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Venice came to life on spongy mudflats at the edge of the habitable world. Protected in a tidal estuary from barbarian invaders and Byzantine overlords, the fishermen, salt gatherers, and traders who settled there crafted an amphibious way of life unlike anything the Roman Empire had ever known. In an astonishing feat of narrative history, James H. S. McGregor recreates this world-turned-upside-down, with its waterways rather than roads, its boats tethered alongside dwellings, and its livelihood harvested from the sea.
McGregor begins with the river currents that poured into the shallow Lagoon, carving channels in its bed and depositing islands of silt. He then describes the imaginative responses of Venetians to the demands and opportunities of this harsh environment--transforming the channels into canals, reclaiming salt marshes for the construction of massive churches, erecting a thriving marketplace and stately palaces along the Grand Canal. Through McGregor's eyes, we witness the flowering of Venice's restless creativity in the elaborate mosaics of St. Mark's soaring basilica, the expressive paintings in smaller neighborhood churches, and the colorful religious festivals--but also in theatrical productions, gambling casinos, and masked revelry, which reveal the city's less pious and orderly face.
McGregor tells his unique history of Venice by drawing on a crumbling, tide-threatened cityscape and a treasure-trove of art that can still be seen in place today. The narrative follows both a chronological and geographical organization, so that readers can trace the city's evolution chapter by chapter and visitors can explore it district by district on foot and by boat.
Customer Reviews:
Great architectural guidebook.......2007-02-16
This book is not a typical guide - where to eat and sleep - but rather a detailed architectural guide with enough history mixed in to put it all into context. Having explored most of the sites discussed, I found that the author gives excellent insight into the buildings, adds detail that enhances visits and turns the buildings that would otherwise blend into the city into treasures. A must for architecture fans and those who want to explore beyond the traditional half day in the St. Marks area.
Venetian Masterpiece.......2007-01-05
If you have been to Venice or are planning to go, "Venice from the Ground Up" is a great book and necessary for you to own.
Why would a city become established and then flourish in what would seem to be the unlikeliest place--in the middle of a lagoon? In answering this question this excellent book proves the basic concept of the other "From the Ground Up" book, ("Rome from the Ground Up"), that you can't understand a city without knowing how it developed-and understand the interplay of natural and historical forces, and cultural institutions.
Like the earlier book, this one visualizes a city at various moments in its lifespan. In Rome one grasps immediately that a modern city is overlying a classical one. Venice is different because after it consolidated from clusters of islands and channels became defined as canals, a city of waterways instead of streets emerged which presents a bewildering labyrinth to the visitor.
This book is ingeniously well organized to sort it all out. The text presents a development of Venetian architecture, history and society in stages coordinated to the series of clearly legible maps at the end, with the places discussed in the text located in numbered sequence on the map, so that the book can be also be used as a guide to this exploration of Venice in a slice in time, by foot and boat. (Practical information is included on catching the Venetian bus, the vaporetto, etc.)
I also own a thick comprehensive guidebook to the city organized in itineraries in various neighborhoods which I carried around with me in Venice--but "Venice from the Ground Up" is more valuable in understanding what you are seeing, which is more a matter of perspective and context than of minutiae.
This is still a very complete and scholarly book, elegantly designed, illustrated with wonderful historic prints and paintings and beautiful contemporary photographs which seem to keep you moving between the present and the past. The author is a sparklingly inventive writer, and his descriptions are as vivid as paintings. I had to read through just to find out how the story of Venice would arrive at our own day.
I love Canaletto's paintings, and this book has enlivened his paintings for me in new ways. If you love Venice, or are planning to go there, you need to have this book to enhance your understanding or renew your love of this amazing city.
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Selection of the Executive Program Book Club
For any manager or executive who's had it with quick-fix approaches to organizational transformation, here's a proven approach that lasts. In this paperback edition of the best-selling original work, management expert Ed Lawler presents six principles--and plenty of practical guidance--for overhauling an enterprise from bottom to top and bringing it into alignment with the realities of today's marketplace. Don't fall for yet another silver-bullet solution. This is the definitive approach to making the kind of substantive changes that will bolster your company's competitive stance, now and for years to come.
