Book Description
Victoria magazine continues a great tradition with an expansive and thoroughly engaging collection of works by such literary luminaries as Edith Wharton, Saki, H.G. Wells, Oscar Wilde, O. Henry, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Mark Twain (The £1,000,000 Bank Note) appears, along with P.G. Wodehouse (Something to Worry About) and Sarah Orne Jewett (Miss Becky's Pilgrimage). Thrilling intrigues, cherished fables, family revelations, social situations, romantic episodes, and comic interruptions: inside every story a magical and surprising world exists, waiting to be discovered. And this grandly oversized anthology promises an infinity of pleasures--the joy of encountering old favorites and meeting new ones; an escape into the hearts, minds, and spirits of a variety of characters; and a lavish mix of realism and fantasy, sentiment and satire, humor and adventure. Filled with memorable moments and unforgettable heroes, every enticing tale will be read over and over again.
About the Author
Michele Slung has been called "an editor and reviewer of unusual discrimination" (New York Newsday). Her books, which have been translated into ten languages, include the national bestsellers Momilies® : As My Mother Used to Say® and More Momilies® ; the influential mystery anthology Crime on Her Mind: Fifteen Stories of Female Sleuths from the Victorian Era to the Forties; and the Book-of-the-Month Club main selection, Murder & Other Acts of Literature. Most recently she has published Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters and Living with Cannibals and Other Women's Adventures. She has been contributing a column on books and reading to Victoria since 1994.
Customer Reviews:
tales which are filled with drama and vivid scenes.......2003-07-25
The Victoria Reader draws upon Victoria Magazine's expansive selections of works by Edith Wharton, H. G. Wells, and other notables blends thrillers with social insights, romantic tales, and even comedy: stories which reach high into literary realms with tales which are filled with drama and vivid scenes. If it's short stories with a punch which are needed, make this part of any collection's holdings.
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Another good job!.......2005-07-27
I do find it interesting how somebody that clearly hates McKeirnans writings seems to have purchased a ton book buy him. Makes you wonder about this guys objectivity.
*hint* E. A Solinas "ea_solinas"
As seemingly always, McKiernan delivers a great read! Ignore the haters, they seem to be lacking in the reading department.
Follow the "Path".......2004-09-17
Dennis McKiernan continues his wannabe-sequel-to-Lord-of-the-Rings, the Silver Call, with "The Brega Path." It's a bit faster and much more amusing than the first book of the duology, but it's still bogged down by too much repetitive action and a supremely dorky lead character.
At the end of "Trek to Kraggen-Cor," Cotton and his dwarf band had managed to kill the evil, monstrous kraken. Now Cotton helps the dwarves make their way into their ancestral home, hoping to meet Perry and the others in a battle that will decide the fate of Kraggen-Cor.
Inside Kraggen-Cor, Perry, Kian, Silverleaf and many others are trying to figure out how to defeat the evil creatures inside. To find their way through, they follow the path through the hundreds of tunnels, which Perry has memorized. But they find themselves first trapped in the hideous Ghath's abandoned cage -- and then enmeshed in a battle they can't possibly win. Unless, of course, Perry unravels the riddle of Narok, a silver horn that the dwarves fear...
Readers who have respect for J.R.R. Tolkien and the unparalleled integrity of his work will cringe at reading McKiernan's early works. Where the Iron Tower Trilogy was blatantly derivative, this is a blatant attempt at a sequel -- everything from the cave-kingdom of the dwarves to the little silver horn is done in "Lord of the Rings." Most people who write this sort of stuff are called fanfiction writers.
What makes "Brega Path" better than "Trek to Kraggen-Cor"? Frankly, it's the ending. McKiernan's endings are either very happy or very depressing, and it's hard not to be charmed by the finale. And surprisingly, McKiernan's writing smooths out quite a bit. But he does get carried away by the idea of a prophecy (enough with the prophecies! Does he write a single book without one?), and too much repetitive action (enough casting of hoods over faces!). The literally earthshattering climax is spoiled by Perry singing in the background.
