Customer Reviews:
Last of 7 "small decor" books rated.......2005-02-14
I am irked at this book's deceptive marketing. Unlike other "small space" books, these authors withhold sq-footage measures, but-DUH!-the photos reveal HUGE rooms. Not a trick of the camera, nor an illustration of how their use of color "expands," a typical "small" bedroom featured here accommodates a K-size bed + 3-cushion sofa + huge fireplace + museum size oil paintings & swagged draperies fit for a palace. A living room "seating area" has a 3-cushion sofa + love seat + 3 large upholstered chairs + a day bed + a rocker, all spread around a coffee table big enough to accommodate the 11 people sitting there. Perhaps "small" is relative. My small 3-BR condo is 1400 sq. ft. The average US apt. is 800 sq ft. So if 4,000 sq ft is "small" to you, buy this book, but you'll find color charts that any paint store has, and poor reproduction of colors in the photos. Better yet, buy any decorating mag at the grocery store: even average rooms shown will be smaller than the "smallest" in this book.
Disappointed.......2004-05-19
This book does not seem to address small spaces. I guess if you live in a house in the burbs that cost at least a couple of hundred thousand, maybe it will work for you. I live in an apartment in the city and I saw very little that I could use from this book. The color schemes were VERY bland. White/off-white and gold seem to prevail in their color palette. I found this book boring and unuseable. Fortunately I only paid $3 for the book and $3.50 for the shipping; maybe I'll give it to the goodwill and they can find someone who might appreciate it. Majorly disappointed.
misguided.......2003-05-12
While I agree with the people who have already reviewed this book that the pictures are very good, and the colors combinations are good, I would not say that the authors were guided by the concepts of small spaces that are in the real world.
Most of the rooms depicted were hardly the 12x13 bedroom one finds in real homes, or the 8x10 real people kitchen.
Most of the rooms looked as though there were very few limitations of space or budget....Hardly what I expected from the title.
Color affects how you feel.......2003-04-04
Color is a powerful way to set a mood, shift an outlook and transform a space. When thinking about colors in a living environment, it's important to decide what atmosphere--what feeling--you'd like to enhance or amplify through colors in that room. The special challenges of a small space can make those decisions even more complicated. Color in Small Spaces : Palettes and Styles to Fit Your Home offers clear guidlines to help master the dizzying world of color! Whether you enjoy subtle and classic or rich and juicy, this book can help you to "color your life beautiful!"
A Must for City-Dwellers with a Sense of Style.......2003-04-03
As a resident of Manhattan--the world's capital of small living spaces--I have to say that just browsing this book for a half hour has given me a few dozen ideas for how to make my studio look less like a college dorm room and more like the backdrop for a Vanity Fair photo-shoot that I wish it were. A quick browse of this book will give you numerous fresh ideas, but this is no quick reference guide, nor is it some Martha Stewart/Macgyver-esque smattering of ways to turn your used band-aid wrappers into paint stencils. Color In Small Spaces is researched and written in so thorough a manner as to make a perfect classroom text for students of interior design, in addition to the spacially clueless like me. Highly recommended for anyone who would like to learn how to make a cramped and muted floor-and-wallspace sing.
Book Description
From 1845 to 1862, the Boston partnership of Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes maintained the most celebrated photography studio in the United States. Taking as their subjects both the greatest personalities of the day and the natural spectacles of the American landscape, such as Niagara Falls, Southworth & Hawes elevated the new medium of daguerreotype photography to the level of art. Transcending the mere recording of factual detail, their daguerreotypes reflect a quintessentially American aesthetic and embody an emerging national culture and spirit. Young America will be the most significant publication to date on Southworth & Hawes, featuring full-scale color reproductions of all plates in the exhibition as well as 2,000 additional black-and-white illustrations. It will include a critical analysis of the historical and cultural importance of the work of Southworth & Hawes, with original texts by Brian Wallis, ICP Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator, and Grant Romer, Director of the advanced program in Photography Conservation at George Eastman House, among other scholars. Appendices will include a chronology, an annotated bibliography, an exploration of the daguerreotype process, brief biographies of the sitters, and a Southworth & Hawes family genealogy, making the catalogue an invaluable resource for researchers as well as general readers. The book will include an annotated bibliography, exhibition checklist, and chronology.
Customer Reviews:
Early American history and culture captured in daguerrotypes.......2006-03-13
From 1845 to 1862 Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes maintained a famous photography studio, using the most famous personalities of their times as subjects and also capturing on film some of the most notable of events and places. Their focus was fine art photography rather than simple portraiture, and their daguerreotypes thus captured more than factual images alone, adding touches which captured historic and cultural elements. YOUNG AMERICA accompanies an exhibition of the same name and packs in over a hundred color reproductions plus nearly 2,000 black and white illustrations. Editor Grant Romer is Director of the Advanced Program in Photography Conservation at George Eastman House, and Brian Wallis is Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator at the International Center of Photography: together these scholars create not just a catalog, but a historical survey of the daguerreotype process and Southworth and Hawes' influences on photographic achievement as a whole. The wealth of images packed into the book alone would make it a highly recommended pick; the focus on daguerreotype history and Southworth and Hawes' lasting achievements make it essential for any serious art collection.
