Biodiversity in Canada: Ecology, Ideas, and Action

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The natives call it simply "the City." This is the story of the changing face of San Francisco, and how it has become one of the most picturesque cities in the world. Seventy modern color photographs are compared side-by-side with seventy archival photographs from the 1850s to the 1950s. While focusing on famous vistas and familiar landmarks, it also explores well-known neighborhoods. The Then and Now series includes: New York, Washington, Boston, and San Francisco.

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Excellent Series of Books.......2007-09-25

These are a great series of books, I own each of my Favorite cities in the US. Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco. It is really cool to see old pictures of the cities compared to current pictures.

A great book.......2007-09-09

San Francisco is by far my favorite book of the 3 that i collect in books. I had this book once before but I think I lost it but I was glad I brought it back. This is why I buy most of my stuff from Amazon because you are a speedy service and my deliveries always deliver in short time. This book shows lots of pics of SF like in the 30s and 40s. I read the book a lot. Get this book today.

Beautiful.......2007-07-21

I'm writing a book set during the Earthquake, and being able to compare current buildings with historical ones is a great help to me getting my bearings on the location. This book is simply beautiful.

A Yenne for the past.......2003-12-31

Bill Yenne's photographic essay about the similarities and differences between San Francisco's past and present is one of several "past and present" photographic themes published by Thunder Bay Press involving a number of prominent American cities.

But a pictorial retrospective and current-day snapshot (this book was actually published in 1998) of The City is particularly interesting, not only in light of San Francisco's unique history in the annals of this country, but also in light of how San Franciscans today see themselves in relation to the rest of the country.

I would have liked to have seen included a picture of old Seals Stadium, which adorned the corners of 16th and Bryant Streets in Portrero Hill for so many years as home to the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League (and as home to the Giants in 1958 and 1959). But a "now" picture of the Safeway Shopping Center and Old Navy outlet that are on that corner now might have appeared too drab or too forlorn by comparison.

Otherwise, Yenne's color photographs of the present are quite beautiful, but equally impressive are the black-and-white photographs of the past taken by largely unknown photographers. A remarkable amount of detail is preserved in those old grainy-black-and-whites.

Yenne gives us a few briefly-worded captions for the purpose of pointing out some specific similarity or difference between two or more photos in a given set, but as a good human camera should, he wisely refrains from any further comment.

Included in this essay is an "old" view (circa 1935) looking east from the top of Nob Hill between Sacramento and California Streets. The Russ Building, San Francisco's tallest skyscraper (31 stories or about 400 feet high) is visible in this shot, but also clearly visible is the San Francisco Bay, including the suspension cables on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, now in the middle of construction.

When Yenne shoots his contemporary photo from the same angle, the Russ Building is now dwarfed by a number of newer structures, including the 853-foot Transamerica Pyramid and the 779-foot black granite Bank of America headquarters, and the bay is hardly visible at all. Other skyscrapers have joined the collage, and now, incredibly enough, no portion of the Bay Bridge can be seen.

Moreover, in other old pictures facing the same direction, the waterfront is, as Yenne says, "alive with tugs, ferries, and other vessels". But in contemporary photos, "the waterfront (is) now much quieter".

There are still, thank heavens, some fishing boats in Fisherman's Wharf in which commercial fisherman seek their catch with the same dogged patience that the DiMaggio family did almost 100 years ago. Moreover, Alioto's, Fisherman's Grotto, and Tarantino's restaurants adjoin the wharf in both the black-and-white "then" and the color "now" photos. But otherwise, the tugs, ferries and other vessels, sailing toward or away from the various piers have been largely replaced by pleasure craft. Gentrification anyone?

The photos also tell a story of the disappearance of most of the cable car traffic that once traversed the City, and of course, everyone knows that the remaining cable car lines are kept only for the benefit of the tourists. The City's haughtiness towards outsiders doesn't entail an aversion toward tourist dollars, after all.

But no self-respecting chablis-drinking San Franciscan would be caught dead in one of those contraptions today. The late Herb Caen or whoever has since replaced Caen as the dean of Bay Area boorishness would laugh out of town any San Francisco native uncool enough to ride one of those things.

