Average customer rating:
- excellent work
- Master of his art
- A Coffee table book of mammoth magnitude...
- positively excellent
- BEYOND WACK
|
Blood Sweat And Tears: Or How I Stopped Worrying And Learned to Love Fashion
Manufacturer: Te Neues Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
 Collections, Catalogues & Exhibitions
| Photography
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
Fashion
| Photography
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Photography
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Photographers, A-Z
| Photography
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
Photo Essays
| Photography
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Fashion
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
All Titles
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Arts & Photography
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Similar Items:
-
Woman in the Mirror: 1945-2004
-
Jacques Helleu and Chanel
-
So Far, So Goude
-
Tom Ford
-
Slim Aarons: A Place in the Sun
ASIN: 3832790985 |
Customer Reviews:
excellent work.......2007-08-23
Bruce Webber is the best photographer there is. Each picture makes you want to take the time to apriciate his work.
Master of his art.......2006-12-23
Bruce is the master of two dimensional space. As always, interesting and provocative.
A Coffee table book of mammoth magnitude..........2006-11-10
An amazing Bruce Weber portfolio and everything a good coffee table book should be. It's size is amazing pound for pound and filled to the brim with Bruce's ad campaigns for Versace, Abercrombie & Fitch, endless fashionista mags as well as a plethora of portraits. Quite a treat for the eyes for no one takes a picture like Bruce Weber. Never have I seen a photographer who can capture the ultimate essence of beautiful youth like this man. Indulge yourself with this one...
positively excellent.......2006-11-10
Probably the best photo book I have ever seen. Excellent quality and one to keep for life. In the Netherlands it would cost be 150. Bij Amazon just a little over 80.
BEYOND WACK.......2006-01-03
You have got to be kidding me. This stuff was tacky when it ran in magazines... so now a book of it? Whatev... not to mention the horribly CHEAPO paper and way crummy binding. What was the guy thinking? Filthy lucre, I suppose. Three to six months until it hits the remainder table. A better subtitle might have been, "How I Stopped Worrying About What a Decent Book Should Be". Save yourself the bread.
Product Description
"Blood" by Mark Ryden, a miniature exhibition book. Includes details and drawings of paintings from "Blood" exhibited at Earl McGrath Gallery. Distressed leather-like embossed soft cover. Smyth sewn binding, Ninety two pages. Limited printing of 20,000 books (This book will not be reprinted). Each book is individually numbered. Book Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Customer Reviews:
Fantastic Object.......2007-06-11
As a die hard lover of Mark Ryden's work, this is truly a gem. While it is tiny, and thusly the images are tiny, it is a wonderful object to have. It does contain many high quality images of Mark rydens most iconic blood covered children,which are amazingly beautiful and moving. It is also bound in red leather. Not only does it contain Mark Ryden's art, it becomes an art objects in and of itself. Lovely!
Book Description
This collection of interviews with Hollywood composers offers the most intimate look ever at the process of writing music for the movies. From getting started in the business to recording the soundtrack, from choosing a musical style to collaborating with directors, including Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, the Coen brothers, Terry Gilliam, Kenneth Branagh, and Ken Russell, from learning to deal with editing to writing with time-sensitive precision, the leading practitioners in the field share their views on one of the most important -- and least understood -- aspects of filmmaking: the motion picture art that's heard but not seen.
Customer Reviews:
Great discussions of the philosophy of film scoring........2007-05-13
This book is a compilation of interviews and discussions with a prominent and diverse group of composers. There are wonderful passages reflecting the philosophy and experiences of these composers that make this book a really interesting portal into their minds and lives. Often the philosophy and approach behind an artform are more important to learn than the techniques of creating it - this book reflects that.