Perry is still a colossal idiot -- until he actually gets stuck in a bloody, nasty battle, he still doesn't fully clue in that he isn't up to being a warrior. Cotton is pleasant, if you can ignore his ridiculous faux-country-Brit accent. The supporting characters tend to be thin and dull, and the dwarves are completely flat. Expect to get them all mixed up, because they are all the same.
"The Brega Path" has more charm than its predecessor, but it's still deeply flawed, with an unengaging cast and a plot that's drawn out way too long.
One of the Best!.......1999-12-30
This is the second book in the Silver Call duology, and it's the second book that I ever read of McKiernan's. It and the first book in the duology hooked me on his books! The characters are real, vivid, and human. Read it, and all of his books!
Not On Par With The Iron Tower (But Still A Good Book).......1999-07-05
This second half of the Silver Call Duology tends to hit the reader over the head with it's anti-war message, but the sense of grand adventure, and the presence of wholesome values, makes it a memorable read.
Great Book!!!!!.......1999-06-08
This is a great book. One that I think every one shouold read
Book Description
Over twenty years ago, a comet struck the Earth just outside the town of Pederson, Illinois. There were 113 children in utero when the flash hit, and every one of them was affected, gaining extraordinary super-powers as they grew older.
The people of the world, initially worried by what the children might become when they reached adulthood, now fear what they will do with the powers they¹ve gained?and who might suffer should the "rising stars" start to think they could run the world better.
Customer Reviews:
What if Oliver Stone Had Super Powers?.......2007-04-12
***SPOILERS BELOW!!!***
Actually the above demeans Oliver Stone - imagine instead Oliver Stone lobotomized and heavily dosed on psychedelic drugs with super powers and you'll end up with something like this series. Straczynski evidently has some sort of goofy leftist utopian side to him which Top Cow was unable or unwilling to check in this series. As a result, we get some interesting ideas which mutate into a laughably foolish global civics lesson that would have seemed hokey in junior high.
The specials empowered by the energy burst in the 60s are generally an interesting lot, and are well characterized. The unfortunate thing though is we eventually find out that all of them are virtual saints and even the nasty ones turn out to have been controlled by other villains and those who survive reform and perform altruistic acts of heroism. Conversely every normal person in the series is portrayed as either blandly inert or villainously evil (save for the saintly doctor). This dichotomy of "all the mutants are good, and all the humans are bad" would have seemed out of place in X Men plots of 30 years ago, let alone in the modern allegedly adult world of graphic novels.
We also have a peculiar liberal boogeyman appear, the evil religious folks conspiring to shut down abortion clinics. Not by bombing them or killing doctors, simply by protesting in front of them with the aid of a glowing angelic Star being manipulated by his evil televangelist dad. Huh, how dare those villains shut down abortion clinics by exercising their right to free assembly! Fortunately the religious Star eventually sees the light, admits his secular humanist sympathies, begins cross-dressing, and sacrifices himself to save the lives of a bunch of Stars and normal humans in Chicago (see below). Sounds silly? Ah, this is but the tip of the iceberg!
The general moral superiority of the Stars is shown irritatingly and unimaginatively by many Stone-like pictures of illuminated heros in crucifixion style poses getting riddled with gunfire, blown up with cruise missiles, etc. This becomes endemic in the third volume, as if someone has the DVD of "Platoon" set in a repeat loop at the scene where Willem Dafoe gets killed in the rice paddy. The art and coloring throughout is not exceptional, and the occasional loss of detail in the faces and expressions of characters is alarming. We also see immense artistic laziness, as the exact same scene is repeated over and over (e.g. Jason picking up big nuclear warheads and flying away while various human soldiers fire a variety of useless weapons at him...)
