Cool to uncool. Insider to mainstream. Black to white. How did "Bling Bling" move from one world to the other, seemingly overnight? Matthew Vescovo, master of the obvious and creator of Instructoart Lesson 1, hilariously connects the dots and takes us full circle from the raw underground rap origins of the phrase "Bling Bling," to its ultimate demise in the hands of unhip, suburban, housewives. This story of innovation, proliferation, regurgitation, commercialization, and bastardization, is based on Vescovo's highly popular animated short for MTV. Appropriately written in verse, it illustrates a common theme in contemporary culture--that of black culture carving out ownership of something exclusively its own . . . and other groups copying and abusing that thing until it has lost its originality. With sharp humor and wit, amusing comic-style illustrations, and an historical truth that resonates with its audience as it probes deeper issues, this book performs an autopsy on the term "Bling Bling," and then memorializes its death to the world.

The Life And Death Of Bling Bling: A Story Of Innovation, Proliferation, Regurgitation Commercialization And Bastardization

Comics & Graphic Novels

Vescovo, Matthew

Comic Strips

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The letters present two great XX century Nobel Prize writers grieving for the ruined world. In the 1930s and 1940s, they rail against the stupidity of war and the cowardice of diplomats, against the social savagery of the Nazis, against the blind forces of abstraction and nationalism. They brood about the fate of Germany and of Europe after the last shots have been fired. They have lived through a time of extraordinary horror and yet they have not surrendered to despair or nihilism. Reading the letters, the reader will feel like some privileged guest in a special room, sitting off to the side somewhere, listening while these men talk.

The Hesse/Mann Letters

Literature & Fiction

thomas-mann

Hermann, Hesse

Essays & Correspondence

“The study of human nature, ‘the observation of the human heart and its passions,’ was his constant preoccupation. But where could he study the passions better than in himself? Though he lived exuberantly, submitting himself to experience... he went on incessantly writing down everything that happened to him just as it happened… he even led to perform some remarkable experiments upon himself…He laid claim to having been a soldier, a man of fortune, a great lover, a society wit, a diplomat, a traveler, and even, sometimes, a revolutionary conspirator… “Fifty years after his death he becomes one of the demigods of the world’s letters, taking his place in the ranks of the great social writers who appeared toward the end of the last century… his manner of life itself has fascinated whole regiments of literary scholars in France, Italy and Germany in the last forty years.” —Matthew Josephson, From the Introduction (1946) “Stendhal is best known for his masterpieces The Red and the Black (1830) and The Chartreuse of Parma (1839), sharp and passionate chronicles of the intellectual and moral climate of France after Napoleon's defeat.”

Stendhal or the Pursuit of Happiness

Biographies & Memoirs

Josephson, Matthew

Arts & Literature

With trenchant realism and profound understanding, Matthew Josephson presents in VICTOR HUGO the realistic biography of a great romantic who wrote Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Name, among others. Of tremendous sweep and scope, it is a penetrating analysis of a literary titan, who as a political pamphleteer, playwright, novelist, and romantic lover, dominated his time, influenced his peers, and moved the hearts of men. Matthew Josephson, whose Stendhal, Zola, The Robber Barons, and Rousseau defined him as a master of the art of biography, has given us in VICTOR HUGO a highly readable account of this vigorous, zestful, and fruitful career. VICTOR HUGO is the final and definitive work on "France's prince of poets and lord of language." EARLIER BOOK REVIEWS "Matthew Joseph's third full-blown biography of a great French writer.is the best. There is more color and drive in it .because the materials are so rich." New York Times Book Review (1942) "Victor Hugo's varied and colorful career offered Josephson a perfect opportunity to display again his gift for spirited narrative and keen characterization. He skillfully traces Hugo's conversion from literary great to political hero. Along the way he adds texture to his portrait by interweaving the fascinating components of Hugo's personal life -his marriage to Adèle Foucher, his fifty-year liaison with Juliette Drouet, and his friendship and betrayal by Sainte-Beuve.Victor Hugo's life was a success story without parallel, and it provided an apotheosis of Josephson's point about the duty of writers in times of social and political crisis. The critics again praised Josephson's talents as a biographer." - David E. Shi, Matthew Josephson: Bourgeois Bohemian, Yale University Press, 1981

