Calligraphy Alphabets Made Easy

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Not that easy.......2007-02-25

I found the layout really confusing. Also if you are a beginner I would say this is not for you. It doesn't contain much "instruction." I would suggest "The Calligrapher's Bible" instead.

Not a beginner's book.......2006-02-07

I'm trying to teach myself this beautiful art. This book is certainly not for the beginner. The concept of a new alphabet each week and weekly projects is a great one, however there isn't enough instruction on materials or form to make it very helpful to those of us new to this art. I'll keep it for reference but must continue my search for a great teaching tool.

My Least Favorite Book on Calligraphy.......2005-01-03

I was given 3 books on Calligraphy, as a Christmas present from my daughter, and this book is at the bottom of the list.

It does contain many different fonts, and the idea of having a practice lesson every week for a year is a novel idea indeed. However, I found this book disorganized, and try to do the lessons with one arm trying to hold the book flat.

Wonderful book.......2004-02-10

This book is more complete than I expected and it is written in such a way that you are eager at trying your hand at the next alpahbet. Great for the person who already knows how to handle the pens.

Very helpful.......2002-10-12

Nicely-formatted book with a gazillion scripts. Made me get out my calligraphy pen immediately and start practicing, which is really the name-of-the-game to developing this delightful and useful skill. Knock your friends out and write in some of these beautiful hands!

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Calligraphy Alphabets Made Easy
Margaret Shepherd
Manufacturer: PERIGee
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000QCX38S

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Calligraphy Alphabets Made Easy
Margaret Shepherd
Manufacturer: Berkley Pub Group
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OLXZDE

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Innovative Beaded Jewellery Techniques

Innovative Beaded Jewelry is absolutely a perfect title.

One-of-a-kind beadwork idea book

Innovative Beaded Jewellery
Gineke Root
Manufacturer: Kangaroo Press Pty.Ltd ,Australia
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ASIN: 0864176546

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WOW!!.......2007-03-08

I have made several of the necklaces from this book and have received raves everytime I wear them. It takes a little effort to understand some of her terms for beads but once you get past that, the instructions are excellent. These are beautiful, wearable necklaces, mainly based on peyote, that take time to make but are worth it.

Innovative Beaded Jewellery Techniques.......2000-11-03

This book is really unique as far as the beading techniques go. The written instructions looked rather daunting at first but were fairly easy to follow once you get started. Good for advanced beaders to add to their beading repertoire!

Innovative Beaded Jewelry is absolutely a perfect title........2000-08-11

I was looking for something new and different. When I received my book I found that it is exactly that. Beautifully different beaded jewelry technique than what I have been doing. Good diagrams and wonderful colored pictures. This is an English translation from Dutch. Therefore you might be confused at first with the size of the beads but I just go with what I have and try to follow accordingly. I don't think it will be a problem for most beaders. Non-beading friends that have seen the book love the jewelry displayed in the pictures. Directions for all shown are provided. I believe this will keep me in beading heaven for quiet some time. The technique is versatile and the jewelry looks dressy and expensive. Various beads and sizes can be used. If you like to be creative then don't miss the opportunity with what you can bead from this book.

One-of-a-kind beadwork idea book.......2000-06-19

This is an excellent book for medium to advanced seed beaders who are looking for more than another peyote pattern. The author opens up completely new directions by using seed beads with bugle & cut beads, crystals and other small decorative beads to create exceptionally unique tubular beadwork. The techniques are simple, the results are beautiful and stunning. I recall someone mentioning to me that this book is an English translation of Dutch, and there are a few minor awkward grammar remnants but nothing that would inhibit a beader from figuring out how to do the techniques. I give this book a high rating because it is the seminal work on the "Dutch spiral" use of seed beads and inspires you to move your own seed beadwork in a new direction.

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Combining traditional Appalachian folktale plots with a contemporary sensibility, writer and storyteller Anne Shelby creates fourteen lively, original stories of a funny, magical, yet familiar world.

Many of the stories feature a girl named Molly Whuppie, who is clever, brave, and strong. Encountering witches, giants, an ogre who refuses to do housework, unwanted boyfriends, and all manner of conundrums, Molly manages to outwit them all with a potent combination of nerve, trickery, and plain luck. Also appearing in the stories are Molly's sisters Polly and Betts, the famous Appalachian hero Jack (Molly saves him a few times), and three cornbread-baking mice.

These delightful and often surprising stories are sure to appeal to readers and listeners of all ages who enjoy an adventurous tale well told.

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Complex tales of the ogres in humans
Excellent!
Great Anime Manga!
Impressive

Ogre Slayer

Manufacturer: VIZ Media LLC
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1569311986

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Complex tales of the ogres in humans.......2001-05-09

This book contains five short stories of horror with a mythological base. The fantastic elements are very well woven into realistic frames of everyday life, which makes it all even more spine chilling.

