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The Encyclopedia of Ecotourism (Cabi Publishing)
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This volume provides an expert, state-of-the-art and comprehensive knowledge base of the rapidly growing global ecotourism sector. It is divided into eight major sections, and contains 41 chapters, individually authored by international researchers and practitioners in ecotourism. Each chapter combines theory and practice in a complimentary way. The scope of the encyclopedia includes definitions and other contextual material, regional perspectives, venues, impacts, planning and management considerations, and issues associated with ecotourism businesses, research and training.
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The “Gale Encyclopedia of Science†is written at a level somewhere between the introductory sources and the highly technical texts currently available. This six-volume set covers all major areas of science and engineering, as well as mathematics and the medical and health sciences, while providing a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge and technology. Alphabetically arranged entries provide a user-friendly format that makes the broad scope of information easy to access and decipher. Entries typically describe scientific concepts, provide overviews of scientific areas and, in some cases, define terms.
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The ONLY manual in the world on Russian Martial Art; is a great introduction to the ROSS Training System. It's filled with over 50 images of combat training and contains explanations for each. It's even required reading for the Russian Special Forces.
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excellent introduction.......2006-05-29
I liked this book. I have been practicing ROSS for a while and found it to be informative. Also it helped me finally get a sense of the flavor of the lineage before certain branches took roots of their own and started speaking in tongues.
Basic theory and history.......2005-08-16
I would not suggest this book for someone with little or no background in the martial arts, dance, etc. The text gives clear explinations of the sketches of the movements, but again, the beauty of the Russian system lies in the fluidity and naturalness that photos simply cannot convey. If you are interested in Russian martial arts, please also read Vladimir Vasiliev's book, which is cheaper and more useful in my view. His Systema is simply amazingly effective and is the same thing as the ROSS system for all the main points and principles, although underlying philosophies may not be exactly similar. Check out Vasiliev's dvds when you get this book or his own. Great Stuff.
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Originally published to wide acclaim, this lively, cleverly illustrated essay on the use and abuse of maps teaches us how to evaluate maps critically and promotes a healthy skepticism about these easy-to-manipulate models of reality. Monmonier shows that, despite their immense value, maps lie. In fact, they must.
The second edition is updated with the addition of two new chapters, 10 color plates, and a new foreword by renowned geographer H. J. de Blij. One new chapter examines the role of national interest and cultural values in national mapping organizations, including the United States Geological Survey, while the other explores the new breed of multimedia, computer-based maps.
To show how maps distort, Monmonier introduces basic principles of mapmaking, gives entertaining examples of the misuse of maps in situations from zoning disputes to census reports, and covers all the typical kinds of distortions from deliberate oversimplifications to the misleading use of color.
"Professor Monmonier himself knows how to gain our attention; it is not in fact the lies in maps but their truth, if always approximate and incomplete, that he wants us to admire and use, even to draw for ourselves on the facile screen. His is an artful and funny book, which like any good map, packs plenty in little space."—Scientific American
"A useful guide to a subject most people probably take too much for granted. It shows how map makers translate abstract data into eye-catching cartograms, as they are called. It combats cartographic illiteracy. It fights cartophobia. It may even teach you to find your way. For that alone, it seems worthwhile."—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times
". . . witty examination of how and why maps lie. [The book] conveys an important message about how statistics of any kind can be manipulated. But it also communicates much of the challenge, aesthetic appeal, and sheer fun of maps. Even those who hated geography in grammar school might well find a new enthusiasm for the subject after reading Monmonier's lively and surprising book."—Wilson Library Bulletin
"A reading of this book will leave you much better defended against cheap atlases, shoddy journalism, unscrupulous advertisers, predatory special-interest groups, and others who may use or abuse maps at your expense."—John Van Pelt, Christian Science Monitor
"Monmonier meets his goal admirably. . . . [His] book should be put on every map user's 'must read' list. It is informative and readable . . . a big step forward in helping us to understand how maps can mislead their readers."—Jeffrey S. Murray, Canadian Geographic
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Great basic cartography book.......2006-11-05
Informative, well written, and easy to understand. Great for anyone entering the GIS world or interested in cartography.
maps lie and lies on the map.......2006-03-04
ab useful guide to understand the tricks of the cartographic power.
to learn how to be aware of the misuse and abuse of all type of maps. A milestone in the literature of Cartography.
