Kakaku：
Workman Publishing Company
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (informative) 『Good job in investigating the 1,000 places. I wish the print was bigger. Very comprehensive.』
(Good or Bad, or just both) 『This book is a little bit of good and a little bit bad. I read future reviews about it and they all said that it had to many hotels. I thought maybe they were exaggerating so I got it. After reading the first couple of pages you knew they were telling the truth. The book was great and it was full of some sites. At least one half of the places it mentioned were about hotels. And seeing as I want to see sites and not hotels I was a little pissed off. It was set up really good though.』
(Interesting Read) 『Great book if you're interested in travel/landmarks or want to plan an international vacation and not sure where you want to go. The book has a lot of information about unique places all over the world, but I wouldn't recommend this for someone who is looking for details such as hotels, restaurants, etc. for a trip that he/she has already planned. If you do a lot of international travel, it might be fun to use this book as a personal adventure checklist!』
(Interestingly popular...) 『I was looking forward to reading this book because 1)I love travel, 2)it's been on every top 10 travel book list for a couple years now, and 3)I own a travel agency and thought I might get some new, creative ideas for my clients that want to go/do something out of the box.
First, 1000 things to do/see is a lot, however, when talking about the global travel picture, how can you narrow things down to 1000? This was a very difficult undertaking.
Although I don't agree with many of the author's inclusions in the book, I like the format, the layout, and I feel the information included on each location is sufficient to determine if I should research further as a destination I would like to visit. I think the way she tackled large cities is excellent.
The book is heavy on hotels - I'm not sure why. As an adventure/outdoor person, I would have liked to see more destinations with active outlets.
Overall, I would recommend this book. Perhaps not for reading cover to cover, but for getting ideas, conducting research, and another interesting travel perspective. Patricia Schultz is certainly well traveled.
If you want to discuss further, the Travel Book Club in Grand Rapids, MI at Barnes&Noble will be discussing this book on Tuesday, 2/24/09 from 6-7 pm.
Jodie -- Cruise Holidays of Grand Rapids, www.cruiseholidays.com/sail , jodie@cruiseholidays.com』
(Been there...) 『All in all, a pretty fun, useful book. While it shouldn't be used as the ultimate resource for any adventure, it still offers some great suggestions and tips. In checking out some places I've lived around the world, I was mildly surprised both at the author listing places I wouldn't suggest, and omitting sites I'd rate as don't-miss... but any travel guide would have such shortcomings -- especially one with as broad a subject as the entire world.
On the bright side, it's put some locations on my itinerary that otherwise would have been left off -- for that, I thank the author. Each site's cost estimates and best time of the year are great helps, too.
And finally, a friend that has lived all over the world with the State Department was given this book as a Christmas gift, along with a rubber stamp to mark the pages with "Been there... Done that." I thought that was brilliant. 』 『Introducing the Eighth Wonder of travel books. A joyous, passionate gift book for travelers-both the real and the armchair variety-1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE delivers exactly the promise of its an around-the-world, continent-by-continent listing of places guaranteed to give you shivers, the unique and wonderful places you must see on and off the beaten track.
Take a safari into Botswana's Okavango Delta, the world's largest oasis, where "if you see 10 percent of what sees you, it's an exceptional day." Sail the Grenadines, 32 islands and hundreds of dotlike cays strung like a necklace of gems across 40 miles of pristine waters. Tour the covered souks of Aleppo, where the labyrinthine streets seem straight out of A Thousand and One Nights and frankincense and myrhh are still sold. Hike the Tasman Glacier. Climb the Tuscan hills to San Gimignano. Stay at the Hassler in Rome, or Paris's Crillon-you must, at least once. There's Canyon de Chelly, Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market, the backwaters of Kerala, Ipanema beach, the Buddhas of Borobudur, Mesa Verde's cave dwellings, the Oaxaca Saturday market, Ballybunion Golf Club.