It's hard to imagine San Francisco's "in" crowd today enjoying anything as bourgeois and middle-American as an amusement park either, but Yenne is able to locate some old photos of a Coney Island-like amusement park called Playland-At-The-Beach that once adorned Fulton and Balboa Streets during a less pretentious San Francisco era.

Maybe time, population growth, economic growth, and recovery from two major earthquakes made some change inevitable. But the old and new photographs largely tell a story of a city striving maniacally to grow faster than anyone else, often at the expense of much of the beauty and charm that it once possessed. A city whose denizens claim to be unlike anywhere else ultimately aped New York City and other metropolitan areas in the frenzy of its development and in much of its resulting physical appearance. Does San Francisco's arrogant provincialism mask a latent inferiority complex?

Maybe the most illustrative set of "then and now" photos are the two views looking west from California and Kearney Streets. In 1880, next to Old St. Mary's Cathedral on the north side of the street is a combination apartment complex/restaurant called the California House, and Yenne explains that it was one of the City's favorite eateries, noted for "fresh oysters in every style".

Old St. Mary's still rests on the north side of California Street in Yenne's contemporary color photograph, but upon the site of the California House now rests the 33-story Hartford Insurance Building.

St. Francis wept.

See for your self.......2003-12-21

When visiting S.F., one couldn't help wonder about the history of this "young city". When walking the Embarcadero, reading all the "history stands", you wish you could go back in time and see what it was really like. I did just that, when i bougth this book. It made it possible to visit some of the buildings that still exists and visit places that once was.
If you want to make your visit more interesting, you should buy this book prior to your actually visit.
The photographs is excellent and the accompanying notes helps you to imagine was it was like to live in S.F. then and to realize what it has become.

Book Description

There’s no denying the charm of San Francisco, a city perched on rolling hills, where “little cable cars climb half-way to the stars.” With dramatic vistas at every turn, the Pacific Ocean to the West and Bay to the East, its geography and cityscape is like no other place on Earth.
This unique book features a selection of dramatic photos taken before, during, and after the 1906 Earthquake and fire.
Filled with amazing then-and-now photographs of the City’s notable attractions, including cable cars, the Ferry Building, Palace of Fine Arts, Transamerica Pyramid, and Mission Dolores, the oldest building in SF.
San Francisco’s most beloved landmark gets the royal treatment. See the Golden Gate Bridge during construction in 1934, and how it looks today.
Condé Nast Traveler readers vote San Francisco as one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations year after year. This new compact edition of our best-seller is sure to make a great gift or souvenir for everyone who’s left their heart here.

San Francisco Bay Area Then and Now (Then and Now Series)

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San Francisco Bay Area Then and Now (Then and Now Series)
Victoria Schlesinger
Manufacturer: Thunder Bay Press (CA)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1571459820

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San Francisco Then and Now
Roland Morgan
Manufacturer: Altarinda+books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0888750102

San Francisco: The Way It Was Then and Now

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San Francisco: The Way It Was Then and Now
Phyllis Zauner
Manufacturer: Zanel Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0936914041

The Alhambra Valley trestle: Then and now : a centennial

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The Alhambra Valley trestle: Then and now : a centennial
John A Keibel
Manufacturer: Printed by U.S. Print
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006RFV1A

San Francisco Then & Now (Then & Now Series)

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San Francisco Then & Now (Then & Now Series)
Bill Yenne
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MU84TC

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It's hard to top a book that Amazon.com ranked among the top-selling 2 percent of all books in print, but this revised edition does just that by adding a huge new crop of recent designs to its previous collection, creating a deluxe, full-color volume packed with 2,500 superior logo designs.

This reliable, one-stop resource shows the best work of top graphics designers from more than five hundred firms across the United States. A treasure trove of inspiring ideas and ongoing reference for anyone concerned with logo design for corporations, retail establishments, restaurants, entertainment venues, and organizations of all kinds, this book also definitely belongs near the drawing board of any student who is seriously preparing for a graphics design career.

Customer Reviews:

A Worthy Catalog Filled With Design Ideas and Concepts.......2002-03-04

David E. Carter has published shelves full of books on design and creative applications. The New Big Book of Logos is a valuable addition to anyone's swipe file. If you're looking for yet another array of by-gone days in corporate identity, then this is NOT the book for your money. Frankly, I'm tired of books filled with thoroughly worn-out antique icons (clip art) of corporate entities. This book and it's predecessor are fresh and valuable to the creative mind for the wealth of ideas taken from unknown and uncommon identities. For the purpose of looking at others' work as something to analyze, pull-apart, and re-assemble into something new and completely different, this book is a gold mine of creative opportunities. Your money is well-spent on anything David E. Carter produces.

