Book Description
The Windows on the World Complete Wine Course is simply the bestselling wine book in the United States—it’s a classic. And this new edition contains an additional 16 wonderful pages, including a featured supplement about the olfactory system and how it deepens our enjoyment of wine. Written in a question-and-answer format, the section is coauthored with Wendy Dubit, an expert on the subject. Plus, this unequaled volume retains all the invaluable information, fabulous illustrations, and gorgeous styling of the 20th anniversary edition. Wine lovers will still thrill to Zraly’s inimitable, irreverent style. As always, he answers every question about wine; offers the most up-to-date recommendations; provides advice on buying wine in stores and on the Internet; takes you on a country-by-country, region-by-region ratings tour of the latest vintages; and starts you on your way to becoming a wine connoisseur. Abundant full-color labels and maps complete the enticing picture. More current, more informative, more concise and precise than ever, this remains the wine guide against which all others are judged.
Customer Reviews:
Great book, espically for beginners!.......2007-09-26
Before i bought this book, i didnt know a thing about wine. After completing it, i feel as if i am a sommelier. There are lots of pictures and helpful sidebar text to explain things in more detail. Very easy format and language that anyone can read and understand. It covers all types of wine from USA, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain mostly, however it does mention others briefly. I would recommend this book to someone who wants to learn about wine but doesn't know where to start. This will get the ball rolling for you very well.
A GREAT compilation about wines.......2007-08-28
I came across this book during my search for a guide book on wines that would be both informative and visually friendly. In his updated 2007 edition, Zraly continues to provide a great wealth of information to anyone looking to learn more about wines -- from history, geographic/cultural origin, techniques, pairings, to recommendations on specific labels/wineries. The combination of factual information and recommendations of his favorites makes for a more interesting and engaging "wine course". Futhermore, the colorful pictures and the binding of the hardback make this for a great coffee table book.
Echoing the comments of other reviewers, I would like to reiterate that this is a perfect guide for beginners and a great compilation to have as part of any sommelier's collection.
Zraly Review.......2007-08-11
This book is an excellent source for information for any wine drinker. It explains the world of wine much better and gives a general overview of all the most important wine making regions.
Brilliant, easy to read.......2007-07-27
This is an awesome book for anyone really wanting to know all about wine. Answers any question you may have about every aspect of wine and the winemaking process.
Twenty years and still a great book.......2007-06-27
I purchased my first copy of "Windows on the World" 20 years ago as it was the perfect introduction to wine book of its time. Zraly's basic approach in easing the novice through the pleasure of wine has made it the book I have recommended most often. I've probably given a dozen copies away over the years to friends who have expressed an interest in learning more about wine. Readers will be introduced to a good overview of the great wine regions of the world, the wine making process, pairing, proper stemware and more. A must buy. (Joseph Broski - Dionysian Society International)
Book Description
"One of the best start-from-scratch wine books ever written."--Frank Prial, The New York Times.
OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD!
Celebrating 20 years of wine mastery...
The world's finest wine book gets a complete redesign for its 20th birthday. Thirty-two pages of brand new material, enhanced color, and even more cartoons grace this Anniversary Edition, which will thrill wine lovers once again as they get a taste of Kevin Zraly's unequaled advice. One thing hasn't changed, however: Zraly's inimitable, irreverent style. He answers every question about wine; offers the most up-to-date recommendations; provides advice on buying wine in stores and on the Internet; takes you on a country-by-country, region-by-region ratings tour of the latest vintages; and starts you on your way to becoming a wine connoisseur. Abundant full-color labels and maps complete the enticing picture. More current, more informative, more concise and precise than ever, this remains the wine guide against which all others are judged.
"A visually exciting, intelligently structured reference."--Bon Appetit
"Are you intimidated by wine stewards? Read Kevin Zraly's new edition of Windows on the World Complete Wine Course and order with aplomb"--Playboy
"The liveliest short course on wine ever wrapped between two covers"--Boston Globe
"Brims with enthusiasm... breezy, down-to-earth...Reads like an interesting conversation."--Chicago Tribune
"As entertaining as it is informative. A masterful job of simplifying a complex subject and making it fun in the process."--New York Daily News
"The top introductory book available."--Booklist
Customer Reviews:
so nice!.......2007-01-10
I purchased this book as a gift and my husband loves it so much! This book is just perfect, full of pictures, you know, so you can locate Borbeaux or Champagne! It gives a really good general idea on the wine world and is full of informations. After our last trip to Lyon, France my husband decided to learn more about wines and this book is the perfect first step for someone who is wanting to learn.