Excellent.......2007-01-04
Great interviews and inner views of composers of film. I would recommend it for any composer or enthusiast
Book Description
Journalist and former Red Cross employee Michele Turk tells the story of the modern-day Red Cross through the voices of twenty-nine current and former Red Cross paid and volunteer staff from all parts of the country. Stories range from that of a World War II veteran who credits the Red Cross packages with keeping him alive when he was a POW in Germany to Americans who became heroes simply because they signed up for a Red Cross course and were later able to save a life, to volunteers who spent an intense year in Vietnam cheering up soldiers. We hear from the staffer who pulled people from an automobile before the medics arrive; the mom who saved a neighbor's child when he was drowning, the nurse who took off from her job to go half-way around the world to distribute food and supplies to the victims of the Asian tsunami in 2004 and the Red Cross worker whose home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Blood, Sweat and Tears features more than 70 photographs and illustrations, including vintage Red Cross posters.
Customer Reviews:
Amazing stories.......2007-06-08
I love hearing about ordinary people, placed in extraordinary situations. Great stories about people who are your next door neighbor - which is kinda what the Red Cross is all about.
A look at the people behind the mission.......2006-12-19
A book that takes you inside the American Red Cross and introduces the volunteers and employees who live the mission- helping neighbors in crisis, locally, nationally and around the world.
Michele Turk has also done a terrific job of illustrating how this organization rises to the occassion- from wartime to the devastating natural disasters and acts of terrorism- and how Americans depend on the Red Cross to respond.
The mission is what it's all about, and Ms. Turk presents the stories of volunteers and staffers in a way that makes you appreciate the blood, sweat and tears that they have given to the people they have served.
It's an inspiring book and one that should encourage you to call your local chapter and volunteer!
Moving stories about real life heroes.......2006-09-01
This is an amazing collection of true stories of generations of Red Cross volunteers, which is both a compelling look at the lives of these brave and adventurous Americans as well as an intimate account of the events that have shaped our modern society, from wars and disasters to improvements in safety and community development. I read the book cover to cover on a long flight and was in tears more than once. The lives of the volunteers and the way in which Ms. Turk organizes and presents their Red Cross focus shows the real life generosity of spirit and humanism of the Red Cross, without sugar coating some of the controversy surrounding its bureaucracy.
Humanity and Compassion in the Time of Need.......2006-07-10
As I read the individual stories I found myself smiling and tearing.
Ms Turk brought the oral history of the American Red Cross to life in such a way that captured the compassion, dignity, and gentleness of generations of Red Cross responders.
Instead of shying away from the tough criticism challenging the American Red Cross, Ms Turk helped the reader understand that in spite of difficult challenges the American Red Cross is always there providing vital services in the most difficult situations.
Readers may find themselves motivated by this book to discover how they too can make a difference by getting involved in helping others in need.
Product Description
rare title! Great pictured of the best of the golden age of classic rock -- includes the Who, Grateful Dead & Frank Zappa.
Average customer rating:
|
Blood, toil, tears, and sweat: The speeches of Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
General
| Biographies & Memoirs
| Subjects
| Books
Churchill, Winston
| U.K. Prime Ministers
| Leaders & Notable People
| Biographies & Memoirs
| Subjects
| Books
Churchill, Winston
| ( C )
| People, A-Z
| Biographies & Memoirs
| Subjects
| Books
General
| England
| Europe
| History
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0395517443 |
Book Description
Seven hits from the quintessential jazz/rock group. Every note and nuance...vocal lines, brass, sax, keyboard, bass and drums, plus a synthesizer line for auxiliary instruments (each sound clearly identified). Features: And When I Die * God Bless The Child * Go Down Gamblin' * Lucretia MacEvil * Sometimes In Winter * Spinning Wheel * You've Made Me So Very Happy.
Average customer rating:
- Somewhat boring and missing some key parts
- Useful cure for insomnia
- The Mystery of Work
- Highly Recommended!
