Tom Wolfe / Audio Cassette / Published January 1987
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86 Cane Patterns : For the Woodcarver (Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)
Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published October 1997
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Forever fascinated by canes, the author has always collected them-he even has his grandma's and grandpa's walking sticks. And, as a professional woodcarver, he knows there's a good market for them.
A Man in Full
Tom Wolfe / Hardcover / Published November 1998
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Ever since he published his classic 1972 essay "Why They Aren't Writing the Great American Novel Anymore," Tom Wolfe has made his fictional preferences loud and clear. For New Journalism's poster boy, minimalism is a wash, not to mention a failure of nerve. The real mission of the American writer is to produce fat novels of social observation--the sort of thing Balzac would be dishing up if he had made it into the Viagra era. Wolfe's manifesto would have had a hubristic ring if he hadn't actually delivered the goods in 1987 with The Bonfire of the Vanities. Now, more than a decade later, he's ...
Tom Wolfe / Unknown Binding / Published date unknown
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Ever since he published his classic 1972 essay "Why They Aren't Writing the Great American Novel Anymore," Tom Wolfe has made his fictional preferences loud and clear. For New Journalism's poster boy, minimalism is a wash, not to mention a failure of nerve. The real mission of the American writer is to produce fat novels of social observation--the sort of thing Balzac would be dishing up if he had made it into the Viagra era. Wolfe's manifesto would have had a hubristic ring if he hadn't actually delivered the goods in 1987 with The Bonfire of the Vanities. Now, more than a decade later, he's ...
Tom Wolfe / Hardcover / Published December 1998
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Ever since he published his classic 1972 essay "Why They Aren't Writing the Great American Novel Anymore," Tom Wolfe has made his fictional preferences loud and clear. For New Journalism's poster boy, minimalism is a wash, not to mention a failure of nerve. The real mission of the American writer is to produce fat novels of social observation--the sort of thing Balzac would be dishing up if he had made it into the Viagra era. Wolfe's manifesto would have had a hubristic ring if he hadn't actually delivered the goods in 1987 with The Bonfire of the Vanities. Now, more than a decade later, he's ...
A Man in Full : A Novel
Tom Wolfe / Mass Market Paperback / Published November 1999
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"A masterpiece." --The Wall Street Journal "Superior...utterly engrossing." --USA Today "The novel contains passages as powerful and as beautiful as anything written--not merely by contemporary American novelists but by any American novelist....The book is as funny as anything Wolfe has ever written; at the same time it is also deeply, strangely affecting." --The New York Times Book Review "Wolfe is a peerless observer, a fearless satirist, a genius in full." --People
A Man in Full [ABRIDGED]Tom Wolfe, David Ogden Stiers (Performer) / Audio Cassette / Published December 1998
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Choosing David Ogden Stiers (M*A*S*H, The Accidental Tourist) to narrate this sprawling tale of contemporary American society was an act of inspired audio casting. The familiar, snobbish qualities of his warm yet condescending voice perfectly match author Tom Wolfe's own carefully sculpted persona of haughty disdain and color the recording with an interesting sense of authenticity. Without indulging in overwrought characterizations, Stiers manages to create enough distinction between players to keep this sweeping epic coherent. There are moments that find him overreaching, but when voicing a n...
A Man in Full [ABRIDGED]
Tom Wolfe, David Ogden Stiers (Narrator) / Audio CD / Published December 1998
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A decade ago, The Bonfire of the Vanities defined an era--and established Tom Wolfe as our prime fictional chronicler of America at its most outrageous and alive. Now the master is back with a pitch-perfect coast-to-coast portrait of our wild and wooly, no-holds-barred, multifarious country on the cusp of the millennium.
Ambush at Fort BraggTom Wolfe, Edward Norton (Reader) / Audio Cassette / Published August 1997
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In Tom Wolfe's audio-only Ambush at Fort Bragg, no one escapes the author's satiric barbs. The doughy, rumpled network producer of a hard-hitting 60 Minutes-style TV show dreams of fame, while the limelight always shines instead on the tough-as-nails blonde investigative reporter in the perfect silk blouse with every hair always in place. The TV team, in their zeal to get the story, entrap a trio of skinhead gaybashers by having an exotic dancer (with the pitch-perfect name Lola Thong) lure them into a trailer, where hidden TV cameras capture their unwitting confessions. As usual, Wolfe makes ...
