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For eight wonderful years The Waltons, the story of a family living in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains during the Depression, entertained America and the world. Yet this television show was more than entertaining. Each episode combined wonderful stories and "teachable moments" in which adults and children alike learned the importance of honesty, hard work, respect, responsibility, self-sacrifice, and kindness. As is true in most families, the Waltons faced many challenges, occasionally stumbled along the way, but they struggled to live their lives within the framework of the values they believed and taught. Goodnight, John Boy is a memory book of The Waltons, the number-one television show of its time. Filled with behind-the-scenes anecdotes and profiles of people who appeared on the show, it introduces readers to the Hamner family members who later became characters on The Waltons, suggests events and locales that inspired many of the episodes, and traces Earl Hamner's life as a writer from Virginia to New York to Hollywood. Included is a description of each episode plus reminiscences, comments, and personal feelings from numerous people connected with the series—writers, actors, directors, producers, family, and fans. Heavily illustrated with publicity shots and personal photographs taken by cast, crew, and others, Goodnight, John Boy will be a welcomed book by millions of loyal fans. When The Waltons first aired in 1972, it was at the bottom of the Neilson ratings—by December it led the list. That dramatic leap came about because fans told their friends about it and wrote the CBS network to praise the show and to plead that the show not be cancelled. Thirty years later, Goodnight, John Boy is sure to touch the hearts of the show's fans again.
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Good story, John Boy.......2007-07-03
This is a genuinely lovely book that explores the life and work of Earl Hamner but, more importantly, this book has a synopsis of each episode and comments from the actors. I would highly recommend "Good Night, John Boy". It was a terrific summer read!
A great companion to the television series........2007-06-15
This is an excellent companion guide to the television program (now up to its fifth season in DVD). It offers some good general info on how the series came about, as well as a description and some personal commentary on every episode. For anyone who may be interested, I am putting together a Bible study using The Waltons. It can be found online at AC21DOJ.org/AFruitfulBibleStudyWithTheWaltons.html
Oh, well..........2007-03-09
The photos are great, and there was just a little information about the "real-life Waltons", but unfortunately the vast majority of the book is taken up with episode summaries. Not really what I was looking for, but it is valuable for a Waltons fan.
Goodnight, John Boy: A Celebration of an American.......2007-01-19
Great book, Tells of Actors and history
had to read it before giving it as a gift.......2006-09-23
I was a baby when this was on the air.. but recently i have been buying the walton dvd's for my parents as gifts, and got hooked on the Waltons as a result (wathing with mom is great bonding). so for my mom's birthday i decided to buy her this book (since season 4 isnt available yet). I was sure to order it in time to read it before i had to give it to her and I Love it, i will order the two movies Earl talks about that lead up to the series.. and i had NO idea he was the producer of the version of Charlottes web i adore. This is a wonderful gift for anyone who loves the waltons.
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In his fourth book, Everything Bad Is Good for You, iconoclastic science writer Steven Johnson (who used himself as a test subject for the latest neurological technology in his last book, Mind Wide Open) takes on one of the most widely held preconceptions of the postmodern world--the belief that video games, television shows, and other forms of popular entertainment are detrimental to Americans' cognitive and moral development. Everything Good builds a case to the contrary that is engaging, thorough, and ultimately convincing.
The heart of Johnson's argument is something called the Sleeper Curve--a universe of popular entertainment that trends, intellectually speaking, ever upward, so that today's pop-culture consumer has to do more "cognitive work"--making snap decisions and coming up with long-term strategies in role-playing video games, for example, or mastering new virtual environments on the Internet-- than ever before. Johnson makes a compelling case that even today's least nutritional TV junk food-the Joe Millionaires and Survivors so commonly derided as evidence of America's cultural decline--is more complex and stimulating, in terms of plot complexity and the amount of external information viewers need to understand them, than the Love Boats and I Love Lucys that preceded it. When it comes to television, even (perhaps especially) crappy television, Johnson argues, "the content is less interesting than the cognitive work the show elicits from your mind."