"Watchmen" had generally leftist politics that nonetheless allowed the series to develop in a mature, believable, and thought-provoking manner. In comparison, the leftist politics here are juvenile, naïve, and clichéd to the point of campiness. When the Stars eventually begin to "reform" the world, they do so unerringly and with only the best of motives. The mean ol U.S. is disarmed along with every other nation, cocaine crops are vaporized, large corporations exposed as villainous, Middle East problems solved by fairly allocating resources (How reassuring to see that religious differences play no role in the Mid-East Crisis!).
Societal problems go away when the US simply stops spending money on defense and instead throws all its money at various sociological problems. A Star President is elected because he has communed with the spirits of the dead and knows all the Dark Secrets of the US, like Who Killed Kennedy. (Not to give anything away, but it turns out to have been.... the CIA!!! Huh!!!)
To offend those on the libertarian Left, we have terrorism and crime solved by super-powered vigilantism where the Stars break down doors and beat up / kill the bad guys. None of the plans go awry, all of the bad guys are correctly and discretely eliminated, and none of the Stars abuses their powers in the least.
This of course provokes a counter-reaction from the Evil Military Industrial Complex, shown by caricatures of chain-smoking mean old white guy generals, who nuke the President, most of Congress, and thousands of innocent civilians in order to eliminate the few dozen Stars left by the end of the series. Fortunately though the energy released from all the dead Stars permeates the world and makes everybody nice and cooperative, shown in a poorly drawn big panel that may have come from a "WatchTower" magazine, with various ethnic caricatures being nice to each other shown on a crude map of the continents. It is a surreal moment, but not in a good sort of way.
Straczynski is a pretty good writer. Babylon 5 showed none of this weirdness, and his other comics like Supreme Power are far more restrained and subtle. It looks like he was either scripting this on cocktail napkins while drunk at various Al Gore fundraisers, or was simply preoccupied with other projects and giving this less than maximal effort. Top Cow evidently did not notice or care (or at least couldn't do much about it if they did) and as a result we have a saccharine cartoon of a civics lesson that makes Ralph Nader's worldview seem like Machiavelli's.
The first volume in the series is a good setup, maybe too derivative of the mask-killer plot of "Watchmen" and the "normal persecution" plotting of the X Men movies. The second volume is probably the best one, with a good intermediate stage setting and plotting, but it ends too quickly and then Volume Three, aka Howard Dean's Fantasia begins. Begins kind of dull and shaky, develops nicely, then gets preachy / trite / just plain weird at the end.
Straczynski can write decent characters when he tries, and the plot is certainly ambitious and complex. It looks like he simply needed more editorial guidance from his publisher here, and the resulting failure has made a dog's breakfast which has the potential to irritate the literal minded, or amaze the voyeuristic with what a fabulous disaster it all turns into. The worldview and plotting of Volume 3 would seem unsophisticated and unlikely to a high school Intro to Government class, and the spectacle of Straczynski presenting this to an adult audience with a straight face is both stunning and ghoulishly appealing, like a huge traffic accident involving cotton candy. If you like campy misfires that turn into earnest fairy tales loosely based on reality, stick with this series, but if you want a truly transcendent super hero series, get "Watchmen" instead.
Great Graphic Novel.......2005-12-27
This is Rising Stars Vol. 1 Chapters 1-8
This is the 1st of a 3 part series.
Great graphic novel. What would the world do if suddenly there were 113 people with special powers. Will the world love them, fear them or hate them.
What would you do if suddenly you found out you have special powers. Will that automatically make you a good person? Will you help the world or only use it for personal gain?
I highly recommend the series.
Brilliant.......2005-07-26
J. Michael Straczynski continues to impress me. This little-known book (Rising Stars: Vol. 1) is a storytelling gem. His character development is top-notch. He's one of just a handful of writers that can take a super hero story and make it feel real.
Volumes 2 and 3 are also well crafted. My only complaint is the constant change of artists. All of the artists are good, it just disturbs the flow of the books a bit. Straczynski's masterful writing makes up for this minor gripe.
Check out J.M.S.'s "Supreme Power" books, and also "Midnight Nation," both are stunning titles. These books are for older audiences, not that they're overly sexual or violent, I just don't think they are intended for kids.
