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Frank Lloyd Wright Jr., known as Lloyd Wright (1870-1978), is arguably one of the greatest undiscovered architects of the 20th century. Over a ten year period, architectual photographer Alan Weintraub has documented his buildings in colour and in fine detail. This monograph offers a comprehensive presentation of Lloyd Wright's complete oeuvre. Lloyd Wright had a style all of his own. His gemlike construction fusing landscape with built form, are syntheses of nature, regional modernism and exoticism. He built most of his work in southern California, mainly in unassuming neighbourhoods of Los Angeles. This extensively illustrated book features nearly 600 images. At the book's heart are 32 of Wright's buildings, and the reference section includes an illustrated chronology with archival sketches and images of unbuilt works. ... Read more

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Excellent; excellent service
Title says it all: marvelous book, and in pristine condition. Excellent service: fast shipping and great packing.

superb !
This book has it all, great photos and text for an Architect not always remembered. I have been in several of the structures and they come back to life with this book. I highly reccomend the book to anyone interested in Architecture!

Lloyd Wright: The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright Jr.
Good photos, well written, honest. Recommend for those who don't know too much about the son of a famous architect.

Finally...
I've long marveled at Lloyd Wright's Southern California residences and wondered when a book like this might appear.His buildings are so sensual, complex and full of surprises that any large-format photo collectioncouldn't help but be magnificently beautiful.And this one certainly is.My only diappointments with the book came in regard to the paucity offloorplans and the many extant buildings which receive only a token mentionand a tiny photo in the appendix.

He has his father's genes.
The photos of the Wayfarer's chapel in Palos Verdes, CA is worth half the price of the book. I know it had a profound influence on an architect friend, Lee A. Ward A.I.A. in Napa,on his way to Taliasen West. ... Read more

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Renowned for the innovatively styled facades of the buildings he designed, Frank Lloyd Wright was also famous for creating many of their interior details. This elegant photographic survey offers a comprehensive look at each of the 24 California homes and public buildings designed by Wright over a 60-year period. 175 color photos. ... Read more

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Wright's genius in all its amazing detail.
As a builder, I'm in awe at what this man did with materials. Why are wenot all living in houses that inspire like these do? Have we forgotten thatlife lived fully is about beauty and adventure? Wright didn't. This is anexceptional book. ... Read more

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Clifford loves Birdwell Island. He loves playing with his friends, and he loves being helpful. And what does Clifford love best of all? His best friend, Emily Elizabeth! ... Read more

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When fake fire alarms, muggings, damaged equipment and stolen film threaten to close down production of a film, Inspector Charlie Salter investigates and uncovers greed, ambition, and revenge. Reprint. NYT. PW. ... Read more

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A decent read, but not spectacular
A movie is being made in Toronto about a Nazi war criminal who has been hiding for decades, but is discovered and pursued. Suddenly, the movie set is sabotaged and vandalized with swastikas. Then, the writer is killed. Who's doing it? There are plenty of suspects and Inspector Charlie Salter sifts through the evidence in his slow but steady manner in order to find the culprit.

That, in a nutshell, is the book. It's a decent read, but not spectacular by any means. I liked the ending because it was not all wrapped up in a neat little package, like it was the end of a Scooby-Doo mystery. I get tired of that.

The main characters are interesting. The book reinforces my impression of movie-making - it is a tedious business, filled with lots of waiting and big egos.

