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Informal, effective undergraduate-level text introduces vibrational and electronic spectroscopy, presenting applications of group theory to the interpretation of UV, visible, and infrared spectra without assuming a high level of background knowledge. 200 problems with solutions. Numerous illustrations.
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The best.......2007-07-24
I bought this book about half way through my postgraduate studies in Physical chemistry, then immediately kicked myself for not buying it earlier. If you're a bit rusty in QM, as I was, then the chapter on QM is worth the price of admission alone, the same could really be said for all of the 5 chapters (Group Theory, QM, Vibrations, MO Theory and Electronic Transitions) though as they are all clear, well constructed, with nice problems (and solutions for most). Great introduction for any aspiring Physical Chemist.
Excellent spectroscopy book.......2007-05-17
There was really no need for my short review to convince anyone interested or even marginally active in the field of molecular spectroscopy that the SYMMETRY AND SPECTROSCOPY-Introduction to Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy by D.C. Harris and M.D. Bertolucci is an excellent presentation of the underlying physical principles, the laws and parameters involved in the measurement and, above all and in accordance with the title, the involvement of symmetry on the appearance of virbrational and electronic spectra.
Recommended, in my opinion, to both students and tutors, and to those interested in the application or the theoretical part of the aforementioned spectroscopic fields.
loved this book .......2007-03-29
I used this book to supplement my molecular spec. course many years ago. As others have noted - very friendly in its tone.
For other classic books in this area look at:
1. Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy by Gordon M. Barrow, McGraw-Hill, 1962 (You should avoid his more commonly found book with a similar title: The Structure of Molecules: An Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy, published by W. A. Benjamin, 1964. This book is too basic.)
2. Introduction to Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy by William A. Guillory, Allyn and Bacon, 1977
Check out my other reviews for other chem books.
Great book........2007-03-17
Got this book to study for a Spectroscopy of Optical Materials course and it was wonderfull. Easy to follow and complete.
Great book for a difficult subject.......2006-02-26
Harris and Bertolucci do a great job of covering every detail needed to know to understand the subject. Good guide to confusing subject.
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The first comprehensive examination of the cinematographer's art, Making Pictures presents incisive analyses of 100 visually stunning films-radical classics like Battleship Potemkin (1925), Jules et Jim (1965), and The Elephant Man (1980)-along with a complete technical and creative history of the cameraperson's unique craft. Illustrated with 500 images in both color and black-and-white, it features a wealth of location shots and expository stills. Contributions by such seminal figures as director Bernardo Bertolucci, actor Marcello Mastroianni, and Ingmar Bergman's long-term collaborator, cinematographer Sven Nykvist, make this a unique study.
This remarkable book examines 100 European films that represent the art of cinematography at its best; they were specially chosen by a panel of cinematographers to represent either technical or creative mastery by the cameraman. This book will be an essential reference for all film students and cinematographers.
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An Inspirational Book.......2006-04-17
This is such an inspirational book, and a must for any aspiring cinematographer and those with a real interest in cinema. It covers the history of Europeon cinematography and is wonderfully illustrated. At the beginning there are pieces from Jack Cardiff, Sven Nykvist, Guiseppe Rotunno and Bernardo Bertolucci.
One of the things I liked best about this book are the pieces on the 100 different top rated films. For each film we are given the story and this is told with the emphasis on how the film was shot, how light was used and how effects were created. It outlines each cinematographers approach. It made me want to watch all 100 of these films.
At the end there is a large section on 'Tools of the Trade' describing many different camera systems, lighting and filters and the history of many great camera companies, among others Panavision, Auri, Kodak, Fuji and Aaton. This is a truly fascinating book. Christie Barraclough
A "must have" book.......2006-01-26
Sometimes, seeing a movie is not enough for photographers. Sometimes it is better to freeze everything around us, and take the time one wants to admire a beautiful composition, or lighting or an unforgettable face. This is what I found in this book. As if it wasn't enough, it has the most interesting information about the cinematographers who achieved all this in the most sublime stage of cinematic art. I encourage all of you, interested or practicing photography to buy this book, You will never regret it.
A must buy for Cinematographers!.......2005-05-28
An extraordinary book on many levels. It examines in surprisingly great detail the cinematography on over 100 films by Bergman, Fellini, Kubrick, Lean to name a just a few. The gorgeous accompanying stills from the films and also of the DP's setting up shots sealed the deal for me.
