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Sex sells. It's one of the oldest and most effective tricks in the book. The challenge for graphic designers, however, is to incorporate sexuality into their work in ways that are classy rather than coarse, sensual rather than smutty, provocative rather than pornographic.
This arresting volume shows how top graphic designers have leveraged the universal notion of sex to create attention-grabbing yet high-quality artistic work. Covering every medium, from print to the Web, Sex Graphics showcases images that incorporate sex in ways that range from subtle to clever to shocking. Some images hint at the act of sex itself; others flirt with humorous stereotypes. Some exude romantic overtones, and others, erotic ones. Some speak to adults, others to teens.
Taken together, this alluring collection underscores that—with skill and finesse—sex can play a powerful and positive role in the creation of compelling graphic designs.
Joshua Berger is a founding partner of Plazm Media, an award-winning design and communications agency based in Portland, Oregon. Plazm's projects include the relaunch of swimwear giant Jantzen and the global advertising campaign for Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones.
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Protest fashion from the Vietnam War years is widely familiar, but today few are aware that dramatic fashion and textile designs served as patriotic propaganda for the Japanese, British, and Americans during the Asia-Pacific War (1931–1945). This fabulously illustrated book presents hundreds of examples of how fashion was employed by those on all sides of the conflict to boost morale and fan patriotism.
From a kimono lined with images of U.S. planes blowing up to a British scarf emblazoned with hopeful anti-rationing slogans, Wearing Propaganda documents the development of the role of fashion as propaganda first in Japan and soon thereafter in Britain and the United States. The book discusses traditional and contemporary Japanese styles and what they revealed about Japanese domestic attitudes to war, and it shows how these attitudes echoed or contrasted with British and American fashions that were virulently anti-Japanese in some instances, humorously upbeat about wartime deprivations in others. With insights into style and design, fashion history, material culture, and the social history of Japan, the United States, and Britain, this book offers unexpected riches for every reader.
Customer Reviews:
A seminal work!.......2007-01-11
An intensively researched, tightly written, extensively documented study of patriotic and propaganda textiles developed by the major players during WW II and the years immediately before it. The acknowledgements page alone reflects the author's interaction with many of the leading lights in textile research today. Highly recommended!
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Among candidates for world's worst job, disease detective ranks pretty high. In Beating Back the Devil, Maryn McKenna examines the everyday fascinations and horrors faced by the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service. On a few hours' notice, these physicians are ready to travel anywhere in the world to track down new medical threats. McKenna writes about the group's response to such frightening incidents as the first outbreaks of Ebola and SARS. In matter-of-fact, first-person narratives, EIS doctors tell how they deal with crises brought on not only by biological threats, but by public health mismanagement, terrorism, and war. One doctor describes trying to save children while working in conflict-torn Zaire:
"We would go into a center and find kids lying on the floor, severely dehydrated, with a clogged IV," he said. "Then we would go outside and find the relief workers building a stone fireplace.... And we'd have to say, Hot meals would be great, but in a few days you're not going to have any living kids to cook meals for.... Take this oral rehydration solution and sit by this child and spoon it into his mouth.... Don't do anything else, or this child is going to be dead."
McKenna's research is painstakingly meticulous, and the doctors she profiles come across as brave firefighters of microbiological conflagrations. Not since Sherwin Nuland has an author so effectively revealed the dramatic side of medicine. --Therese Littleton
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IN THE WAR AGAINST DISEASES, THEY ARE THE SPECIAL FORCES.
They always keep a bag packed. They seldom have more than twenty-four hours' notice before they are dispatched. The phone calls that tell them to head to the airport, sometimes in the middle of the night, may give them no more information than the country they are traveling to and the epidemic they will tackle when they get there.
The universal human instinct is to run from an outbreak of disease. These doctors run toward it.
They are the disease detective corps of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the federal agency that tracks and tries to prevent disease outbreaks and bioterrorist attacks around the world. They are formally called the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) -- a group founded more than fifty years ago out of fear that the Korean War might bring the use of biological weapons -- and, like intelligence operatives in the traditional sense, they perform their work largely in anonymity. They are not household names, but over the years they were first to confront the outbreaks that became known as hantavirus, Ebola virus, and AIDS. Now they hunt down the deadly threats that dominate our headlines: West Nile virus, anthrax, and SARS.
