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Mlinaric on Decorating

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by: Mirabel Cecil, David Mlinaric

September 11, 2008

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Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma

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by: Michael Peppiatt

September 11, 2008
A fascinating study of the great man and his work. Peppiatt knew Bacon from the 60's onwards, thus the biography feels intimate and true to life and is successful in depicting the flamboyance, complexity and sheer charisma of this important British artist.

Bacon's father is depicted as a key figure, as well as a leitmotif of brutal masculinity in Bacon's paintings. A tyrannical, martial man, (according to Peppiatt, he has his teenage son horsewhipped by his grooms in order to `make him more of a man') he is the very antithesis of the highly intelligent, young, unconventional Bacon. This early encounter with such brutality goes some way to explaining the power and masculine energy so apparent in Bacon's paintings, as well as the ... Read More:

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Nikon D60 Digital Field Guide

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by: J. Dennis Thomas

July 22, 2008
If you've got a Nikon D60, then you'll be looking at this and wondering if this is worth buying to get more out of your camera....

If all you want to do is learn what all the buttons do, then don't bother buying this. The same info is contained in the comprehensive manual that came with your camera.

If you're looking to learn better photography, then there are better, more detailed manuals and books on this subject available.

If however you're looking for a small book, that you can take with you that will allow you to refresh your memory on the cameras functions, or what's the right way to set up a shot, and what kinds of lens to pick for a given style of photography, and reminders for all those other ... Read More:

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Hand Job: A Catalog of Type

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by: Michael Perr

October 01, 2007
Looking at this book is so thought provoking and inpsiring. I could look at it for hours.

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The Americans

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by: Robert Frank, Jack Kerouac

June 09, 2008
What a great idea, re-release an out of print book which in its original form costs hundreds of pounds and make it assessable to the multitudes.

I love the images in this book and I am so pleased it has been republished at a reasonable price. This ranks up there with books by Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Bailey and Ansel Adams, each of whom have or had their own style but this book and its images stand out and proven how good Robert Frank was as a photographer.

When this was first published there was uproar in that The Americans showed Americans how they were in society and it caused anger in some areas. this wasn't a sugar coating of Americans but the real thing. Even, Walker Evans said that this book and Franks ... Read More:

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The Penguin Dictionary of Building (Penguin Reference Books)

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from: Penguin Books Ltd

August 16, 1993
Probably the worst and least useful reference book I've got. I've been training as a home inspector (with very little relevant experience) and, about 90% of the time, this book has failed to provide the definitions I've sought. These definitions have always been easily available elsewhere.

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A World History of Architecture

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by: Marian Moffett, Michael Fazio, Lawrence Wodehouse

February 11, 2008
Probably the worst and least useful reference book I've got. I've been training as a home inspector (with very little relevant experience) and, about 90% of the time, this book has failed to provide the definitions I've sought. These definitions have always been easily available elsewhere.

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Japanese Tattoo

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by: Sandi Fellman, D.M. Thomas

January 01, 1991
This book is great! Having just flipped through it, you can see right away that the pictures inside are big and easy to see the detail. It also gives a little background to the different images used in a Japanese Tattoo. For example, it tells you what the dragon symbolises and where it originated from in the tattoo format.
I would recommend this book for any tattoo enthusiast.

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How to Be a Graphic Designer, Without Losing Your Soul

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by: Adrian Shaughnessy

September 22, 2005
This book contains a great wealth of knowledge that I wish I'd read a year ago when I was still a student. I studied computer science rather than design and am a software developer but I still found this book highly compelling and informative.

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David Busch's Nikon D300 Guide to Digital SLR Photography: 0

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by: David Busch

May 15, 2008
If you have the D300 this book will enable you to get the most out of it.
It goes into detail with every menu and button, in an easy to understand style.I have read others that are little better than the instruction manual.
Its easily a 5 star rating.