Handbook of Visual Analysis

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The Handbook of Visual Analysis is a rich methodological resource for students, academics, researchers and professionals interested in investigating the visual representation of socially significant issues.

The Handbook:

Offers a wide-range of methods for visual analysis: content analysis, historical analysis, structuralist analysis, iconography, psychoanalysis, social semiotic analysis, film analysis and ethnomethodology
Shows how each method can be applied for the purposes of specific research projects
Exemplifies each approach through detailed analyses of a variety of data, including, newspaper images, family photos, drawings, art works and cartoons
Includes examples from the authors' own research and professional practice

The Handbook of Visual Analysis , which demonstrates the importance of visual data within the social sciences offers an essential guide to those working in a range of disciplines including: media and communication studies, sociology, anthropology, education, psychoanalysis, and health studies.

Cruising America Online (Prima Visual Learning Guide)

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Cruising America Online (Prima Visual Learning Guide)
Grace Joely Beatty , and David C. Gardner
Manufacturer: Prima Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Visual Basic .NET Debugging Handbook
Jan Narkiewicz , and Thiru Thangarathinam
Manufacturer: Wrox Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1861007299

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How ever simple or complex the applications that you develop are they all have one thing in common, at sometime you'll need to debug them. In fact when you considering the large amount of time most developers spend debugging you'll realize that this is one of the most important day to day skills!

Visual Studio and the .NET Framework provide powerful tools to help you debug your applications. The book will look at the tools available and show you how to get the best out of them. This book does not just cover how to use the tools though, it looks at the problems that you encounter when debugging real world applications and also how to make your code easier to debug.

Weather your developing basic WinForms applications or complex multithreaded distributed applications, the techniques discussed in this book will save you time and make your code more robust.

Specifically this book will cover:

Visual Studio Debugging Basics
Remote Debugging
Debugging Multithreaded Applications
Exception and Error Handling
Debugging Support in the .NET Framework (such as the Debugger class)
Logging and Tracing
Debugging Class Libraries
Debugging Win Forms applications
Debugging Web Applications
Debugging Interop code
Legacy errors
Server Side Debugging
Command Line Debugging

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Note.......2004-07-16

This book was sold by Wrox to APress Publishing. The download code is found at: http://support.apress.com

Cruising America On-Line 2.5 (Prima Visual Learning Guide)

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Cruising America On-Line 2.5 (Prima Visual Learning Guide)
Grace Joely Beatty , David C. Gardner , and David A. Sauer
Manufacturer: Premier
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0761503021

The Developer's Handbook to DB2 for Common Servers (Mcgraw-Hill Series on Database Warehousing and Data Management)

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Excellent book with many samples
The best book on the market for the DB2 CS Developer!

The Developer's Handbook to DB2 for Common Servers (Mcgraw-Hill Series on Database Warehousing and Data Management)
Roger E. Sanders
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
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Binding: Hardcover

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Reviewed for accuracy by a team of IBM analysts and DB2 specialists, this authoritative, one-stop reference to development DB2/2 and DB2/6000 applications is the only comprehensive and up-to-date sourcebook on the latest versions of the red-hot database software that doubled its sales in the past year. Author Roger E. Sanders provides complete source code examples in this logically organized, impressively sized volume. He covers the underlying database architecture, application development fundamentals, and the latest tools for developing object-oriented DB2/2 and DB2/6000 database applications.

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Excellent book with many samples.......1999-11-06

This is an excellent reference book with plenty of samples in both C and C++ languages. However, the URL in the back cover of the book for electronic copy of all the samples is no longer active. According to the author, the web site is deactivated due to IBM no longer supports the Common Servers product, it would be better for the user to buy his new book(s).

The best book on the market for the DB2 CS Developer!.......1998-08-14

This book is well written and heavy on examples. The DB2 Developers Handbook was written by Roger becuase he was unhappy working with the documentation supplied by IBM. All his experiences are in this book. Excellent author - Excellent book.

