Chicago Then and Now (Then & Now)

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The latest installment in the popular Then and Now series showcases the capital of the Heartland and one of the premier cities in the nation and the world: Chicago. Chicago's change and growth over the last century is captured in this photographic history. Modern color photos sit side by side with black and white archival photographs. Every important building, avenue, neighborhood, and point of interest is documented. It covers all of Chicago's landmarks from Navy Pier to the Stockyards and from the Southside all the way up the Magnificent Mile. Take in a game at Wrigley Field, then take it all in from the top of the Sear's Tower. The Water Tower and all the other architectural features that make Chicago great are also included.

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Great Coffee Table Book.......2007-04-11

Great pictures on every page of this wonderful book. Only Chicagoans will appreciate it however. The photos are large and grand, and the author has tried hard to recreate the original angle mostly. That's my only complaint. Lovely book.

Great book for my overseas guests.......2004-11-20

I have purchased this book for my departing aupair's for the past several years. While they certainly take pictures themselves they would never have a collection of photographs this large and they also get to see a bit of the history of Chicago. There are a lot of good pictures that will certainly spark many happy memories. For this purpose I would recommend it.

Nice Review of Past and Present.......2003-09-15

I enjoyed this book. Some of the pictures do not compare well because they were taken at different angles or from a different side of the street. Nevertheless, this is a great book. I found lots of stuff to compare. Native Chicagoans, who take an interest in the city, will like it. I purchased it for my brother for Christmas...liked it so much I purchased one for myself.

flawed but fun Chicago historical pictorial.......2003-02-13

I have several of these "then and now" books, and I would say this is the weakest of the bunch. I dearly love Chicago, and some of the old photographs were very interesting, but the book has a few problems. First, the photographic perspectives are rarely in synch, so it is difficult to compare the two pictures directly; either the angle is off to the side, or it's at a different distance. This seems rather to defeat the purpose of a "then and now" theme, which is to facilitate comparison. Secondly, a great many of the buildings and scenes are virtually identical to what they were, so one wonders why they were included. Finally, a map should have been included.

On the positive side, many of Chicago's key spots are targeted, such as the Water Tower, the stockyards and Hull House, and the paragraphs that accompany each picture do convey a lot of interesting information.

If you are interested in Chicago or urban history you will undoubtedly still enjoy this volume, but lower your expectations a bit before the book arrives so you won't be disappointed.

A look at old Chicago.......2002-01-21

An interesting look at Chicago as it appeared in the past, compared to now. More than just a picture book, it also gives some historical perspective for each location. If you're a Chicagoan, this is a must have. There are two problems that keep this from getting a top ranking. First, the focus of a "then and now" book should be to compare and contrast, so we can see how much has changed. There's several locations shown here that haven't really changed, and you wonder why they were included. Also, the "then" and "now" pictures should be shot from roughly the same location, showing the same perspective. That's not always the case here, and you may have to spend some time figuring out how to get things lined up. Still, it's a good way to see how the city used to look, and a rare look at some of the now-missing architectural treasures.

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Great Book About the Chicago Loop
A Lovely Book's Tribute to a Great City
Chicago in its Glory Days
Great Guidebook to Chicago
Lovely Book

Chicago's Loop (IL) (Then & Now)
Janice Knox , and Heather Olivia Belcher
Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0738519685

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Chicagoís famed ìLoopî is said to have gotten its name from the route of a cable car that looped the central business district in 1882. Since then, much has changed. This book captures the evolving urban landscape of the Chicago Loop, with a collection of over 100 vintage images, each coupled with its contemporary counterpart. ÝÝFew cities are as renowned for their architecture as is Chicago. The impressive skyscrapers in and around the Loop give Chicago a skyline second to none. And with more than three dozen historic landmarks, the Loop is home to many of the cityís most recognized structures. From a 19th century trading post to the great financial, business, and entertainment districts of the 21st century, Chicagoís Loop: Then and Now documents the growth and changes of the Windy Cityís downtown. ÝÝ

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Great Book About the Chicago Loop.......2006-05-27

I just received this book as a gift from a friend who has heard me talk about relocating to Chicago. Well, after reading this book, I really want to visit this city and seriously think about moving there. This book was a nice addition to my library

A Lovely Book's Tribute to a Great City.......2006-02-18

I just found this book at my local bookstore and was excited about reading it cover to cover. I just loved how informative this book was and it is a great tribute to a great mid-western city. Having lived here for the past 20 years, there are many facts that I didn't know until I read this book. I just loved the selection of photographs contained in this book. Thank you for several enjoyable afternoons reading this book.

Chicago in its Glory Days.......2006-02-10

Just purchased this book that really gives you a good feel of Chicago, past and present. The photographs are wonderful and I enjoyed reading about this great midwestern city. A must-have to complete any collection of Chicago History Books.

