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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Thirty-plus years ago a dark rumble of noise gurgled up from the Lower East Side of New York City, made its way across the Atlantic to Great Britain, zigzagged back over the pond to the West Coast, and exploded. Its name—Punk. InPunk 365, the most provocative photography documenting the performances, the looks, and the attitude has been gathered together, revealing reverberations that continue to shake up the status quo.

Here we see it all: Pre-punk pioneers, the Stooges, the New York Dolls, the MC5. New York’s harbingers of change, the Ramones, Patti Smith, Richard Hell & the Voidoids. London’s anarchists, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Slits. The West Coast’s anti-Beach Boys, X, the Germs . . .the list goes on. By the mid-1980s, from the Replacements to Bad Brains, the sound transmogrified into everything from garage punk to hardcore. Punk 365 has them all, including more than 300 different artists by the most talented photographers who captured the scene, including Bob Gruen, Roberta Bayley, Jill Furmanovsky, Stephanie Chernikowski, Godlis, Janette Beckman, and more. ... Read more

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Excellent photo book, not at all definitive though
PROS: This book has many highlights, including a really great layout - the book is longer than it is tall, lending really well to a lot of the photos, and a nice long 365 pages with photo on each right page and a short description and interesting facts of the band/musician featured on the left. Many of the photos are excellent, including a lot of obscure ones and some featuring too often overlooked, obscure bands and musicians. It also includes a lot of what have become to be known as "proto-punk" bands from the 60's such as The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, MC5, etc, and even some of those that attached themselves to the punk genre in one way or another but never played punk music, such as Elvis Costello.
While of course included, it doesn't at all over-kill The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones, etc. It has an index, as well as a great introduction by Richard Hell, and it leaves the editorial content at that, i.e. the rest of the book is about the musicians of (mostly early) punk, not a textual novel about punk as a pop-culture element, its sociological ramifications, sometimes strict ethics, etc.; which there are plenty of other offerings if you're looking for that.

CONS: The book mostly highlights early punk, and while it does include its share of overlooked, obscure bands from that era, it also fails from being anywhere near definitive of early punk. One example of a jaw-dropping oversight is THE MISFITS (!?!?!?!) formed in 1977, perhaps the books most colossal blunder. And while the book makes other mentions of west coast punk, and also goes temporally as far as Nirvana, it fails to feature mention of Operation Ivy anywhere, as well as the legendary Gilman Street.
It also completely disregards early significant and influential Chicago punk such as Naked Raygun (formed 1979), Steve Albini (frontman for Chicago's Big Black (formed 1981) who later went on to be one of the most noteworthy producers of our time, including Nirvana's Nevermind and In Utero), Screeching Weasel as well as others.
Despite some of its obscure offerings, this all unfortunately puts it in the category of many other books about punk that remain narrow focused on the UK and NYC and the glory days of CBGBs, but not much else.
But, if you're looking for a great "coffee table" punk book with great photography that touches on a lot of the bands that made its early days and some of its roots, as well as something that is not over-textual, this is a decent one. I purchased this new on a bargain table for $5, which was totally worth it, while its cover price is $29.95: totally not worth it. You can get it cheap here on Amazon though, which is nice.

PUNK this *#**>
I purchased this book in the bargain bin at a local book store. I am not disappointed.

This volume does a great job documenting this era of music. It gives credit where credit is due (to some obscure bands).

Visually this book gives history to a movement that I almost missed out on(I was born in 1970, so I did hit the 80's part of this movement). It has mostly candid black and white photo's, with few color photos.

The written information (commentary usually by the photographer that took the photo) is not as detailed as I would like to have (although the index is a great reference to find what you need quickly), but overall this is a great book giving credit and place to a movement that influenced the future of music.

excellent photo selection
An excellent selection of photos with great text. This book was edited perfectly and it kept my attention throughout.

Brings A Era to life
I bought this book for someone who was probably bouncing up and down at many of the shows depicted in this fine collection (which hardly does it justice) of performance and candid photographs of the seminal figures of Punk.Even though they are the epitome of a music snob and punk aficionado, they were delighted with the book.Now I'll have to go back and get one for myself.

A Book & It's Cover
Despite being yet another book titled PUNK this-or-that (how boring) accompanied by yet another picture of the overexposed Pistols, what we have here is a rare and fine contribution to the small flock of top rate punk documentation. For the lost-in-space stalwarts of the "punk died in '77" variety, you will find ample obscure photos and tentalizing quotes/factoids about your beloved NY scenesters (Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Ramones; the usual suspects) and your typical UK actors (Pistols, Clash, Buzzcocks, et al). But what is truly exceptional about this book is the wide territory it covers for the true punk listener. Not only does it include proto-punk legends (13th Floor Elevators, Stooges, MC5) but it ackowledges the crucially influential yet overlooked groups from both the US & UK such as the Avengers, Dils, Weirdos, Stiff Little Fingers, Angelic Upstarts, Dead Boys, Undertones, Black Flag, Germs, and on and on. As a bonus it includes the salt and pepper of much loved hangers-on who used punk to become rich and famous while not ever really being punk (Elvis Costello...you get the idea). This book is great and can be looked through over and over again without boredom. Highly recommended for every punk or jaded old rocker who has ever picked up a photobook on punk only to be bored to tears with 50 pages on Patti Smith/Talking Heads and another 50 pages of Sex Pistols/Clash and little else. And its cheap! ... Read more

