Interpreting the Figure in Watercolor

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there is also a softcover version.......2005-10-18

Don Andrews is reknowned for his incredible use of vibrant colors - he can mix a dozen colors together and never get mud! (I can also recommend his video for an over-the-shoulder view of Don at work.)

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Interpreting the Figure in Watercolor

Manufacturer: Don Andrews
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0965555909

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This book takes on a challenging subject: showing how the figure can be painted creatively and beautifully in watercolor through simplification, interpretation, and shapemaking. In explaining how to capture the essence of the human figure, Andrews provides basic information about materials and discusses such techniques as gesture drawing and gesture painting; defining the figure with light and shadow and linking darks and lights for unity, introducting backgrounds, and much more. Illustrated with 200 color and 20 b/w illustrations.

VIN RUDE.
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David. Thorpe
Manufacturer: BCA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IWWNT6

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Manufacturer: BCA
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RYIGDC

VIN RUDE
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DAVID THORPE
Manufacturer: MACMILLAN LONDON
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000RYL8HI

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Vin Rude
David Thorpe , and Pierre Le Poste
Manufacturer: Pan Macmillan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0333309774

Vin Rude an Alcoholic Alphabet Photographed at Room Temperature Out of the Kitchen & Into the Cellar ( Thorpes follow-up to Rude Food ,this time using alcohol in an erotic setting )
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Vin Rude an Alcoholic Alphabet Photographed at Room Temperature Out of the Kitchen & Into the Cellar ( Thorpes follow-up to Rude Food ,this time using alcohol in an erotic setting )
written by Pierre Le Poste, designed by Martin Reavley, Styling by Barbara Drake, former owner Inscription Photographed in Color by David Thorpe
Manufacturer: Macmillan & Co. Limited London, Printed By R. R. Clark Edinburgh
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JD5WPG

VIN RUDE.
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Pierre. Le Poste
Manufacturer: BCA
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O8SECY

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David. Thorpe
Manufacturer: Macmillan
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O5JLUQ

VIN RUDE: AN ALCOHOLIC ALPHABET.
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VIN RUDE: AN ALCOHOLIC ALPHABET.

Manufacturer: Macmillan
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HFOR0W

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PIRRE LE POSTE
Manufacturer: Unknown
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000S3AW02

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In this groundbreaking book, Ken Wilber uses his widely acknowledged "spectrum of consciousness" model to completely rewrite our approach to such important fields as psychology, spirituality, anthropology, cultural studies, art and literary theory, ecology, feminism, and planetary transformation. What would each of those fields look like if we wholeheartedly accepted the existence of not just body and mind but also soul and spirit? In a stunning display of integrative embrace, Wilber weaves these various fragments together into a coherent and compelling vision for the modern and postmodern world.

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a essential perspective on modernity.......2007-08-12

I still prefer Sex, Ecology, Spirituality as the best overview of Wilber's thinking. In this book, he takes the integral theory and applies it to the context of contemporary issues such as feminism, art & literary theory, psychology, sociology, and spiritual development. It is very well done and he is very accessible, but this books does repeat a lot of what he wrote in his earlier books. Spectrum of Consciousness covers psychology and human development, Up from Eden covers sociology, SES covers feminism and ecology. The only new thing is the two chapters on art and literature, which I enjoyed very much. The same ideas are also present in his published journal--One Taste, which I think is a more enjoyable version of Eye of Spirit, which is more academic and heavy handed.
Wilber is essential reading for the twenty first century. It is a perspective to heal our fragmented, broken world.

(((((.brilliance.))))).......2006-06-05

*this book is fantastic! a must-read for anyone interested in growing as a human being spiritually and intellectually...

>>>. check out kenwilber.com & integralnaked.org... and just to update on 'sensei31's pathetically short-sighted critique/review, the author has an *extensive* history involving both presentation & lecture (check the 'integral naked' podcasts on itunes for multiple interdisciplinary perspectives - awesome, intense content [above & beyond simple 'new age' - try 'higher consciousness & the evolution of the human spirit'] - billy corgan, ed kowalczyck, rick rubin, and many other notables share their views within...)

