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- Superb book!
- Must buy for horse lovers
- This book rocks!!!
- Stunning! It's a visual feast.
- An Incredible Book
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The Horse: 30,000 Years of the Horse in Art
Tamsin Pickeral
Manufacturer: Merrell
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ASIN: 1858943272 |
Book Description
This stunningly illustrated history of the horse in art documents the creative journey from prehistoric cave painting to the war horses of Uccello, the thoroughbred portraits of Stubbs, the enigmatic prints of Elisabeth Frink and beyond. It explores the role of the horse in Eastern imagery and as the subject of myth and legend; as a symbol of power and an ally in war; as the subject of anatomical scrutiny and the Romantic embodiment of human feeling; and as the emblem of sporting pleasures and prowess. The book sheds particular light on man's relationship with the horse, and on the story of equine evolution from the stocky primitive to today's thoroughbred.
Customer Reviews:
Superb book!.......2007-05-12
As the author of the Dictionary of British Equestrian Artists I was delighted to discover paintings and artists I had never seen before. This is a beautiful book that has a lot of fresh pictures as well as the better known ones. Fantastic value. Highly recomended! Sally mitchell.
Must buy for horse lovers.......2007-03-23
I just received this book and I was blown away. I am a horse owner and equine artist and have many, many horse art books and not a one can hold a candle to this book. It doesn't go into the history too much but every page has a large piece of art on it and a nice description. The colors are amazing. The book is huge. You have to buy this book! You will not be disappointed.
This book rocks!!!.......2007-01-03
Wow! Double Wow!! I received this book for Christmas and have found myself lost in its sensual tantilizing imagery many times. What a wonderful education it serves up!
Stunning! It's a visual feast........2006-12-07
As a lover of art as well as horses I was looking forward to receiving this book, but was unprepared for the visual, sensual impact of it. Page after page of beautifully reproduced art featuring the horse, art from every corner of the world, and from every stage of mankind's affair with the horse. From cave man's early attempts on cave walls to illustrations from a book of 13th Century "Farriery" in Istambul, from 2000 year old Chinese sculpture to Michaelangelo's sketches, Roman terra cotta bas relief to 20th century American Indian and cowboy art, from 15th century woolen tapestries to modern "futurist" art... What a beautiful way to learn mankind's history as well as art history, all the while appreciating the form and beauty of the horse. It's a wonderful education, a fascinating read.
And what a lovely suprise for me to find two different pieces of art reproduced herein that are more than familiar to me... I have copies of them in my home! And now, thanks to Ms. Pickeral, I also have the history and the story to go with them.
Buy this book for anyone you know that has any interest at all in art, or history, or for anyone who ever loved a horse. It'll be a hit.
An Incredible Book.......2006-12-01
This book is beautifully put together. A visual delight and a joy to read.
Book Description
Written by an expert on horses, The Encyclopedia of Horses & Ponies is a look at the fascinating world of horses. More than just a reference book, this is a lavishly illustrated and highly accessible encyclopedia telling every horse lover all they ever wanted to know about this most magnificent of animals.
From the significance of the horse to the Ancient Greeks to the origination of the Shire horse and Caspian pony, everything from history and anatomy, breeds and breeding, and grooming and showing is covered,.
The coverage of horse breeds gives detailed descriptions of the Shetland pony to the less common Dole Gudbrandsdal. 1,000 photographs combine with the text, enabling all breeds to be quickly and easily identified.
There is a compendium of horse care which will provide horse owners and owners-to-be with all the information they ever need to know about keeping these extraordinary, beautiful, and intriguing animals.
The encyclopedia is full of information and essential facts about the horse: did you know that the oldest ever recorded horse was Old Billy who lived to be 62 years old; or that the cowboy hat was invented by John B. Stetson in the Pennsylvania in the 1860s?
Horse-owners and horse-lovers alike will find a wealth of essential information on the world of the horse in this all-encompassing encyclopedia.
