McTeague: A Story of San Francisco : Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)

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Frank Norris' graphic portrayal of the seamy side of survival in turn-of-the-century urban America remains shocking and powerful today -and its conclusion just as harrowing.

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Where that cliched Death-Valley-handcuffed-to-a-dead-man thing comes from.

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Something of a cult classic, McTeague was one of the founding works of unflinching realism and naturalism in American writing. McTeague was first published in 1899; this new Modern Library edition brackets the book's 100-year journey through literary consciousness, from its first splash as a rather lurid literary sensation in its retelling of a true-life crime in turn-of-the-century San Francisco, to its renewed popularity among modern readers.

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The raw view.......2007-02-13

I purchased this book because mty daughter was reading it in college. I was not familiar with either the title or the author, but a quick web search allowed me to rectify that shortcoming quickly. It is a gut wrenching view into the early city life of San Francisco. Marriage, money, and ignorance are the main charaters presented through names that soon become the face of the story.

Norris, the realist, doesn't waste time on the way the world could be, and he doesn't even really speculate on the way things are; he rather cuts to the reality of the time and, like a snapshot, gives us that which an observant eye would see if present. The violent ignorance manifested by the characters stuns, and I was amazed and dismayed by the actions of individuals I had become close to through the events of the story.

Be forewarned, those sensitive to sterotypical descriptions of race will be shocked, and those without patience for the actions of brutally ignorant settlers will be sickened. Nevertheless, for a picture of the probable behavior of the settlers of the west, this is a fine read.

A must read.......2006-12-06

I agree with the reviewers below. This is a superb read that with stay with you for a long time. I read it on my own as an adult but agree it should be part of a classic literature curriculum.

American parable.......2006-09-04

H L Mencken believed "McTeague" to be the great American novel and it surely is the principal American parable. A giant golden tooth and a gilded canary cage are just two symbols of greed in this rich novel. Published in 1899 this work by Frank Norris reminds of Emile Zola's writing in realism and artistry. Norris takes the reader from Polk street San Francisco to Death Valley in this brilliant depiction of avarice. Erich von Stroheim's silent film "Greed" is based on McTeague, unfortunately the whole 9 1/2 hour film is no longer extant. The novel is funny at times like when Marcus is pontificating to McTeague: "It's the capitalists that's ruining the cause of labor," shouted Marcus, banging the table with his fist till the beer glasses danced; "white-livered drones, traitors, with their livers white as snow, eatun the bread of widows and orphuns; there's where the evil lies." Stupefied with his clamor, McTeague answered, wagging his head: "Yes, that's it; I think it's their livers." The gentle love story of Old Grannis and Miss Baker shows how simple contentment can be and serves as an an antithesis to the rest of the book. "and the two old people sat there in the gray evening, quietly, quietly, their hands in each other's hands, "keeping company," Early in the book Mcteague has dreams of oral opulence: "It was his ambition, his dream, to have projecting from that corner window a huge gilded tooth, a molar with enormous prongs, something gorgeous and attractive. He would have it some day, on that he was resolved;" Trina his fiancee buys this grand tooth for him and gives it to him as a gift. As the McTeagues descend into financial ruin he clings to this object. When he finally does decide to sell all he can get for it is five dollars, if sown under a large enough pillow the tooth fairy would have left more for this gargantuan grinder. The gilded molar is not only a symbol of his success as a dentist, but also the love he and his wife once shared. The Buddha said desire was the cause of suffering maybe that should be translated greed, the desire for more than you need. Most of the characters in this novel mine the ore of suffering with their cupidity and as they struggle to acquire they become possessed.

McTeague: The World Is A Stacked Deck.......2006-08-11

One of the reasons that people read novels is to explore why human beings do what they do. These reasons flow in surges that go in and out of vogue. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the current vogue was Naturalism, a philosophy of life that suggests that people are preprogrammed by their environment to such an extent that one can accurately predict the outcome.

In MCTEAGUE, Frank Norris absorbed the biological imperatives of Charles Darwin into the economic choke-hold of Karl Marx and wrote a novel of a hulking unlicensed dentist who goes through life smashing all obstacles with his hamlike fists early enough and often enough so that the reader feels sure that this dentist (McTeague) will wind up at the mercy of the very elements that he tried so hard to conquer.

