Sverdlovsk Oblast Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment & Business Guides)

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Sverdlovsk Oblast Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment & Business Guides)
USA International Business Publications
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
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Binding: Library Binding
ASIN: 0739730193

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This investment and business guide contains basic information on economy, business & investment climate and opportunities in the region, as well as information on selected export-import, business and investment opportunities, including, export-import, industrial development, banking & finance, government and business contacts. The guide also provides listing and contact information for major industrial, trade, service and other companies in the region, as well as information on selected export-import, business and investment opportunities.

Sverdlovsk Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide (World Country Study Guide Library)

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Sverdlovsk Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide (World Country Study Guide Library)

Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA
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ASIN: 0739790218

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Includes: Colonial Core and Fort Canning, Chinatown, the Financial District, Kampong Glam, Little India, Orchard Road, and the outer areas.

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Eyewitness Guides.......2007-06-27

In my opinion, the "Eyewitness Guides" are a must reading whenever my wife and I travel to a location we've never been before.
In addition to the usual tourist information they present great background on the history and culture of the area. This particular guide was no exception.
Well worth the money by adding immeasurably to the trip.

A must-bring.......2007-06-17

If you ever go to Singapore, don't forget to bring this book. Even if you have been there many times (I have), you will always find new and interesting sights to visit and new information you didn't know about. What I like most is the detailed map section that covers most of the central city, that is the part you would want to visit as a tourist anyway. The street-by-street pictorial maps are excellent, but not always true to detail. The general index (for looking up things) is very good. However, on the downside, I would have liked to see more budget options in the "where to stay"-chapter. Nevertheless, probably the best guidebook to buy.

Excellent Travel Guide.......2007-02-22

I needed a travel guide to help me with my first trip to Singapore. The Eyewitness guides have consistently been the best for me. They contain a good mix of historical information and practical guidance, and the graphics are excellent (I keep my Eyewitness travel guides as souveniers so I can remember all the things I did on my trips and their pictures are usually better than mine). The writing is interesting and informative - not too technical and not too "touristy". For the Singapore edition, the mapping, directions and information were particularly helpful and accurate. Singapore is not a large place but it has a mountain of things to do and see, so it is important to have an accurate guide that breaks things down into specific geographic sections as well as into subject matter. This book does just that. I highly recommend this guide to any traveller heading to Singapore.

Singapore Brought to Life.......2004-01-29

Seduced as I am by the highly glossy, supremely compact and wonderfuly illustrated DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, I suppose I am somewhat biased as a reviewer. The combination of succinct text, numerous useful details, spectacular photographs, eyecatching 3-D graphical images, and user-friendly maps make the Eyewitness Travel Guides uniquely useful, distinctive and even collectable. The new Singapore book is no exception to these considerations, so much so, I wish I had it my disposal when I visited there last year, if only for the invaluable details it provides. Now shortly before leaving for Singapore once again, I have recently acquired this book, and it has whetted my appetite, by reminding me of the places, the colors, the smells, the greenery, the heat, and the vibrancy I had already experienced. It has also made it quite clear, exactly how much I missed last time, particularly in terms of wildlife reserves, museums, and galleries. The book contains a brief, but informative overview of the history and multi-cultural nature of this exciting island country. As with other titles in the series, the guide enables the user-traveler to gain maximum benefit from his or her visit, by highlighting THE places to visit, and what to expect from these experiences. If I have any criticisms of this, and indeed with many other Eyewitness Travel Guides, it is a shade small, with tiny text font, and it is a tad too short for my liking. But I guess they have to fit comfortably into your pocket, and, in any case, you cannot have too much of a good thing, otherwise you may just stay at home and gloat over the marvellous pictures.

Malaysia and Singapore (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

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Malaysia and Singapore (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
DK Publishing
Manufacturer: DK Travel
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0756628350
Release Date: 2007-12-17

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Eyewitness Travel Guide to Singapore
DK Travel Writers
Manufacturer: DK Travel
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0789455447

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The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you!