Customer Reviews:
Interesting but poorly organized.......2005-01-31
This is a nice book to look at, but the information is poor. There are thousands of typeo's and some breed photos are used more than once when explaining a different breed. I do not recommend buying this book, I recomend The New Encyclopeida of The Horse. This book was poorly organized, sloppy. Go spend your money elsewhere, trust me.
A very good research book.......2003-07-26
This book is a very good research book. I am having a lot of fun looking up and researching breeds. I am pleased with this book and hope you give it a try too!
Book Description
Where does the urge to change one's clothing style come from? Who sets fashion trends, and why do we follow them? This book gives readers a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the fascinating world of haute (and not so haute) couture, complete with garment-industry gossip.
Readers find out what was in vogue when and who was responsible, starting with fashion's first couturier, Charles Worth, and on through the likes of Chanel and Armani. The authors explain the whys and wherefores of myriad fashion movements and the cultural influences-art, dance, movies, music, sports-that shaped them. From Queen Victoria's knickers to Dior's "New Look" to fashion's future, this book covers everything an aspiring style guru ought to know.
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A diverse and enjoyable book........2001-09-21
Not only can this be a very amusing and informative coffee table book, but you can sit down and read it like a novel. It goes through history (in a rather disorderly way) and writes about the different fashions of the times...different designers...and how time developed the current clothes we wear today. For the fashion victim or the fashionless...this is an adorable book.
It's About More than Fashion.......2000-08-02
This is a great little book about 20th century fashion trends and their cultural and historical influences. I loved the layout and style of the book. Every two pages are on a different topic, so the book can be read and enjoyed in short segments. Also, there is a timeline at the top of each page that helps put each trend in the proper historical perspective. The only problem is that the print is quite small, so have your reading glasses handy!
Book Description
Chronicles the metamorhosis of a frumpy pudgy sloane, via the intensive training of Vogue, to the fashionable trend setter of the 90's, and culminates in the extraordinary New York sale of her dresses.
Customer Reviews:
Facinating evolution - Diana's clothes...................2007-08-06
I really enjoyed learning about Diana and how her taste in clothes evolved and improved. I was pleasantly surprised to find out how she had clothes re-worked and how many times she wore the same outfit - or an outfit without a portion of the outfit (i.e. the Elvis dress - without the jacket), and dresses, etc. reworked to update or change the look of it - making it new again. The impression I believe the public was left with was that she never wore anything more than once which was not true. She learned well and knew what she needed to fulfill what task she would wear the outfit to. She was adept at working her wardrobe around where she would be traveling to..... no one missed the attention she made to detail and loved her for it..... she will always be well remembered by the publich who loved and still love her.
Diana's fashions head to toe.......2006-06-24
I LOVED this book for it's beautiful color fashion photos of the Princess Diana. In particular, I really enjoyed that there were many head to toe photos of many of her most famous outfits. There was also was a nice section on her hat makers as well as Jimmy Choo and some of the shoes he made for her. This book has many photos showing her shoes which is something I really enjoy seeing as part of her outfit. She was very coordinated with her shoes and her hats which was pointed out in this book. It also had many nice close-ups of the materials used in her outfits, which brought out details that I had never seen before, in some smaller pictures in other books. Overall, if you enjoyed the fashions of Princess Diana, I think that you are going to LOVE this book. To me it is a "must have".
One of my Favourites!.......2001-11-24
I have a vast collection of Princess Diana memorabilia. My collection of Diana books is quite enormous, and sometimes I lose track of the books I own, but this book is one in my collection that ALWAYS comes to mind first! It is one of the most well done books I have seen. The photos are fabulous, and the design of the book is very cleverly done. It shows Diana in her most famous outfits categorized on each page by colour.(Her red gowns, her blue gowns etc.). If your a Di collector, this book is a must for your coffee table.