Customer Reviews:
The Six New Logic Principles and the Star Model........2001-01-26
"When we look around the business landscape, we see many giant corporations that were once very successful-General Motors, Westinghouse, IBM, Kmart, Digital, and Sears-trying to regain their glory days. At the same time, we see much younger corporations such as Compaq, Wal-Mart, Intel, and Microsoft competing with them and thriving. How did these successful giants of the 1960s and 1970s end up with major competitiveness problems in the 1980s and 1990s? The answer is both simple and extraordinarily complex. These once very successful corporations remained good at operating well-managed, bottom-line-oriented hierarchies, and as a result they continued to make small improvements in performance. Their fiercest competitors, on the other hand-often other U.S. companies-were, and still are, redefining the rules for business success and achieving dramatic improvements in their performance. Until recently, many of these formerly very successful companies have stubbornly clung to the old ways of doing things and refused to accept that a new era of management thinking what I call the 'new logic' of organizing-is beginning. As a result, the IBMs, Westinghouses, and Sears Roebucks of the world are behind in the race to reinvent themselves and the way they are managed" (from the Introduction).
In this context, Edward E. Lawler III firstly outlines and contrasts the most important assumptions and elements of both the traditional logic and the new logic appproach as following:
I- The Six Old Logic Principles:
1. Organization is a secondary source of competitive advantage.
2. Bureaucracy is the most effective source of control.
3. Top management and technical experts should add most of the value.
4. Hierarchical processes are the key to organizational effectiveness.
5. Organizations should be designed around functions.
6. Effective managers are the key to organizational effectiveness.
II- The Six New Logic Principles:
1. Organization can be the ultimate competitive advantage.
2. Involvement is the most effective source of control.
3. All employees must add significant value.
4. Lateral processes are the key to organizational effectiveness.
5. Organizations should be designed around products and customers.
6. Effective leadership is the key to organizational effectiveness.
Then, after introducing a new way of organizing and managing based on the new logic principles, he focuses on applying the six principles to the organizational elements in order to create a high-performance organization within the context of the Star Model-it has a pentagonal shape with a five-pointed star inside. It depicts the key features of an organization: strategy, structure, rewards, processes, and people.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended reading for all corporate managers........2000-04-06
From The Ground Up: Six Principles For Building The New Logic Corporation offers an approach for corporate development that is designed around job functions and departments as it focuses on management rather than leadership. Author Edward Lawler presents the "new logic" in six easy-to-understand principles for organizational redesign and a hands-on plan for putting them in place. Lawler draws upon real-world examples from Motorola, Home Depot, #M, and WalMart to illustrate how these new logical principles can affect positive change in streamlining company processes, improving customer service, boosting employee morale, tackling time-to-market issues, defining business strategies, and outlining mission statements. From The Ground Up is highly recommended reading for corporate managers at all levels of responsibility in today's highly competitive and global marketplace.
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When Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the phenomenon of environmental racism--the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, particularly toxic waste dumps and polluting factories, on people of color and low-income communities--gained unprecedented recognition. Behind the President's signature, however, lies a remarkable tale of grassroots activism and political mobilization. Today, thousands of activists in hundreds of locales are fighting for their children, their communities, their quality of life, and their health.
From the Ground Up critically examines one of the fastest growing social movements in the United States, the movement for environmental justice. Tracing the movement's roots, Luke Cole and Sheila Foster combine long-time activism with powerful storytelling to provide gripping case studies of communities across the U.S--towns like Kettleman City, California; Chester, Pennsylvania; and Dilkon, Arizona--and their struggles against corporate polluters. The authors effectively use social, economic and legal analysis to illustrate the historical and contemporary causes for environmental racism. Environmental justice struggles, they demonstrate, transform individuals, communities, institutions and even the nation as a whole.
Customer Reviews:
Enviromental justice and grassroots advocacy.......2001-05-26
Anyone interested in community organizing, legal advocacy on behalf of community groups, and environmental justice work will benefit from this book's in-depth analysis of the struggles and achievements of neighborhood groups battling environmental injustice, and its valuable insights into community organizing strategies and the role of lawyers and the legal system in promoting social change. Although the authors fully acknowledge the prevalence of racism in our society and the lack of easy fixes to the problems faced by disadvantaged communities, they nevertheless convey an inspiring sense of idealism and optimism about the future possibilities for "the movement".