The prose is gorgeous, seizing on exactly what makes each entry worthy of inclusion. And, following the romance, the nuts and bolts: addresses, phone and fax numbers, web sites, costs, best times to visit. Of special interest are subject-specific indexes-gorgeous beaches, destination restaurants, world-class museums-making the guide entirely user-friendly, no matter if you're dreaming or going.』
Kakaku：
Workman Publishing Company
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (1000 Places to See Before You Die - USA&Canada) 『This book gives a pretty diverse selection of places to see in every State, ranging from natural wonders to historic sites and interesting eateries. There will be something of interest for just about everyone. Even if you aren't planning a trip it is quite amusing reading.』
(good compilation of travel guides) 『First, and foremost, I very much like the book and am glad I purchased it. I've taken a few road trips across the US and I am always looking to find those out of the way and unique locales. Typically I scour several sources to assemble my travel plans: the internet for maps, purchase per state travel guides for reviews, and use AAA books for tidbits about historical and cultural significance to read along the way. This book does a good job of compiling these aspects into one reference. I like how the book is divided into regions and the sections are divided into states. Furthermore, each section has a map with the destinations marked, making it easy to find which suggestions are within close geographic location (important when planning a road trip). I think that most of the suggested places have potential, but was a little disappointed by the types of places the author recommends. As a 27 year old student, I cannot afford many of the luxury type hotels, spas, and restaurants that are listed. I prefer very unique (and typically cheap) stops like the world's only corn palace (this one made the list), which were relatively lacking in the book. All things considered, the book is pretty good and makes a nice read when you get to mark off one of the suggested destinations.』
(Amazing Ideas) 『I'm happy with this book and determined to visit as many of these locations as possible. My only complaint is that I like big, beautiful pictures of the locations which it was too small to provide.』
(Wow, there are alot of places I need to see!) 『This book gives a wide variety of places to see, hike, explore. It distinguishes between driving tours, boat tours, walking tours, ect. I think its great for anyone thinking of traveling.』
(gave book as gift, recipient says it is "ok") 『Gave this book to my in-laws for Christmas as they are planning on traveling around the country in search of a new place to live at lower altitude. They have read through the book and say it is not really catered to any one type of traveler and that it is really all over the place. For example in one town it will mention one restaurant but not the really cool museum in the same town. I guess I would recommend this book not really as a travel guide but rather as a companion to a travel guide. Interesting places are highlighted for sure but not a lot of cohesiveness.』 『It's a traveler's life list, a guide, an inspiration, a memory book. Open it to check out where you've been, and where you should go next. What to see and what to do and what to show the kids. Where to eat and where to stay. And how to change your life.
Covering the U.S.A. and Canada like never before, here are 1,000 spectacular, compelling, essential, offbeat, utterly unforgettable places. Pristine beaches and national parks, world-class museums and the Corn Palace, mountain resorts, salmon-rich rivers, scenic byways, Chez Panisse and the country's best taco, lush gardens and Holden Arboretum, mountain biking on the Maah Daah Hey trail, historic mansions, vineyards, hot springs, the Talladega Superspeedway, classic ballparks, and more. Includes more than 150 places of special interest to families, and, for every entry, the nuts and bolts of how and when to visit.』
Kakaku：
Workman Publishing Company
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (A Good Place to Start, or to Fill in the Gaps of Your Musical Repertoire) 『As said before, this is not a book listing the 1,000 best recordings of all time, but instead a list of 1,000 recordings you should hear before you die. Of course, any such list is going to be steeped in the writer's own biases, but nonetheless Tom Moon does a pretty good job of expressing the general consensus of music afficianados, musicians, journalists, and experts who define modern music criticism on what's essential in music. Before I read the book, I of course immediately looked up certain artists that I thought SHOULD be in it, and was encouraged to give the whole work a chance by the fact that I found my first few picks within the pages. I was very pleased to find King Krimson's "In the Court of the Krimson King" and an album by Leo Koettke among the names, but was displeased to find both Michael Hedges and ALL representative of the Marsalis clan missing. These missing artists, as well as a few others, became especially conspicuous when I saw that certain bands such as The Smiths were included, who are in my opinion an overhyped niche group who's breadth of popularity and influence is distorted by the media. It might even be a BLESSING