A useful addition.......2005-01-11
Maps are one of hte commonest kind of information graphic. They occur in many forms, in many contexts, and commonly carry more data per square inch than just about any other kind of diagram. Also, a map carries some sense of authority and may even inspire a kind of loyalty - surely you know at least one map fanatic? That carrying capacity and authority can be used badly as easily as used well: incompetently, to make some point at the expense of others, or intentionally to misdirect.
The book's first section reminds us that every map contains mis- or missing information - if only because the world is round and the map is flat. Later, Mommonier gives examples of incompetence showing how information, especially in color, can be illegible.
He also shows how maps can affect political decisions as close as your own back yard, the maps used to make land planning and zoning decisions. He works up from town hall politics to the international scale, including some remarkable Cold War artifacts. He mentions esthetics only briefly, mostly to point out how the decision to make a map look nice can corrupt its data content. This is a loss since esthetics don't inherently conflict with the message, but good illustrators already know how to create visual appeal and bad ones should not be encouraged.
This is a useful addition for anyone who creates or uses information in picture form. It's not as broad as other books, but adds depth to discussions about one particular kind of information graphic. The wide ranging and well categorized bibliography is just an extra.
//wiredweird
How to Wreck an Interesting Subject.......2004-09-15
This book is not quite the treatise on fraud and deception in the world of cartography that may seem evident from the publisher's descriptions. Such examinations do appear here and there, especially with some intriguing coverage of Nazi and Soviet cartographic shenanigans. Instead this is mostly a textbook for beginning geography students on how maps are never completely realistic, and always tell lies about the real environments that they claim to depict. These range from necessary white lies on flat maps depicting the three-dimensional Earth (especially when it comes to rugged terrain or heavily clustered urban areas); to outright propaganda and militarism in political maps. More trouble arises with printing methods, color and shading, and statistical categorizations in data maps (such as those explaining census results). Thus "lying" with maps is not always consciously fraudulent, and is even required when the aim of a map is clarity and utility.
Thus Monmonier has created a rather unique textbook for those who make maps and those who use them in professional decision-making. Unfortunately Monmonier has the habit of belittling everyone who doesn't appreciate how hard cartographers really have it. He continuously degrades mapmakers as incompetent and diabolical, and map users as illiterate and ignorant, topping out in chapter 6 with "...the public's graphic naivete and appalling ignorance of maps." Personal politics abound too, such as in a description of an inaccurate map of Grenada. He constructs fictitious zoning boards and planning commissions in order to show his disagreement with the way those bodies operate. All of the maps illustrating cartographic advertising and boosterism in chapters 5 and 6 are fictitious, even though there are surely real-life examples of maps that could prove Monmonier's points, and chapter 10 devolves into interminable statistics when describing some highly esoteric problems with data (or choropleth) maps. Interested readers might find themselves as exasperated as Monmonier's geography students. [~doomsdayer520~]
Could have been better.......2004-08-24
Any book that calls itself, "How to Lie with..." is simply begging for a reviewer to compare it to, "How to Lie with Statistics." The latter is a classic that is fun and educational. Unfortunately, this book falls short of deserving the title but it is still an interesting read. One of the main problems is that rather than being a guide to help avoid being fooled by maps, the author uses the book as an introduction to the science of cartography. It seems that a large portion of the book is aimed towards the prospective mapmaker. I found these parts to be a bit difficult to get through. Also, there are very few real life examples in the book. I would have liked to see more examples from newspapers or magazines in place of the samples the author provides. Some of the few real life examples are from Nazi Germany and the USSR and seem very dated.
That was the bad side but there are many good points to the book. The chapter on development maps was very interesting (although the attempts at humor are wasted) and should be required reading for anyone who is serving on a zoning board. Also, the discussion of choropleth maps is excellent and the reader will come away with a clear understanding of how these maps can be abused either deliberately or accidentally by the cartographer. The author shows examples of very different choropleth maps using the same data that will make you skeptical of anyone who uses choropleth maps to prove a point.
