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Shopping--the word nowadays signifies more than the mere purchasing of goods. From the Paris arcades to the suburban mall, buying has been an essential part of urban life throughout the 20th century. As a ritual, shopping has both created and transformed our identities. For artists, consumer meccas and all their forms of presentation have long been a source of inspiration and criticism. If Walter Benjamin's description of the flaneur in turn-of-the-century Paris was the turning point in our understanding of the complex interchanges between consumer society and art, the cultural productions that followed his theorizing hardly proved him wrong. Consider only Pop Art, a mode of art making created by a generation of artists who themselves were designers of advertising materials, and who used those same products as source material for work that now hangs in museums. Shopping is the first publication to be extensively devoted to this topic. It documents and analyzes the fascination and influence of the fine arts, architecture, film, and music on the aesthetics, structure, and environment of consumer culture. Numerous illustrations reveal the crossover work of artists like Eug ne Atget, Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Christo, Duane Hanson, Barbara Kruger, Jeff Koons, Andreas Gursky, and others, as well as pieces conceived by fine artists, architects, and film makers. Complete with contributions by internationally renowned authors, Shopping serves as a diversified basis for the discussion of a topic more dear to us than most of us would admit. You simply must buy this book.

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Lavishly illusrated, thought-provoking commentary.......2003-08-12

As part of my research into 'Shopping', I came across this incredibly well thought out book. Filled with lavish illustrations from the 2002 "Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture" exhibit, in additon to thought-provoking, informative background essays by selected artists themselves, this book stands out on its own.

The perfect coffee table book - and makes a welcome addition to anyone curiously fascinated with the 'art' of shopping. Highly Recommended.

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The forgotten art of reading...

Just because you're not an academic doesn't mean your dumb!

Aimed at academics, not ordinary readers

Consumer Culture and Postmodernism (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)
Mike Featherstone
Manufacturer: Sage Publications Ltd
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If a society is postmodern, it must prioritize the consumption of resources in everyday life. In this view, mass media advertising and market dynamics lead us to a constant search for new fashions, new styles, new sensations, and new experiences. In this volume, Featherstone examines the idea of a postmodern society. He explores the roots of consumer culture, how it is defined and differentiated and the extent to which it represents the arrival of a "postmodern" world. He examines the theories of consumption and postmodernism among contemporary social theorists and relates these to the actual nature of contemporary consumer culture. Consumer Culture and Postmodernism will interest academics and professionals in the areas of sociology, social theory, cultural studies, economics and anthropology. "Several of Mike Featherstone's chapters address topics that are immediately recognizable to marketing researchers. . . . In exploring these issues the author reveals a strong grounding in sociological theory and research, leading to some penetrating interpretive insights about contemporary consumer life. Uncovering the sociocultural significance of these particular consumption developments is Featherstone's chief concern. . . . He does an admirable job." --Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science "Featherstone neatly integrates recent ideas, models and writings concerning consumer capitalism, postindustrialism and postmodernity. . . . The author has taken great pains to develop (his) ideas clearly and to make the esoteric accessible to the literate." --Cooperative Economics News Service ". . . [Featherstone's book] can be recommended. . . . A worthwhile effort to open up a relatively undeveloped field." --Peter R. Grahame, Bentley College in Massachusetts ". . . precisely the sort of text which is necessary to read to escape from our productivist preconceptions. . . . The text must be recommended wholeheartedly to all those in industrial relations who wish to have their noninstitutional lives illuminated for them." --British Journal of Industrial Relations "Of great value to social scientists seeking a guide to the growing literature on the intersection of these two processes, which can no longer be considered peripheral concerns of contemporary sociology." --Humanity and Society

Customer Reviews:

The forgotten art of reading..........2004-06-01

Well, so far I only read the sixth chapter for a college work I'm doing... but it's pretty easy and simple to understand. Since when is it bad to be academic anyway? Alas, maybe they should write a book called Consumer Culture For Dummies.
P.S. Ignore the rating... like I said, I haven't read the entire thing (which is sort of ironic, given the name I chose for this "review").

Just because you're not an academic doesn't mean your dumb!.......2003-11-08

Well written. Written by an academic but not necessarily only for academics. Worth the effort.

Aimed at academics, not ordinary readers.......2000-11-01

If you are looking for an moderately easy read to explain the changing behaviour of consumers in our post-modern society, you need to look elsewhere. This book is obviously aimed at academics and dedicates endless pages to highly theoretical babbling. I found it extremely difficult to extract anything that has practical application.

