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This is a gossipy account of the billionaires, movie stars, and corporate giants and the white-gloved, million dollar penthouse apartment buildings they inhabit. Included are the details of the resident selection process, with heartbreaking social, racial, and political stories of prejudice and privilege, where the majority of applicants are blackballed from certain buildings. This book can serve as a blueprint for how to handle the application process, supplying advice on who to ask for letters of recommendation, what to wear to the co-op interview, how much to reveal to the board, and much more.
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High Rise Low Down.......2007-07-16
This book was fantastic. I couldn't put it down. For someone like myself who is obsessed with all things New York, this gave an unprecedented look at what goes on behind the walls of NY's most coveted buildings. A definite must read.
High Rise Low Down.......2007-06-27
If you are a New Yorker like I am and enjoy history of New York buildings, this book is for you. It will be one I read over and over and even imspired me to go around to all the buildings and take my own pictures of them. I LOVE NEW YORK and especially the buildings. I thank the ladies who wrote this book as they did a very good job. I have always been in love with New York buildings. You will enjoy it too if you are so inclined.
Well worth the cost!.......2007-05-07
This book is a great and easy read. I enjoyed shuffling the chapters so that I could read about the most famous/notorious buildings first. The best thing is that each chapter "tackles" a different building. In addition, each chapter reads like a Movie of the Week - stranger than fiction. The stuff is so bizarre that it could not be made up. The wealth of information shows that the authoress really did her homework.
high rise low down.......2007-03-21
Great read if the outrageously rich, shallow and pompous icons (of thier own minds) facinate you. I couldn't put it down!
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The main focus in this story behind a team that has achieved unprecedented success and garnered unprecedented attention both in Indiana and nationally is center Greg Oden, regarded by many as the top high school basketball player in America. Oden and Mike Conley, Lawrence North's point guard and Oden's close friend, lead the team to its third-straight state championship and become the first Indiana team to ever win the mythical national championship. Beginning with the roots of Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis and legendary Coach Jack Keefer, and moving towards a friendship forged between Conley and Oden, Uncaged gives readers the full perspective on this incredible team with extensive behind-the-scenes background from assistant coach J.R. Shelt. Lawrence North won the 2005-06 Class 4A state title, tying the state record of 3 consecutive state titles and the longest winning streak of 45 games.
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This book establishes a proper firefighting mindset and promotes maintaining preparedness for the extreme physical and mental demands of firefighting operations in high-rise and standpipe equipped buildings. Armed with firefighting weapons that would be much more appropriate at a car fire, far too many fire departments are on a collision course with disaster and tragedy, should they encounter a serious high-rise fire. Countless false alarms, along with “good luck” while relying on bad habits, have greatly exacerbated the deadly disease of complacency. District Chief McGrail draws from his 25 years of experience, along with the lessons learned from many other fire service professionals, to provide a foundation for success and safety during high-rise and standpipe operations. The words “Everyone Comes Home” are just words. The actions necessary to ensure that everyone does come home are based on a lifelong commitment to excellence, and the consistent application of good fireground habits. This book is a compilation of those good habits and the many lessons learned by a man who is truly passionate about firefighting and firefighter safety and survival.
Among the many valuable topics covered in this book are:
• Standpipe system pressure regulating devices, pressure restricting devices and pressure reducing valves
• Cautious and disciplined elevator use during high-rise operations
• Elevator rescue operations
• Proper engine company suppression selection, including techniques to operate more powerful firefighting weapons with limited manpower
• Air support operations during high-rise emergencies, with or without an internal resource
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Sky High Living explores a selection of the most arresting residential tall buildings from around the world, predominantly from North America and Asia.
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Good book with less photos than you might expect.......2007-02-28
I really like this book, although I would like to see a lot more photos of cars in a book that focuses on the aesthetic qualities of custom cars. The author successfully argues that kustoms are an art form and then proceeds to analyze various styles of custom cars in relationship to various styles of high art. Good stuff! As for the photos, the most refreshing thing about them is that they are not the same dozen famous kustoms that you've already seen in every other book about custom cars.
Kulture Kids.......2006-03-06
An exhaustive (and exhausting) cross between a fan-rave and a dissertation examining the history and pop-ological intricacies of the brief but very influential rod-and-custom period in America.
Although it is chock full of details and insights into the subject one wonders who exactly it was written for. It often seems much too highbrow and academic for the average kid or gear-head, and I'm sure most academes wouldn't be seen reading anything with so many "purdy pichures". You're left with the impression that it in fact began as a scholarly defense (always check who the publisher is) which, once it appeared to have legs, was tricked out with some chrome and kandy kolors to help find it's way onto American coffee tables.