Image analysis examinations.(Evidence Examinations): An article from: Handbook of Forensic Services

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Image analysis examinations.(Evidence Examinations): An article from: Handbook of Forensic Services

Manufacturer: Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Handbook of Forensic Services, published by Federal Bureau of Investigation on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 843 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: Image analysis examinations.(Evidence Examinations)
Publication: Handbook of Forensic Services (Report)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Page: 63

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Psychovisuals: A handbook of theory and visual analysis for photographers

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Psychovisuals: A handbook of theory and visual analysis for photographers
John Grady
Manufacturer: Pearson Custom
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0536674019

Psychovisuals: A handbook of visual analysis for photographers

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Psychovisuals: A handbook of visual analysis for photographers
John Grady
Manufacturer: Elgin Community College]
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ASIN: 0961331208

Handbook of Visual Languages for Instructional Design: Theories and Practices

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Handbook of Visual Languages for Instructional Design: Theories and Practices

Manufacturer: Information Science Reference
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Binding: Hardcover

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Psychovisuals : Handbook of Theory and Visual Analysis, Third Edition

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Psychovisuals : Handbook of Theory and Visual Analysis, Third Edition
John Grady
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0536587728

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Ambrose Bierce was born in 1842 and mysteriously disappeared in 1914. During his lifetime, he was a controversial and prolific writer, and there is growing interest in his works. As a Union soldier during the Civil War, he witnessed bloodshed and the atrocities of battle. After the war, he began a career as a journalist in San Francisco, where many of his newspaper columns were filled with venom and daring. In addition, he wrote war stories and tales of the supernatural, along with an assortment of poems. Today, he is probably best remembered as the author of The Devil's Dictionary, originally published as The Cynic's Dictionary in 1906. This reference is a guide to his life and writings. An opening essay overviews Bierce's contribution to literature and journalism, and a chronology summarizes the most important events in his life. The bulk of the Companion comprises alphabetically arranged entries on Bierce's major works and characters and on historical persons and writers who figured prominently in his life and career. Thus the volume provides coverage of Bierce's contemporaries, many of whom he satirized in his scathing newspaper columns. Many of the entries list works for further reading, and the book closes with a selected, general bibliography. Because of Bierce's concern with so many issues of his day, the volume offers a valuable perspective on American culture during the time in which he lived.

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An underwhelming effort.......2007-07-11

I was deeply disappointed by this book. The entries on individual stories don't provide basic bibliographical information about first publication or subsequent appearances. Entries consist of facile plot summaries with next to nothing by way of critical insight or biographical context. I'm astounded such a feeble work was even published. The work of S. T. Joshi on Bierce is far more substantial on both bibliographical and biographical issues. The only use for such a book as this is if you can't remember in which story a particular character appears.

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An Ambrose Bierce Companion:
Robert L. Gale
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MU7H54

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Civilizers: The Duvals of Texas from Virginia Through Kentucky and Florida
Roy L. Swift
Manufacturer: Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0890158401

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Through five generations as high judges, lawyers, writers, and explorers, the DuVals of Texas have made a solid contribution to Texas, rarely matched by any other single family in the Southwest.

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Following German reunification in 1990, East Germany's centrally planned economy was abolished and replaced by West Germany's social market economy. Western Germany has since provided vast financial support to aid the transformation, and enable eastern Germany to catch-up with western Germany's productivity and living standards. This book evaluates the main events and their outcomes since mid-1990 and the associated policy issues. The authors assess the medium to long term growth prospects of eastern Germany and the wider implications for western Germany and Europe. The Economics of German Unification analyses the economic process of assimilating eastern Germany into the institutions and performance levels of western Germany. It includes original research as well as providing an overview of existing literature. Among the topics discussed are: - the relative backwardness of East Germany's economy - the impact of monetary and economic integration - restructuring and privatization - labor market and industrial policy, including an analysis of wage restraint and cost reduction - the prospects for eastern Germany catching-up economically with western Germany - the repercussions for German competitiveness nationally and within the wider European context This book will be welcomed by academics, researchers and undergraduates interested in the economics of transition, comparative economic systems, political economy and the European business environment.