The ogres here are not evil things that lurk on innocent people, but they come from the people themselves. This can happen if a person is so overcome by anger and bitterness that she turns into an ogre, herself, like, for example, a constantly bullied high school student, a girl who is raped, or a mother whose child is killed. The stories are in no way black and white, and the complexity makes it all very interesting.

The artwork is excellent, with dramatic page layouts and contrasting blacks and whites (almost frank-milleresque at times, but much smoother). I've heard some people complain about Kusunoki's way of drawing noses, though.

After Akira and Domu, this book has been my main source of inspiration for blood splatter and speed lines. And there is a very nice scene with a policeman on page 88 ...

Excellent!.......1999-08-07

Excellent, well-drawn manga story of an ogre and his quest. A long time ago, an ogre mother gave birth to an ogre in human form, who, instead of having a horn on his head, was born with his horn in his hand in the form of sword. The boy has no name, only going by the name of his sword, the "Onikirimaru," the Ogre Slayer. His quest, which ultimately is for acceptance, is to become human. At once sad, because of the seeming impossibility of his quest, but also profoundly hopeful, Ogre Slayer is the story of a boy and his dream of being human. A must read for anyone who enjoys good story-telling.

Great Anime Manga!.......1999-03-29

This book was excellent. The illustrations added to the ability of the author's communication to understand the main characters quest. If you plan on reading this I'd advise you to read the original first.

Impressive.......1997-04-12

A very good Magna (japanese style graphic novel) About a boy who has no name, save that of his sword: Ogre Slayer.

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The Slayer's Guide to Ogres
Shannon Kalvar
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As players progress to mid-level, orcs and goblins can lose their edge as meaningful opponents. At this point it is time to bring the ogres out, multi-Hit Dice monsters with brains and huge weaponry. The Slayer's Guide to Ogres is a complete resource for these fascinating monsters, demonstrating their flexibility for Games Masters and providing a multitude of scenario ideas and extra rules that will keep players guessing even as they engage in bloodthirsty battle. Mongoose Publishing is well known for its acclaimed Slayer's Guide series, guaranteeing instant recognition from gamers. The Slayer's Guide to Ogres covers one of the most popular monsters and so the popularity of this title is assured, developing a well known creature for Games Masters

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Martin Gardner's new mathematical diversions from "Scientific American"
Martin Gardner
Manufacturer: Allen & Unwin
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Martin Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions from Scientific American
Martin Gardner
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000P7ORCU

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Martin Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions from Scientific American

Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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ASIN: B000GR7CYE

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Martin Gardner's new mathematical diversions from scientific american
Martin Gardner
Manufacturer: simon and schuster
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ASIN: B000NCYLSM

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The everlasting challenge!

New Mathematical Diversions from Scientific American.
Martin, Gardner
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0671452401

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The everlasting challenge!.......2005-10-08

The whole materialization of this book was due the kind permission of Scientific American based on a smart and very antique idea: to recreate and diffuse all kind of ingenious problems, challenging riddles and daring enunciates from the most lucid minds around the world. From the sagacious inventive of Lewis Carroll all kinds of creative problems will put you in action and magnificent good mental shape to resolve a wide gamut of several and clever problems.

Geometry, elemental physics, advanced logic will defile and bet for its eventual resolution, through a series of funny stories and suggestive anecdotes as the famous device employed by Kant to set the appropriate time once his watch disarranged.

The pleasant style of Martin Gardner in his role such master ceremony constitutes a splendid opportunity to let you to invade for the most astonishing and smart questions.

Go for this!

MARTIN GARDNER'S NEW MATHEMATICAL DIVERSIONS FROM "SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN"

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MARTIN GARDNER'S NEW MATHEMATICAL DIVERSIONS FROM "SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN"
Martin Gardiner
Manufacturer: Univ of Chicago Pr (T)
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ASIN: B000OP47GO

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MARTIN GARDNER'S NEW MATHEMATICAL DIVERSIONS FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Martin Gardner
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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ASIN: B000NTNF32

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MARTIN GARDNER'S NEW MATHEMATICAL DIVERSIONS FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Martin Gardner
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ASIN: B000RRO3M2

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Martin Gardners New Mathematical Diversions From Scientific American
Schuster
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ASIN: B000JE42VU

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Entertaining songs in Spanish teach conjugations of high frequency verbs in the present, preterit, and future tenses, including irregular verbs. The accompanying lyrics/activity book includes interesting exercises.