- Getting to the heart of the matter
|
Blood, Sweat and Tears: The Evolution of Work
Richard Donkin
Manufacturer: Texere
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Workplace
| Organizational Behavior
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
Economic History
| Economics
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
Labor & Industrial Relations
| Economics
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Popular Economics
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
General
| World
| History
| Subjects
| Books
Labor & Industrial Relations
| Politics
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Social Sciences
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
Professional Development
| Education
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
All Titles
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Business & Investing
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Nonfiction
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Professional
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
ASIN: 1587991446 |
Amazon.com
For six years, British journalist Richard Donkin made the study of work his vocation, and in Blood, Sweat & Tears he places defining moments from its historical development into a cohesive and revealing picture. Literally starting with when humans first began perfecting recognizable employment skills, Donkin examines the critical milestones that followed and the ways they fit together. Citing sources as disparate as The Dilbert Principle and Peter Drucker's The Future of Industrial Man, he addresses the impact of slavery, organized religion, the time clock, child labor, unionization, the mid-20th-century workplace appropriations of the German and Japanese governments, women on the factory floor and in the boardroom, and current management trends. While cautioning against further interweaving of work into the "texture of our domestic existence," he notes that this transformation is but the latest in an age-old process. "The concept of revolution," he concludes, "is wholly inadequate in describing the changes in the way we live and this thing we call work." --Howard Rothman
Book Description
Blood, Sweat & Tears is a captivating history of work, from prehistoric times to the present day. It offers fascinating and intelligent analyses of the individuals, assumptions, theories, developments, and practices that have so much changed work. Based on detailed research from around the world, the author examines early societies, slavery, the guilds, the creation of trade secrets and the influence of religion on work (such as the humanist ideals of the great Quaker industrialists). Donkin also investigates the ideas of the theorists, such as F. W. Taylor, Max Weber, Elton Mayo, Mary Parker Follett, and W. Edwards Demming, and the impact they have had on our lives. And, controversially, the author challenges the work ethic on behalf of all those whose lives have increasingly become subsumed by the demands of employers, asking the question: Why do we do it?
Customer Reviews:
Somewhat boring and missing some key parts.......2005-07-13
This book provides a history of work and tries to examine why people work the way they do, how workplace institutions came about, how work has changed over time, and how work has in turn affected other parts of societies such as art, the government, and family life. The premise of the book is great, which is why I picked it up. The average American will probably spend about half his waking life doing something for money: work, yet so few of us ever think about how this all came about.
The book correctly covers the topics that probably come to mind first when thinking of this subject: slavery, work hours, labor movements, child labor, the assembly line, etc... The book also covers subjects related to work that the layman might not immediately think of. These include lighting and how electric lights has changed work schedules, ergonomics, workers' insurance, and pensions.
Unfortunately, the book misses more than it hits. First, it focuses primarily on work known primarily in Western civilization, in either the agricultural or industrial settings. This exclusion automatically leaves out most of Asia, the Meso-American societies, and Native Americans. This is highly unfortunate, as I am sure many people would like to know why Asians are reputed to have a better work ethic than Americans, whereas the stereotype of hispanics is the noonday siesta.
The book also focuses on activities that were sanctioned and labeled as work by the societies in which they existed. This automatically leaves out prostitution and soldering, two of the oldest "jobs" known to mankind. All in all, the book is a good introductory text to the topic, though incomplete with a lot of important omissions.
Useful cure for insomnia.......2003-06-18
As a frequent reader of all the usual business and current event magazines as well as a good number of business books of all kinds, Blood, Sweat, and Tears was a huge disapointment. If one has been in a cave their whole life and has never read a book or been part of an organization, perhaps some of the many Peter Drucker or Edwards Deming quotes may be interesting.
Beyond that, there are numerous grammatical and factual errors that give the book a feel of being written for the sake of getting something to market. For example, page 159 of the hardcover version, "The Ford hunger march on 7 March 1932 was reminiscent of that occasion back in 1812 when the Luddites marched on Rawfold's Mill in the North of England. Two hundred and twenty years later history was repeating itself." Evidently the author doesn't know how many years separates 1932 from 1812 which, considering the contents of the book, doesn't surprise me.
The Mystery of Work.......2002-02-12
I've seen it; you have too: people working under terrible bosses for low pay in abysmal conditions but loving their jobs. I've seen hundreds of engineers in a huge open office with row after row of desks, and they can't wait to get to work in the morning. I've seen men and women working for Theory X managers they hated. But nevertheless they worked hard with superb art and skill producing great and elegant products. Why? I never found a satisfactory answer.