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Puzzle Gallery Children (Puzzle Gallery)

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Awesome
Excellent introduction to art & development of puzzle skills
Extaordinary on two levels
wonderful book art and puzzle aspect make it fun for kids

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Release Date: 1997-09-08

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Providing a gentle introduction to painting for younger children, this series offers play value as well as educational value. On one side of each spread is a 12-piece puzzle of a masterpiece. On the other page is a smaller image of the painting and text that briefly describes the picture and the artist. The last spread of the book shows all five paintings and gives the name of the artist, the date of the painting and its location. Full color. 6 spreads each.

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Awesome.......2003-09-25

... Today my grandmother gave him the Puzzle Gallery: Food book, and he loves it! The only drawback is that the puzzles can be hard to fit together if you try to do them inside the book. I'd recommend doing them out of the book, on a table or the floor.

Excellent introduction to art & development of puzzle skills.......1999-08-09

We got this book for our toddler daughter, who loved looking at the pictures, representing charming examples of children in fine art. At age 2 we introduced her to the actual working of the puzzles, and at 3, having mastered them, it is still one of her favorite books and activities. Highly recommended.

Extaordinary on two levels.......1999-07-11

I just got this book for my 2.75 year old son who loves puzzles. I was very pleased to find that, not only did he love to work the puzzles, he was also fascinated with the paintings themselves. He's too young to address the questions that the text poses about each painting, but has spent a good deal of time simply studying each on his own. I highly recommend this book!

wonderful book art and puzzle aspect make it fun for kids.......1998-10-20

This book was a big hit with 2 boys (ages 7 & 8) They enjoyed answering the questions of what to look for in the painting. And the puzzle of the paintings kept them interested in the art by trying to put it back together. Very nice book great' value And a keepsake for other children to use

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National Gallery Artist's Card Game: Complete With Game Rules

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Reproductions of 52 masterpieces by 50 artists from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Includes rules for four card games designed to enrich and entertain. For 2 or more players, ages 10 to adult.

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From the National Gallery, Washington The face of each card depicts a different work of art from the National Gallery featuring women as the subject. The elegant and informative cards will keep you coming back to study them again and again. The deck includes instructions for a game that teaches you about these masterpieces or you can use the cards from traditional games. Packaged in a lovely stand-up display box.

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Never before has the great city of Absalom seen an artist rise in fame so quickly, but when his patrons turn up torn to pieces, more than a few begin to wonder if his renditions are a bit too lifelike. Gallery of Evil is an urban adventure for low-level characters, compatible with the world's most popular fantasy roleplaying game, and part of the GameMastery Module line. The adventure includes information on the mad artist and his vile works, as well as details about the city of Absolom and a map of one of its districts. GameMastery Modules also include four pre-made characters so players can jump right into the action and full-color maps and handouts to enhance play. When the mad painter's visions come to life, the heroes find themselves entering his crazed landscapes to find a way to stop them from tearing the city apart.

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The practical guide to simulating, detecting, and responding to network attacks

Create step-by-step testing plans
Learn to perform social engineering and host reconnaissance
Evaluate session hijacking methods
Exploit web server vulnerabilities
Detect attempts to breach database security
Use password crackers to obtain access information
Circumvent Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) and firewall protections and disrupt the service of routers and switches
Scan and penetrate wireless networks
Understand the inner workings of Trojan Horses, viruses, and other backdoor applications
Test UNIX, Microsoft, and Novell servers for vulnerabilities
Learn the root cause of buffer overflows and how to prevent them
Perform and prevent Denial of Service attacks

Penetration testing is a growing field but there has yet to be a definitive resource that instructs ethical hackers on how to perform a penetration test with the ethics and responsibilities of testing in mind. Penetration Testing and Network Defense offers detailed steps on how to emulate an outside attacker in order to assess the security of a network.

Unlike other books on hacking, this book is specifically geared towards penetration testing. It includes important information about liability issues and ethics as well as procedures and documentation. Using popular open-source and commercial applications, the book shows you how to perform a penetration test on an organization’s network, from creating a test plan to performing social engineering and host reconnaissance to performing simulated attacks on both wired and wireless networks.

Penetration Testing and Network Defense also goes a step further than other books on hacking, as it demonstrates how to detect an attack on a live network. By detailing the method of an attack and how to spot an attack on your network, this book better prepares you to guard against hackers. You will learn how to configure, record, and thwart these attacks and how to harden a system to protect it against future internal and external attacks.

Full of real-world examples and step-by-step procedures, this book is both an enjoyable read and full of practical advice that will help you assess network security and develop a plan for locking down sensitive data and company resources.