The novel opens with the revelation that McTeague is a brute who chose dentistry as a profession despite the fact that he barely understood the medical books of his field. He meets and marries Trina, a good woman who mistakes McTeague's size and stupidity for passion and permanence. McTeague's married life is a straight line progression from worse to worst, all of which was eminently predictable from the opening pages. One gets the feeling that McTeague remains a mystery, despite his punishing appearance on nearly every page. Why, one further wonders, does he do things the way he does. Norris provides no ready answers, but he suggests that McTeague is a ubiquitous force of nature, one that is more easily noticed than explained. Sigmund Freud had not yet appeared to offer deeper analyses of the human psyche so naturalistic writers like Frank Norris were left with rationales that equated with the natural world around them. Darwin and his struggle of the fittest made it easier for readers to see McTeague as somehow fitter to survive than the victims of his rage. Marx and his economic determinism made it equally easier for readers to grasp the fact that one's freedom to move was limited by where on the economic pecking order one stood. By the end of the novel, a handcuffed McTeague, alone in the unforgiving desert, was a stark reminder that the power of nature to twist man into a pretzel was one that resonated with Norris' readers such that they could see McTeague's final plight more as a peek into their own future than into his. Today's readers leave MCTEAGUE with much the same morbid thoughts.

Mcteague Review.......2005-11-01

This book is about a huge man named Mcteague, who is a dentist in San Francisco. Around the time the city was recently founded. His rather boring and routine way of life is drastically changed when his best, and only real friend Marcus Schouler introduces Mcteague to his cousin Trina, Who Marcus is secretly in love with. Over time Mcteague begins to like Trina more and more, and eventually he begins to love her. I wont give away all of the book so you'll just have to read the book.
This story shows some of the deepest human emotions; love, fear, hate, greed, and many others. Most of these emotions can be tracked back to the same source, but I'm not going to give away what the source is. Lets me just say that it turns Mcteague's dull little dentist's world upside down.
This story has a colorful cast of characters, from a gold loving pawnshop owner to an insane maid. Each character is very unique, and some are very unusual.
The story takes place mostly in a small, humble dentists parlor on a somewhat busy residential street that had several small shops in San Francisco, California, when the town was still young. The streets name was Polk Street.
I would recommend this book to pretty much everyone. Even though it takes a while to get into the book. The book takes a look into the deepest emotions of people.

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"Blood sprayed and fingers flew to the floor."

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Good , but...

Not bad, but not as good as the first book.

Very nice middle to a trilogy
Viper's Kiss: House of Serpents, Book II (Forgotten Realms: House of Serpents)
Lisa Smedman
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
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ASIN: 0786936169
Release Date: 2005-03-01

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The second in a gripping trilogy from R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen author Lisa Smedman.

Viper's Kiss is the second title in a new trilogy exploring the political intrigues of the yuan-ti race, the details of which have been little explored in previous Forgotten Realms products. Lisa Smedman will be penning the entire trilogy, which will affect many other storylines in the Forgotten Realms setting.

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"Blood sprayed and fingers flew to the floor.".......2007-08-09