if just one modern heterosexual male were allowed to live their live without ever having to hear the mediocre musicianship and cringe-worthy (though admittedly unique) whining of singer Morrissey. However, going to one's grave without having heard Hedges is in itself a crime against the image of man's known musical prowess, as that person might actually report to Archangel Michael at the Pearly Gates that the guitar's arial boundaries had never been breached on the planet Earth. Similarly, I had mixed feelings about such newcomers as Mars Volta having been included, but only because people like the Marsalises and Alex Britti were not. Volta is a great band, don't get me wrong, and the circumstances behind the album which Moon uses to define them are perhaps extraordinary and impactful....but the Marsalis clan is one of the biggest powers defining Modern Jazz, whether Moon personally likes them or not, and Alex Britti is the one French rock star who should be included in any international list as a must hear, if any French rock stars are to be included in the list at all. He's the French Elvis, an adoration phenomena only experienced before by The beatles and Elvis himself, and probably a better guitar player than any American rock artist currently on the Top 40. Also, where is bela fleck and the Flecktones? The biggest innovations in American music history to both the banjo and the drums are contained within the self-same band, and that band is not included. I could name 10 less influencial bands that ARE included from the over-represented rock and folk genres which the Flecktones easily deserved to have replaced. All in all, though, it's a good read, with little known facts about specific albums to serve as a steady supply of coffeetable mind candy, and enough great music to keep you downloading MP3s or ordering CDs for a very long time.』
(Why 1000 and Not 1001?) 『This book is a marketing product. It show you all comercial and well known albums. Witha little of research You can find compilations like that by on Internet and even better ones. Why the author have not included many good and fundamental singers and albums. (Because they set a limit of 1000, or simply because they are not on top 1000 sells? Come on!) An example of one of best albums on history not included:
Yma Sumac - Mambo』
(Very Poorly Arranged!) 『Although the information included is rather good, I cannot rate this any better because it is presented in a useless fashion for me. If all I wanted to do was browse through this book at random, it would be just fine that the recordings are arranged alphabetically by artist/composer.
But I want to find essential recordings in various genres, and this book will not conveniently help me do that. This 1,000+ page book has a 14-page genre index in the back, but it is difficult and tedious to flip from there to the listings over and over. For example, if you want to read about the best blues albums, the genre index lists 48 of them - but you'll need to flip to 48 different pages scattered throughout the book to find them all.
In one 4-page stretch we go from The Clash to Van Cliburn to Jimmy Cliff to Patsy Cline; in another we go from Professor Longhair to Prokofiev to Propellerheads to Public Enemy. I think so much more thought should have gone into how people would actually use a book like this. It's very unfortunate that such a potentially good resource is so uselessly arranged. 』
(But consider the overall expense...) 『This is a fun and informative book. I have enjoyed researching the recommended recordings. I have not enjoyed the cost of buying them! There is a very good representation of many musical styles and artists. You could really stretch and find new things, or solidify an area of interest.』
(POOR PACKAGING) 『The book came in an envelope just big enough for the book to be squeezed into. Because of this and through the less than delicate handeling system of the US Mail the packing was in VERY POOR condition which was transfered to the book it's self. The condition of the book more than likely would have arrived in a "like new" condition if it were shipped in the appropriate packaging (larger padded envelope or a box) instead it arrived in a "visibly used" condition.』 『The musical adventure of a lifetime. The most exciting book on music in years. A book of treasure, a book of discovery, a book to open your ears to new worlds of pleasure. Doing for music what Patricia Schultz—author of the phenomenal 1,000 Places to See Before You Die—does for travel, Tom Moon recommends 1,000 recordings guaranteed to give listeners the joy, the mystery, the revelation, the sheer fun of great music.
This is a book both broad and deep, drawing from the diverse worlds of classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, musicals, hip-hop, world, opera, soundtracks, and more. It's arranged alphabetically by artist to create the kind of unexpected juxtapositions that break down genre bias and broaden listeners’ horizons— it makes every listener a seeker, actively pursuing new artists and new sounds, and reconfirming the greatness of the classics. Flanking J. S. Bach and his six entries, for example, are the little-known R&B singer Baby Huey and the '80s Rastafarian hard-core punk band Bad Brains. Farther down the list: The Band, Samuel Barber, Cecelia Bartoli, Count Basie, and Afropop star Waldemer Bastos.
