The Life And Heroic Deeds Of Admiral Dewey

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Originally published in 1899 -- giddy with excitement over the US victory in the Philippines, publishers rushed to print books like this, with a brief bio of Dewey and many, many photos of scenes as diverse as a native Filipino flower girl with a mountain of skulls on the facing page. Includes material on history and government of the Philippines, war poetry, and more. Some quotes from the original preface:

"Admiral Dewey won the battle of Manila, and gained the most brilliant naval victory known to history. This grand achievement startled the civilized world, and made him the idol of his countrymen."

"His magnificent career is portrayed in this volume. It furnishes a vivid description of him from his boyhood to the time when he sent the Spanish fleet to destruction."

"His heroic exploits in the Civil War under Admiral Farragut are fully depicted."

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Life And Heroic Deeds of Admiral Dewey
Louis Stanley Young
Manufacturer: Standard Manufacturing Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OIM86M

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Life and Heroic Deeds of Admiral Dewey and Battles in the Phillipines
Louis Stanley Young
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W11FXS

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life and heroic deeds of admiral dewey including battles in the philippines
louis stanley young with henry davenport northrop
Manufacturer: globe bible pub co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000LX4WYG

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Life and heroic deeds of Admiral Dewey including battles in the Philippines: Together with thrilling accounts of our great victories in the Philippines, ... their cities, towns, natural scenery, etc
Louis Stanley Young
Manufacturer: C.R. Parish & Co
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Philippines | Asia | History | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0008ADZPE

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Life and heroic deeds of Admiral Dewey: Including battles in the Philippines
Louis Stanley Young
Manufacturer: Globe Bible Pub. Co
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Philippines | Asia | History | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B00087NQ56

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Life and heroic deeds of Admiral Dewey: Including battles in the Philippines ... together with thrilling accounts of our great victories in the Philippines
Louis Stanley Young
Manufacturer: Russell
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B000863RFQ

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Life and heroic deeds of Admiral Dewey: Including battles in the Philippines ... together with thrilling accounts of our great victories in the Philippines ... collaboration with Henry Davenport Northrop
Louis Stanley Young
Manufacturer: Monroe Book Co
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Life & Heroic Deeds of Admiral Dewey
Louis Stanley Young
Manufacturer: WHITAKER & RAY CO
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N784TE

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In 1957 Gordon Gould, then an obscure physicist and perennial graduate student, conceived one of the revolutionary inventions of the twentieth century -- the laser. But before he could submit a patent application, a prominent professor of physics whose office was next door to Gould's filed his own laser patent claims. Gould fought to reclaim the rights to his work, beginning a battle that would last nearly thirty years. Many millions of dollars, as well as the integrity of scientific claims, were at stake in the litigation that ensued. Laser is Gould's story -- and an eye-opening look at the patent process in America, the nexus of the worlds of business and science.

Gould was struggling to finish his Ph.D. thesis when he struck upon the concept for the laser, or Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Light waves, Gould realized, would form a single concentrated beam when reflected between two mirrors inside a gas-filled chamber. Even as he was sketching his invention, Gould foresaw the tremendous potential of the laser in industry, communications, and the military. For three days he feverishly documented his ideas in a notebook, which he had notarized in a candy store near his Bronx apartment.

A small technology firm took a great interest in Gould's laser and soon won a Defense Department contract to develop lasers for the military. Ironically, Gould was denied a security clearance because of his past communist associations, and so was unable to work on his own invention. He could only watch from the sidelines as colleagues tried to build a working laser in a desperate race with larger, better-funded research labs.

Meanwhile, Gould's rival, Charles Townes, had everything that Gould lacked, most notably important academic and government appointments and esteem in the scientific community. In the dispute between the two men, few doubted Townes's word, while nearly everyone scoffed at Gould's claims. But Gould's determination was unyielding, and he fought everyone who stood in his way, including the U.S. Patent Office, major corporations, and the entire laser industry, until he finally won. Gordon Gould, the courts ruled, had invented the laser.

Laser is a grand story of technology and law. Nick Taylor has extensively interviewed Gould as well as other key participants in the battle over the laser's invention and patents. In this riveting account of genius, rivalry, and greed, he shows just how difficult it is for the legendary lone inventor to prevail when the license to a valuable invention is at stake.