Johnson's work has been controversial, as befits a writer willing to challenge wisdom so conventional it has ossified into accepted truth. But even the most skeptical readers should be captivated by the intriguing questions Johnson raises, whether or not they choose to accept his answers. --Erica C. Barnett
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From the author of the New York Times bestseller Mind Wide Open comes a groundbreaking assessment of popular culture as it's never been considered before: through the lens of intelligence.
The $10 billion video gaming industry is now the second-largest segment of the entertainment industry in the United States, outstripping film and far surpassing books. Reality television shows featuring silicone-stuffed CEO wannabes and bug-eating adrenaline junkies dominate the ratings. But prominent social and cultural critic Steven Johnson argues that our popular culture has never been smarter.
Drawing from fields as diverse as neuroscience, economics, and literary theory, Johnson argues that the junk culture we're so eager to dismiss is in fact making us more intelligent. A video game will never be a book, Johnson acknowledges, nor should it aspire to be-and, in fact, video games, from Tetris to The Sims to Grand Theft Auto, have been shown to raise IQ scores and develop cognitive abilities that can't be learned from books. Likewise, successful television, when examined closely and taken seriously, reveals surprising narrative sophistication and intellectual demands.
Startling, provocative, and endlessly engaging, Everything Bad Is Good for You is a hopeful and spirited account of contemporary culture. Elegantly and convincingly, Johnson demonstrates that our culture is not declining but changing-in exciting and stimulating ways we'd do well to understand. You will never regard the glow of the video game or television screen the same way again.
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Nice Book.......2007-09-22
It was a pretty good book, but I feel the author missed a number of opportunities to argue important points. While I share the opinion of the author, I don't think the book was particularly convincing.
This is good for you too.......2007-09-22
The writer's style feels like a a conversation, where he tells about his ideas and some supportive research made by other persons. The lack of references in the text is compensated by a last chapter with comments about hte origin of the data he used to support his claims.
This informal text is what makes the book an easy and enjoyable reading. However, as a scientific result, the book is not completely sound, since his conclusions are based only on what he think is happening and the supportive that is not necessarily correlated with his findings.
Parents, researchers and educators will find the book provocative. Actually, it defends that beyond content, form is also important, and maybe more important when we are talking about the new media (basically TV and games).
As a general reader, it is a very good book. As a position book, it really makes the author's point of view. However, scientific oriented readers will feel something is missing.
Great Suggestions, Lack of Evidence makes this a teaser.......2007-09-05
I felt that this book kept dangling a carrot out in front of me, providing a soft supposition without the follow-up of hard evidence in most cases. I was intrigued enough to jot down some of the primary sources to investigate further, But i feel that a book of this sort should really advance the subject. However, the author admits in the text that his intention was to spark the interest of those willing and able to do research in the field.
The suggestions that the author makes are certainly concieveable, and worth your time to read. Howver, i believe that the author may lend too much credit to the problem-solving nature of a handful of strategy games and complex drama/competition reality shows, without acknowledging the out and out mindless imitations and competitors of most examples. for every Episode of the apprentice, there is an equally mind numbing "fear Factor" produced.
The author successfully pulls us away from the counter argument of morality's downward Spiral, but again, focuses on a few high minded video games and televison shows.
I was suprised that there was not more focus on the internet, and how society is not only technically inclined, but more social than ever. we are certainly sharing more and reading more information on computers than ever before. but it seems that the author skims this subject in favor of television ands video games, where he clearly has more information.
good read, but you will be left wanting more information than what is provided.
very good read as long as you understand what his point is and isn't.......2007-08-05
As one reads some of the other reviews, I've noticed a tendancy to say "but the author doesn't say this or that" and I think they are missing the point. There is a generally accepted rule that video games and tv are mindless. That they have gotten "worse", that they corrupt moral values and are "bad" for you. His position is that these arguments are false.