ShoeShineBoy.......2002-02-28

I don't know why anyone would need to buy another logo book after buying this one. It's chock-full of logos. Certainly, they are not all gems...but there's enough good ideas in there to get your own brain stimulated.

In reference to the guy who was disappointed in this book because it didn't have recognizable, big brand logos (Shell, McDonalds, etc..) my question is "why would you want that?" Why would you want a book filled with marks everyone knows so well that they see them in their sleep. Give me fresh stuff! Stuff I haven't seen! And, yes, this means stuff from big markets as well as small. Why is a logo for a small maket any less valid? Why does distribution suddenly equal rellevancy? Maybe you should go back to design school to figure this out.

The Big Book of Repetitive, Cheap and Dated Clip Art.......2001-11-16

This could have has SO much potential - it could have dealt with famous brands in the last 100+years such as Shell, BP, Bell, AT&T, IBM, Coke, Pepsi, Sony, Audi, BMW, McDonalds, Procter and Gamble, Microsoft, etc etc - there are so many famous and excellent brands. And they are International we all know them, but it would be nice to have a book covering them all and some more obscure ones.

But this book isn't in that league at all. This is the big book of early 90's clip art. Most of the designs are horribly dated, with sickly pastel colours, overly complex motifs etc. They are all much the same and certainly don't stand out on the page.

Obviously they are all Americentric, but worse they are all small-town Americentric. The cutesy clip art for the 10th Anniverary Snowy Creek Cub Spelling Bee, or Grand Street, Middletown, Nowheresville 3rd Annual Street Parade and the like have no value or merit outside of that institution. And that goes for 90% of the clip art...sorry logos. The work on offer is wholly unprofessional and bland. Managing to fill 400 odd pages with such mediocre work is quite remarkable.

After having read through this book I opted for How to Design Logos, Symbols and Icons - at least it had some quality, recognisable brands in it.

Thre's inspiration here for EVERY logo designer........2000-11-18

OK. You're trying to come up with a logo design for your new client. You're stuck. What do you do? If you're lucky, you have this book handy, and you can flip through nearly 400 pages and about 2,500 logo designs from creatives all over the world. Suddnely, you see something you like. You don't copy it, but you get an idea from what you just saw. That's why you buy books like this. Ideas "spring" from other ideas.

Will you love every logo in this book? Of course not. That's not its purpose. Diferent designers from all over the world have greatly varying styles. But one thing for sure, you'll see enough "great" work in here to lift you to new heights of creativity. (And guess what, much of the stuff that you think is "so-so," others will think is "great." That's what makes life interesting. Quite simply, if you design logos, you should have this book on your reference shelf.

Inspiration for mediocrity........2000-11-15

I bought this book the same day I bought the beautifully-bound "Trademarks designed by Chermayeff & Geismar" (Princeton Architectural Press). I plan to use them both in a presentation to show what 40 years of good, solid design can do versus a Big Book of Hack. This is indeed a big book, but when David E. Carter refers to these logos as "great" he is really deceiving the growing designers in his audience. And when he goes so far as "To paraphrase W.P. Kinsella, 'Publish it and they will buy.'" his intentions become frighteningly transparent. If you truly want to be inspired, learn from the legends. For the same amount of money you can own the Chermayeff & Geismar book. I gave it two stars, but that's mostly for effort.