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The fascinating true story of Gordon Gould's successful thirty-year struggle to assert himself as the rightful inventor of the laser -- and a myth-shattering, behind-the-scenes account of the American patent process. The insight struck Gould with the force of revelation. He sat bolt upright in bed, marveling at its perfection. Soon he was at his desk, writing at the top of a page in his laboratory notebook, "Some rough calculations on the feasibility of a "Laser": Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation". So began the invention of the laser in 1957, a machine that changed industry, medicine and science, and much of modern life. Gordon Gould was a graduate student with a checkered past and a yen to invent, but he had a blind spot when it came to patent rights. And when a respected professor with an office next to Gould's electrified the scientific world with his own claims on the laser, Gould was in for the fight of a lifetime. For the next thirty years, Gould battled the U.S. Patent Office and manufacturers to enforce his rights as the laser's inventor. Rebuffed, he was even denied security clearance to work on his own invention because of a Communist background before finally being vindicated. Though gripping courtroom scenes, Laser tells of scientific rivalry, academic jealousy, and political intrigue during the McCarthy era. Nick Taylor provides startling insight into the patent process and reveals how government researchers and corporations have stolen the business and profits of discovery from the small inventor.

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Well written; accurate; exciting look at real world invention.......2005-10-26

If you ever had a fantasy about being the first to invent something completely revolutionary, outside of a corporate setting, and then getting a patent and having the industry come to you to get permission to make the invention, you must read this book, which will give you a rude reality check.

Having talked to experts about this book, the book is accurate about the patent process and the book is fair about giving credit to others who Gould used to come up with the laser (principally, Townes, who invented the maser, a predecessor of the laser, which works with microwaves).

The book gives a good scorecard of who are the major players.

The terrors of a Patent Office "interference" practice comes to light, and the bias of bureaucracy when they want to dig in their heels and favor one side over the other, simply because of bureaucratic inertia and spite.

The only downside is the book had one passage that was repeated verbatim, which means it was not carefully proofed, at least the copy I had.

The book makes one factual mistake: it says that under the new law, with the term of a patent being not 17 years from when the patent issues but 20 years from when the patent is filed, would have avoided Gould's problem (he had to wait 30 years to get his patent, with a lot of uncertainty). Actually however, the Patent Office today still has the potential for what Gould's problem was: it's called "interference", when two inventors legally claim to have invented the same thing. This was the heart of Gould's problem, with the Patent Office taking sides with other inventors who filed before Gould even though Gould had invented certain aspects of the laser first (the critical amplifier portion of a laser). Even today the Patent Office has a 'first to invent' not a 'first to file' system, unlike the rest of the world, supposedly to protect the small inventor.

much misunderstanding.......2005-04-12

Taylor's book attests to the difficulties and perils that individual inventors face, when they have few resources. Of course, rarely is the invention under dispute as pivotal as the laser, which is one of the distinguishing tools of the 20th century.

Several other reviewers have commented that Townes, Maiman,and Schawlow made huge contributions to the field. Yes, but not the invention of the laser. Their contributions came afterwards. Nor were those later contributions under contention by Gould. So when a reviewer makes the above remarks, it is a non-sequiter. Either the reviewer has totally misunderstood the book, or he is deliberately introducing irrelevancies because he can't get around the basic point.

This point was established after long litigation. Gould had clearly conceived of the idea, and had it timestamped. Under longstanding US Patent rules, that idea and its timestamp trumped all others.

Another point mentioned by several reviewers was that Ted Maiman at Hughes Research Labs was the first to reduce it to practice. That is, he was the first to make a functioning laser. But for decades, it has not been a requirement of the US Patent Office that the reduction to practice is necessary in order to be awarded a patent. This wasn't just some rule made up especially for Gould to benefit from. The gist of being awarded a patent is that you have to describe the invention in sufficient detail for someone skilled in the art to construct it. You [the inventor] do NOT have to construct it. Someone ELSE must be able to do so.

Think about it. In general, it is a key property of a patent. That not only the inventor, but someone else can produce the invention. A patent is not a secret recipe.

An inside look at invention and the patent process.......2002-07-13

This is a fascinating story. It takes the reader on a revealing ride through the sometimes mysterious world of physicists and inventors, patents, and the personal pain of losing "first rights." It doesn't stop there, however, but tells of a remarkable decades-long battle by G. Gould to uphold his 1959 patent and collect his "pot of gold"--the royalties now associated with the use of laser technologies.

Keep in mind that the story is interesting partly because it favors the viewpoint of "the little guy winning out in the end." In fact, the historical record has revealed many other sides that are not documented in "Laser," perhaps because of space or because the author didn't want to break the tempo of the narrative.