âThis book goes to great lengths to explain the various testing approaches that are used today and gives excellent insight into how a responsible penetration testing specialist executes his trade.â

–Bruce Murphy, Vice President, World Wide Security Services, Cisco SystemsÂ®

Customer Reviews:

A Cisco book not limited to cisco devices........2007-09-02

This is my first ethical hacker book, it is very exciting!!. Covers almost every aspect of penetration testing in good length. Explains many types of scans a penetration tester can and can't perform, gives specific reason why you should choose to perform those different types of scan, which ones you should use to keep from being detected.
It gives an easy to understand explanation of types of attacks, how to performed, tools needed, and how to protect/detect from such attacks. It also discusses the difficulty of detecting certain of attacks.
It also has an entire chapter regarding the legal considerations and implication of penetration testing. And the great thing about this book is that even though it is cisco book, it covers many divices and operatings system.

Four stars if published in fall 2003 instead of fall 2005.......2006-08-29

Penetration testing is becoming a hot topic again, but the available books on the subject continue to underwhelm. Penetration Testing and Network Defense (PTAND), published in the fall of 2005, would be a four star book if it had been published two years earlier. Stephen Northcutt, unlike all other reviewers, noticed this fact as well. When you combine this problem with PTAND with several other deficiencies, the result is a book you can unfortunately skip.

I usually try to avoid reading and reviewing books that I expect not to like. However, PTAND looked promising. I have several excellent Cisco Press books, like Cisco Router Firewall Security. A major problem with PTAND is that it is largely out of date. For example, Ch 12 discusses malware, but uses B02K, SubSeven, the Melissa virus, and Brown Orifice as examples. In Ch 6, session hijacking is done with Hunt and Juggernaut, but ignores Ettercap, Cain and Abel, and Yersinia. (I found it funny that p 131 of this Cisco Press book describes Juggernaut's author as "someone with the handle of 'route'", but doesn't say that 'route' is Mike Schiffman, Cisco employee since April 2003.)

In addition to outdated or missing tools (THC's Amap and Hydra are also neglected), PTAND fails to mention problems with many of its techniques. In Ch 5, the authors never hint that servers susceptible to DNS zone transfers are not as plentiful as they were in 1998. A discussion of Visual Route doesn't explain that information reported by the tool may have nothing to do with the physical location of a system. Ch 10's description of ACK tunnels ignores that stateful firewalls have been denying such covert channels for years.

PTAND also misses some technical and conceptual details. The definitions of "threat" in Ch 1 are really describing attacks or risks. On p 98, the authors should say that closed ports reply with RST ACK, not just RST. I don't think the authors understand idle scanning (pp 102-3), and their examples of fingerprinting on p 106 are taken directly from Fyodor's 1998 paper (without credit)! On p 351 PTAND propagates the myth that SSIDs "are like shared passwords," and poorly claims that broadcasting SSIDs is a "mistake".

I liked many of the case studies in this book, but several had problems. In Ch 14, the authors should have just used Metasploit instead of using shell code from Metasploit to perpetrate their case study. Their case study in Ch 10 uses Macof to overflow a switch CAM table (pp 343-4), but on p 129 the authors previously stated they found such techniques unreliable. Ch 10 fails to mention that CDP is not a routable protocol, so it cannot be used remotely. Ch 10 also calls IDS' "intruder detection systems".

On the typo side, replace 1996 on p 25 with 1986, and remember that FTP data does not use port 21 TCP. With active FTP, source port 20 is used. With passive FTP, nothing can be said a priori about the ports that might be used.

If you are an absolute pen testing beginner, you may find this book valuable. I don't see any advantage to reading this book when texts like Hacking Exposed are available. (If you think my Foundstone history makes me biased about the HE books, check out my earlier reviews of that series.) I did like the use of case studies in each chapter, and the explanations of how to mostly use Cisco IDS to detect certain classes of attack. The defensive recommendations were also decent.

Those looking for solid pen testing recommendations might find Pete Herzog's free Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual to be valuable.