Each entry is passionately written, with expert listening notes, fascinating anecdotes, and the occasional perfect quote—"Your collection could be filled with nothing but music from Ray Charles," said Tom Waits, "and you'd have a completely balanced diet." Every entry identifies key tracks, additional works by the artist, and where to go next. And in the back, indexes and playlists for different moods and occasions.』
Kakaku：
Company
Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks IPhone 3G used's review (terrible) 『only buy if you want to go to sleep. its boring, preachy, and not helpful to many.』
(1000 Days to the Bar) 『This book is everything I needed in a law school prep book and more. Although the author goes above and beyond with his method for success, this is geared to make a lasting impression on the reader. Very easy to read, and side notes informative. It was an excellent preparatory book for the summer before school.』
(Amazing Results!) 『I first picked this book up when I was a 1L student who had struggled with my first semester grades. I found the techniques and skills in "1000 Days" to be extremely helpful. I have read many law school study technique books, but this is clearly a cut above the rest. The chapters are very clearly written and provide a solid roadmap to improving any student's grades. Tonsing instructs the student on how to attack lawschool study from a variety of angles, the most important technique probably being the writing of hypothetical problems each week. After a semester of practice in writing and spotting issues, dominating the final exam becomes much easier. I stuck to Tonsing's advice and applied it to every course for 3 years of lawschool with dramatic improvements in my grade. I can honestly say that this book gives you the power to excell in any exam, from torts to Administrative law to Secured Transactions, it doesn't matter. A+.』
(Modestly Helpful) 『Mr. Tonsing's manual is a useful volume for anyone preparing for law school. Not only is it filled with helpful tips on how to brief a case, take notes, and write course summaries, but it also motivates the student to enter law school as a lawyer, not a student.
There is no doubt that Mr. Tonsing is committed to helping the reader do his best in law school.
However, while there are many gems in book, overall the prose is weak, and often times just corny. The author pedantically defines words like 'equestrian' and 'loophole' for his reader, and goes off the deep end near the end of the book suggesting that law students cover the walls of their apartments with burlap to make enormous wall charts. I suppose it may work for some . . . but it reminds me of Russell Crowe's schizophrenic character in "A Beautiful Mind," and while that character was brilliant he was also crazy.
This is certainly not the worst law school book out there, but I would shop around before deciding to purchase "1000 Days. . ."』
(In the end, everything worked out) 『This item did not arrive within the time window. However, when I emailed the seller, they said they did send it and there must have been a problem with shipment. They responded to my email within 2 or 3 days, and then send the same titled booklet which arrived within less than 1 week.』 『1000 Days to the Bar explains the relationship between the professional practice of law and the practice you need to perform each week to achieve your objectives. This unique guide is designed to empower first-year law students by presenting the components for academic success in a step-by-step format that lays out a practice-centered approach to legal studies. In this book you will discover how to:
- Read and brief court opinions - Take and transform class notes into course summaries, outlines and flow charts. - Learn essential elements of the law "by heart." - Gain fluency in the "language of the law."
Special supplements include: - Study tips from law school professors and academic support professionals. - Detailed descriptions of many of the most popular commercial study aids. - Time management details and time allocation methods, including creation of a personal Flexible Time Resource Allocation Chart. - Guidelines for powerful, effective study groups. - Instructions for preparing a practical and efficient law study environment.』
Kakaku：
Quarry Books
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (i'm inspired) 『after flipping threw the pages, i've become inspired by wonderful works of art in this book』
(Intoxicating Inspiration) 『What an opportunity to flip through the artistic journals of so many creative people. This book is all about the images. Not too much verbage, just pure inspiration. Slightly oversized, yet each page contains quite a bit of "white space" to let the pages pop. If you want to actually read everything presented, you will need a magnifier. Seemingly every journaling sytle is validated in this generous exploration of what others are doing in art journals. I will enjoy curling up with this book for a very long time.』
(expectations) 『This book just wasn't what I expected. May have been a little far fetched to think that the book would have been more scrap book like, but there was just something about the images displayed that gave me that vibe. It's not a bad book, but it's disappointing to not get what you want.』
(Shameless Rip-Off of the 1000 Journal Project) 『If you're interested in learning more about the 1000 Journals Project, don't buy this book. This book has nothing to do with the 1000 Journals project. The title is an attempt to piggy back this publication on the back of the famous 1000 Journals project. Furthermore, the content in this book is pitiful in comparison to the 1000 Journals project.
The real deal is 1000 Journals Project.』
(LOVE this book) 『Can't get enough of looking through this book. It's incredibly inspiring. There are endless ideas and techniques that created by different artists. I highly recommend this book for anyone who loves and enjoys art journaling.』 『
Over 1,000 journal pages presented in one beautiful full-color book
Journals offer their makers a safe place to dream, doodle, rant, and reinvent themselves. They offer viewers rich, visual inspiration. There is a fascination with these revealing and often beautiful pages of self-exploration and personal expression. Journals offer a tantalizing, voyeuristic view of an interior life.
This would be the first book to offer examples of over 1000 journal pages in one eye-catching, visual format, and would attract a wide swathe of artists who fully embrace or experiment with this medium.
