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This history of boat design and culture since the beginning of the 20th century covers speedy mass-produced, motor-propelled motorboats and yachts. Design enthusiasts will find information on types, forms, materials and colors. The focus is on American and Italian models from the end of the Second World War through the present day. Top boat manufacturers and designers such as Christopher Columbus Smith, Carlo Riva and Sonny Levi feature prominently.


Italian Baroque Sculpture by Bruce Boucher, ISBN 0500203075

The sculptural flowering of the Italian Baroque - the sensuous beauty of Bernini's Apollo and Daphne; the spectacular papal tombs in St. Peter's; dramatic altarpieces such as the mystical Ecstasy of St. Teresa; and Rome's dazzling fountains - boldly transcended the traditional limitations of artistic media. Often dismissed in the past for creating a sham world to distract the observer's attention with dazzling technical displays, the sculpture of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Italy is here reassessed for the first time in more than a generation. Published to coincide with the fourth centenary of the births of Bernini and Algardi, the greatest of Baroque sculptors, Bruce Boucher's book provides an invaluable critical survey of Italian Baroque sculpture. Italian Baroque Sculpture by Bruce Boucher, ISBN 0500203075
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Italian Baroque Sculpture by Bruce Boucher, ISBN 0500203075

The sculptural flowering of the Italian Baroque - the sensuous beauty of Bernini's Apollo and Daphne; the spectacular papal tombs in St. Peter's; dramatic altarpieces such as the mystical Ecstasy of St. Teresa; and Rome's dazzling fountains - boldly transcended the traditional limitations of artistic media. Often dismissed in the past for creating a sham world to distract the observer's attention with dazzling technical displays, the sculpture of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Italy is here reassessed for the first time in more than a generation. Published to coincide with the fourth centenary of the births of Bernini and Algardi, the greatest of Baroque sculptors, Bruce Boucher's book provides an invaluable critical survey of Italian Baroque sculpture. Italian Baroque Sculpture by Bruce Boucher, ISBN 0500203075
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Objects of Desire: A Portrait of Love and Marriage by Ralph Graves, ISBN 0740740083

This is a love story, told in a completely different way. Eleanor MacKenzie, just graduated from Barnard, and Ralph Graves, just graduated from Harvard, met as brand-new researchers at Life magazine in September 1948. They soon married other people, but the two couples then became closest friends. After seven years of that closeness, Eleanor and Ralph realized that they were profoundly in love. Both went through bitter and punitive divorces to get to each other. It was worth it. They have now been married for 45 years. This book is the story of their love and marriage, told through the myriad objects that have played a significant role in that story. Gifts, homes, cars, painting, books, furniture, jewelry, clothes--all are invested with a deeply emotional value that grew out of what those objects of desire meant to these two people. But the story does not apply only to these two particular people. As Ralph Graves says about these objects of desire, "They have resonance. Each of us, in every... Objects of Desire: A Portrait of Love and Marriage by Ralph Graves, ISBN 0740740083
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Objects of Desire: A Portrait of Love and Marriage by Ralph Graves, ISBN 0740740083

This is a love story, told in a completely different way. Eleanor MacKenzie, just graduated from Barnard, and Ralph Graves, just graduated from Harvard, met as brand-new researchers at Life magazine in September 1948. They soon married other people, but the two couples then became closest friends. After seven years of that closeness, Eleanor and Ralph realized that they were profoundly in love. Both went through bitter and punitive divorces to get to each other. It was worth it. They have now been married for 45 years. This book is the story of their love and marriage, told through the myriad objects that have played a significant role in that story. Gifts, homes, cars, painting, books, furniture, jewelry, clothes--all are invested with a deeply emotional value that grew out of what those objects of desire meant to these two people. But the story does not apply only to these two particular people. As Ralph Graves says about these objects of desire, "They have resonance. Each of us, in every... Objects of Desire: A Portrait of Love and Marriage by Ralph Graves, ISBN 0740740083
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Libya's Qaddafi: The Politics of Contradiction by Mansour O. El-Kikhia, ISBN 0813015855

Mansour El-Kikhia provides a readable, comprehensive, and objective overview of modern Libyan politics with special attention to Muammar al-Qaddafi and the domestic and regional forces responsible for shaping his character and politics. The author explains the impact of Qaddafi's personality and policies, his terrorism, and his foreign adventures on Libya's domestic and international relations by placing Qaddafi's regime in historical context. Beginning with early Greek and Punic influences on the region, El-Kikhia offers a brief history of Libya through the periods of colonization, independence, Arab socialism, and economic growth in order to demonstrate the continuity of Libyan political, economic, social, and foreign policy development from ancient times to the current regime. Born in Libya, El-Kikhia experienced firsthand many of the events he analyzes. He offers a perspective rarely available to American readers, given the difficulty of conducting research in that country. He draws... Libya's Qaddafi: The Politics of Contradiction by Mansour O. El-Kikhia, ISBN 0813015855
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Alamein to Tunis: The Eighth Army's in North Africa by Adrian Turner, ISBN 0850526663

The British victory at El Alamein in November, 1942, while a decisive turning point in the war, did not immediately lead to the collapse of Axis forces in North Africa. While much depleted, the Afrika Korps escaped from the El Alamein battlefield in good order and fell back on strong defensive positions in Tunisia, bolstered by some of the world's most difficult terrain. German paratroopers and Hermann Goring Division panzergrenadiers were sent to North Africa as reinforcements, Italian units were more capable in the defensive role, and Montgomery could not be sure of the loyalty of Germany's nominal Vichy French allies.

Not even the creation of a second front in North Africa with the arrival of the Americans and fresh British units was enough to dislodge the Axis forces. The author describes in detail the hard campaigning and desperate battles that were necessary to bring about final victory in North Africa. A full description is given of the often-neglected air aspect of the campaign....

Alamein to Tunis: The Eighth Army's in North Africa by Adrian Turner, ISBN 0850526663
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History of Furniture: Ancient to 19th C.

No one is better qualified to discuss the evolution of fine furniture from ancient Egypt to Victorian England--with full details of its construction, decoration, use, and historical context--than Michael Huntley. As the Head of Furniture Restoration and Conservation at Sotheby's and author of the acclaimed "History of Furniture" articles in Furniture and Cabinetmaking magazine, he speaks with authority on every style and every period. With the aid of color photographs from Sotheby's unrivaled archives,... Boat Design: Classic and New Motorboats Boat Design: Classic and New Motorboats
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Handpainting Your Furniture by Kerry Trout, ISBN 0891349804

Transform flea market finds into valuable decorative furniture pieces. Nine step-by-step projects feature an exciting array of realistic scenes and trompe I'oeil effects. Boat Design: Classic and New Motorboats Italian bedroom furniture Handpainting Your Furniture by Kerry Trout, ISBN 0891349804 Boat Design: Classic and New Motorboats Italian bedroom furniture Handpainting Your Furniture by Kerry Trout, ISBN 0891349804
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