Great buy.
Very worthwhile........2006-11-05
We saw this book on someone else's table, and picked it up. Couldn't stop reading it and now we have our own copy. Lots of wonderful information. Well worth having.
A very good reference, especially for beginner.......2006-10-17
I was lucky enough to find and buy this book back in 1989 when I first begain my wine education. I found the information, and the way it was presented, very easy to follow and very useful. The description and author clearly states that this is an introduction to wine. If your goal is to find out what wines you enjoy vs. becoming a collector, than I will go so far as to say that this book is the only one you will ever need.
I started a wine tasting club with my friends. Each month we would pick a different variety, and the host would choose 6 wines. As the unofficial 'president' of the club, I would write up some notes on the grape, region, etc., and most of those notes came from this book. I have since donated all my other wine books to the local book sale - this is the only one I return to for basic information. I probably will ask for an updated copy for Christmas.
Kevin Zraly's disappointing volume.......2006-08-17
As a guide to wines of the world, this book is really disappointing. Capitalizing on the fame and popularity of the former WTC Windows on the World, it sounded like an excellent bet. Unfortunately, it seems to be just a collection of commentary that might have taken place during evenings of wine samplings, and is completely useless as a reference guide.
Needed more depth..........2006-07-10
I found the text lacked detail; probably sufficient for sounding clever at dinner parties, but only at a fairly superficial level of understanding. I suspect it has been aimed at the wine novice. For a more authoritative text, I would go for Hugh Johnson's Wine Companion.
Book Description
Reared in the Hindu tradition, quantum physicist Amit Goswami integrates our spiritual heart with our scientific head.
Customer Reviews:
Great topic.......2007-05-07
This is thick writing but well worth it if you are interested in this topic. The first time I tried to read it, I was on a 24 hour train trip. That was not the right occasion. This is a wide-awake-afternoon type book. You need to be able to offer full concentration and brain power. It's worth it.
Not for everyone.......2006-03-17
This is not an easy book to read, but for the spiritual seeker it can be stimulating and rewarding. Goswami is an expert at quantum physics and explains how it helps to reveal spiritual phenomena. His explanations are clear but also tedious. He answers practically every question that can be anticipated; however,in doing so he risks losing all but the most determined reader.
This is not to pan the book. It is superlative in many ways, full of undeniable wisdom. But I'm not sure he adequately addresses the ultimate question: how does it apply to the common man? Would the Creator give us a world of marvelous complexity and hide its meaning from everyone but mental giants? Goswami shows us the complexity and masters the art of elucidation. But are most people that interested in the hows and whys of our being here and what we should do about it? If there are actions to take, instructions to follow, beliefs to accept, why aren't they already clear to the least of us? Why can't everyone figure it out? These questions are addressed not only to Goswami but to all other speculators in this genre. Why can't teaching of this magnitude be simple?
I recommend this book to anyone who has the time, inclination and intelligence to get through it. That eliminates much of the world's population. And I have an idea that the Being responsible for the presence of the human race on this planet values us all. Goswami calls that Being consciousness.
He eloquently brings science and spirituality together, without injuring the sensibilities of either's adherents. He emphasizes time and again that consciousness is the ground of all being. And he wraps up the discussion with what he calls four stages of enlightenment. But it leaves me wondering how many of us billions remain unaware of them and what, if any, the consequences are.
THE AHAH! BOOK.......2003-01-12
I was about four years old when I discovered that things die, and the outrage that I felt at this news has fueled a fifty year search to understand what we're doing here. This is not my only literary quest, but it is a big one, and it has taken me all over the map. When I studied relativity and quantum physics in college, I saw - 'through a glass darkly' - that this was an important piece of the puzzle, but real understanding eluded me. I just bought the The Visionary Window, and I knew almost immediately, that this, for me, was the Ahah! book - the one that brought all the pieces together. I recommend it highly.