Great Book.......2003-12-19

A very very worthwhile book. Wilber at his best.

Sign of the times.......2003-10-07

This book contains many very interesting observations about various theories and political movements and how the people involved in them see themselves as in opposition to each other when in fact they are complementary in many ways. The author tries to explain how this fragmentation is caused by a certain type of consciousness that is also at the root of many of our modern environmental and social problems. I think this is a timely book that allows us to expand our consciousness and evolve out of the contemporary rut of the modern age. While the author tries to examine this from a relatively objective and critical view from above, it is also important to be mindful of the fact that the root of this type of thinking is also caused by the type of consciousness so problematic of our times. There is another highly regarded book called "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato that addresses this in an extremely inspiring and accesible way. These are the types of books that really remind me of the joy of learning.

Great for the Psych part.......2003-03-14

Ken's book was great for the Psych and philosophy part, I don't know enough about the arts and literature to get the arguments he was saying. But I am highly trained in Psychology, and it was on the mark!

Blood in the Streets: Investment Profits in a World Gone Mad

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I Waited YEARS To Get This...
Absurd in 1987, but Prophetic in 2004
A Now Book

Blood in the Streets: Investment Profits in a World Gone Mad
James Dale Davidson , and William Rees-Mogg
Manufacturer: Summit Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 067162735X

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I Waited YEARS To Get This..........2006-11-19

I first learned about this book in 1993 - when it was out of print. I had become acquainted with James Dale Davidson and his sequel to this book, The Great Reckoning. It took nearly a decade before I found a copy...and I am very glad I did.

This isn't light reading...so be forewarned.

The wisdom was true back then...only those in the know were aware of these tactics for amassing wealth by paying attention to whether there truly is VALUE in an industry, in spite of the prices, in spite of the headlines...and preferably buy low, VERY low.

One of the most fundamental teachings...when an industry is fundamentally sound, if everyone is throwing away their share because of some sort of governmental calamity, new article or reporting, does the value of that industry or commodity go away?

No!

So when does it make sense to pick up share?

When there's blood in the streets. Yes...when everyone else is getting rid of their shares/ownership, then you can pick up REAL ASSETS for pennies to dimes on the dollar.

And then wait til they rebound - when the situation that made them "risky" turns around.

Has this strategy worked? Yes, many and many a time. Just look back a decade or so ago when Argentina was having its problems. The inflation was rampant. However other currencies were HARD MONEY to theirs - and you could pick up good investments cheap - then hold them for the ride back to stabilization.

Again...these strategies usually have some holding period for the undervalued asset to rebound. But rebound many of them do.

Examples: junior gold stocks bought for pennies and sold for dollars. Yacht clubs bought, upgraded and resold to upscale international patrons for very big profits.

Pick this book up...and gain insight into how real wealth is made and accumulated. This one key insight works.

With all the economic turmoil going around, I think I need to read this book again!

Absurd in 1987, but Prophetic in 2004.......2004-06-22

The 1987 U.S. stock market crash gave rise to all sorts of "now is the time to panic" and "the world is ending soon" books about financial crises, and economic depressions.

None of it came to pass, because the Reagan revolution demolished communism without a shooting war, and global capitalism surged in the aftermath.

But in 2004, the next world war has already begun. It is an economic war, where blocs of countries are being organized and urged to join in alliances rooted in ethnicity, religion, or nationality. It is also a culture war, rooted in religion and ethnicity (Islam against 'the west') with a long history that makes it far less amenable to a rational or peaceful resolution thatn was 'The Cold War'.

The US failue to define terms of engagement, and thereby control the outcome of the Iraq war of 2003-2004 is the end of the dream for a Pax Americana, with the US acting as the arsenal of a unified, largely democratic world. Instead, we have the non-polarized and chaotic world that authors Davidson and Rees-Moog feared.

It is a world where capital flows along paths of least resistance, and once welthy populations are devastated by capital outflows. Governments will likely become more tyrannical and shift from benevolent welfare statism to active police statism -- to preserve order.