Beautiful.......1999-07-11
This book will attract two kinds of individual: those who loved Diana and those who love fashion. Everyone would agree that Diana was one of the most stylish women of our day, and this photographic visit to her clothes closet is a wonderful opportunity to browse and maybe dream a little.
best.......1999-07-02
this is the best pictur biography the princess could have asked for
Product Description
1000 photographs and line drawing, Easy-to-use icons, blood type and tem-perament, identification boxes list approximate size, color variations and place of origin and much more.
Customer Reviews:
Informative and Detailed.......2007-06-21
The complete encyclopedia of horess and ponies is a well in depth guide to alot of the horse world. i only have it 4 stars because it is missing a few breeds from its list and its lacking some information. i recommend this book to any beginner who is looking to learn more about horses. ive been around horses for 10 years and i still found things in it that i didn't know before. very good book. deffinatly worth the money. i bought it for the intent that when i get a barn and have riding lessons its going to be one of the books in the tack room for reference.
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Columbus Travel Guide (World Travel Guide) (World Travel Guide)
Tamsin Fidgeon
Manufacturer: Sf Communications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1902221885
Release Date: 2005-06-30 |
Product Description
The Travel Industry's Best Selling Destination Guide. Used by travel professionals worldwide to enhance customer service, increase sales and train staff. The World Travel Guide provides all the information you'll need on EVERY destination in the world! Public and School librarians love the World Travel Guide too! With every country in the world at your fingertips, it's a breeze to find student or traveler information.
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- Good story for adults and kids alike.
- The Best "Ghost Story" I've Ever Read
- Fabulous
- A book to be read for generations after generations
- a pleasant surprise
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Tamsin
Peter S. Beagle
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Peter S. Beagle creates magic in this coming-of-age ghost story, returning to a subgenre he first explored in A Fine and Private Place. When her mother remarries, 13-year-old narrator Jenny Gluckstein moves from New York City to a run-down, haunted, 300-year-old farm in Dorset, England. In slow-moving early chapters, unhappy Jenny's beloved Mister Cat is quarantined for six months and she must attend an English girl's school. Jenny's voice is painfully genuine, her self-description merciless. If early adolescence brings on flashbacks, wait to read this book.
The pace picks up when Mister Cat returns and Jenny meets Meena Chari, whose belief in the supernatural comes from growing up in ghost-ridden India. First Mister Cat finds a new girlfriend, a ghostly Persian Cat only he and Jenny can see. Then she and her younger stepbrother, Julian, confront a boggart who's been playing tricks on the family. The gnome-like boggart is dressed in a Seven Dwarves hat, Robin Hood garb, "and heavy little boots, ankle-high--I'd have taken them for Doc Martens, except I don't think they make them in boggart sizes." The boggart warns her to beware of the ghost cat, her mistress, and "the Other One" most of all. But one afternoon she follows Mister Cat to meet Tamsin Willoughby, ghost of the farm-founder's daughter. Tamsin is friendly, but won't tell Jenny anything about the Other One, or talk about Edric, apparently her lost love. To free Tamsin's ghost, Jenny must relive the tragic history of 17th-century Dorset and face grave danger.
Tamsin is vintage Beagle: there's a shape-shifting Pooka, a ghostly love story, music, the Goddess, and the Wild Hunt. It's beautifully written and can be read on several levels, including as a loving homage to Thomas Hardy's moody novels (Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd) and poetry (Selected Poems). Or you can lose yourself in the story. Fans of The Last Unicorn will enjoy this one. --Nona Vero
Book Description
Arriving in the English countryside to live with her mother and new stepfather, Jenny has no interest in her surroundings&150until she meets Tamsin. Since her death over 300 years ago, Tamsin has haunted the lonely estate without rest, trapped by a hidden trauma she can't remember, and a powerful evil even the spirits of night cannot name. To help her, Jenny must delve deeper into the dark world than any human has in hundreds of years, and face danger that will change her life forever. . . .
Customer Reviews:
Good story for adults and kids alike........2007-04-09
I thoroughly enjoyed this coming of age story for its depth. The characters and their relationships were credible. The bits and pieces of history were deftly handled to be enough for someone with an interest in history but not so heavy as to be potentially boring. I love things that go bump in the night and this tale is rich in them.