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NEW BIG BOOK OF LOGOS
DAVID E CARTER
Manufacturer: Collins Design
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OF2P8G

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New Big Book of Logos
David E Carter
Manufacturer: HARPER COLLINS 7 WOR
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K3Y2EC

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Decent overall dog book

insight to the GSD temperment

Understanding the German Shepherd Dog
John Cree
Manufacturer: Crowood Press, Limited, The
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1861263422

Customer Reviews:

Decent overall dog book.......2003-09-10

This book was OK but didn't dazzle me with German Shepherd specific insights. I found my "Golden Retrievers for Dummies" to be much better organized. I grew tired of constantly reading the author's quaint stories of he and his German Shepherds frolicking through the green pastures of Europe. Get to the point, please!

insight to the GSD temperment.......2000-11-11

This is not a "how to train" your dog book, but a book to help one understand (as it's title indicates) the nature of the GSD. Unlike many books about a specfic breed, this book includes information about problems and traits that can become problems, not just the good things about the breed. John Cree's use of personal examples makes his points memorable as well as making the book enjoyable reading. I wish I had had this book when I had my first GSD as it would have helped me better understand her. I would definitly recommend this book for someone considering buying a GSD. But more experienced GSD owners will enjoy and benifit from this book also.

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The gardens and landscapes designed by Fernando Caruncho, based in Madrid, are spectacular contemporary creations based on ancient principles and elements of garden art: geometry and symmetry; stone and water; bay, box, cypress, and olive. Caruncho's designs emerge from the great garden traditions of Spain where he was born and educated and undertook his first commissions. This monograph, the first published on his work, includes spectacular photographs of 23 gardens, as well as beautiful images of his plans and drawings.

Caruncho discusses his design philosophy and influences in a substantial interview with the authors. The garden-academies of ancient Greek philosophers - along with his own study of Greek and Roman philosophy - proved a significant source of inspiration. Important historic gardens - the Alhambra, the great 14th century Spanish palace; Zen-inspired Japanese gardens; the Boboli Gardens of 16th century Florence; and French formal gardens designed by André Le Nôtre and others - were equally consequential.

Featured in this volume are private and public gardens throughout Spain - Madrid, Bilbao, Barcelona, Majorca, and elsewhere - and one in Biarritz, France. Ranging from small urban spaces to grand country estates and even to a spectacular landscape formed entirely of wheat, Caruncho's garden designs combine influences from the past and present in masterly compositions that exemplify the formal garden for the new millennium.

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A Study Of Landscape As A Facet Of The Imagination.......2001-08-15

Mirrors of Paradise is a truly inspired presentation of a diverse sampling of Fernando Caruncho's architectural genius writ large on the landscape. A highly imaginative gardener by disposition, Caruncho possesses an idiosyncratic eye for wrinkles in the formal geometry of what is usually mundane. And the capacity to ingeniously comment on what he observes through design innovations which exhibit both wit and poignancy. To take but one example of this phenomena, in the Ollauri Garden which was designed in the mid nineteen-eighties, where a traditional water jet might be placed in the middle of numerous individual fountains making up a large flat reflecting pool, Caruncho plants single tall cypress trees in stone troughs. What a revelation this transformation of the ordinary creates! Such touches of imaginative whimsy permeate this man's work. But it is not caprice for its own sake. Every action is deliberate and conveys meaning. Every formal element tells a story. Mirrors Of Paradise is exceptionally well-designed, well-written, and contains a wealth of photographic images that do great justice to a man's work which is visually stunning, intellectually sophisticated and imaginatively pure.

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This digital document is a journal article from Economics Letters, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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It is well known that in standard I(1) cointegration, the timing of variables in the cointegrating relation does not interfere with the cointegration property, whereas in an I(2) framework, it may. We show that, in a general (fractional) CI(d,b) model, it is the reduction in integration orders, b, implied by cointegration that determines whether timing matters, and not the integration order of the observed variables. We also derive implications of noncontemporaneous cointegration in both the time and frequency domains.

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"The Other Shore" is the real story of Dvir who was brought up in western culture and on April 1988 traveled to India, determined not to come back the same man. The young man finds himself in a forgotten world of simplicity and a slow pace, where the only vehicle to take him through life is trust. He studies with the illustrious Dagar family who had preserved the sacred music of India for 20 generations. In his search he encounters Vivek Muni, a young and unusual sage and feels drawn to him by a mysterious force. The young sage takes him as his adopted son on a journey to the mysterious world of the Indian seers and mystics. Dvir learns to speak the Hindi language fluently, and starts to move in India almost unrecognized as a foreigner. All along the way, Dvir's inner world is shaken apart, as he struggles to find that "real thing" which he came to look for. When the clock shows that he had spent three years and three months in India he feels it is time to go back home; the "deep plunge" he took into India made in him a bridge between the western and eastern cultures. He returns with a new spirit.

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