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Three leading photo journalists take the reader amongst the wretched conditions on the front line of the battles and skirmishes which afflict the modern world. Thus scenes from Eritrea, the former Yugoslavia, Cambodia, Afghanistan, South West Africa/Namibia, Lebanon and Angola provide a permanent record of the traumas whilst their text, based on personal visits to the places described, provides the atmosphere of the situation as well as historical and political background. The authors have got closer to the action than the short-term visitors from radio and television. ... Read more

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Spender`s photographs embody with lucidity, detail, and breadth an entire complex of social relations in Depression-era and wartime Britain. This generously illustrated book is the first to examine his photography in depth. Deborah Frizzell shows how Spender`s influential work came to play a key role in the development of British documentary and photojournalism. ... Read more

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Celebrate the joys, triumphs, sorrows, and the wisdom gleaned—all of the ups and downs of the amazing adventure called Motherhood.

Whether you become a mom through adoption, by giving birth, or through marriage, your heart is never completely your own again . . . and that is one of the miracles of being a mom.

Just as no two women are the same, the experience of being a mom is different for each of us. In The Ultimate Mom, you'll follow the journeys of mothers through a diverse collection of stories about this rewarding and challenging job. While some stories are humorous, some are inspirational, and others are poignant, all are filled with the passion, devotion, and dedication every mother feels toward her child.

Words may paint a picture, but photos tell their own story, too. The Ultimate Mom is filled with eye-catching photo of moms and their children celebrating life's events, both big and small. You'll also find expert advice from moms in the trenches about finding 'me' time, dealing with sibling rivalry, parenting a spirited child, achieving a healthy life balance, and many more timely and provocative subjects.

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Charles Feil photography
Spectacular aerial photos of Maine from a slightly different perspectve.Manyare quite abstract. Extremely interesting as well as beautiful .Don't pass up an opportunity to view Charles Feil's work.

Truly Maine
This soft cover pictorial of the State of Maine is filled with aerial photographs of the Pine Tree State from Fort Kent to Kittery.The four seasons are depicted in their colorful splendor as they can only be seen inMaine.The author/photographer has captured the true essence of the Stae'sbeauty.A must have for all who love Maine; both natives as well as those"from away." ... Read more

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This text fetaures a colourful collection of more than 400 antique hand painted postcards, offering nostalgic panoramic views of some of New York's best loved vertical structures. ... Read more

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Postcards of the Big Apple
I was disappointed by this book. The three hundred pre-1940 postcards should have made the buildings of Big Apple come alive, instead so many of the cards are shown too large and this emphasizes the flaws in the original printing of these mass produced postcards. However you could use this book as a taster for the much more interesting 'American Architecture: a vintage postcard collection' by Luc Van Malderen. This has over six hundred postcards with 188 devoted to New York city, all beautifully printed with detailed captions about each building.

Both books show images of a city that must have been awe-inspiring to the people who bought these postcards and mailed them to the folks back home.

An outstanding collection of 300 images of New York
Not Only Buildings New Yorkis an outstanding collection of 300 images of New York assembled from the postcard collection by architect Italo Rota. These hand-painted cards depicted New York City's major attractions, and Not Only Buildings New York offers the outstanding cards in all their glory in a fine keepsake edition any New York fan will relish. ... Read more

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This book is a photo journal chronicling the construction of Saskatchewan's Legislative Building and its role in the life of the province and in the lives of the province's citizens. ... Read more

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This Book is Priceless
Mr. Driebe has done beautiful creative work in his compilation of In Search of the Wild Indian.It is packed full of photographs and has enough history and information to provide the reader with a great understanding of the photographer's life work while instilling the desire to want to learn more about these native peoples.The subjects in the photos are uplifting, haunting and expressive.The energy in this book is amazing.I thank Mr. Driebe for this gift -- it is ageless and will continue to take top billing on my coffee table.

WORTH THE PRICE!!
Not often am I willing to spend this amount on a book; this one is worth the price.Excellent pictoral, and the details are just wonderful.Portrays Native Americans as no other work has; in detail and with respect!!

Beautifully done!
ABEAUTIFUL book and great addition to a home library.This book is about Carl and Grace Moon who had a special connection to the Indians of the southwest, however it is also about the wonderful Native people who inspired them. Many beautiful photos and very in-depth text!These people are still there, I have visited with them often.I hope this book will serve as a wonderful tribute to them. ... Read more

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This engaging photograph album chronicles Yale's third century by means of a rich and surprising selection of pictures. Punctuated with commentary by Richard Benson and other past and present notables of the Yale community, the album depicts people, events, objects, and settings that have been a part of the twentieth-century Yale experience. For all who are, were, or hope to be part of the Yale community, this is an exceptional memento. A Yale Tercentennial Book ... Read more

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Modern ships in a modern port
I currently have a project to model a 1950's-vintage harbor with numerous wharves, piers and docks. Purchasing a book titled "Seaport" seemed an excellent way to gather numerous photos for research, but unfortunately this is not the book. Seaport, published in 1996, is definitely a photo album, with one black & white photograph per page. It deals solely with the port of Savannah, Georgia, with emphasis on ocean-going freighters and the tugboats that assist them. Many of the ships are modern container vessels. For what it shows, this is an excellent book. But I was seeking more coverage of the local fishing fleet and its facilities.

