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Lake George, 1900-1925 (NY) (Postcard History) 4 reviews
Erica Henkel-Karras
Arcadia Publishing, 2005
A "Must Read..."
A "must read" from a very unique perspective for Adirondack history buffs. Observe Lake George from postcards as it appeared at the beginning of the 20th century with insightful comments written by long-passed visitors to one America's unsurpassed lakes. Truly a book for those who wish to gain an essence of life and vacationing the way it was a century ago
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Gilles Deleuze4 reviews
Taylor & Francis, 2002
The Best Introduction to Deleuze
This is an extraodinary book: an astonishingly lucid and well-organized introduction to Deleuze's philosophical project. Most of the secondary literature on Deleuze is simply unhelpful, because it presumes that the reader already grasps Deleuze's tremendously difficult ontological project and terminology. Colebrook begins at the begining, taking the time to explain and define key terms (the ...
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Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power12 reviews
Timothy B. Tyson
The University of North Carolina Press, 1999
Armed Resistance to the Viciousness of Jim Crow
Ultimately, the notion of white supremacy and the so-called glory of the Lost Cause always devolved to the use of violence and intimidation against black people and any one who sided with them. Williams' is an amazing story of courage and determination as he challenged the KKK and assorted white rabble of rural North Carolina in the 1940s through the 1960s in his quest for racial justice.
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Sevruguin and the Persian Image: Photographs of Iran, 1870-1930 (Asian Art & Culture (Unnumbered).)5 reviews
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
University of Washington Press, 1999
Uncovers a lost treasure
"Sevruguin and the Persian Image" presents the Smithsonian's collection of one of Qajar Iran's preeminent photographers. In addition to the photographs, the volume contains valuable histories of early photography in Iran, the career of Antoin Sevruguin, and how the collection itself came about. The double entendre of the title refers to how Sevruguin's art was informed by and catered to the ...
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Augustus F. Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits 1905-19204 reviews
Aperture, 2005
Welcome to America - at the beginning of the last century
Augustus F. Sherman was simply doing his job when from 1904 to 1920 he photographed the individual arrivals of multiple nationalities at Ellis Island. It was his duty to document those new immigrants who were detained for further investigation before they were allowed to step onto the Great Hope that was America. But what resulted from this duty is a portfolio of portraits of world peoples that ...
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Elephant House: Or, The Home of Edward Gorey14 reviews
Pomegranate Communications, 2003
Inside Edward Gorey's house...
If you are an Ogdred Weary fan...this is a truly wonderful book. Photographs of the exterior (peeling paint and kind of saggy porch) and the interior rooms of the house on Cape Cod in Gorey lived and worked, along with his cats and figbashes, piles of thousands of books, assorted rocks and oddish things, and the expected miriad of curiosities. Alas, or delightfully...just the environment one ...
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John Singer Sargent : The Early Portraits (Volume One)10 reviews
Richard Ormond, Elaine Kilmurray
Paul Mellon Centre BA, 1998
Just Amazing........
This book is for Sargent lovers. His incredible talent oozes in these pages. I can't wait for Vol 2 of this beautiful production of Yale University Press. I got me a magnifying glass and have spent hours looking at the unbelievably grand flesh tones that Sargent commanded. You'll love reading the background data of these portrait commissions during Sargent's career. I would give it six stars if I ...
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Make Gentle the Life of This World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy32 reviews
Robert F. Kennedy
Harcourt, 1998
Weep, yes, but then be inspired
For those who missed the time in which those now called "Reagan Democrats" and those opposed to the ongoing war in Vietnam were inspired by the same voice, especially who cannot even begin to imagine how that could be, this small book is a must-read that will enable you to experience what is possible through inspiring [rather than angry divisive cynical] leadership.
Some quotes from the ...
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The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: The Conspiracy and Coverup4 reviews
William W. Turner, Jonn G. Christian
Thunder's Mouth Press, 1993
Clearly written, well done, but with what result?
Turner and Christian present a well documented, convincing story of why the RFK assassination needed independent review in 1970s or 80s. This book places a lot of questions at the feet of the LAPD, and perhaps also with the CIA. But the major question is why there was not more public outcry for a review of the investigation back in 1968 and the following ten years. One wonders, now in 2003, ...
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John Singer Sargent: The Sensualist8 reviews
Trevor Fairbrother
Yale University Press, 2000
APT TRIBUTE TO JOHN SINGER SARGENT
Handsome and powerfully built, American painter John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925) epitomized the versatility of the Realist approach. Noted for his luminous portraits of the wealthy and famous on both sides of the Atlantic, he astonished viewers and critics alike with his powers of observation and deft renderings. A visitor to his studio once noted that he had painted his model's scarf with one ...