Hold a Webster with you for this.......2001-10-24
Although the book seems to be sincere effort in terms of the treatment of subject, but the language is too tricky with very very esoteric terminology used. Also the use of word 'quantum' seems to be too casual and thus the terms such as 'quantum monad' seem too ambiguous. Perhaps when Mr Goswami has finally reached some perspective about 'truth', he will realize that any truth that can be expressed, ceases to be 'the truth'.
Finally, Unification of Eastern and Western thought........2001-10-18
Many students of philosophy understand and appreciate both
Western materialist philosophies and Eastern philosophies
more centered on consciousness. Like looking at an atom,
and looking at a galaxy, these two philosophies needed a
middleground to connect them
In this book, Goswami is the first person ever to unify
the two seemingly disparate ideologies. He provides the
middleground in a way that books like "The Tao of Physics"
fail to do. (They only "hint" at the connection).
I am very happy that I bought this book.
Book Description
Faces at the Window isn't the usual collection of rehashed New England ghost tales, half-legends and spooky sketches. It's the real thing, told by an author who actually experienced most of the cases in this book — and even photographed them. On the rare occasions when he wasn't an eyewitness, he uses first-hand sources, reliable press accounts and even government documents.
Paul F. Eno is the ultimate storyteller. His breezy style, sympathetic treatment, wry wit and careful research will make you feel you're actually at his side, working through some of the 20th century's scariest, most remarkable cases of the paranormal in New England.
Customer Reviews:
Great book! Too short!.......2007-07-25
I am a ghosthunter and can appreciate what Eno has accomplished in his long career. Psychology is the main weapon in fighting parasite cases and negative type hauntings. The multiverse theory is fascinating.
But why was this book so short?
The face in the window on the cover of the book was very interesting.
James Kelly
78 Pages?!.......2007-03-17
I've been reading ghost stories for maybe 40 years or so, and have experienced a whole lot of paranormal phenomena personally. I don't think I'm that hard to please as a reader, either; if it's a good story, I'll probably enjoy it. And yes, some of the five stories were good. The "pick of the lot" so to speak was definitely the Bridgeport Poltergeist incident. Fascinating account, well documented.
But here's the thing. First of all, the entire book comprises reprinted stories. There's nothing new! OK, if they were all great accounts, then it would be worth it, but at least in my opinion a couple of the accounts were very cursorily covered. The account of Connecticut's Village of Voices for example, didn't impress me at all as solid research. If the photos reprinted are as high quality as the originals I have to say that the "faces" and "dagger" Eno points out are dubious at best. Old stories, not many of them, and some are less than substantial. Here's the thing that really gets me, though. On top of everything else, the total page count is 100, and that's including what I feel to be "padding"; an index, a section on "disappearing ships of New England" (sorry, ships hit by rogue waves aren't ghosts, and even reading the author's review of the occurrences, only one of the disappearances even seemed that mysterious), and a two-page "glossary" containing a grand total of ten words. You get less than 78 pages of actual ghost stories!
Not to be overly denigrating, but I have a very strong feeling I just bought something the author threw together from old research to get a little more publicity and another "book" under his belt. Seriously, there's a reason why larger publishers won't touch a manuscript under 80,000 words, and this has to be barely half that. I'm really not at all happy with this book, and I'd recommend you pass on this one. There are a ton of great books out there on the subject, keep looking.
No No No ,pretty much about everything in this book.......2006-06-04
I have a pretty good idea of what "Spine Tingling" means and it is most definately not "Faces in the Window".It was hard to even keep interested while reading.
Come on now, time to tell the truth so here goes... Do not buy this book not even if it is on sale !!! I'm a person with a pretty vivid imagination and though I looked pretty hard at the cover picture and I guess one could see a nose kind of, sort of. Even in the pictures of scenery it was hard to see anything resembling anything except what I was looking at.. Well, this is my first review and sorry it is a negative one but really , is this person promoting himself or what?
Incredible page-turner.......2001-01-27
What a wonderful book, Paul Eno sure knows how to tell a story, He starts off his stories with a slow tapping and follows up with a big bang, I have not forgotten one story in this book, I recommend this book to anyone who wants to read First hand accounts of Paranormal phenomena, From poltergeist's to Vampires its all here... A must have for the paranormal genre collector... This is the real thing.... No fiction here...