He makes the cases (quite convincingly) that the complexity of tv and video games nowdays vs 20 or 30 years ago helps children to think in complex ways that children of the 60's and 70's did not. He thinks this is beneficial. He is not saying that playing them all day every day is better, in fact he says that children should be given a love for reading because reading books is important.
I think where people go awry is when they talk about the other stuff he didn't mention. How society itself may be more complex, how spending that much time in front of a tv screen or computer screen takes time away from other things. That may all well be true, but that's irelevant to the issue at hand. There is a generally acepted negative view of tv and video games and he makes a counter argument. Period. I notice that most of the negative reviews do not dispute anything he says.
Science without Morality.......2007-08-02
Just because you think more or concentrate on more negative aspect than in the past doesn't make you a better person, only a little smarter. Intelligence is not the end all and be all of being human. Basically the author proclaims that today's media makes us more like computers. Yesterday's scientists understood there are far more aspects to human existence than the ability to calculate. I completely agree that today's tv makes you think more. But that's where the author ends his point. In reality, there are so many more parts to human existence that the author doesn't even touch upon... perhaps he doesn't even know. What about morality? In the past, men of science understood that their work had moral and ethical implications. Today it's a "that's for them to figure out, i'm just doing my job". This attitude has permeated other fields, especially MEDIA. Now it's a matter of the bottom line, regarless of how it affects the psyche. So watching the worst humans act their worst today is better than 30 years ago? Cluttering your mind with thoughts of selfishness and depravity today is better than watching Lucy try to get on Ricky's show yesterday? But the author doesnt even CONSIDER this point. He simply stops at "we think more now", not "We think more now so we are better or worse people", simply "we think more now". There is very little point to this book.
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Are the arts good for us? This book questions our taken-for-granted assumptions about the transformational powers of high culture by critiquing an instrumental American heritage of beliefs about the arts. Jensen argues that faith in high culture's unproven ability to transform people and society allows social critics to keep faith with the idea of a democratic society while deploring popular culture. Instead of expecting the arts to improve things (and blaming the media for ruining them) we need to recognize that it is up to us, not the arts to make the world a better place. Visit our website for sample chapters!
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Not as Medicine, at Least ..........2004-05-11
Think of the expression "patron of the arts." What image comes to mind?
Whether you thought of a guilt-driven corporate sponsor of public broadcasting, a wealthy individual endowing some form of "high culture," or another image entirely you probably didn't question that "the arts" are a decidedly good thing and are highly deserving of our "support." It would follow that high culture (painting, sculpture, ballet, "serious" music) needs more support than "low" culture (movies, comic books, dreadful pop music) because, well, it's *higher* and therefore better for us. Everyone says so--and "patrons" and other art-related sponsors are especially insistent.
But what if no evidence exists that "the arts" do us any good--at least by exposure? That the idea of art-as-medicine essentially represents nothing more than a historical aspiration foisted on us by a long line of utopian intellectuals?
Welcome to Joli Jensen's argument--supremely well-articulated in 'Is Art Good for Us?' From Alexis de Toqueville's 'Democracy in America' to our present day culture wars, Jensen surveys the embattled landscape of the role of the arts in our democracy. She concludes that today's "instrumental" view (high culture good, low culture--including, of course, the demonic media--bad) not only lacks evidence but distorts our public and private view of art. And is profoundly undemocratic to boot.
The sheer novelty of this thesis--and its ramifications ranging from private expression to public funding--is reason enough to recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the contentious intersection of art and politics. But Jensen doesn't stop with novelty; some very earnest believers in art's transformational powers for democracy come in for some hard knocks: Walt Whitman, Lewis Mumford, pretty much every writer at The Partisan Review. Rarely have I read anything--book, article, website--that carpet-bombs the pretension of our nation's art intelligensia quite so effectively. From historical and simple evidence-gathering perspectives, the instrumental view of the arts stands--literally--on nothing.