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If your last piece of golden-era Hollywood gossip is that Greta Garbo and Cecil Beaton kissed at a rooftop party, you need to steep yourself in William J. Mann's social history of gay Hollywood, a treasure trove of fresh anecdotes and observations of a period and place in which homosexuals enjoyed tremendous freedom and influence--within certain obvious limits. In choosing subjects for his study, Mann cast his net widely, hauling in a great number of uncelebrated but essential workers in the "queer" areas of the film industry--mainly costume design and props, but also writing, directing and acting. This is not principally a look at famous figures, in other words, but at a subculture as a whole, in which Dorothy Arzner, George Cukor, and Charles Laughton are just part of larger circles of gay life and work. Certain to become essential to gay film studies, Behind the Scenes provides a rich, accessible history of pre-Stonewall Hollywood. --Regina Marler

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Whether in or out of the closet, gays and lesbians played an essential role in shaping studio-era Hollywood. Gay actors (J. Warren Kerrigan, Marlene Dietrich, Rock Hudson), gay directors (George Cukor, James Whale, Dorothy Arzner), and gay set and costume designers (Adrian, Travis Banton, George James Hopkins) have been among the most influential individuals in Hollywood history and literally created the Hollywood mystique. This landmark study-based on seven years of exacting research and including unpublished memoirs, personal correspondence, oral histories, and scrapbooks-explores the experience of Hollywood's gays in the context of their times. Ranging from Hollywood's working conditions to the rowdy character of Los Angeles's gay underground, William J. Mann brings long overdue attention to every aspect of this powerful creative force.

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Fascinating & Filled With Wonderful Stories.......2006-12-18

This book is another winner by William Mann. His research and attention to detail is mind boggling. He takes us behind the PR and secrets of gay Hollywood and gives us a look at a sexy, provocative world. I couldn't put this book down. It is proof that if it weren't for gay men and lesbians Hollywood would have been lost and the movies we now treasure as classics would never have been made. Bravo again, Mr. Mann.

Could have been better..........2005-05-11

Much of this book is of the "he said/she said" mentality. Despite what the author claims, there isn't much to back up alot of what he claims are "facts." I was disappointed.

Excellent study of gays and lesbians in Hollywood.......2004-01-08

I found this book to be extremely interesting, and, ultimately, hard to forget. It is a well-researched account of what life was like in Hollywood for gays and lesbians, both pre-Code and post. While it is true that the book is comprehensive, and many, many people are discussed, I didn't find this to be problematic. They were not necessarily names which I recognized, but that was why I was reading the book. If I had a little trouble remembering who he was referring to in a given section, I let that go and read for content. What the people experienced. Why they did. How they felt about it.

The sheer volume of research Mr. Mann did is overwhelming, and necessary for this topic to be taken seriously. Very often, critics of gay and lesbian history books will claim that nothing is substantiated. Given the fact that some of these people were in the closet, therefore have left no documentation themselves, in my opinion, looking to other people who lived at the same time, who knew the people in question is just as valid as having a piece of paper which says, "I am gay/lesbian, and I loved 'X,' and I hid my orientation for 'Y' reason." It is unrealistic, in many cases, to expect that level of documentation, particularly with the generation of people the book talks about. Putting oneself into the closet in, say, 1935 (post-Hayes Code) meant that you *stayed* in the closet, for the rest of your life. That doesn't invalidate the experiences of the people who knew you, took photos of you, saw you and your lover behind closed doors, or at a party.

Mr. Mann put in untold hours of research, and when you look at the chapter notes, it's clear that the whole picture he presents is exactly that. He doesn't print mere rumour--there are a number of times when he doesn't "name names." What he does do is present his information, substantiated by any number of disparate sources, and gives it to the reader, straight out (so to speak). All of which, to me, is a valid way to deal with this subject. All of which made the book that much more valuable.

