This book is about one of the few "skyscraper" that Frank Lloyd Wright actually built. I like this book because it is richly illustrated with both photos, drawings and documents. It demonstrates FLW's design process and how in the middle of an "Oklahoma Oil Town" he was determined to build a structure that would be more imaginative than anything else for miles around. Where the building would rise out of the ground organically. I am an unabashed Frank Lloyd Wright fan, but this book is definitely a first rate book and you won't be disappointed.

I purchased this "book" for a gift and was disappointed to find it is a reprint of many Wikipedia articles. The only real work the "author" did(and I use that term extremely loosely and facetiously) was reprinting all the links related to this actress in Wikipedia. It is stated in the "book" that a percentage of profit on this "book" will go to Wikipedia, but I'd rather donate directly and know that it will get there.

It is pretty scummy for people to take something that is done freely for the benefit of people and convert it into something that benefits the person doing the reprints. Generally no matter what way you look at it, it is theft. I call on Amazon to review all the books they list and insure that they note which "books" it sells are reprints of Wikipedia article. There has to be a special place in hell for those who do things like this.

To the re-printer I say instead of profiting on others work, you should get off your tush and try to create your own work, you might find it maybe less profitable but probably much more rewarding.

I really enjoyed this film as I have enjoyed the Swedish versions. This film keeps you on the edge of your seat, not from someone standing around the corner with a knife, but the "discoveries". Stellan Skarsgard really plays a wonderful evil b&^tard. Daniel Craig is good, but better as Bond and Rooney Mara really did fantastic job for being a relatively new actress. As I said it is wonderful dark and twisted, a little disturbing and really has you wondering if Scandinavians really are closet psychopaths. I highly recommend this movie!

How many times do we have to endure one more of Meryl Streps horrible impersonations? For this movie she dug up her Julia Childs voice! Maybe if she tried to act instead of impersonate she would actually make a good movie. Apparently the Academy felt sorry for her.

Though I wasn't a fan of Maggie Thatcher she was a heck of a lot more interesting a person than this movie portrayed her. Stay away from this film....no run away from this film.

Mr. Newman must have long term memory problems. People have been forecasting the demise of one political party or the other since Confederation...and they are still here. However Mr. Newman thinks he is the smartest man in Canada, because he has published so many books, so he must be. Consider though that most of the premises he wrote his books under were later proved wrong. Many of the Establishment have passed into history, many of the Acquisitors whom he fawned over have gone broke and passed in to history. Conrad Black did not become "King of Canada". Perhaps he (Newman) is like an economist, predicting often, denying wrong predictions and over promoting right ones. The Liberals will be back and after that the Tories will be back and the NDP will still be haunting the Commons too. Why pay good money for yet another pompous opinion piece!

Isn't the cover art fantastic. "Metropolis" is just one of those films you have to watch, it is hard to watch, because it is black and white, the film has deteriorated and as it is silent the sub titles are in German and it has that really bad silent movie music. However Metropolis was a film with so much sophistication for its time and was responsible for launching the technohorror genre.

"Things To Come" is hard to watch because in some ways it might have happened. I found it not scary, but uncomfortable to watch, maybe because humanity is always on the edge of falling apart. You may think I'm giving both a bad review, but on the contrary I think both films are excellent and deserve a watch every now and then.

I haven't read the text yet other than a quick glance, but the illustrations are awesome and the book really gives one a good basis of where Art Deco started and the diffences by nation. It's well worth the price, especially if you want to get a good foundation in Art Deco.

In these days, where natural resources are becoming rare or harder to find and where our very survival is based upon being more aware of the environment and our impact on it, this book makes it a little easier. This book explores the philosophy of green and sustainable construction. There are many different pictures of beautiful houses that are made with environmentally friendly materials or of recycled materials. This book gives one many ideas of how one could build a house that certainly won't have your neighbours shaking their heads, but perhaps being envious. One of the philosophies that I am beginning to appreciate is re-using material from previous buildings. If you think of it, the wood in older buildings is probably much better than that which you buy at lumber yards now and there are many other things such as brick that could be salvaged, saving trees from being cut and energy being used. Not to mention that every material gains a patina over the years which makes its incorporation into new construction very attractive. That what this book will do, it will inspire you to see the posibilities of sustainable construction. I highly recommend it...the world will be a better place for it.

I have just recently begun listening to Coldplay. I tend to like music that has a richness of melody, beat and some orchestration. I also like when groups use real instruments in the background as opposed to lots of synthetic produced sounds. It harkens back to a period when groups travelled with an orchestra and had real violins, trumpets, piano's etc. This is pretty rare today. I swear I can hear real background instruments in this disk. The melody is just a little more sweeter and the sound evoked and creates a vision as you listen.
Back in the late 70's and 80's I was a real fan of Supertramp for many of the same reasons. Viva La Vida and Fools Overture have some similarities. It seems to me that perhaps Coldplay is taking up where Supertramp left off and are doing a fine job of it. At first I found that I quickly breezed through the disk, making premature assumptions, and then the more I listened to it, the more I began to like it. It grows on you to the point where I haven't found a group in a long time where I like all the tracks, usually there is one or two and the rest is mediocre. However this is definately not one of them. Everyone has their own tastes and their own reasons for listening to music, but I would recommend Viva La Vida and Coldplay. Without "typecasting" them they truly are the Supertramp of the 21st century.

I was extremely pleased to receive this book. For the person who is new to swords either just an interest or a collector this is an ideal book to start with. It shows the development of swords throughout history and outlines the different parts and names for the parts. It also outlines how different blade types are used for different purposes - i.e slashing or thrusting - and different points and why. It is a general study and as your interest develops you probably will find books more suited to your specific tastes, but to get started this is a great book. The book is rich with illustrations both photos and drawings that will help the enthusiast to quickly identify unique features. The book has a useful biography and contact information to learn further. The book is an easy read without an overabundance of "jargon", the author is very effective in "teaching" his audience on an equal level as opposed to talking down to the reader. I would highly recommend this book, you will find that it's easy to keep picking up, reading through and discovering something new. As I said it is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in swords. An all around excellent book investment.