Environmental Justice.......2001-03-17
The story tells about history and environment racism. It has a very good idea of racism. It also talks about environmental justice. People would like this book. Two thumbs and eight fingers up!
Understanding Environmental Justice.......2001-03-17
For those people who want a wide-ranging introduction to the environmental justice movement and its legal arm, this is the place to turn. Written by a movement lawyer activist and a legal academic, this book captures the social and legal evolution of the environmental justice movement in a way that highlights the work of the communities themselves. Vigorously written, the book would be worth the price just for the chapter on transformative politics and its comprehensive annotated bibliography. A must have.
Average customer rating:
- Absolutely the best book for VB6
- Lots of information, serious lack of explanation and samples
- Disappointed so far.
- Very Good
- not bad with typos
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Recipient of the Reader's Choice Award from Visual Basic Programmer's Journal. Gary Cornell is one of the highest-profile authors--key Microsoft insider who's gained industry respect. Support of Visual Studio 6 team with technical review of book. Enables readers to produce commercial-quality programs for practical application. Section devoted to programming concepts for true novice, as well as content aimed towards more advanced programming tasks. Goes beyond competition with extensive coverage on building your own objects, custom controls, recursion, distributing commercial programs. Covers features built into both the Professional and Enterprise editions of Visual Basic.
Customer Reviews:
Absolutely the best book for VB6.......2003-11-21
I bought this book in Year 11 (2000), after reading reviews of it. I was a beginner to programming - not only did this book introduce me to programming, it goes into VB6 in detail. The examples are all useful - not just toy examples. I have created many useful VB6 projects - this is the ONLY VB6 book you need.
Lots of information, serious lack of explanation and samples.......2003-10-19
Perhaps this book would prove useful to an experienced programmer, but for a novice it is not a good choice. Cornell "assumes no previous programming experience", then goes on to write in huge, sweeping generalities without adequate explanations. Also, the code in the book is often written so the reader cannot fathom the type of event the code is associated with, and no explanations are forthcoming in the body of the text.
There really is a lot covered in this book, but unless you do indeed have "previous programming experience", not worth the cash.
Disappointed so far........2003-10-17
Two cents from a rank amateur/beginning programmer. At the moment, I'm on page 179 of this book and the main problem I have so far is with the way the information is communicated. Personally, I now know that I should have picked up a book that taught VB concepts via small projects and tasks. A "in chapter 1 we'll build a simple tool to get familiar w/ the IDE. In chapter 2 we'll improve our skillset by building a slightly advanced tool to learn about declaring variables, etc." approach would work better for me. Unfortunately, this book doesn't really do that. The concepts here are explained mostly with bits of standalone code. Hopefully, perhaps by page 200, we'll commence with some "learning by doing." Yes, hopefully. In the meantime, I'll grit my teeth and continue with the book, but right now it simply isn't working for me.
Very Good.......2003-04-29
I should like to point out that the comment above regarding typos is not correct. True the example is missing a parenthesis (which the reviewer misspelled), however the move method DOES NOT require 4 arguments when anyone of the optional 3 are there. The arguments are left, top, width and height. You must specify all arguments that appear in the syntax before the argument you want to specify. For example, you can't specify width without specifying left and top. Any trailing arguments that are unspecified remain unchanged.
not bad with typos.......2003-03-10
This isn't a bad beginners book. Anyone who needs more 'basic' information than this book probably shouldn't be in the IT industry in the first place.
The book has alot of typos, i.e. missing parantheses in code examples, missing function arguments etc. I've found it to be somewhat troublesome, but you should be able to go to msdn online to figure out the typo. For example on page 487 the move method requires 4 arguments when anyone of the optional 3 are there but he only includes 2. There is also a missing parantheses there as well.
This book does not go into ADO in any kind of depth that is needed. The Murach book, 'VB6 beginner to database pro' does ADO much better. There does seem to be a complete lack of ADO books for VB6. I imagine there are alot for VB.net. If you want this book, you will need another book to learn ADO programming in VB6. Database manipulation is what many people use VB for. However this lack of ADO depth may be because the book went to press before MS finalized ADO (just a guess there).