Victor Hugo: A Realistic Biography of the Great Romantic

El suicidio de la exitosa abogada Sylvia Meyer empuja a su hijo Lucas a un recorrido que le proporcione las claves de una respuesta más allá del hecho puntual de la muerte. ¿Quién fue y cómo vivió esa mujer que él, en realidad, no conocía? Un contrapunto de voces del pasado y del presente delinearán una imagen inquietante de fondo y figura se funden en la cual es posible reconocer las máscaras que tal vez portamos sin atrevernos a nombrarlas. "¿Para qué vivir si uno es una nada? No hay respuestas taxativas en la novela. No lo intenta. La novela es sólo un disparador. No; es una ametralladora. El blanco es el sentido de la vida, no sólo de Sylvia; también el del lector, el de cualquiera". - Santiago Vergara "En el derrotero de una encarnizada lucha contra la vida, emerge un retoño que testimonia el paso del amor de un hombre por el cuerpo de esta mujer. Catapultada a un abismo sin retorno, su falta suscita en su hijo Lucas la pasión por la verdad de los demonios del mundo de su madre". - Elena Jabif, Psicoanalista.

Gracias Por La Muerte (Spanish Edition)

Vergara, Santiago

Merajver-Kurlat, Marta

Jabif, Elena

Literary

Born 1942 in England M.A. degree in illustration from the Royal College of Art, London, 1966. He worked for Time Magazine from 1978 to 1994 in New York City as Executive Art Director: charts, covers, administration and Graphics Director his work has appeared in important magazines and publications such as American Health; American Lawyer; Amicus Journal; Attaché (USAir magazine); Details; Discover; Business 2.0 (formerly eCompanyNow) (visual columnist); Encyclopaedia Britannica; Esquire; Fortune; GQ; George Magazin; Harper's; House &amp; Garden; How; IBM Think Magazine; Industry Standard; Information Week; Mens Health; Modern Maturity; Money; The New Yorker; New York Times; Print; Reader's Digest; Self (Contributing Editor); Sports Illustrated; Sports Illustrated for Women; Time; Time for Kids; Encyclopaedia of 20th Century; World Business. His projects include work for AARP; Apple; Associated Press; Banker's Trust; Bristol Myers Squibb; CNN.com; Escape Sailboats; Estée Lauder; Fortune Conference Division (animated films); GE Capital; Gillette; GM; IBM; Nike; The Planet Project; Random House; Sony; Time Education Program; United Healthcare; Visa. He has received various Awards such as Gold awards from the Society of Newspaper Designers, AIGA; Art Directors Club of New York; Creativity; D&amp;AD, Silver Medal (London); DESI; Malofiej Information Graphics Awards (Silver Medal); Print Magazine; National Magazine Awards; Society of Illustrators; Society of Publication Designers He is the Author of: Designer's Guide to Creating Charts and Diagrams 1984 (Watson-Guptill, NY). Paperback, 1990 Designing Pictorial Symbols 1985 (Watson-Guptill, NY). Paperback edition, 1991 Pictorial Maps 1991 (Watson-Guptill, NY) The Best in Diagrammatic Graphics, 1994 (Quarto/Batsford, London, UK) and Wordless Diagrams, Bloomsbury Press 2005. From 1980 he annually teaches at The Stanford Professional Publishing Course, Stanford University, California and from 1983 at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St Petersburg, Florida. He also lecture extensively in the US and abroad.

Nigel Holmes on Information Design (Working Biographies)

Arts & Photography

HELLER, Steven

Graphic Design

Jean-Jacques Rousseau  French author and philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) published The Social Contract,Discourse of Inequality, Émile and many other great works and ideas that have profoundly influenced modern education, politics and psychology theories.  The passage from the state of nature to the civil state produces a very remarkable change in man, by substituting justice for instinct in his conduct, and giving his actions the morality they had formerly lacked.  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1762  JJ Rousseau broke away from the authoritarianism and rationalism of his day to champion inborn human rights and native intuition.  Lowell Bair Translator of French literature  His works as a political philosopher influenced and fascinated minds as different as those of Hume, Kant, Goethe, Byron, Shiller and in recent times John Dewey and Claude Levi-Strauss.  Mathew Josephson. The Essential Rousseau. Plume Books 1974  About the Author  Since his early life Matthew Josephson (1899-1978) showned extreme versatility: he wrote poetry, extensive biographies (Zola, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Stendhal and  Edison) essays on political issues, newspaper articles, personal chronicles (Life Among the Surrealists: A Memoir) . Today he is best known as the author of The Robber Barons, He was also an experienced and successful Wall Street broker and businessman.  Josephson's chief concerns were nineteenth-century French literature and twentieth-century American capitalism. In the 1920's he lived in Paris and Berlin where he became acquainted with the European Dadaists and Surrealists suchas Paul Eluard, André Breton, Louis Aragon, and Max Ernst.  David E. Shi. Matthew Josephson, Bourgeois Bohemian, Yale University, 1981