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Sometimes the movie biz can be murder. Is it malicious mischief, or something more sinister? That's the question for Staff Inspector Charlie Salter, working undercover as a police "adviser" to a movie crew shooting in Toronto.A fake fire alarm, a missing can of film, a damaged sound machine, and a kidnapped actor are merely opening salvos in what appears to be an attempt to halt production on this ill-fated film. Yet who among the bickering cast and crew would want to see the movie fail? Could it be the Easter European actor who's made a name for himself playing villians; the arrogant, egocentric star; the flakey first assistant director; or the obnoxious screenwriter who's on everyone's hit list?It's a reel-life mystery that has Charlie Salter dreading the next scene. But when the leading man is mugged and a prime player is found with a dagger through his chest, Salter takes the lead in a homicidal drama that stretches from Toronto to Bucharest, on a trail steeped in blood, retribution, and corrosive memory. ... Read more

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Relates how a tailor who kills seven flies at one blow manages to become king. ... Read more

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When Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) designed the Darwin D. Martin House complex (1903-1905), he filled the windows, doors, skylights, and laylights with nearly four hundred pieces of his signature art glass. The spectacular designs, abstractions of the architecture and surrounding environment, are among some of Wright's finest. These "light screens," as Wright called them, were fundamental to his principle of "bringing the outside in" by blurring the line between enclosed and open spaces.

Despite the site-specific nature of Wright's art glass, nearly three-quarters of the pieces at the Martin House complex have been removed--many of them distributed to museums and private collections throughout the world. Today, due to the tremendous reconstruction efforts by the Martin House Restoration Corporation, the art glass designs are being restored to their original home. Only now, in their original context, is it possible to fully appreciate the importance of these "light screens" to Wright's overall composition for the Martin House complex.

Edited by Martin House curator Eric Jackson-Forsberg, with additional text by Theodore Lownie, Robert McCarter, and Jack Quinan and an introduction by art glass expert Julie Sloan, Frank Lloyd Wright: Art Glass of the Martin House Complex explores the breadth of Wright's iconic iridescent creations for the Martin House. Full-color images accompany Jackson-Forsberg's insightful text to provide examples of the major patterns and motifs represented in the Martin House, in addition to an assortment of rare variations and outlying designs. Original drawings, historic photographs, floor plans, and excerpts from Wright's personal correspondence add to this comprehensive survey of the exquisite art glass designs found at Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House complex. ... Read more

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A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of animals until he meets a clever fox.Amazon.com Review
Run, run, as fast as you can and catch this version of thegingerbread man! Eric A. Kimmel isan education professor who has become one of the most respectedretellers of traditional folk tales in the United States. In additionto The Gingerbread Man, his successes include the series ofAnansi folk tales and Hershel and the HanukkahGoblins, a Caldecott Honor Book. In this wonderful new take onthe never-stale gingerbread man story, the cookie in question (withthree peppermint buttons) gets eaten by the wily fox, which issometimes upsetting to younger preschoolers. Happily, the last pageshows a new cookie sheet lined with gingerbread men (and women), andthe clever rhyme suggests that the gingerbread man bounces back fromhis unfortunate plight. "For gingerbread men return, it's said, /When someone bakes some gingerbread." Seasoned illustrator Megan Lloyd'sflat and funny gingerbread man bounces along as cheerfully as thetext. Cookie lovers everywhere will relish this old-fashioned talewith a happy ending--especially if you bake a batch of gingerbreadpeople afterwards! (Ages 3 to 6) ... Read more

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I love all things gingerbread,,,,,
I love all things gingerbread because it is a link to mypast and my future!Ihave recipes from my grandmother that I made for my grandson at age 18 months!He loved everything about the gingerbread man at age 20 months before he could even clearly say the word. His love for gingerbread continues -h e is now a wonderful young man (ALMOST 20) years Incollege andstill requestsgingerbread cookies.How good does life get when generations converge!

I love this version because life goes on! and in this version of the gingerbread man, life goes on!

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The Gingerbread Man

Have you ever chased a gingerbread man after it jumped out of the oven? A lot of people, a cow, and a fox run after just one gingerbread man in this story. Will anyone eat the Gingerbread man? This book is funny and good. I like how they all chase after the Gingerbread man.