Rich in history and tradition, the island of Singapore has become the gem of Southeast Asia and DK's Eyewitness Guide: Singapore will show you how to get around one of the world's best economic miracles. Visit the shops and cafes on Trengganu Street in Chinatown, the world famous Raffles Hotel, the sculpture park in Fort Canning Park, and the ethnic enclave of Kampong Glam. Four guided walks take you through Mount Faber Park, the back streets of old Geylang and Katong, the beaches of East Coast Park, and the colonial houses in Ridley Park. With over 750 photographs, street-by-street maps, and unique cutaway illustrations there is no need to purchase any other guide.

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The Best Available.......2005-12-24

I first came across these books traveling to Europe and I own almost 20 of these guides. I will be going to Singapore this year so I bought the DK guide, naturally!

The photos are in bright stunning color and leap from the pages. There are history time lines, references to historical and political development, architecture, museums, maps, culture, restaurants, places to stay. Very complete. Just a great book.

Let me elaborate a little bit. There are a number of other travel books - and some guides are mainly just text. I like some photographs and color. A picture is worth 1000 words. The visuals are just stunning in the DK books. This book about Singapore is no exception. Like all other DK books it has maps, and drawings, and numerous stunning photos of art, architecture, city scenes, etc. This book also has a section unique to Singapore - it has a special section on foods with many dishes all (again) in wonderful color photographs. Just an excellent job.

Highly recommend and makes for a good souvenir.

best guide book ever.......2002-07-13

This is the best guide book i have ever bought. It helped me get through my whole trip in singapore, I would have been totally lost without it.

Great.......2001-06-03

I love all Eyewitness guides and was not disappointed with this one. Full of details, full of pictures and very well organized. Just great...

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Designed for the first financial accounting course at four-year colleges and universities, Financial Accounting, 2e is unique in approach, in that it not only considers GAAP in its valuation of financial statements, but also considers the economic valuation.

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Waste of $$$.......2006-01-05

This is a badly written book due to the attempt of using Ivy League elucidations for topics that should be told straightforward in terms of simple language. It also doesn't help to use end-of-the-book topics as examples or part of discussions in the early part of the book. In the end, this book causes more damage and confusion for someone attempting to learn the basic concepts of accounting for the first time.

Pretty bad.......2005-10-28

Antle, being caught up in his own Yale-educated thesaurus, fails to explicitly reiterate Financial topics that may be lost to less familiar students. Fortunately, I had another book on the same topic that served as a mentor through a horrid and fast paced class on said suibject, while this one failed miserably. It also is missing certain topics that other books cover.

not for beginners.......2005-10-24

I bought this book mainly due to its conciseness(350 pages of text), since I'm a computer science student and only hope to get some basic ideas on accounting. However, I find it takes even longer to get through this book than a double-sized, but friendly-written textbook. I have to admit the accuracy and conciseness of the way that definitions and explanations are given; unfortunately, those words are no more comprehensible than the GAAP lines. Real-world financial reports are given from beginning to end, but lacks clear explanations, leaving readers pondering over the exact meaning of each newly-confronted item. It does have merits, and that's the emphasis on the correspondence between economic and accounting concepts, which is more profound than most other books. Maybe this book is a good refresher, but it's definitely not for novices. I hope it hadn't been my first accounting book. Frustrated, I turned to another book written by Horngren (Financial Accounting and Cisco Report Package, 8e), and that turns out to be the right primer for me

--A reader from China

Questions, Exercises, Problems, And Cases: Financial Accounting

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Questions, Exercises, Problems, And Cases: Financial Accounting
Rick Antle
Manufacturer: Thomson Learning
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Masters, Questions, Exercises, Problems And Cases To Accompany Financial Accounting

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Masters, Questions, Exercises, Problems And Cases To Accompany Financial Accounting
Rick Antle
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ASIN: 0324270453

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Too many wrong solutions.......2007-08-10

A major issue with this text, is that there are too many errors in the solution key for the book, thus making it much more difficult to understand the material then it ought to be.