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Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill

Important as Today's Headlines

This book should be widely read

The most Eye Opening Book on children and violence

Highly credible with an interesting approach

Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill : A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence
Dave Grossman , and Gloria Degaetano
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Release Date: 1999-10-05

Book Description

There is perhaps no bigger or more important issue in America at present than youth violence. Jonesboro; Paducah; Pearl, Mississippi; Stamps, Arkansas; Conyers, Georgia; and, of course, Littleton, Colorado. We know them all too well, and for all the wrong reasons: kids, some as young as eleven years old, taking up arms and, with deadly, frightening accuracy, murdering anyone in their paths. What is going on? According to the authors of Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill, there is blame to be laid right at the feet of the makers of violent video games (called "murder trainers" by one expert), the TV networks, and the Hollywood movie studios--the people responsible for the fact that children witness literally thousands of violent images a day.

Authors Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano offer incontrovertible evidence, much of it based on recent major scientific studies and empirical research, that movies, TV, and video games are not just conditioning children to be violent--and unaware of the consequences of that violence--but are teaching the very mechanics of killing. Their book is a much-needed call to action for every parent, teacher, and citizen to help our children and stop the wave of killing and violence gripping America's youth. And, most important, it is a blueprint for us all on how that can be achieved.

In Paducah, Kentucky, Michael Carneal, a fourteen-year-old boy who stole a gun from a neighbor's house, brought it to school and fired eight shots at a student prayer group as they were breaking up. Prior to this event, he had never shot a real gun before. Of the eight shots he fired, he had eight hits on eight different kids. Five were head shots, the other three upper torso. The result was three dead, one paralyzed for life. The FBI says that the average, experienced, qualified law enforcement officer, in the average shootout, at an average range of seven yards, hits with less than one bullet in five. How does a child acquire such killing ability? What would lead him to go out and commit such a horrific act?

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Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill.......2007-05-17

This book hits upon a topic that has become severe in this country; youth violence. It discusses many avenues that contribute to our youth using violence against each other. It brings to light numerous strategies that parents, teachers, and other adult agencies can use to decrease, if not completely vanish, the violence seen in our youth. Fantastically written, this book is a must read for anyone who has kids, deals with kids, or is just a member of our society.

Important as Today's Headlines.......2007-03-19

Lt Col Grossman spent a lifetime studying what made soldiers more efficient killers in combat and able to survive. His work extended in to the world of police officers. With a worldwide reputation Grossman is the goto guy.

And then Grossman turned his focus on the army of deadly young killers. Killers who achieve far better performance than police officers in combat. Somewhere in their "training" was a mechanism that turned off the moral control system and honed their responses. As one young killer explained why he first killed his enemies and then his friends, he was on a roll.

Bound to be opposed by Hollywood, the electronic games folks and others, Grossman has the credentials that demand attention from balanced readers.

Grossman documents the effectiveness of "games" which give potential killers the motor skills, training and discipline to be cold blooded mass killers, without any training whatsoever on real firearms. Games, TV and the movies have sanitized shooting and death. The first bullet ever fired by the youngster is a head shot and just like he has done in thousands of games he quickly turns to make the next shot , the next and the next , just as he has been so well trained to do.

In contrast the young person familiar with firearms is far more likely to stop after one shot, devastated by what they have done.

One of the truly worrisome details highlighted by the book is that the only reason murders and murder rates have declined is the higher quality of emergency medicine available in most areas of the country. Without these improvements in emergency medicine the murder rate would have increased significantly.

Today April 16, 2006 his message is more relevant than ever before. Give knowledge a chance. The pattern of the Virginia school shootings follows the warning pattern described by Grossman. If we fail to heed the message we condemn hundreds to their deaths at the hands of these killers we have raised in our communities.

Highly recommended.

This book should be widely read.......2005-12-06

This book approaches the phenomenon of media violence in three parts. First, it points to the rising crime rate in America, during a period of declining racial violence, soaring incarceration rate, terrific advances in police technology, advanced medical technology, faster first-response medical help, and an increasingly educated populace. Yet violent crime has skyrocketed (Aggravated assault, to take one example, was 80/100,000 in 1960, and is about 400/100,000 today), and the muder rate has remained level. To see how far medical advances have come and to illustrate how the murder rate should be declining, the authors point out that that a wound that 9 times out of 10 killed in WWII was survived 9 times out of 10 in Vietnam.

The relationship between these trends and violent media is not one of pure speculation, but of methodical study. There have been thousands of studies on the relation, virtually all of which have concluded a link between violent media and violent behavior. One of the most interesting studies related took place in an area where there were four villages, all without television. Researches went in and observed for two weeks children on the playgrounds in these villages, and recorded all instances of physical aggression. Then televisions were brought into two of the villages. New researchers, unaware of the goal of their research, were brought in to again observe the children. Levels of aggression remained constant in the villages without television, and increased 160% in the villages with television.