Viper's Kiss deals with a neglected part of the Realms: the Vilhon Reach and specifically Sespech (located on the southwestern shores of the Sea of Fallen Stars).
The book picks up from where Venom's Taste left off and continues to shed light on Arvin, a rogue/psion, and his efforts of exacting revenge on Sybil, the yuan-ti responsible for the death of Naulg, the only friend he ever had. This time Arvin travels from Hlondeth to Mimph in Sespech as he tries to start his life anew, away from the "city of serpents." In the process he will realize that things are not always as simple as they might initially seem...
Viper's Kiss, just like Venom's Taste, starts off incredibly well, immediately catching the reader's interest and attention. The plot as a whole is excellent! The book is so incredibly well written and presented that the reader feels that they have been transported to another plane of existence and are actually present among the characters, seeing what they see, feeling what they feel, sensing what they sense.
Lisa Smedman has done a FANTASTIC job of acquiring and presenting, efficiently and successfully, essential knowledge relevant to Faerun, including customs, religion and the history of the peoples of Toril. Her solid grasp of factual detail makes her capable of providing the necessary background needed to carry out the difficult task of writing Forgotten Realms novels, which is something often missing from the work of many Fantasy authors. Consequently, from the moment you pick up the book you have trouble putting it down and if that is not a clear sign of a fantastic writer/author, I don't know what is!
The cities of Sespech are presented very well and in great detail so that the reader truly feels what it's like to walk down those streets.
In addition, the book contains one of the best portrayals of a Tanar'ri I've ever seen, from the way it thinks to the way it acts and fights.
Moreover, Lisa Smedman also does a fantastic job of describing the Empire of Serpents, Sibyl's schemes, and the prophecy that is to bring doom to Faerun (pages 151-154).
Furthermore, on page 59-60, the author provides one more exceptional portrayal that helps teleport the reader to Faerun beside Arvin: "The lightning bolt struck. This time the aim was true. The bolt lanced into the naga's head, exploding it. This time it was bits of skull and brain that splashed down into the river, rather than the splinters of wood. The suddenly headless naga swayed back and forth for a moment longer then crumpled into the water. It disappeared from sight, leaving behind ripples that sloshed against the overturned boat, staining the river red."
Finally, I was pleasantly surprised when halfway through (page 151) there is mention of the Time of Troubles.
On the negative side, the author continues to presents Arvin's experience at Ilmater's priesthood-run orphanage as something horrific i.e. on pages 27 and 151 respectively: "He dredged up what little he knew about the subject, casting his mind back to the "lessons" the priests had given at the orphanage-lessons that were delivered to the backs of the children's heads while they worked. The lessons helped the priests convince themselves they were educating and instructing the children, not just profiting from their labor," and "The only god he knew much about was Ilmater; the priests at the orphanage had drilled every painful, gory detail of the sufferings of the Crying God's martyrs into the children under their care."
Ilmater, undoubtedly, would have denied his clerics any divine magic for carrying out acts of child abuse for profiteering! Give us a break! It's absurd!
Nevertheless, this was minor compared to the overall story, the dialogues, and the small details that are all wonderful and create a strong sense of mystery and anticipation.
Elves, Dwarves, Nagas, Yuan-ti, Satyrs, Centaurs, Tanar'ri, and factions like the Thieves' Guild and Helm's clerics have been presented very well.
Magic, romance, intrigue, betrayal, and swordfights are all about.
Looking forward to reading the final installment, Vanity's Brood.

Not great.......2006-03-24

The first one is better and hopefully so will the third. It kept my interest just enough for me to try the third. But the action wasn't too good and the overall feel of the story left me wanting. There are better books out there.

If you like books like this one, might I suggest another I've recently come across. The Unsuspecting Mage by Brian S. Pratt. It's another fantasy adventure sure to please. I highly recommend it.

Good , but..........2006-03-08

Viper's Kiss was enjoyable, a liked reading it. And i'd recomend it. My only complaint is I think it could of been better. Especially the end. However it is well written and an enjoyable forgotten realms book.

Not bad, but not as good as the first book........2005-07-21

Snake people, mind mages, plage lands, and unlikable characters. Not my cup of tea, but if it's your you may like this series more than me. The author is quite good, able to bring a place to life, to see, to feel , to be in her world.

This book felt more contrived, slower, and less interesting than the first book in this series. It is the middle book, and they tend to be the lest liked book in most series, and so as a midle book it's not too bad.

OVERALL SCORE: (B-)
READABILITY: (B+), PLOT: (B-), CHARATERS: (B-), DIALOGUE: (A-), SETTING: (B+), ACTION/COMBAT: (B-), MONSTERS/ANTAGONISTS: (B), ROMANCE: (B), SEX: (n/a), AGE LEVEL: (PG)

Very nice middle to a trilogy.......2005-07-08

I thought this book was actually better than the first. The motivations were much more believable and the characters more interesting. Arvin was more fleshed out, and the secondary characters were nicely done as well.

There are also many more points in the book that are truly "gripping". You HAVE to see what happens during blah, blah, blah.

I enjoyed the first book, but enjoyed the second one much more.

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Private dick Herald Childe is sent a snuff movie of his partner being brutally murdered. His pursuit of her killers leads him into a waking nightmare of sexual brutality and supernatural bestiality, as he becomes entangled with sex-starved she-ghosts, snake-women and a filthy human sow.

In Image of the Beast and its sequel Blown both published in this volume-Philip Jose Farmer conjures up a universe of unrelenting sexual degradation and horror populated by erogenous vampires, werewolves and other polymorphic creatures from the darkest recesses of the human imagination.

Philip Jose Farmer is the best-selling author of the Riverworld series, and winner of 3 Hugo awards for innovations in Science Fiction.