Book Description
Fred Hartman, a family physician with training in public health and infectious diseases, and his wife Mary, a nurse with a degree in Education, have dedicated their lives to providing healthcare to underserved populations throughout the world. While this commitment has taken them to many interesting places over the years, none has been more challenging or fascinating than Afghanistan. Window on Afghanistan is a chronicle of the people, places and events they encountered during the 2 years they lived and worked in post-Taliban Afghanistan.
The couple arrived in Kabul in January 2004. Despite obvious cultural and religious differences, they quickly adapted to their new environment and began the monumental task of helping to rebuild a healthcare system that had been destroyed by twenty-three years of war. Danger—in the form of riots, suicide bombers, kidnappings and other terrorist threats—was always lurking outside their secured residence and workplace. Despite this, and with the help of dedicated security and medical teams, they steadfastly continued the important work of providing badly needed education and training to caregivers in this war-torn land.
Along the way, there were many rewards, triumphs, tragedies and historic events—trips to the picturesque mountain village of Istalif and the spectacular Panjshir Valley, Presidential and Parliamentary elections, and the momentous Race for Peace, to name just a few. Most notably, however, were the wonderful people they met—heroic men and women who had survived some of the most tragic events of our modern world, many of whom share their stories in this inspirational and enlightening memoir.
Customer Reviews:
Opening the Windows to Afghanistan.......2007-03-06
Windows on Afghanistan puts a very human face on the daily challenges Afghanis confront to survive the continuing chaos of their country's search for stability and a normal life for all citizens.
Written by an American husband and wife medical team who spent three years working to improve the health care delivery system against great odds and in the face of daily dangers, it describes the close bonds they forged with many of their Afghan colleagues and the wrenching decision to leave when the security situation became intolerable.
Dr Hartman continues to visit Afghanistan periodically to help with the work he began.
Timely, anecdotal, at times both funny and heartbreaking, it is a great addition to our understanding of a faraway land
Reflections from the Window on Afghanistan.......2007-02-14
As a surgeon who has lectured and traveled throughout Asia, I was intrigued by another physician who chose to risk life and wife as he rebuilt the healthcare system of Obstetrics and Infectious Disease in a dangerous war-torn land. Most of us struggle with understanding the complex nature of fanatical vs. moderate Islam through reading and watching the news, while Fred and Mary Hartman lived the experience fraught with all the obstacles of kidnapping, tribal conflict, and desperately ill patients. Despite the handicap of working in primitive conditions Hartman is able to convey the warm, dedicated, hard-working ethic of the Afghanistan physicians and nurses.
The powerful rivers descending from the harsh winters of the Hindu Kush mountains nourish the lush valleys to feed the villages and the cattle. The rivers seem to symbolize a sense of serenity and calm as they bring life to the valleys and the resilient population who inhabit them. Only courage and perseverance could sustain the rugged commitment of such determined professionals to sustain the reconstruction of a healthcare system demolished by decades of war with the Russians and then the Taliban.
One can sense the love affair between the Hartmans and their devoted Afghanistan colleagues. One is left with a great sense of accomplishment to create such an important framework for others to follow. This memoir is a sincere dedication to the passion of medicine and love of country.
Windows on Afghanistan.......2007-02-10
This book was written by a doctor, not a lifelong professional author, however, it is well written! Fred and Mary Hartman lived and worked in a troubled country. They gave three years of their lives to others in an attempt to help build a health system and prevent thousands of needless deaths. This book follows the foremat of a journal as they experience the post Russian/Taliban war torn Afghanistan. This book is about people and their struggle to survive. I learned a great deal about the country, but learned a great deal more about it's people. Well done!
Book Description
The children of Dr. Bob Smith, cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, give a first-person account of the miracle that took place in Akron, Ohio, in 1935, when Dr. Bob had his historic meeting with Bill Wilson. In the years that followed, Bob and Sue would learn that their father's recovery did not ensure their own.
Customer Reviews:
A Different Perspective.......2007-05-30
If you are interested in AA history, this book will be a very interesting read. This is not socalled "AA APROVED LITERATURE." It puts a different perspective on the founders of AA. They were afterall, human beings. "Imperfect people that came up with a way to help millions of other imperfect people to acheive a level of sobriety. The book is out of print, and I was surprised to find a new copy of it.