Still it is well worth having to glean ( for practiced speed readers ) ever more minutia about an era that always spawns endless nostalgia for fans, and eventually, a true sociological and anthropological exegesis for 22 century rustmites.
Street Rodder Hall of Fame Pick.......2002-04-27
Just want to let everybody know that Jerry Weesner of Streetrodder (June 2002) picked Cool Cars, High Art as a Hall of Fame selection with only three other books on the art of customizing.
Blue Collar Art on Parnassus.......2002-04-24
This handsome book is an unusual treatment of its subject for sure. There is a bevy of color photographs to satisfy the aficionado--and to make it an ideal gift for any car-crazy friend. But what I find most striking is the author¹s truly unique take on the car as an art object. Obviously comfortable with the demands of current theoretical discourse, he seems purposefully to prove that the obscurantism that bedevils so much academic prose today is merely self-indulgent. He has helped me grasp much more than just the beauty of the customized car. Readers (and especially teachers in a number of disciplines) will appreciate Prof. DeWitt¹s cunning explications of a Williams poem, a Picasso collage, a Futurist sculpture, and a surprising number of movies and TV shows to support his insights into our car culture.
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What constitutes a high-rise building? A high-rise is, in fact, any building with more than 9 storeys and not just those striking skyscrapers which shape modern city skylines. In the past architects who designed such structures used to be the exception but in the last 10 years more and more architectural offices have begun to focus on this type of building. However, the sheer complexity of designing and planning the construction of a high-rise as opposed to other building types requires a wealth of specialized experience and expertise. The High-Rise Manual is the first comprehensive reference work on this subject. All relevant aspects of such an undertaking are examined in detail by some 24 specialist authors. Each step is extensively documented including the initial project planning, the building organisation, the laying of the foundations, the supporting structure, the building technology, the office design, and the Facility Management. Theoretical contributions present the basic principles of select
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A technical manual.......2007-06-07
This book features great technical information and is very thorough. I was hoping for a few more floor plans showing the design of cores and their relation to floor plates. Nevertheless, very useful to have.
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Deep in the heart of the city. . .
Mac's favorite glass monkey is missing. Who would take a glass monkey? And why?
This sounds like a case for the High-Rise Private Eyes--Case #001, to be exact, The Case of the Missing Monkey
Because no mystery is too mysterious, no puzzle to puzzling, no crime too criminal, no trouble too troubling for ace detectives and very best friends Bunny Brown and Jack Jones.
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After the collapse of her parents' marriage, Mimi Schulman leaves her mother in Houston to look after her befuddled photographer father in New York. Too preoccupied with family problems to think much about her new life, Mimi's first hour at The Baldwin Schoolâan institution where teachers offer psychoanalysis in lieu of grades and students hold cocktail parties in the bathroom between classesâleaves her spinning.
When Sam, her childhood best friend, bets her she can't befriend the "cool girls," Mimi accepts the challenge, only to discover that social climbing in New York is no easy task. Fitting in with the blond, all-American popular girls back in Texas was nothing compared to joining Baldwin's clique of raccoon-eyed waifs.
Rubbing shoulders with the offspring of diplomats and celebrities, all with secrets and dysfunctions that put her own domestic worries to shame, Mimi finds herself in one bizarre situation to the nextâa fake-ID deli, a topless bar, a jacuzzi in Trump Towerâand in the position of winning a bet that threatens to make her lose sight of herself.
A coming-of-age story about friendship and betrayal, about brutal honesty and its consequences, The Rise and Fall of a 10th-Grade Social Climber is a novel with heart and a wicked sense of humor.
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Loved this book.......2006-10-26
When i first purchased the book "The Rise and Fall of a 10th Grade Social Climber" i got it because of the cover. At first i thought the book was slow and boring until i got to the middle of it. Mim's desire to become one of the popular girls at the Baldwin school drives her to do many crazy things. She gets a fake id, tries pot and cigarets, goes to trump tower and her friendship with her childhood best friend is tested. She also keeps a diary to write about the popular girls in. She learns that writing about your friends is never a good thing. This book tought me to always be honest and true to your friends because in the end, your true friends will stick by your side.
looooved it..........2006-08-11
I graduated from highschool quite a while ago, but this book was a very, very fun read. Mimi has that perfect mix of insecurity and confidence that creates an engaging main character, and allows for the development of poignant relationships with the people surrounding her. By the fifth page, I wanted to meet her. By the last page, I wanted to be her friend. I highly recommend this book!