Journaling has seeped into popular culture in a big way and this collection provides a wide array of ideas, techniques and themes to inspire and inform mixed media and journaling enthusiasts.
Kakaku：
Taschen
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Very pleased with book) 『Book was a hard cover which was a pleasant surprise and in perfect shape. I paid a dollar or two more than some of the other sellers because of the incredible reviews...well worth it!』
(Amazing book!) 『Wow! This is book is insanely full of colorful photos and interesting information about each chair. In fact, my boyfriend has his own copy... he loves it that much!』
(Picture Book) 『If you just want to see alot of chairs with basic information, this is the way to go. Real pretty.』
(excellent purchase if you like chairs and design) 『The order came in quickly, book was in tip-top condition. You can cnsider this a quality book if you like chairs and the history and the evolvement of design in chairs. The pictures are fun to look at and you can marvel at the creativity of the designers.』
(Glad I bought it) 『I make chairs (and other furniture) out of found wood. I bought this book out of profits from the sale of one chair, and within the first 50 pages, I had ideas for several more chairs I wouldn't have thought of on my own. I just look at the pictures; not particularly interested in the history or designer or derivation. If you want ideas for making chairs and you can figure out the construction details for yourself, this is a useful book.
Well-made book, BTW. Isn't going to fall apart if I leave it in the shop and can stand up to a fair amount of sawdust.』 『The ubiquitous chair in all its shapes and forms (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designers. The particular curve of a back-rest, or the twist of a leg, the angle of a seat or the colour of the entire artefact all reflect the stylistic consciousness of each era. From Gerrit Rietveld and Alvar Aalto via Verner Panton to Eva Zeisel; from Art Nouveau to International Style, from Pop Art to Postmodernism, the phenomenon of the chair is so complex that it requires a reference work as comprehensive as this to do it full justice. They are all here: Thonet's bentwood chairs and Hoffmann's sitting-machines, Marcel Breuer's Wassily chair and Ron Arad's avant garde armchairs. The book, a slightly abbreviated version of our classic title 1000 Chairs, devotes one page to each chair, displayed on its own as pure form, with biographical and historical information about the chair.』 『Sleek, stuffed, buttoned, or bent, in the den or the dining room, the chair is an indicator of its owner's identity. Chairs make up much of the interior landscape of our homes and workplaces, and a comfortable chair is considered a great asset in either location. A rigorous survey of the last 150 years of chairs,1000 Chairsis a pictorial guide to the axiom "you are where you sit." Writers Charlotte and Peter Fiell argue that, as well as being an icon of identity, the chair is a form through which designers engage in social, political, and even ergonomic rhetoric. A good example is George Nelson's mass-produced modular seating system. Geometrical in design, its austere, mostly rectilinear lines are efficient and economical. The book follows developments and mutations in chair design from the days before art deco through the rise of modernity and into the mid-'90s, when designers like Philippe Starck used such materials as recycled plastic and injection molded polypropylene.
In total there are more than the 1000 advertised illustrations, and each is accompanied by a small text describing the significance of the chair and its designer. The book includes more than 100 capsule biographies of such designers as Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Adolph Loos, and Marcel Breuer. The only problem with1000 Chairsis, ironically, its own ergonomics. At about eight by six inches and nearly 800 pages, it is an unwieldy little tome. That aside, this is a great book--a must for anyone interested in sitting down.--Loren E. Baldwin』
Kakaku：
Back Bay Books
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Concise look into the past) 『All of us have images in our heads of what life was like 1000 years ago. Some of those images are accurate, but many are distorted by our inadequate educations and ridiculous portrayals we see in the media. This book goes a long ways towards correcting those views.
The strength of the book is that is moves quickly across a variety of subjects, and it does so without tedious lists of rulers and battles. The book is about daily life -- religious change, farming and harvesting, birth, death, and relations between the sexes. It hopscotches from topic to topic, but does a good job of integrating them under the theme of how people actually lived.
I found the explanations of word derivations to be among the interesting areas, as the authors discoursed on how words from Vikings, Romans, Angles, Saxons and others were assimilated into English. And the authors assert that the ability (willingness) of the people of Enga-long to adopt new words reflected how they were adaptable in other ways, too. This enabled them to become one of the most vibrant economies in the world in the 900s and for a millenium afterwards.
