Yes, there IS a calendar version of this book but the calendar just scratches the surface of this collection.

I intitially borrowed this book while looking for reference images for a video project. It became obvious to me in a very short time that I would HAVE to purchase this book. Even though I am a professional photographer and filmmaker, there are very few photography books I am willing to spend my money on. There are many I like but few I wish to own. This book, like all of the photo books I've purchased, moved me in a powerful way. These are beautifully executed, intimate black and white portraits. Most of the photographs are spontaneous and shot during recording rehearsals. Several of the images graced the covers and sleeves of the records produced by the jazz record label, Blue Note.

Francis Wolff was not just Blue Note's primary photographer (and quite talented), he was also the label's co-founder. His already skillful eye was that much more in tune (no pun intended) with his subjects and sensitive to the working environment. He was able to capture subtle moments few likely could. Most images are illuminated by a single light source, spotlighting the artists and capturing them in moments of thought, exhilaration, playfulness and intensity.

Seeing greats like Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, a young Herbie Hancock and Hank Mobley in these intimate moments early in their careers is powerful. The design is outstanding and the printing if these photographs is impressive. This is a must have book for the music lover, photographer, or photography lover. If you don't fit into one of the above catagories, don't sweat it. You will love this book simply because it is beautiful.

I must admit I am a little confused as to why the other reviews list this as a book.....

Good, insightfull text, great photographs, oustanding print quality: a must have for all lovers of jazz, jazz musicians and photography. The photographer's empathy for his subject(s) just oozes from the pages of this wonderful book. There's a picture there of a dreamy John Coltrane, that just totally catches the sensitivity, the intelligence, the emotionality of a great musician and a great human being! A must buy !

This is a super, duper, great, awesome, cool, nice, friendly, non- complicated, correct, magnificent, truly good, TRUTHFUL BOOK. Notice the caplocks. Why is it cap locked? Because it's true! Why is it true? Why should you trust me? Well, for one thing, it's all kids like you! (Maybe not like you, but like you are at heart) I should know, as a ten year old. I love the book! I would be totally net- clueless without it!

I was one of the 45 kids who reviewed a sight in this book. Why should you trust this guide? You can really trust this book, honest. The reviews in this guide were written by kids, for kids. They might not always share your interests, and you may not always agree with them, but you know their telling you the truth. Their not teachers trying to talk you into a subject, or parents , trying to get you to eat your cyber spinach. Your getting the straight story from real kids. It answers FAQs for parents and adults, nifty search engines, hundreds of far- out sights, great advice, kid's favorite's, trivias, jokes, poems, magic tricks, safety nets (like net nanny, cyber sitter & tattle tale just to name a few), kid's credits, a very, very complicated index (NOT! Simple as can be!!!), etc. ALL FOR KIDS!!! You will never be cyber bored again with KIDS RULE THE NET: Net Guide for Kids!!!
-Jillian, page 53

I am one of the 45 NetKids featured in this book and I had a lot of fun writing for it. This book shows the basics of browsers, plugins, search engines, and other features on the Internet and the World Wide Web, all from a kid's point of view. It has reviews for all sorts of fun sites on topics ranging from The X-Files to sharks to intense rollerblading. It's perfect for the novices, or even those more experienced surfers looking for extra cool sites they haven't seen yet. --Katie Tandler

This is the finest collection of Jazz Photography ever assembled! If you're a fan of jazz, or Blue Note Records, you must own this book. As a co-owner of Blue Note, Francis Wolff had the opportunity to arrest time with his lens while the titans of jazz created quintessential music. All the faces you would expect are here, Thelonious Monk, Miles, Coltrane, etc. Yet so are others whose names have been unfairly excluded from the roster of jazz immortals, men like Hank Mobley, Sonny Clark, Lee Morgan and many more. This collection is tastefully assembled, carefully balancing a trove of color and black & white prints with aesthetic perfection. Its 176 pages are bursting with images that inebriate the eyes; many are published here for the first time. Along the way, written snapshots built on the visual perspective. You can hear the music pouring from these images. You can feel the excitement of it's genesis. The musicians were comfortable with Wolff and his lens. He captured their essence in a way that no other could. Pick this up before it goes out of print.