Happy reading!
Amazing!.......2005-01-26
Think of XMen, then add a writer who is GREAT! Each of the characters has depth and seems like a real person (unlike other comic book heros who are 'A' typical ect.) and their are a tons of different story lines running congruently that add a whole extra level of depth to the book.
I like XMen, and I apologize to Hardcore XMen fans, but I think XMen has met it's match, and that's J. Michael Straczynski. (Good thing he freelances for Marvel, LOL!)
Weak and cheaply done art hampers a good story........2004-12-10
How many guys can you put in trenchcoats with long hair in a panel? Enough to not know who is talking.
Top Cow cheaped their way through a number of artists to bring us a less than stellar tale. Chronic lateness, long term hiatus, dreadful art, cliche and insulting character design, the fact that we are given better writing and better art in Supreme Power and mostly the same story means don't bother.
By the time a regular and decent artist was given the job it was to late and people were leaving this monthly title like rats leaving a sinking ship. I'd like to see Gary Frank start the whole series over at #1 so we can forget completely the first few issues. You will notice in the Amazon listing there is no mention of the artists on the first TP, only that there is a new cover by Gary Frank, the only highlight for Born in Fire.
Dollar for dollar your payoff is Supreme Power.
Book Description
1,000 INDIAN Recipes
It's Like Getting 5 Cookbooks for the Price of 1
- Spice Blends
- Starters, Snacks, Soups, and Salads
- Curries and Entrées
- Chutneys and Sides
- And Much More!
DELVE INTO THE FASCINATING FLAVORS and variety of Indian cuisine with this unrivaled recipe collection. You'll discover delicious choices for dishes that make Indian food unforgettable: crispy fritters; tangy pickles; chaat snacks and salads; refreshing yogurt raitas; richly flavored curries; comforting legume (dal) dishes; creative vegetable and meat main courses and side dishes; decadent desserts; and exotic drinks.
To guide your cooking, Neelam Batra provides time-and labor-saving methods, ingredient substitutions, and menu suggestions, and addresses modern health concerns without sacrificing flavor. This is a book Indian food lovers-and health-conscious eaters and vegetarians, too-can turn to for everyday meals and special occasions for years to come!
Praise for 1,000 Indian Recipes
"Neelam's passions and knowledge of her homeland's cuisine and history shine through on every page. Both experts and novices alike will find this encyclopedic compendium of Indian dishes refreshing and insightful." -NANCY SILVERTON, PASTRY CHEF AND CO-OWNER OF CAMPANILE RESAURANT AND BAKER AND OWNER OF A BREA BAKERY (LOS ANGELES)
"I can't wait to sample her recipes for paneer, her salads and flatbreads, and of course, the chutneys and curries. Make room for Neelam Batra's book on your kitchen bookshelf!" -DEBORAH MADISON, AUTHOR OF LOCAL FLAVORS, COOKING AND EATING FROM AMERICA'S FARMERS' MARKETS AND VEGETARIAN COOKING FOR EVERYONE
"To Savor a proper curry is to feel your palate awakened to an explosion of flavor. Neelam's recipes simmer with the fire of life." -MICHAEL JACKSON, AWARD-WINNING ENTERTAINER AND INDIAN FOOD LOVER
Customer Reviews:
Buy this Book!.......2007-05-08
Wonderful recipes! She is very thourough in her descriptions, like Julia Child, she tells you exactly what to do. I love it because it gives me the confidance to start a recipe. Many items are much easier once you learn the technique. I have made samosas many times, and they are a huge hit at parties. People are always amazed that I made them because they look so professional. My [...] daughter and I make Nan bread a couple of times a week together. If you are going to buy one book on Indian cooking, buy this one! She is a very descriptive writer so even though there are no pictures you can "see" the dish in her description. And 1,000 recipes! Whats not to love?