Financial Accounting: Questions, Exercises, Problems, and Cases

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Questions, Exercises, Problems, And Cases: Financial Accounting
Rick Antle
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ASIN: B000OUBZ8W

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Rick Antle
Manufacturer: South-Western Pub
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"Dave Nance's personality animates this volume and makes it interesting reading. His writings display a sense of humor and a youthful longing for adventure mitigated by a growing devotion to God based on his experiences with the suffering he encountered as a soldier. Gallaway, in viewing the war through the eyes of a sensitive young man, has provided an important source in nineteenth-century social history. Significantly, the narrative reveals the contrast between the formal accounts of the battles found in the Official Records and the vivid, sometimes exaggerated, impressions of a common soldier. This book is a valuable addition to the growing field that intertwines social and military history. Gallaway's study of Nance enhances our understanding of how the war affected the men who fought." --Southwestern Historical Quarterly Here is the adventurous, eloquent, true story of David Carey Nance-- a young Texas farmer caught up in the carnage of the Civil War as a soldier in William H. Parsons' Texas Cavalry. In presenting Nance's story, Gallaway gives not only a history of a Confederate soldier but also a personal treatise of a young man who, fired by unexpected experiences, becomes vehemently antiwar. He also sheds new light on one of the most famous mounted units in the service of the Confederacy, Parsons' Texas Cavalry Brigade, and presents a vivid picture of the Civil War as fought west of the Mississippi.

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It was a great insight to the good people of the South.......1999-11-17

Well I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it painted a very realistic picture of the mainstream people of the South, that they were good honest, God fearing people, and had more common sense than the people up North. Also, that they weren't cruel slave-beaters like most history books depict them to be. The man put 14 years of research into this book, and so the accuracy of it is unquestionable. I highly recommend anyone to read it, it is only 135 pages long, short enough for anyone.

Rare Insight into Life as Confederate Soldier.......1999-10-15

This is the story of David Carey Nance, a young Texas farmer caught up in the Civil War as soldier in William H. Parsons' Texas cavalry. This not only the story of a Confederate soldier but it also sheds new light on one of the most famous mounted units in the service of the Confederacy.

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This second supplement to DALB, the Dictionary of American Library Biography (1978), adds 77 notable, deceased members of the library and archival communities to the 302 entries in the main volume and the 51 entries in the first supplement (1990). The second supplement includes primarily those figures who died between 1987 and the end of the year 2000, though some 13 entries provide sketches for notable persons whose death dates are somewhat earlier and who were not included in earlier works. Among the entries are a number of African Americans, and nearly one-half of the entries are women. Some 80 contributors from the United States and Canada provided sketches, many based on original source material. This supplement follows the practice and format of the earlier volumes, though it allows presidents of the American Library Association to compete for inclusion with other nominations.

Brief lives, obscure motives?(Dictionary of American Library Biography. Second Supplement)(Book Review): An article from: The Australian Library Journal

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Brief lives, obscure motives?(Dictionary of American Library Biography. Second Supplement)(Book Review): An article from: The Australian Library Journal
Edward Reid-Smith
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This digital document is an article from The Australian Library Journal, published by Australian Library and Information Association on May 1, 2004. The length of the article is 584 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Brief lives, obscure motives?(Dictionary of American Library Biography. Second Supplement)(Book Review)
Author: Edward Reid-Smith
Publication: The Australian Library Journal (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2004
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Volume: 53 Issue: 2 Page: 217(2)

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This comprehensive biography of George Gershwin (1898-1937) unravels the myths surrounding one of America's most celebrated composers and establishes the enduring value of his music. Gershwin created some of the most beloved music of the twentieth century and, along with Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter, helped make the golden age of Broadway golden. Howard Pollack draws from a wealth of sketches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, books, articles, recordings, films, and other materials--including a large cache of Gershwin scores discovered in a Warner Brothers warehouse in 1982--to create an expansive chronicle of Gershwin's meteoric rise to fame. He also traces Gershwin's powerful presence that, even today, extends from Broadway, jazz clubs, and film scores to symphony halls and opera houses.
Pollack's lively narrative describes Gershwin's family, childhood, and education; his early career as a pianist; his friendships and romantic life; his relation to various musical trends; his writings on music; his working methods; and his tragic death at the age of 38. Unlike Kern, Berlin, and Porter, who mostly worked within the confines of Broadway and Hollywood, Gershwin actively sought to cross the boundaries between high and low, and wrote works that crossed over into a realm where art music, jazz, and Broadway met and merged. The author surveys Gershwin's entire oeuvre, from his first surviving compositions to the melodies that his brother and principal collaborator, Ira Gershwin, lyricized after his death. Pollack concludes with an exploration of the performances and critical reception of Gershwin's music over the years, from his time to ours.

