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Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There»rank: 8838by: David Brooks
: :Do you believe that spending $15,000 on a media center is vulgar, but that spending $15,000 on a slate shower stall is a sign that you are at one with the Zenlike rhythms of nature? Do you work for one of those visionary software companies where people come to work wearing hiking boots and glacier glasses, as if a wall of ice were about to come sliding through the parking lot? If so, you might be a Bobo.In his bestselling work of 'comic sociology,' David Brooks coins a new word, Bobo, to describe today's upper class -- those who have wed the bourgeois world of capitalist enterprise to the hippie ... |
The Way We Live Now (Modern Library Classics)»rank: 1068262by: Anthony Trollope
: :'Trollope did not write for posterity,' observed Henry James. 'He wrote for the day, the moment; but these are just the writers whom posterity is apt to put into its pocket.' Considered by contemporary critics to be Trollope's greatest novel, The Way We Live Now is a satire of the literary world of London in the 1870s and a bold indictment of the new power of speculative finance in English life. 'I was instigated by what I conceived to be the commercial profligacy of the age,' Trollope said. His story concerns Augustus Melmotte, a French swindler and scoundrel, and his daughter, to whom Felix Carbury, adored son of the authoress ... |
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The PowerScore 2004 LSATs Deconstructed»rank: 62933by: David Killoran; Jon Denning; Steve Stein; Jason Crandall; Brook Miscoski
: :The PowerScore 2004 LSATs Deconstructed is the only resource on the market that provides readers with an advanced system for attacking every logic game, logical reasoning, and reading comprehension question on the June, October, and December 2004 LSATs. PowerScore strongly believes that by studying the logic behind each question, students will increase their ability to perform well on the LSAT. The use of original test material is essential in preparing for the LSAT and no question in this book has been modified from its original form. All of the methods and techniques discussed in the book use methodology also found in the PowerScore Logic Games Bible and Logical Reasoning Bible. ... |
Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture»rank: 204067by: Andrea Bacchi, Catherine Hess, Andrea Bachi, Julian Brooks, Anne-Lise Desmas, David Franklin, Jennifer Montagu
: :Gian Lorenzo Bernini was the greatest sculptor of the Baroque period, and yet--surprisingly--there has never before been a major exhibition of his sculpture in North America. Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture--on view from August 5 through October 26, 2008, at the J. Paul Getty Museum and from November 28, 2008, through March 8, 2009, at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa--showcases portrait sculptures from all phases of the artist's long career, from the very early Antonio Coppola of 1612 to Clement X of about 1676, one of his last completed works. Bernini's portrait busts were masterpieces of technical virtuosity; at the same time, they revealed a new ... |
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On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense»rank: 31698by: David Brooks
: :Take a look at Americans in their natural habitat: guys shopping for barbecue grills, doing that special walk men do when in the presence of lumber; superefficient soccer Ubermoms who chair school auctions, organize PTAs, and weigh less than their kids; and suburban chain restaurants, which if they merged would be called Chili's Olive Garden Hard Rock Outback Cantina. Are we as shallow as we look? Many around the world see us as the great bimbos. Sure, Americans work hard and are energetic, but that is because we are money-hungry and don't know how to relax. But if you probe deeper, you find that we behave the way we do ... |
Walden and Other Writings (Modern Library Classics)»rank: 203858by: Henry David Thoreau, Peter Matthiessen
: :With their call for 'simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”, for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden, his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle. A lifetime of brilliant observation of nature--and of himself--is recorded in selections from A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods and The Journal. |
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Frank Lloyd Wright»rank: 2685975from: Thames & Hudson Ltd
: :This extraordinary book presents thirty-eight of the most renowned and significant buildings of America's premier architect, from his early Prairie work in Oak Park, Illinois, in the 1890s to his daring creations of the 1940s and 1950s.In entirely new photographs taken especially for this book by two leading architectural photographers under the direction of co-editor David Larkin, such internationally famous buildings as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater and Wright's homes Taliesin, Taliesin West, and the Oak Park Home and Studio are seen afresh, benefiting from the photographers' special access.Several lesser-known residences, such as Auldbrass Plantation in South Carolina, an array of wooden buildings that is Wright's American alternative ... |
The Usborne Internet-Linked First Encyclopedia of Our World»rank: 55897by: Felicity Brooks
: :With colour illustrations and easy-to-read text, this volume is intended as an introduction for children to the world around us. All the major topics are covered, including space and the solar system, seasons and the weather, seas and oceans, rocks, fossils and ecosystems. |
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Photo Landscapes (HP photobooks)»rank: 1661464by: David Brooks
: :It was the Perfect Storm. But instead of raging far out in the Atlantic, the Great Hurricane of 1938 left a wake of death and destruction across seven states. It battered J. P. Morgan's Long Island estate, wiped out beach communities from Watch Hill to Newport, flooded the Connecticut Valley, and flattened Vermont's prized maples.Traveling at record speeds, the storm raced up the Atlantic Coast, reaching New York and New England ahead of hurricane warnings and striking with such ferocity that seismographs in Alaska picked up the impact. Winds, clocked at 186 mph, stripped cars of their paint. Walls of water 50 feet high swept homes and entire families out ... |
The Great World Search (Great Searches - New Format)»rank: 83933by: Kamini Khanduri
: :This book is a fun and excitingt trip around the world. On your way, you will find there are puzzles to solve, presents to spot and clues telling you where to go next. A snowy ski resort in the Alps, a Bedouin encampment in a hot, dry desert, and a crowded Australian beach are just a few of the places you will visit. As well as providing countless hours of puzzle-solving fun, The Great World Search is packed with fascinating facts about people and places, presented in short, easy-to-read captions. |