If you are one that chooses to hold to the belief that Dr. Bob and Bill W. were saints,then you may wish to pass on this one. It is not a "Mommy Dearest" hatchet job, but simply a look at early AA from two people who were there.
Book Description
"How Do You Know He's Real? God Unplugged," the second book in the successful "He's Real series," shares the profound real life journeys and dramatic encounters with the living God by young celebrities from the worlds of sports and music. The book addresses issues that young people deal with, like insecurity, anger, peer pressure, addiction and self-esteem. Always inspirational and often miraculous, "God Unplugged" is a must-read for those who desire to go deeper in their relationship with God.
Download Description
Between the covers of this book are testimonies from Christian role models from the worlds of film, sports, and music. The stories are real and powerful, and are presented in a way that believers and seekers alike will find compelling.
Customer Reviews:
People teens admire talk about God.......2007-04-13
Author Amy Hammond Hagberg wanted to help teens--her own and others--answer questions about God, including the big question: "How do you know he's real?"
Hagberg wrote to sports stars, recording artists and other celebrities, asking them to reflect on their life experiences and share how the reality of God was making a difference to them personally and professionally. The responses she received--from NBA players, Christian musicians, 'American Idol' contestants and others--are honest, revealing, and often compelling.
The resulting book is a collection of celebrity essays: mini-bios that focus on the reality of God in the midst of media attention, success and failure, and broken relationships. Contributors include Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic basketball team, quarterback David Carr of the Houston Texans, and popular Christian recording artist Clay Crosse.
Some of the interviews are especially helpful for Hagberg's original target readers: teens. Among these, Chrissy Conway of 'Zoe Girl' talks about her parents' divorce, the party scene, and the twists and turns along her personal career path in ways that connect with teens and with anyone who has ever considered attempting a career in music.
Hagberg is a gifted and skilled writer who keeps readers turning the pages as she unpacks celebrity affirmations of the presence of God in their lives. A great gift book for readers from teens through Gen X, but the stories here will interest readers of any age!
Note: Reviewer Dr. David Frisbie is an author and Executive Director of The Center for Marriage & Family Studies in Del Mar, California.
Armchair Interviews says: Anything that can help teens understand their role in living a good life is good.
Celebrities share their faith.......2007-03-11
This is an ideal book to give to people who have questions about becoming a Christian, and who love sports and music celebrities.
44 extreme sports and music celebrities tell their stories in this book, from Jonny Lang (recording artist), to Barlow Girl (rock group), Kimiko Soldati (Olympic diving), CJ Hobgood (surfer), Dwight Howard (NBA player, Orlando Magic), Mick Hannah (downhill mountain bike racer), Jimmie McGuire (professional motocross rider) and more.
They share hard times they faced, how they became Christians and how their paths are more joyful due to their faith. Being a Green Bay Packer fan I turned to Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila's story of growing up in South Central Los Angeles with a tough background, a Muslim dad and a Christian mom, and how his becoming a Christian led to his current happy family life and NFL career. Christian Hosoi, professional skateboarder, after serious drug problems, is now leading a skateboarding ministry.
The two page "God's Road Map" at the end of each celebrity's story contains perceptive questions and Scriptures. Sports and music lovers will enjoy this book, and it can even be a "past watchful dragons book" that will steer doubting people on a new clear path.
god unplugged.......2007-02-02
God Unplugged by Ammy Hagberg was very interesting. It is 403 pages long and was published in 2006 by Destiny Image. In the story top athletes, musicians, and also stars tell how god helped them get where they wanted to be and changed their lives.
In the story there were 44 celebrity reflections on true life experiences with god. Many of these celebrities have been extremely low in their lives and god has pulled them out of them. Also in some cases they have had no luck in there lives and finally achieved their goals after they gave there lives god. All of these people believe that god has either given them opportunities or even the strength to work through where they were to get to where they want to be.
I thought that this was a good book. I enjoyed reading it and seeing how god has changed all of these people's lives. The strengths of this book are that it has top named celebrities that people actually want to read about. The weakness of this book is that there is nothing to find out nest so you don't have a reason to keep reading. I did like how god actually gave them the strength to continue and succeed in life. The writing was very boring to me, but I liked the idea.