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Genius writes about genius.......2007-05-11

We usually apply the term genius to the subject of a biography. With the writing of Howard Pollack, one can also apply that term to the biographer.

When I first heard that Pollack was at work on a biography of Gershwin, I was saddened to think that he would be devoting his time to someone who had been the subject of so many biographies. I thought, what else was there to be said about Gershwin, but when I recalled the balanced and thoroughly considered approach he brought to his biography of Copland, I was curious to read what he would write. Not only was I not disappointed, I was overwhelmed.

Pollack does not question the actions of his subjects, he reports and tells a story, leaving the reader to make his or her own judgements. There is no attempt to sensationalize anything as he lets the facts speak for themselves. Pollack treats his subjects with the greatest respect without losing sight of their humanity. He brings great dignity to his writing and to his subjects.

His use of the language is transparent. You are never slowed down by his words. When he writes about music, Pollack has a remarkable ability to engage both the musician and non-musician alike. As with his volume on Copland, you sense he knows the music so well that he can intuit what the composer intended with each new work. He seeks out so much of the related material one would think he has devoted his entire life to the study of his subjects. You are aware of the detail, but not overwhelmed or encumbered by it.

I found the quotes from Michael Feinstein to be very informative. Feinstein, is not only the great exponent of popular music of the tradition of Gershwin, Kern, Berlin, et al; he is also one of the most informed in the music of that period. The time Feinstein spent as Ira Gershwin's assistant lends credibility to his perspective and recollections, and adds great insight to both the humanity and the music of Gershwin.

This volume is as close to an encapsulation of Gershwin's life and works as one could hope to find in words.

THE Gershwin study.......2006-12-06

Gershwin buffs, run, don't walk to get this book. Pollack has written the definitive study of both "The Life" and "The Work," as per his two fat sections.

Pollack's book is, for one, the first Gershwin bio that takes advantage of the discovery of mountains of original orchestra parts for Golden Age musical theatre scores in a Secaucus warehouse in the early eighties. As such, Pollack analyzes Gershwin's theatre scores closely just as classical music scholars can attend to Mozart or Haydn's works.

Earlier bios could only address the scores largely on the basis of the songs from each score that happened to be published as sheet music, with only a handful of the scores then existing as full piano-vocal scores or as latter-day abridged and heavily adapted recordings. But over the past two decades, most of Gershwin's significant scores have been recorded in full from the discovered materials, such that via these recordings as well as examining the original materials himself, Pollack can address the work as it was presented when it was new, i.e. chorus numbers, character songs not published as sheets, incidental music, etc. Given that musicals constituted the bulk of Gershwin's output in his short life, this alone makes Pollack's book invaluable.

In addition, some Gershwin bios have been written by people focused on pulling him down, devoted to revealing him as an undereducated, boorish parvenu (i.e. the ones by Charles Schwartz and Joan Peyser). Pollack's sleuthing and interviews conclusively demonstrate that these evaluations were incorrect: Gershwin pursued serious musical training throughout his life, it shows in his work, and socially, he was a beloved, charming person who was deeply mourned at his death.

Pollack has truly done his homework, such that just about any question one might have about Gershwin is exhaustively answered. For each show he chronicles not only the score and its critical reception in New York, but also its London and even Australian versions if there were any, all of the revivals across the US, and its recordings -- and he does this even starting with the obscure early efforts. He is equally thorough re Gershwin's concert music.

It should be said that those seeking further engagement with the raison d'etre of Joan Peyser's THE MEMORY OF ALL THAT, the story that Gershwin fathered a love child with a chorus girl and paid him and his mother off to keep it quiet, will not be satisfied. Pollack briefly addresses objections to that thesis from some quarters since Peyser's book was published -- but, in my view, neglects the rather damning facts that 1) said love child looks exactly like Gershwin and 2)was supported in his claim to have made regular visits to Gershwin's apartment by none other than Gershwin's valet. As such, one must consult various sources pre- and post-Peyser to come to conclusions about that issue. One suspects that Pollack, having been granted interviews from surviving keepers of the Gershwin flame, opted on that particular subject to step around giving offense. He is not to be faulted for this.

