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Herpes zoster, better known as shingles, affects up to twenty percent of the population of the United States. Caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox, shingles affects adults who have had chicken pox and who suffer from a weakened immune system. The authors cite the latest research on Shingles and its prevention and provide tips on early recognition of shingles as well as descriptions of commonly used treatments for shingles. ... Read more

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very informative
September 8, 2009


The San Francisco Library system had ordered this book, but I waited about three months before I finally gave it because the book never came in.I was glad to read this book since it was written by a medical person, and the viewpoints was very different from an author who shared his shingles experience.Many seniors that I talked to did not know there is a vaccine to prevent shingles.I end up having phase 2 of shingles.That is, I had numbness and a burning sensation in my upper right leg even though I had recovered from shingles.The book made me understand that there is a phase 2 and 3 which an elderly person can get. It is the most painful illness that I ever experience since it hits nerve endings.If you've had chicken pox as a child, I urge you to get the vaccine to prevent shingles. For anyone who has shingles now, this book is a MUST reading.

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Old Homes of New England paints a stunning portrait of the charming and important old homes of the region, featuring storybook cottages in white clapboard as well ancient mansions in brick and stone. Cherished for its intimate, community-centered spirit, New England lays claim to some of the most wonderful architecture of the country—and, significantly, its buildings are among the nation’s very oldest. Featured here are twenty-five of the most beautiful examples, ranging from the storied House of the Seven Gables of 1668, in its magnificent colonial splendor, to the Corwin House of 1675, nicknamed the "Witch House" for its direct association to the infamous Salem witch trials, to the bucolic Cogswell farmhouse of 1728. Each house exemplifies its style, which range from early colonial Pilgrim, Puritan, and Shaker, to later Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival. With richly crafted interiors formed from old woods, fine plasterwork, thoughtfully set beams, brick, and stonework, the houses return us to a more gracious time when the simple pleasures of staying at home were paramount, a time to which many of us, even now, long to return. ... Read more

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Like a visit to New England!



This is positively one of the best books that my husband and I have recently purchased!The photographs are really stunning, and well thought out.Recommended for all of those who love history and the wonderful houses that go with it. An educational tour of America's
first homes and a look at some outstanding early antiques.

Gorgeous Book
Another nicely done book of the type for which the publisher has become known. Beautifully photographed and knowledgeably described, this is a great old house tour with some of the lesser known examples.

Finally, a NEW Old House Book!
Finally a new book on old houses- all new photos taken recently depict these wonderful old icons in their true original splendor!Well done.
a must have for anyone with an interest in historic houses ... Read more

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Distinguished by long, sloping gables, horizontal lines, and a continuous shingle covering on the exterior, the Shingle Style's essential objective was the creation of expanding, flowing space. The Shingle Style embodied intellectual pluralism and cultural democracy—ideals fundamental to American belief and developed quickly and richly. After a period of reaction against the Shingle Style, it was revitalized, finding its first fully renewed expression in 1959 in a design for a beach house by Robert Venturi. Vincent Scully details this reemergence, revealing the complex and crucial role of influence in the shaping of this movement. 134 b/w illustrations. ... Read more

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Reads Better Than It Looks
I bought this book a couple of years ago because my husband and I have a recurring fantasy of building a shingle style house and this was one of the few books I could find on the topic at the time.At first, I was a littleintimidated by the book because it looks very dry and scholarly.Once Igot over my intimidation and actually started reading, I was pleasantlysurprised to find that while it is indeed scholarly, it is extremelyreadable and even witty.Scully manages to weave together a fascinatingrange of influences and expressions of shingle styles, from Italianpalazzos to very modern architecture.The only reason I don't give thisbook a higher rating is that I wish it had color pictures and more of them,but I am probably just being peevish.The truth is, when I bought thebook, I really wanted a glossy picture book but none were available (thiswas before the 1999 publication of "Shingle Styles").The book'ssmall black and white photographs will not be satisfying to someone whowants to drool over rich photographs of this gorgeous architectural style,as I did.Nonetheless, the book itself will be quite satisfying to someonewho wants to immerse themselves in the history and theory of this uniqueAmerican style and who is willing to exert a little brain power to do it. ... Read more

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A Skin of Shingles
An historical treasure, this book, The Shingle and the Stick Style: formRichardson to the Orgins of Wright, by Vincent Scully is a chest ofArchitectual masterpieces.Detailed descriptions, interior and exteriorphotos, and floor plans make this book a wealth of knowledge for anyoneinterested in Architecture.The book is laid out as most contemporyArchitecture books.It describes the perticular building, then has thenumber that corralates to the photo.There are so many historicalphotographs in this book, and it is all well explained.It takes you stepthough step from the beginning of the stick stlye to the evoloution to theshingle to the metamorphis of Wright.Ths book is so detailed it even hasthe architectual sketches of many houses build in Manchester-by-the-Sea atCape Ann, Mass.For the price this book is a definate buy! ... Read more