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Two cups of Communism and a tablespoon of Freud..........2004-07-12
"The more important the shadows are, the more value and meaning the film will have." --B.B.
As with other installments of the Conversations With Filmmakers series of books, the themes that the director holds dear pop up in several of the interviews. The two persistant subjects in this book are those "great" ideas of the 20th century: Communism and Freudianism. Bertolucci wouldn't be Bertolucci without these two influences.
These interviews span over 30 years of Bertolucci's career and include discussions of some of his movies that aren't currently released on DVD, like The Conformist and La Luna. The most current film discussed is 1998's Besieged.
My favorite chapter was the conversation between Bertolucci and fellow filmmaker Wim Wenders from 1981 in which they essentially predict the coming popularity of reality TV.
While it would probably be best to actually view the films first, this book would serve as a good introduction to Bertolucci. The book will be most valuable, however, to those familiar with his work already and those who want to know what makes Bertolucci tick.
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Bertolucci's 1900: A Narrative and Historical Analysis (Contemporary Film and Television Series)
Robert Burgoyne
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Stealing Beauty
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Bernardo Bertolucci
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JESUS WHAT A DISASTER; SO BADLY WRITTEN, IT HURTS.......2002-10-16
This thing is abyssmal, just terrible and amatuerishly written. Nuff said.
Beautiful, absolutely touching.......2001-11-13
This movie is unbelievably bello, carino, it is beautiful. The story is touching, the landscape is like candy, and the ending is beautiful as well. Lucy is a girl almost a woman, who is searching for her the answer to an intriguing passage she found in her mother's diary. She is also searching for the boy, now almost a man also, who she kissed the last time she visited the breathtaking Italian villa four years past. This movie will leave you feeling like you have just witnessed a moment of beauty so strong and so intense that you will feel changed.
Not as good as the movie.......2001-06-05
This book was a spin-off from the movie, Stealing Beauty, and like most books based on movies, the book fails to capture the mood and romance of the original. Description of the Italian countryside in this books pales in comparision to Bertoluccis' masterful use of the camera. The magnetic appeal of the film is lost in second-rate descriptive attempts and clumsy use of words. Regretfully, the author gets caught up in retelling the movie's blocking and action scene by scene and forgets to focus on the characters and the story being told.
However, if you enjoyed following Lucy's coming of age story and want to relive the moments, you could like this book.
For people who loved the film, Stealing Beauty may be worth a look. For everyone else, I'm sure you could easily find a more thoughtful, worthwhile and enjoyable book to read.
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Above and Below
Cristiano Bertolucci ,
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Alessandro Bartolozzi
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In this new series from Waterbird Books, young readers are guided in a tour around the five continents, through parks and areas near to cities. They will discover animals that alternate living in these in habitats during night and day, in the past and present, above and below the water, and in hot and cold weather. A two-page spread explains the classification of the animals found in the book, and four pages are devoted to identifying specific animals in each family. An index is included. This series supplements school curriculum in Science.
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Aritmie (Saggi blu)
Attilio Bertolucci
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Bernardo Bertolucci
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With such films as Last tango in Paris and 1900, Bernardo Bertolucci emerged in the 1970s as one of the most eminent--and controversial--directors of contemporary international cinema. Now Robert Phillip Kolker gives us the first full length study of this major filmmaker.
Although Bertolucci has made only nine feature films to date, these works testify to the complexity of his cinematic imagination. Kolker examines the films from a number of perspectives: historical, formal, and aesthetic. He analyzes Bertolucci's work in relation to that of his mentor, Pier Paolo
Pasolini, and looks at his on-going aesthetic struggle with the key figure of modern cinema, Jean-Luc Godard. Closely scrutinizing the form and content of each film, Kolker emphasizes Bertolucci's experiments with narrative as well as his political, psychological, domestic, and sexual themes.
Bertolucci's complex use of operatic, painterly, and literary references--especially to Verdi, Bacon, Magritte, and Borges--reveive special notice.
More than a study of a single filmmaker, Bertolucci examines cinema as a synthesizing art, able to draw upon influences from many disciplines in its effort to explore history and the unconscious. The book also serves as a study of modern cinema's movement and direction over the past twenty
years.