Ambush at Fort BraggTom Wolfe, Edward Norton (Narrator) / Audio CD / Published August 1997
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He's been called "the inventor of the New Journalism -- and possessor of the age's most distinctive prose style." Now in this original novella, published to critical acclaim in Rolling Stone magazine, Tom Wolfe, author of The Bonfire of the Vanities, turns his penetrating eye and devastating wit on the world of TV news...
Annie Leibovitz, Tom Wolfe (Designer) / Paperback / Published September 1984
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Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published February 1993
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Tom Wolfe goes back to basics. With easy to follow, step-by-step instructions, Tom helps the novice carver bring life to a block of wood. With a single knife Tom carves a relining country figure and teaches the basic methods of woodcarving. Each cut is illustrated with a full-color photograph, an important visual aid to learning this fun craft.
Terry Teachout(Editor), Tom Wolfe / Unknown Binding / Published date unknown
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Tom Wolfe / Audio Cassette / Published date unknown
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Bonfire of the VanitiesTom Wolfe / Paperback / Published December 1988
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After Tom Wolfe defined the '60s in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers and the cultural U-turn at the turn of the '80s in The Right Stuff, nobody thought he could ever top himself again. In 1987, when The Bonfire of the Vanities arrived, the literati called Wolfe an "aging enfant terrible."
Tom Wolfe, John Lithgow (Reader) / Audio Cassette / Published November 1988
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Sherman McCoy has it all--until he's involved in an accident in the Bronx. Suddenly, everyone who has something to gain is closing in on him. 2 cassettes.
Tom Wolfe / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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After Tom Wolfe defined the '60s in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers and the cultural U-turn at the turn of the '80s in The Right Stuff, nobody thought he could ever top himself again. In 1987, when The Bonfire of the Vanities arrived, the literati called Wolfe an "aging enfant terrible."
Tom Wolfe, John MacDonald (Reader) / Audio Cassette / Published August 1997
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After Tom Wolfe defined the '60s in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers and the cultural U-turn at the turn of the '80s in The Right Stuff, nobody thought he could ever top himself again. In 1987, when The Bonfire of the Vanities arrived, the literati called Wolfe an "aging enfant terrible."
Tom Wolfe, John MacDonald (Narrator) / Audio Cassette / Published December 1990
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Sherman McCoy is a young investment banker with a 14-room apartment in Manhattan. This gargantuan helping of the human comedy relates how he is devoured by the masses of New York, a city boiling over with the itch to grab it now. 9 cassettes.
Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin / Paperback / Published March 1995
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When the well-known wood carver, Tom Wolfe, turns his talents to a new medium the results are wonderful. The almost limitless medium of polymer clay and Tom's eye for character and caricature combine to produce some endearing and delightful creatures.
Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin / Paperback / Published March 1996
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The idea for the cane in this book came from the author's good friend and fellow carver Claude Bolton. Both belong to the Caricature Carvers of America, and the group was looking for some way to honor a friend and supporter. Claude hit upon the idea of a cane made up of many segments to be carved by various members. In addition to Tom and Claude they include: Jack Price; Peter Ortel; Steve Prescott; Harley Schmitzen; Rich Wetherbee; Bob Travis; Dave Dunham; Dave Stetson; Keith Morrill; Joe Wannamaker; Tex Haase; Doug Raine; Marv Kaisersatt; Dave Rasmussen; Harley Refsal; Harold Enlow; Claude B...
Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin / Paperback / Published June 1995
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The most ambitious carving Tom has ever presented in a book, this may also be the most charming. Tom leads the carver step-by-step through the process of constructing and carving a "kid's size" rocking horse.
Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin / Paperback / Published July 1990
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This book grows out of many requests we have received for animal carving books in general, and for Tom Wolfe animals in particular. His raccoons and hounds have graced the pages of his previous books. His bears, in their original form and as reproductions, have found their way into the hearts of people across the nation.
Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published March 1994
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Tom Wolfe has been carving canes and walking sticks for almost twenty years. Among the hundreds that he has carved, no two are alike. Each one takes on its own spirit and personality. And each one shows the carver's creativity and skill.
Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published February 1996
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Clowns are the ideal subjects for caricature carvers. They give the carver a limitless variety of faces and situations to create. The only boundaries are the carver's ability and imagination, and the realities of the human form. Like all of us, clowns are complex figures, happy and sad, comic and tragic, all at the same time. Because they capture both sides of us, the clown has been a powerful figure through many years of human history.
Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin / Paperback / Published April 1996
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For caricature carvers the greatest challenges and the greatest rewards come from carving the head and face. This is where the personality of the figure resides. The exaggerated nose, the enlarged ears, the toothy or toothless grin...they all combine to give the figure a story we can understand at a glance.
Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin / Paperback / Published September 1993
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These ancient creatures from folklore have captured the modern imagination, including Tom Wolfe's. In this book he brings his creativity and skill to the task of creating a whole community of gnomes, bringing them to life from a block of wood. With each step illustrated in full color, Tom takes the carver cut-by-cut to a finished figure. The book includes a gallery and patterns for 5 other gnomes plus "gnome" accessories such as mushrooms and a cart. The gnomes are exciting projects, allowing the carver to add a little of his or her own creativity to the work. The step-by-step illustrations me...
Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published July 1991
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Once again Tom Wolfe brings his artistry, skill, and wit to the mythic figures of bygone days: The Wild West. Taken separately, the cowboy, gambler, bartender, sheriff, and soiled dove offer interesting challenges to the carver. Together they make an enchanting scene, interacting with each other and almost magically taking on a life of their own.
Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published September 1994
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What carver's Christmas is complete without a nicely carved Santa? In this new book Tom Wolfe leads the carver through the process of creating a beautiful Santa ornament for the tree or to be displayed on a stand. A basic understanding of carving techniques is all that is needed to follow this fully-illustrated step-by-step instructions. As always Tom is happy to offer the tips and wisdom of many years of professional carving.
Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published July 1991
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Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published September 1991
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This dramatic period in American history comes to life in the carvings of Tom Wolfe. Union and Confederate soldiers are featured with step-by-step illustrated instructions for carving. One figure is carved all the way through, and patterns are provided for others.
Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin / Paperback / Published September 1993
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Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin / Paperback / Published March 1995
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Among the most popular of Tom Wolfe's carving books is Tom Wolfe Carves Dragons. From the day it came off the presses Tom has received letters asking for a Wizard book to go with it. "What good is a dragon without a Wizard?" one reader asked.
Dementi Wayne, et al / Hardcover / Published October 1999
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Visit this pictorial celebration if you want to see lots of reasons why Richmond, Virginia is the greatest city, in the greatest state, in the greatest nation, in the world ! Three chapters of Then and Now photos are combined with two chapters of Moments and Memories to enable the reader to delight in Richmond's journey through the 20th Century!
Tom Wolfe / Unknown Binding / Published date unknown
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Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published June 1987
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Over 500 black-and-white photographs and illustrations present the techniques for carving hound dogs, raccoons, and a coon hunter as well as their surroundings. Color photographs show the complete painting process and the delight of the finished carvings.
Nancy Wolfe, Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published July 1988
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Tom and Nancy Wolfe, a husband and wife team, join forces to present a step-by-step guide to making a unique doll in the country tradition. Tom leads the reader through the process of carving from wood and painting the head, hands, and feet, in easy to understand steps. Nancy then shows the reader everything from laying out and cutting the pattern to sewing, assembling and dressing the doll.
Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin / Paperback / Published December 1990
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Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin / Paperback / Published September 1995
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When Tom carved a walking stick in his book, Tom Wolfe Carves Woodspirits and Walking Sticks, it was almost an afterthought. But it was soon followed by a book devoted to them, Carving Canes and Walking Sticks. Now we are pleased to present a brand new book with original patterns and different techniques to produce creative canes and walking sticks. Also included are designs for sword canes.