Although parts of the book drag, the book is short at 150 pages so it is a relatively quick read. I wouldn't say that it is required reading, but it will help you maintain a healthy skepticism about maps that you might encounter.
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A brilliant and companionable tour through all thirty-eight plays,
Shakespeare After All is the perfect introduction to the bard by one of the country’s foremost authorities on his life and work. Drawing on her hugely popular lecture courses at Yale and Harvard over the past thirty years, Marjorie Garber offers passionate and revealing readings of the plays in chronological sequence, from
The Two Gentlemen of Verona to
The Two Noble Kinsmen. Supremely readable and engaging, and complete with a comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare’s life and times and an extensive bibliography, this magisterial work is an ever-replenishing fount of insight on the most celebrated writer of all time.
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Informative, authoritative overview.......2007-09-27
Garber's book is an excellent resource for anyone seeking an overall appreciation and understanding of the Shakespeare's plays. The chapters, one per play, are not laden with the usual scholarly apparatus and jargon, but are clearly written and offer intelligent interpretations and insights into the plays. The book's value lies in its usefulness for anyone interested in Shakespeare--the seasoned scholar or the newly interested reader. Recommended.
She makes it interesting!.......2007-01-16
Gerber gives excellent analyses of Shakespeare's works. My girlfriend, a theater student, loved it. I got into it, too, and I'm not even that crazy about Shakespeare. A great gift for the "discerning theater student" in your household.
An Invaluable Resource.......2006-03-07
My husband and I are lawyers who have recently returned to reading Shakesepare, decades after college. We wanted literary criticism that was qualitative superior to the plot summary readers guide--criticism that would help us explore the imagery, themes and metaphors of the plays. Marjorie Garber is the answer to our prayers. We recommend to readers returning to Shakespeare that they purchase a paperback edition of each play with good notes to help with line specific language issues--the Arden series is the best-and then supplement/enrich the experience with Garbers insights. It is a pleasure for us to carefully read each play and then see what treasures she has mined based on her own reading and that of prior critics. We considerably prefer Garber to Bloom as a single compendium. Garber packs an enormous amount of insight into a single 30 page chapter. Shakespeare is surely worth the detail she provides. I would also suggest that you purchase the Ambrose DVD set of tapes of the great BBC plays--after you have read the plays it is wonderful to watch Jacobi et al. The DVD format enables captions which is very helful to savoring every line.
Learn about the Bard of Avon's Plays in this Outstanding Scholary Work!.......2006-01-25
William Shakespeare's immortal words will live forever. In this excellent book of criticism Professor Garber of Harvard
examines each of the 38 plays from "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" through "The Two Noble Kinsman." Her work is detailed and insightful for anyone who seeks more knowledge and understanding of Shakepeare and his plays. As we explore Shakespeare we also learn more about what it is to be human being in the world!
Garber writes about each play as she analyzes the characters and their motivation; the history of the play's production and how the play is related to other plays and characters in the Shakespearean canon. Along the way we learn the derivation of words used by the bard; what was going on in England and the world at the time the play was written and such various topics as sumptuary laws (dealing with clothing); class structure and the growth of the English language.
Shakespeare's life is covered in an insightful introduction.
Marjorie Garber must be a brilliant person to listen to in the lecture hall! I wish these insighful looks at each play would be available in tape format! Her book is a classic which should be required reading for anyone teaching Shakespeare in high school, college and adult education classes.
I was fascinated by her depth of scholarship and ability to relate Shakespeare to our day. My highest appreciation to this wonderful book on our great treasure of poetry and the art of
drama William Shakespeare!
Very enjoyable but you have to concentrate.......2005-12-08
This is a monster of a book packed full of insight into the plays of William Shakespeare. Another reviewer has criticized the way Professor Gerber tackles each play, but I think she pitches her analyses pretty spot on. As she describes a play she will stop and detour into some aspect of the cultural mores of the England of Shakespeare's day and come back. I find ( as a layman ) that is exactly what I wanted. I wasn't looking for Heavy Textual Criticism that might only be understandable to other Eng Lit Professors. This is an excellent book for the layman - if you are prepared to concentrate and forgive Professor Gerber when she does occasionally throw in a semantics term that you have never heard of - USUALLY she explains them. But not always.