The book's downside arrives in the final chapter when Jensen presents her favored alternative: an "expressive" tonic for the arts, largely promulgated by John Dewey (in the "Toquevillian" tradition). Dewey focuses on art as "communication" ("the creation and maintenance of common meanings") and--at least in this analysis--doesn't define it much further. But is that all it is? High or low, art is still (hopefully!) "... distinct from the everyday"-the "'esoteric' view of art" that Dewey combats. Ultimately he falls back on the "artfulness of the everyday"--a view Jensen admits is not far from the NEA's feel-good reasoning for increased government arts funding. This makes a nice contrast, but art--the aspiration of our better selves--deserves, well, better.
Dewey aside, my only other gripe with the author entails an occasional lapse into opaque academic jargon, to the point that one can barely stay with the topic at-hand. Subtitles like "The Limits of Counterbalance" and "Rhetorical Dramas Reconsidered" (to pick two at random) are a little too frequent for a book about art with such a clear (and radical) thesis.
Fortunately these negatives don't make much of a dent in the primary arguments. "It is far too easy to reify the arts as human and liberating, damn technology as mechanistic and constraining, and anoint ourselves seers and sages." If any part of that statement resonates with you (for good or ill), by all means read this book.
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From the supplier: The constitutional provision that US Supreme Court justices be appointed for life results in the Court possessing a number of members who may no longer be in touch with the society that their rulings affect. Life tenure results in Presidential administrations appointing younger justices with the hope that they may serve 30 or 40 years, and those justices eventually end up out of touch. A preferable alternative would be to establish nonrenewable 18 year terms for the Supreme Court, with a justice being appointed every two years.
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What a riot!.......2001-11-28
I found this book on sale in a New Jersey mall. It doesn't belong on a sale rack! What a funny and inspiring book. It got me back taking pictures after a too-long hiatus. Highly recommended for anyone with a quirky sense of humor.
What a riot!.......2001-11-28
I found this book on sale in a New Jersey mall. It doesn't belong on a sale rack! What a funny and inspiring book. It got me back taking pictures after a too-long hiatus. Highly recommended for anyone with a quirky sense of humor.
An Excellent Book.......1999-12-19
While taking a photography course at my school, I stumbled across this book in the bookstore. The idea of taking a series of photos of 100 boots and then mailing them as postcards appealed to me immensely, even though i was not alive at the time of of the postcards. Not only do the 100 boots tell a story through pictures, the photos themselves are wonderful works of art. Definitely buy this book.
Blast from the past!.......1999-07-15
I remember Antin's postcards and am so thrilled to see them collected in book form! Her work was considered revolutionary at the time, and it's a great pleasure to own such an elegant reproduction of the entire series.
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- This series just keeps on getting better!
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The fight continues.......2005-11-03
The fourth volume of "Ranma 1/2" ended with Ranma and Akane being menaced by Cologne on a shark's back. And the fifth volume has the old ghoul continuing her efforts to force Ranma to the altar -- along with some interesting new variations on traditional martial arts.
After barely escaping Cologne, Ranma is forced to use his ultimate attack -- cat-fu -- in order to get the Pheonix Pill. Later on, Cologne accidently encounters Ryoga, and offers to train him to defeat Ranma. After Ranma whips Ryoga's butt in front of Akane, Ryoga agrees to be trained by the old woman. Her lesson: the lethal "breaking point" technique, which can shatter a massive boulder with only a touch...
Later, Ranma stops a runaway horse. After accepting some (drugged) tea from the man he rescued, Ranma wakes in a wedding kimono -- turns out that the guy, Sentaro, is the heir of the martial-arts tea-ceremony dynasty. He wants Ranma to defeat his betrothed, so he can get out of marrying her. Ranma isn't sure why Sentaro wants this -- until he finds that "Miss Satsuki" is actually a chimp.
