psychopathic photographic architecture retrospective

books:

The Mask of Sanity: An Attempt to Clarify Some Issues about the So-called Psychopathic Personality

17 reviews
Hervey Milton Cleckley

Mosby, 1976

A book that's ahead of it's time
I really recommend this book to anyone interested in the subject. His case histories are a book in themselves and capture the soul of a psychopath so well. A very thorough book that examines every aspect of the condition, I am impressed by his attempt to even explore historical and literary references. Ahead of it's time because his conclusions cannot be shaken even now. A much better book than ...

When I Was Young in the Mountains: 2 (Reading Rainbow Book)

19 reviews
Cynthia Rylant

Puffin, 1985

LOVE THIS LITTLE BOOK.
This work is rather realistic. For anyone who grew up in similiar surroundings, it brings on waves of nostalgia. Growing up in the Ozark Mountains was quite similar to the setting of this story. These were simpler times, for good and bad, and it is good that we have something like this to pass on to our children. The illustrations in this book are soft and wonderful. The text is quite to the ...

Fashion (Taschen 25th Anniversary)

20 reviews

Taschen, 2007

Worth the wait !
Due to the publisher not anticipating the demand for this set of books it took me just over a year to acquire my copy. It was more than worth the wait. The photography is stunning. If you have an interest in costuming add this book to your collection without delay.

Pet Shop Boys Catalogue

15 reviews

Thames & Hudson, 2006

The perfect retrospective of a stellar career...so faf.
You can easily forget that Chris and Neil, Pet Shop Boys have been making fantastic music together for close to 30 years now. This large volume is an authoritative visual representation of what the PSB have done throughout their career. If there is one problem (not really) it would be that since they Boys are still active, the book will be outdated nearly immediately following its publication. ...

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits

61 reviews
Joel Whitburn

Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000

40 top hits
I could not exist without this product for reviewing old songs and artists thanks

Galen Rowell: A Retrospective

16 reviews

Sierra Club Books, 2006

Must own for any fans of Galen or the outdoors
If you have every looked at Galen's photos and wanted to see more, this is it. With his life cut short, at least we still have archived material that can be released in a book this nice to bring us more glimpses of his world. The color is amazing, the subjects grand, and Galens storys bring it all alive in my livingroom.

Stedman's Medical Dictionary

20 reviews
Thomas Lathrop Stedman

MacMillan Publishing Company, 1990

Must have Doctors
As both doctor and founder of a EchoScribe Inc, a leading internet based medical transcription company, (www.echoscribe.com) I must recomend Stedmans as the dictionary that all physicians must own. There is also the PDA version that is also a good carry. It not only provides a quick reference, but in writing medical letters, and transcribing documents, this book is a "medical must have."

Diane Arbus: Revelations

14 reviews
Diane Arbus

Jonathan Cape, 2003

A glorious exhibition of Diane Arbus
The legacy of dead artists is always in the hands of others. As Doon Arbus, Diane's daughter, laments, some go way to far in "analyzing" the work of her mother. (For a particularly abominable and repulsive example of this, see Anthony Lee and John Stultz's "Diane Arbus: Family Albums".) This gigantic Arbus exhibition was mounted by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It features 200 ...

M.C. Escher, his life and complete graphic work: With a fully illustrated catalogue

14 reviews
L. Locher

H.N. Abrams, 1982

Essential for the Escher fan
And c'mon - if you've seen his work, you're a fan. The great thing about this book is not just the extensive and readable biography, but the complete (so they say) catalog of his graphic works. Even people very familiar with Escher's ouvre will be surprised by some of the entries here. They go back to work he did at ages 18 and 19, and show the devleopment of the Escher that has become so ...

Wisconsin Death Trip (Wisconsin)

29 reviews
Michael Lesy

University of New Mexico Press, 2000

American Gothic Death Rattle
I read this book over 16 years ago. It left a lasting impression that will stay with me forever. It may not have the same affect on others but reading some of the reviews posted here, I know that it has on most. You can't really ask somebody "did this really happen?" becuase they either died then or in the 100 years that have past. We have no perspective on these people, places and times ...