Run Run and get this book
tHIS WAS A GREAT GOOD BOOK. I personaly like the part where they eat him. poor guy though. It teaches you not to boast or be big headed about yourself

Can't Read It Enough To My Little One - LOVE IT ****
I recall this book and bought it because it was the exact one I read when I was a child.I love how it repeats and how the photos are just so colorful.I read this one every night to my daughter and my favorite partis the ending when the Gingerbreadman gets eaten but it's not sad becausethey remind us how they come back again when we bake more gingerbread men. It's a must for anyone who loves the classics. ... Read more

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When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a towel and comb given to her by the witch's cat. ... Read more

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Folklore Lesson Plan
I used this book (in conjunction with other Baba Yaga books) to make a lesson plan about folklore. Children really like learning about fairy tales and folklore. There are many lessons in this book. ... Read more

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Remarkably erudite and exceptionally well argued
Eric Michaud's book is an erudite marvel of cultural and intellectual history. Not only does it complement and improve on existing accounts of the role of art in Nazism (particularly the tradition stemming from George L. Mosse's work), it intelligently argues for a rethinking of art's importance in the Nazi project of a new Europe-wide order.

Michaud connects art to the Christian and voelkish aspects of Nazism, as well as to the Hitler-cult and the attempt at a total mobilization and domination of society. His discussion of individual artworks, in the context of both art history and Michaud's philosophical treatment of culture helps explain the political and political pervasiveness of Nazism and brings together a number of tropes and issues that, though seemingly disparate, can now be shown as central and well-connected. The analysis of racism is original and useful; so is the discussion of Nazism's fantasy of its relationship to time and its construction of its own eternity.

The review below is motivated and pointlessly unfair: Michaud's research is extremely wide-ranging and very well put together. This book will be debated by scholars for a long time and, being eminently readable, informative on every page, and well-rounded as an interpretation of the genealogy of modern European culture and the destructive power of nazism, it is worth reading several times. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: William Petty, Eric Lloyd Williams, Bert Shelley, Tim Sills, Wilbert Awdry, Nigel Spackman, Sandra Gidley, Nadia Hebson, Charlie Dimmock, Henry Holmes, Giles Jacob, Andy Cook, David Guard, Charles Barton, William Kendle, Charles Forward, Henry Curtis, Charles Butler, Martin Butler, Harry Dennis, Harvey Grace, Kerrie Taylor, Sarah-Jane Hutt, Henry Foot, Melanie Purkiss. Excerpt:Andy Cook Andrew Charles " Andy " Cook (born 10 August 1969) is a former professional football player and physiotherapist at Woking After playing for Halterworth and Mountbatten school teams, Cook gained representative honours for Eastleigh and Winchester Schools, and Hampshire Schools, before signing as a trainee at Southampton in 1985. He signed full professional terms in July 1987, and made his full first-team debut at home to Manchester United on 15 August that year. Having only played 16 first-team games (plus five as a substitute), and scoring one goal, and failing to settle in to a regular first-team slot at either left-back or left-midfield, Cook signed for Exeter City (then managed by former Southampton player Alan Ball ) for around £50,000 in September 1991. Cook's nomadic career has subsequently taken him to Swansea City , Portsmouth , Millwall , and, lastly, Salisbury City . He finally retired at the end of the 2005 06 season, becoming Salisbury's Football in the Community Officer. He then became manager of the club's reserve team before becoming part of City's physio staff. In Summer 2008, he left Salisbury to become Woking 's physio and also registering as a player. Following the departure of Kim Grant as manager, he was joint caretaker boss of Woking with Phil Gilchrist . After his travels around the country, Cook is now back living in his home town of Romsey, where he is also involved in ... ... Read more