I listened to the audio version (read by the author) and would recommend it as something to listen to when adults and kids drive together. I can also see both adult and kids reading the story on there own. It starts a little slow but ends up being a real page turner.
The Best "Ghost Story" I've Ever Read.......2006-07-27
I love Peter S. Beagle,so much that I always face a new one of his books with trepidation, because I think it cannot live up to my expectations. In the case of Tamsin, I am happy to report that I was wrong. This is one of the best books I've read this year, or any year, really. The story of a young girl and her friendship with another young woman who just happens to have been dead for 300 years, it is fascinating but not particularly frightening. After all, it was written with young adults in mind. The book is as much about growing up and friendship and courage as it is about the amazing mythical creatures of the English countryside. And, like Harry Potter or the Narnia books, just because it is labeled "Young adult," does not mean it won't be loved by people of all ages.
Fabulous.......2006-04-10
I picked up "Tamsin" on a whim, and it turned out to be one of my favorite books. It creates a marvelous enviornment in the English countryside and weaves magic with real life perfectly.
A book to be read for generations after generations .......2006-04-10
"Tamsin" was one of those books that, if I saw it first off, I would probably just walk right passed it. When I first started to read it, I couldn't really get into it until I passed about the 70th page. It was just a hard book to get into. But then I got passed it and I was amazed by it.
It is one of those books that defies all other "young adult" books. It is truely amazing that way. It may start off slow, but then will pick you up rather quickly, without warning.
It is one of those books that has mystery, compassion, and the desire to keep reading. A "I don't want put you down, but I have to" kind of thing.
The characters in the book will simply amaze even those who find faery tales and mythical creatures simply childish. The "villain" was one that, if you were to actually see him, you wouldn't even have guessed it. He's good looks, his dazzeling apearence,would put you in awe.
The descrpition of everything, every little detail, makes the book all that much more enjoyable. The description of the smell and the scenery, the way the house moved when it was windy. It gave the book a nice touch. Truely amazing. Highly Reccomended
a pleasant surprise.......2006-04-06
I only bought this book because my first name happens to be Tamsin...but then I read it, and I can hardly remember a book that I loved more.
The characters are superb: the comical boggart and the billy-blind reminded me a lot of my old downstairs neighbour, while the baddie was simply a masterpiece of suave villainy.
It's a ghost story, but it's also a tale of love, and especially of friendship. The intensity and poignancy of the friendship between Jenny and Tamsin made my heart sing and ache. The book is full of vivid little details and observations: Jenny obsesses over her hair and skin, while Tamsin remembers her anxiety over her wolf tooth; Tamsin's crush on Jenny's step-brother, Tony; the way Jenny felt when Tamsin smiles at her. Such touches express the pain and glory of the protagonist, "stopped" at the dawn of her womanhood, and haunted by a dread she cannot bear to name.
It's a beautiful book, and I'm sure I shall be reading it again many times.
Book Description
For Tamsin Lorraine, the works of Luce Irigaray and Gilles Deleuze open up new ways of thinking about subjectivity. Focusing on the affinities between the theorists' views--while addressing weaknesses of each--she offers both a cogent analysis of their often challenging writings on this topic and an accessible introduction to their philosophical projects. Through her readings she articulates an approach to subjectivity as an embodied, dynamic process, one that speaks to beliefs about personal identity as well as to the practical problems people face in their relations with one another. Lorraine begins by distinguishing between "conceptual" and "corporeal" considerations of subjectivity and by reviewing recent interdisciplinary efforts to theorize the body. She then turns to Irigaray and Deleuze, finding in the former's notion of the "feminine other" and in the latter's, unique conceptions of nomadic thinking inspiration for a model designed to overcome mind/body dualisms. Her analysis of Irigaray and Deleuze suggests a conception of humanity which amounts to a visceral philosophy--a way of thinking that is receptive to the fluxes of dynamic life forces.