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Shingle Style homes began in New England in the late 1800s. They were the vacation "cottages" for the wealthy who summered in resorts along the Atlantic coastline. The style lasted only a short time during the late 1800s, but its impact on the future course of architectural history was significant. In the mid-20th century, interest in these comfortable homes was renewed and continues today as many people are recognizing their casual elegance. Their rough wooden shingles, irregular roof lines, and wide, shady porches encourage lazy afternoons in rocking chairs. Within the house, one room flows freely into another. Over 50 homes in the continental United States are presented in over 500 color photographs, including multi-million-dollar residences, smaller mansions, cottages, and renovated shingle houses. Their sites are as varied as their designs. Some are on the coastline, surveying the crashing waves; others peer through trees on city streets; still others occupy an island or rest in the middle of a vineyard. The Shingle Style homes of today are compared to some of the famous "shingles" from the past, including Naumkeag, the Folly , and Stonehurst all in Massachusetts. One chapter looks at Shingle Style renovations. The foreword, by John C. McConnell AIA, an architect and professor of American architectural history at Boston College, looks role the style played in American architecture-from the early 1870s to the late 1880s-and its influence on future architecture. A chapter by architect Turner Brooks, an Associate Professor at Yale University School of Architecture, investigates at Shingle Style descendants. ... Read more

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Great Book
This is a great coffee-table book with lush pictures of different shingle-style homes.Came in condition promised, delivered quickly and fun to browse through.

Not a Book
This is not a book.It has hard covers, but in between is a series of what appear to be home design magazine features - and bad ones at that.Such a collection might make pleasant coffee table book; however, that would require excellent photgraphic reproduction.A large number of the photos are embarassingly over saturated.Some have woefully low resolution for the printed image size.Others are placed against background colors that are distracting or just plain ugly.The blame cannot rest with the photographers - I have seen some of these images on-line, and the originals are fine.

There is a pretense of linking period Shingle Style homes with recent examples.The author offers precious little information on the old houses and then makes no connection between old and new.Oddly, the author gives one chapter over to a professor/architect who claims his home designs are legitimate descendents of the Shingle Style.No DNA anaylsis is needed to deny paternity:he designed wooden boxes which share only a seaside location with genuine examples of the style.

The true purpose of this publication can be inferred from an appendix listing names and contact information for architects whose designs are featured.This is a puff piece for these firms.I hope they did not pay much, as it does an injustice to some good Shingle Style architecture.The number of "books" this author churns out per year makes the low quality unsurprising.The surprise is that anyone would pay to publish such work.

A Must Book For Your Library
If you're at all interested in the diverse architecture of residential design, this may be one of the best books on the market. It iscomprehensive and gives you a variety of shingle styles you may have never seen before with a generous assortment of exquisite photographs. It includes the several elements of exterior shingle design, not overlooking the fine details that make each one of these shingle houses unique. There are many fine photos of both exterior and interiors that give you a very thorough feel for the way these homes are lived in. I would consider it to be one of the finest books in my library, and I have been collecting quite a few on this subject. This is an excellent purchase!

Disappointing
I was disappointed by this book. When I saw the announcement for the book, I was excited because there is a limited number of books on Shingle Style houses.

However, this book does not measure up.As mentionned above, the pictures are of poor quality. Some are blurry and others are overexposed. I expected better production quality for a $40 book.

The organization of the book is odd.It highlights a few older homes that are very interesting.These homes are interspersed with pictures of new homes of uneven architectural interest. The selection of homes included in the book could have benefitted from weeding.

Nothing that can be found in books with better photos
Like my title says, there isn't really anything new here. The "Present" section of the book is a far cry from any thing of the Shingle Style. Many of the photos can be found in other books on the same topic.The worst part of the book is the photos. Easily half of them are either blurry, poorly scanned, or over/under exposed. The photos are also cluttered with very badly written captions. With books of this type, the photos are the most important thing and this book falls short. ... Read more