Electric Kool Aid Acid TestTom Wolfe / Paperback / Published January 1983
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They say if you remember the '60s, you weren't there. But, fortunately, Tom Wolfe was there, notebook in hand, politely declining LSD while Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters fomented revolution, turning America on to a dangerously playful way of thinking as their Day-Glo conveyance, Further, made the most influential bus ride since Rosa Parks's. By taking On the Road's hero Neal Cassady as his driver on the cross-country revival tour and drawing on his own training as a magician, Kesey made Further into a bully pulpit, and linked the beat epoch with hippiedom. Paul McCartney's Many Years from...
Frederick Hart : SculptorFrederick Hart(Editor), et al / Hardcover / Published September 1995
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This glorious tribute to a contemporary master of humanist art covers his Vietnam Veterans Memorial Three Soldiers, National Cathedral Creation doors, and acrylic works.
From Bauhaus to Our HouseTom Wolfe / Paperback / Published November 1999
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Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published October 1994
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Some years ago Tom wrote a book called Carving the Civil War. The book met with great success, but left a hunger for more. One of the figures in the gallery was a beautiful realistic horse, and it wasn't long before requests for a horse book started coming in.
In Our TimeTom Wolfe / Paperback / Published November 1999
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In Our TimeTom Wolfe / Hardcover / Published October 1980
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Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine : And Other Stories, Sketches, and EssaysTom Wolfe / Paperback / Published November 1999
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Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published May 1988
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Tom Wolfe / Hardcover / Published April 1988
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Tom Wolfe / Audio Cassette / Published December 1991
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Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin (Photographer) / Paperback / Published November 1998
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Tom Wolfe / Unknown Binding / Published date unknown
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Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published February 1993
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Tom Wolfe takes his creative talent to the National Game: Baseball. With easy to follow, step-by-step instructions. Tom helps the carver bring the classic ballplayer out of a block of wood. Each cut is illustrated with a full-color photograph, an important visual aid to learning this fun craft.
Painted WordTom Wolfe / Mass Market Paperback / Published June 1997
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In 1975, after having put radical chic and '60s counterculture to the satirical torch, Tom Wolfe turned his attention to the contemporary art world. The patron saint (and resident imp) of New Journalism couldn't have asked for a better subject. Here was a hotbed of pretension, nitwit theorizing, social climbing, and money, money, money--all Wolfe had to do was sharpen his tools and get to work. He did! Much of The Painted Word is a superb burlesque on that modern mating ritual whereby artists get to despise their middle-class audience and accommodate it at the same time. The painter, Wolfe wri...
Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published July 1988
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Following the tremendous success of his first book, Tom Wolfe now offers his most popular wood-carving with step-by-step instructions. Tom attributes the popularity of his Pig Pickin' carving to nostalgia. This work harkens people back to a simpler time, when the hog harvest was a community event. Everyone shared in the festivities...and the food.
Tom Wolfe, Jeffrey B. Snyder (Photographer) / Paperback / Published October 1996
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House spirits are magical creatures who watch over homes and families. They come in all manner of shapes and sizes. With a keen eye, house spirits can be found almost anywhere in the wood and timbers throughout the home. Tom Wolfe shows you how to coax them out of their hiding places with power tools. Five patterns are included. Tom provides step-by-step instructions with over 230 color photographs.
Power Carving Santas With Tom Wolfe (Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)Tom Wolfe, Jeffrey B. Snyder (Photographer) / Paperback / Published June 1997
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After the big Christmas flight, while elves are busy updating the naughty and nice list or planning next year's product lines, what does Santa do with his spare time? Tom Wolfe has come up with a variety of pastimes the jolly old elf might pick up on his days off. Some of Santa's activities have been set into motion, combining Santa and a whirligig. Over 260 color photographs and easy to follow instructions take the carver through all the necessary steps to carve a Santa you can be proud of.