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An Apocalyptic Nightmare .......2004-11-29

WOW!! This is a far-out book, to say the least! Philip Jose Farmer, the best-selling author of the Riverworld series, and winner of 3 Hugo awards for his unique and creative Science Fiction novels, has written an apocalyptic nightmare of a novel with "The Image Of The Beast: An Exorcism" and "Blown," the sequel. Both books, included in this one volume, were originally released 1968 by the Essex House in California, during the days of flower power, hippies and alternative lifestyles. It swiftly became an underground classic. This is not a novel for the faint of heart. Some readers may find it shocking - others, like myself, will think it "campy" and laugh at many of the characters and images. While reading this book I imagined Robert Crumb, creator of the underground Crumb Comics, (remember him?), illustrating a sci-fi comic book, filled with grotesque, malevolent characters, i.e., aliens, ghosts, witches, a satanic child-killer, werewolves, and a chilling snake woman in a tale which gives new meaning to gothic horror, with lots of kinky sex and fetishes thrown in. For those of you who do not remember Crumb, his work has been described as "...barreling out of his acid-drenched id. Basic desires, perversions, and blinding rage..." are what he depicts. Well, that's Crumb and that is "The Image of the Beast."

The storyline is typical enough. It is about a private detective searching for his partner's murderers. All similarities to other novels end here. P.I. Herald Childe views a snuff movie, starring his partner, who is so brutally murdered on screen that even hardened Investigator Childe takes some time-out to hurl. Childe, is driven into smog-ridden LA to pursue the killers. The smog is so bad the air has taken on greenish, foggy overtones and people need gas masks when they go out into the poisonous environment. Then a second film turns up at police headquarters, graphically portraying another murder. Various clues lead Childe to a horrific gothic mansion in the hills above LA, belonging to Baron Igescu, originally from Transylvania. Hmmmm. Here we meet the supernatural beings that make the Alien look like a kitty cat.

Among the topics Childe discusses with Igescu on this first visit, is the concept that an infinite number of universes may occupy the same space. "They can do this because they are all polarized or at right angels to each other....thus it is possible for more than one cosmos to fill the same space." The Baron speculates that there might be "walls between universes with gates or breaks in them" and that an occasional dweller of one universe might go into another. The plot thickens.

I borrowed this book from a dear, but weird friend. I liked it initially - perhaps "like" is not the word. Anyway, I was initially absorbed. About halfway through the plot weakens, and at last comes to a whimper of a conclusion.

"Blown" which follows "The Image of the Beast" is a continuation of the same terrifying fantasy world dragged out of the darkest depth of someone's unconscious mind. Mr. Farmer's? I am giving the novel 3 stars because the writing is excellent and the plot and characters are certainly original. Hard-core gothic sci-fi fans might enjoy this.
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A Bizarre Mix of Genres along with the Unsafest Sex Ever.......2004-05-21

Perhaps no published writer has had more fun crisscrossing different genres than Phil Farmer. In this particular volume, he puts a science-fiction overlay on some very traditional gothic horror themes, in the context of a classic detective novel, but don't go thinking you've seen this before. Forget that Farmer's explanations of lycanthrope and vampirism are much further out than anything you've heard previously, because that's not even the tip of the iceberg. What really sets this book apart from the crowd is the infusion of bizarre (often inhuman) sexuality that goes well beyond anything in the annals of science fiction. This isn't just the obligatory sex scene to make a weak book marketable - the wild, sadistic, and often scary sex is almost the main thrust of the book.

Harold Childe isn't exactly the typical hard-boiled private investigator who is so essential to the detective genre, although he's pretty close. But the videotape of his partner's murder is anything but typical, and when he fights through the acid-smog of L.A. to the mansion of a rich eccentric, the reader quickly becomes aware that this is not your father's detective novel. Fans already know that Farmer has a real gift for telling action tales, but how many suspected he was capable of dreaming up such twisted sexual fantasies - many of them terrifying, many of them disgusting, and all of them completely over the top?

The main novel in this book, Image of the Beast, is pretty powerful stuff - a brutal murder, a cynical detective, a misery-laden city, a haunted mansion, extra-terrestrials, deviant sexual behavior - something for everyone, really. By itself, it might rate four stars for sheer audacity if only it had a legitimate ending. Sadly, this story has more loose ends than a shag carpet, and the sequel, originally published as the longish short story "Blown", is just plain silly. Farmer gets away from slam/bang action and the detective format, and starts bringing in references to Byron and Joan of Arc, all to no real purpose.

The three star rating reflects the fact that this book is so unlike anything else this reviewer has ever read, that one might be willing to overlook some of its obvious flaws just on the basis of originality, or perhaps more accurately, audacity. The prudish, the squeamish, and the conventionally logical will probably not like this book at all. Recommended only for adult genre fans who aren't afraid to step through a twisted looking glass.