This is the riddle Richard Donkin addresses in this remarkable book: Why do we work and why do we work so hard. Donkin is a columnist writing about work and associated subjects for the Financial Times since the mid-1990s. He came to see work as a complex economic, political, cultural, social, psychological, sociological, organizational and belief phenomenon, the qualifying hallmarks of civilization that separate man from the other animals. Now he has assembled his insights and research into a book, which unlike thousands of one-dimensional management books, has value precisely because it treats work as a complex tapestry interwoven with our lives.
Donkin's story of work starts in the Stone Age when two central aspects of work emerged: organization and earning. Fossil records show that men organized themselves for hunting hundreds of thousands of years ago. The evidence is also clear that there were workers who made stone tools beyond their own needs. Many such artifacts are found far from their mother lode, apparently carried by traders. Before they could write, people made products to sell and created the first wealth.
The earliest historic records and the observation of contemporary primitive cultures suggest that slavery was not far behind early social organizations. Slavery was one of the first experiments in the economic relationship between manager and managed, and one that was the economic engine of empires for thousands of years.
Once history leaves pervasive slavery and serfdom behind and employment emerges, the manager-managed relationship really gets interesting. Donkin gives us a guided tour of great thoughts on the social, cultural, economic, organizational and yes, religious aspects of the relationship between boss and worker. We watch Abraham Darby create cheap effective iron products from his iron smelter at Ironbridge and evolve the idea of permanent jobs. The clock rather then the steam engine is the key machine of the industrial age.
We see how the Puritan ideas of John Calvin exerted immense influence on the modern American psyche. Donkin dissects Robert Owen's Utopian enterprises at New Lanark in Scotland and New Harmony in Indiana. Donkin shows us how a century ago George Pullman's vision of mutually beneficial cooperation between capital and labor ended in a tragedy of bitter strikes that left labor and capital in suspicious and adversarial relationships that still bedevil us.
I especially enjoyed Donkin's look at industrial efficiency. Fredrick Taylor gave us the idea of breaking work into its elemental parts and analyzing them to achieve best efficiency. It was Taylor who taught the industrial world to use the then newly invented stopwatch for make necessary scientific measurements.
The story of the genius of Henry Ford and his industrial engineers in applying the ideas of interchangeability and breakdown of work to automobile assembly has freshly found insights. While Taylor designed work to the pace of the worker, Ford forced workers to the pace of his assembly line. I've seen a lot of fuzzy writing about how Ford tripled the wages of workers to an unheard of $5 a day and gave them the wealth to buy his cars and launch the US consumer economy. Donkin gives us the reality. Life on Ford's assembly line was hell. The first moving assembly line built magnetos. It went into operation on Monday, April Fools Day in 1913 and immediately delivered an astonishing 30 percent increase in productivity. Ford's engineers rushed to convert the remainder of automobile assembly to the moving line, including the famous icon of mass production, the chassis assembly line.
Ford's forced industrial march destroyed human spirits. By the end of that year, turnover approached 900%. The wage hike to $5 in early 1914 was simply a bribe to get people to work under inhuman conditions. The consumer economy was in fact a consequence of the dramatically improved productivity delivered by moving assembly lines. But what a price the consumer economy extracted - and still does.
Henry Ford said that workers don't like to think and designed an manufacturing system that didn't require it. In my view Toyota's production breakthrough was that it again harnessed the minds of the worker. Just-in-time parts, defect-free flow and Toyota's other innovations in manufacturing practices enable workers to take control of production and achieve remarkable levels of productivity and quality. I wished Donkin had given us a deeper analysis of the industrial revolution kicked off by Toyota's Tiichi Ohno, but that is a quibble. Hopefully it will be his next book.