Tom Wolfe, Joe David Bellamy (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published October 1982
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Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak CatchersTom Wolfe / Paperback / Published November 1999
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Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak CatchersTom Wolfe / Hardcover / Published December 1987
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Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published November 1987
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Tom Wolfe / Audio Cassette / Published June 1994
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Tom Wolfe / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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Tom Wolfe, Laurie Kratochvil (Editor) / Unknown Binding / Published date unknown
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A collection of photographs from Rolling Stone magazine features familiar shots of such celebs as Jagger, Nicholson, Madonna, Brando, Bowie, Mailer, Reagan, Belushi, Eastwood. Reprint.
Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin / Paperback / Published December 1990
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Santa Claus, elves, gnomes, wizards. These fanciful characters delight and mesmerize us. All of them are magical creatures, possessing great and wondrous powers. Tom Wolfe has a bit of this magic himself. In his hands a piece of wood, carved with the simplest tools, is transformed and takes on a personality of its own. They come to life.
The Bonfire of the VanitiesTom Wolfe / Hardcover / Published December 1990
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Since its publication in 1987, Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities has become the most talked about novel of the decade. And now, in a new introduction written especially for this new gift edition, Wolfe discusses the composition of his American classic, the theory and practice of the 19th century novel in a 20th-century world, and the uses and abuses of the fiction in an era where less is still held to be more.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid TestTom Wolfe / Paperback / Published November 1999
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They say if you remember the '60s, you weren't there. But, fortunately, Tom Wolfe was there, notebook in hand, politely declining LSD while Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters fomented revolution, turning America on to a dangerously playful way of thinking as their Day-Glo conveyance, Further, made the most influential bus ride since Rosa Parks's. By taking On the Road's hero Neal Cassady as his driver on the cross-country revival tour and drawing on his own training as a magician, Kesey made Further into a bully pulpit, and linked the beat epoch with hippiedom. Paul McCartney's Many Years from...
Tom Wolfe / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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They say if you remember the '60s, you weren't there. But, fortunately, Tom Wolfe was there, notebook in hand, politely declining LSD while Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters fomented revolution, turning America on to a dangerously playful way of thinking as their Day-Glo conveyance, Further, made the most influential bus ride since Rosa Parks's. By taking On the Road's hero Neal Cassady as his driver on the cross-country revival tour and drawing on his own training as a magician, Kesey made Further into a bully pulpit, and linked the beat epoch with hippiedom. Paul McCartney's Many Years from...
Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Marting / Paperback / Published March 1991
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Step-by-step instructions for carving an amusing golfing figure from wood, painting it, and displaying it. Full of original personality and a spark of wit, the design will delight all who encounter it. Other patterns make up a foursome, with a color gallery illustrating all.
The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline BabyTom Wolfe / Paperback / Published November 1999
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The "streamline baby" in Tom Wolfe's 1965 debut book is a hot rod, but the car's candy colors and wild lines can't match the prose style Wolfe devised to describe them. The title essay--Wolfe's first magazine article--launched the New Journalism, partly because its original title was "There Goes (Varoom! Varoom!) That Kandy-Kolored (Thphhhhhh!) Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (Rahghhh!) Around the Bend (Brummmmmmmmmmmmmmm)..." His voice was more shocking than any subculture he uncovered. Until Wolfe (Ph.D., Yale), nobody struck gold by applying Ph.D.-speak to lowbrow subjects. Kurt Vonnegut fa...
The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline BabyTom Wolfe / Hardcover / Published December 1987
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The "streamline baby" in Tom Wolfe's 1965 debut book is a hot rod, but the car's candy colors and wild lines can't match the prose style Wolfe devised to describe them. The title essay--Wolfe's first magazine article--launched the New Journalism, partly because its original title was "There Goes (Varoom! Varoom!) That Kandy-Kolored (Thphhhhhh!) Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (Rahghhh!) Around the Bend (Brummmmmmmmmmmmmmm)..." His voice was more shocking than any subculture he uncovered. Until Wolfe (Ph.D., Yale), nobody struck gold by applying Ph.D.-speak to lowbrow subjects. Kurt Vonnegut fa...