The authors' ability to tease out facts from the minimal written records is fascinating, too. Well, the authors didn't tease out the facts -- but they read about what others have discovered, and then they have added their interpretations. This comes in handy when they reference things like bawdy riddles that were copied down by monks (hairy onions and sexy butter churns), or how they show that women were, in many ways, treated equally as men under the law. They make the point that the world of AD 1000 wasn't as foreign as we'd like to think; people were people, and they had their joys, pleasures, and traumas.
My only criticisms of the book are related. First, it's only about life in England; there's little sense of how that life compared with the rest of western Europe or the (more) civilized world. Second, because it's about England and written by British authors, it casually references things that an American wouldn't understands, such as where the Midlands are, or where Vikings attacked in England. Third, there's an assumption that the reader understands some basics of technology, such as in the chapter about how coins were made. I could have benefited from a typed chronology and some basic definitions.
Overall, it's an excellent book, and one that I will likely read again.』
(that was then, and explains a lot about why this is now) 『What a delightfully informative little book! I don't know how they crammed so much information into just 200 pages (reminds me of Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World and this one doesn't have recipes).
The authors take something called the Julius Work Calendar, a medieval daily reminder of work and faith to illustrate life in Anglo-Saxon England. Did you know July was called "the hunger gap" back then, because it was right where the stores of last year's harvest ran out but before the new crop was ready to reap? Did you know that if you fondled a woman's breast uninvited it'd cost you a fine of five shillings? Did you know there were no surnames in the year 1000? They never left home, you were going to have the same name as your dad and your mom, so you didn't need them. Did you know Benedictine monks, by oath silent most of their lives, worked out a sign language with over 127 signs? "One gets the impression," write the authors, "that mealtimes in a Benedictine refectory were rather like a gathering of baseball coaches..."
The prose throughout is able and vivid, and you can see the twinkle in the writers' eyes, as in excerpts from a First Millenial (caps are mine) medical book called Bald's Leechbook (I want my own copy) which conveniently lists maladies starting with the head and working down. Mid-body we find a cure for male impotence, or
...the Viagra of the year 1000 -- the yellow-flowered herb agrimony. Boiled in milk, agrimony was guaranteed to excite the man who as "insufficiently virile" -- and if boiled in Welsh ale, it was described as having exactly the contrary effect.
although later they say
Several of the Leechbook recipes would have done credit to the witches in Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library).
The authors don't idealize the Anglo-Saxons in the year 1000, but they respect them and their resilience and capability, and they have a knack for making the narrative sound like it's all happening next door and all we have to do is stick our heads out the window to be eye witnesses. About the easiest way into medieval studies I've ever stumbled across. More, more!
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(1000 was wonderful) 『A great read for for anyone curious about what life was like 1000 years ago. Not your typical boring history stuff. I would recommend it to anyone. My whole family is reading it.』
(the year 1000) 『Very thought provoking. Sets a good yardstick to compare with our current culture and lifestyle.』
(Interesting look at life in England 1000 AD) 『This book is divided up as a year in the life of the people of medieval England, each chapter representing a month and describing the daily lives of people on the farms and in the cities.』 『"The Year 1000 is a vivid and surprising portrait of life in England a thousand years ago. A world that already knew brain surgeons and property developers and, yes, even the occasional gossip columnist. Uncovering such wonderfully unexpected details, authors Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger bring this distant world closer than it has ever been before. How did people survive without sugar? How did monks communicate if they were not allowed to speak? Why was July called "the hungry month"? The Year 1000 answers these questions and reveals such secrets as the recipe for a medieval form of Viagra and a hallucinogenic treat called "crazy bread." In the spirit of modern investigative journalism, Lacey and Danziger interviewed the top historians and archaeologists in the field. Their research led them to an ancient and little-known document of the period, the Julius Work Calendar, a sharply observed guide that takes us back in time to a charming and very human world of kings and revelers, saints and slave laborers, lingering paganism and profound Christian faith. This exuberant and informative book concludes as the shadow of the millennium descends across England and Christendom. While prophets of doom predict the end of the world, A.D. 1000 sees the arrival of such bewildering concepts as infinity and zero, along with the abacus-the medieval calculating machine. These are portents of the future, and The Year 1000 finishes by examining the human and social ingredients that were to make for success and achievement in the next thousand years."』 『"August was the month when flies started to become a problem, buzzing round the dung heaps in the corner of every farmyard and hovering over the open cesspits of human refuse that were located outside every house."