Donkin covers the waterfront of great men of industrial efficiency, Deming, Juran, Drucker and many others. At the end, he gives us his suggestions for grappling with the problems of work. But you won't find closed solutions for the riddles and controversies of why we work and the extraordinary relationship between manager and managed. We emerge with man's best thoughts about the mysteries of work. If you tire of the deluge of how-to books on management awash with metaphysics and anecdotes, Donkin's book is for you. You'll need the wisdom he culls from millennia of human history on your journey to leadership.
Highly Recommended!.......2001-11-03
If you've ever wondered about how your workplace came to be as it is, or where the work ethic comes from, you'll love Richard Donkin's absorbing exploration of the history of work. From the caveman to the man in pinstripes, he covers it all in a journey that also includes plenty of wit and wisdom. Delving deeply into societies of every era, the book's strength lies in its context and insight. Donkin even provides a good "a-ha!" or two in each chapter, you know, those moments when you smile, nod and say, "Oh, so that's where that comes from." We [...] highly recommend this book to all workers, from hunter-gatherers to CEOs.
Getting to the heart of the matter.......2001-06-19
Neither a text book nor another stab at management theory, Richard Donkin's thought-provoking book asks 'Why do we work?' and places its emphasis on human nature, innovation and ideas. It is more readable than any other book I have come across on the same topic and provides a rich illustration of the changing nature of work throughout history. The concluding chapters leave you with a sense of enthusiasm and positivity about your role in the workplace, and your ability to pursue those pipedreams you might have given up on.
Book Description
A bestselling historian considers Churchill's first speech before Parliament--a speech that transformed both Churchill and the nation he had come to lead.
On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill stood before the House of Commons to deliver his first speech as Prime Minister. Europe was in crisis: three days earlier, Germany had invaded France and the Low Countries. Facing only feeble resistance, Hitler's armies were rapidly sweeping westward. Accused of mishandling the war, Neville Chamberlain's government collapsed, and Churchill was chosen to succeed him.
Churchill had little support within the new government when he rose to address it. "I have never believed in him," wrote one MP. Another described Churchill as a "disaster." In fact, Churchill lacked confidence, both in himself and in his ability to lead his nation to victory, for he recognized far earlier than most the military genius of Adolph Hitler, and the potency of the German military. "I hope it is not too late," Churchill had confided to his bodyguard on May 10. "I am very much afraid that it is."
In Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat, the eminent historian and master storyteller John Lukacs re-creates this pivotal moment in world history and reveals Churchill as he has rarely been seen before: a man both unsure of himself and deeply fearful of his nation's defeat. Churchill made no promises to his country in his speech, because he knew he had none to make. And yet he rallied England on in the face of a vicious enemy. For Churchill--and Churchill alone--understood what was at stake: the fate not only of nations, but of civilization itself.
Average customer rating:
|
Agency Account Handling: Avoiding Blood, Sweat and Tears
Michael Sims
Manufacturer: Wiley
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
General
| Popular Economics
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
Finance
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
| Banks & Banking
| Corporate Finance
| Foreign Exchange
| Inflation
| Interest
General
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Marketing
| Marketing & Sales
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
All Titles
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
ASIN: 0470871598 |
Book Description
Agency Account Handling strives to distinguish between good account handling and great account handling.
This book will help you understand the wider picture of client servicing, give you satisfied customers and allow you to go home at night with a smile on your face. In reality it may not avoid all the 'blood, sweat and tears' but it will certainly reduce them to a manageable level.
Good account handlers know instinctively most of the principles associated with effective client servicing. What results in great account handling is the difference an individual makes, all those little agency touches that add up to a competitive advantage and, essentially, the decision by an individual to concentrate on the right mix of priorities which will produce the most effective results.
It should inspire people to strive for satisfied clients, fulfilled professional lives and strong client service departments.
"This book is a beacon for account handlers, giving insight, confidence and experience, whether you read it cover to cover or dip into relevant sections.
It shines a light on the path to success for burgeoning careers and wily old dogs alike."
--Steve Aldridge, Creative Partner, Partners Andrews Aldridge
"Indispensable! A soup-to-nuts analysis of all aspects of account management. A must for any ambitious account handler, from any discipline, who wants to further their career."