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While Newport, Rhode Island, may not have been the birthplaceof shingle style, it certainly became--somewhere around the1860s--a stronghold for an approach that would become popular inAmerican architecture. Established as a major shipping port in themid-18th century, Newport went on to become a fashionable destinationfor the wealthy and the ambitious who took a liking to enormous houses(which they referred to as "cottages") which were built along theeastern shore of Aquidneck Island. Shingle Styles begins itscase-by-case study of various American structures by focusing on alasting monument in Rhode Island, the William Watts Sherman house,designed by Henry Hobson Richardson. Built in the 1870s, the Shermanhouse set the standard for many of the unifying themes of shinglestyle: long horizontal lines created by extended roof overhangs, rowsof aligned windows, and a cantilevered upper gable. The decisivechange in the Sherman house, however, and the strongest element ofthis new architectural style, was the use of wooden shingles for anexterior wall covering rather than red clay tiles or stone. As authorLeland M. Roth points out, this simple change "opened up possibilitiesfor variations in texture and surface, with the shingles cut andnailed in different patterns ... especially in the upper gables."Roth goes on to detail a total of 30 structures, including homes,clubs and lodges, churches, farms and barns, and a hotel. The story ofshingle style is also told through more than 200 illustrations andphotographs, mostly in color. Along the way we learn about Frank LloydWright's home and studio in Oak Park, Illinois; James and MerrittReid's Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, California; William RalphEmerson's Felsted in Deer Isle, Main; and Greene & Greene's GambleHouse in Pasadena, California. As an architectural characteristic,shingle style has its limitations. How much can be said, after all,about buildings which are unified only in their appearance of beingcovered entirely in wooden shingles? Roth helps to push appreciationto the next level, however, showing how the influences of craftsman,bungalow, prairie school, and postmodern touches have helped toenliven the style. --John Russell ... Read more

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Great Book - Well worth the read
The book "SHINGLE STYLES Innovation and Tradition in American Architecture 1874 to 1982" is a truely exquisite book. The shingle style architecture is one of the last american architectural styles, and should be deeply cherished. The book has beautiful photographs by Bret Morgan and flowing text by Leland M. Roth. The book brings you through time, starting in the gilded age with lavish country homes, and ending in recent 1982, again displaying a lavish country home, stating the continuation of the shingle style. While reading the book you tend to have vicarious dreams of living in the later 1800s, going to the country home with the faimly and walking along the beach or senic country path, with your shingle villa in the background. The book makes a fine contribution to any library, and in my library it is prominately positioned in reach of all that wish to indulge in the enjoyment of the shingle style of architecture. I strongly recomend this book, and hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Delectable
A truly delectable book! After chewing it over thoroughly from cover to cover, I've been dreaming of shady porches, snug fireplaces, the smell of old houses in the rain. Bret Morgan is a wonderful photographer; his pictures evoke all of this -- I ate them up!

"...a treasure trove..."
"Shingle Styles" is a treasure trove of architectural images and ideas. We are planning a new house inspired by the Shingle Style and this book has been most helpful in talking to our architect and contractor. Themore recent houses are particularly helpful in thinking about adapting ahistoric style to our contemporary needs.

Sublime photos, grounding text
This is a wonderful book. The photos are sublime--going well beyond mere structural illustration and explanation to capture the spirit of the original design. The text gives grounding information about the evolutionand permutations of what has come to be called Shingle Style and examines30 structures, both familiar and unfamiliar. Roth recounts not only thetraining and shaping influences of the architects who designed these, butalso provides such information as the circumstances surrounding theoriginal project, a bit of social history, or the preservation efforts ofpresent-day heirs. The presentation is thorough without being overwhelmingor deadly, dryly academic. Morgan's wonderfully poetic photos take asimilar approach: conveying not only the architecture of the whole, butalso revealing the telling detail. I liked the inclusion of modern-dayexemplars of this American style.

A great companion volume to Scully's "The Shingle Style"
"Shingle Styles" makes a great companion volume to Vincent Scully's "The Shingle Style". The lack of plans here didn't bother me because Scully's book has so many. Architects like Stanford Whiteconceived of these buildings in 3D and presented them in 3D sketches andvignettes, and "Shingle Styles" takes a similar pictorialapproach. Almost like the old sketches, the color photographs show the 3Dreality of the buildings, and the play of natural light across theirtextured surfaces. "Shingle Styles" goes beyond Scully's book toinclude great examples across the U.S., and also some examples of modernhouses inspired by the Shingle Style. I especially enjoyed learning of the1982 recreation of "Kragsyde", one of the long-lost ultimateShingle Style houses. ... Read more

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"Down to earth discussion of the possibilities- and the pitfalls- of practicing law."

—Robert W. Bennett, Dean, Northwestern Law School.

"A good readable book."

—Bill C. Beutel, Anchorman, WABC-TV.

"Anybody who has ever wanted to be a lawyer will relish this book."

