This is a very beautiful art book. The drawings are magnificent. With just a few pencil strokes Roseman has captured the movement, vitality and emotion of the dancers. One really has a feeling of the action as it is happening. The drawings are filled with power and sensuality and show an extraordinary range and versatility in the use of pencil as a drawing medium. The works of praise on the book jacket from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France and from the star dancers of the Paris Opera for Roseman's drawings are truly justified. Roseman has written a wonderful and absorbing introduction. I felt I was with him standing in the wings of the Paris Opera while he drew the dancers during performances. From his introduction one comes to know him as an artist and to appreciate his love for drawing. I was very impressed by what he has to say about art, and I liked very much when he spoke about the other subjects in his work as a painter and draughtsman. I am also delighted that the introduction includes Rosemans drawings from New York in the 70's of Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov. It is evident that much care and concern went into the making of this very handsome volume, the fine quality paper, the appealing typography and layout and the superb reproductions. Those who have a love of beautiful books will treasure this book and of ballet and modern dance as well as by those who have a love of master drawings.

This is an excellent survey of the work of the English painter Stanley Spencer.It contains work from the early periods of his life that you rarely have an opportunity to see. There is a very in depth and critical veiw into the life of this great artist. The reproductions of the work are almost all in color and of high quality. This is a book that clearly shows that Spencer was that English artist who has been the inspiration of many English artist who followed him. The range of his work is truly exceptional from the religious to the nude studies and portraits of family. This is the Book that is a must to have if you are looking at figurative painting in the 20th century. It is expansive and completely beautiful.

This book is very well put together. If you like Spencer you will refer to it constantly above all other works about him (except a full length biography). There's a lot of writing about his life, and there are many, many color plates of his paintings that provide real depth of viewing what this person was about. All of this is in a pleasing font and design. The best art book I've ever seen.

Stanley the stick insect loves to live in the limelight. Just inches from danger, Stanley hangs loose among the twigs and leaves. While friends look on in awe, Stanley daringly outwits hideous toads, mangy rats, and his arch-enemy -- Magpie Mugwort. But then along come the Claggert family and things get sticky for Stanley! Craig Smith's lively and colorful artwork is perfectly suited to Peter Rigby's lively and colorful story about an Australian insect, his friends and foes!

For over two years, I have helped edit The Michigan Review, the University of Michigan's campus affairs journal. This wonderful book perfectly lays out everything any student journalist needs to know, and it has helped me and my colleagues immensely. This book teaches you how to write an article, be it news, commentary or investigative report. It offers creative and successful approaches to newspaper design. Unlike other journalism books, this one also tells the student journalist how to deal with controversy that may stem from his or her articles.

All in all, this book is an invaluable resource for student journalists everywhere. After reading "Start the Presses" and utilizing many of its prescribed journalism techniques, I appeared on 60 Minutes as a representative of my newspaper, and landed a fantastic summer reporting internship at the Detroit News Washington Bureau. Now, as graduation approaches, I am more than prepared to enter the exciting and adventurous world of journalism.

Purchase it, read it, study it, and read it again. It's a must have on any student journalist's shelf. I cannot recommend it enough.

The new book by Smith, Tayman and Swanson is the first in many years to compile the major components of small-area population projections(data sources, methodology and evaluation) in one place.

The book is particularly good in describing the fundamentals of population analysis - which many other articles, chapters and books on projections neglect. Additionally, important advanced elements of population projections that are not commonly touched on, such as special adjustments, are addressed nicely here.

The book further instructs the reader how to use projections objectively. Too often, forecasts that are not 100% accurate are dismissed. In fact, as the book describes, imperfect forecasts still provide considerable utility in presenting alternatives, promoting agendas, sounding warnings and providing a base for other projections. To this end, the book provides a unique service in not only describing how to make small-area projections, but what to do with them.

In addition to the conventional techniques and concepts described, the authors present the latest developments in the field of projections, including structural models, GIS applications and innovative evaluative techniques.

I would strongly recommend this book as both a textbook - particularly for demography, planning, and economics students, as well as a resource for professional planners, administrators and scientists that rely on population projections.

I stumbled on this text while trying to understand nested design for analysis of variance. Better than any other text I used, this book helped me to understand the calculation steps as well as the underlying theory. (All the other texts I used had holes in their explanation.) This has become my favorite statistics reference.

With such an extensive selection of male photography books, it is rare to find one that is a true pleasure to look at time and time again. Stanley Stellar has combined great skill and a host of subjects to produce a book that is truly unique. Most books of this nature have a certain theme or mood attached to them. This is not the case with Stellar Men. There are photographs ranging from the beuaty of the male form to the darker side of homo-eroticism. This book has something to offer for almost every artistic eye. Stellar has an ability to focus more on the importance and impact of the male form to art, than just glorifying the nude body. Every page gives an example of this ability in a varitety of ways. Overall, I feel Stellar Men surpasses "coffee table" status, and has found it's place as an example of photography and art. Enjoy!

Though maybe not as well organized as one might like, this book contains much absorbing information on the last days of the First World War. It starts by telling of the False Armistice, then on to the meeting in the Forest, the 72 hours before the signing, the events in Germany, the Kaiser's going to Holland, the signing, the last shots, and the celebrations. There is much poignancy, and little things reduced me to tears. The material is gathered from accounts of people who were there and numerous memoirs and secondary sources. The book also tells of fiction treating the events--for instance, Parade's End, by Ford Madox Ford (which I read 7 Sept 1984 and did not like). This book is an enjoyable book to read about a fantastic time: November 1918.

Caldwell's stories are very sharp, concise and pointed. No word is wasted in his deceptively simple way of adressing Southern life in America. This anthology of short stories makes it pretty obvious that Caldwell ought to be read for years to come. Far more than a vulgar comedian; he is one of the very few writers that really manage to satirize the crudest, meanest, lowliest people you ever saw, and still come across as a story-teller who loves his characters.