--Suki Thompson, Managing Director, The Haystack Group
"There is much to recommend Mike's book. First, it fills a gap in the market. I haven't come across anything on great account handling practice, previously. Second, it has terrific depth and breadth. But what makes Mike's book really special is that it is a book to learn from. Having worked with Mike a lot over the last five years I know that he knows his stuff. What I hadn't realised is that he has a rare gift for imparting his stuff in the infectious way that is a pleasure to learn from."
--Malcolm White, Executive Planning Director, Euro RSCG London
Download Description
This book provides marketing, advertising, and branding professionals with the ultimate guide on how to handle a new account and how to successfully keep existing accounts. It is a practical handbook that lays out guidelines, tips, and techniques for professionals looking to keep their clients happy.
Average customer rating:
- Great children's book
- Dragon Slayers' Academy #8 was my favorite!
- CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!
|
Dragon Slayers' Academy 8: Countdown to the Year 1000 (Dragon Slayer's Academy) (Dragon Slayers' Academy)
Kate McMullan
Manufacturer: Grosset & Dunlap
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Action & Adventure | Literature | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
Humorous | Literature | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic | Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror | Literature | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
General | Literature | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
General | Ages 9-12 | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
Dragon Slayers' Academy | Fantasy & Adventure | Series | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
School | Issues | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
Ages 9-12 | Children's Books | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
School | Issues | Children's Books | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
Action & Adventure | Literature | Children's Books | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
General | Literature | Children's Books | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
Humorous | Literature | Children's Books | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic | Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror | Literature | Children's Books | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
Fantasy & Adventure | Series | Children's Books | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books | Bionicle | Harry Potter Books | Oz | Redwall | The Secrets of Droon
All 4-for-3 Deals | 4-for-3 Books Store | Stores | Books
Similar Items:
-
Wheel of Misfortune (Dragon Slayers' Academy, 7)
-
97 Ways to Train a Dragon #9 (Dragon Slayers' Academy)
-
Sir Lancelot, Where Are You? #6 (Dragon Slayers' Academy)
-
Help! It's Parents Day at DSA #10 (Dragon Slayers' Academy)
-
Danger! Wizard at Work! #11 (Dragon Slayers' Academy)
ASIN: 044843508X |
Book Description
It's the year 999 and the end of the world is coming—at least according to a mysterious prophecy. But then Wiglaf meets a strange boy who claims to have come from the future. It's Zack, star of the best-selling The Zack Files™ series by Dan Greenburg, and he says he's living proof that there is life after the year 1000!
Customer Reviews:
Great children's book.......2007-03-05
My 7 year old son loves all of the books in this series. They are well written with a plot that he can follow. He wants to read all of the books in this series.
Dragon Slayers' Academy #8 was my favorite!.......2002-05-24
I like this book because it has my two favorite book characters in it: Wiglaf and Zack from The Zack Files. I wanted to keep reading this book until I finished. This book kept my interest. It was a funny book.
CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!.......2000-07-19
I really loved this book. It was funny and punny. It reminded me a little of "A Kid in King Arthur's Court". My whole family and I have read all 8 of Wiglaf, Eric(a), and Angus' adventures, and we can't wait for number 9!
Customer Reviews:
Will History Repeat Itself?.......2005-08-17
"Human beings suffer agonies, and their sad fates become legends; poets write verses about them and playwrights compose dramas, and the remembrance of past grief becomes a source of present pleasure- such is the strange alchemy of the spirit."
So writes Upton Sinclair near the conclusion of Dragon's Teeth (Part 2), reflecting on the cycles of history. However, it is hard to read through this, the third chapter of Sinclair's World's End series, and find much pleasure at all in these human agonies- even three quarters of a century after the real world backdrop of this book takes place.
In July 2005, Julie Salamon wrote a piece for The New York Times, wondering what happened to these works of Upton Sinclair. Coincidentally, I happened to be in the middle of Dragon's Teeth (Book 2). While reading her thoughts on the books (and Sinclair's character, Lanny Budd), I agreed with her that these are books that should not have been forgotten, as they have been.