Customer Reviews:
Superb.......2004-02-15
As a philosopher with particular interest in the body and the Earth, I found this an utterly splendid book. It is an utterly lucid presentation of the work of Irigaray and Deleuze -- especially compelling for the clarity of thought that it displays, and the real beauty and sensitivity of Lorraine's writing. One of the finest works of philosophical commentary that I've read in years, written by a thinker whose intelligence gleams with warmth and ethical intensity.
Post-phenomenological, post-body, post-representation.......2000-05-11
There is a hole left by Western philosophy in its (absent) discourse of the body. Recent fascinations with Merleau-Ponty and a phenomenological approach only really go so far to rectify this, but require a reaffirmation of the subject and of subjectivity.
Deleuze (the first half of the book) and Irigaray (the second) are good antidotes to this. There is much there to investigate in terms of something more 'visceral', but this does not mean simply a 'philosophy of the body'. It discusses and develops ideas going around this set of problematics, looking at metaphors of fluidity and bodily experience, as well as theorisations of overcoming and transforming the bodily.
I am well-read in Deleuze, so Lorraine's treatment was a little basic, but would serve as a good introduction to some of the most important ideas, including the famous 'body without organs'. But I didn't know Irigaray well, and this book was a useful platform from which to jump into much of the relevant material. Lorraine quotes often and well, right from across the respective oeuvres, and so would be useful for someone who is not widely-read in this area to launch right in. It helps, too, that Lorraine writes clearly and understandably, and is able to convey some of the most complex of ideas in a comprehensible manner.
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- Meet Rembrandt van Rijn
- Could have been an outsanding novel....
- Deliberately Obtuse and Essentially Dull
- My opinion
- Riding a wave...
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Rembrandt's Whore: A Novel
Sylvie Matton
Manufacturer: Canongate U.S.
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Book Description
Reminiscent of Tracy Chevalier's best-selling Girl with a Pearl Earring, Rembrandt's Whore is the fictional monologue of Hendrickje Stoffels, Rembrandt's mistress, with whom he spent the last twenty years of his life. A sensitive innocent, Hendrickje escapes the harsh realities of her garrison hometown to become a servant in Rembrandt's household. She soon becomes his lover and closest confidante, filling the void left by the death of his wife and two of their children. Enlightened by the positive values of beauty, truth, love, and art, Hendrickje is fated to discover the hypocrisy and fickleness of Amsterdam society, which ostracizes her and precipitates Rembrandt's final collapse. Matton has researched not only Rembrandt's life and works but also contemporary Amsterdam and the Black Death. In a serene, sensuous style of writing she provides an intriguing and intimate view into the painter's life.
Customer Reviews:
Meet Rembrandt van Rijn.......2007-03-30
This is a great little book. I enjoyed it tremendously. It brings the artist to life and shows how life with the Rembrandt felt like for Hendrickje, a country girl who became Rembrandt's common law wife. The book shows how it was to live in Amsterdam back in the mid-1600s, in all the little details. It is also a study of the intricate social structures which dominate small communities everywhere. The book is thick with atmosphere and envelopes the reader in another age showing what it must have felt like to live with a genius, at the time of the Plague, and submerged in religious bigotry. It also artfully weaves into the story the feelings of a good woman as she copes with her love, her passions, people, misunderstanding, prayer and fears. A great read for those interested in Rembrandt and Holland during the 1600s. I read the book in the silence of my room, alone, so nobody could lurch me out of that atmosphere and that age !
Could have been an outsanding novel...........2005-04-28
REMBRANDT'S WHORE takes place during the second half of Rembrandt's life, in Amsterdam. It tells the story of Hendrickje Stoffels, a 20 year old girl who moves in from the country, in order to serve as maid in Rembrandt's household.
Rembrandt has her pose for his paintings, and soon falls in love with her. Because of a contract he has signed, regarding not being able to marry after his former wife's death, at the expense of having to pay a sum which he does not posses, he is not able to marry her, and thus she becomes his "whore".