About the Author:
Robert Phillip Kolker is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Maryland. His previous books are A Cinema of Loneliness and The Altering Eye.
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Neil Young: In His Own Words (In Their Own Words)
Michael Heatley
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This unique, best-selling series features quotes gathered over the years from family, friends, and the artists themselves giving the reader a personal insight into their music and world. Fully illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.
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Disappointing.......1999-06-22
"In His Own Words" is nothing but a compilation of previously published quotes lifted from old magazines, liner notes and the like. To even a diehard Young fan this book is a major disappointment. Unless you are a collector who simply wants any Neil related material available I would advise against purchasing this book.
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If your child loves parties, but you don't always love planning them here's a collection of 50 ideas for new, unusual, and easy-to-create celebrations for every occasion -- birthdays, national and religious holidays, special family days like a new home or a new baby -- that will not only thrill children but adults as well. 50 Fabulous Parties for Kids will show you how to choose a theme, make an invitation, select party crafts or games, and decorate a fun-shaped cake to go with the theme.
Parties are age appropriate, from three to twelve, have themes popular with all children and will not require expensive materials or excessive amounts of time.
50 Fabulous Parties for Kids is an invaluable sourcebook for any special event involving children.
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50 Fab Parties for Kids.......2001-06-24
The book delivers on its title. It is broken down into 3 age groups and a section of holiday and family events. Each party includes introductory suggestions, a cake, some things to do and an invitation. Some also have ideas for costumes or favors. Nearly all of the ideas are inexpensive things you can do at home.
The themes are familiar, and lots of the games are well-known, but the cake ideas alone may be worth the price of the book. Nothing here is remarkably different, but it's a great "catalogue" to select a theme from and gives no-nonsense advise to make a fun party.
Great Illustrations.......1998-12-25
We used it for our kid's party, and it was fantastic! An invaluable resource. Especially the pictures.
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This is the clearest, most useful guide to parliamentary procedure, now with new information on effective and reliable procedures for nominations, elections, ballots, balloting, and ballot counting.
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excellent companion volume.......2007-06-13
Do not be confused. This book is not Robert's Rules of Order (RROO). It is a companion volume designed to explain RROO. It is, however, a very good companion which I found to be very easy to understand and contained some very up-to-date information like how to vote by e-mail.
It has some other nice features like scripts to use in meetings. However, it lacks a simple table of motions, something that is included in most versions of RROO.
Unfortunately, the most up-to-date official version of RROO (the Newly Revised, 10th edition) is a huge book compared to the original volume that Mr. Robert wrote in 1876 as a pocket guide. To me, the large size makes the newest edition virtually useless. If you are interested in parliamentary procedure for a PTO, club, or church business meetings, you are also unlikely to need the most recent edition.
The last edition that Robert himself was personally involved in before his death was the 1915 Revised edition (not to be confused with the Newly Revised versions). This was the official version for many decades and I think is still good enough for most users. I purchased a paperback re-print of this edition from 1970 which also added a new preface by Robert's grandson.
Some supposedly modern editions of RROO are really just re-writes of the original 1876 version. I assume that as the original book is so old, it has long run out of copyright, so anybody can publish their own RROO. This may be a good thing as people looking for a more slimmed-down book may be happier with a modernized version of Robert's original pocket version. However, the 1915 edition, while expanded significantly over the original, is not so huge and I think a reasonable compromise.
So, to make a long story short. I would recommend purchasing some official version of RROO (again, I like the 1915 edition) along with Webster's book.
Essential reading material!.......2007-05-17
I accepted a position as Board Administrator in a charity organization in Seoul, South Korea. Prior to that, I had heard about Robert's Rules of Order, but had never used the book as a reference. In my time as a Board Administrator, I referred to this book often for a proposed amendment to our Constitution and By-Laws, procedures for notifying members of the Annual General Meeting, and to clarify the motion-making procedure for Board members. Robert McConnell Productions uses sample scripts to give readers can get a sense for how to conduct a board meeting (Chapter 2, "A Business Meeting in Action"), how to debate a motion (Chapter 4, "Rules of Debate"), and how to vote (Chapter 5, "Ways the Vote Can be Taken"). I passed my copy to the next Board Administrator and just ordered a new copy for myself. Board members have a significant advantage in Board negotiations if they are intimately familiar with RRO.