Penetration Testing and Network Defense (Cisco Press Networking Technology).......2006-05-29

Penetration Testing and Network Defense (Cisco Press Networking Technology) (Paperback)
ISBN: 1587052083, Paperback: 624 pages, Publisher: Cisco Press (October 31, 2005)
Cisco is the leading of networking technology of the 20 and 21 century, and understand that security is no one time mission but require network design, testing etc. to build a secure environment. As part of Cisco Press release on security topics, I found a nice book:
Penetration Testing and Network Defense (Cisco Press Networking Technology) (Paperback)
That's introduce an interesting method to guide how to build a secure environment and protect
Networks by using Cisco and third party tools (Most of them from the open source filed).
Authors background:
Andrew Whitaker, CCSP(tm), is the Director of Enterprise InfoSec and Networking for TechTrain, where he performs penetration tests and teaches ethical hacking and Cisco® courses. He has been working in the IT industry for more than ten years, specializing in Cisco and security technologies, and has performed penetration tests for numerous financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies.
Daniel P. Newman, CISSP, CCSP, has been in the computer industry for over 12 years specializing in application programming, database design and network security for projects all over the world. He is the managing director and chief security officer for Tribal Knowledge Security and specializes in penetration testing and advanced technical training in Cisco, Microsoft, and Ethical Hacking topics.
Readers Pre-Requirements:
Although I couldn't found pre-requirements for the book readers, I can recommended using this book to readers that answer to the following pre-requirements:
1. Have basic knowledgebase in Linux/Unix administrations.
2. Have good knowledgebase in TCP/IP Networking design and implementations
(Recommended to have at least CCNA and CCDA Certifications)
3. Have at least two years of experience in SMB-Enterprise infrastructure administrations.
Book Structure:
The book build as 16 self study chapters that's cover most of the information that's ethical hacker (or beginner penetration tester) needs.
The book begin with a nice introduction on the reasons that companies should use penetration testing and divided this reasons to major stages that's parallel to known security models (Like: C.I.A. :Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability).
The next chapters review the requirements to penetration testing and legal issues with penetration testing.
Chapter 2 - Legal and Ethics Considerations - Should cover more information from my point of view and add a warning message to people that work as penetration testers that need legal support from the law team from the test company and the target test company should be used.
Most of the companies and the management (Usually in states outside the United States) don't understand the consequence of this tests and don't know what to do with the test results.
Also, due the privacy invasion and the current laws against privacy invasion - this topic is very important to understand and to know how to handle.
Add this information to this book can help to complete the missing information in Chapter 2.
The next chapters cover most of the public known attack technique and give a real life scansions and solutions for attacks.
My conclusion is: The book is recommended to each IT staff and beginner penetration tester.

Best Regards,

Yuval Sinay

If you are considering a pen test, read this.......2006-03-13

This book is an excellent resource for anyone considering investing in an ethical hack or penetration test. It would also be a good read for anyone on a security team in an organization that is getting ready to undergo penetration testing. It is clearly laid out and well edited.

I don't believe that you can learn to become a penetration tester from the book, most of the tools are a bit older, I think the technical development must end in 2004 and the authors skip some steps from time to time especially in the NOTE sections.

My least favorite chapter was 2, Legal and Ethical Considerations, in my view, one to three pages per regulation is not just superficial, but potentially dangerous. The social engineering chapter is better than most similar attempts. I enjoyed Chapter 7, Web Server Attacks and intend to read that one again. I was really enjoying Chapter 11 Wireless, until I hit page 361, this is an example of what I mean by skipping a step or two! It is all do this, do that, with nary a clue on how. One of the ultimate tests for a security book is how well the book can explain buffer overflows. Many times, it is fairly clear the authors themselves don't know what a buffer overflow is and they mumble something about Smashing the Stack and I close the book on the spot. I have little doubt that Whitaker and Newman know what a buffer overflow is, but I doubt any reader of the book will learn it from the book. Please do not get me wrong, this is a good book, a very good book, but that is a hard concept to really teach. I am sure this will go to second edition and I hope that can be an area of focus.

I like the list of tools in the back of the book. In my view the section on choosing a penetration testing vendor is worth the price of the book. I really wish I had read something like that years ago, I could have saved money and heartache.

Smooth and valuable guide.......2006-02-27

This book is tailor made for anyone (at the professional level or equivalent) that wants to scope out & get their head around computer security testing, though those with multiple-platform experience will find themselves more ideally equipped (especially if they have some security background or certification already, and experience in configuring Windows server 200x and Unix / Linux systems & basic exposure to a programming language).

The book is comprised of 530 smoothly written pages, free of the excessive typos and technical double talk & contradictions rampant in technical books these days. Its a book that can be read in 4 easy days flat, without problem, covering legalities, test planning, execution, and reporting. The detail is enough to enable immediate results along all of these areas, including countermeasures against each threat area discussed. As such it also makes for an absolutely superb lab manual, though I wish the book came with a CD of the programs discussed (the book did describe where such tools may be downloaded, however, but still it would be nice to have a handy CD).

An indispensable guide book, nevertheless.

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