The second part of this book talks about how watching violent media actually affects us. It does so in 3 ways:

1. It incites fear in us. Violent crimes are much, much more common in TV-world than in the real world. We subconsciously internalize this danger, and become more fearful of others than we would be if we weren't so hyperaware of violence, and didn't expect violence to be so common.
2. It desensitizes us. The more violence we watch, the less is affects us physically. The level of violence that excites a person's body to a certain point must continually increase to keep effecting the same reaction. As we become hardened to violence and horror on the screen, we also become jaded, without realizing it, to real-life violence.
3. It makes us more aggressive. A person who watches violent media, when presented with a conflict situation, is more liable to think of a violent solution as a viable one, and quicker to resort to such a solution

The third part of this book deals with video games, which have much the same effect as violent TV and movies. Further, however:

1. They train players to kill. Michael Carneal, a 14 year old kid who had never fired a gun before, went on a spree one day. 8 shots to 8 people, all in the head or upper torso. This inexperienced kid killed like a Special Forces vet. Video games didn't make him kill, but he (and many others) could never have been so deadly without them.
2. Video Games lower the resistence to killing. One of the greatest innovations in military technology between WWII (where on average 15% of soldiers actually fired at the enemy) and Vietnam (90% fire rate) was the movement from bulleyes to silouhettes in targeting practice. Video games are even better. Playing them, one becomes used to shooting at human figures. A first person shooter player just doesn't have same the resistence to shooting another human as a non-player.

In sum, video games don't make people kill, but they do make them damn good at it, and they do lower internal resistences which might otherwise prevent someone from killing.

I said that there were three parts in this book, but there is actually a fourth. Both authors are parents, and end the book in practical advice about how to talk to kids about simulated violence.

If you watch a lot of violent media or play a lot of violent video games, this book does call for some self-examination. It is difficult, however. How can you tell if you are desensitized? How can you tell if you are fearful, or aggressive? I can only say that I have, long before reading this book, been finding myself more senstive to violence, less aggressive, and less fearful of other's aggression since I have stopped watching TV and stopped playing video games.

The most Eye Opening Book on children and violence.......2005-09-07

This book is definitely an eye opener for parents and future parents. Mr. Grossman has packed this book full of knowledge that will "without a doubt" keep your child more safe and less likely to turn to violence. He gives you excellent statistics, knowledge, case studies, and powerful tips that WILL keep your child safe and on the road to success. This book is the best violence+children book I have read. Excellent work and a must read for all parents.

Highly credible with an interesting approach.......2005-05-27

The authors explore the possibility that violence committed by young people results from what they learn through television, movies, and video games. They cite scientific studies and research to emphasize that children actually learn how to kill by viewing these games and programs. It takes an in-depth look at media violence, but does not touch on the other media-related social problems.

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Television Violence and Public Policy

Manufacturer: University of Michigan Press
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Since 1954, violence in television programming has been the subject of legislative debate, congressional hearings, agency pronouncements, and presidential commentary. Most recently, ratings of television programs have been discussed and implemented while other means of controlling the access to certain kinds of television programs have been discussed. The debate over the age-based program rating system recently implemented by the television industry has generated many questions about television violence.

The essays in the volume provide answers to many of these questions on specific policy issues surrounding media violence. The contributors suggest that the research on television violence can serve as the basis for a framework that categorizes programs based on the context in which the violence is presented. The manner in which information is conveyed about violent content affects how viewers react to such warnings. Program warnings with MPAA-style ratings have the potential to confuse parents (since they do not provide detailed content information) and attract some viewers such as teenage males.

The contributors include some of the top researchers in the field of communications, several of whom participated in the National Television Violence Study. Contributors are Eva Blumenthal, Joanne Cantor, Wayne Danielson, Ed Donnerstein, Tim Gray, Kristen Harrison, Cynthia Hoffner, Marlies Klijn, Marina Krcmar, Dale Kunkel, Dominic Lasorsa, Rafael Lopez, Dan Linz, Adriana Olivarez, James Potter, Stacy Smith, Matthew L. Spitzer, Ellen Wartella, D. Charles Whitney, and Barbara Wilson.

This volume will be of interest to communications researchers, media policy experts, legal scholars, government and industry officials, and social scientists interested in media and television.

James Hamilton is Director of the Program on Violence and the Media, Duke University.

Children's Journeys Through the Information Age

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Children's Journeys Through the Information Age
Sandra Calvert
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Children's Journeys Through the Information Age by Sandra Calvert addresses many of the issues surrounding our culture's continuing immersion into technology, looking particularly at the current and emerging information technologies influencing children. Calvert poses questions about the effects of these technologies and discusses their meaning for parents, teachers, and policymakers. For instance, Calvert looks at specific software designs and mediums (i.e. TV, Diskette, CD-ROM) to explore how gender role, ethnic, and racial stereotypes are carried to intended audiences through implicit messages in these programs.

TV violence and the child--the Surgeon General's quest: A case study of social science and the public policy process

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TV violence and the child--the Surgeon General's quest: A case study of social science and the public policy process
Douglass Cater
Manufacturer: Aspen, Program on Communications and Society
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