An Important Resource for Southworth & Hawes Research.......2005-09-08
I first received this catalogue from Amazon, and thoroughly enjoyed it, then went soon after to see the exhibit at ICP in New York. The book reproduces the magnificent images beautifully, and was an interesting and illuminating adjunct to the exhibit itself. It is an amazingly comprehensive catalogue of the output of this studio, and it was as interesting to see the smaller, little-known images as it was to see the more familiar, gorgeous whole-plate portraits and scenes we have seen for years. A must-have for anyone who loves American daguerreotypes.
Book Description
Now available in paperback, America and the Daguerreotype brings together 200 previously unpublished images (28 in full color) as it examines the earliest photographic process and its effect on the way we view ourselves. For this collection, John Wood selected active images of ordinary Americans living and working: at weddings, river baptisms, band concerts, and political meetings, on farms and in factories.
In the eight essays that accompany the images, leading art, photographic, and social historians provide diverse and perceptive readings of the role that the daguerreotype played in shaping America's self-image. Editor John Wood addresses the American portrait, David Stannard writes on sex and death in the daguerreotype, Peter Palmquist reviews the role of daguerreotypes in the settlement of the American West, John Stilgoe discusses landscape and daguerreotypes, Dolores Kilgo offers an alternative aesthetic to daguerreotypes, John Graf focuses on the militia as a social institution depicted visually in nineteenth-century America, Brooks Johnson deals with daguerreian images of Americans at work, and Jeanne Verhulst reveals how modern-day artists have revived the daguerreotype.
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Wonderful portraits, 1850s towns, landscapes; full text plus 104 photos. Enlarged edition.
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- Fabulous book for any Union Case collector
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Customer Reviews:
Precious Keeping.......2002-10-23
The intimacy of an image in a closed victorian case greatly contrasts with the brash public advertisement craved by photograph subjects and holders of our age. Here shown is an incredible variety of design and cultural symbols that warmed the victorian heart and provided a notable prelude to disclosure of a person much-loved by the case's holder. The preface is well documented study of the origins of the theromoplastic photograph case. The body of the work is a quite comprehensive monochrome catalog of cases organized by size and design. The sheer variety of the invention shown is dizzying. This is a carefully prepared work and should continue for some time as a standard for those collecting and exploring the thermoplastic (Union) case.
Fabulous book for any Union Case collector.......1999-11-17
This is a fabulous book for any Union Case collector. Very well written and a ton of good material. Photographs are outstanding as well. The authors certainly did their research in preparing such a fantastic book.
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"Vital, very readable guidance for investors, environmentalists, and interested bystanders looking toward a future without fossil fuels." -BOOKLIST
"It's hard to argue with the relentless logic...." -E/THE ENVIRONMENTAL MAGAZINE
"Readers looking to separate facts from hype about cars running on hydrogen and large-scale fuel cell systems will find a useful primer here."-PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Lately it has become a matter of conventional wisdom that hydrogen will solve many of our energy and environmental problems. Nearly everyone -- environmentalists, mainstream media commentators, industry analysts, General Motors, and even President Bush -- seems to expect emission-free hydrogen fuel cells to ride to the rescue in a matter of years, or at most a decade or two.
Not so fast, says Joseph Romm. In The Hype about Hydrogen, he explains why hydrogen isn't the quick technological fix it's cracked up to be, and why cheering for fuel cells to sweep the market is not a viable strategy for combating climate change. Buildings and factories powered by fuel cells may indeed become common after 2010, Joseph Romm argues, but when it comes to transportation, the biggest source of greenhouse-gas emissions, hydrogen is unlikely to have a significant impact before 2050.
The Hype about Hydrogen offers a hype-free explanation of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, takes a hard look at the practical difficulties of transitioning to a hydrogen economy, and reveals why, given increasingly strong evidence of the gravity of climate change, neither government policy nor business investment should be based on the belief that hydrogen cars will have meaningful commercial success in the near or medium term. Romm, who helped run the federal government's program on hydrogen and fuel cells during the Clinton administration, provides a provocative primer on the politics, business, and technology of hydrogen and climate protection.
Customer Reviews:
Well intentioned people should read this........2007-09-16
There are many well-intentioned people who advocate a quick switch to a hydrogen economy. This book is a must-read for them. While this book is pessimistic about the potential for a hydrogen solution to the energy issues we face, for me it is optimistic in that it allows us to get past a potential dead end and start thinking about other options that are more realistic at present. Before reading this book I thought of hybrids as a bait and switch to deflect attention from hydrogen cars. After reading this book, I realize that just the opposite is true. Hybrids are probably our best hope for now while hydrogen is a much hyped dream.