Sinclair's utilization of fiction to tell the story of a true world history is risky, but effective. And while there are many reasons to read these works (or at least Dragon's Teeth), none is perhaps as powerful as the need to remember that wars, atrocities, torture, propaganda- all those things that are detriments to civilized society- that they do not happen in the abstract. They manifest in the lives (and deaths) of people. And as we are living in the world where human beings are facing agonies, are we too soon rationalizing them into some perverse pleasure? Before we too quickly translate agonies into the stuff of lore, perhaps it is time to prevent those agonies from occuring in the first place. Perhaps this can happen so that no authors need write fiction based in truth like this again.
[This review is of both Dragon's Teeth Part 1 and Part 2]
Customer Reviews:
Why continue to be deceived..........2006-06-29
Tim LaHaye, Jerry Jenkins, and others in the Pre-Trib circle, such as Ed Hindson, Tommy Ice, Chuck Missler, Zola Levitt, Thomas McCall, John Hagee, Grant Jeffrey, Marlin Maddox, Perry Stone, Texe Marrs, John Walvoord (deceased), etc., continue to put forth the same deceptions that Hal Lindsey popularized decades ago. The notion of a pre-tribulation rapture is foreign to scripture, it is foreign to the teachings of the early Church, and it is grooming the Church for destruction through ignorance and lack of preparation for what is really coming. These men are novices and not prophecy "experts" or "scholars" by any stretch of the imagination; they are those who tickle the ears of gullible Christians. Why continue to be deceived? Tim Cohen, in his excellent book, "The AntiChrist and a Cup of Tea," provides biblically sound and testable evidence to show that the coming AntiChrist is known NOW. Not only that, the same author (Tim Cohen) has now put out the strongest presentation on the whole issue of the rapture EVER offered to the saints of God in Christ: "The REAL Rapture". If you really want to know the truth about the timing of the coming rapture, then you need to hear Tim Cohen's "The REAL Rapture" (based on a volume in his forthcoming "Messiah, History, and the Tribulation Period" series (see Prophecy House's site for details on these items, which are also available via Amazon).
False and Full of Lies!.......2003-02-08
I was looking foward to reading this book. Because I thought it would be full of facts. Instead I found Lie after Lie. First off anyone who knows anything about Islam would throw this book in the trash. The writer shows no respect towards Islams prophet Muhammad. And he states false historical facts for example on page 129 its written "The Muslims in Armenia murdered and robbed these Armenian Jews, who became known as Ashkenazi Jewry." When did this happen in his imagination? Please people don't believe everything you read! People like this writer are just breeding Hate.
The Counterfeit Trinity of Bible Prophecy.......2000-05-15
Returning more fully to the Reformation theology theme of the first volume ("The Antichrist 666"), which theme indeed undergirds the entire series, author and researcher Wil Sutton examines what the Bible has to say about "The Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet" the Devil's counterfeit trinity at the end of time. He examines all forms of paganism/ spiritualism, Satan's original religion from Eden until now (the Dragon), Roman Catholicism (the Beast), and apostate Protestantism (the False Prophet). Sutton shows how these three forces are working together to effect the downfall of humanity today, in the years immediately preceeding the Second Coming of Christ. Too strong a comment? You NEED this book! Things are NOT what they seem; what often seems good to human beings ISN'T! The streams of the previous four volumes meet and end in this one. Bible prophecy will finally make real sense to you. You will learn what is right ahead of us in time, and what YOU need to do to get ready: something you owe it to yourself and your family to learn. Read this one with your 'King Jimmy' open! I urge you to get this book TODAY! Thanks, Wil, for a wonderful series (and thanks to your lovely wife Debbie for her tireless assistance as well!)
Book Description
With over 10 million copies sold in the series, Left Behind: The Kids is a favorite of kids ages 10-14. The series follows teens who were "left behind" and have nothing left but their newfound faith in Jesus Christ. Determined to stand up for God no matter the cost, they are tested at every turn. With background plots from Desecration and cliff-hangers from book to book, these books are great even for reluctant readers.
