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3 reviews
Heather Bailey, John George Morris

Morris+Bailey, 2000

A useful work of art for anyone who loves Charleston
Having grown up in Charleston, I looked at this map first to find the details of the places I knew best. It was almost shocking to find the dormer window of my old bedroom in the upstairs half of the house we rented on South Battery St. Details like this make this map amazing, and the map is filled with them. Hidden gardens, oddly shaped roofs, tiny carriage houses are all revealed in stunning ...

Footprints in the Ash: The Explosive Story of Mount St. Helens

2 reviews
John D. Morris, Steven A. Austin

Master Books, 2003

This will change your dating style!
Dating - in Geology at least- relies on an often stated presupposition: That whatever happended in the past happended slowly and at a constant rate. Well, things for dating are about to change as geologists take on board "catastrophic" events. One such "catastrophic" event is the Mount St Helens explosion which occurerd in the 80's. Geologists have now been able to carefully document the changes ...

Artist Of Wonderland: The Life, Political Cartoons, And Illustrations Of Tenniel (Victorian Literature and ...

2 reviews
Frankie Morris, John Tenniel

University of Virginia Press, 2005

Text and Pictures, Classics Both
One cannot think of classic children's literature without including Lewis Carroll's Alice books, and one cannot think of Alice without the splendid illustrations of Sir John Tenniel. Indeed, the images of the little girl confronting monsters, mad characters, and suspensions of logic are familiar even to those who have not read the books (or had the books read to them). Tenniel's Alice ...

Audubon: Early Drawings

2 reviews
John James Audubon

Belknap Press, 2008

Wonderful view of Audubon's beginnings
This wonderfully assembled collection of drawings gives you a rare glimpse of Audubon's early years of art and ornithology. Created long before he would achieve fame for his Birds of North America portfolio, these drawings offer insight into his formative years as an artist. Despite the stiffness and naivete of the images, his later brilliance is still very apparent. His natural approach to ...

Get the Picture: A Personal History of Photojournalism (Crime & Justice: A Review of Research; Crime & ...

3 reviews
John G. Morris

University Of Chicago Press, 2002

Getting the Picture
This is a well-written rolicking ride through the last century and the history of photojournalism in the American media. It has an index that reads like the Who's Who of the century with anecdotes and insights galore on the movers and shakers of photojournalism and history. I enjoyed every word and I recommend it highly.

Austin: City Smart Guidebooks (City-Smart Guidebook)

4 reviews
Eleanor S. Morris, Paris Permenter, ...

John Muir Pubns, 1997

A real stand-out compared to other Austin guides.
Like the last reviewer, I too was considering a work-related move to Austin. I wanted a guide book that could give me a quick and easy entry into what Austin had to offer a tourist and potential resident. This guide book gave me a good overview of Austin while I was there -- it wasn't just an index or list of area attractions and businesses: It contained a lot of useful 'tips' interspersed ...

The Alamo

7 reviews
John Myers Myers

Blackstone Audiobooks, 1995

Excellent Background, and a Strong Voice to Tell the Tale
John Myers Myers, in the last sentences of his book, The Alamo, perfectly captures the essence of what this story means to America. He writes, "The Alamo isn't a structure now; it is a symbol of valor in the minds of men. It can never fall again." Though he closes with that thought, it is obvious that he wrote this history with the knowledge that this particular event is just as important as myth ...

Let Truth Be the Prejudice: W. Eugene Smith, His Life and Photographs

3 reviews
Ben Maddow

Aperture, 1998

He was probably a bastard, but I wish I'd met him
In the fall of 1985 I drove down from Northern New Jersey to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see the retrospective show of W. Eugene Smith's work for which this book was the catalog. I walked through the rooms and people stood in front of his Minamata photographs, weeping. Smith paid for those pictures with his eyesight, probably the better part of his sanity. If he drank before, the ...

El llano estacado: Exploration and Imagination on the High Plains of Texas and New Mexico, 1536-1860

3 reviews
John Miller Morris

Texas State Historical Association, 1997

"...extremely well written new work of Southwestern History"
[Review by Larry Blumenfeld, Blumenfeld & Aswsociates, Post Office Box 2831, 660 Circulo Nomada, Tubac, AZ 85646-2831, (520) 398-3371, published in COUNCIL FIRES, The Publication for Western Americana Enthusiasts, Vol. 8, Issue #1, January, 1998, p. 16-17.] E1 Llano Estacado: Exploration and Imagination on the High Plains of Texas and New Mexico, 1536-1860. Written by John Miller Morris. Austin: ...

Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting, 1955-1965

4 reviews
Jeffrey; Elderfield, John; Mancusi-Ungard, Carol; Morris, Robert; Tuma, Kathryn A. Weiss

National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2007

Top-quality illustrations
Published to accompany an exhibition held at the National Gallery in Washington (and later at the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland) and concentrating on the pivotal decade 1955-1965 when Johns produced his most famous works, this catalogue is worth it mainly because of the quality of the illustrations. So much has been written on Johns's art that it is sometimes refreshing to be able to pause in ...

The Illustrated History of the World: From the Big Bang to the Third Millennium

2 reviews

Enchanted Lion Books, 2003

The Illustrated History of the World
If you are at all interested in history this is the book for you. I first found this book in my local library. I enjoyed it some much I bought my own copy. The book provides a concise look at history by timeline and region. Great illustration and a quick read for each period, which is covered on a two page spread

The Atlas of the Medieval World

1 review
Neil Morris, John Malam, ...

Peter Bedrick, 1999

The Atlas of the Medieval World in Europe (IV-XV Century)
Reminiscent of the Eyewitness Explorers Series, illustrations fill every page in this graphically beautiful series. Short descriptions give a concise eclectic overview of topics. A nice supplement to encyclopedic reference works with broader and more in depth coverage, but which may be lacking in illustrations. Ideal for young or reluctant readers because there are so many pictures calculated to ...

Heatseeker

2 reviews
John Shirley, Harry O. Morris

Scream Press, 1989

Best Collection since Trouble is My Business
Perfect starting point for those looking for where splatterpunk got its attitude. A dozen stories, polished like diamonds, cutting through the bull like a laser through warm butter. Like Hemingway on crank, Fitzgerald on bad acid, Shirley's heroes learn to kill with all the moronic glee of a gangster trying out his first machine gun

No, Seriously, My Training Starts Tomorrow: The Everyman's Continuing Guide to Ironfit Swimming, Cycling & ...

2 reviews
Roman Mica

raceAthlete Publishing, 2008

Humorous Insights From a Fun Everyman
The beauty of Roman Mica's latest and best effort can be summed up with a couple of sentences from his book: "Unlike the pros, we don't get paid, and most of the time we certainly don't end up winning our age-groups. So that leaves us with the knowledge that we came and gave it our all. And I'm really good with that." Insightful, descriptive, fun and empowering are all words to describe ...

Bruno Stevens: Baghdad

1 review
Jon Lee Anderson, Monica Garcia Prieto

Ludion, 2004

USA: The New Barbarians
The title for this book could've easily been "Shock and Awe: The New Barbarians". Be warned this is no coffee table book. From a Belgian photographer, it shows dramatic photos of Baghdad before the American annexation, and later, of dozens of civilians wounded or killed by American cluster bombs and American "intelligent" missiles at the time of air raids on Baghdad. But for the difference ...

Barron's Regents Exams and Answers: United States History and Government/Let's Review : U. S. History and ...

1 review
John McGeehan, Morris Gall

Barrons Educational Series Inc, 1995

These books are great
I have not read this particular barron's book, but these books are awsome. If it was not for Barron's I would not have passsed my earth science regents. Also, I used my Barron's chemistry book to review for a test. I got a 90. I definatly recomend this book to all students takign the US history regents.

Civic Builders

1 review
Curtis W. Fentress, Robert Campbell, ...

Academy Press, 2002

Just the photography alone is worth the 5-star rating.
As a professional photographer, I love to look at architecture books. This one is truly gorgeous. I haven't read all the writings accompanying the photos but the few I've read (such as the one by Campbell, Boston Globe critic) are excellent.

The Revival of Pragmatism: New Essays on Social Thought, Law, and Culture (Post-Contemporary Interventions)

2 reviews

Duke University Press, 1998

important
This is an excellent and important book of well-written positions from a variety of perspectives. A fan of pragmatism may be turned off by the 2nd through the 6th essays, but of the following 25 at least 23 or 24 are well worth reading. The section on law debates the question of whether philosophy influences or "supports" law. I came away, as I'd been before, convinced that moving to ...

The Hippocampus Book (Oxford Neuroscience Series)

2 reviews

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

A Superb Update on a Key Region of the Brain
I have been interested in the hippocampus - and indeed the whole limbic system - for many years and this is a superb review of our current knowledge about this essential region of the brain. I was thinking that people who might be interested in this magnum opus will not need to be told what the hippocampus is. But for those of us who like to pick up things by browsing reviews, let me explain. ...

North Webster: A Photographic History of a Black Community

2 reviews
Ann Morris, Henrietta Ambrose, ...

Indiana University Press, 1993

Impressive Historical Document
For anyone interested in African American History in St. Louis, and particularly in Webster Groves-this book is a must! Filled with interesting photographs and charting the development of a unique community, this book lovingly portrays North Webster as only a resident could. If you know the area, you are sure to see places you'll recognize!

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