Fantastic table book
Mr. Leigh's book is a wonderful addition to our collection and certainly a conversation piece.

Seaport: A Waterfront at Work
This book like all of Jack Leigh's other books is wonderful to page through. Although, photographically his other books are more my style, I believe this is a worthwhile book to own. ... Read more

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The San Francisco Bay Area's legendary late-1960s counterculture--which included Allen Ginsberg, Bruce Nauman, Stan Brakhage, Yvonne Rainer and The Grateful Dead, as well as plentiful psychedelic drugs, free love, bell-bottoms, dashikis, daisies and radical leftist politics--ushered in wave after wave of experiments in dance, art, literature, music and film. As Jack Kerouac wrote in his 1957 masterpiece, On the Road, "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..." This engaging documentary volume, which accompanies a late 2008 exhibition at Germany's revered Museum Ludwig, Cologne, examines the cultural repercussions of the creative output during the pivotal years spanning from 1955 to 1968, examining the ways in which they are still reverberating today. ... Read more

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This book is pictures of the Beatles starting back in 1960 and goes to 2004. ... Read more

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a most Magical mystery tour indeed!!
found this book in a used book shop recently and had to buy a copy for a dear friend.the photographs are a must for serious Beatle fans.some never before seen stuff.

Yet AnotherBeatles Photo Book!
John, Paul, George and Ringo will probably interest music fans till our sun goes nova. This 2007 book from Parragon Publishing showcases Beatle photographs from the archives of the English DAILY MAIL newspaper. Depending on how long you've been a Fab Four fan, IMAGES OF THE BEATLES will either be a must-have delight or a "Not another Beatles photo book?!?" reject.

IMAGES' 256 pages document JPG&R from roughly 1962 to 2001. Many of the black and white photos, which come with generally accurate captions, are full page. Truth be told, it's nice to page through and view all those old, lovely photos of the lads. What happy, exciting times they created and how sad John and George are gone. Trouble is those photos have been seen many times already and, for me, it is a case of "been there, done that."

So folks, it's your call on this one. IMAGES sells for $20.00. If you haven't seen these shots before, pony up the twenty and you won't be disappointed. Otherwise this is an optional purchase.

Same as "Unseen Archives"
I loved Tim Hill's first version of this book, "The Beatles:Unseen Archives", a ton of rare Beatles photos from the archives of the "Daily Mail".Sometime later, I saw another big glossy book of photos called "John Lennon:Unseen Archives" coauthored by Marie Clayton (Hill's coauthor for "Beatles:Unseen Archives").I got all excited and bought it, but when I got it home, I saw that it was all the same photos as the first book.Later still, I got all excited about "Images of the Beatles" by Tim Hill, bought it, and found that it was yet a third collection of these exact same photos.I'd blame my stupid self if these were just reissues of the same book with different covers, but the pictures are all shuffled around and the captions are different.The whole idea is to rip me off again and again (works!).Now I see Tim Hill has another book coming out called "JPG&R:Definitive Illustrated Chronicle..." and another called "The Beatles".Well you know those "Daily Mail" guys, they'll stop at nothing to be a paperback writer.But this time has got to be different -- couldn't possibly be the same photos.I'm going off now to pre-order these new books...

Priceless Photos of a Timeless Band
The book is of ample size and delivers the goods--hundreds of beautiful, all black-and-white photos of the Beatles (together and solo, with or without friends and family). A lot of these impress me in that I actually HAVE NOT seen them before. Although I found a number of mistakes in the little captions beside the pictures (for example, since when is "She Said She Said" on Sgt. Pepper?), this is completely trivial since what the book really offers are glossy, high-quality images of the Fab Four we all know and love. It is a great photo album, and worth it every step of the way for all Beatles collections. Recommended.

Also, being that there is no cover image on Amazon yet, I would just like to add that that should not shy you away from this purchase. The cover has John, Paul, George, and Ringo all sitting alongside each other with shining gold print displaying the title, "Images of the Beatles." Very handsome outside sleeve; perfect for coffee table display. ... Read more

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Competing head-to-head with Caterpillar, International Harvester's TD-series of diesel-powered crawler tractors were a dominant, international force in earthmoving. Features almost every TD tractor model from the TD-40s & TD-35s of the 1930s to the mighty 320-horsepower TD-30 Torque Converter model of the 1960s. Machines shown in rare engineering & factory photos from the McCormick-International Harvester Company Collection in action on construction, earth-moving, farming, mining, & logging operations. ... Read more