In this riveting narrative, Maryn McKenna -- the only journalist ever given full access to the EIS in its fifty-three-year history -- follows the first class of disease detectives to come to the CDC after September 11, the first to confront not just naturally occurring outbreaks but the man-made threat of bioterrorism. They are talented researchers -- many with young families -- who trade two years of low pay and extremely long hours for the chance to be part of the group that has helped eradicate smallpox, push back polio, and solve the first major outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease, toxic shock syndrome, and E. coli O157.
Urgent, exhilarating, and compelling, Beating Back the Devil goes with the EIS as they try to stop epidemics -- before the epidemics stop us.
Customer Reviews:
Epidemiologists in Action.......2005-10-15
This fascinating book explores the work of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a division of the Center for Disease Control. This group of elite health care workers trained in early disease detection and containment travel throughout the United States and the world to hot spots, with the goal of preventing deaths and widespread infection. Author Maryn McKenna, after introducing the history and structure of the EIS, launches into specific cases of disease detection, with chapters dedicated to malaria, cholera, AIDS, small pox, SARS, anthrax, TB, and others. Some chapters are devoted to outbreaks of well-known diseases, but the most intriguing are those focusing on the series of coincidences, connections, and insight that led to the discovery of new public health crises such as AIDS and SARS.
McKenna begins her book with the first day of training for the EIS class of 2002 and follows many of them through their two years of service, but she does not limit her narrative to the stories of these health care workers. She reaches back in time to various outbreaks and interviews former EIS agents instrumental in detecting and controlling the spread of infection. While this book does not have the narrative drive and heart palpitating scenes of The Hot Zone, it is nonetheless a compelling portrait of disease. The chapter on SARS in particular illustrates the danger that these health care professionals face. Written for the lay person, this book never gets technical and so might disappoint those who want in-depth analysis instead of detective work.
For those with a general interest in epidemiology, Beating Back the Devil offers insight into disease detection. Its content is not nearly as hyperbolic as its title, and it provides a solid, though somewhat superficial, look into public health. Its strength lies in the anecdotal nature of each chapter -- the personalities of the EIS agents, the conditions they face, and, sometimes, the politics and fear that threaten to allow an infectious agent to take hold in the population.
A must-read if you're into disease detection and control..........2005-05-30
After reading The Coming Plague, I found myself fascinated by the people who do disease research. Beating Back The Devil by Maryn McKenna continues in that vein, and is a good read...
McKenna covers the history and activities of the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), which is a branch of the CDC. These people, who are considered a branch of the military, sign up for a stint which involves intensive training, personal risk, and the knowledge that they may be sent anywhere in the world with a single phone call and no notice. It's the people in this group that were on the front lines of discovering and fighting Ebola, AIDS, and hantavirus. The author generally follows a specific group of EIS personnel through their adventures (but not exclusively), so you get to know and understand the personal costs of this type of work. It's truly amazing that we have people in this country that are willing to risk everything to keep us safe from things we can not see and may not be able to protect ourselves from. Since many of the disease episodes are relatively recent, it's easy to relate to what's going on in the story, and McKenna does a good job in bringing it all to life. This is probably one of the advantages of this book over The Coming Plague. Beating helps cover that ten year gap since Plague was published.
If the subject of disease detection and control is of interest to you, Beating Back The Devil is a must-read...
Rather staid look at group who deals with infectious disease.......2005-02-14
One of the editorial reviews said this book was riveting. There is no doubt that the book is great reading into the EIS, a part of the Center for Disease Control in the United States. This book is especially mandatory reading for those in medicine who are even contemplating working for the CDC. It's good background into the possible postings that these young people are going to see, especially in the post-9/11 world. This will impact not just them, but their families also...these people are exposed as first responders to possible bioterrorism, and will need to get vaccines that the rest of us don't absolutely need. But the possible exposure to anthrax, small pox, and other infectious disease such as the hantavirus means that these vaccines are necessary.
This book just was not the riveting reading that I found in Laurie Garret's books, or the book on the 1918 influenza, or "The Hot Zone" by Preston. The book is well-written, and less melodramatic as some of these books are, and I would not be adverse to recommending this as reading for public health students. It is just not as interesting as these other books mentioned, probably because I read those books first...