Don't get me wrong, I thought this book was very informative and helpful, the fact that ADO is not covered in depth is a definite drawback. Also the code examples don't include every example from the book, just the complete programs. There were many code snippets that you could put in blank vb6 project to illustrate something that were not in the downloadable code from osborne. I would have preferred a CD to downloading as well.
8/20/2003 - I hadn't realized this before becuse the book does not cover it at all, but there is a complete lack of coverage of interface classes. I had to go to a new riders book MCSD TRAINING GUIDE: VISUAL BASIC 6 EXAMS for a good discussion of this. Even the mspress book is somewhat confusing on this topic. If you can get this book used than do that. Don't pay full price though, especially since the binding seems to come apart after alot of use.
Book Description
In this revealing book, Lance Freeman sets out to answer a seemingly simple question: how does gentrification actually affect residents of neighborhoods in transition? To find out, Freeman does what no scholar before him has done. He interviews the indigenous residents of two predominantly black neighborhoods that are in the process of gentrification: Harlem and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. By listening closely to what people tell him, he creates a more nuanced picture of the impacts of gentrification on the perceptions, attitudes and behaviors of the people who stay in their neighborhoods.
Freeman describes the theoretical and planning/policy implications of his findings, both for New York City and for any gentrifying urban area. There Goes the 'Hood provides a more complete, and complicated, understanding of the gentrification process, highlighting the reactions of long-term residents. It suggests new ways of limiting gentrification's negative effects and of creating more positive experiences for newcomers and natives alike.
Customer Reviews:
The Truth is Among Us.......2007-01-11
When a young brother paints a picture about the past, will anyone one see it? Dr. Freeman is a young brother and he has the attention on many. Not only are people seeing it, but they hear him loud and clear. For years people were afaid of the "hood." Now they want the "hood."
Lance does an excellent job telling the story of how others want what African America's have failed to take care of. The hood is now for sale! Thanks Lance for writing such an insightful book.
A Great Piece of Work .......2006-12-07
There Goes the Hood provides a historical look at both Harlem and Clinton Hill and then moves into their current day status with all of the attendent challenges and benefits. Though Freeman notes that he is a quantitative researcher his ability to conduct a qualitative study that speaks to academics, policy makers, and the general public is no small feat. His illumination of the voices of the community could only be enhanced by adding in more perspective from the gentry themselves(particularly the white gentry). Overall I thnk the book is a must read for those who are interested in gentrification and communities of color.
Book Description
Hoof care is critical to every horse owner. "The Sound Hoof" demystifies what every owner, trainer, and equine healthcare provider wants to know about current trimming and shoeing practices so that they can make informed decisions for their horses. Lancaster takes a pragmatic approach toward the emerging field of holistic hoof care, a subject that is being heatedly discussed in the equine community by documenting the latest science available regarding a balanced, healthy hoof and horse.
Customer Reviews:
Disappointing.......2006-08-31
The book has a nice Intro to anatomy section, & there is really good information sprinkled throughout. However I find some of the advice in the book unrealistic.
Encourages the reader to have their farrier "justify" the farriers techniques. For example if I were to tell my farrier not to square the toe because the white line determines the shape of the foot, he would pack up his tools & leave! I'm sure on his way out he would tell me if I know so much about my horses' feet then I ought to trim them myself!
Also encourages reader to try & have their farrier experiment with "other" techniques. I feel it's unlikely the typical farrier is willing to "re-invent the wheel," in order to learn new techniques. None the less ones recommended from his client.
This book is also a bit "wishy-washy." It places doubts on theories or some aspect of theory because it was not micro-analyzed under a microscope in a laboratory controlled situation. Yet proof has been evident out in the field. This "wishy-washy-ness" may leave some readers confused.
Working with the "professionals" is all well & fine, but many of us have been stuck in the proverbial farrier/vet loop for far too many years already without answers. Get educated on the mechanical functions of the hoof via Jaime Jacksons "Horse Owners Guide to Natural Hoof Care." With that knowledge you should be able to make conscious decisions about your hoof care, regardless where you stand. Your dollar is better spent on the Jaimes book.
