Old Master Portrait Drawings: 47 Works (Dover Art Library Series)
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  • Old Master Portrait Drawings
Old Master Portrait Drawings: 47 Works (Dover Art Library Series)

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47 masterpieces of drawing from the great schools and traditions of Italy and northern Europe, spanning fouir centuries from Filippino Lippi, Andrea del Sarto and Titian to Rembrandt, Van Dyck and Ingres. 47 plates.

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4 out of 5 stars Old Master Portrait Drawings.......2000-03-26

As an art instructor I found this book to be a great resource for beginning students of portrait drawing. The variety of style and technique shown is excellent. A few of the portraits were less useful. An excellent value for the price.

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5 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Guide for this Subject in this Medium!.......2002-01-22

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                            On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the forty-five original passengers and crew, only sixteen made it off the mountain alive. For ten excruciating weeks they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, they were forced to do what would have once been unthinkable ...

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                            4 out of 5 stars Hard to put down.......2007-09-30

                            This being the first book I've read in a while, I found it easy to get back into reading. The story was a very detailed account of a heart-wrenching experience. I almost felt as if I was in the story itself, although I couldn't imagine what those terrified people went through. This book had a profound effect on me personally.

                            4 out of 5 stars Snow.......2007-05-28

                            The book isn't too bad but I have to say that I actually enjoyed the movie more, which I usually don't. Being able to match the actors up to the characters though is making it easier to keep tabs in the book. Not sure I could of survived something like this.

                            3 out of 5 stars This book needed an editor!.......2007-03-16

                            This book is about 100 pages too long for my taste. Though the story was very compelling, I felt lost and bored while I was reading through the middle section. I think that a good editor could have helped that situation. One certainly got a sense of the tedium of the young men's lives as they languished on the mountain but the sameness of the details soon became quite tedious to me.

                            In addition, I think a good editor would have made sure that a book of this nature would have included a chart or list of all the victims and survivors. With so many names to keep track of I became very confused who was who, who had died or survived, and when the deaths occurred. As I read the book I searched the book more than once looking for such a help.
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                            I read the book first and then read a lot of its reviews. It was interesting to read, afterwards, the comments of people who didn't particularly care for the book.

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                            Alive - The Story of the Andes Survivors
                            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                            • A TRIUMPHANT STORY OF SURVIVAL...
                            Alive - The Story of the Andes Survivors

                            Manufacturer: Lippincott
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                            Binding: Hardcover
                            ASIN: B000H0FUAS

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                            5 out of 5 stars A TRIUMPHANT STORY OF SURVIVAL..........2006-12-09

                            Time has not diminished the drama of the tale of the Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes Mountains. Of the forty five people on the plane at the time of the crash, sixteen came down from the mountain about seventy days later with a saga of survival not easily forgotten.

                            Theirs is a journey born of tragedy and human endurance. The author unfolds a tale that is gripping in the telling, as enthralling as it is almost unbelievable. It is investigative reporting at its best, because it does not fail to convey the human drama and pathos behind the story of this remarkable struggle for survival high up in the Andes Mountains. Masterfully written, it is a well balanced narrative that takes great pains to ground the experience of the survivors in the context out of which it arose.

                            The plane had crashed in the Andes Mountains on Argentinian territory. It was an exercise in terror for those on the plane, as it barreled down the mountain, before finally coming to rest in a valley of snow high up in the Andes. Of the forty five persons on board, thirty two had initially survived the crash. Some, however, had sustained serious injuries. Time would not be their friend. Moreover, with little warm clothing (keep in mind that October is springtime in South America), the survivors were exposed to the extreme cold of the night air, high up in the Andes. Though spring, this still meant temperatures well below freezing. Damp, cold, and hungry, amid the anguished cries of the injured, thus began the first of many such nights.

                            By their tenth day in the Andes, the limited food supplies, which they had rationed with all the care of a miser, had virtually run out. Starving and ravenously hungry, they voiced what they all knew to be true, but had not dared to voice before. They must eat, or they would die. The only thing left for them to eat, however, was abhorrent and deeply repugnant to them. Digging deep into their conservative, religious souls, they found a way to justify actions that would have them transcend a new reality. Their fallen comrades would now provide the means of their sustenance. All eventually succumbed to this only means of survival.

                            This, while one of the most dramatic parts of their story, is just that, a part. Their survival entailed much more. They had to endure other deprivations. They had to survive the elements. They had to overcome a profound despair over being seemingly forgotten by the outside world. Ultimately, only sixteen were able to do so. How they did so will fascinate all readers of adventure literature. The means that they took to let the world know that they were still alive will astound even the most jaded of readers. It is an account of human endurance that is thought provoking and compelling, a quest to reconcile physical needs with the spiritual. It is, above all, a riveting testament to life.
                            Alive : The Story of the Andes Survivors
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                              Alive : The Story of the Andes Survivors
                              Piers Paul Read
                              Manufacturer: Avon
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                              Binding: Paperback
                              ASIN: B000SB5LA0
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                              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                              • A TRIUMPHANT TALE OF SURVIVAL...
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                              Manufacturer: Easton Press
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                              Binding: Leather Bound
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                              Customer Reviews:

                              5 out of 5 stars A TRIUMPHANT TALE OF SURVIVAL..........2006-02-26

                              Time has not diminished the drama of the tale of the Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes Mountains. Of the forty five people on the plane at the time of the crash, sixteen came down from the mountain about seventy days later with a saga of survival not easily forgotten.