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Ariel (Laura Geringer Books)
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ASIN: 0060753285
Release Date: 2005-09-06 |
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Ariel is beautiful and magical, a creator of dreams and of mischief. Sprung from the mind of a dazed sailor shipwrecked in the Bermuda Triangle, she rules half of her enchanted isle, dreaming of the savior from the east who will help her conquer all. When Prospero, a lost mariner, appears on the beach, his young daughter, Miranda, in tow, Ariel entices him with her visions of conquest. Together, she promises, they will defeat the mysterious tribe whose drums beat beyond the island's rain forest. The homesick Prospero struggles to resist Ariel's charms, but he almost falls under her spell when Miranda falls in love with their servant, the island boy Caliban. Ariel wants to march west, Prospero wants to sail east, and daughter Miranda wants to play on the beach with her boyfriend. Their clash comes to a head when Ariel, summoning her full powers, creates a cataclysmic storm that will change their lives and the island forever.
Shakespeare scholar Grace Tiffany looks at the dark side of Shakespeare's The Tempest, investing a female Ariel with tremendous strength. The Tempest takes on new meaning for new readers, as Tiffany explores the imagination's power to transform grief into dangerous dreams. A tour de force by the author of My Father Had a Daughter and Will.
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Dreams, Defile, Deception.......2006-02-10
The first thing you should know about Ariel is that she is a liar, because dreams lie, and she is both dream and maker of dreams. Take that as a warning.
In the Triangle, which is a place of magic, there is a spirit that can see your hopes, desires, and dreams; this spirit's name is Ariel. She was spawned long ago from Jasper, who was a sailor, in 48 A.D. Ariel had been waiting for her champion from the east, to save her from her carpenter ant torture, and help conquer the whole island. When people come to the Triangle though, they do not always listen to Ariel's commands.
I enjoyed this book a lot, and the way it talked about emotions. For example, Ariel illustrated how grief and sadness are not always just on the surface, it is something that is rooted deep within yourself. This book showed raw human feelings, at a level where I could understand them.
I did not like how there where few details about the surroundings in the book. I had to make up a lot of information, like what I thought the setting looked like. Something I think was a bad choice was that Ariel covered hundreds of years rather than just a few. This made reading the book a little more unreal for me, because it is very hard for me to comprehend hundreds of years at the same time.
I would recommend this book to both boys and girls, because Ariel has male and female characters. If you do not have much of an imagination though, this is probably not the right book for you.
A New Perspective.......2005-10-14
One of the great things about Shakespeare is that you can put one of his plays in any era and it will fit. One of the great things about Grace Tiffany's books is that she is true to Shakespeare while bringing him to life from a new perspective. As with all her other books, this one made me want to go back and reread the original, in this case The Tempest. Ariel is imaginative, creative, humorous and profound; it's a great read.
Great characters.......2005-10-13
The book is described as "young adult" but this not-so-young-adult liked it very much. The author borrowed the story line of Shakespeare's Tempest and added years, events, and characters in and around the play. The author also borrows some of the ways Shakespeare developed his characters. A "witch" is presented as not evil. A "monster" in the eyes of some is revealed as a sympathetic character. Most important is Ariel, a spirit of imagination, who leads people to trouble to the extent that they opt for a world of imagination instead of the world as it is. While the book may be accessible to young adults, its sophisticated treatment of characters gives it layers of meaning best appreciated by those long gone from high school. Its ending, which I will not spoil by revealing, is stunning, and provides much food for thought for anyone concerned with America's history and direction. One warning: those who prefer their spirits to be cuddly Tinkerbell's over spirits capable of malevolence, and those who prefer Disney-sanitized fairy tales over the original Brothers Grimm, might find this book unsettling.
The Tempest... in a teapot.......2005-10-09
One of the only good things to be said about Ariel is that it was a quick read. I'm sorry to report that I did not enjoy the experience. Though the basis was extremely interesting to me (while I have not read The Tempest, I greatly enjoy Shakespeare and tales concerning him and his plays), the execution was amateur.
In the end, I didn't understand the point. I wasn't left with that wonderful sense of awe one is supposed to have upon finishing a book. It all seemed aimless and hasty. The climax could hardly be described as such (so abrupt!). There were no clever plot twists (I wasn't even amused by the allusion at the end). The characters were too inhuman to relate to - I really ended up hating most of them.