No Hoof No Horse.......2006-08-01
This book should be required reading for all horse owners. It is well researched and well written by an author who knows the subject matter very well not only from books, veterinary articles, and personal research, but also from working as a farrier. Whether your horse is shod or barefoot, the information regarding the internal structures of the horse's hoof and lower leg, proper trimming to keep those structures in good alignment, and the timing between trimming is vitally important for all horses to maintain soundness over thier lifetimes. Too many horses' lives end early because of owner ignorance about hooves and how to care for them properly.
Gallop away.......2005-10-11
Ugh. What a sham this book is. The title suggests that this would be a fantastic source in learning to properly care for your horse's hooves, and thus, their soundness. Who wouldn't need a book like this? Don't fall for it. This book is largely a preachy rant about "natural" hoof care. If you're not one of the 15 people who practice "natural" hoof care and need an explanation, here goes: "Natural" hoof care is the misguided idea that horses, no matter what breed, discipline, athletic ability, job, age, soundness or geographic location, will be the most sound with NO shoes, as this is their natural state and they have thrived this way until their domestication. This would really make sense if what we did with our horses was "natural," but let's be realistic. Jumping, cutting, dressage, driving and polo are not "natural" equine activities. Neither is stall confinement, turnout in limited space, performing on sand based footing surfaces, and so on. Sure, there are a select number of performance horses who can excel without shoes, but they are exceptions, not the norm, and were probably born with fantastic hoof genes. If you have a backyard pleasure horse or a trail horse, this may work for you. I did give it 3 stars because the information provided is well written, well researched, and accompanied with appropriate diagrams and pictures. I do, however, not agree with the notion that natural hoof care can work for the majority of performance horses. If you're looking for hoof care books, try Shoeing Right, Well-Shod, or if you're really ambitious, Principles of Horseshoeing.
Excellent resource for horseowners!.......2005-09-19
I have read a lot of books on the topic, but I have yet to read a better introduction into horse hooves and hoof care. Sadly, more horse owners than not, who read and comprehend this book will finish it knowing more about their horses' hooves than their farriers. It is a short 114 page, concise, easy to understand informational guide into the complex and perfect design that is a hoof. An excellent gift for anyone with an interest in "healthy" horses. Their horses will thank you for it too!
Book Description
Rome is not one city but many, each with its own history unfolding from a different center: now the trading port on the Tiber; now the Forum of antiquity; the Palatine of imperial power; the Lateran Church of Christian ascendancy; the Vatican; the Quirinal palace. Beginning with the very shaping of the ground on which Rome first rose, this book conjures all these cities, past and present, conducting the reader through time and space to the complex and shifting realities--architectural, historical, political, and social--that constitute Rome.
A multifaceted historical portrait, this richly illustrated work is as gritty as it is gorgeous, immersing readers in the practical world of each period. James McGregor's explorations afford the pleasures of a novel thick with characters and plot twists: amid the life struggles, hopes, and failures of countless generations, we see how things truly worked, then and now; we learn about the materials of which Rome was built; of the Tiber and its bridges; of roads, aqueducts, and sewers; and, always, of power, especially the power to shape the city and imprint it with a particular personality--like that of Nero or Trajan or Pope Sixtus V--or a particular institution.
McGregor traces the successive urban forms that rulers have imposed, from emperors and popes to national governments including Mussolini's. And, in archaeologists' and museums' presentation of Rome's past, he shows that the documenting of history itself is fraught with power and politics. In McGregor's own beautifully written account, the power and politics emerge clearly, manifest in the distinctive styles and structures, practical concerns and aesthetic interests that constitute the myriad Romes of our day and days past.
Customer Reviews:
Good, but not that good.......2007-05-23
I felt this was something of a mixed bag. Parts of it were illuminating and fresh (the geological overview; the argument that Rome is not a palimpsest of overlaid cities but a mosaic of successive cities lying mostly side-by-side), other parts less so (the ho-hum chapter on the Roman Forum).
There are, however, some major historical howlers. Two will suffice: McGregor states that the senate was staffed by patricians and was all-powerful, when in fact patricians were a minority in the senate and it had no legal power whatsoever. It was certainly influential, but it was hardly all-powerful. Elsewhere, McGregor states that Vespasian (69-79) succeeded Titus (79-81), when in fact it was the opposite, as the dates in brackets make clear. Silly errors in fact like this undermine my trust in those parts of the book covering areas I am less familiar with.