From a historical perspective, we are exposed to war, the plague, religious intolerance, and politics. All of these factors play important roles as they compose the background of the story.
The second half of Rembrandt's life was characterized by bankruptcy, illness, and his downfall from Amsterdam's best known painter to his being exploited by various political figures, who took advantage of his precarious situation. Hendrickje stands by him and provides him with care, emotional support, and a child, Cornelia.
It is because of her that Rembrandt is able to live, having lost his wife Saskia and children in a tragic manner.
The plot is well conceived and interesting.
I was unpleasantly surprised by the book's form. REMBRANDT'S WHORE is basically a monologue by Hendrickje, sometimes in first person, and others in second, as she talks directly to Rembrandt. Quite franky, the novel is often confusing.
Also, due to the fact that a 20 year old, practically illiterate, peasant girl narrates the story, the novel's flow is absolutely nonexistent. This makes it difficult to read and quite franky boring.
I have read quite a few biographical novels regarding the lives and times of famous painters, and this one rank's pretty low, and cannot be compare this to other books of the same genre. A specific example is Irving Stone's LUST FOR LIFE, about Vincent VanGogh. Now, that's a masterpiece.....
Deliberately Obtuse and Essentially Dull.......2005-03-12
Told from the point of view of Hendrickje Stoffels, Rembrandt's mistress, paragraphs in dark and darker colors, like Rembrandt's own brush strokes paint a picture of mid 17th century Amsterdam and the second half of the life of Rembrandt. It's a time of plauge, war, floods, superstition and religious intolerance.
Suffering after the deaths of his three small children and wife Saskia, Rembrandt finds solace in the arms of Hendrickje, a beautiful servant in his household, 23 years his junior. He never marries her (thus the name given to her by the towns people, "Rembrandt's whore") but clearly loves her, as he loves the child they have together as well as his beloved Titus, son of Saskia.
Written in a deliberately obtuse style with shifting points of view we are told of an endless succession of visitors to the Rembrandt household, as well as providing laborious information on his bankcruptcy and the loss of his house, his paintings and other possessions. Interspersed with this are amorphous descriptions of his paintings that can only be deciphered by those completely familiar with the Rembrandt oeuvre. This book is essentially boring and confusing.
My opinion.......2003-12-20
I must disagree on one point with the top most reviewer. This novel was written before Tracy Cheveliers Girl with a pearl earring. Although "pearl earring" was a far more interesting read. I found this book boring but oddly intriguing. It is worded strangely and sometimes the main character (its in 1st person) Begins to speak to Rembrandt. These parts are second person and it all becomes very confusing. I also found I didn't really care about the main character and the ending was a let down. It leaves one dissatisfied with the novel. You would have to really love anything to do with Rembrandt to enjoy this book.
I in fact found it so boring it took over three weeks to finish. And this is saying something when the book is only about 180 pages. I hated it so much I referred to is as the dreadful book that would not end. Once again someone really needs to enjoy aspects of Rembrandt's life to enjoy this complicated (what seems like) 500 page bore. The reason by the way that this received 2 stars instead of 1 is because the plot was enough to keep me reading up to a point.
Riding a wave..........2003-06-05
Sylvie Matton is simply riding the Tracey Chevalier wave. Unfortunately, she is not a good enough surfer and crashes before the break. A boring book, a pale imitation.
Customer Reviews:
Not Bad, but Dated.......2006-09-02
Tamsins work is great, but you may need somethine more up to date if your planning trips...but the the bool is still full of great trips. I was looking for a book about much longer tours (expedictions). This book wasn't it.
Close but no cigar..........2002-05-15
If you are looking for one day trips, this is the book for you. Good descriptions and directions but in general those are the trips you would do if you asked around. The routes described in the book are not long, calm and easy. Great for begginers and also a nice pace change for hardcore kayakers. It's a good book to have, for the quick one day getaways. But still no cigar for a multiple day kayaker.
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