Only Philip Jose Farmer could have written this........2004-01-27

No! This is not new fiction, rather tis an old tome written like no one else could have written it. I love Farmer and have read this duo (more a novel followed by a novella) at least four times. As with so many of Farmer's works, there are plots within the plot. You will discover many truths (at least as defined by Farmer) as you read. Among them: where ghosts come from, how to rape a werewolf, the importance of looking a gift whore in the mouth, and the real story of the holy grail. The sex is truly occult kink at its best (or worst) and mind blowing to say the least. Mr. Farmer's main character is very well written. Some of the side players are weak and a few of them are so weak as to not support their existance in the storyline. My only complaint is that Philip did not see fit to carry on this series. It could have been as good as his World of Tiers novels. If you are an adult who likes a little purple in your life, please read this book.

A Out Dated Book By Today's Standards.......2002-04-03

The book is a little strange and the language is dated (cira 1960's - 1970's).
The story is about takes place sometime in the future, but never fully explains when in the future it takes place in. The story could take place in the 1980's or 2000's, the author never makes it clear to the reader. The sex is extremely softcore and with some references to homosexual acts, the story moves along at a semi-fast clip.
The charaters in the story are a strange assortment of good, bad and fence sitters
IF you can ignore the outdated langage and descriptions and don't mind some extremely (by today's standards) PG rated sex acts, then this book is for you.

Must be read to be believed.......2001-07-04

An underground classic, a melding of sci-fi and erotica, this book is like no other you'll ever read. I read it 20 years ago, lent my second hand copy to someone, and never saw it again. Not for children, prudes, or the squeemish. If you think you've read it all, read this. You'll never forget it.

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"Speak that I may see Thee!": The religious significance of language
Harold Stahmer
Manufacturer: MacMillan
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Speak That I May See Thee! : the Religious Significance of Language
Harold Stahmer
Manufacturer: MACMILLAN COMPANY
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OKSWW4

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The Book of Marmalade : Its Antecedents, Its History and Its Role in the World Today, Together With a Collection of Recipes for Marmalades & Marmalade Cookery
C. Anne, Illustrated by b&w illus. Wilson
Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTHU8M

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Revisit the 1950s, when poodles were all the rage and ceramic artists were busy experimenting with a technique suited to portraying these canines. More than 400 photos explore the use of spaghetti ceramic art from the 1930s through the 1960s, primarily as used on poodles, but with special sections on other animals, holiday figurines, and other applications. Market values are provided for these increasingly rare and fragile collectibles.

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16 templates and fully illustrated instructions will aid even beginners to carve a Gadwall, Cinnamon Teal, Sheldrake, Steller's Eider, and a dozen other exotic species. For hunters, collectors. All decoys in color on covers.

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Carving decoys, the templates are the key........2000-06-02

When learning to carve decoys, the difficulty in acheiving a satisfactory result seems to lie in the form and character of the template. Often the materials and methods seem to get a healthy share of attention, leaving the actual figure of the duck up in the air so to speak.

Many books contain patterns of decoys of particular species, but are often not easily transferable or even the correct size to reproduce. Also, they are in book bindings which further reduce the ease of transfering the image. "Carving Duck Decoys" transcends this frequently frustrating initial experience for beginning carvers and old pros by contributing a working book that has all the popular duck decoy species.

Beginning carvers may find it difficult to fashion a dimensional block of wood into the species which they desire without first using a good example of the decoy they wish to craft. "Carving Duck Decoys" allows the user to simply cut out the template as well as view illustrations which display not only the profile but also the conformation particular to the duck species.

In addition, the eye diameters are given for inclusion of artificial eyes which add realism and make the decoy "come to life." The text portion of the book discusses how to carve, paint, and add keel weights. A special photo section with the finished decoys from the authors lends itself well for useful comparison of your own progress.

"Carving Duck Decoys" is a splendid addition to any wood working enthusiasts reference materials.

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Of all the elements in nature, none is more life affirming than water. WeÂ're born into this wonderful world after swimming in the mysterious elixir for nine months, and then we spend the rest of our days seeking out its sustaining powers. When you consider that two-thirds of our bodies are comprised of water, itÂ's no wonder we are so drawn to it. And when nature doesnÂ't place water where we can easily access it, we have no problem bringing water to us in the form of luxurious swimming pools and hot tubs.