All in all, this book is worth having, but not a patch on Aicher's *Rome Alive* or Claridge's *Rome; An Archaeological Guide* for the curious traveller.
a writer trying to find a public.......2007-01-10
Writer trying to find a public
When I bought Rome from the ground up I had no idea what to expect, thinking it was perhaps something along the line of Krautheimers Profile of a city (which by the way is mentioned in the bibliograpy of the book), showing the many layers of which Rome exists and the city's long and complicated history. Just to illustrate what I mean: if you are standing in the Forum and looking at the eight surviving columns of the temple of Saturn, it would be just as easy to write ten pages about what you are seeing, as ten pages about what you are not seeing. Doing both would be quite a job. Krautheimer describes the period from 312 till 1308, skipping republic and large part of imperial Rome, and has, in my first edition, 360 very large, double columned and small lettered pages.
But Rome from the ground up is not that sort of book. Thank God, some readers will say. You' ll find that out just by taking it in your hands. The book has 320 small pages with lots of margin, small pictures, and no maps. It is organised in 8 chronological chapters, beginning with Tiber Island and Forum Boarium, than the Forum, next the imperial part of the city and so on, ending in the 19th century really. The idea of the structure is that in this way you get an chronological overview of the city, of which different parts were indeed built in different and succeeding periods. Every chapter could be a walk, or part of it. A small problem is that you would, in each part of the city, be able to point out things which do'nt fit in, and that now and then you would have to cover quite some distance to find everything that does. In his chapter on the Baroque Mc Gregor passes from the Via del Quirinale, by way of the Palazzo Barberini to the Villa Borghese. I admit that there is a lot of Baroque to be seen, but I sincerely hope he took a bus to do so (number 10, if I am not mistaken). Mc Gregor knows Rome a lot better than I do, I presume, while behind the things he writes looms a lot more knowledge which he doesn't use. And of course, it always is a pleasure to read someone who obviously loves Rome very much. And yes, he writes well, and yes, it must have been fun to write the book too. Yet, Rome from the ground up is really nothing more than a travelguide, without the facilities that normally accompany such a book. I find the title a bit of a gimmick and also the only pretentious part of the book. What is meant, is that a chronological presentation of Rome is from the ground up.
I guess the problem with Rome from the ground up is who its reader is supposed to be. Although the author himself suggest that while "the book stands on its own as a portrait of the city, its format and organisation also makes Rome from the ground up a useful guide to travelers", I don 't think I agree, on both points that is. As a guide it is not of much use, and you would be better off buying a Blue Guide (still the best). As a book to read at home it is only of use if you know Rome well. But then, if you know Rome well, this is no longer the sort of book you read. The long descriptions of streets, palazzi, museums etc. which you don't see, can be very fatiguing. As a travel guide it doesn't work. The author seems to have guessed the problems readers could have with his book. "Maps can be had free everywhere in Rome", he says, "and updating guides all the time has become useless in these modern internet-times." I find that rather silly. When you are walking through Rome, internet is not of much use. Having a map and a guide at the same time is in practice laborious. On the other hand I agree that you will always need a good map. But it is nice if text and maps are integrated in a sensible way, as long as you are walking, especially since Rome is not New York. I usually take several guides with me. At the same time Rome from the ground up, although well written, is also somewhat superficial, even while it has some nice personal touches. But if you for instance would really visit the musea which are described in the book, the texts there wouldn't be of much use. You might even have problems finding the entrance of the place you try to visit, or not find it at all. Ostia isn't there, the catacombs aren't, and 20th century EUR, the part of the city started under Mussolini, and finished after the second world war, gets no treatment, which I find a pity. And it wouldn't be fair to complain about that to the author. A guide doesn't have to deliver an ongoing story and can structure its text in an easier way. And still the Blue Guide needs more than 600 pages. In short, while using Rome from the ground up as a guide would not be comfortable, reading it at home is not much use too. Bit of a waste really.