                              Theirs is a journey born of tragedy and human endurance. The author unfolds a tale that is gripping in the telling, as enthralling as it is almost unbelievable. It is investigative reporting at its best, because it does not fail to convey the human drama and pathos behind the story of this remarkable struggle for survival high up in the Andes Mountains. Masterfully written, it is a well balanced narrative that takes great pains to ground the experience of the survivors in the context out of which it arose.

                              The plane had crashed in the Andes Mountains on Argentinian territory. It was an exercise in terror for those on the plane, as it barreled down the mountain, before finally coming to rest in a valley of snow high up in the Andes. Of the forty five persons on board, thirty two had initially survived the crash. Some, however, had sustained serious injuries. Time would not be their friend. Moreover, with little warm clothing (keep in mind that October is springtime in South America), the survivors were exposed to the extreme cold of the night air, high up in the Andes. Though spring, this still meant temperatures well below freezing. Damp, cold, and hungry, amid the anguished cries of the injured, thus began the first of many such nights.

                              By their tenth day in the Andes, the limited food supplies, which they had rationed with all the care of a miser, had virtually run out. Starving and ravenously hungry, they voiced what they all knew to be true, but had not dared to voice before. They must eat, or they would die. The only thing left for them to eat, however, was abhorrent and deeply repugnant to them. Digging deep into their conservative, religious souls, they found a way to justify actions that would have them transcend a new reality. Their fallen comrades would now provide the means of their sustenance. All eventually succumbed to this only means of survival.

                              This, while one of the most dramatic parts of their story, is just that, a part. Their survival entailed much more. They had to endure other deprivations. They had to survive the elements. They had to overcome a profound despair over being seemingly forgotten by the outside world. Ultimately, only sixteen were able to do so. How they did so will fascinate all readers of adventure literature. The means that they took to let the world know that they were still alive will astound even the most jaded of readers. It is an account of human endurance that is thought provoking and compelling, a quest to reconcile physical needs with the spiritual. It is, above all, a riveting testament to life.
                              Alive, The Story of the Andes Survivors
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                                Alive, The Story of the Andes Survivors
                                Piers Paul Read
                                Manufacturer: Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. 1974
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                                Binding: Hardcover
                                ASIN: B000O3LW2S
                                Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
                                Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                                • I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS...
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                                Piers Paul Read
                                Manufacturer: Perfection Learning Prebound
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                                Binding: Unknown Binding
                                ASIN: 0812415019

                                Customer Reviews:

                                5 out of 5 stars I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS..........2005-10-09

                                Time has not diminished the drama of the tale of the Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes Mountains. Of the forty five people on the plane at the time of the crash, sixteen came down from the mountain about seventy days later with a saga of survival not easily forgotten.

                                Theirs is a journey born of tragedy and human endurance. The author unfolds a tale that is gripping in the telling, as enthralling as it is almost unbelievable. It is investigative reporting at its best, because it does not fail to convey the human drama and pathos behind the story of this remarkable struggle for survival high up in the Andes Mountains. Masterfully written, it is a well balanced narrative that takes great pains to ground the experience of the survivors in the context out of which it arose.

                                The plane had crashed in the Andes Mountains on Argentinian territory. It was an exercise in terror for those on the plane, as it barreled down the mountain, before finally coming to rest in a valley of snow high up in the Andes. Of the forty five persons on board, thirty two had initially survived the crash. Some, however, had sustained serious injuries. Time would not be their friend. Moreover, with little warm clothing (keep in mind that October is springtime in South America), the survivors were exposed to the extreme cold of the night air, high up in the Andes. Though spring, this still meant temperatures well below freezing. Damp, cold, and hungry, amid the anguished cries of the injured, thus began the first of many such nights.

                                By their tenth day in the Andes, the limited food supplies, which they had rationed with all the care of a miser, had virtually run out. Starving and ravenously hungry, they voiced what they all knew to be true, but had not dared to voice before. They must eat, or they would die. The only thing left for them to eat, however, was abhorrent and deeply repugnant to them. Digging deep into their conservative, religious souls, they found a way to justify actions that would have them transcend a new reality. Their fallen comrades would now provide the means of their sustenance. All eventually succumbed to this only means of survival.