I found this book to be eminently readable. I could not put it down. I found a number of the stories heart-wrenching, and terribly sad (for example, Cary Grant and Randolph Scott's relationship). I found others to be uplifting. I learned about people I'd never heard of, and now, when I watch a movie from the 1930's, or 40's, I recognize names of set designers, and writers, and costume designers as *my* forefathers and foremothers (as Mr. Mann calls them).

I cannot recommend this book highly enough, for those of you who want to know more about gay and lesbian history, and how the shaping of Hollywood (by gays and lesbians) influenced the general American culture, and vice versa. It's fascinating.

Interesting, but almost too exhaustive.......2003-02-14

I found the thesis of this book to be worthy of attention, but perhaps the extent to which the author evaluates the subject is a bit much. The book is not an easy read, at times it feels like a laundry-list of the life and times of EVERY SINGLE gay man or woman involved in the hollywood scene. The upshot of this approach is that the text is not bogged down with modern lore and urban legends about the great gay stars. They get about as much attention as everyone else, from cameramen to set decorators. The result is an absolutely comprehensive account of the lives of some very interesting men and women. Part of the theme of the text is the similarity of experience between the working/middle-class derived gay population. Perhaps that is what makes the text seem a little repetitive, so many of these people have such similar stories that you forget where you are in the book! As you can probably tell, I'm torn about this review, but all that said, this book has been an interesting read and will be a valuable reference in my library of books on film and filmmakers.

Almost Too Much ............2002-08-31

I found this book sort of a difficult read. I can usually zip through a book very quickly, but I found myself hanging on every other sentence. The author seemed to cram almost too much meaningful information into every paragraph.
From start to finish, this book chronicled the influence of a somewhat externally closeted gay Hollywood community on the total output of work from the film industry. This wasn't all that much of a revelation to me. On one level or another a lot of film historians and movie hounds have always pretty much assumed that fact.
My biggest problem with this book was that it really was two or three separate books crammed under one title. It was almost too much to absorb on the first take. I kept re-reading chapters to make the connections complete. If I had been the editor working on this book I would have divided this book by decades and gone with at least two separate volumes and had it fleshed out with additional supporting information.
I recommend this book as an insightful study of the gay Hollywood film community and their contributions to the motion picture industry. I also caution most potential readers that this book will not be necessarily a quick take. You will miss a lot unless you proceed with caution. It is a lot like a runaway train moving at a very fast speed.

Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969

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Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969
William J. Mann
Manufacturer: Viking Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NQIQYI

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friend.......2002-09-27

I think that this book is so very interesting. It hold your interest from cover to cover. When you start reading it, you have to finish. I would tell anyone to invest in this book for one day, it will be a valuable book, one that goes down in history.

Rural Route 2: a Collection of Stories from the Tobacco Farmer's Daughter

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Rural Route 2: a Collection of Stories from the Tobacco Farmer's Daughter
Linda Hamlett Childress
Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
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Binding: Hardcover

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A Tobacco Farmer's Daughter

ASIN: 1425939767

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Linda Hamlett Childress, author of, A Tobacco Farmer's Daughter, brings us Rural Route 2, More Stories from the Tobacco Farmer's Daughter. This is an engaging book of stories that some say compares to the Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Linda believes her stories are more like vegetable soup- with an edge. Many of the events took place on the farm of her childhood, in Charlotte County, Virginia. On this farm her parents, Harry Lee, and Jane Hamlett still reside and farm. This book offers something for everyone, from family tragedy, and lessons learned to hilarious tales of childhood antics gone badly. Everyday dealings turn into entertaining stories for people of all ages. As an added bonus Linda has added an excerpt of her very first novel, The Tobacco Row Girl. This is the story of a young defiant girl who longs to escape the pain of growing up with an abusive, alcoholic father and to have a life that is all her own. After her escape she finds you can run, but you can't hide.

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