Realistic perspective on hydrogen economy & fuel cells.......2006-07-29
We are told that we are just 10 years away from a viable hydrogen economy by many optimistic politicians and CEOs. We keep being told that we are almost there with revolutionary competition for the internal combustion engine (ICE). Romm takes a serious look at the potential (and hopefully eventual) hydrogen economy as well as why we need to start working decades ahead of its arrival for it to actually work out.
First off, why are we wanting to get a hydrogen fuel cell car? Two main reasons -- energy independence and global warming, the second of which is the more serious problem (and I would say less than 10% of the US population will see this topic as being in any dispute within 5 years -- sadly we just don't have 5 years to sit around). I will focus on the global warming reasoning since very few people in the US seem to be serious about energy independence, even with $3/gallon gasoline.
I'll run over a couple of the arguments Romm gives; there are more in the book, and they are worth reading about.
-The infrastructure problems with a hydrogen economy are daunting. Hydrogen would probably be stored as a gas, not a liquid, meaning we would need to redo a lot of the current infrastructure. We may not have to start from square one, but it will be relatively close and it will be costly.
-If we figure out all the problems with hydrogen fuel cells for vehicles (ie, we get the costs significantly down and the infrastructure problems fixed), we still have a major problem with production. Why? Primarily the environmental reasons. We do not have a good source of hydrogen since we have to burn fossil fuels to get the energy for hydrogen or get the hydrogen from fossil fuels, and both options emit lots of CO2. Following the numbers (given in the book); the bottom line is we emit more CO2 than if we didn't make the switch at all. Even if we got all our hydrogen from renewables and we were using coal for other power uses, it would make significantly more (global warming and environmental) sense to direct the renewable energy to cover coal plants' electricity output and shut them down rather than stop gasoline from being used (fewer total emissions).
Romm goes over each possible solution at each step carefully, covering the economic, environmental, and political possibilities. This is what makes this book tedious and dry to some people -- it is so thorough. Romm covers every reasonable aspect with clarity and often too much detail (I just moved along on a few sections that were too drawn out). His reasoning and conlusions seem very sound. So what does Romm suggest we do in preparation of a potential hydrogen economy?
1. Shift towards higher energy efficiency and renewable energy, neither of which will hurt the economy and will actually save money in the long run.
2. The costs of the hydrogen infrastructure will be enormous, and thinking we will just change everything immediately when hydrogen cars are available (and priced about the same range as internal combusion cars) is just not going to work out economically, politically, or socially. We need to prepare to phase out gasoline and keep open the possibility of phasing in hydrogen, when it's ready.
3. Business as usual is going to greatly complicate the global warming problem, meaning we are going to be battling global warming as we try to develop the infrastructure for hydrogen -- both will be very expensive. Action needs to happen now with no further procrastination. Further, beginning changes now will make it easier to make future changes and make those future changes smaller.
I've outline the big picture that most people will find of interest in this book -- potential vehicle fuel cells. What I haven't mentioned is that Romm discusses fuel cells in general as well, not just for vehicles but for electricity as well, which actually does seem to have a chance to break out in the next decade.
After reading the book, I don't call Romm a pessimist; I call him a realist and someone I wish could help make policy decisions now. I would highly recommend reading this book to anyone interested in what is going on with hydrogen fuel cells or fuel cells in general; it takes a balanced view of the reality and necessity of fuel cells. The book also outlines where our world is headed over the next several decades with global warming.
For those interested, this book has loads of endnotes with the sources of Romms information, so you can find the original sources if you like.
Mixed feelings.......2006-03-18
The book was very informative though a bit dry for my taste but then again I'm not a scientist. I just wanted to know whether the hydrogen is the way to go in the nearest future, like tomorrow. Mr. Romm doesn't believe it is. I would agree with him but then again I'm not very well versed in the subject. But I'm going to be.
The Hype about Hydrogen........2006-03-15
Writing style a bit stodgy, but a lot of good fact based information on the subject of the much hyped Hyrogen economy which I have not seen set out so clearly or comprehensively anywhere else.
A sobering look at hydrogen's viability as a fuel.......2006-03-02
This was an excellent book that seems to be written by someone who would have liked for hydrogen to be the fuel of the future but who realizes that it may not be the most practical solution.
He mentions the high cost per KW for fuel cells, the difficulty with transporting and storing hydrogen and other barriers that may prevent hydrogen from being widely adopted as a transportation fuel.
He gives some background on Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM), Molten Carbonate and solid oxide fuel cells and provides cost and performance information for them.
He examines other technologies such as hybrids, e-hybrids (plug-ins), natural gas and traditional fossil fuel engines and right now it seems that hybrids and e-hybrids may be better options for reducing greenhouse gases.
The book is very well written and well researched and is worth reading for anyone who wants to know what would be involved in establishing a hydrogen economy.
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- Dirty Virtues: The Emergence of Ecological Virtue Ethics
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- Ecology and Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions (Linnean Society Symposium Series, No 11)
- Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Multiscale Assessments: Findings of the Sub-Global Assessments Working Group (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Series)
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