Comprehensive and Illuminating.......2006-01-14
I thought I knew Rome well after living there for several months studying its' architecture, art, and urban structure, but I was constantly delighted by this book's comprehensive scope and illuminative details. McGregor's method of looking at each era of the city through a region's buildings, urban fabric, and artistic treasures is a great way of organizing what can otherwise be an impossible avalanche of information. This method may not be for everyone - if want to pick up a book to find out who built a particular part of the Lateran under what pope, buy the Blue Guide. If you want to know why something was built and how that "why" has affected the physical structure of the city over millennia, this is the book for you. The photographs are magnificent and correlate well with the text, and as for the lack of maps, IMHO you're better off buying a pocket map for a couple of Euro that shows the entire area at a decent scale in order to get a handle on the whole thing, rather than a wee page-sized map that doesn't do the subject justice let alone help you find your way around.
The Key to Rome.......2006-01-04
This is a great book. It must be daunting to attempt to write a new book about Rome, about which everything has already been said, and said better. But this is a truly imaginative and original book. I've been to Rome several times and love the city and I own several guide books. But this is my favorite book on Rome. It is useful as a guide book but is really a long scholarly essay on the city bringing up-to-date scholarship into focus and creating a vivid sense of the city as it was at various moments in its history. The problem with Rome is that almost everywhere you look around you are surrounded with the remnants of classical times, Mediaeval, Renaissance and Baroque Romes all mixed together. But "Rome from the Ground up" brings to life a series of cities which existed in succession as the result of changing natural and cultural and historical forces. Usually the more detailed a guide book is the more it fails to capture the likeness of the city it is portraying, but this one manages to be very detailed, and to succeed especially well at sketching the perspectives into which everything fits.
The illustrations are small, but they are extremely well photographed and selected to go with the text. The alternation between the high quality contemporary photographs and the engravings of architectural facades and plans, and paintings is beautiful. And the two historical maps which are the endpapers of the book are very helpful in imagining what the city looked like "then" which is what one is always doing when walking in Rome.
This is the one book on Rome you will want to own as the key to all the other books on Rome you may have.
Entertaining and enlightening.......2006-01-04
Rome from the Ground Up will entertain and enlighten both frequent visitors to Rome and those who have yet to see the city, both the determined walker of itineraries and the armchair traveler. Those intending to use the book as a guide should turn first to the last chapter, "Information," where McGregor describes the itinerary traced in each of the book's historical chapters and provides both the briefest and most practical guide I have seen to useful information for visitors to Rome. (Harvard University Press has made this entire chapter, as well as current links to the websites recommended there by McGregor, available on its website, www.hup.harvard.edu.) The illustrations are colorful and have been chosen to complement the text; the historical maps on the endpapers show both the entire plan of the classical city and the most important regions of the post-classical city (the Vatican, Trastevere, and the Campo Marzio). It is the combination of elegant prose with sharp observation, however, which makes McGregor an ideal cicerone from geologic time and the Tiber's carving out of Rome's canyons through the most recent Jubilee and the very mixed signs for Rome's future.
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- garden witchery
- Covers all the basics
- Great guide for any level of practioner
- Love it!
- just what i was looking for!
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Garden Witchery: Magick from the Ground Up
Ellen Dugan
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2004 COVR AWARD 2ND RUNNER-UP! How does your magickal garden grow?. . .With violets, rosemary, and yarrow to attract faeries; an apple tree for love and health; and a circle of stones in some tucked-away corner? Whether you live in a cottage in the woods, a home in the suburbs, or a city apartment with a small balcony, a powerful and enchanted realm awaits you. Discover the secret language and magickal properties of the trees and flowers, herbs and plants found growing around you, and learn how to create your own witch''s garden.
Written with down-to-earth humor by a Master Gardener who is also a practicing witch, this creative and encouraging guide will inspire gardeners of all ages and experience levels. It includes a journal section that makes it easy to keep track of your progress, practical gardening advice, personal stories, and garden witchery lore and magick. Inside, you''ll get the dirt on: flower folklore moon gardening and astrological timing faerie magick beginning to advanced witchcraft floral and herbal spells Sabbat celebrations "witch crafts" (sachets, wreaths, charm bags) creating sacred space shade, moonlight, and sun gardens enchanted houseplant and container gardens magickal herbal correspondences garden blessings
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garden witchery.......2007-08-08
As a beginner, I found this book informative and enjoyable.