Awesome Cookbook!.......2007-02-19
This is my favorite Indian cookbook. It has a lot of recipes as you can tell from the name, and they're authentic and delicious. For people who aren't used to cooking Indian food, I would recommend you try Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking and Julie Sahni's Classic Indian Cooking first. Those books are easier to follow, they use more common, easy to find spices and they also give meal plan suggestions (i.e what main entree to eat with what side dish), while this book doesn't. The recipes in this book are more complex, but worth the work. For taste and variety, this book is a must have. I didn't give it 5 stars because you have to flip back and forth a lot because a lot of the recipes require other recipes from the book like pastes. The recipe within a recipe gets annoying.
If you're experienced with Indian cooking, I definitely recommend this book. If you're not, I suggest getting the hang of it first, but definitely purchasing this book later on. A lot of spices or ingredients like heeng (asafetida), kari leaves, methi (fenugreek), and kala jeera are difficult to find outside the Indo-Pak communities, but Batra helpfully offers a list of websites from which you can purchase them.
Excellent Indian cook book.......2007-01-10
If you want to learn how to do a great Indian dinner at home, this is the cookbook to use. I was able to produce a fabulous dinner for 10 friends using this, with no previous Indian cooking experience. Very easy to put a great menu together. I have never owned an Indian cookbook, and so this was my first foray into it.
Useful, but inconsistent.......2007-01-09
This is an awfully difficult book to rate. Another review title might have been "Highly recommended, with strong reservations."
The top priority, of course, is the recipes. I've been using this book for three years, and with great success. It's particularly refreshing to see so many different aspects of Indian cooking, rather than just the North Indian curries that we know from restaurants.
Batra offers helpful guidance on the characteristics of regional cuisines, which are as different from each other as the cuisines of different European countries. The introductory chapters outline the basic philosophy of Indian dining, and provide information on spices and ingredients that may not be familiar to the average reader. There is also information -- probably not applicable for most, but certainly interesting -- on the uses of different spices according to Ayurveda, the ancient Indian medicinal system. In deference to the eating habits of many Indians (and many Westerners who might buy an Indian cookbook), vegan recipes are marked with a distinctive icon. So are recipes to be made in pressure cookers, which can dramatically decrease the cooking time for larger beans and certain tough vegetables.
The difficulties arise when one seeks out structure. Sadly, this book does not seem to have received as much editorial attention as was necessary. The index is badly disorganized, eschewing the subheader model used in other reference cookbooks in favor of a much more open, harder to navigate style. (There are 18 separate entries beginning with the words "griddle fried.") In the body of the text, some of the recipe titles do not match the recipes themselves. ("Garlicky Dried Green Peas Curry" [p. 389] contains no garlic, and is not made in a pressure cooker despite the presence of the pressure cooker icon.) Some of the cooking instructions do not make sense, and one should have some real kitchen experience in order to know what's what. (Some recipes call for reducing a sauce by half while covered. Where is the water supposed to go?)
A few things should be noted by anyone interested in this book. These are not criticisms or praises, but are important for any potential buyer.
1. This is not a book of traditional Indian cooking. The author has lived in Los Angeles for three decades, and many of the dishes presented (but by no means all) are adaptations of Indian culinary techniques to the produce available to her in California. This means that ingredients not normally used in India, most notably vegetables like zucchini, find their way into the food. The author also takes initiative in reducing the fat content of the recipes from that found in their native forms. (Anyone who objects to the latter can easily increase the amount of oil or ghee, or substitute whole milk yogurt for the nonfat yogurt called for in the recipes.)
2. The book panders to American tastes. Despite being predominantly vegetarian in its scope, only two of the ten proposed menus at the beginning are vegetarian. The chapter on vegetable dishes is called "Vegetables on the Side," even though Mrs. Batra herself points out that Indian food is not served in the manner of European food, with "main" and "side" dishes.
3. Before buying this book, make sure that you live within reasonable distance on an Indian grocer. One can hardly open to a random page without seeing an ingredient or two that cannot be found in ordinary American supermarkets.