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American Gargoyles: Flannery O'Connor and the Medieval Grotesque2 reviews
Anthony Di Renzo
Southern Illinois University, 1993
Examines O'Connor's use of Christ as hero, medieval folk art as a template and views her characters as symbolic gargoyles...
Finds the roots of O'Connor's grotesque fiction "located in medieval folk art." Describes the purposes of grotesque art, and focuses on its "comic shock treatment." Contends that the climactic scene of "The Artificial Nigger" serves as a key to understanding O'Connor's grotesque style.
Describes O'Connor's art as mocking and challenging "a restricted point of view," that of idealized beauty ...
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Flannery O'Connor: New Perspectives2 reviews
Univ of Georgia Pr, 1996
A Fresh Look at a Great Author
I was privileged to be introduced to Flannery O'Connor's works in Dr. Rath's Fiction class at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. At the time, I wasn't aware that Dr. Rath is considered to be one of the most important authorities on O'Connor's work and life. Dr. Rath once told us in class that he would describe his feelings toward O'Connor and her writings as love, and were she alive, he ...
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Mishima's Sword: Travels in Search of a Samurai Legend2 reviews
Christopher Ross
Da Capo Press, 2006
Interesting history lesson mixed with a travel diary
Christopher Ross goes on a quest for the sword used to assist in the suicide of Yushio Mishima, one of Japan's most famous authors. Along the way, the reader is treated to a history of Japan, lessons on Kendo, and insight into Mishima himself, and icon (or iconoclast?) of Japanese literature. In essence, the quest for the physical sword takes secondary importance, behind Ross's quest to ...
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Aurora 7 (Norton Paperback Fiction)2 reviews
Thomas Mallon
W. W. Norton & Company, 1992
Wondrous novel of synchronicity and familial bonding
This novel reminds a bit of Damascus by Richard Beard since they both tell the events of a single day with some play between real time and imagined time. But unlike Beard's novel which rockets back and forth between past and present reimagined and possible meetings between two specific characters, Mallon uses multiple characters who eventually all cross paths in one climactic moment as Scott ...
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Finding Form: Towards an Architecture of the Minimal2 reviews
Frei Otto
Edition Axel Menges, 1995
Beautiful and Inspiring
This is a beautiful book. Beautiful not in the sense of our usual architectural books that show you Mr. or Ms. Who-and-Who just made another billion dollar project that has a golden ball on top. This book belongs to another category. This is a book that gets you thinking. In a way summarized Frei Otto's life-long quest of looking in mother nature for inspirations. The images are stunning. ...
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Life's Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists' Brush With Leisure, 1895-19254 reviews
James Tottis, Valerie Ann Leeds, ...
Merrell, 2007
A top pick for both New York and college-level art libraries.
Relatively few primers offer in-depth details on the Ashcan artists: a school of early 20th-century American artists whose work centered around New York City life. Here the underworld of the City was often displayed - and LIFE'S PLEASURES is the first book to explore the lighter side of the Ashcan artists' works, featuring leisure scenes in cafes, bars and parks and movies. You'll recognize the ...
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La Follettes Of Wisconsin: Love And Politics In Progressive America2 reviews
Bernard Weisberger
University of Wisconsin Press, 1994
a well researched piece
Weisberger's book is well researched and politically accurate. A wonderful portrait of the La Follettes. Captivating.
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Challenge of the Left Opposition: 1923 To 1925 (Challenge of the Left Opposition)3 reviews
Leon Trotsky
Pathfinder Press (NY), 1988
Real Program of Soviet Workers
The first target of Stalin's murder machine was the thousands of communist workers who supported the left opposition of Leon Trotsky. In the Soviet Union the human continuity of real Marxism was broken by Stalin, but the political program remains today. An important part of this program is collected in this book, which analyzes the early tendencies of the bureaucratic machine that was beginning ...
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A Hero to His Fighting Men: Nelson A. Miles, 1839-19252 reviews
Peter R. Demontravel
Kent State University Press, 1998
Author's Review
A Hero to His Fighting Men. Nelson A. Miles, 1839 - 1925 is a biography of an American hero whose good name has been unfairly tarnished. Miles compiled a flawless record of military feats after he began his army service as a volunteer officer in the Civil War. Following the Civil War, in which he fought in every major battle of the army of the Potomac except Gettysburg, and won the ...
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Rethinking Fanon: The Continuing Dialogue2 reviews
Humanity Books, 1999
Frantz Fanon and his legacy
Forged in the colonialism of Martinique, confirmed by the racism of Paris and vividly enlivened by the Algerian revolution, Frantz Fanon's all too brief life (1925-1961) and thought were inextricably linked to the transformation of reality. Fanon's historical importance as a Black theorist with a total critique of imperialism has made him a crucial figure in the Black struggles in the U.S., the ...
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