Finally, Akane, Ranma and Shampoo are all signed onto the Miss Martial Arts Takeout Race, with romance or food as the reward. Their goal -- to be the first to take their intact food to the targeted house, and have the occupant eat it. Only it turns out to be Kuno's house. And where better to have a nasty quadruple showdown than in the kendo nut's basement?
The fifth volume of "Ranma 1/2" has solid amounts of what Takahashi does best -- romantic tension, serious fighting, and the weirdest martial arts you can imagine. And plenty of the quirky new character Cologne, who delights in setting up crafty plots to trap Ranma into marriage with her great-granddaughter.
Takahashi also builds on her previous storylines, such as having Ranma newly strong and fast from his endless "chestnuts" training. But it wouldn't be much fun if he didn't have a real challenge -- in this case, the newly dangerous Ryoga. And the scene where the two rivals square off with their newly-acquired skills is wonderfully intense.
But there's no skimping on humour, from Ranma choking down Akane's terrible food ("I can learn to like this slop! I can!") to Sentaro blubbering when he finds out Ranma's true gender. One of the best scenes has poor Ryoga almost getting boiled alive -- again -- and attacking Cologne, only to have her flip him naked onto the floor.
Romantic rivalry and lethal battles make up the fifth volume of "Ranma 1/2," another delightful collection. And remember -- "it will not be you to whom I pledge my love!"
I love Ranma!.......2004-09-12
Ranma 1/2 is sooo deathly entertaining. I've read both InuYasha and Ranma, and i can't decide between them. For thick plots, InuYasha, for humor, Ranma. But they are both funny, and both have thick plots. Just Ranma is more funny. In this one, Shampoos great grandmother is trying to force Ranma into marrying Shampoo! Aiiiee! lol, gotta read it!
How can you pass this up?.......2003-05-01
A story about a boy who fell into cursed springs, and is now only 1/2 man, the other half...a girl. Which a martial arts theme, a panda for a father, a fiancee that he didn't mean to match up with and loads of characters all seeming to be foe, how can you go wrong?! Althought Ranma 1/2 doesn't have a deep thick plot like anime you might be searching for, its a light read and very enjoying if your just looking for a wacked out anime that will make you laugh. I highly recommend this to anyone who has liked Love Hina, Slayers, Chobits and more! :)
This series just keeps on getting better!.......2003-04-21
WOW! I think my intro said it all. Ranma 1/2 is awesome, and this book is the best in this series (I have read Volumes 1-5). It is SO GOOD I can't describe it. This book has lots more Ryoga in it (Yea! Yea!), and very interesting events take place. My only question is, where's Gosunkugi??? He's way cool ( :) ). Well, READ THIS BOOK! I RECOMMEND IT AND IT'S SO AWESOME!
This series is better than I expected.......2003-02-16
I LOVE InuYasha, but could take or leave what I'd seen of the Ranma anime. I still think InuYasha is Rumiko Takahashi's best work, but Ranma's very entertaining. Every volume manages to make me laugh. This one picks up at the end of Ranma's fight with Cologne leaving her so impressed with his skill, she surrenders the prize. Next she tutors Ryoga since her battle has left Ranma vastly improved so that Ryoga has no chance. Of course, Cologne has her reasons. Martial Arts Tea Service vs a monkey follows & the volume ends with a delivery girl race Ranma refuses to lose even though Kuno is the lucky recipient of the meal
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- more fun from Rumiko Takahashi
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ASIN: 1591160642 |
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Ranma and Shampoo change into cats, and Ranma becomes invincible. But what happens to Shampoo? This tale combines action, adventure, and romantic comedy, and is the longest-running manga in the United States.
