The bumpin' book for hip-hop disciples (a.k.a. fiends),songwriters, all other writers, pop culture fans, linguists, andparents who are just trying to figure out what their kids aresaying. The inventive sounds of hip-hop (which became America'snumber two music genre in 2001, outselling country) have echoed farfrom their Bronx beginnings of twenty years ago. Making its wayfrom Compton sidewalks to suburban malls, garnering commentary from"The Wall Street Journal "alongside "Vibe," hip-hop by definitiondelivers its messages in the most creative language possible.Celebrating hip-hop's boon to the realm of self-expression, "HipHoptionary"(TM)" "translates dozens of phrases like "marinating inthe rizzi with your road dawg" (relaxing in your car with yourfriend), including: - Big bodies: SUVs or luxury vehicles-Government handle: registered birth name- 411: the latest scoop orinformation- Bling-bling: diamonds, big money, flash and cash-Brick City: Newark, New Jersey- 1812: war, fight (as in War of1812) In ad
Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles is one of the pioneers in Britishphotography. Compiled by his grandson from previously unpublishedglass negatives, this collection is a beautiful portrayal ofEdwardian life in England in the early 1900s.
This is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated culturalhistory of ideas about what might exist under the Earth's surface.Beliefs in mysterious Underworlds are as old as humanity. From theancient Sumerians to Incas to modern Christians, nearly everyculture has had its special version. However, the idea that theearth has a hollow interior where strange lands, creatures andcivilizations may exist was first proposed as a scientific theoryin 1692 by Sir Edmund Halley (of Halley's Comet fame). Since then,it has been used as a popular literary motif by writers as variedas Edgar Allen Poe, Jules Verne, Lewis Carroll, L Frank Baum andEdgar Rice Burroughs to name a few. "Hollow Earth" traces thisnotion through the centuries and cultures, exploring how each era'srelationship to the notion of a hollow earth reflected itsparticular hopes, fears and values. Lavishly illustratedthroughout, it features a wide collection of artwork includingBosch's inspired surreal nightmares of Hell, seventeenth-centurymaps and dia
"Until a few years ago," notes journalist-consultant UdayanGupta, "venture capitalists were hardly on anyone's radar screen."That's not the case these days, as financiers who used to workbehind the scenes now regularly set markets afire with their publicsupport of high-profile technology and Internet stocks. In DoneDeals, Gupta allows 35 of the brightest stars in what has become a$30-billion-a-year business to tell their own stories in their ownwords. We get to see exactly what they were thinking when theybacked such endeavors as Intel, eBay, Excite, Genentech, and 3Com.Gupta's intention is to demonstrate how the industry has changedover the past half-century and how it differs today among itsvarious forms. He achieves this beautifully by dividing thefirst-person accounts into thematically attuned sections that focuson dealmakers of the future (such as Mitch Kapor of AccelPartners), early pioneers (including the late Benno Schmidt of J.H.Whitney Co.), West Coast veterans (such as Don Valentine ofSequ