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Chapters: Operation Tidal Wave, Eric Lloyd Williams, Huta Stepańska, Stroop Report, 1943 in Norway, Janowa Dolina, Parośla I Massacre, Massacre of Wola Ostrowiecka, Massacre of Ostrówki, Kuty Defence, Salerno Mutiny, Katzmann Report, Kisielin Massacre, Dominopol, the Laurel Incident. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 64. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Câmpina: Steaua Român (Target "RED")Ploiesti: Romana Americana ("WHITE I")Ploiesti: Concordia Vega ("WHITE II")Ploiesti: Standard Petrol Block, Unirea Speranta ("WHITE III")Ploiesti: Astra Romana, Unirea Orion ("WHITE IV")Ploiesti: Columbia Aquila ("WHITE V")Brazi: Creditul Minier ("Target BLUE") ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2774332 ... Read more

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Chapters: Sol Plaatje, Jani Allan, Eric Lloyd Williams, Keorapetse Kgositsile, John Perlman, Antjie Krog, Heidi Holland, Can Themba, David Bullard, Daphne Rooke, Barry Streek, Alex Matthews, Todd Matshikiza, Snuki Zikalala, David Smiedt, Arthur Goldstuck, Nat Nakasa, Benjamin Pogrund, Martin Welz, William Modisane, Gideon Joubert, Johannes Kerkorrel, Arthur Maimane, Henry Nxumalo, Mark Gevisser, Gwen Lister, Ferial Haffajee, Ben Maclennan, Bevil Rudd, Margaret Legum, Alex La Guma, Raymond Heard, Lewis Nkosi, William Wellington Gqoba, Jacques Pauw, Barry Duke, Hermann Giliomee, Michael Skapinker, Colin Legum, Casey Motsisi, Tim Modise, Isabel Jean Jones, Gustav Preller, Alide Dasnois, Rex Tremlett, Geoff Hill, Allister Sparks, Dana Snyman, Tiyo Soga, Leonie Joubert, Barry Ronge, John Kane-Berman, Jo-Anne Richards, Mondli Makhanya, Tony Karon, Sisa Majola, Gill Rennie. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 193. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Author of Face Value Society columnist for the London Sunday Times Cape Talk radio show hostJani Allan (born 11 September 1953) is a former South African columnist and radio commentator. She became a household name as a Sunday Times columnist between 1979-89. She is also known for her alleged affair with an interviewee, the late right-wing political leader Eugène Terre'Blanche, and subsequent assassination attempt and libel suit. Roedean SchoolAllan was born the daughter of an Italian expeditionary and a Rhodesian socialite . She was adopted by a wealthy British South African couple, John and Janet Fry at age one month old. The family briefly lived in England but her Scottish father was advised by doctors to move to a warmer climate. Subsequenly Allan was brought up in the Johannesburg suburb of Bryanston. John Fry died when Allan was 10 years old....More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8710835 ... Read more

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Chapters: Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Ernie Pyle, John Hersey, Thomas C. Lea, Iii, Eric Lloyd Williams, Robert Post, Kenneth Gandar-Dower, War Correspondents 1942-1943, Nordahl Grieg, Betty Wason, Evadne Price, Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale, Robert Sherrod, Harald Damsleth, Larry Lesueur, Clare Hollingworth, Johannes Hähle, Frazier Hunt, Jonas Lie, the Writing 69th, Richard Hughes. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 119. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 March 24, 1993) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and journalist considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling devices of the novel are fused with non-fiction reportage. Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was adjudged the finest piece of journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel under the aegis of New York University's journalism department. Born in Tientsin, China, to missionaries Roscoe and Grace Baird Hersey, John Hersey learned to speak Chinese before he spoke English. He returned to the United States with his family when he was ten years old. Later Hersey attended the Hotchkiss School, followed by Yale University, where he was a member of Skull and Bones society. He subsequently was a graduate student at Cambridge as a Mellon Fellow. Following his time at Cambridge, Hersey got a summer job as private secretary and driver for author Sinclair Lewis in 1937, but he chafed at his duties, and that fall he began work at Time, where he was hired after writing an essay on the magazine's dismal quality. Two years later he was transferred to Time's Chongqing bureau. During World War II, newsweekly correspondent Hersey covered fighting in Europe as well as Asia, writing article...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=212464 ... Read more