Some of the information not fully documented in "Laser" includes 1957 conversations between Gould and Townes about patent processes and technology and the fact that Gould has admitted he had access to Townes' and Schawlow's laser designs circulated late in 1958. There are also questions surrounding the claimed "classified" nature of Gould's projects for TRG. All of which would make good reading.

Hopefully Taylor's book will interest enough readers that the publisher will let the author update the record, showing that there are even more sides to this amazing story--that Gould was an ambitious graduate student partly motivated by a desire for fame and fortune.

If you're looking for a readable insight into the motivation for invention, the patent system, and mankind's determined quest for the honor to be called first, you will enjoy this book. And, with luck, perhaps there will be an update with the as-yet-undocumented twists and turns that make up "the rest of the story".

Courtroom Combat in TechTown.......2001-08-17

I had heard intriguing snippets about the strange story of Gordon Gould and the laser, so this book went automatically onto my reading list as soon as I learned that Taylor had written it.

If the laser were an ordinary device like the phonograph or the sewing machine, its undisputed father would be Theodore Maiman of Hughes Aircraft, who designed and built the first operational example (a strobe-pumped ruby rod) in 1960. In the realm of highly scientific inventions, however, things are not so straightforward. The line of credit, including honors and prizes, tends to favor the people who first publish guiding principles, whether or not they actually get anything to work. In the U.S. this point of view spills over into patents, and the initial winner in the race for a broad laser patent was not Maiman but Charles Townes, a distinguished physicist who had invented the maser (a coherent microwave amplifier) and published ideas for extending the concept to visible frequencies, i.e. creating an optical maser.

In 1957 a late-blooming Columbia graduate student named Gordon Gould was suddenly struck by an inspiration for solving the optical maser problem. He subsequently made a number of mistakes in judgment, but failing to document his work was not one of them. He carefully recorded his ideas in a signed and witnessed lab notebook. He even anticipated the acronym "LASER" (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation). Ironically, one of the professors he occasionally interacted with was Charles Townes.

Taylor's book covers the three-decade saga of Gordon Gould's fight for recognition by the United States Patent Office. In a sense the story pits a classic "loser" (Gould) against a classic "winner" (Townes). In the end, neither of those stereotypes matter. The final outcome is governed only by facts on record, the communication skills of the principals and their lawyers, and the sometimes murky mental processes of patent examiners and judges. The twists and turns that lead to that outcome, as expertly navigated by the author, provide a pretty good primer in practical patent law as well as in the basics of laser technology. The human side of the seemingly luckless Gould is also vividly explored. We see that he is usually underestimated by those who don't know him well, and admired by those who do.

The author is not neutral, but he is convincing, and also conscientious about providing a good factual basis for the reader to judge whether or not this landmark intellectual property case was justly decided.

O.J. SimpsonAlso Won in Court.......2001-02-05

Legal victory is not always a guarantee of truth. Sure, David going up against Goliath to win millions of dollars makes for a great read. In this case, however, it simply didn't happen that way. Schawlow, Townes, Maiman, et al. have contributed many, many other things to the field (in fact, Schawlow's Nobel was for research primarily in the 1970's). What has Gould done? He spent his time villifying and stealing credit (Schawlow and Townes never received royalty payments on the laser because of contractual obligations to Bell Labs). The best way to read this book is as a biased work of fiction.

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Instant Emotional Healing: Acupressure for the Emotions by George J. Pratt, Ph.D. and Peter T. Lambrou, Ph.D.

Excellent material, beautifully written, easily understood

Amazing hints

Suggestion is very powerful

Great book for those in need and for health maintenance

Instant Emotional Healing: Acupressure for the Emotions
George Pratt , and Peter Lambrou
Manufacturer: Broadway
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0767903927
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Does your fear of flying make travel with friends and family impossible? Are you having trouble coping with the loss of a loved one or forgiving yourself for a mistake you made long ago? For the millions of people who suffer from phobias, anxieties, or distressing emotions such as anger, guilt, and grief, the breakthrough science of Thought Field Therapy--an easy-to-use practice often referred to as "acupressure for the emotions"--can make a remarkable difference. In this groundbreaking new book, psychologists Peter Lambrou and George Pratt, two pioneers in this emerging field, make their highly effective techniques available to everyone through simple step-by-step exercises that anyone can use to treat everyday emotional roadblocks with immediate and permanent results.