                                This, while one of the most dramatic parts of their story, is just that, a part. Their survival entailed much more. They had to endure other deprivations. They had to survive the elements. They had to overcome a profound despair over being seemingly forgotten by the outside world. Ultimately, only sixteen were able to do so. How they did so will fascinate all readers of adventure literature. The means that they took to let the world know that they were still alive will astound even the most jaded of readers. It is an account of human endurance that is thought provoking and compelling, a quest to reconcile physical needs with the spiritual. It is, above all, a riveting testament to life.
                                Alive: the story of the Andes Survivors
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                                  Alive: the story of the Andes Survivors

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                                  ALIVE: The True Story of the Andes Survivors
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                                    ALIVE: The True Story of the Andes Survivors
                                    Piers Paul Read
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                                    Alive. The Story Of The Andes Survivors
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                                      Alive. The Story Of The Andes Survivors

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                                      Alive : The Story of the Andes Survivors
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                                      • AN INCREDIBLE STORY OF SURVIVAL AND ANTHROPOPHAGY...
                                      Alive : The Story of the Andes Survivors
                                      Piers Paul Read
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                                      ASIN: B000GKF310

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                                      5 out of 5 stars AN INCREDIBLE STORY OF SURVIVAL AND ANTHROPOPHAGY..........2006-07-20

                                      Time has not diminished the drama of the tale of the Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes Mountains. Of the forty five people on the plane at the time of the crash, sixteen came down from the mountain about seventy days later with a saga of survival not easily forgotten.

                                      Theirs is a journey born of tragedy and human endurance. The author unfolds a tale that is gripping in the telling, as enthralling as it is almost unbelievable. It is investigative reporting at its best, because it does not fail to convey the human drama and pathos behind the story of this remarkable struggle for survival high up in the Andes Mountains. Masterfully written, it is a well balanced narrative that takes great pains to ground the experience of the survivors in the context out of which it arose.

                                      The plane had crashed in the Andes Mountains on Argentinian territory. It was an exercise in terror for those on the plane, as it barreled down the mountain, before finally coming to rest in a valley of snow high up in the Andes. Of the forty five persons on board, thirty two had initially survived the crash. Some, however, had sustained serious injuries. Time would not be their friend. Moreover, with little warm clothing (keep in mind that October is springtime in South America), the survivors were exposed to the extreme cold of the night air, high up in the Andes. Though spring, this still meant temperatures well below freezing. Damp, cold, and hungry, amid the anguished cries of the injured, thus began the first of many such nights.

                                      By their tenth day in the Andes, the limited food supplies, which they had rationed with all the care of a miser, had virtually run out. Starving and ravenously hungry, they voiced what they all knew to be true, but had not dared to voice before. They must eat, or they would die. The only thing left for them to eat, however, was abhorrent and deeply repugnant to them. Digging deep into their conservative, religious souls, they found a way to justify actions that would have them transcend a new reality. Their fallen comrades would now provide the means of their sustenance. All eventually succumbed to this only means of survival.

                                      This, while one of the most dramatic parts of their story, is just that, a part. Their survival entailed much more. They had to endure other deprivations. They had to survive the elements. They had to overcome a profound despair over being seemingly forgotten by the outside world. Ultimately, only sixteen were able to do so. How they did so will fascinate all readers of adventure literature. The means that they took to let the world know that they were still alive will astound even the most jaded of readers. It is an account of human endurance that is thought provoking and compelling, a quest to reconcile physical needs with the spiritual. It is, above all, a riveting testament to life.

                                      Growing Up Complete: The Imperative for Music Education
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                                        Growing Up Complete: The Imperative for Music Education
                                        MENC: The National Association for Music Education
                                        Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Education
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                                        GeneralGeneral | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
                                        Instruction & StudyInstruction & Study | Theory, Composition & Performance | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
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                                        ASIN: 0940796899

                                        Book Description

                                        The National Commission on Music Education's 1991 report to Congress and the Administration, based on the principle that music and the other arts have intrinsic value and are essential for a comprehensive, well-balanced education.

                                        The Visual Focus of American Media Culture in the Twentieth Century: The Modern Era, 1893-1945
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                                          The Visual Focus of American Media Culture in the Twentieth Century: The Modern Era, 1893-1945
                                          Wiley Lee Umphlett
                                          Manufacturer: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
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                                          Media StudiesMedia Studies | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
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                                          ASIN: 083864001X

                                          The X Files Postcard Book: Monsters and Mutants
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                                            The X Files Postcard Book: Monsters and Mutants
                                            Ben Mezrich , and HarperPrism
                                            Manufacturer: Harpercollins (Mm)
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                                            Movie Tie-InsMovie Tie-Ins | Genre Fiction | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
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                                            ASIN: 0061055379
                                            The X Files Postcard Book: Monsters and Mutants
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                                              The X Files Postcard Book: Monsters and Mutants
                                              HarperPrism Ben Mezrich
                                              Manufacturer: Harpercollins (Mm)
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                                              ASIN: B000OETO2W

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                                              1. On Becoming an Artist: Reinventing Yourself Through Mindful Creativity
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                                              3. Painting Beautiful Watercolors from Photographs
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                                              8. Pictoplasma: The Character Encyclopaedia
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