It should also be said, however, that inevitably of a work so dazzlingly complete, this book is not one most people would want to read from front to back. It is, in its way, a reference book set in prose. There are times when Pollack seems almost obsessive -- such as bringing vast study to bear upon locating the purchase by Gershwin's parents of a piano in precisely late 1910, or letting us know (based on a chance message from abroad) that OH, KAY played in translation in Sweden, or informing us via close examination of the original arrangement of RHAPSODY IN BLUE -- not later arrangements, but the original one, mind you -- that one player doubled on bass and tuba.

But this degree of obsession is what real scholarship is, and though for most it will be a book to jump around in than to read page for page, Pollack has given us an authoritative masterpiece. I am in awe of the man, and happy to have this one on my shelves forever.

George Gershwin His Journey To Greatness The Life and Music of

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George Gershwin His Journey To Greatness The Life and Music of
David Ewen
Manufacturer: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover
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"A Musical Genius, Without A Doubt"
Just the facts

George Gershwin: His Life and Music
Ean Wood
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Publishing, Ltd.
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ASIN: 1860741746

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The story of arguable America's most famous composer.

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"A Musical Genius, Without A Doubt".......2006-11-28

"This young fellow has the spark of musical genius, which is definite in his serious moods, he has the fire of originality. I really believe that America will at no distant date honor him for his talent and that when we speak of American composers, George Gershwin's name will be prominent on our list." ~ Beryl Rubenstein, concert pianist and faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music, from an interview in 1922 ~

This book, "George Gershwin: His Life & Music" by Ean Wood is one of the most interesting and informative books ever written about the composer's musical career as well as his short but so remarkable life. This book gives details about his family, his first job as a pianist/song plugger at Jerome H Remick & Co., his life in the entertainment world, his most notable Broadway shows, and his most famous masterpiece and an excellent work of art, "Rhapsody In Blue," which he composed in ten days.

It has been noted that Jerome Kern was the one who inspired George Gershwin to switch from pop songs to Broadway musicals. Irving Berlin, a brilliant songwriter himself was also an inspiration to Gershwin, who was born with two supreme gifts - the ability to write memorable tunes and an instinct for setting them with rich and unexpected harmonies.

Gershwin's success as a composer comes from his being passionate about music, his obsessive drive to create music, his swift musical development, his keen listening habits, his love of piano playing, his love for classical concerts, his continuous search for musical knowledge, his love of listening to music of every genre, and most of all his excellent musical instinct. He was revered and adored by his music teacher, Charles Hambitzer, who described him as a musical genius, without a doubt.

"George Gershwin made the piano do things for him ... not only he played what was written, he was improvising all the time. He could make the piano laugh, make it sad, he loved the keys, he loved to experiment. He was original." ~ Mabel Pleshette, friend ~

What I admired most about Gershwin apart from his wonderful music is his love of painting. His art mentor was his cousin, Henry Botkin, a respected painter and art connoisseur who gave him advice in choosing paintings. Gershwin had an incredible collection of modern art in America. Some of his favorite painters are also my very own favorites, i.e. Marc Chagall and Pablo Picasso. He had tried his creative hands on painting and portraiture was always his specialty. Somebody had told Gershwin at a dinner party that "he never needs to write another note, because he could make a fortune with his palette and brush." One lady asked him: "Isn't it amazing that one man should possess a genius for two of the arts?" But to him, painting is more a mere pastime. Writing music was his first and foremost love.

He was also portrayed as someone who "in many ways led a spartan existence." He rarely drank and smoked cigars in moderation. He was like an athlete and had always liked to keep fit. The permanent fixtures in his apartment were a small gym, a punch ball, a rowing machine and a dartboard. Not to mention of course a small silver upright piano that was a gift to him.

Gershwin's circle of close friends includes writers, composers and lyricists like Vernon Duke, Arthur Kober and Howard Dietz. They were called the "Paley Salon." They meet regularly every Sunday for a dinner at Gershwin's apartment and discussed art and music. Oscar Levant, whose hero was Gershwin, also became a prominent member of the "Paley Salon." He also recorded "Rhapsody In Blue" so beautifully and he put his heart completely to it and giving it a whole range of feelings. When the record was released, he waited for a feedback from Gershwin and when he didn't hear from him, he took the initiative to call him. Gershwin asked him to bring the record for him to listen to and after listening to it, the verdict was, "I like mine better."