Thought Field Therapy is a revolutionary blend of Western psychotherapy and Chinese medicine that uses the body's meridian energy systems to treat emotional issues that can take years to unravel through traditional, talk-based therapy. A combination of breathing and relaxation exercises, affirmations, and tapping specific pressure points on the body, Thought Field Therapy can instantly eliminate problems such as a fear of flying, public speaking, addictive urges, or painful emotions such as embarrassment or regret.

Drs. Lambrou and Pratt, who practice at the prestigious Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California, have used these techniques on over six thousand patients with a 95 percent success rate, teaching their methods to business executives, professional athletes, and celebrities. Instant Emotional Healing explores the science behind Thought Field Therapy, and presents easy-to-follow exercises that will enable you to master the breathing techniques, focused-thought exercises, and tapping methods that can restore complete emotional balance, relaxation, and well-being in a matter of minutes. You will learn how to quickly remedy emotional problems such as rage, negativity, loneliness, and fear.

As the doctors show, Thought Field Therapy is revolutionizing the way we think about and handle our emotions. Instant Emotional Healing allows you to experience this amazingly simple, astonishingly effective practice for yourself--and open the door to a lifetime of emotional control and well-being.

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Instant Emotional Healing: Acupressure for the Emotions by George J. Pratt, Ph.D. and Peter T. Lambrou, Ph.D........2007-10-04

My review is short and sweet. This book is fantastic. If you're open,
willing and ready for effective positive change, buy this book,learn the information and apply it. 5 STARS!

Excellent material, beautifully written, easily understood.......2007-08-25

I highly recommend this book which explains the theories and practice of tapping your way to emotional freedom.

Amazing hints.......2007-07-10

I read this book on the advice of others and found it to be fascinating in its content. Do not be mislead by the title. The contents are helpful and link cognitive therapy with hands-on mrthods.

Suggestion is very powerful.......2007-03-30

There is no evidence that Thought Field Therapy does what it claims. Suggestion and placebo are powerful agents of healing, indeed. But, according to the American Psychological Association, TFT is an approach which "lacks a scientific basis." There have been no studies which prove its effectiveness.

Granted, as a placebo, it works extremely well, in that it includes a highly ritualized series of exercises which makes extraordinary claims, which creates a high expectation and thus gives results. However, this cannot be seen as a trustworthy treatment for serious problems.

Use good judgment, do your own research, and don't trust anecdotal evidence. Pseudoscience does not have a place in standardized treatment, period.

Great book for those in need and for health maintenance.......2007-01-09

This book is very impressive. I bought 10 copies of it awhile back and have given it to my loved ones and family. Given the right mindset, this book can help nearly any pyschological issue or long-standing emotional issue. It has remarkable powers for those willing to utilize its exercises. Its a must buy for anyone interested in healing or maintaining good mental health.

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Not necessarily for the layperson

Not for beginners

Hoping for more info on making vinegar at home

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WOW ---- every thing you wanted to know about vinegar

Vinegar: The User Friendly Standard Text Reference and Guide to Appreciating, Making, and Enjoying Vinegar
Lawrence J. Diggs
Manufacturer: Authors Choice Press
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Binding: Paperback

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Herbal Vinegar: Flavored Vinegars, Mustards, Chutneys, Preserves, Conserves, Salsas, Cosmetic Uses, Household Tips

The Best 50 Flavored Oils and Vinegars (Best 50)

ASIN: 059514716X

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Vinegar is one of the most common, yet unique and wonderful, substances known to mankind.

Think for a moment. What other substance can you name that can be found on the shelves of kitchens all over the world and in small villages as well as large cities? what else can be used almost irrespective of cultural or religious belief, as food, medicine, beauty aid, cleaner, and preservative? And finally, what other substance with all its uses, complexities and varieties can be simply, safely, and economically made at home? I know of none except vinegar.

This book will attempt to cover the subject of vinegar well enough to live up to its title "Vinegar, the standard text and reference and guide, etc." To keept the book as exciting as vinegar itself, much of the scientific jargon has been distilled away. That which remains is quite necessary to truly understand vinegar. Many photos and diagrams have been included to make it even more enjoyable.

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Not necessarily for the layperson.......2007-10-11

This author really knows and cares about vinegar. However, as a guide for beginners, this book is not useful at all, and it's not very fun to read. It is poorly written, with typos and grammatical errors on nearly every page.

Not for beginners.......2006-04-08

Lawrence Diggs is, in all likelyhood, the most knowledgable vinegar enthusiast in this country; but that doesn't make this a great book. It's a problem of editing and clarity, it just isn't written for laymen and the writing is often off-kilter. Additionally, it's directed at an audience who already knows how to make vinegar but wants to fine-tune production.