The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline BabyTom Wolfe / Paperback / Published May 1988
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The "streamline baby" in Tom Wolfe's 1965 debut book is a hot rod, but the car's candy colors and wild lines can't match the prose style Wolfe devised to describe them. The title essay--Wolfe's first magazine article--launched the New Journalism, partly because its original title was "There Goes (Varoom! Varoom!) That Kandy-Kolored (Thphhhhhh!) Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (Rahghhh!) Around the Bend (Brummmmmmmmmmmmmmm)..." His voice was more shocking than any subculture he uncovered. Until Wolfe (Ph.D., Yale), nobody struck gold by applying Ph.D.-speak to lowbrow subjects. Kurt Vonnegut fa...
Tom Wolfe / Unknown Binding / Published date unknown
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The Painted WordTom Wolfe / Hardcover / Published May 1975
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In 1975, after having put radical chic and '60s counterculture to the satirical torch, Tom Wolfe turned his attention to the contemporary art world. The patron saint (and resident imp) of New Journalism couldn't have asked for a better subject. Here was a hotbed of pretension, nitwit theorizing, social climbing, and money, money, money--all Wolfe had to do was sharpen his tools and get to work. He did! Much of The Painted Word is a superb burlesque on that modern mating ritual whereby artists get to despise their middle-class audience and accommodate it at the same time. The painter, Wolfe wri...
The Painted WordTom Wolfe / Paperback / Published November 1999
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In 1975, after having put radical chic and '60s counterculture to the satirical torch, Tom Wolfe turned his attention to the contemporary art world. The patron saint (and resident imp) of New Journalism couldn't have asked for a better subject. Here was a hotbed of pretension, nitwit theorizing, social climbing, and money, money, money--all Wolfe had to do was sharpen his tools and get to work. He did! Much of The Painted Word is a superb burlesque on that modern mating ritual whereby artists get to despise their middle-class audience and accommodate it at the same time. The painter, Wolfe wri...
Tom Wolfe, et al / Audio Cassette / Published November 1994
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Wolfe's essay ridicules the wide-spread influence of a few elite art critics upon contemporary art. Wolfe contends that someday their theories will be regarded as the works of art and the paintings and sculptures as illustrations of them. In this reading Harold N. Cropp shows consider-able artistry. He conveys erudition while maintaining a youthful, hip vivacity. Cropp may be too restrained to consistently capture Wolfe's relentless, derisive edge, but he does give the presentation the proper cynical slant and moves it along crisply. D.J. AudioFile, Portland, Maine
Tom Wolfe / Audio Cassette / Published February 1999
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In 1975, after having put radical chic and '60s counterculture to the satirical torch, Tom Wolfe turned his attention to the contemporary art world. The patron saint (and resident imp) of New Journalism couldn't have asked for a better subject. Here was a hotbed of pretension, nitwit theorizing, social climbing, and money, money, money--all Wolfe had to do was sharpen his tools and get to work. He did! Much of The Painted Word is a superb burlesque on that modern mating ritual whereby artists get to despise their middle-class audience and accommodate it at the same time. The painter, Wolfe wri...
The Pump House GangTom Wolfe / Paperback / Published November 1999
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The Pump House GangTom Wolfe / Hardcover / Published November 1987
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Tom Wolfe, Harold N. Cropp / Audio Cassette / Published February 1995
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Tom Wolfe / Unknown Binding / Published date unknown
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Tom Wolfe / Unknown Binding / Published date unknown
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Tom Wolfe / Hardcover / Published October 1983
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Tom Wolfe began The Right Stuff at a time when it was unfashionable to contemplate American heroism. Nixon had left the White House in disgrace, the nation was reeling from the catastrophe of Vietnam, and in 1979--the year the book appeared--Americans were being held hostage by Iranian militants. Yet it was exactly the anachronistic courage of his subjects that captivated Wolfe. In his foreword, he notes that as late as 1970, almost one in four career Navy pilots died in accidents. "The Right Stuff," he explains, "became a story of why men were willing--willing?--delighted!--to take on such od...