Great Guidebook to Chicago.......2005-10-26

I just purchased the book online and after reading it cover to cover, I now want to visit Chicago. A real nice introduction to a great city. I found the many descriptions of the various historic places in the commercial district extremely fascinating along with the very interesting "old" and "new" photography. I loved the book!!!!

Lovely Book.......2005-08-20

Just purchased the book and very much enjoyed reading it. It has great historical and contemporary pictures of the downtown area. Excellent tribute to a city

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Chicago then and now
Tracie Richardson
Manufacturer: Steck-Vaughn Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: 0811464040

Chicago then and now,: A pictorial history of the citysÌÂ“ development and a reprint of the first city directory published in Chicago in 1844 by J. W. Norris

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Chicago then and now,: A pictorial history of the citysÌÂ“ development and a reprint of the first city directory published in Chicago in 1844 by J. W. Norris
Ernest Butt
Manufacturer: Aurora, Finch & McCullouch
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

CHICAGO THEN AND NOW, A Pictorial History of the City's Development & Reprint of the First City Directory Published in Chicago in 1844

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CHICAGO THEN AND NOW, A Pictorial History of the City's Development & Reprint of the First City Directory Published in Chicago in 1844
Ernest, Compiled and Written By Butt
Manufacturer: Finch & McCullouch, Publ.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VBNS9I

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Chicago, Then and Now
Ernest Butt
Manufacturer: Finch & McCullouch
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H8EB5K

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Dixieland Now and Then
Jimmy McPartland's Chicago Rompers/Paul Barbarin's New Orleans Stompers
Manufacturer: Jazztone
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KYGGF4

Women in public health serving you then-- and now!: Health information of special interest to women and their children

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Women in public health serving you then-- and now!: Health information of special interest to women and their children
Shirley Haas
Manufacturer: Chicago Dept. of Health
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Reference Guide for Manga.......2007-08-24

This book is a great reference for male anatomy; unfortunately being pretty much the ONLY one in the series based on men, this is great for learning poses, gestures, and how clothes overlay the body. Not so terrific for ideas, like clothing or characters. I recommend it for those who are having issues with how the male body is formatted (I use it as a reference in that way)

Disapointing.......2007-06-10

Its almost as if they made This book to shut up people complaining that they only focused on Females. It really was not hepful so i didnt shovel out the 20 bucks for it. They basicly Haft-tried with it.

How to Draw Manga.......2007-05-30

The entire experience was amazing. Shipped earlier then expected, in pristine condition, no hassles no worry.

The product itself is great. The guide truly helps with the basic structure of drawing characters anatonomically correct. It's always better to learn how to draw something right first and then learn how to break the rules later.

:(.......2007-05-13

At least this book hasn't got all the characters in sexual positions, but it does have very boring looking characters also... Maybe the specific male / female books aren't his best works.

Extremely Helpful.......2007-04-22

This book has definetely helped me in the area of drawing male characters. I have also been able to draw females with ease, but the males I always found frustrating. The step-by-step intructions really let you in on the main parts of the male and how to draw them correctly. It compares it to the female body as well.

Various poses are included in it as well which helped me a lot in my characters. If you struggle with the same problem as I did, then I highly recommend this guide. It also includes a fantastic section on hands, feet, and charaters wearing glasses. Any true artist should own this book!

Como Dibujar Manga, vol. 10: personajes masculinos/ How to Draw Manga, Vol. 10: Male Characters (Como Dibujar Manga (Norma Editorial))/ Spanish Edition

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Como Dibujar Manga, vol. 10: personajes masculinos/ How to Draw Manga, Vol. 10: Male Characters (Como Dibujar Manga (Norma Editorial))/ Spanish Edition
Hikaru Hayashi
Manufacturer: Public Square Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

This companion volume to Techniques for Drawing Female Manga Characters focuses on how to draw boys and young men. The first two chapters cover the male anatomy, including skeletal structure, body types, head, neck, shoulder, torso, arms, waist, legs, feet, hair, and hands. The explanation of figure drawing techniques also includes how to express ages. The remaining chapters offer instructions on how to draw clothing, gestures, poses and movement.

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Sean Kernan has been walking through the woods and photographing trees for more than 20 years. The work has been culminated in Among Trees (Artisan Books, 2003), a long meditation on nature and our place in it. He is also the author (with Jorge Luis Borges) of The Secret Books. Sean's work has been shown at museums and galleries throughout the world. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, and American Photography.

Swimmers among the trees SEAL Operations in the Vietnam War

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Swimmers among the trees SEAL Operations in the Vietnam War
Joel M. Hutchins
Manufacturer: Presidio Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J0QUGO

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Among Trees calendar, 2007
Not a bad bad artistic vision of nature
Disappointing

Among Trees

ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1579652220

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Photographs at once stark and lush, tranquil and vibrant, dramatic and contemplative—forests full of surprise.