A must-have!.......2006-12-04
I've owned this book for 4 years and I'm yet to tire of it. The recipes are all delicious and relatively easy to make once you acquire the spices. If you really want to explore Indian cuisine in the comfort of your kitchen, get this book!
Book Description
The Howell Equestrian Library is a distinguished collection of books on all aspects of horsemanship and horsemastership. The nearly fifty books in print offer readers in all disciplines and at all levels of competition sound instruction and guidance by some of the most celebrated riders, trainers, judges and veterinarians in the horse world today. Whether your interest is dressage, show jumping or Western riding, or whether it's breeding, grooming or health care, Howell has a book to answer your needs. Get to know all the books in the Howell Equestrian Library; many are modern-day classics and have achieved the status of authoritative references in the estimation of those who ride, train and care for horses.
The Howell Equestrian Library
Customer Reviews:
Good Textbook.......2006-07-07
A great book that I often reccommend for anyone who asks a lot of questions about grooming, at shows or at home. I Love grooming my horses, and this book gives you many new ideas and 'tricks' to try to make your horse have good and healty coat. I doesn't matter what breed or disciplne you show, this book has it all. I show hunter-jumpers and eventing, but I also have two miniature horses that I show and this book helped me with all of them!
Making the dirtiest chores enjoyable!.......2003-05-20
This is one of those books you don't use every day, but when you're thoroughly confused or completely forgetting something it comes in handy. It has alot of great pictures and illustrations that make it great for kids as well as adults. I learned alot about alternative grooming methods that I had never even heard of before!
Grooming to win is a must have for any horse owner!.......2001-12-19
Grooming to win is for any discipline, and any breed. I used it as a reference for getting back into the show ring. It's like having your own trainer with you all the time. I show Morgan and Quarterhorses and it covers everything from conditioning to getting those braids in right!
DONT SHOW WITHOUT IT!
An Essential For Winning In Showmanship.......2001-08-22
This is one of the best books that I've found that explains grooming your horse step by step - not only for the show ring, but for everyday maintenance. Ms. Harris details breed protocols for the show ring (good news for the novice showman!). Did you know that it is considered bad form to braid the hunter on the left side of the neck, and vice versa for western pleasure horses? From achieving that showring bloom to step by step braiding guides, this book is a must for any competetive horseman's book collection!
Very Comprehensive.......2001-06-02
From body clipping to everyday grooming, Ms. Harris has provided an excellent reference for everyone from the first-time exhibitor to seasoned professionals. She covers nearly every riding discipline imaginable, going over grooming procedures for each in a thorough yet consice manner. Her explanations are easy to translate into technique and the book offers many illustrations. This book makes for excellent reading for the novice and a wonderful referrence for the more experienced horse groom.
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Football card collectors won?t find better coverage of the
hobby anywhere else! This new edition from Tuff Stuff?, the
pricing leaders of sports cards and collectibles, and Krause
Publications, the official collectibles publication partner of the
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The sports world moves fast and changes rapidly, and so do
the market values for sports collectibles. It?s vital that
collectors have up-to-date pricing for their cards, and with this
reference they can consult the standard guide for sets and card
values (low and high) based on market activity. This book?s
complete coverage details nearly every known football card
released since 1894 ? over 3,200 sets! Collectors will find
values for more than 500,000 cards, over 4,000 photos
displaying both rare and popular cards.
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Painting China for Pleasure and Profit
Ruth Little
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Painting Chibna for Pleasure and Profit.......2005-08-26
This book is very informative...the lady knows her stuff. I have learned so much from this book!!!
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Edward is invited to a swimming party, but he isn't quite ready to give up his water wings. Through this lovable bear cub, children learn that not everybody is ready for the same things at the same time.
