New Scandinavian Design

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New Scandinavian Design is an ambitious survey of the creativity and innovation of one of the most energetic design cultures around today. Not to be outshone by the classic furniture that made "Scandinavian design" a catchphrase of the 1950s, today's generation of designers is updating modernism in fresh and unexpected ways. Tweaking the myth of fair-haired citizens producing sober beech furniture, New Scandinavian Design goes "beyond blond" to feature work that is anarchic, conceptual, and playful, while still exhibiting hallmark qualities of honesty and utility. Profiles of each Nordic country and illuminating interviews explore the trends and top products. Well over 400 full-color photographs of contemporary furniture, housewares, textiles, and consumer electronics make this an authoritative overview. Expertly researched and inventively designed, this substantial volume is as commanding and attractive as its subject.

Thoreau's Country: Journey through a Transformed Landscape

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Natural New England: then, now, & all points in-between
Terrific book, very well written

Thoreau's Country: Journey through a Transformed Landscape
David R. Foster
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
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ASIN: 0674886453

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In 1977 David Foster took to the woods of New England to build a cabin with his own hands. Along with a few tools he brought a copy of the journals of Henry David Thoreau. Foster was struck by how different the forested landscape around him was from the one Thoreau described more than a century earlier. The sights and sounds that Thoreau experienced on his daily walks through nineteenth-century Concord were those of rolling farmland, small woodlands, and farmers endlessly working the land. As Foster explored the New England landscape, he discovered ancient ruins of cellar holes, stone walls, and abandoned cartways--all remnants of this earlier land now largely covered by forest. How had Thoreau's open countryside, shaped by ax and plough, divided by fences and laneways, become a forested landscape?

Part ecological and historical puzzle, this book brings a vanished countryside to life in all its dimensions, human and natural, offering a rich record of human imprint upon the land. Extensive excerpts from the journals show us, through the vividly recorded details of daily life, a Thoreau intimately acquainted with the ways in which he and his neighbors were changing and remaking the New England landscape. Foster adds the perspective of a modern forest ecologist and landscape historian, using the journals to trace themes of historical and social change.

Thoreau's journals evoke not a wilderness retreat but the emotions and natural history that come from an old and humanized landscape. It is with a new understanding of the human role in shaping that landscape, Foster argues, that we can best prepare ourselves to appreciate and conserve it today.

From the journal:

"I have collected and split up now quite a pile of driftwood--rails and riders and stems and stumps of trees--perhaps half or three quarters of a tree...Each stick I deal with has a history, and I read it as I am handling it, and, last of all, I remember my adventures in getting it, while it is burning in the winter evening. That is the most interesting part of its history. It has made part of a fence or a bridge, perchance, or has been rooted out of a clearing and bears the marks of fire on it...Thus one half of the value of my wood is enjoyed before it is housed, and the other half is equal to the whole value of an equal quantity of the wood which I buy."

--October 20, 1855

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Natural New England: then, now, & all points in-between.......2004-12-04

Henry David Thoreau was intrigued by the natural world around Concord, Massachusetts, and a few other favorite New England sites. And whenever he was interested in something or wanted to mull over something, he jotted his findings and his musings in his journals. David Foster has analyzed the journal entries and has compared all the descriptions of Thoreau's New England landscape of the 19th century with our present-day environment. The result is a marvelous insight into the complex intertwinings of natural succession and human land use over several centuries.

At first glance, you might think this book is just another mere compilation of quotes from Thoreau's journals. Nothing could be further from the truth! The chapters address a variety of aspects of the landscape. Each chapter begins with Foster's original explanation of the topic, and he backs up his interpretations with Thoreau's dated journal entries. We are fortunate to have these daily observations and to be able to see the pond of "Walden" fame as a microcosm of the 19th-century New England landscape. For while Thoreau wrote that he "went to the woods," the place he went to was a far cry from what we would now typically call "wooded." Foster says, "It is ironic to recognize today, when a high value is placed on nature, wilderness, and old-growth landscape, that America's premier nature writer and propounder of conservation and wilderness values lived at a time when the New England landscape was arguably the most tamed and most dominated by human activity in its entire history." (p. 222)

And while the writings of Thoreau are generally approached through American literature classes, we've been remiss in not giving more credence to the *science* in his observations. He had ideas about sustainability that were unusual and ahead of his time, and we are gradually coming to realize that his notes make perfect sense today. "More than half a century after Thoreau laid out the story of succession in painstaking detail in his journals, his lessons had to be relearned by the forest ecologists at Harvard." (p. 226) David Foster has the benefit of being able to draw on both knowledge bases: Thoreau's and his own, and he can easily compare the two in this volume. Indeed, this is exactly the kind of book that Thoreau would have read and would have been captivated by, for he was forming his own theories about the trends he found in Nature.