Karen Sadler,
Science Education,
University of Pittsburgh
Fascinating...and scary.......2004-12-23
This book was an interesting and thought provoking quick read. Readers who previously enjoyed books such as The Hot Zone should find this particularly appealing. The book alternates between descriptions of battling real epidemics and describing the people who do this battle. The book leaves the reader feeling grateful to those who do this challenging, tedious, and dangerous work...and also frightened to learn the "real deal" on how epidemics spread. I found the chapter on vaccines to be particularly interesting, and I appreciated the global view of disease, which allows the reader a glimpse into the vast differences in healthcare between the developed and less-developed parts of the world.
Interesting Subject Written Poorly.......2004-11-24
Where in the world did the author pick this title!!! The subject matter is so interesting but is hidden by the title. The CDC's EIS officers come alive in some wonderful chapters, but the author uses or misuses English often with dangling participles and obscure uses of "it" with the reader confused about what "it" refers to! Intriguing looks at diseases and how and where they are fought...in more capable hands and with a better title, the book would be a best seller!
Book Description
What is remarkable about photography's role in the war is photography was already a well established fixture of the modern 19th century society. The aura of aviation's beginnings reflected countless attempts to consolidate known technologies into a reliable and workable framework. It was the aeroplan that became the driving force of aeiral observation in the Great War. It's ability to command the high ground and provide a concise view of the battle area, both tactically and strategically, would enamor both combatants and the public at large to new methods of warfare. Aerial observation quickly became an important resource as the forces maneuvered in the drive towards Paris.
This comprehensive resource will interest military history and aviation enthusiasts, as well as persons in the intelligence
field and the coordinating illustrations, that include aircraft, cameras, people, aerial photos, and maps varying in scales, enhance the readers’ experience
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Front&Center
Carlton, Wilborn
Manufacturer: Treelife publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0979005205 |
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FRONT & CENTER is an emotional and poignant journey through Wilborn's life and career, which began as a principal dancer for Chicago's prestigious Hubbard Street Dance Company. In the book,Wilborn recounts his behind-the-scenes experiences in Hollywood, as well as his various tours with Madonna. Born into a family filled with secrets, Wilborn would eventually enter manhood haunted by horrible memories of molestation. Through much inner strength, Wilborn finally confronted his assaulter - a serial molester who at one time was incarcerated. The book is an honest and revealing awakening into one man's survival and through it all, how he found success and the peace and healing he yearned for. Dealing with anger, sexual confusion and validation, Wilborn hid in the shadows for many years. Against tremendous odds, Wilborn embraced life and was able to move forward. His remarkable and inspirational story is testament to the power within us all.
Customer Reviews:
Great Pictorial Account!.......2001-08-09
This book is just superb. This book is made up of pictures from American troops fighting in Europe. Some would call this a picture book, but in my opinion it takes you right into a soldier's and pilot's point of view. This book would make a great companion to an average history book because while you are reading you look at the pictures in this book and it will almost bring the war to life. This book takes you into Northern Ireland, England, and Scotland with the build up of American troops. Then you go into France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany. The pictures capture what the American troops saw and fought over. It shows the weapons they used and some of the ones they discovered the Germans had. Many of these photos I have seen in history books of all kinds. It some what illustrates the battlefields in Europe. It is basically a handheld museum. In my opinion you won't be sorry purchasing the book. It is the photo album of the American involvement in Europe during World War II.
Great Pictorial Account!.......2001-08-09
This book is just superb. The book is made up of pictures from American troops fighting in Europe. Some would call this a picture book but in my opinion, it takes you right into a soldier's, and pilot's point of view. This book would make a great companion to an average history book because while you are reading you look at the pictures in this book and it will almost bring the war to life. This book takes you into Northern Ireland, England, and Scotland with the build up of American troops. Then you go into France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany. The pictures capture what the American troops saw and fought over. It shows the weapons they used and some of the ones they discovered the Germans had. Many of these photos I have seen in history books of all kind. It some what illustrates the battlefields in Europe. It is basically a handheld museum. In my opinion you won't be sorry purchasing the book. It is the photo album of the American involvment, in Europe, during World War 2. If you weren't in World War 2 this would be a great way to relive it!
Book Description
MEET THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Emergency Medical Response Teams. Whether in the air, on the road, or in the ER, every day they face split-second decisions--and one false move can mean the difference between life and death.