I found it to be immensely helpful in tweaking my vinegars, adjusting acidity and preventing infections... but if I only had this book I wouldn't have known where to start in the first place.

The bottom line is if you want to learn to make vinegar you are better off with The Joy of Cooking or How to Cook Everything; when you're ready to take your Vinegar making to the next level this is the book to read.

Hoping for more info on making vinegar at home.......2006-03-10

Although this is a very thorough book on the subject of vinegar it focuses primarily on industrial production and very, very little on making it yourself at home. I was hoping it would be more along the lines of a book explaining how to brew beer, which is a hobby I enjoy.

save you money.......2004-12-14

This book offers almost no information beyond what you get from a good google search. The whole chapter on balsamic vinegar is just plain wrong. And its not even printed up to modern standards. The author doesn't appear to know better; the publisher should be ashamed.

WOW ---- every thing you wanted to know about vinegar.......2002-06-01

The book is well written and covers everything I wanted to know about vinegar. Who knew there was so much to know? The vinegar man did. The research, as reflected by end notes and bibliography, is immense. If I want to know more, I can take the references and spend years in study. Lucky for me, the vinegar man has done it for all of us. If you are into zymurgy, or have dabbled in making vinegar read this book.

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For beginning and advanced sewers, this book reveals simple ways to achieve a professional-looking tailored blazer, coat, or jacket.

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Easiest way to put together a tailored jacket........1998-12-30

This book provides the information and different methods to create a tailored jacket. Step by step instructions from the cutting to the assembling, a very interesting book and can be used with any other books on tailoring. This book also shows you how you can have a very expensive looking wardrobe without having to spend too much money.

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Easy Easier Easiest Tailoring

Manufacturer: Palmer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GQNVRM

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Easy Easier Easiest Tailoring
Pati Palmer
Manufacturer: Palmer/Pletsch Assoc, Portland, ME
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O7UTVE

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Easy, Easier, Easiest Tailoring
Pati; Pletsch, Susan , Illustrated By Pris Palmer
Manufacturer: Palmer/Pletsch Associates
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OWRWI2

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EASY, EASIER, EASIEST TAILORING

Manufacturer: Palmer/Pletsch
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H443GQ

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Easy, Easier, Easiest Tailoring
Pati; Peltsch, Susan Palmer
Manufacturer: Palmer Pletsch Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NX1ZAI

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Great book on Cholesterol.......1998-05-07

This is an excellent book on the subject of how to control cholesterol. The book is clearly written and it thoroughly explains the mechanism of cholesterol metabolism to the layman.

The various case studies are great too. The only criticism I have for the book is that it is not up to date in the latest treatments for high cholesterol.

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Painter, filmmaker, potter, calligrapher, ikebana master, designer, and impresario--Teshigahara is an artist in the fullest sense of the word. In Dore Ashton's sparkling account of Teshigahara's life and work, the artist shines as a seminal figure who has vaulted boundaries between the arts in a quest for new ways to express creativity. No discussion of postwar Japanese visual or cinematic arts can be complete without him.

It was perhaps inevitable that Teshigahara's life in art would be a quest for resolution: between past and present, inherited and avant-garde forms, Japanese tradition and Western innovation. As the son of the multi-talented artist and ikebana master Sofu, Teshigahara grew up with an acute consciousness of Japanese art history. Yet he reached maturity in the wake of World War II, and his artistic consciousness was forged in that crucible of intellectual and artistic energies where, with young talents like Kobo Abe and Segi Shinichi, he sought to rebuild a Japanese identity from the ashes of defeat.

His first medium was film--one of the few artistic domains unexplored by his father. The young Teshigahara established his name with documentaries, historical dramas, and adaptations of Abe's novels, most notably The Woman in the Dunes. During the 1960s he was the driving force behind Tokyo's alternative performance center, Sogetsu Hall. In the 1970s he broke new ground again, establishing a pottery at Echizen, only to succeed to the head of the Sofu ikebana school upon his father's death. With typical exuberance, Teshigahara has extended ikebana art to embrace bamboo and create applications for set design and installation. Meanwhile he continues his forays into other media.

Drawing on extensive firsthand and published sources, Dore Ashton traces the eclectic influences on Teshigahara. She clearly sets off the dynamic tensions at play in Teshigahara's work, and pays particular attention to his contemporarie--essential given the artist's collaborative spirit. The Delicate Thread is a fitting tribute to an exceptional artistic personality and a fine biography in its own right.

