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101 Best Scenes Ever Written: A Romp Through Literature for Writers and Readers 2 reviews
Barnaby Conrad
Quill Driver Books, 2006
Playwrights, in particular, will want this survey of what influences transform an ordinary scene to a great one.
Writers and readers alike will find much to love in 101 BEST SCENES EVER WRITTEN: A ROMP THROUGH LITERATURE FOR WRITERS AND READERS. Here works by Hemingway, Jack London, Steinbeck, Twain and other notables are surveyed with an eye to providing examples of some of the most memorable writing approaches in modern history. Playwrights, in particular, will want this survey of what influences ...
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Santa Barbara4 reviews
Barnaby Conrad
Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 2004
Beautiful book!
This book really shows the heart of Santa Barbara through beautiful photography that really captures all aspects of such an amazing city-- we are using it for guests to sign at our Santa Barbara wedding :)
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Mark Stock: Paintings2 reviews
Barnaby Conrad, Mark Hugh Miller
Duane Press, 2000
A truly amazing book about a truly amazing artist
The beautiful reproductions of Mark Stock's paintings enticed me to keep reading this interesting book about a gifted man and his work. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in art and the artist of the 21st century. Mark Stock is the modern Renaissance man.
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San Francisco6 reviews
Barnaby Conrad
Studio
A Truly Wonderful Journey Through San Francisco
Beebe's images have truly captured the many diverse flavors and charms that make San Francisco the unique city that it is. Combined with the entertaining and informative essays, the beatifully printed images in this book bring a reader as close as one can come to walking through the streets of San Francisco itself. I throughly enjoyed this book.
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FUN WHILE IT LASTED1 review
BARNABY CONRAD
M.JOSEPH, 1970
what a life !
Barnaby Conrad shares a life in this autobiography that will have you shaking your head in amazement and a little jealousy. Travel, Foreign Service, bullfighting, writing, bar owner just to name a few. His story about driving a motorcycle that was slowly falling apart over the mountains in Spain and escaping bandits to make it to a bullfight just in time as the motorcycle finally falls apart ...
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Time Is All We Have1 review
Barnaby Conrad
Cameron & Company, 1989
A "must-read" book for alcoholics and everyone else!
This is one of my favorite books. Written like really good fiction, Mr. Conrad (a writer and artist by trade) takes us through his addiction and recovery at BFC. It is not only extremely helpful and insightful, but also a "can't-put-down" tell-all bio. A book I have bought for others. Well worth it!!!!
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La fiesta brava;: The art of the bull ring1 review
Barnaby Conrad
Houghton Mifflin, 1953
Contents...
Endpapers are red and have symbols of Mexican & Spanish Brands on them. A collection of bullfighting photographs from Spain, Mexico, and Peru. It took twelve years to get the collection together. The text describes in fascinating human terms the history and the personalities surrounding the science of bullfighting as well as the techniques, methods, and behind the scenes details. A series of ...
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Pan Am: An Aviation Legend6 reviews
Barnaby Conrad
Woodford Press, 1999
Pan Am, An Aviation Legend---a review---
Pan Am, An Aviation Legend is a must for anyone who considers herself or himself a romantic and a traveler by air, in the 20th century. The book is loaded with vintage photos of early aircraft landing in the tropics, of founder Juan Trippe and longtime Pan Am advisor, Charles Lindberg, as well as art deco brochures and jet age memorabilia. The juxtaposition of fabulous pictures, creative and ...
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John Register: Persistent Observer4 reviews
Barnaby Conrad III
Woodford Press, 1999
Register is the most important artist since Hopper.
Barnaby Conrad III is a high quality, well-educated author that is sensitive and brilliant in his ability to articulte and capture the essence of John Register in his suberb new book. This book is an important chronicle of a man who will become one of the important and accomplished artists of the twentieth century.
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The Blonde: A Celebration of the Golden Era from Harlowe to Monroe1 review
Barnaby Conrad
Chronicle Books, 1999
Delightful
The ideal gift for the man who appreciates both beautiful books and beautiful blondes. Indeed, men and women alike will appreciate this exceptional effort from the charming Mr. Conrad, who has somehow managed to imbue his book with a magical feeling of blondness. Strongly recommended, despite a few errors. For example, Sam Brody was a passenger, not the driver, in the car accident that ...