The book takes its title from the infamous Baron von Rothschild quote about investing where blood runs in the streets. In such places, people crave peace, and safety. They care not who makes the laws, nor who coins the money.

WHile this book seemed absured and hyperbolic in 1987 (like most of the gloom and doom texts of that year), it sees eerily prophetic looking ahead past 2004 and 2005. State-less terrorism is a defining power in today's world. Economies with aging populations are becoming consumption societies, which produce less as the populations age. As exports drop, net inflows of wealth dry up, and the results are soaring government debt, declining employment opportunities for younger people, and increased class divisions and stratifications.

The "great depression of 1990", predicted by dozens of authors, was postposned by the fall of communism, and the expansion of capitalism into eastern Europe & Russia. The collapse of Communism also resulted in a 'peace dividend' that reduced defense costs in the U.S., and provided financial capital to fund new business ventures and fuel economic growth.

The U.S. federal reserve (and other central banks) keept inflation low by funding productive rather than defensive projects. The commercializing of formerly military & defense technologies (the internet, for example) generated economic expansion. That was a cyclical expansion, dependent on the creation of major new growth industries. In the 1990's it was information technologies (communications, networking of data systems, and the opportunities created by rapidly dropping costs for Information Technology equipment. Biotech and life-sciences, the next (current) new industry, has not proved to be stable or predictable in terms of products and markets. Financing models are far less certain.

The economic growth and expansion cycle made possible by the 'peace dividend' and the rapid global advances for Information & Communications tecchnologies postponed the "great depression of 1990". But with a new global war clearly underway, defense and the economic austerity needed to fund a long term global military effort will be the focus of governments. Civil peace is out, and general prosperity is no longer a priority. Thus, it appears that the expansion cycle is coming to an end. The Great depression of 1990 may become the (even greater) depression of 2010.

It is almost scary to read this book from 1987 and realize that the authors may be correct, but their time-line was about 16-17 years ahead of events.

A Now Book.......2004-02-23

Davidson and Rees-Moog team up to tell us that when things seem the worse may be the time to take advantage of opportunity. The Chinese symbol for crisis also means opportunity.

This book shows that throughout history, some of the greatest became that way because they had the forethought, and sadly, sometimes the foreknowledge, of events that they took advantage of them and won in a big way.

The title of the book comes from Lord Rothshild's statement about when blood is running in the streets, invest in a future. Of course, what to invest in is really the question. This book will give you a look to see and evaluate the opportunities that are out there.

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And the beat goes on..........2007-07-22

History Gone Mad is truly a funny book. Even funnier if you know your history and find yourself sometimes agreeing with the jokes. It is a great book on history but make sure not to treat it as fact.

History though the pen of a wise cracker........1999-09-19

Good humor is based on truth, and this wise cracking book is both good humor and good history.

One of the funniest books I've ever read!.......1999-03-30

A must read for any history buff. This book pokes fun at the entire history of humanity and proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Paper Juggernaut: Big Government Gone Mad

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Paper Juggernaut: Big Government Gone Mad
Walter Stewart
Manufacturer: MCCLELLAND AND STEWART LIMITED
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ASIN: 0771083068

Killing Time --Star Trek Novel (Enter 2nd History---and a Galaxy Gone Mad!) #24

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Killing Time --Star Trek Novel (Enter 2nd History---and a Galaxy Gone Mad!) #24
Della Van Hise
Manufacturer: Pocketbooks
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Binding: Paperback

Love gone mad: A study of the Kronos myth in novels by Joyce Carol Oates

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Love gone mad: A study of the Kronos myth in novels by Joyce Carol Oates
Brenda O Daly
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The world gone mad,
Martian
Manufacturer: J. Bale, Sons & Danielsson
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ASIN: B0008BZK6A

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Very focused look at hosting a specific event

How To Produce Fabulous Fundraising Events

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Not quite what I expected

Thorough guide to planning events

How to Produce Fabulous Fundraising Events: Reap Remarkable Returns with Minimal Effort (Book & Diskette)
Betty Stallings , and Donna McMillion
Manufacturer: Building Better Skills
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0963456024

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If you have ever experienced a fundraising event that was too much effort for the return, this book is for you! You learn the secrets of selecting the right fundraising event for your organization; gain practical tips and tools for attracting, supervising and appreciating your event volunteers and learn to plan, publicize and evaluate your event to guarantee its success.

