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You won't be able to put it down.......2006-10-31
Rarely have I ever read a more honest, powerful, moving and funny book. I read the book in two days and was sick the entire time, but was unable to put it down and rest myself. My only wish is that this will be made into a movie...Sondra, god bless.
new title: Hot Flash.......2006-09-03
But she is bright enough to keep it at bay. Sandra Locke is the beautfiul southern actress I admired since I was a child for her unique beauty.
I bought this knowing that it took two to Tango and I stay with it. She sounds bitter and like she does live to be a victim.
If my memory serves me correctly, she had limited success and she made her name in the 70's through Clint Eastwood. She did not have this great success she claims before him. Now that her meal ticket is closed off, she is resounding victimhood. What she denies in the book is actually what she is doing.
Save the money and watch the Lifetime channel to hear how women are victimized on a daily basis.
Awesome book!!!.......2006-01-31
This book was fascinating, mostly because of precious Gordon and Sondra's interesting encounters with synchronicity. I wish she would write more about it. I was especially fascinated because my mother and I wrote a mystery novel and screenplay about synchronicity titled "Fireworks" (Stargate Press, 2003). I know I was led to read Sondra's book! I wish she and Gordon would produce a movie from our screenplay! How can I reach Sondra?? I'm at www.stargatepress.com
Lies And Spin.......2005-04-09
My whole family watches the Clint Eastwood movies, we like them very much and think Mr. Eastwood is a great actor. Sondra Locke is just telling a bunch of lies just because Mr. Eastwood did not want to marry her, I can see why also. If Mr. Eastwood was such a cold hearted weirdo, why does he have seven kids and has been married twice? Anyway, don't buy this book, if you want some good laughs rent it from The Libary. Go out and buy 'High Plains Drifter'.
A Class Act Book by a Classy Lady.......2005-03-17
The Good, the Bad & the Very Ugly is an excellent book written by Sondra Locke showing the 'other-side' of the coin, the public doesn't see, of the imperfect 'icon'. Her book has flair, reads smooth and is written with 'class'. Having watched many of Eastwood's films, the most memorable line to me, of all his famous quoted lines, is the one his 'ghost' character articulates in High Plains Drifter - "... it's what a man knows of himself, that makes him afraid..." I hope Eastwood learns what caring and consideration is all about. Caring is an extension of Unconditional Love...something that seems to be drastically missing from his life.
Reviewed by Stephen R. Sulik, author of "Color of Laughter, Color of Tears."
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The Keyboard in Baroque Europe (Musical Performance and Reception)
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Twelve of today's most distinguished scholar-performers present essays on Baroque keyboard music. Topics include the place of the keyboard in concerted music, comparative teaching methods, studies of the repertoire of J.S. Bach and his sons, and writing in the later eighteenth century (including Mozart) and on matters of repertoire and performance practice. The volume concludes with a new arrangement for keyboard of Bach's D minor Violin Partita, published here for the first time.
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Twelve of today's most distinguished scholar-performers offer essays on new and intriguing aspects of baroque keyboard music. Topics include fresh evidence on music of the seventeenth century (Frescobaldi, Froberger and Purcell), the place of the keyboard in concerted music and on comparative teaching methods (Couperin, Marpurg and Roeser), studies of the repertoire of J.S. Bach and his sons (including ornamentation in C.P.E. Bach and the Polonaises of Wilhelm Friedemann), and writing on the later eighteenth century (including Mozart) and on matters of repertoire and performance practice (continuo playing, improvisation). The volume gives a balanced picture of the latest theories and discoveries in keyboard music, of interest to both academic and performing musicians, and includes a new arrangement for keyboard of Bach's D minor Violin Partita, published here for the first time.
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The Keyboard in Baroque Europe.(Early Music)(Book Review): An article from: Notes
Candace Bailey
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Title: The Keyboard in Baroque Europe.(Early Music)(Book Review)
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The Dragon Style.
Volume III in the popular Learn to Play Go series. What makes a world class player? Maybe not what you think.
Seven deadly Go sins - learn what to avoid
Eight secrets of winning play
Real games - even, high, and low handicap - analyzed in depth
Extensive glossary of Go terminology
Customer Reviews:
This is where Go starts to get hard.......2006-10-03
This review is very general and it not intended to address specific concepts within the book.
The first two volumes of the series were quite good because 1) They dealt with basic concepts that beginners can understand, and 2) the author's writing style is well-suited for beginners who want to learn with minimal pain.
This third volume was definitely a case of diminishing returns for me. It isn't that what is said in this volume is unimportant, but the topics dealt with in this volume are not as intuitive. Moreover, once you reach a certain level, you are probably better off reading books that are totally devoted to specific topics, such as the opening, life and death, and tesuji.