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Leaders & Notable People

Paul Anthony Samuelson es Profesor Emérito de Instituto en la Cátedra de Economía del Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Desarrolló una metodología propia y provocó controversias entre los miembros de su profesión. Samuelson escribió el libro de texto sobre Economía de mayor venta en todos los tiempos, sin recibir pago anticipado alguno en concepto de derechos de autor. Son legendarios su estilo de pensamiento expansivo, penetrante y antidogmático y su generosidad de espíritu para con sus estudiantes y colegas por igual. Contribuyó a moldear las políticas económicas nacionales y en 1970 se hizo acreedor al Premio Nobel de Economía. "Paul Samuelson: La Esencia de un Gran Economista" ofrece un retrato conciso de este pensador original cuyo intelecto poderoso, profundo y expansivo impulsó una de las transformaciones fundamentales de la teoría económica en el siglo XX "Este libro es, en gran medida, una fiel representación del espíritu de Paul A. Samuelson, uno de los más grandes economistas del siglo XX. Quienes lo conocen sólo a través de sus escritos quizás ya se hayan percatado de su ingenio, intelecto y brillantez. El presente volumen dirige la atención del lector sobre dichas cualidades, mediante el recurso a ciertos detalles de su historia personal y a una plétora de anécdotas recogidas de entre sus colegas y discípulos". - Joseph E. Stiglitz (Prefacio) Aunque no es un libro sobre economía, quien se acerque a su lectura obtendrá una visión reveladora de lo que ha sido esta disciplina durante poco más de dos siglos de existir. Más importante aún es que la obra está escrita tanto para legos como para iniciados. En ella pueden conocerse muchos otros aspectos paralelos a la carrera académica y profesional del profesor Samuelson. Guillermo Ortíz (Prologo)

Paul A. Samuelson: La Esencia De Un Gran Economista (Spanish Edition)

Gottesman, Aron Ramrattan

Szenberg, Distinguished Professor of Economics Lubin Business School Michael

Professionals & Academics

Explains how the consistent use of charts, contracts, and rewards can help children achieve their parents' behaviorial goals, describes typical scenarios and how to handle them, and provides graphics for parents to use.

Recompensas Para Ninos Por Buen Comportamiento/ Regards for Kids! Ready-to-Use Charts & Activities for Positive Parenting (Spanish Edition)

Parenting & Relationships

Schneider, Meg

Shiller, Virginia M., Ph.D.

Parenting

Over the past three decades, Alan Siegel has become one of the best-known figures in the branding business. He has achieved the stature of both pillar of the establishment and provocative iconoclast, while building a leading brand consultancy, Siegel &amp; Gale, devoted to positioning global companies for competitive success. As consultant, author, and commentator, Alan's influence extends from advising organizations such as Xerox, American Express, the National Basketball Association, Caterpillar, The Girl Scouts, and Carnegie Mellon University, to creating guides for the Wall Street Journal on understanding financial markets, to board-level service at American Institute of Graphic Arts, Design Management Institute, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Girls, Inc., and the Authors Guild Foundation and the American Theater Wing, where he is a TONY voter. During the 1970's, Alan pioneered simplification to such daunting documents as insurance policies, bank loan notes, mutual fund prospectuses, and all types of government communications. He criticized corporate executives, lawyers, doctors, technologists, and politicians for their murky jargon, self-important claims, and frustrating communications. During the 1980's, he popularized the idea of "brand voice." And during the 1990's, his firm championed the Internet as a powerful expression of brand strategy.

Alan Siegel: On Branding and Clear Communications (Working Biographies)

Business & Money

Slovinsky, Louis J.

Industries

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