books about: critics     books:       The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, Updated & Revised (Film Critics of the New York ...34 reviews The New York Times St. Martin's Griffin, 2004 Before the Rain must be Macedonia's greatest film, EVER I won't say this is an indispensible book. Swap one film reference book for another and you're likely to learn about films and directors you otherwise wouldn't. The operative word there was likely. I've had Ebert books, Pauline Kael books, VideoHound's books, Entertainment Weekly references, etc. They are all good, but the critics works especially. As opposed to getting a shortened synopsis and ...             The Self-esteem Companion: Simple Exercises to Help You Challenge Your Inner Critic & Celebrate Your Personal ...8 reviews Patrick Fanning, Carole Honeychurch, ... New Harbinger Publications, 2005 A great personal, teaching and counseling tool As a counselor, I'm always looking for new books and ideas to engage clients... this book has some wonderful exercises and the comentary is quite enlightening as well. I bought one for myself and then bought one for my adult daughter. I love the 'five finger exercise!'             A Short Life of Trouble: Forty Years in the New York Art World Marcia Tucker University of California Press, 2008 This engrossing memoir brings to vivid life the behind-the-scenes struggles of Marcia Tucker, the first woman to be hired as a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the founder of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. Tucker came of age in the 1960s, and this spirited account of her life draws the reader directly into the burgeoning feminist movement and the excitement of the New York art world during that time. Her ...             Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise131 reviews Ruth Reichl Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Yum! Ruth Reichl is excellent at writing about food. She really captures tastes in poetic language.             Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink11 reviews Tyler Colman University of California Press, 2008 An Important New Book I finally had a chance to give serious face time to Tyler (Dr. Vino) Colman's newest book: WINE POLITICS: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink. A book of this sort is so long overdue and I had been looking forward to it with such great anticipation that I nearly wet my pants when it finally arrived at my door. I cracked it open somewhere over ...             The B List: The National Society of Film Critics on the Low-Budget Beauties, Genre-Bending Mavericks, and ...3 reviews Da Capo Press, 2008 Great little book The reviews are brief but wow did they do a great job picking the films to be in this collection. Being an editor for the Film Noir of the Week blog I was interested in the film noir and neo-noir films in the book and they don't disappoint. Some excellent writers here. An excellent addition to my film book collection.             FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics122 reviews Neal Boortz, John Linder Harper Paperbacks, 2008 FairTax is the best tax reform Neal Boortz and John Linder have a revolutionary idea with the Fairtax! I believe it is the answer to our country's ills. This is a must read!!             Embracing Your Inner Critic: Turning Self-Criticism into a Creative Asset5 reviews Hal Stone, Sidra Stone HarperOne, 1993 The most EFFECTIVE self-help book I've read in years I had just finshed Martin Seligman's Learned Optimism and was finally having some success dealing with my depression and anxiety when my wife gave me a copy of Embracing Your Inner Critic. She'd picked the book up a year or two earlier and lost track of it in the "to read" piles. This book really grabbed me. I've never really been comfortable with the various "inner child" labels I come across in ...             Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program to Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, ...5 reviews Beverly Engel Wiley, 2007 excellent book to help you heal Beverly Engel is quickly becoming one of my favorite self-help book writers. This is her newest book, and a must read for anyone who was abused or who had a difficult childhood. Beverly Engel describes the various negative parental mirrors and how they effect children, and how these negative thoughts and beliefs about the self are carried into adulthood. She also provides are powerful step by ...             The Wine Trials: 100 Everyday Wines Under $15 that Beat $50 to $150 Wines in Brown-Bag Blind Tastings17 reviews Robin Goldstein Fearless Critic Media, 2008 The other side of the wine industry A job well done with very good results for wine lovers. The world of wine is fascinating, because of the experience in tasting it and the ever growing knowledge acquired by it. I believe there should be more studies like the one behind this book. It is about time the truth comes out. Just think about how many mediocre wines are overpriced these days. I understand upstanding wines at very high ...             Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time52 reviews Rob Sheffield Crown, 2007 A soundtrack to their lives Rob Sheffield's small but mighty book is about love and loss, but also weaves music in the story seamlessly. He writes for Rolling Stone now, but back when he met his future wife, he was just a self-proclaimed geek who loved music. Their relationship progressed to the tunes of Sonic Youth, REM, and everything in between. Sheffield gives readers a full list of songs that influenced his life, ...             Theories of Modern Art A Source Book by Artists and Critics (California Studies in the History of Art)7 reviews Herschel B. Chipp University of California Press, 1984 facinating look into modern artists thoughts and beliefs Even if you are not interested in the arts but simply in thought process- I think you will find this book very interesting. You could say this is the history of modern art without pictures (although there are some pictures)- bringing the reader facinating insights into how different types of artists came to their philosophies of art, and of course, the world. Documented through personal letters, ...             Right Turns: From Liberal Activist to Conservative Champion in 35 Unconventional Lessons49 reviews Michael Medved Three Rivers Press, 2005 Liberalism is a mental disorder. Michael's book is an example of what happens when adolescents mature. When one starts working and has a family to support they cannot remain liberal unless they are insane. Liberalism is a mental disorder but it can be healed with the right amount of encouragement and soul searching by the sick one.             Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and ...46 reviews Lester Bangs Anchor, 1988 CRITICISM 101 This is how it's done! Lester probably never would have posted a review on Amazon. Maybe it's fortunate he never lived to see it. MTV pretty much killed him. Sure there was the Darvon, Valium, Amphetimines and cough syrup, but I'm pretty sure it was Martha Quin and the Buggles that put him over the edge. He would have hated the plasticine strip-mall tone of the highest ranking reviewers here. ...             The Incredible Shrinking Critic: 75 Pounds and Counting: My Excellent Adventure in Weight Loss22 reviews Jami Bernard Avery, 2006 Losing Weight Requires Head Work and Body Work The thing about this book is that Jami, who lost 75 pounds, lets you see inside her head while she was taking the weight off. Let's face it, those of us who've tried to take this weight off before know all we need to know about weight loss: eat less, move more, stay focused. But Jami lets you inside her head, she shares the frustrations, the joys, the buried issues, the past hurts, the broken ...             Brimstone (Pendergast, Book 5)202 reviews Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Grand Central Publishing, 2004 Novels These two authors are fantastic. I can't recommend their books too highly. Fantastic read, all of them.             The Monsters and the Critics9 reviews J.R.R. Tolkien HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1997 Good stuff for the serious student of Tolkien This book is hard to find in the US, and in fact, my copy was sent from the UK. But, it was well worth it. This is a collection of Tolkien's essays and lectures on diverse topics - Beowulf; On Faerie Stories; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; English and Welsh, and others. None of them are for the casual reader... But if you're really a serious student of Tolkien, his works, and/or philology, ...             The Thing Itself3 reviews Richard Todd Riverhead Hardcover, 2008 A charming and thoughtful book I loved this book and want to read it again. When I first read it, alone in my living room, I nodded, grunted, and laughed out loud. A few sections made my eyes fill with tears. I kept thinking, "I've got to buy a copy of this for so-and-so." Todd begins with an anecdote about buying a lovely antique. When this item turns out to be a fake, Todd wonders why this should even matter. After all, ...             Colored People: A Memoir106 reviews Henry Louis Gates Jr. Vintage, 1995 Courageously Honest Memoir I place Colored People alongside Angela's Ashes as one of the best works of memoir in recent years. He doesn't moralize; he just tells the honest story. This is a story that, to my knowledge, has not been told elsewhere. It is a story about the freedom and comfort and the pain of a segregated commuinty, and the heartbreak that came with leaving some of that world behind. Most things are deeper ...             The A List: The National Society of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films7 reviews Da Capo Press, 2002 Discover Great Films There can never be a definitive list of the 100 greatest movies ever made that satisfies everyone, but this particular list has a lot going for it. Each film is alloted about three pages of commentary that deals with the origins of the film, why critics love it, why it has endeared itself to the general public, what is so significant about it in the context of film history. 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