Great!!!.......2005-08-19
For the beginners, like myself, the book is fantastic! As a matter of fact, the whole series is brilliant: Janice Kim and Jeong Soo-hyun start with the explanation of the game's rules, and step by step walk you through the principles of its strategy and tactics. In this particular volume, three really-played games are reviewed with dozens of comments 'why-this-play-now-but-not-the-other-one', so after a wile you feel go is not anymore a dark jungle full of white (if you are just playing black) or black (if vice versa) monsters, like it used to be before, but a very logic stream of causes and consequences arising from a particular play.
Very useful are the problems at the end of each book or even each chapter, again, with very detailed answers and descriptions why the hell 'A' but never ever 'B'!
Absolute must for every beginner getting addicted to the game of go with, perhaps, one remark: when the say after reading all the books in the series you are ~10kyu, they are much too optimistic :-). At least - not on IGS. But never mind!
So, enjoy it. It really pays back!
Piotr Lewczuk, Erlangen, Germany
Perfect entry to upper kyus (20-15) and good refreseher for everyone else.......2005-08-04
Its rather surprising that the authors were able to condense so many useful proverbs into a single volume. The explanations are carefully thought out and explained, and they aren't based off impossible or labyrinthian setups, but positions than can and, as I have seen myself, arise in actual games. The self-testing section at the end of the book is precise and helps to reinforce the lessons presented, and yet simple enough that you don't require a board of your own to lay the problems out on. And even upper level players(10-8 kyus) would find this book useful as refresher. It was quite surprising how many knee-jerk reactions even I had that were brought up at some point.
The only problem I had with this book were the games they chose to review to illustrate the points made earlier in the book. While the games were simple and straightforward, thats all they were. Quite honestly, if the author did not say at the beginning that these were professional level games, I would not have believed that they were. But as far as criticisms go, that pales in comparison to how much good this book can do for players.
very basic; solid.......2005-03-24
I've been playing Go for two years, and I used to have weekly lessons from a high-ranking amateur. I read the first two books of Janice Kim's series when I was just beginning, and that was the right time.
I should've read this one at that time too. It's very basic. I agree with the reviewer who complained that the content was pretty slim. That's the point of view of a player with a bit of experience. If you're a beginner with a few extra bucks, this should be helpful for you. But if you're clever, or if you have some experience on the 19x19 board, I recommend skipping this one and moving on to "Basic Techniques of Go" or "The Second Book of Go." Those two books cover the same information, plus a lot more.
I read this book in one day, without a board, and there are only about two things I want to review later.
Tonight I'll start volume four...
Learning to Read.......2002-08-20
Having worked through the first two volumes of this series, the enterprising young player is anxious to start playing Go and stop reading about it. In addition, for some time and many players, that is sufficient. Certainly one has learned enough to live happily in the moment of conflict and capture, more than many players do. With concentration, comes a fair share of the victories and steady improvement.
Alas, this is not a perfect world. Go is a vast game, and few ever completely understand it. If a player is to improve, a time will come when he or she must study the game itself if they are to develop. Subtle bad habits of play become self destructive when facing stronger players. These latter also seem to have a magical ability to pull victory out of despair even under handicapping.
Now is the time to address the third volume 'The Dragon Style.' Despite the magical title, the purpose of this volume is to make a player aware if good and bad habits, and to begin to teach the fundamentals of strategy. To learn now one must begin to read. Read positions, read the games of others, sometimes even try to read minds. The majority of this book walks a play through several games in detail, carefully explaining the purposes of each move.
Really, this isn't hard work. With enough information to understand what each player is trying to do much can be learned from this study, It is, after all, far easier to see the whole game when it isn't the one you are playing right now. The problem, of course, is finding a source of games that are annotated intelligibly and enjoyably. Janice Kim and Jeong Soo-hyun provide some good examples. These will provide the basis for studying others.
There is nothing especially draconic about the 'dragon style.' It is sensible, thoughtful play that considers everything. Of course, this is easier to say than to accomplish. This book provides a good start along the path of reading games. If it has a failing, it is that it does not provide a list of good sources of games for study. Many are available, but not all analyses are suitable for all levels of players.
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This lavishly illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the technologies of design, materials, and manufacture, and focusing its description on specific existing pianos, it describes the changes in pianos from the earliest days to contemporary instruments.
This revised edition incorporates the results of recent research that increases knowledge of the work of Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano; changes perceptions of how eighteenth-century pianos were made and used; adds to the available information about the important contributions of the Steinway Company; and describes the most recent changes to the piano.