Does cliche-angsty sophomore really learn lessons?.......2006-06-19
That was my question when I finished this novel about a 10th grade girl who makes a bet with her old childhood friend to see whether or not she can break into the "Coolies" (what a lame name) at her new liberal arts school in New York. She seems to succeed in busting into their group, meanwhile discovering that there's more to them than their stereotypical characterizations. However, throughout the book she snubs a girl who appears to be "cool" but really isn't compared to her chic new bohemian friends. Even when the not-cool girl finds out about her transgressions, she still accepts her and attempts to befriend her. Mimi, the main character, uses her to fill up space in her empty life when her secret is exposed but in the end, when her friends give her another chance, she blows off this girl once again for the more desirable "Coolies." So while the reader is supposed to understand that Mimi is repentant and her friends are understanding, I think Mimi has a long way to go character-wise in her dealings with the people that she deems not worthy.
Brilliant Debut Novel.......2006-05-30
I'm twice the age of the target audience (and male) but I devoured this in a single sitting. Best debut since Goodbye Columbus. I forever have a window into the soul of the teenage female (and i like the view!). Laughed so loud I disturbed my Brooklyn neighbors. It's the antidote to "Kids". Highly recommended for all ages and genders!
Good.......2006-05-24
If you like the Gossip Girl Series, then you will love this book.
MimiDeals with being the new kid at her new school in New York after her parents get divorced and she moves from Texas to live with her father. Follow her on her journey as she gets picked up dropped and picked up by the "A list" girls in the tenth grade.
Like I said, its similar to Gossip Girls, both are great reads for girls in thier mid to upper teens.
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- AN AWESOME BOOK!!!!
- Cox is great, but the story doesn't live up to expectations!
- An interesting read...
- It's still not much of a war
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KHAN'S LAST STAND!
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Lightning can indeed strike twice in the same place, as THE EUGENICS WARS: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume Two proves to be every bit as exciting, entertaining, and humorous as the first volume of this saga. The second portion of this engrossing story takes the reader from the beginnings of Khan's consolidation of his power, through the events that lead to his flight from Earth on the DY-100-class sleeper ship S.S. Botany Bay. From beginning to end, this novel is eminently satisfying....
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An ingenious blend of actual history and Trek mythology...Volume Two is an audacious, fast-moving conclusion to the Eugenics Wars duology, one-upping the considerable dramatic intensity and inventive accomplishment of the first volume, and bringing the story to a remarkably smooth, coherent conclusion....Cox's electric, fun-loving style of storytelling is the perfect medium to take the reader into the twenty-first century and beyond.
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Just as much fun as its predecessor, weaving Trek history in and out of recent headlines, mostly through the point of view of one of history's more entertaining secret agents, Teri Garr look-alike Roberta Lincoln....Cox's obvious affection for Trek comes through as strongly as his knowledge.
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Not what one thinks.......2007-06-06
Let me start by saying I am a fan of Star Trek. I've seen the moives and most of the shows (all series). I have not read any of the Star Trek books, before now at least.
"Wrath of Khan" is one of my all-time favorite movies and "Space Seed" is one of the better Star Trek TV episodes. So when I saw there were some books about the Eugenics Wars and Khan I was intrigued. And, after reading them, rather disappointed.
The books were written well enough. They are fast paced and easy to read. The back story with Kirk and the Enterprise are actually enjoyable and my favorite part of these books. Greg Cox shows time and time again, and again, and again, and again, he knows his Star Trek. And that is part of the problem.
It seems in every chapter there is some reference to something Star Trek but not directly related to Khan. And, in every other chapter, he seems to connect the current event in the book to some event in either one of the TV series or movies. It gets old, fast. It is like he has to keep reminding us he knows his Star Trek. Whenever I pondered Khan in the past, I never once thought of zombies, the Borg, or immortals. Here, I seem to encounter these odd ball things more then Khan.
This leads to another thing that bothers me - the focus of the book. It is not Khan, as one might expect. But it is really Ms Kennedy and Seven (and the cat) that the books focus on. Khan is there, of course, and the plot does deal with him and his schemes. But he is relegated to a single dimension character - a villain only worthy of one of the Brosnan James Bond films.
And that is what these books are like - bad spy novels with space death rays, micro spy gadgets, and teleporters. And it is more like the Eugenics COLD War. I understand that Space Seed had set the Eugenics Wars in the 1990s and that poses a problem. But I would rather have read an alternate history or somehow explained that the dating of the Eugenics was incorrect. Granted, Cox does a good job of mixing in real world events, but the story still ends up flat.
Going into this, I was hoping for story that could develop Khan's character instead of turning him into a shallow one. I had hoped Cox could do what Lucus couldn't do with Darth Vadar and that is come up with a compelling story for one of the archetypical villains of post modern sci-fi. But he didn't.