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Title: Piscinas: hongos al acecho. (información sobre los hongos)(TT: Swimming pools: fungi lying in wait) (TA: information about fungi)
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Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 16, 1997
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
Issue: n642
Page: p82(2)
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- Twenty years of covering business
- Visual symbols of America's burgeoning industrial society
- Views of the Early Vision for Fortune Magazine
- The Art of Business
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Fortune: The Art of Covering Business
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Twenty years of covering business.......2002-09-22
Fortune magazine, for many years, had the luxury of using eye-catching graphics on its covers unrelated to the contents inside. This rather unusual arrangement was because most copies were on subscription to the folks who ran the nation's business and any newsstand sales were a bonus. The fact that it did not have to use its cover to compete with other magazines for sales allowed the various Art Editors to go for great illustrations from the leading graphic artists of the day.
All the covers from the first issue in February 1930 to December 1950 are shown in this lovely designed and printed book, either one to a page or four to a page (I felt the four to a page ones could have been a little bigger) and each year starts on a page with a few news items and some stats about business. The magazine's owner Henry Luce chose Tom Cleland to art edit the first issue and he came up with a rather ugly format for the covers, a double frame devise, the logo was in one and the illustration in another, I think this heavy framing design rather spoils the early covers and fortunately by 1942 it was dropped.
Daniel Okrent explains in his short introduction that cover artists were chosen for their creativity, some of the best graphic artists commissioned included Fred Ludekens, Erik Nitsche, A M Cassandre, Joseph Binder, George Gusti, John Atherton and Lester Beal. Although artists from the fine arts were also used, such as Ben Shahn, Fernand Leger, Charles Sheeler and Diego Rivera I don't think these covers work as well because their work is not suited to the constraints of commercial graphics.
By 1950 Fortune, now a very successful business monthly and making Henry Luce even richer, changed its editorial focus into a magazine that Luce said should "...assist in the successful development of American business enterprise at home and abroad." Covers now had to work harder as other business weeklies and monthlies all competed for the CEO's time and the luxury of a stunning cover image for its own sake had gone. This lovely book shows you the best of Fortune covers.
***FOR AN INSIDE LOOK click 'customer images' under the cover.
Visual symbols of America's burgeoning industrial society.......2001-10-15
Fortune: The Art Of Covering Business is a compendium of cover art drawn from past issues of Fortune magazine in celebration of its 70th anniversary. These covers are reproduced in full color and span the magazine from 1930 to 1950. Informatively enhanced with a Foreword by John Huey and an Historical Essay by Daniel Okrent, Fortune: The Art Of Covering Business is a welcome celebration drawing from a spectrum of artistic talents who provided visual symbols of America's burgeoning industrial society on the cover of one of the nation's most influential and prestigious magazines.
Views of the Early Vision for Fortune Magazine.......2000-11-30
Henry Luce, the cofounder of Time Magazine, decided to launch Fortune after the market crash in 1929. He priced it at a dollar a copy (about ten dollars in today's currency value), and set out to make it the best possible magazine.
In the publisher's eyes (as taken from an advertising brochure), American business "has importance -- even majesty -- so the magazine . . . will look and feel important -- even majestic." " . . . [E]very page will be a work of art." Luce went on to say, "[T]he new magazine will be as beautiful as exists in the United States. If possible, the undisputed most beautiful."
Early staff members often later became famous poets and authors (such as Archibald MacLeish and James Agee) who worked just enough to earn a living, and then went back to their poetry. Luce found it easier to teach poets about business than to teach those who knew about business how to write.
The essays contain many rewarding stories. One of the best is how Thomas Maitland Cleland designed the first cover by sketching it upside down on a tablecloth in a speakeasy for the editor, Parker Lloyd-Smith. The original tablecloth, complete with drawing, is still mountained in the Time-Life building.
Some of the famous cover artists included Diego Rivera and Fernande Leger. In those days, the cover was independent of the stories in the issue. The cover was simply to attract attention and to encourage thought. If you remember early Saturday Evening Post covers by Norman Rockwell, you will get the idea.
By 1948, the vision changed. Luce wanted Fortune professionalized. The new concept was for "a magazine with a mission . . . to assist in the successful development of American business enterprise at home and abroad." By 1950, the artful covers were gone.