The Right StuffTom Wolfe / Paperback / Published September 1983
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Tom Wolfe began The Right Stuff at a time when it was unfashionable to contemplate American heroism. Nixon had left the White House in disgrace, the nation was reeling from the catastrophe of Vietnam, and in 1979--the year the book appeared--Americans were being held hostage by Iranian militants. Yet it was exactly the anachronistic courage of his subjects that captivated Wolfe. In his foreword, he notes that as late as 1970, almost one in four career Navy pilots died in accidents. "The Right Stuff," he explains, "became a story of why men were willing--willing?--delighted!--to take on such od...
Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published August 1998
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Just when it seems that Tom could not possibly have any more Santa patterns, here are 75 never before seen designs. They reflect Tom's unquenchable creativity, his boundless sense of humor, and his keen eye for caricature. Each pattern is clearly drawn and reproduced at full size. A color gallery is included on the back of the book to use as a paint reference.
Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published December 1996
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In his long and creative career as a woodcarver, Tom Wolfe has created literally thousands of patterns. Many of them have appeared in his previous books, but many more have not.
Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin (Photographer) / Paperback / Published June 1998
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Tom Wolfe : A Writer in Full (Voices from the Smithsonian Associates, Volume 2) [ABRIDGED]Tom Wolfe / Audio Cassette / Published date unknown
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The celebrated author of the bestsellers, A MAN IN FULL, THE RIGHT STUFF, and BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES discusses his unique approach to writing during a lecture at The Smithsonian Institution. Approximate length: 90 minutes; 1 cassette.
Tom Wolfe, Molly Higgins / Paperback / Published December 1998
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Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published March 1994
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From the ancient Chinese to St. George to Dungeons and Dragons, these mythical beasts have had a place in the human imagination. Now, with his own imagination running rampant, Tom Wolfe turns his artistry to the dragon. As always, he brings creativity and skill to the task, along with a desire to share the joy of carving with his readers. All steps to carving a dragon are illustrated in color photographs, with concise descriptions of what to do and what effects you are trying to achieve. In addition there is a gallery with patterns and photographs of three other dragons that can be carved usin...
Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin / Paperback / Published September 1993
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Jointed dolls are an ancient concept. As a folk art in the American Appalachians and elsewhere, Dancing Sams have used the jointed idea to create a dancing motion when moved by a vibrating board for hundreds of years. When Tom Wolfe was visiting the British Museum in London, he came upon an Egyptian doll that was constructed just like the Santas in this book. The jointed Santas in this book are delightful. They can be easily posed and made to do a variety of things. And they are easily carved, following the step-by-step color photo illustrations. From the carving to the joint construction to t...
Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published September 1992
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Legend has it that the forest of the world are inhabited by elusive creatures known as "Wood Spirits." Tom Wolfe finds them everywhere and brings them to life in this delightful new instructional book. Using found wood such as driftwood, roots, and old beams from dilapidated barns, he leads the reader through the carving of wondrous, fanciful faces, that are both enchanting and beautiful.
Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin / Paperback / Published July 1995
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Very few carvers can carve animals and people with the same skill. Fewer still can convincingly carve realistic figures and caricatures. Tom Wolfe is one of them. Following his book on carving realistic horses, he now he brings the same talent to bear on caricature horses.
Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published July 1991
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These four-legged friends of man have been a favorite subject for carving since the earliest years. From hunting dogs to the family pet, dogs have a special place in the hearts of people and Tom Wolfe manages to capture their personality in his own creative, witty way. Easy to follow step-by-step instruction, with color illustrations.
Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published April 1996
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Dogs are a favorite subject of carvers everywhere. Sometimes they are shown as companions of the human subject in a carving and sometimes they stand by themselves. Whatever your carving needs, this treasury of Tom Wolfe's dog patterns will be a valued tool. In his long and creative career as a woodcarver, Tom Wolfe has created literally hundreds of dog patterns. 90 of the best of these is offered here for the first time in print.
Tom Wolfe / Paperback / Published September 1991
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After the great success of Santa and His Friends, Tom Wolfe presents a group of traditional Santas that have been found in American Art, literature, and advertising since the 1860s and have a warm place in the imaginations of children and the memories of adults. With easy to follow, step-by-step instructions accompanied by full color photos, this is a great book for the beginning and intermediate carver.