Although daily dangers were many, housing uncomfortable, and the dominant smells unpleasant indeed, life in England at the turn of the previous millennium was not at all bad, write journalists Lacey and Danziger. "If you were to meet an Englishman in the year 1000," they continue, "the first thing that would strike you would be how tall he was--very much the size of anyone alive today." The Anglo-Saxons were not only tall, but also generally well fed and healthy, more so than many Britons only a few generations ago. Writing in a breezy, often humorous style, Lacey and Danziger draw on the medievalJulius Work Calendar, a document detailing everyday life around A.D. 1000, to reconstruct the spirit and reality of the era. Light though their touch is, they've done their homework, and they take the reader on a well-documented and enjoyable month-by-month tour through a single year, touching on such matters as religious belief, superstition, medicine, cuisine, agriculture, and politics, as well as contemporary ideas of the self and society. Readers should find the authors' discussions of famine and plague a refreshing break from present-day millennial worries, and a very stimulating introduction to medieval English history.--Gregory McNamee』
Kakaku：
Wiley
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (The Best Tastes since I started GF diet) 『Page 100, Yeast Bread, this is the best of the best for GF that I've ever made or tasted. It's easy as well. She has some of the best recipes I ever read in the 10 years I've been on the GF diet. Her only downfall, they are not easy directions, read them at least 2-3 times and I get the ingredients out as I read and then re-read to make sure I've got them right, then I concentrate on how to do them. I'm a pretty good cook and they could definitely be written differently and more understandable for people who don't like to cook.』
(Best Gluten Free Recipe Book You Could Get) 『This is an excellent recipe book. I was just recently diagnosed with celiac and am so excited that I can make anything i crave, from hamburger buns to kolaches. Excellent!!!!』
(a little narrow) 『I have been grateful for this book because it has so much in it, much of which is quite good. However, I have become disenchanted with it because all of her recipes use the same sorghum-tapioca flour-potato starch mix, and I don't think that it is the right mix for all of her recipes. Also, she uses SO MUCH starch in all of her recipes that they are just plain really unhealthy to eat. Thirdly, she likes to use modified tapioca starch in a lot of her recipes, which is even worse for you than all of the unmodified starch. There are chemical processes that go into modifying this starch which may have adverse health effects. I have seen in at least one blog that faithful adherents of her book don't care what they're doing to their bodies as long as they enjoy what they are eating. Maybe you feel the same way, in which case this is a great book for you. However, for those who are more interested in their health and in all of the wonderful flours available to gluten-free folks, I only recommend this book in moderation. I do have to say, though, that her pizza crust recipe is absolutely the best.』
(a little narrow) 『I have been grateful for this book because it has so much in it, much of which is quite good. However, I have become disenchanted with it because all of her recipes use the same sorghum-tapioca flour-potato starch mix, and I don't think that it is the right mix for all of her recipes. Also, she uses SO MUCH starch in all of her recipes that they are just plain really unhealthy to eat. Thirdly, she likes to use modified tapioca starch in a lot of her recipes, which is even worse for you than all of the unmodified starch. There are chemical processes that go into modifying this starch which may have adverse health effects. I have seen in at least one blog that faithful adherents of her book don't care what they're doing to their bodies as long as they enjoy what they are eating. Maybe you feel the same way, in which case this is a great book for you. However, for those who are more interested in their health and in all of the wonderful flours available to gluten-free folks, I only recommend this book in moderation. I do have to say, though, that her pizza crust recipe is absolutely the best.』
(Hard to find) 『There are a ton of recipes for different occasions but they ALL require a mix of 3 alternative types of flour and wheat products without gluten and the ingredients are hard to find in my local stores. I'd like the book more if you didn't have to have the mix to make every single thing in the book. 』 『1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes
It's like getting 5 cookbooks in 1!
172 Breakfast Dishes, Muffins, and Breads 75 Sandwiches, Salads, and Soups 106 Pasta, Grain, Bean, and Vegetable Dishes 205 Main Courses 377 Cookies, Cakes, Pies, and Other Desserts And Much More!
Go gluten-free with ease! For the best all-purpose gluten-free cookbook, look no further. Inside, you'll find delicious gluten-free versions of foods you crave-including muffins, breads, pizzas, pastas, casseroles, cookies, bars, cakes, and pies. You'll also discover hundreds of recipes for all-American favorites, flavorful international dishes, and sophisticated special-occasion fare. It's everything you need to serve satisfying gluten-free meals 365 days a year!