The first edition of this book received the Otto Kinkeldey Award of the American Musicological Society as the best musicological book in English published in 1982-83.
Reviews of the First Edition
“If you have ever looked under the lid of a piano and wondered about the technical how and why of it all, this is the book to sate your curiosity. . . . Good’s vigorous prose breathes life into the technology . . . and brings forward the people involved, with humor and sensitivity.”
—Los Angeles Times
“This is a fine book. Accurate technical description, an abundance of photographs and drawings, and a very readable text complement a provocative thesis.”
—Technology and Culture
“Intriguing reading. It turns out that the story of the piano and its evolution . . . is rife with human interest, at least when Good relates the details.”
—Keyboard
Customer Reviews:
Entertaining but overwhelming.......2005-02-26
The author is erudite, reflecting his long career as an academic, the writing lively, but this history of the piano has so much detail--references, footnotes abound--that it is exhausting to read. It's a decidedly layman's "technological history", (engineers will not be satisfied) and only a few B/W pictures appear, but the indefatigable author, himself a pianist, has an undeniable enthusiasm for his subject.
most comprehensive and accessible piano history book written.......2004-04-15
I ended up using this book for a research paper and in doing so I found that this book is the most detailed and comprehensive of any book written about the piano's history and development that I've seen. This book resolves many conflicts other sources seem to have with each other with a full explanation of the issue at hand. This book is truly well-written, following logical transitions from topic to topic, and well-reasoned arguments based on the available evidence. Rich in detail, I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn about the truly remarkable transition from a primitive, 4-octave, wooden-framed harpsichord substitute to a refined, 7 and a third octave, iron-framed marvel that exceeds all other instruments in complexity and both dynamic and pitch range.
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Gold-Hall and Earth-Dragon: 'Beowulf' as Metaphor
Alvin Lee
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The aim of Gold-Hall and Earth -Dragon is to re-create as fully as possible for modern readers the original force of the poetic language of Beowulf. Lee makes use of a wide, archetypal literary context for Beowulf to provide illuminating parallels and contrasts with poems and fictions from other times and places. He demonstrates how the poem's symbolic system reveals itself through the metaphorical workings of the Old English words, patterns of imagery, and more general narrative structures, and how the poem might have been experienced and interpreted by the Anglo-Saxons in the light of other Old English poems. The critical tools that Lee uses - combining certain techniques of New Criticism and close reading with postmodern theories of the self-referentiality of language and with Northrop Frye's conceptions of structure and polysemy in literature - make possible a fresh new account of Beowulf as a work that is very much alive in its poetic language, a finely wrought symbolic work of imagining, still resonant with meanings old and new.
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Kennings and the Christian Context.......2000-05-25
The book is divided into two major sections.
The first section's greatest contribution is its perspective on individual Old English words. If you are intrigued by kennings, then there are two or three interesting chapters in this book which seem to offer a novel treatment of the subject. This work has a comprehensive bibliography and seems solidly based in text.
The Christian context, in structure, language, character, etc. is the overarching theme of the second half of the book, which is divided into chapter length essays. This section would be most useful to someone investigating the pagan/Christian juxtaposition in Beowulf. At times I disagreed with various points/premises, but the overall argument was compelling.
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The Hot Air Balloon This story begins with Freddie and Tanga watching a preview of a television special, Hot Air Ballooning. The following day Freddie comes up with a plan to build a hot air balloon. After sharing it with Tanga and agreeing to keep it a secret until it is completed, they begin searching for things in the backyard that they can use in building their Secret Project. The excitement starts when Freddie's plan becomes a reality and Freddie and Tanga find themselves lifting up from the ground and being carried by the wind to a faraway place. What are some of the unusual things that were used in making the Hot Air Balloon? Why did it feel like there was a sudden change in the seasons? What strangers do Freddie and Tanga meet during their adventure in a strange land? Be prepared for some non-stop reading and a surprise ending as you open the cover of the Adventures of Freddie, the Little Fire Dragon: The Hot Air Balloon. www.freddieandtanga.com
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Dragon Book
Jude Rodger
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Dragon-Tiger Doublesword Style
Ting Leung
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The only book discloses secrets of the techniques of Dragon-Tiger sword¡Xkiller sword. The demonstrator, Sifu Cheng, was the only successor of this fatal and practical sword style. The book reveals the origin, form, training system and application of the Dragon-Tiger Doublesword style.
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Painting the Dragon
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Tales from the Land of Dragons: One Thousand Years of Chinese Painting
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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on October 22, 2005. The length of the article is 946 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Neu's old style leads Dragons.(Sports)
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