In this volume, Foster puts a new spin on the concept of conservation, preservation, and exactly what is "native" or "a natural state." Every inch of our world has been affected by some sort of human activity. "We are caught in a cultural dilemma in which we seek to maintain what we know and what is becoming rare even though it is largely the consequence of intense human activity." (p. 225)

The text is accompanied by the beautiful pen-and-ink illustrations of Abigail Rorer, who has done similiar work for other "Thoreau books." Foster's additional bibliographic essay provides documentation and the processes he went through to conduct his research. A list of sources plus a 10-page bibliography cap off this work.

While this is an easy enough book to read, Foster's narrations and conclusions take time to digest. They must be savored and absorbed. The reader needs time to stop and think about what he/she's just read. So while this is a worthwhile read, it isn't necessarily a quick one. Recommended for Thoreauvians (of course!), and should also be mandatory study for land managers throughout New England, the Northeast, and in other North American regions. Even lifelong New England residents will learn something new here.

Terrific book, very well written.......1999-05-21

A must read for people interested in the environment and how to interpret their surroundings. Beautifully written, thoughtful and intelligent. One of the best books I've read.

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New Scandinavian Design (Designpockets)
Anja Llorella Oriol
Manufacturer: Te Neues Publishing Company
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 3832790527

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Clean lines, functionality and sophisticated form have characterized Scandinavian design for decades. This school is known for its innovation, sometimes with a touch of whimsy where you least expect it. Designs are often closely related to nature. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are all known for their practical yet aesthetic creations. Nevertheless, despite sharing common cultural roots, each of these Scandinavian countries has its own unique identity. Explore 400 pages of full-color photographs illustrating the latest in Scandinavian architecture and product design.

New Muslims in the European Context: The Experience of Scandinavian Converts (Muslim Minorities, V. 4)

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New Muslims in the European Context: The Experience of Scandinavian Converts (Muslim Minorities, V. 4)
Anne Sofie Roald
Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 9004136797

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Simple, easy-to-follow guide enables even young children to draw 28 dinosaurs in convincing detail: tyrannosaurus rex, dimetrodon, megalosaurus, triceratops, ankylosaurus, archaeopteryx, and other prehistoric creatures. Easy lessons in drawing basic shapes of torso, head and tail; adding legs and other key features, refining the drawing, and adding details.

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Fun for My Artist.......2007-07-05

I bought this for my 5 year old son who LOVES to draw. The steps were pretty easy to follow. It breaks the whole thing down into simple shapes. We have enoyed drawing the dinosaurs together and he enjoys it alone. If your child likes to draw and likes dinosaurs, he will have fun with this book!

For my grandson.......2006-03-23

I purchased this for my grandson for Xmas 2006 (I do my shoppng early) ... I did peruse the book and know he will love it. The material is well presented and EASY to understand. Great book for the little ones who love dinosaurs and love to draw them.

Thunder Lizards!: How to Draw Fantastic Dinosaurs (Fantastic Fantasy Comics)

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superb drawing book
The best book on the subject yet!
Fantastic!

Thunder Lizards!: How to Draw Fantastic Dinosaurs (Fantastic Fantasy Comics)
Steve Miller
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0823016633

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Think dinosaurs are kid stuff? Think again. Remember Walking with Dinosaurs and Jurassic Park? Everyone is fascinated with dinosaurs—the bigger and more realistic, the better. Here at last is a dinosaur drawing book for all ages, focusing on anatomy and encompassing the latest scientific research to show serious artists exactly how to draw the most realistic and compelling dinosaurs possible. Thunder Lizards covers everything from the terrifying tyrannosaurus rex, to gigantic allosaurus, to wiry velocipraptors, to plodding apatosaurus—more than 50 dinosaurs in all, plus flying and swimming reptiles and tips on drawing dynamic dinosaur sequences. Every type of dinosaur in one complete drawing book? It's dino-mite!

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superb drawing book.......2006-10-07

This is probably the best book on drawing dinosaurs out there, especially for adults. There isn't just one artist's dinosaurs pictured into this "how-to" book, but artwork from Brett Booth and Bryan Baugh as well. Many dinosaurs are featured in here, including Triceratops, Spinosaurs, Therizinosaurus, Chirostenotes, Saltasaurus, and dozens more. Generally depending on which dinosaur you are drawing, it can take you between 1-4 steps to complete your picture. Also, there is information for each dinosaur you draw, which makes it all the more interesting. The artwork is very detailed and sleek. Excellent for any beginner or if you're just trying to brush up on your skills.