Great for beginners and experts alike!.......2001-03-19
This book is great for people of all ages and experience levels! It combines the information from Robert's Rules of Order with the author's own tips to deliver one of the world's best reference materials. It presensts strategies for using each motion and gives examples that make writing a meeting script much easier!...
Robert's Rules of Order Simplified and Applied.......2000-04-04
I used this book extensively this year. It is extremely easy to use and follow. When my other copy and edition failed me, this edition was always useful. The index in the back makes it very easy to find exactly what point of order you are looking for. Also, the book gives real life, present day examples. I highly recommend this version of an old standby.
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CCEL Classics CD: works by Saint Augustine, John Calvin, John Donne, Julian of Norwich, Brother Lawrence, Martin Luther, Saint Teresa of Avila, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas a Kempis, John Wesley, and more!
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The most important spiritual writings of Christian history are available on this Classics CD by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) at Calvin College. It contains 118 Christian classics, including three versions of the Bible, several commentaries, Bible dictionaries, readings, spiritual guides, sermons, poems and journals -- all in a convenient, searchable form. Books are available in HTML and PDF formats. The easy-to-use CCEL Desktop software powering the CD enables users to browse and print books and install additional books from the Web. The top-of-class search engine can search for words or phrases in books, in authors works or in the whole library. In addition, it can search for dictionary definitions of words and commentary or references to scripture passages. The interface is a Web browser. The CD is compatible with Windows 2000+, Macintosh 10.3+, and most Linux versions.
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The New Robert's Rules of Order: The Classic Manual of Parliamentary Procedure
FROM OUR EDITORS
This revised and updated edition is the only modern edition to closely follow the content of General Henry M. Robert's last revision of his classic 1893 book on parliamentary procedure, while incorporating updates to render it more practicable for use today in running orderly, productive meetings of any kind. In addition to the complete Rules of Order, users will find helpful appendices including a Plan of the Work and Definitions; Tables of Rules for motions, and their order of precedence; a comprehensive Notes section; and an Index for easy cross-referencing of Rules. The New Robert's Rules of Order will enable you to conduct a convention, a civic meeting, or a seminar with organization, fairness, and efficiency.
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The bestselling reference title has been updated and revised. Expanding upon the original rules of the House of Representatives, put together by General Henry Roberts, this second edition features new topics and improved existing topics for today's information age!
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truly a classic and still as useful today as it was in 1915.......2007-06-14
The last edition that Robert himself was personally involved in before his death was the 1915 Revised edition (not to be confused with the Newly Revised versions). This was the official version for many decades and I think is still good enough for most users. I purchased this edition (mine was printed 1971) which also added a new forward by Robert's grandson.
Excellent for members of clubs, church organizations, etc. where parliamentary procedure is in use at business meetings.
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This author is amazing.......2000-08-07
Mary Devries is the best technical writer of our time! It's amazing to find an author who knows what she is talking about...and be up to date! This book is an asset for anyone's collection!
This book is based on the 1893 edition NOT the 1990 edition.......1999-10-23
This book is based on the 1893 edition of Robert's Rules of Order and NOT on the latest Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (9th Edition, 1990).
Since the 1893 edition is no longer controlled by copyright, the author is therefore free to make use of that material.
It is not the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order, but takes a old work and newly re-written. It still has it value. But reader should be pointed out of this fact and not be mis-leaded.
The 1st part of this book (p. 1-96) teaches the reader how to arrange for a meeting and contains some infomation about using IRC and using computer to help prepare for meeting.
The 2nd part (p. 99-252) contained the 1893 version of Robert's Rules of Order (simplified and updated to today language).
I was surprised to find the following inconsistency:
P. 140 Section 23 TO AMEND "The motion to amend yields to any other subsidiary motion except one to Postpone [a matter] Indefinitely (s. 24).
P. 144 Section 24 TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY "The motion to Postpone [a subject] Indefinitely yields to any other subsidiary motion except one to Amend (s. 23)"
Such inconsistency should not have happen to a reference work/manual and also to a very important motion a parliamentarian uses. I have yet to read the whole book but hopefully there is none other mistake or inconsitent statement.
Great.......1998-08-27
This is a great book. I need to know how to use parliamentary procedure and this is a real lifesaver. Thanks again.
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the modern edition to closely follow the content of general henry m Roberts last revision to his classic work while incorporating upates to render it more practicable for use today.
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