Customer Reviews:
more fun from Rumiko Takahashi.......2004-06-16
I love the Ranma 1/2 series - actually, I love most things that Rumiko Takahashi has created. If you haven't read any of this series before, you should know that Ranma changes into a girl when splashed with cold water. His father, on the other hand, changes into a panda. A lot of this is explained just before the story begins, in a "the story thus far" section and a "cast of characters section." Although, as usual, I believe that it's always a good idea to know something about a series before jumping into it at a later point (especially this far into the series), I don't think that this volume will be too hard to understand if you've never read any Ranma 1/2 before. The two explanation sections to a fairly good, if brief, job, and, once yet get past the beginning of book, there's another story that's pretty self-contained. Since I haven't read the previous volume, the beginning of the book, which is continuation of a fight between Ranma, Ryoga, Mousse, and a trio of martial artists, made me feel a little lost. After that, however, come two stories that are unrelated to this beginning part. In the first, Ranma has to deal with a new teacher, who is known for her ability to deal with problem students. This teacher can use an unbeatable technique, which there is only one very awkward way to defeat. In the second story, Akane wants to investigate something that happened in her past. Only the first story is actually finished in this volume. For the rest of the second story, I think you have to get the next volume.
If you're looking for humorous manga, I really recommend Rumiko Takahashi. She does wonderful work and has a very odd and wacky sense of humor. Then you, too, can get looked at oddly whenever you try to explain this series to someone. :o)
Ranma!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2003-12-18
THIS IS COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I MEAN RUMIKO TAKAHASHI DID THE IMPOSSIBLE MAKE A TEACHER LOOK ATRACTIVE AND STRONG AT THE SAME TIME!!!!! What I don`t like is Herb freak beatin up Ranma! I reccomend this book to anyone who has a quirky sense of humor.
Will Ranma lose Akane's love??.......2003-12-16
This was by far one of the best Ranma storylines in the entire manga. No, sorry, one of the most ROMANTIC. Akane meets Shinnosuke, a forgetful boy who once saved her life, and he immediately falls for her. In the meantime, Ranma goes looking for Akane, only to find her with another guy!!! Is this really the end of their relationship??
NOT. But anyways, I'm reeeeeaaally bad at summaries. If you've never seen Ranma jealous, here's an eye-opener. "If you're happy Akane, then Ok, but tell me one thing. Tell me right now why you're choosing him instead of me!" (I roughly translated this from the Italian version).
BUY IT!
School never cost so much.......2003-10-14
This volume was great!! I loved it!!
Finishing off where volume 22 ended it captures your attention once again by introducing Hinako who uses the 5 yen and up attack, taught to her when she was young. Sucking 'delinquints' aura so they can't be bad is her ultimate tequnique thus making her into an attractive woman useing their energy.
It was well, drawn, well written and the ending introduced yet another adventure, Shinosuuke!
I recommend it to any Rumiko Takahashi fan!
Much better than the anime here........2003-09-12
#23 starts out with finishing the fight between Ranma & Prince Herb.
Then Miss Hinako appears, with a new technique for Ranma to have to beat.
Ending with Akane running off to fight some monsters, in a place from a nearly forgotten vacation.
The last two stories are seen in the OAVs.
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Ranma 1/2 New version Vol. 5 (Ranma 1/2 (Shinsou ban)) (in Japanese)
Rumiko Takahashi
Manufacturer: Shogakukan
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ASIN: 4091265057 |
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A little gem........2006-02-23
This is a day-by-day calendar for everybody who is interested in the Yiddish culture.. So far I learned a lot (and we are only in February), and the optimism shown in the little daily blurbs is not to ignore either. I could say in all honesty : "My enemies should be as dumb as this is smart"
A Little Joy A Little Oy Is Sensational.......2005-10-03
Not only is this a fantastic Jewish calendar, "a Little Joy, A Little Oy" is more like a book to me. It contains wit and wisdom, humor and pathos, insight and history of the Jewish people. I am sending copies to all my friends and acquaintances for the holidays -- Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur especially. I heartily recommend this book, "A Little Joy, A Little Oy," to anyone with any level of interest in Judaism.
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