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Very on Western influence on post war Japanese art........1997-06-21

Ashton sees postwar Japanese art from an American point of view. She is very good on the influence of Japanese who studied in Europe and Americans who brought New York '60s avant-garde art to Japan. Unfortunately, she has little background in Japanese art, history, culture and society. And it shows-particularly in her views of ikebana.See CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE SCULPTURE by Janet Koplos for a MUCH better treatment of contemporary Japaneses art and its relation to the traditional culture

Book Description

The continuing success of this series, highly regarded by scholars and the general reader alike, has prompted The Japan Society to commission this fourth volume, devoted as before to the lives of key people, both British and Japanese, who have made significant contributions to the development of Anglo-Japanese relations. The appearance of this volume brings the number of portraits published to over one hundred.
The portraits cover diplomats (from Mori Arinori to Sir Francis Lindley), businessmen (from William Keswick to Lasenby Liberty), engineers and teachers (from W.E.Ayrton to Henry Spencer Palmer), scholars and writers (from Sir Edwin Arnold to Ivan Morris), as well as journalists, judo masters and the aviator Lord Semphill. In all, there are a total of 34 contributions.

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superb book.......2004-12-19

This is the fourth volume in a series. I contributed two chapters to this volume, so you might say I have a vested (but certainly not a financial!) interest. Anyway, this is a hugely important series on the history of Anglo-Japanese relations. At the time of writing this review (December 2004) Volume Five has just appeared, even bigger and (arguably) better! Anybody with an interest in the relations between these two island nations will enjoy and gain much from this book and the whole series.
The fifth volume is being officially launched by the Japan Society in London on January 18, 2005. On that date Sir Hugh Cortazzi is to lecture about the Japan Society's contribution to Japanese studies.

Ian Ruxton, co-author of "Japanese Students at Cambridge University in the Meiji Era", also available on amazon.com.

Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits (Britain & Japan)

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excellent work of scholarship

Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits (Britain & Japan)

Manufacturer: Global Oriental
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1901903486

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excellent work of scholarship.......2005-01-27

It is now 60 years since World War Two ended, and it is clear from this book that the relationship between Britain and Japan is much longer, deeper and stronger than the unhappy four years of war, 1941-45. This book is skilfully edited and divided into six main subject areas: Imperial personalities, diplomats, naval officers, businessmen, poets, long-term residents etc. Since I wrote one of the chapters (Ch. 6 about Suematsu Kencho) I am of course not without bias, but I strongly recommend this book as a must-have for anyone who is interested intellectually and/or professionally in Anglo-Japanese relations.

Ian Ruxton, co-author of "Japanese Students at Cambridge University in the Meiji Era", also available here on amazon.com.

Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits (Britain & Japan)

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scholarly and important work

Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits (Britain & Japan)
Ian Nish
Manufacturer: RoutledgeCurzon
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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scholarly and important work.......2005-01-02

This is the second book in a series which now extends to five volumes. The fifth volume is to be launched in London by the Japan Society on January 18, 2005. Sir Hugh Cortazzi will give a lecture about the Japan Society's contribution to Japanese studies.

Ian Ruxton, co-author of "Japanese Students at Cambridge University in the Meiji Era", also available here on amazon.com.

Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. III (Biographical Portraits)

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excellent research

Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. III (Biographical Portraits)
J E Hoare
Manufacturer: RoutledgeCurzon
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Binding: Hardcover

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excellent research.......2005-01-02

This is the third book in a series. The fifth volume was launched by the Japan Society in London on January 18, 2005 and the sixth is due out soon.

There is a great deal of serious and scholarly material here, though as a rugby fan I particularly enjoyed Chapter 27 by Alison Nish which explains Britain's contribution to the development of rugby in Japan.

Ian Ruxton, translator of "Japanese Students at Cambridge University in the Meiji Era" and "ULTIMATE CRUSH: Waseda University Rugby, Leadership and Building the Strongest Winning Team in Japan". (Both of these titles are available here on amazon.com.)

Britain and Japan - Bibliographic Portraits (Biographical Portraits) Vol II

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Britain and Japan - Bibliographic Portraits (Biographical Portraits) Vol II

Manufacturer: Japan Library
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H5YHWK

Britain and Japan : Biographical Portraits (Vol. I)

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Britain and Japan : Biographical Portraits (Vol. I)
Ian H. Nish
Manufacturer: Curzon Press Limited
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JJK8SQ

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