The best book on the subject yet!.......2006-04-19

You may think me biased, since some of my reconstructions where used in the book, but I did not write any of it (and I don't recieve royalties based on sales). While there are a few nit-picky details I would change, this is easily the best book on how to draw dinosaurs ever made. It is the only one where the reader is given a short anatomy lesson, and shown skeletal reconstructions so artists can learn how to reconstruct extinct animals themselves. It also shows off the remarkable diversity of dinosaurs to good advantage. Highly recomended.

Fantastic!.......2005-07-29

What a wonderful book. This covers all types of dinosaurs from T-Rexes to flying bird dinosaurs. Hundreds of great drawings throughout. I can't draw but I still enjoyed looking at it and my ten year old son will not put the thing down. He was allowed to take one book on our vacation and he chose this one. I don't think he put it down for the whole 6 hour drive to Disneyland. There are some technical drawings of skeletons and muscles and stuff I don't think he understands yet, but the how to steps are easy enough for him to follow. Highly recommended if you have a dinosaur lover or artist in the family.

Dinosaur Stencilling Book: Learn How To Draw Dinosaurs And Discover Dinosaur Facts At your Fingretips!

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Dinosaur Stencilling Book

Dinosaur Stencilling Book: Learn How To Draw Dinosaurs And Discover Dinosaur Facts At your Fingretips!
Lucy Bater
Manufacturer: Penton Kids
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Binding: Board book
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ASIN: 1591256380

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The giants of the past! Help your child discover the varieties of dinosaurs through stencils. These handy wire-o books are set up to make it easy for a child to trace each stencil, while the header of each page includes information on the species - eating habits, natural habitat and fun random facts!

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Dinosaur Stencilling Book.......2007-01-13

My son loves this book. He uses it at school as well and his teacher recommended it to us. He can sit down and trace the dinosaur for long times and it makes him concentrate.

Drawing Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals (How-To-Draw Bk)

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NICE WORK

Drawing Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals (How-To-Draw Bk)
Don Bolognese
Manufacturer: Franklin Watts
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0531035883

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NICE WORK.......2006-10-01

If you child likes dinosaurs, and what kid dose not, and likes to draw, most of them do, then this is a delightful addition to your child's collection. The author has given us quite a number of pencil drawings, simply drawn along with a very good text commenting on each drawing. To be honest, I have no tallent for drawing what-so-ever, but even I could come up with a credible picture of these ancient creatures using this book as a guide. This is also a good one to have setting on the class room shelf as it is a very good reference book and motivational book for those young ones who are into such. recommend this one highly.

How to Draw Dinosaurs And Prehistoric Life (Young Artist)

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How to Draw Dinosaurs And Prehistoric Life (Young Artist)
Marit Claridge , and Judy Tatchell
Manufacturer: Usborne Books
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ASIN: 0794513727

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How To Draw Dinosaurs
Michael Laplaca
Manufacturer: Scholastic
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How to Draw Dinosaurs (How to Draw (Dover))

ASIN: 0439635780

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How to Draw Dinosaurs (How to Draw)
Michael LaPlaca
Manufacturer: Troll Communications
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ASIN: 0816774404

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The No. 2 all-time best-seller in Troll's How To Draw series, How to Draw Dinosaurs features a stunning new cover. Now kids can learn to draw all their favorite prehistoric animals, including a Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Diplodocus, and more.

How to Draw Walt Disney Pictures Presents Dinosaurs

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A Very Cool Book

How to Draw Walt Disney Pictures Presents Dinosaurs

Manufacturer: Walter Foster Pub
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ASIN: 1560104929

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A Very Cool Book.......2005-09-25

This is a very cool book! It is very detailed with three to four steps for every character and it gives you a color giude for each character. What's cool about this book is that it gives you neat drawing tips all along the way on every page. I would recomend this to anyone, especially if you want to learn how to draw dinosaurs.

How to Draw Dinosaurs (Kid's Guide to Drawing)

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How to Draw Dinosaurs (Kid's Guide to Drawing)
Laura Murawski
Manufacturer: PowerKids Press
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Binding: Library Binding

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Dinosaurs (How to Draw)
Mark Bergin
Manufacturer: Book House
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