And though I dislike the books, there seems to be a good number of positive reviews of the books. I found them to be misleading. It is possible these reviewers did actually like the novels. And after reading the books, I think I can present a little test for other people to see if they would like the books. Here it is: If you liked the Star Trek episode with Seven and this *cat* and you think that style of episode fits well with Khan, you will like this book. If you used a laser etcher to remove the Seven episode from the DVD that contains it, you will not like this book.
AN AWESOME BOOK!!!!.......2007-05-25
Sorry... but... I'm lying. This book is PATHETIC! REALLY! I know I put 5 stars, but this is to warn thoes who only look at the 5 star ratings. For anyone who wishes to read about the exciting exploits of Khan... look elsewhere.
Essentially, 1/2 of this book is devoted to Khan and the other half to almost completely unrelated plots surrounding two lame characters re-hashed from previous novels: Agent Gary Sevan and Roberta. Much like the previous book, most of the action revolves around these two cardboard-quality "super spys" with the actions of Khan serving as a kind of supporting "character" in a supporting story line. Much like the previous "novel" (and I do use that term loosely!), Kahn is just the "super villian" who Seven and Roberta are charged to depose.
More or less... this book reads like a cheapened (and unimaginative) James Bond book where Seven and Roberta are Bond-like and Khan is the super villian. Given that Seven and Roberta could not be added and rehashed in this novel if it were written (even closely) according to Trek-cannon, the novel was forced to take on a spy-vs.-spy approach. For thoes of you wishing to see Khan's great rise and fall (as suggested in the reviews, cover page, etc.), FORGET IT!!! This story is RARELY even told from the perspective of KHAN!!!... the supposed main character! Mostly, it is drivel!!!
please Please PLEASE DO **NOT** BUY THIS BOOK!!!
You will only be dispointed at the flimsly "plot", the cheesey and campy wording, the over-abundance of past Trekie refernces (no doubt to remind you that you are suppose to reading a "Trek" base "novel"), the over use of non-related "supporting" characters, and the near absence of the "main" character Khan. This book is almost pure rehash and pure rubbish!
Cox is great, but the story doesn't live up to expectations!.......2006-05-31
First of all, Gregg Cox's creativity in building this story is excellent. In my opinion, he is one of the best writers in the Star Wars/ Star Trek genre. This is a great story, but Cox tries too hard to make the Eugenics Wars look like a "covert" war that happened concurrently with things that REALLY happened in our non-scifi history. This critically kills the whole scifi imagination of the reader - other than genetic engineering, there's no REAL sci-fi science happening. Gene Roddenberry and the original writers of Star Trek back in the 60's envisioned that by 1997 (the year of Khan's exile), we would be technologically advanced to the point of at least ALREADY traveling the solar system. Even though they missed the mark, the entire Star Trek genre is predicated on the idea that by 1997, we were well on our way to becoming a space-faring race. Cox's "historically correct" depiction of earth in the 1990s (Windows 95 and all) gravely injures what Roddenberry's Star Trek Timeline tried to create, thus rendering Khan's existence and reign unbelievable. Without high-technology, none of Cox's story is very belieavable. Think about it! How could Khan's mother create hundreds of genetically engineered babies in the 70's before PC's were invented, then by 1997 with more powerful PC's nobody else could re-create her technology (not even Khan himself according to Cox)?? Again, excellent writing, but Cox should have stuck to the advanced civilization concept that Roddenberry's bunch started out with. Though the read was worth the money, I'm dissappointed because I learned nothing about Star Trek history from this story.
An interesting read..........2005-11-20
I liked this book, because it found a way to fit the Eugenics Wars into our timeline. It also provided several links to other instalations of Star Trek. The phaser Chekov left behind in Star Trek IV and the Ferengi shuttle at Roswell from the DS9 episode "Little Green Men" are all mentioned, as well as the protagonists being Gary Seven, Isis, and Roberta Lincoln from the original series episode, "Assignment: Earth". Plus, of course, references to "Space Seed" and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Reccomended to Star Trek fans.
It's still not much of a war.......2005-04-11
I was expecting nation upon nation against Kahn in a horrible war. The book was nothing like that. I don't know if you can even call it a war. There really wasn't that big exciting story that it was made out to be. I was really looking foward to these books however they were disappointing.
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for investors, managers, and inspectors of tall buildings, this is an exceptionally useful book. Mr. Graighead combines his Australian roots and his California experience in a clear guide to fire safety and security management of these "vertical villages." I have quoted from this work in forums around the world, and have made this book a special present for colleagues in the fire service and architecture and "authorities having jurisdiction." It is a how- to and why guide to active systems. I recommend it highly. And, given that so many skyscrapers are now being built in Asia and in Latin America, I hope this is translated into Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Portuguese. - Richard A. "Nick" Candee, Executive Director, Global Operations, NFPA International
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