For photographer Sean Kernan, Among Trees was born out of the simple act of photographing the groves and forests he saw as he worked, traveled, and lived in the world. As the shape of the work emerged, he began to wander further in search of these visions made of trees and light. After many years, he has collected these remarkable photographs and gained insight into the way that art takes us deep inside ourselves at the very same time that it calls us out into our world.

The fundamental act of seeing changed and enriched the photographer, just as the photographs in Among Trees will lead readers on a journey of their own.

This book is an invitation to experience all the anticipated pleasures of walking in the woods, the spiritual qualities of the deep forests, the near-operatic dramas of nature, our human connections with the natural world. As author Anthony Doerr writes in his introduction, "It is my hope that you turn the pages of this book and see something of the thousand landscapes around us—to imagine not only what is inside Kernan's frams, but outside them as well." Because Among Trees is not so much about leafing through pictures of interesting and beautiful trees as it is about being among trees and coming to see our world and ourselves differently.

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Among Trees calendar, 2007.......2007-02-12

This is a beautifully presented, artistic collection of photo-portraits of interesting trees. Sean Kernan has really captured the mood of the trees and woods that he portrays so well.
However, the recipient of the calendar, as is often the case, is not an artist. In this case my wife, for whom the calendar was a Christmas present, was rather disappointed because it is not in color.
Andrew Slack

Not a bad bad artistic vision of nature.......2006-08-06

Not a bad bad artistic vision of nature. it you judge it for what it is rather than what it is not, It's pretty good. Not bad for the price either.

Disappointing.......2006-07-11

The photos are good, but beyond a note of the place taken, there are no words of explanation. After Thomas Pakenham's 'Remarkable Trees' this disappoints.

Three Great Poems: Thanatopsis, Flood of Years And Among the Trees by William Cullen Bryant

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Three Great Poems: Thanatopsis, Flood of Years And Among the Trees by William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

1877. Illustrated by W.J. Linton and J. McEntee. William Cullen Bryant was an American poet and editor. At one time, he practiced law, but later devoted himself entirely to writing. He began his career with Thanatopsis (or View of Death), a boyhood piece which astonished America when it was published in 1817, and which has ever since been a favorite with readers. The idea of the poem, that the earth is a vast sepulcher of human life, was borrowed from other poets; but the stately blank verse and the noble appreciation of nature are Bryant's own. The Flood of Years was written when he was a sage of eighty. Among the Trees is one of his best nature poems. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

A Society of Pines: An Introduction to the Pines Among Us

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A Society of Pines: An Introduction to the Pines Among Us
Robert S. Shutes
Manufacturer: Knife Island Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Afloat in the forest; or, A voyage among the tree-tops

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Afloat in the forest; or, A voyage among the tree-tops
Mayne Reid
Manufacturer: T.R. Knox & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Shamans of the Foye Tree: Gender, Power, and Healing among Chilean Mapuche

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Excellent book

Shamans of the Foye Tree: Gender, Power, and Healing among Chilean Mapuche
Ana Mariella Bacigalupo
Manufacturer: University of Texas Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0292716583

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Drawing on anthropologist Ana Mariella Bacigalupo's fifteen years of field research, Shamans of the Foye Tree: Gender, Power, and Healing among Chilean Mapuche is the first study to follow shamans' gender identities and performance in a variety of ritual, social, sexual, and political contexts.

To Mapuche shamans, or machi, the foye tree is of special importance, not only for its medicinal qualities but also because of its hermaphroditic flowers, which reflect the gender-shifting components of machi healing practices. Framed by the cultural constructions of gender and identity, Bacigalupo's fascinating findings span the ways in which the Chilean state stigmatizes the machi as witches and sexual deviants; how shamans use paradoxical discourses about gender to legitimatize themselves as healers and, at the same time, as modern men and women; the tree's political use as a symbol of resistance to national ideologies; and other components of these rich traditions.

The first comprehensive study on Mapuche shamans' gendered practices, Shamans of the Foye Tree offers new perspectives on this crucial intersection of spiritual, social, and political power.

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Excellent book.......2007-06-13

Amazing book about Mapuche shamanism. The book challenges so many stereotypes about gender, sexuality and spirituality. She tells the story from her experience as well as from an academic point of view.

Adam Among the Television Trees: An Anthology of Verse by contemporary Christian Poets

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Adam Among the Television Trees: An Anthology of Verse by contemporary Christian Poets

Manufacturer: Word Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description

Anthology of 201 poems by 41 poets whose ages range from 23 to 80, of varied occupations and religious affiliations, all dealing honestly with the modern world as they see it.

Afloat in the Forest: Or, A Voyage among the Tree-Tops. With illustrations

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Afloat in the Forest: Or, A Voyage among the Tree-Tops. With illustrations
Mayne Reid
Manufacturer: Boston: Ticknor & Fields
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IUO0P8

Among green trees;: A guide to pleasant and profitable acquaintance with familiar trees,

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Among green trees;: A guide to pleasant and profitable acquaintance with familiar trees,
Julia Ellen Rogers
Manufacturer: A.W. Mumford
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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