Even if you haven't heard the name Francis Wolff before you have probably seen many of his photos already. They can be found on many Blue Note albums. Some of them also became classics on their own. Francis Wolff is the co-founder of the Blue Note record label. Before becoming a full-time producer by the end of the Sixties, he spent a lot of his time taking photos of the artists while they were recording. All these photos are taken with a sort of simple equipment (just a camera and one flash) without posing. The photos were taken while the musicians were playing or composing of resting. There is an enormous depth and clarity in the pictures and you can nearly sense the personalities of the musicians. This collection of Wolff's photography is a must for every fan of classical photography and, of course, it's a must for die-hard Blue Note fans.

JOYCE TREIMAN. The name holds very special memories for those who have experienced this gifted artist of the last century either in person or in her drawings and paintings that grace the walls of the important museums in this country. This Monograph is one of the most eloquent books in print about an artist of our time. Though Joyce Treiman died in 1991 her contribution to the arts in America lives on and this lushly illustrated and informative book serves as a reminder of the degree of talent she embodied.

Joyce Treiman was both a draughtsman, an iconoclast, and a painter of such dexterity and creativity that even today she remains 'unclassifiable'. Painting in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, when figuration was considered retrogressive, Joyce Treiman painted magnificent canvases that paid homage to Eakins, Sargent, Bonnard, Tiepolo, and Rembrandt - all with a flare for homage and tongue-in-cheek wry humor. Her later paintings almost always included an element of self portraiture and it is this aspect of her style which gifts the art students of today with a sublime example of 'The Painter's Progress'.

The essays in this magnum opus are erudite and entertaining. Theodore F. Wolff writes lovingly of Treiman's life and talent while Michael Duncan details admiration for a woman who just went about her art of painting without regard to varying styles or schools. Terrific examples of Treiman's drawings are interspersed with drawings by the masters to show the influences on her evolving technique. The plates of her paintings are color-true and plentiful. And the book includes an extensive biography and exhibition section.

This is a magnificent volume on art of the 20th Century and for Treiman's cadre of devotees it is a heartwarming tribute. For those unfamiliar with her work, it is a startlingly fine introduction. Highly Recommended!

By far the best guide to health resources online. Very comprehensive. I used it when I first started surfing the Net for online support and health information. I hope it will be updated regularly so I can continue to use it to find the best health resources on the Internet.

This is a story told in modern day happenings. It's full of the complex joys and happenings of real people. Never have I seen such a dramatic story line. Two people in love, with each one willing to do whatever it takes to stay together. However, he is taken into custody and about to be sent to Prison. She does not believe his guilt but what about him? What does he know that he's hiding? Only one other person knows the truth. Yes, this book will keep you guessing right up to the last moment. Enjoy.

An excellent book with the most complete listings anywhere. The only problem is most of the info is of role playing games

This book is a "Must Have" for students of all ages. It provides the URLs of some great sites for information on virtually any research topic. Using a search engine to locate sites with content equivalent to those listed in this book would take days. I would recommend this book to the highest degree. It should be noted, however, that if you are looking for specific information (specific statistics, demographics, etc.) you might be better off with a good search engine.

This book should be considered a major resource for any high school student with questions about their homework; it contains comprehensive, fact-filled pages of information all of the major topics. It can be used as a summary, a resource, a starting point to seek further information. It is fabulous. I am a former high school teacher and I think it is great. As a Ph.D. candidate, I think it is great! As a mother of two high school students, I think it is great

I do not understand the problems other reviewers found with Wolff's character throughout the book. He writes with extreme honesty (which is hard when you are passionate about your business). He does not go into the trouble of portraying himself in a positive light--he writes about actual things he said and did--what is the problem when you find his actions less than photogenic? This only increases the value of the book.

Nor does Wolff lambast everyone else, as has been implied. There are a lot of examples of people he is friendly with, or even admires: Hayden, Isaacson, etc. Yes, the majority of business men portrayed are not cast in the attractive life. it would seem to me that preserving the appearance of decency in a cutthroat environment is practically a superhuman task. I think that the brutality of Wolff's honesty (and the fact that he is writing about failure rather than success) have been a turn-off for some readers.