The book gave a lasting effect on me because I have a saint Christopher necklace that my grandma gave to me before she passed away and that keeps me safe when I race motorcross. So, I think that god has a great power on us. I would recommend this book, it will make you think.
After reading this, you certainly KNOW he is real!.......2007-01-25
Truly, this, and the book before this, are really awesome books!
** Why?
Because they give some very good insights into other peoples way to God. Not only that, if you don't know the Bible inside and out (and even if you do, actually!), there are quotations from the Bible explaining the why and hows, depending on the story of the person interviewed.
All this, with Amy Hagbergs very nice way of writing (down to earth serious mixed with a nice blend of humor) makes this book a pleasure to read!
Personally, I strongly recommend this book to everyone. It might be those who Seek, or those who have found, it doesn't matter, in my opinion! :)
Fantastic book!.......2007-01-24
What a great book! Amy Hagberg has gathered some of today's biggest sports and music celebs to talk about how they know God is real. This book is in stark contrast to so many of today's depressing, tragedy-focused headlines. And the list of celebrities is impressive! [...]
Product Description
Author T. Lee Baumann was introduced to the Edgar Cayce material through the publication of his first book, God at the Speed of Light (0-87604-439-9). Upon that discovery, Dr. Baumann began to research Cayce's special gifts and the credibility of his "physical" and "life" readings. Through the use of scientific and experimental data, medical references, major religions and more, Baumann studies and analyzes the readings of Edgar Cayce and finds a Window to God.
Customer Reviews:
the anti-spiritual walls around Western medicine contine to crumble.......2005-08-16
Tom is a typically well trained and experienced physician who has become, atypically, fascinated by the scientific and medical observations that confirm the reality of a spiritual dimension to our human experience. As a medical colleague, I have been surrounded by the scientists who dispute both the existence and value of spirituality as it concerns medical treatment. Like Tom, however, this background never really rang true with my experience as a man and as a physician.
I have not needed the new "science" to be a theist, but work like Tom's helps begin to put certain disparate spiritual experiences together in a framework my mind can grasp. Like the concept of infinite space, there are realms and concepts that exceed my ability to conceptualize; however, this does not deny that they are real.
Tom has a great way of presenting a balanced assessment of the material he studies and a friendly way of conveying it. Atheists and fundamentalists alike should have no problem at least considering the ideas Tom presents in his works. I highly recommend them for pleasure and for serious thought. Also consider his "God At The Speed of Light".
Book Description
When television sets were still a luxurious novelty, manufacturers had to sell the new technological wonders by emphasizing their most glamorous, comforting, and appealing attributes. Window to the Future is a nostalgic, humorously prescient look at the ads and graphics that introduced TV to a consumer public who would make it a fixture in the home within a few short years. From fanciful visions in early radio magazines to the lifestyle ads in the heyday of the "talking picture box," Window to the Future brims with images that projected idealized scenarios of the television as a treasured addition to the household. Celebrities who would come to dominate the medium (Walt Disney and Ronald Reagan not least) endorsed the latest Westinghouses and Zeniths, while illustrations of dapper men and elegant women hosting cocktail hour in front of their new black-and-white console projected the party trend of the future. More than 150 print advertisements, magazine covers, and catalog images show the evolution of our complex relationship with this ubiquitous domestic appliance and a pixellated trip down memory lane of television's youthful innocence.
Customer Reviews:
Tube hype.......2005-09-24
What irony to realise that the colorful ads in this book pushed a product that eventually killed off the very magazines that the ads appeared in. Madison Avenue had no further use for the mass consumer titles of the day (Life, Look, Colliers and the Saturday Evening Post) once a television was in every living room.
The ninety-three ads in the book are a wonderful examples of how the set manufacturers pitched their new product to the public, there are eight ads using paintings to show folks dressed as suave sophisticates admiring their Zenith Black Magic sets or using personalities of the day, Rogers and Hammerstein for RCA, Martin and Lewis, Edgar Bergen or Bert Lancaster for Magnavox. RCA in 1958 ran a particularly creative ad in Colliers which involved holding a photo of the bottom half of a color TV screen on a black and white set, NBC then froze, for a minute, the program so viewers could marvel at what they saw, the top half in black and white, the bottom in color, imagine that happening today.