Praise for1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes
"This book has great recipes with a fresh healthy flair. Everyone should have this cookbook. I know mine will get tattered from use." —Cynthia Kupper, R.D., Executive Director, Gluten Intolerance Group of North America
"Carol Fenster has combined simple, naturally gluten-free recipes along with those specially created for people with celiac disease. This is a comprehensive soup-to-nuts guide that any cook will use again and again." —Andrea Levario, J.D., Executive Director, American Celiac Disease Alliance
"The encyclopedia of gluten-free recipes has now arrived! What a wonderful assortment of healthy meals that even a gluten-free novice can tackle." —Cynthia S. Rudert, M.D., Advisor for the Celiac Disease Foundation and the Gluten Intolerance Group of North America』
Kakaku：
Rockport Publishers
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Good Book) 『it not only shows 1000 pictures it also aloud you to know the companies name so you can visit their portfolio online.....』
(Good but...) 『I do think this is a great resource for typographic inspiration, the problem is this is just a remake of the same publish in 2005. I purchased this book with the assumption it was the an updated version of "1000 Type Treatments" but it is just in a different format. The photos are much smaller and less fit on the page than the one I already have. It is rather disappointing and a rather bad marketing job on behalf of Amazon! The problem it is since it was such a cheap by it is not worth selling it back, so now I am stuck with two of the same books with different covers and dimensions.
Be aware and make sure you are not buying something you already have.』
(Very Inspiring) 『As a graphic designer, I found this book to be invaluable. It has given many ideas and shown me exciting new ways of using typography in my own designs. I would highly recommend this book to all designers, regardless of your speciality.』
(Great Work, Ruined) 『This is exactly the way a book on design should NOT be designed. And it's a shame because the editors found a lot of great work that would be inspiring if it weren't presented in an overwrought package with tightly-cropped photos on varying and illogically-colored backgrounds with poor labeling. It is simply too difficult to figure out exactly what one is looking at for the book to be enjoyable.』
(Great) 『Loved this book. And it`s great that you can see what font they used on the design. It`s a nice buy :) 』 『
New miniature version!
The ability to wield typography is one of those things that is a clear indication of a talented designer. Being able to craft type well and thoughtfully takes a deep understanding of the inherent complexities and a keen eye for the minute and subtle details. This book contains a collection of 1,000 instances of thoughtful type usage along with credits that note what fonts were used in the design. Like its predecessor, 1,000 Graphic Elements, the photography in this book focuses in on the typography so readers can get an up-close look at the work. 1,000 Type Treatments showcases an array of fonts in a catalog-like format, making it easy for the working designer to practically shop for ideas. The book is organized by style so if a designer has a traditional, elegant, or edgy piece, they can go directly to that section of the book, where they will find a wide collection of fresh ideas in the style they are seeking. Also included is a directory of font foundries and suppliers, providing busy designers with a quick reference guide to where they can find the fonts that pique their interest.
Kakaku：
Ballantine Books
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Never Puerile; always piquant) 『I have read many a langauge maven wordivoracious vocab book in my day. None compare to this compendium of brilliantly chosen, exquisitely executed words. This book has a very easy to read format and a friendly tone to it. If you memorize most of the words within, you will nevery sound picayune in your interviews. More importantly, women will stare fervidly at you, the cynosure of all eyes, after you drop a sesquipidalian speech over some post prandial wine!!』
(A formidable farrago with a full, feisty fusillade!) 『Great little addition to the family's collection of reference and word books!
You'll easily enrich and enliven your vocabulary while learning a little background and history of the origin of the word!
This is not a collection of 'pedantic pundit or parlance'.....all of the words can be used in everyday communication.
They are good, strong words with clear meanings which can help you to express yourself with elegance!
Would you prefer to be wiser or wizened?
』
(Haven't used yet.) 『I haven't had occasion to use this book yet; however, it arrived quickly and in excellent condition.』
(Fun vocabulary expander) 『A fun read and entertaining way to expand your vocabulary, whatever your age.』
(A great book) 『This is one of the best vocabulary building book I have used. I learned many powerful, expressive word through reading this book.
Kudos to Norman Schur! This small volume is indispensable for me.』 『Based on the contention that we do not utillize speech to its fullest extent, this guide is an essential aide to unlocking our "passive" vocabularies and developing a keener appreciation of the richness of language.
Indispensable For Writers, Speakers, Teachers! -- Enrich your vocabulary -- Express yourself clearly -- and beautifully -- Fun and easy to use!』
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