Customer Reviews:
Pleased reader.......2003-10-10
With the hideout in Wisconson overcrowded and tensions rising, Vicki takes watch on the outside moniters and discovers that someone, or something, knows they're there. Should Vicki take the risk when a mysterious sign asking for help appears?
Meanwhile, Judd and Lionel are left with a dillema-how do they get home? After being in Israel for around a year, they decide that they really need to get back to the states. Exactly how remains a mystery.
Sam Goldberg arrives in Petra, and is witness to some of the most amazing miracles of God. It truly is an emotional journey for him.
And with the sudden death of a young friend, the Young Trib Fource must make a decision of whether to reach out and help a young girl growing closer to the truth. Should they risk getting another believer involved? And with the growing number of people arriving at the hideout, the Young Trib Force decides to split up and take their message west.
This book was great and I truly loved it! God's message is just so clear in these books, and I just want to soak it all in. But now that I've finished off 31 and 32, one thing really bothers me, when are the next pair coming out!!?? Always truthful, and always suspenseful, go out and read these books!
Customer Reviews:
Add 1 more to Christopher Rowley's grate books.......2002-09-27
I have not finished this book but so far so good, I have read every 1 but Battledragon (because it is to hard to find and cost tomuch, if u can find it that is) and Dragon Ultimate (but i will have that in no time). This is the best series I have read
one of the best in the series.......2000-11-04
this book, was a great continuation, of the previous book. the way rowley describes the people relkin find, it's as if you can see them in your head. it also reminds me of one of my favorite movies, Jurrasic Park. It has been a while since i last read the book, but i am starting the series over again, and i cant wait till i get to this book again. i do suggest you read it if you enjoyed the other books, cause in my opinion this is maybe the best book of all of them.
Great, imaginative book!.......2000-05-12
This book had Everything! Some of the other reviewers thought it was like "Lost World". Actually, it was clearly inspired by "Tarzan The Terrible", the 8th book of the Tarzan Novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
I loved seeing the realms created by the minds of men. I loved how Bas became a general! (trust me, that's not a spoiler).
It got a little esoteric at the end, but TOTALLY fabulous book. It's rare that even really good books inspire my dreams as much as this one did.
A Great Book!.......1999-10-10
As a great fan of Science Fiction and Fantasy I have sampled some of the greatest works of leading authers and I must say that this book is a gem among it's kind. Never have I read a book more thrilling then this. You have to read this book if you enjoy the Dragons of Pern!
Don't read this one 1st, I made that mistake.......1999-07-03
This book is extremely good, a must read. But, in response to some other reviews, Relkin's magic DOES make sense, read the rest of the series. And the "Grey Lady" is not in this book, she has retired (because of the stress from sending so many to their deaths in BattleDragon), it is Ribela of Defode Queen of Mice who is in it. Read more carefully, particularly the last couple pages of it.
Books:
- BLOW: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All
- California Dreaming: Ideology, Society, And Technology In The Citrus Industry Of Palestine, 1890-1939 (S U N Y Series in Israeli Studies)
- Chinese Calligraphy Made Easy: A Structured Course in Creating Beautiful Brush Lettering
- Cold Comfort Farm (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
- Coming On Home Soon
- Cry For The Moon (Harlequin American Romance, No 260)
- Cuba: A New History (Yale Nota Bene)
- Dancing to "Almendra": A Novel
- Daughter of Fortune: A Novel
- Daughters of Joy: A Novel of Spiritual Adventure
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
- African American Childhoods: Historical Perspectives from Slavery to Civil Rights
- The Fool Lieutenant; a Personal Account of D-Day and WWII
- Shem Creek: A Lowcountry Tale
- Ruby's Rainy Day
- So You Think You Know Thomas Hardy
- Sol-Gel Science: The Physics and Chemistry of Sol-Gel Processing
- The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Balkans
- The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms
- Problem Snake Management: The Habu and Brown Treesnake
- My So Called Life in the Army