Bedsides the TV ads the author has included other related material, drink ads that show the sets as a focal point in social groups, especially for sporting events, several magazine covers featuring TV sets and nicely twelve super futuristic paintings by Charles Schridde that ran in consumer magazines in the early Sixties.
The book is well produced and all the ads are readable unlike another book of ads I bought recently, 'What's Your Poison: addictive advertising of the 40s -60s' (ISBN 1933112026) which is only 6.5 inches deep and text in the ads is certainly not readable. If you like consumer advertisements of the past have a look at 'All-American Ads 50s (ISBN 3822811580) a monster 926 page treasure trove of colorful selling from the Atomic Age.
A fascinating social document.......2005-05-31
This book largely compiles magazine advertisements for television sets spanning from 1946 until 1970, and it's fascinating to see how the medium and the device were sold to the American public. If you're a boomer (like I am), you'll enjoy it, and if you're interested in vintage advertising, you'll find it an essential addition to your library. It will variously make you laugh, scratch your head, and drop your mouth open in disbelief. My only criticism of the book (which prevented me from giving it a 5 star rating) is that the physical size of the boom is a bit small: the ads it contains originally appeared in large format magazines such as Life, Look and Saturday Evening Post, and their reproduction on the smaller sized pages of this book makes many of them difficult to read without a magnifying glass. I suppose that's the trade-off for a lower price. Highly recommended!
Book Description
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course is simply the bestselling wine book in North America—it’s a classic. The 2007 edition alone has sold over 100,000 copies and reorders continue to pour in. Along with the expanded text that has made last year’s update so successful, the 2008 revision will include a special 16-page supplement on “How to Taste Wine,” taken directly from Kevin’s world-famous class. This new material will include more than 100 wines that Zraly selects for his students to taste, along with the tasting sheet they use for their evaluations. Organized by region, from simple to complex, his list begins with white wines from France, the U.S., and Germany; moves on to the red wines of Burgundy and the Rhône, Bordeaux, the U.S., Italy, Australia, Argentina, and Chile; and concludes with champagnes and ports. By following Kevin’s order, readers will experience the best wines and the wide diversity of taste, style, region, and country. It’s not only a comprehensive and bargain-priced hands-on wine education, but a superb catalog from which to start a wine cellar or find a bottle appropriate to any occasion. In addition, the label for each of the 101 wines is shown, along with commentary on how to read it, suggestions for alternative wines, and specific instructions on how to set up a tasting using Kevin’s techniques. This is the first time Kevin’s actual list has ever been offered in book form and it alone is worth the cover price of Windows on the World Complete Wine Course.
Of course, as always, this unequaled volume retains all the invaluable information, fabulous illustrations, and gorgeous styling of the previous editions—all presented in Zraly’s inimitable, irreverent style. This is the wine guide against which all others are judged.
Customer Reviews:
Zraly uncorks the mysteries of wine........2007-09-24
Kevin Zraly's Windows on the World Complete Wine Course is considered a classic among amateur grape geeks (like me). The 2007 edition sold over 100,000 copies. Zraly uncorks the mysteries of wine with his trusted "wine course." The comprehensive 2008 update is informative in the areas of wine tasting, selection, regions, and countries (from France to Chile), and also includes recommendations and advice on selecting a wine in an often complex market further complicated by the Internet. While this course may not qualify you to become a sommelier, it will definitely improve your knowledge and credentials as an amateur oeniphile, and should be considered an excellent starting point for any wine connoisseur.
G. Merritt
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Recommended Books
- Venice from the Ground Up
- Pearl Harbor: America's Darkest Day
- Covering + Exposing : Coop Himmelblau
- History: Fiction or Science
- History: Fiction or Science
- Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong
- Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians
- Edward Hopper
- Families Across Time: A Life Course Perspective : Readings
- The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach
Spirits
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| Cooking, Food & Wine
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The Oxford Companion to Wine, 3rd Edition
The Wine Bible
How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine
The New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition
Wine For Dummies (For Dummies (Cooking))
