arbitrary rules given by the infallible "Munsell" that bind the collective together.This book is more complex and perhaps this is why some commenters feel it's merely a set-up to a sequel.In many ways it is because you have to understand how this color-based world with its strange rules and customs functions before the story can really take off.It also seems as if more time has been taken to develop the characters.Fforde's previous novels seem more action oriented and the characters develop over the course of the series.Shades of Grey is character driven with minimal action.

I enjoyed this book very much. The ending felt like a cliffhanger and I can't wait for the next installment.

Dystopian Joy
Jasper Fforde, he of the witty, dense, super-smart genre-bending caper novel, has applied all those skills to something brand new (and still comes up recognizable and every bit as entetaining).Welcome to the dystopian/utopian post-alternate future as seen through the strange and wonderful spectacles of Jasper. Creating a caste-system future (future?) where visual color perception indicates class, Fforde actually just spins a huge and head-spinning yarn.If it eventually devolves into a bit of LOGAN'S RUN, it's the most interesting devoluation of the year.The great thing about his novels is if you think you're missing something, keep reading; the next paragraph holds rewards the past one could never have prepared you for. ... Read more

Product Description
In this stunning collection of works on paper made between 1997 and 2007, most of which have never been reproduced before, Jasper Johns "preempts the tendency of commentators to cite his productions of decades past by doing the job himself," according to essayist Thomas Crow. The works are filled with autobiographical references and allusions to art-historical precursors. They often combine early motifs like flags, maps, numerals or cross-hatchings with newer ones like the Harlequin's costume, pieces of string or flagstones. Says Crow, "This recursivity is habitual. There is virtually no motif or device that Johns has ever used that can be regarded as safely forgotten or discarded. When asked about the longevity of certain of these motifs, Johns replies half-seriously that he would like to get rid of them, but they will not go away. In his gradually expanding network of emblems and objects, any one of them, it seems, can strike up a relationship with any other, such that the outcome almost never prompts thoughts of exhaustion or absence of invention. A single addition, like the bits of string suspended in catenary curves that made their appearance around 1996, has a way of regalvanizing the entire existing repertory." ... Read more

Product Description
This book presents a comparative study of two pairs of collaborative artists who worked closely with one another. The first pair, Cézanne and Pissarro, contributed to the emergence of modern art. The second pair, Johns and Rauschenberg, contributed to the demise of modern art. In each case, the two artists entered into a rich and challenging artistic exchange and reaped enormous benefits from this interaction. Joachim Pissarro's comparative study suggests that these interactive dialogues were of great significance for each artist as well. ... Read more

Product Description

Product Description
Ten tales of epic adventure that explore everything from the darkest recesses of the human mind to the strangest corners of outer space. Escape the mundane world with this exciting journey into the varied realms of speculative fiction.   Bardic Tales and Sage Advice, Vol. 2 continues our tradition of bringing you the most intriguing voices in the speculative field, from award winning established authors to fresh new writers publishing for the first time. ... Read more

Product Description
This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

Product Description
This digital document is an article from Artforum International, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2006. The length of the article is 5110 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.

Citation Details
Title: According to what: with America at war and midterm elections at hand, art historian Anne M. Wagner reframes Jasper Johns's Flag, 1954-55.
Author: Anne M. Wagner
Publication: Artforum International (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 45Issue: 3Page: 272(7)

Distributed by Thomson Gale ... Read more

Product Description
Originally published in 1872.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more