The interesting thing about the book is that Wolff is taking a somewhat philosophical approach to the Internet business models and (truly in the spirit of NetGuide) tries perhaps a bit too hard to distinguish content companies from other Internet players (nowadays the lines are more blurred). The theoretical stuff is not necessarily fun to read, and the real book starts with Chapter 7, when all of a sudden he and his personal fortune are put in a big squeeze by the evil investors. The drama of his struggles to keep the company afloat (and not his relationship with Time Warner or CMP) is what fascinates me in the book.

Highly recommended.

Burn Rate is an occasionally pedestrian personal history of the internet business world that rises above itself because of its special point of view. Uniquely for a business writer, Michael Wolff actually ran his own internet-related publishing venture for years. The bad and the absurd things that happen in this book (and there are many) happened to him, and this gives his account immediacy and a pungent flavor that would be missing in a third-person account.

The book covers the internet business from 1994 to 1997, when Wolff was trying to cut a deal with Magellan or AOL or Ameritech or the Washington Post, while keeping his venture capitalists at arms length. His "burn rate" is high-he's spending half a million bucks a month-and the money is always about to run out in a few weeks. He has no hope of turning a profit in a reasonable length of time and so he needs a deal, fast.

Wolff is always on the verge of that deal, always about to sell out for more money than he thought existed, only to have the whole thing collapse in acrimony or apathy or a shift in the corporate zeitgeist or whatever. Back then, everybody was making internet commerce up as they went along (the term "e-business" was a couple of years off) and huge sums of money always seemed about to be made or lost on hunches or whims or loopy idealism. Wolff has a keen eye for the resulting nonsense, and he can write about it without condescension because he realizes that he was just another asylum inmate. Overall, a good, fun read.

"Burn Rate" is one of the best business kiss-and-tell books I've read in a long time. As the former CFO of a venture-backed Internet company, I know many of the people Wolff describes, experienced many similar situations, and admire/envy him for really telling it like it is (even though he'll probably never eat lunch in this town again ).

Not all investors, venture capitalists, and investment bankers are calculating and greedy, but enough of them fit that mold that Wolff's vivid portrayals ring true. Woe to the entrepreneur who thinks his investors are his friends who won't try to squeeze him when the going gets rough.

His tale of Magellan being left at the IPO altar by Robertson Stephens, its twirl around the dance floor with Wolff, and its eventual fire sale to Excite, the company that precipitated the IPO jilting, is filled with intrigue because of the Maxwell connection. What he doesn't detail, unfortunately, is the backroom machinations of a prominent VC and Excite investor who pressured RS&Co. to drop the Magellan IPO.

Wolff's depiction of AOL as one of the great dysfunctional companies of the Internet boom years is dead-on. I know, first-hand, that trying to find anyone at AOL who actually had the authority to make a decision was an exercise in futility. AOL management at the time was like the novice surfer who found himself riding a tsunami and somehow today, inexplicably, has made it safely to shore.

Revealing himself to be not only a victim but also a perpetrator of the Internet gold rush, Wolff's fleecing of CMP shows he is no saint. When considered in the larger context of the book, it makes painfully clear that whether you are buying a business or "buying" investors for your business, "Caveat Emptor."

Strangely enough, the business plan I wrote for my company in 1994 (that helped to secure funding from one of the "Big 3" Silicon Valley VC firms) prominently quoted some Internet statistics reported in the Wall Street Journal that had been compiled by Michael Wolff ! & Co. While I'd love to come full circle and quote from "Burn Rate" in the business plan I'm currently writing, I'm afraid it would hit too close to home for most VCs to stomach.

These Native American animal origin stories have been drawn from Koasati Creek, Navajo and Tsimshian culture. The stories illustrate what happens when pride, greed, envy and other foibles override the common sense that Mother Earth bestowed upon humans and animals alike. The message the author hopes you take away after reading the seven origin tales within: "Here is the world...We must live in it together, not apart."

The tales are told as if transcribed from the oral tradition and probably work better if they are presented that way, rather than as a picture book. Older children who are independent readers will be able to handle the text but younger kids will enjoy hearing the stories more in a storytime setting.

The illustrations, linoleum block prints painted with watercolor, are well done, but they probably aren't plentiful enough to keep the attention of younger children in a one-on-one reading. Each page outlined in traditional motifs of the tribe whose tale is being told, but there is only one full page and one smaller illustration per tale. I know that my kids, at least, are still at the age they tend to lose track of the narrative if they don't have pictures to focus on. That's why these stories ultimately work better as oral tales.