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I have to agree. Not too practical as a startup guide.
Very dated but interesting from an entertainment perspective.
No help in starting a law firm.

interesting historical anecdotes, but not very useful
This book is written in a "scholarly" "dry wit" style.It is not that easy of a read.It does present a lot of interesting historical anecdotes about the practice of law and famous or interesting lawyers, but besides raising a few questions or topics to consider, it does not really provide a good guide or reference book to start your own practice.Mercifully, it does have a brief summary of the chapter at the end of the chapter.
Do not recommend this book if you are looking to start your own firm.It is interesting if you want to get tidbits of what other lawyers have done, both historical figures and contemporary attorneys.

"Hanging Out a Shingle" -- The book was a waste of time.
The title was the best thing about this book.Originally published in 1987 it was republished in 2000...apparently with no effort to update the book.No advice was offered regarding office equipment.No mention was made of electronic research media.I was especially amazed at the 1940s tone of the chapter entitled, "Women and the Law," which speculated about the effect the increase in the number of women lawyers would have on the practice of law.The book contains a number of war stories from the 1800s and 1900s seemingly derived from biographies which add little to the substance of the book. ... Read more

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Up to 20 percent of the population are affected at some time in their lives by shingles, officially known as herpes zoster.This book shows readers how natural therapies as well as the newest antiviral drugs can hasten recovery and minimize recurrence of this painful and irritating condition. ... Read more

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Life in coastal sand dunes, salt marshes and shingle bankspresents a variety of challenges to their inhabitants. By describingtheinteractions of coastal organisms with the physical processesshapingthe granular deposits within and on which they live, theauthorsilluminate many aspects of adaptation, population dynamics,communityecology, zonation and ecophysiology. A wide range ofbiologicalprinciples and geomorphological features are illustratedand there islively discussion of the relevant aspects of appliedbiology,environmental threat and conservation management.Well-chosenexamples and case studies have been drawn from coastalsystems aroundthe world, particularly those of the British Isles,continentalEurope and North America. ... Read more

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This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to shingles (also Chickenpox; Herpes Zoster; Shingles), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on shingles. Given patients' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms. ... Read more

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This econometric study covers the latent demand outlook for organic and inorganic-base laminated and multi-layered asphalt strip shingles across the states, union territories and cities of India. Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.) estimates are given across over 5,100 cities in India. For each city in question, the percent share the city is of it's state or union territory and of India as a whole is reported. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a city vis-a-vis others. This statistical approach can prove very useful to distribution and/or sales force strategies. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each state or union territory and city, latent demand estimates are created for organic and inorganic-base laminated and multi-layered asphalt strip shingles. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved.

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very good
This book is very informative. The writing is clear and easy to understand!!Thank you, Miss Plum.

Plums got the goods!
Get out the Calamine lotion! Great resource for helping my students understand Chicken Pox.

Not worth the effort to purchase or read
We found this "book" to have the same information as is available for no cost on any standard web search.We were looking for more difinitive information as to the cause and relief of Shingles and found this book did not answer any questions beyond what we found on our web searches.

I do not recommend this for purchase. ... Read more

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This econometric study covers the world outlook for organic-base asphalt strip shingles excluding laminated shingles across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-à-vis others. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each country and across countries, latent demand estimates are created. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved. This study does not report actual sales data (which are simply unavailable, in a comparable or consistent manner in virtually all of the 230 countries of the world). This study gives, however, my estimates for the worldwide latent demand, or the P.I.E., for organic-base asphalt strip shingles excluding laminated shingles. It also shows how the P.I.E. is divided across the world's regional and national markets. For each country, I also show my estimates of how the P.I.E. grows over time (positive or negative growth). In order to make these estimates, a multi-stage methodology was employed that is often taught in courses on international strategic planning at graduate schools of business. ... Read more

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This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a "borderless world", cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market.

In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have been occasionally asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services across cities. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within a country and the extent to which a city might be used as a point of distribution within its region. From an economic perspective, however, a city does not represent a population within rigid geographical boundaries. To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. This influence varies from one industry to another, but also from one period of time to another.

In what follows, I summarize the economic potential for the world's major cities for "laminated and multi-layered asphalt strip and individual shingles" for the year 2009. The goal of this report is to report my findings on the real economic potential, or what an economist calls the latent demand, represented by a city when defined as an area of dominant influence. The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. ... Read more

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This report was created for strategic planners, international executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for wooden shingles and shakes. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for wooden shingles and shakes for those countries serving the world market via exports or supplying from various countries via imports. I do so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the world market face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying wooden shingles and shakes? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of wooden shingles and shakes vary from one country to another? Do exporters serving the world market have similar market shares across the importing countries? Which countries supply the most exports of wooden shingles and shakes? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers? ... Read more