After reading this book you will be motivated and feel confident to put on an event that involves key community leaders, raises significant funds and, best of all, creates only minimal work for salaried and volunteer staff.

Truly two books in one, the book also features a step-by-step guide to producing a perfect event, proven successful for hospitals, nonprofit organizations and churches. You will want to share it with everyone who leads fundraising events!

The accompanying PC diskette is a great time saver containing numerous forms, letters, lists, budgets, criteria selection and more the reader can adapt to his/her own organization or event!

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Very focused look at hosting a specific event.......2007-01-08

This is a great book with a detailed approach to planning their special event, complete with celebrity waiters. If you are looking to plan a different type of formal gala, or any other fundraiser, there are tips and suggestions that you will still find helpful. The authors include some amazing budget sheets, sample letters, timelines and other info to help the fundraising group.
No, you are not required to do things exactly as they say. Use the book as a tool to make your OWN gala!

How To Produce Fabulous Fundraising Events.......2005-09-05

Fabulous book. I have just taken on the chair of an event and this was the most help I got to do a good job. Easy to read, lots of ideas, very helpful! I definitely recommend it. The disk is wonderful as it has many forms that you can adapt for use such as budget forms, job descriptions, evaluations, etc.

Great book.......2005-08-22

I am involved as a volunteer with many nonprofit organizations. I wish I had had this book years ago. It would have saved hours of time selecting the right event for our organization. The criteria to use for selecting the right event is worth the price of the book alone. When you are doing the right event for an organization, amazing things happen. I highly recommend this book for any board member or any fundraising committee attempting to effectively utilize volunteers time in staging an event. We have tried our own version of the perfect event that is featured in the book. It was the most successful event we have ever had! Thank you. Thank you!!!

Not quite what I expected.......2005-08-06

I bought this guide thinking that it would be a general, all-purpose book giving advice on fundraising. Unfortunately, it is really a blueprint for a specific fund raising event that the authors have conducted successfully. Their event, "A Dinner with Celebrity Waiters," is not an event that I can reproduce here in Mexico.

Although some of the advice is transferable to any event, it is too specific to be the all-around guide that I had hoped to receive. The advertising copy and "experts" quoted on the back cover re-inforced this expectation.

In addition, the supplemental disk is a floppy, which can not be used is some of the newer computers. Finally, I would say that this paperback book is definitely not worth the inflated price.

I should probably add that I have been head of fund-raising for a very large charitable organization, so I bought this book thinking that it could be used by people in my small, non-profit organization that do not have my background. It was not a correct assumption.

Thorough guide to planning events.......2004-12-30

A helpful primer on planning, organizing and running an event fundraiser. Especially helpful are the templates and pre-written fill-in lists. Many of Stallings' ideas helped inspire our own concept for helping nonprofits run online fundraising projects. A helpful guide.

Transforming Suburban Business Districts
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Transforming Suburban Business Districts
Geoffrey Booth , and A. Geoffrey Booth
Manufacturer: Urban Land Institute
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Significant development opportunities exist in transforming underperforming suburban business districts into attractive places to live, work and shop. Grounded in an understanding of America's changing demographics this new book explains how suburban business districts are evolving and offers practical solutions to increase property values, competitiveness and livability. You will learn about the roles of residential, retail and office development, transportation options and parking, and the public and private sectors role in creating vibrant, attractive places that people want to return to time and again. Examples and illustrations from throughout the nation describe what has worked and what has not, and offers fresh ideas that can be tailored to the needs of your community.

Planners library. (book review): An article from: Planning

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Planners library. (book review): An article from: Planning
Harold Henderson
Manufacturer: American Planning Association
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Planning, published by American Planning Association on May 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1069 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Planners library. (book review)
Author: Harold Henderson
Publication: Planning (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2002
Publisher: American Planning Association
Volume: 68 Issue: 5 Page: 41(1)

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