It was easy for me to understand and i came away with wonderful ideas for my small Magikal Garden.
I now also understand why I feel so good in my small Garden space!!!
Chalice
Covers all the basics.......2007-06-08
This is a good basic primer for any beginning wiccan gardener. Fun and easy read, and good 'entrylevel' reference.
Great guide for any level of practioner .......2007-05-18
I found this book entertaining as well as informative. Very easy to read writing style. If you're a novice the book isn't too overwhelming. I like the size of the book, I can tote it anywhere, like the garden or the nursery.
Love it!.......2007-04-04
I'd been looking for a good refence book for my new garden that included a section on magical trees. This book fits the bill! Also full of little spells and practical ways to use your magical herbs.
just what i was looking for!.......2007-03-06
As a solitary practicioner I was constantly looking for a spot that felt right (if you don't know what I mean, well, it'd take too long to explain) but the point is that I hadn't found it. Sadly, the last place I felt that was at my grandmother's (250miles away) and wasn't sure I could re-create that. Well, this book showed me how! I had a lot of questions answered in this book and most definetly will be getting her other books.
The book is easy to read, makes a LOT of sense and can be just the thing that us gardenless witches need to get a jump start back on track. I also highly recommend her book, Cottage Witchery - another excellent read and again, such a helpful book!
Honestly - if you have an inkling that you're magick lies in the garden or the hearth, but you've never practiced in a place like that I very much getting this book and reading through it. It can help you find the best place for you!
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Here is WWII for infantry, down and dirty. I was Shocked........2000-04-24
I was given this book by a 90th Div vets son-in-law. I had a great uncle(George Upshall) that fought with the 358th Reg 90th Div form June 7th to his death in Germany Feb 15th 1945. I was always curious about his role in the war, so much so that I visited his grave in Hamm Luxemborg. (Patton buried there as well)
I learned a great deal about WWII and my uncle on my trip to Europe, but this book really brings it home. I knew very little about the 90th, only that it was in Third Army and fought under Patton. I heard rumours that it was not such a crack divsion, at least until Patton got a hold of them, but that is all I knew.
From this book you learn what it must have been like to live with death gnawing at you everday. I was really quite shocked and never imagined it was this bad. WWII was different then Korea and Vietnam, you did not do your tour and go home. You were in it until we won or you were dead, captured or maimed. Their was no other ways out.
John Colby does a masterful job of explaining the plight of the 90th. You read detailed stories from several different sources. Almost every battle several different people give their impressions and views, from line grunts on up to the Generals. Excellently done, you see the struggling 90th grow into an elite unit, but the learning curve was costly.
Colby brings to life the agonies and the glory of the 90th. You are horrified in Normandy, inept leaders, German skill and the terrain extract a terrible toll. Yet you feel their exhileration and pride as they roll across France with Patton in Cobra. (By the way was their ever a better American General?)
I had no idea Normandy fighting immediately after D-Day was so bloody. I looked at the casualty numbers for American Divisions and I saw a shocking theme. Of the 4 top divisions for casualties in WWII the 4th, 9th, 1st and 90th all of them fought in the hedgerows of Normandy. The 4th, 9th and 90th all were in the Cotentin Pennisula where it was aparently unbeliveably brutal. Utah may have been a cake walk but when these units got inland they were hammered hard.
I recommend it for hardcore WWII buffs or those who want to know what WWII was really like for a line soldier. I think this is better then Company Commander by MacDonald and I liked that very much.
Mr. Colby you did a magnificent job of telling the story of the Tough Hombres. I have a new appreciation of the veterans sacrifices in WWII. It just seems sad that my unlce was able to make it so far, through so much, only to get killed towards the end. (Feb, war ended in May)
For many it seemed there was only one way out. And they had to have known, yet they continued on and did their duty. This book is an excellent tribute to those who knowingly sacrificed so much.
Patton said "All glory is fleeting". Yet I say may time never dim the glory of their sacrifices. I know it will never be forgotten by me.
John Carroll jfc23@mediaone.net
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