Here are gripping true-life stories: A seventeen-year-old climber tumbles fifty feet to an isolated ledge, his only hope the emergency helicopter hovering overhead. A six-year-old boy lies in cardiac arrest as an ambulance rushes him to the hospital. An eighty-seven-year-old man pulled from a car at the bottom of a frozen pond shows no signs of life. . . .
Tragedy, surprise, sometimes even humor--there is all that and more in TRAUMA CENTER, where the true experience of emergency medicine begins.
Customer Reviews:
Great EMS Book.......2001-11-23
This book was an EXCELLENT book. You never know what's going to happen next. It puts you at the scene and puts you in the shoes of the EMT's living their lives. A must read.
Excellent Book!.......1999-02-22
I thought that this book was really great! If you are an EMT or looking to become an EMT or just have a general interest in Emergency Medicine I highly recommend this book. I have already read this book as well as EMT race for life and I am currently reading Rescue Alert. All of them I think are great!
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FRONT AND CENTER (Fireside Books (Holiday House))
John houseman
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Hardcover
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Final Dress
ASIN: 0671243284 |
Customer Reviews:
A rare and collectible book.......2005-05-23
Gotta disagree with Russ McDonald on the pricing. This scarce collectible currently starts at $379 on the non-Amazon Internet book search engines. Perhaps is was $40 in May of 2004, but things change, and some books become rare. This is one of those books.
Vietnam front row center.......2004-05-10
Great lady, great book.This book tells a story about the war never before told. A must read.Book selling for 30/40 $$ on net, this price a big rip off.
Book Description
During the summer of 1999, award-winning aviation photographer Erik Hildebrandt dedicated nearly every professional moment to capturing the essence of one of America's fastest growing spectator phenomena: air shows. This all-color photo-journal of Hildebrandt's ultimate summer road trip presents spectacular imagery gathered at more than 15 aviation events ranging from small local airport events to the multi-million dollar EAA fly-in at Oshkosh. As he crisscrosses North America in search of the quintessential air show, Hildebrandt puts enthusiasts in the cockpits with the nation's top aviators and renowned flying teams like the Red Baron Pizza Squadron, the Blue Angels, and a variety of other military demo acts.
Customer Reviews:
Vivid and Entertaining.......2007-10-01
FRC3 is the latest effort by Erik Hildebrandt, those of you familiar with Mr.Hildebrandt's work will know what to expect. For newcomers welcome to an oppurtunity to see an airshow while seated in your favorite chair. I've been to numerous airshows across the country, even to some of those pictured in this wonderful book. But I have to say that looking at this book puts the airshow experience in a new perspective.
I wish that I could take pictures as breathtaking and as vivid as the ones contained in this work. The text that accompanies the pictures is as vivid and real as anything that I have obsevered at a actual airshow. Maybe more so! If you are an airshow nut like myself you will appreciate this work of art. Airshow regulars like Michael Goulian, Patty Wagstaff, and others are featured. Special attention is given to the United States Navy Air Demonstration Team, The Blue Angels, who are celebrating their 60th anniversary.
This a very entertaining book by a wonderful aviation photographer. Well worth the investment and time to take a look at. While reading this book you will ask yourself two questions, how do the pilots do that? and how did Mr. Hildebrandt get that shot?
Gorgeous, unusual, inforamtive, engaging study........2000-08-04
An excellent, unusual and informative title, Erik Hildebrandt's Front Row Center covers American air shows and aviation history, providing a lavish coffee-table style book which includes bright color photos of the planes in action. A gorgeous, involving study tracing a popular sport.
The best of aerobatics brought into your front room!.......2000-07-31
Eric brings the euthusiam of air shows and aerobatics with his spectacular vivid photography right into your living room! This is truly one of a kind book! Hats off to you, Eric!
If you like aviation, you'll love this book!.......2000-06-13
The images in this book are one-of-a-kind! It's like being in the aircraft with Erik. As a aviation-junkie, this book is on my top list.
Unbelievable photography!.......2000-05-17
This is a great book for anyone's coffee table; whether you love aviation or not. The photos are absolutely beautiful. It's amazing that Erik Hildebrandt can snap such a perfect aerial shot every time. I definitely recommend this book.
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The Role of the XIX Tactical Air Command during August 1944. An Interim Report
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