On the bright side, I am much more interested in reading The Tempest itself now, for I'd like to see how it compares with this novel.
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This carefully edited series works well for individuals or classrooms where the integrity of the work must be kept intact........2007-07-14
Reviewed By: Kelly Crespin, Eclectic Homeschool Online
Twelfth Night is one book that is part of a series titled Sixty-Minute Shakespeare. This series takes some of Shakespeare's most famous works of literature and reduces, condenses and abridges a long, detailed piece of literature into an ideal alternative for the reader who doesn't have the time, resources, or attention span to tackle Shakespeare in its original form.
This carefully edited series works well for individuals or classrooms where the integrity of the work must be kept intact. While the language is condensed, the writing's main ideas are kept the same, as are the beauty of the verse and prose.
I, for one, have never been a fan of Shakespeare, yet this book was readable for me. While I still might not want to pick up more of Shakespeare's works, I at least don't feel so overwhelmed at the idea of picking up one of the huge, massive volumes I've only used as paperweights or doorstoppers before this.
Twelfth Night is part of a series, so if the reader enjoys this version of the story, others are available to keep the magic and love of Shakespeare alive and well.
From the back cover.......1999-03-07
The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare series is an ideal alternative for those who lack the time or resources to tackle the unabridged versions of the world's most widely read playwright. This smooth-flowing and carefully edited series works well for fully mounted productions, scene work in the classroom, and the study of Shakespeare's plays in general. While the language is condensed, the integrity of Shakespeare's writing is kept intact so students of the Bard can experience the thrill of the story as well as the beauty of the verse and prose.
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12 songs from the plays of Shakespeare put to music. Presented with the words in both German and English
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Shakespeare: The Biography
Manufacturer: Nan A. Talese
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Ackroyd both defies and corroborates Emerson's dictum that "Shakespeare is the only biographer of Shakespeare." For while he illuminates the Bard's life with a wealth of scholarship that Shakespeare himself could never have provided, Ackroyd wisely allows the Bard to tell much of his own story through revealing episodes in his own immortal work. When, for instance, we see a young schoolboy being badgered by a severe schoolmaster in Merry Wives of Windsor, Ackroyd lets us know why this unfortunate young scholar bears the name William: his circumstances reflect Shakespeare's own during his years in the King's New School in Stratford-upon-Avon. Others (including Stephen Goldblatt in his Will in the World, 2004) have likewise mined Shakespeare's plays and poetry for telling clues about the playwright's life. But Ackroyd brings to his biographical reading the imaginative insights of a gifted poet and novelist, along with the passions of a scholar so absorbed in the Elizabethan world that he knows which Pembroke actor curled his lip when Shakespeare gave him a line dripping with wrath and which haughty dramatist matched wits with Shakespeare when he visited the Mermaid Tavern on Bread Street. Vivid and capacious, a life study worthy of its subject.
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Shakespeare -Stage and World .......2006-11-13
This life of Shakespeare is distinguished by its providing a detailed, and vivid picture of Shakespeare's world- and too by its reading from the plays back into Shakespeare's life. Thus Ackroyd noting how central the father- daughter relationship is in many of the plays comments on how little there is in Shakespeare concerning the mother- daughter relationship. This is of course hints at Shakespeare's concerned relationship with his principal heir , his older daughter Susanna and his more problematic relationship with his younger daughter ,Anna and her philandering husband. Ackroyd too presents to my mind an extremely intelligent and open approach to many questions about Shakespeare, including his sexual - identity. Here again Ackroyd's understanding of Shakespeare as actor gives him insight , even if only hypothetical insight into the life and character of Shakespeare.
As the work however focuses on the life of Shakespeare it's reading of the plays is not central. Rather it uses the plays where it can to understand something significant about Shakespeare's life.
Ackroyd makes much of Shakespeare's not having been a born Londoner, but rather a person of the country. He makes much of Shakespeare's connection with the world of his time.
As Ackroyd himself indicates since the late nineteenth century biographies about Shakespeare have become something like an industry. But this present one is ,my guess is, one of the more distinguished ones.
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Was the Shakespeare after all a myth
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