John Carradine: The Films

10 reviews
Tom Weaver

McFarland, 2008

Superb
John Carradine's career spanned six decades and films thatranged from acclaimed classics (The Grapes of Wrath) to undisputedstinkers (can anyone say anything positive about Billy The Kid Vs. Dracula?). In John Carradine: The Films, author Tom Weaver deftly documents each and every film of the multi-talented actor. Complete cast and credits listings, synopsis and author commentarty for each film ...

America Wide: In God We Trust

12 reviews
Ken Duncan

Ken Duncan Panographs, 2001

Beautiful, Amazing Work
My whole family, teenagers included, keep looking at this book. We've been to many of these places, but the way Mr. Duncan presents them is beyond words.

John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882; Complete Paintings: Volume IV (John Singer Sargent)

10 reviews
Richard Ormond, Elaine Kilmurray, ...

Paul Mellon Centre BA, 2006

Awesome Selection of Sargent's Work
The color reproductions are awesome. This books is a collection of Sargent's less known work which is refreshing. Some oils are not as polished as the more well known work which helps to show his technique in early stages---a plus to serious professionals and students. To me, this book provided a wealth of visual clues to understanding his thought process and technical principles. The writing, ...

Flap Your Wings-Pkg

12 reviews
P.D. Eastman

Random House Books for Young Readers, 1985

Very cute book!
Boy, is this ever cute! when a little boy puts an alligator egg in the Birds' nest, they take care of it as if it was their own. They sit on it until it hatches then when he does, they feed it constantly! It's funny watching an alligator eating all that "bird food" and still grows huge. The end is particularly nice. They decide it's time for "Junior" to learn to fly but instead, he learns to ...

Angels in the Architecture: A Photographic Elegy to an American Asylum (Great Lakes Books)

10 reviews
Heidi Johnson

Wayne State University Press, 2004

Compelling
"Angels in the Architecture" is a first-rate homage to a former asylum, the Traverse City State Hospital of Michigan. Heidi Johnson has masterfully combined her hauntingly beautiful photographs with both archival material and first-hand reports from the trenches. The result is a powerfully compelling journey into the soul of a once vibrant institution that provided care to thousands of its ...

The Art of Richard Diebenkorn (Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book)

13 reviews
Jane Livingston

University of California Press, 1997

Modern Master
Richard Diebenkorn has finally achieved the status of Modern Master, but his success was only secured later in his life and after his death. Although he was at first an Abstract Expressionist artist who painted as convincingly as Still, Rothko, Kline and Motherwell, he was too much identified with the Bay Area, and therefore he did not have the imprimatur of the New York critics. Then, in the ...

Concerning The Spiritual In Art

13 reviews
Wassily Kandinsky

Kessinger Publishing, 2004

"to break the bonds which bind". . . "to an impoverishment of possibility"
Kandinsky had risen to positions of influence in other disciplines (political science/economics and law) before directing his considerable intellect to painting. His insights extended into the historic 'meta' trends of the arts and sciences, including the physical sciences, and had his interests been directed more to the history and philosophy of science instead of the history and philosophy of ...

The National Gem Collection

10 reviews
Smithsonian Institution, Jeffrey E. Post

"Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2005

Stunning photography; an amazing collection
"The National Gem Collection," by Jeffrey E. Post, features photographs by Chip Clark. The book is a beautiful celebration of the title collection, which is part of the Smithsonian Institution. The informative text discusses the history of the collection, facts about types of different gemstones, and specific pieces in the collection. The full-color photography is really stunning, and brings a ...

Sinclair Lewis: A Descriptive Bibliography, Second Edition

11 reviews
Stephen R. Pastore

University of Scranton Press, 2008

Honest and concise
This book provides the most honest and concise bibliography of one of the foremost authors of our time and Mr. Pastore has essentially re-engineered how a bibliography should be written - that "thin" can be better than "fat".

Unexpected Journeys

12 reviews
Janet A. Kaplan

Abbeville Press, 2000

Beautiful...and well worth the price!
If you have stumbled upon this wonderful book, then I congratulate you. The next step is to buy it, because it is the only comprehensive book on Remedios Varo I know of. If you are not familiar with the work of Varo, she was a Surrealist painter and a contemporary of such artists as Dali, Magritte, and Leonora Carrington (to whom she is frequently compared, though in my humble opinion Varo's ...

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