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Last Boat to Cadiz1 review
Barnaby Conrad
Capra Press, 2003
Thriller Diller!
Five minutes ago I finished reading "Last Boat to Cadiz" by Barnaby Conrad. It's a book of the same genre as "The Da Vinci Code," a favorite genre I call, "The Book You Can't Put Down."
Mr. Conrad seizes the reader's interest on page one and doesn't let go until page 250. His story takes place in the latter days of WWII. Germany's Third Reich is crumbling, Hitler's suicide has been ...
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Learning to Write Fiction from the Masters 2 reviews
Barnaby Conrad
Plume, 1996
Fiction writers should start here
Although I might question one or two of Mr. Conrad's selection for the canon, his instincts and approach are right on target. Before I came across this book, I had discovered that any great writer does at least one thing well. I would study how he or she did it and try the same thing myself. Sometimes it didn't work for me, but often it did. More important is to read good writing because ...
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Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life15 reviews
Monte Schulz
Writers Digest Books, 2002
it was a dark and stormy night
I luved this book. I read the whole thing and then bought it to take it home. It was inspiring to read what the authors contributed.
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Absinthe: History in a Bottle24 reviews
Barnaby Conrad III
Chronicle Books, 1988
Absinthe is Exemplary
I gravitated towards this book for many reasons:
As a culinarian, I was fascinated with the story of Absinthe, a once taboo liqueur; but which has many like variations around the world and which actually has deeper history than just the 19th century.
I have also studied France and the 19th century history, including anthropology and sociology. This book brings together an incredible ...
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Name Dropping: Tales from My Barbary Coast Saloon1 review
Barnaby Conrad
Harpercollins, 1994
must read again
I read this book several years ago. It's the only book that has brought a bit of tear to my eyes. Was at the end when they ---well, you read it
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Yankees in the Afternoon: An Illustrated History of American Bullfighters1 review
Lyn Sherwood
McFarland & Company, 2008
Wow - amazing tales of American bullfighters
This tale of American bullfighters held me from cover to cover. I was unaware that this latin artform covered so many countries, so many basis, so much suffering on the hope of success.
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The Cigar3 reviews
Barnaby Conrad, 1996
Finally, a book that actually understands Cigar Cuisine!
There are tons of cigar books out there, but this is the first I've found that actually explains how to cook with cigars. The rest of the book is great of course, wouldn't expect any less from Conrad, but the recipes are really where it starts to shine above the others. Unfortunately there is no mention of the cigar burrito (one of my personal favorite dishes), but all of the dishes I've tried ...
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The Martini: An Illustrated History of an American Classic8 reviews
Barnaby (with: Ogden Nash; Bernard DeVoto; M. F. K. Fisher; Ernest Hemingway; Ian Fleming; Luis Bunuel; Russell Baker; Christopher Buckley) Conrad
Chronicle Books, 1995
Breezy, well-written look at a cultural phenomenon
Now HERE is a hip coffee-table book. It's true that it isn't as colorful (or fundamentally healthy in subject) as Drew Kampion's "Stoked: A History of Surf Culture" (ISBN 1575440628). Nor as vividly gothic as David King's "The Commissar Vanishes," containing photographs re-touched during the Stalin regime so that unpersons might become unremembered, while the old women with the thick glasses ...
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Name Dropping: Tales from My San Francisco Nightclub1 review
Barnaby Conrad
Wild Coconuts Publishing Co., 1997
Wonderful memories of the "fun" days of San Francisco
This book will bring back memories of the fun, exciting, wonderful days and nights of the 60s in San Francisco. Names,places and incidents I had forgotten about were brought back to life by Barnaby Conrad. I found myself laughing out loud at the anecdotes shared. A great gift for anyone who lived in SF at the time. Nostalgia at its best!
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Matador1 review
Barnaby Conrad
Books on Tape, Inc., 1989
Expanded Capra Press Edition is best choice
This novel is of course a classic on bullfighting, but the prospective book buyer should be aware that the newer 1988 Capra Press hardcover edition includes an additional 34 page afterward by the author, written in 1987, that is comprised of the the author's true, first hand account of Manolete, the bullfighter considered by many to be Spain's greatest hero. This addition to the classic book ...
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