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Inspirational Ideas.......2004-07-12

The projects in this book are out of the reach of most budgets, but the ideas are incredibly inspirational. It's like looking through Architectural Digest for pool designers. I found incredible ideas for my new pool and spa installation -- many things I never new existed and that the contractors I talked with never mentioned. A pool and spa is a major investment. For me, this book was insurance that guaranteed I would get the aquatic paradise and related amenities me and my family wanted. Plus, it's looks great on the coffee table in our new pool house!

Pools and Spas: New designs for gracious living.......2004-03-19

POOLS and SPAS

A coffee table book! If , like me, you want to learn more about the technical side of swimming pools, give this one a pass. In spite of the promise hinted in the promotional text of giving insights to "design details" this book doesn't even come close. Most of the pools are out of reach except to those whom money is no object starting with a pool costing $700,000. If for instance, you want to be educated on the pros and cons of vanishing edge pools, the Author tells us, "they have been overused and misused"-no clarification, no explanation, no examples. Of course none of the beautiful pools pictured in this section fall into either category. Design details? Each very beautifully photographed pool describes the multi-million dollar surroundings, the size of the pool pictured, construction i.e. Gunite, finish-Plaster. This scant, mostly irrelative information hardly qualifies as "design details".

If you want to show your pool contractor the kind of pool you have in mind and hand over a blank check, then this is the book for you. You'll get no feel for the typical cost of the pools depicted (except the one for $3/4M) nor will you be guided as to any of the unseen but extremely important mechanical components required.

I'd keep this book if there was just one piece of information that I could consider valuable advice. Thankfully, Amazon will take it back.

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Painter, poet, critic, and teacher, Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) is one of the most idiosyncratic and original figures in the history of British art. His life and work have always fueled speculation, gossip, and fantasy--from the rumors of his opium addiction and predilection for eating raw pork to the wildly differing modern assessments of his art. Art historians view him variously as a prime exponent of Neoclassicism, a Romantic before his time, or an aberrant individualist foreshadowing the innovations of Surrealism.

This book reinterprets Fuseli by locating him in a period of traumatic social, cultural, and political revolution. Thematic chapters explore the successive phases of his career. They move from his early work in London and Rome, through his innovative exploitation of London's new public spaces for displaying art, to his old age--a period of great professional success when he profoundly influenced a whole generation of younger British artists. A vivid image of the artist emerges, revealing Fuseli as a seminal figure in the development of modern art.

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William Shakespeare Selected Plays

Manufacturer: The Franklin Library
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Binding: Leather Bound

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leatherbound hardcover gilt design gilt title gilt edges decorated eps Henry Fuseli illustrations

Lectures on Painting, by the Royal Academicians. Barry, Opie, and Fuseli

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Lectures on Painting, by the Royal Academicians. Barry, Opie, and Fuseli
James Barry; John Opie; Henry Fuseli
Manufacturer: Adamant Media Corporation
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Release Date: 2001-05-29

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Edited by Ralph N. Wornum. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1848 edition by Henry G. Bohn, London.

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Aforismer (Lommebog)
Henry Fuseli
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Anecdote biography
John Timbs
Manufacturer: Bentley
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Blake and Fuseli: A Study in the Transmission of Ideas (Garland Publications in Comparative Literature)

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Blake and Fuseli: A Study in the Transmission of Ideas (Garland Publications in Comparative Literature)
Carol Louise Hall
Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis
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Binding: Hardcover

Die Zeichnungen Hans Heinrich Fusslis (The Designs of Henry Fuseli)

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Die Zeichnungen Hans Heinrich Fusslis (The Designs of Henry Fuseli)

Manufacturer: Urs Graf-Verlag
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Drawings of Fuseli (Master Draughtsman)
Henry Fuseli
Manufacturer: Borden Pub Co
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The Drawings Of Henry Fuseli
Paul Ganz
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ASIN: 1432571230

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Volumes three and four of this monumental work include full entries for all such illustrious names as those of the Cibbers—Colley, Theophilus, and Susanna Maria—Kitty Clive, and Charlotte Charke, George Colman, the Elder, and the Younger, William Davenant, and De Loutherboug. But here also are full entries for dozens of important secondary figures and of minor ones whose stories have never been told, as well as a census (and at least a few recoverable facts) for even the most inconsiderable performers and servants of the theatres.

As in the previous volumes in this distinguished series, the accompanying illustrations include at least one picture of each subject for whom a portrait exists.

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