Now I must admit here that I found the covers displayed to be primarily of interest as reflecting social attitudes toward business. So I found these images to be like Monet's Gare St. Lazare, except without the appeal of Monet's technique. Frankly, the art did not move me or appeal to me except for one Leger cover. Perhaps the art will speak more to you. I graded the book down one star accordingly.
A value to me in this book was stopping to think about how much business has changed in the last 71 years, since Fortune was founded. That was "before Social Security, . . . the sitdown strikes of the thirties, . . . the creation of the SEC." " . . . [D]isclosure requirements for public companies were virtually nonexistent." As a result, companies didn't tell anybody anything. So it was a pretty bold idea to write about business. Contrast that with out information overload of data about every possible business and economic angle. What a difference!
How much time do you spend obtaining business information now? How can that be reduced while increasing your effectiveness? Perhaps, like the Fortune art, you can get an overview that will connect with what needs to be done . . . and found a great American business in the process like Fortune Magazine did.
When was the last time a bunch of 20-somethings started a new business that featured art and majesty, as Luce and his colleagues did? Aren't we overdue for some quality again?
Take in the big picture!
The Art of Business.......2000-03-03
The history of business can be seen through the covers of Fortune magazine. One can see how business has changed from 1930 to 1950 month by month. The art work is excellent and is a historcial reference of economic and industrial changes in North America and the world. There is some interesting reading, as well.
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Elston and Me: The Story of the First Black Yankee (Sports and American Culture Series)
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A Fantastic and Inspiring Book.......2005-04-13
A Fantastic and Inspiring Book. Elston Howard was a great man who had guts and charisma. This is a must read for ALL baseball fans and even non baseball fans! Enjoy!
AN EXCELLENT READ.......2002-10-20
MRS HOWARD AND MR WIMBISH DO A SUPERB JOB IN TELLING THE LIFE AND CAREER OF FORMER YANKEE GREAT ELSTON HOWARD. ELSTON DESERVED A MUCH LONGER LIFE. THIS IS WRITTEN WITH MUCH HONESTY AND SENSITIVTY. . FROM THE JIM CROWE LAWS TO ARROGANCE AND PREJUDICE, ELSTON HOWARD FACED MANY BARRIERS ALONG THE WAY TO STARDOM. HE WAS QUITE A PLAYER AND DESERVED MUCH MORE RECOGNITION. THIS BOOK BEAUTIFULLY DESCRIBES THE TRADGEDY, TURMOIL, AND TRIUMPHS THAT CAME TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY. A MUST READ FOR ALL YANKEE FANS AND HISTORIANS OF BASBALL. A GREAT READ.
A book for all sports fans and then some.......2002-02-17
I enjoyed this book tremendously. It's not just a well written story, but it seems to give true insight to life inside the Yankees during one the franchise's most notable eras. Mickey, Yogi, Elston and company made history together. Arlene stood tall in her role as the first black Yankee wife and Elston prevailed with honor and sportsmanship during these difficult transitional years. Mrs. Howard and Mr. Wimbish's collaboration deserves kudos and more readers. Even long suffering Red Sox fans (just like me!) won't be disappointed.
Baseball History at its Best!.......2002-01-16
The story of Elston Howard's climb through the baseball ranks during the height of the Jim Crowe laws is not to be missed by anyone who likes baseball or history. His widow Arlene sees his great rise and tragic end to a debilitating disease with the eyes of an old-fashioned story-teller: passionate and dispassionate, an actor on the stage and an observer from the audience. A must read for baseball fans, black history buffs, and those who want to know what it was like to live inside a separate America during one of its greatest and worst eras.
A True Piece of American History.......2002-01-11
For those of us who grew up in the 50's with the Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants all in New York, it is a great story evocative of those days told from with a fine eye and keen perspective. A must read for young and old alike - a story that should never be forgotten. Elston Howard's widow is direct and unsparing in this straight forward narrative of their life together with Baseball.
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