"No man can be great unless he loves music." ~ Max Levant (father) as told to Oscar Levant (son) ~

Although Gershwin died young at the age of 38, he made an incredible mark in the history of audio visual arts - writing good music and painting. After his death, 37 of his original paintings were exhibited at a one-man-show at the Harriman Gallery in New York, as one of his wishes. He had written over 1,000 songs for theatre and motion pictures and about 40 musical comedy scores. His music is timeless and will be heard and appreciated by every generation.

This is one of the best ever biographies I've read and I wholeheartedly recommend it.

"George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don't have to believe it if I don't want to." ~ John O'Hara ~

Just the facts.......2001-01-09

I'm not a musicologist or a Gershwin expert, but I was hoping to find a bio about him that would really enthrall me. This one didn't, but I'm not sure any of the ones available about him would. Chronologically tracing his life and works, this book summarizes major plots, themes, and players in a fairly cut and dried fashion. To a Gershwin newcomer, all the words start to run together after awhile, and I would imagine that a Gershwin fan might find all the recaps a bit trying. Wood does give some interesting tidbits along the way, like how Gershwin and Ellington collaborated without ever managing to exchange a word in their lifetime, but you'll have to wade through the summaries and what-happened-whens to get to them. If you're looking for a good biography to curl up with, I couldn't recommend this one. If you're specifically looking to learn about Gershwin, though, this may be as good a place to start as any. Gershwin doesn't seem to have been a well-documented (or documenting) character, despite his celebrity. Given that, Wood's work may do as comprehensively concise a study as one could hope for.

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Clueless.

Gershwin, his life and music
Charles Schwartz
Manufacturer: Bobbs-Merrill Co
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ASIN: 0672516624

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Clueless........2006-05-23

Composer Charles Schwartz has chosen to write a book about a writer for whom he has little respect. Furthermore, his indifference to most of Gershwin's music (he generously excepts Rhapsody in Blue) carries over into near-personal animosity. He seems to look for any stick with which to beat the composer. At times, I get the extremely strong impression of envy morphing into hurt. He repeats the story of Gershwin's "illegitimate son," talks about his supposed repressed homosexuality, all the while adding nothing new to old charges that would allow us to decide the truth one way or the other. I could forgive him all this, however, if he showed any indication that he understood the appeal of Gershwin's music -- other than, of course, that the composer's fans are musical philistines. In his own music, Schwartz creates a jazz-cum-classical idiom, and he faults Gershwin for not being True to Real Jazz, as if that's the only way jazz could be used -- that would be news to Milhaud, Martinu, Ravel, and Tippett, by the way. There are just too many a priori barriers between Schwartz's critical judgment and Gershwin's music. In the end, you learn very little about either Gershwin or his music, and in predictable prose, besides. By the way, I'm not related to the author.

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The Forunate Four & Other Journeys of the Heart is a collection of true heartwarming stories of love, romance, adventure, and the dreams of youth.

Your journey will begin with four young women on their incredible nine-week trip across the country in the summer of 1935 and will end with four other young women as they bury their dreams beneath the Lake Street Bridge in 1924. Tucked between these pages are over 25 more true stories about the journeys of spirited women. There will be laughter there may be tears. Enjoy the journey!

The Fortunate Four is a celebration of women whose journeys carried them through much of the twentieth century. Their stories, filled with love, destiny, adventure, and lifelong friendships, will brighten your day and give you a sense of connection with those who traveled before you.

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Nice read!.......2005-06-12

Have you ever snuggled next to your Grandmother on the sofa as she gently patted your hand and talked about her adventures as a young girl? Or sat across the kitchen table from your favorite aunt, and while you sipped your steaming cup of tea, her eyes twinkled as she described her first love?

That is how I felt reading The Fortunate Four and Other Journeys of the Heart. Joy Kuby has interviewed women who have experienced most of what the 20th century had to offer. She has taken their stories, and sometimes their journal entries and precious love letters, and has shared them with her readers. Through the repetition of these ordinary stories you are reminded that no life is ordinary; that every life is filled with miracles and courage and is touched with love.

It is clear that Kuby cares deeply for each woman, and she marvels as they move through the Great Depression and World War II, building lives rich in experience and adventure. At the end of your life, Kuby is told, it is your memories that remain. And that is the challenge for each of us, to create memories of our own to cherish.

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