Longhorn Reviews

A strange eventful history : the dramatic lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and their remarkable families

[Longhorn Review] A strange eventful history : the dramatic lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and their remarkable families

Material Type: All, books — Tags: biography, falstaffpicks, history — Posted on May 1, 2009, 10:51 am

By: Holroyd, Michael

From the 9/6/08 Times review by Michael Arditti: “He [Holroyd] creates a saga in
which the glories of an older generation are dissipated by children.”

Reviewer: Beth

A brief history of the Austin Avenue United Methodist Church of Waco, Texas / by Todd Bradford Willis.

[Longhorn Review] A brief history of the Austin Avenue United Methodist Church of Waco, Texas / by Todd Bradford Willis.

Material Type: All, books — Posted on April 23, 2009, 12:21 pm

By: Willis, Todd Bradford.

This is a well-documented history of a historic Methodist church in Waco.

Reviewer: Longhorn Reviewer

Role models : feminine identity in contemporary American photography

[Longhorn Review] Role models : feminine identity in contemporary American photography

Material Type: All, books — Tags: falstaffpicks, femininity, photography — Posted on April 15, 2009, 11:21 am

By: National Museum of Women in the Arts

This book is full of beautiful and provocative photographs.

Reviewer: Laura

Christian Lacroix : histoires de mode

[Longhorn Review] Christian Lacroix : histoires de mode

Material Type: All, books — Tags: falstaffpicks, fashion, history — Posted on April 15, 2009, 10:43 am

By: Christian Lacroix

Quoting Eddy in the BBC’s Absolutely Fabulous, “Lacroix, darling."

Reviewer: Beth

Theres a light beyond these woods sound recording / Nanci Griffith.

[Longhorn Review] Theres a light beyond these woods sound recording / Nanci Griffith.

Material Type: All, books — Posted on April 9, 2009, 12:32 pm

By: Griffith, Nanci.

This is a beautiful recording. We've been looking for works done by B.F. Deal
records - Mike Williams. Nanci sung backup for him on another recording, also a
favorite of ours. We are so happy to find these are preserved at UT. Thank you - our
search has not been in vain.

Reviewer: Bruce and Elaine Pollock - Wisconsin

Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies

[Longhorn Review] Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies

Material Type: All, books — Tags: conquests, evolution of societies — Posted on April 2, 2009, 8:18 am

By: Jared Diamond

This Pulitzer Prize winner addresses the question as to why human development
proceeded at different rates on different continents and why some groups of people
came to dominate others. It asks the question: "Why did wealth and power become
distributed as they are now, rather than in some other way?" The author examines
interactions among disparate peoples at various times in history, and proposes that
the answers lie not in inate ability, but in the early domestication of wild plants
and animals and other benefits of environment and location. Not only is there an
advantage gained by feeding nonfarming specialists for scholarship, government, and
the military, but the nasty germs developed by those who lived with livestock became
very potent weapons when the "civilized" came into contact with the
"primitive."

Reviewer: Bill Grosskopf

The printmaking bible : the complete guide to materials and techniques

[Longhorn Review] The printmaking bible : the complete guide to materials and techniques

Material Type: All, books — Tags: falstaffpicks, printmaking, prints, technique — Posted on March 16, 2009, 12:02 pm

By: Ann d\'Arcy Hughes & Hebe Vernon-Morris

A resource for inspiration as well as a review of technique. This book has it all
for the contemporary printmaker.

Reviewer: Laura

Les poètes maudits : Tristan Corbière, Arthur Rimbaud, Stéphane Mallarmé

[Longhorn Review] Les poètes maudits : Tristan Corbière, Arthur Rimbaud, Stéphane Mallarmé

Material Type: All, books — Posted on March 16, 2009, 8:45 am

By: Verlaine, Paul

Edition originale Very rare book: unfortunately, i don't have this book in my
collection:)

Reviewer: Hervé VILEZ