No Experience Required!: Colored And Watercolor Pencil (No Experience Required)

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Readers will see near-instant results from the only book available that combines instruction on colored pencil and watercolor pencil, two increasingly popular mediums. It's ideal for novices, who can look forward to:

-More than 25 step-by-step demonstrations illustrating simple techniques to create realistic paintings

-Guidance on combining the mediums for great, unique results

-A lighthearted, unintimidating approach to drawing and painting fruit, flowers, water and textures

-The Glossary and Words to Know and Quick Tips sidebars that get readers started immediately

Colored & Watercolor Pencil is a valuable addition to the fast-growing No Experience Required! series.

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My Review.......2007-01-15

This book does a very good job of showing how to use colored pencils and watersoluble pencils both indepently and together. I used it to use watersolubles for large areas and the colored pencils for detail and it helped quite a bit.

Excellent getting started book.......2006-12-30

I have always wanted to learn how to use colored pencils. This book covers the basic techniques of both colored and watercolor pencils and how to combine them. The author does not assume anything and explains basic techniques you can try along with step by step directions for several drawings. I found this book an excellent way to get started.

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The thesis of this volume is that writing done by students who control their own topics, who have genuine purposes for writing, and have a real, known audience, is quite different and valuable in its own right. It forms a rich source of information about how young students think, manage their social interactions, and use language with competence to get things done. By selecting dialogue journal writing as a corpus for analysis, it is possible to observe children's communicative competence in using written language purposefully, apart from their ability to master a particular form of writing. The central argument is that dialogue journal communication represents a kind of personal literacy, prior to and more comprehensive than the particular literacies emphasized and assessed in schools. The contents include a practitioner's view of the practice itself and a summary of the research study methods developed to analyze interactive written conversations.

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Dialogue-Discourse-Research
Eleanor Antin , and Anton David
Manufacturer: Santa Barbara Museum of Art
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Semantic and Pragmatic Issues in Discourse and Dialogue (Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface)

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Semantic and Pragmatic Issues in Discourse and Dialogue (Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface)

Manufacturer: Elsevier Science
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ASIN: 0080439438

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This volume addresses current issues in the semantics and the pragmatics of discourse and dialogue. Collected papers aim at providing insights on different theoretical approaches, all of them in the dynamic semantics tradition, such as Dynamic Predicate Logic (DPL), Discourse Representation Theory (DRT), and Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (SDRT). They reflect the current move of formal semantics from short multisentential texts towards structured discourses and dialogues, accounting for more and more phenomena at the semantics-pragmatics interface (e.g., subtleties of anaphora and presupposition, the role of temporal connectives in discourse or the establishment of common references in dialogue).

Dialogues of despair: nationalist cultural discourse and the Revival in the North of Ireland, 1900-20.: An article from: Irish University Review: a journal of Irish Studies

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Dialogues of despair: nationalist cultural discourse and the Revival in the North of Ireland, 1900-20.: An article from: Irish University Review: a journal of Irish Studies
Richard Kirkland
Manufacturer: Irish University Review
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Irish University Review: a journal of Irish Studies, published by Irish University Review on March 22, 2003. The length of the article is 7313 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: Dialogues of despair: nationalist cultural discourse and the Revival in the North of Ireland, 1900-20.
Author: Richard Kirkland
Publication: Irish University Review: a journal of Irish Studies (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2003
Publisher: Irish University Review
Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Page: 64(16)

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Of discourse, dialogue and dutiful daughters.(feminist anthropology): An article from: Resources for Feminist Research

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Of discourse, dialogue and dutiful daughters.(feminist anthropology): An article from: Resources for Feminist Research
Helen Johnson
Manufacturer: O.I.S.E.
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Resources for Feminist Research, published by O.I.S.E. on September 22, 2000. The length of the article is 7190 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: Of discourse, dialogue and dutiful daughters.(feminist anthropology)
Author: Helen Johnson
Publication: Resources for Feminist Research (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2000
Publisher: O.I.S.E.
Volume: 28 Issue: 1-2 Page: 229(16)

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Empirical studies of discourse representations for natural language interfaces (Research report. Linköping University. Dept. of Computer and Information Science)

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Empirical studies of discourse representations for natural language interfaces (Research report. LinkoÌˆping University. Dept. of Computer and Information Science)
Nils DahlbaÌˆck
Manufacturer: LinkoÌˆping University, Dept. of Computer and Information Science
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Generating explanatory discourse (D.A.I. research paper)

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Generating explanatory discourse (D.A.I. research paper)
Alison Cawsey
Manufacturer: University of Edinburgh, Dept. of Artificial Intelligence
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ASIN: B0007BM8B6

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Bondi to Broken Hill
Rex Dupain
Manufacturer: Angus & Robertson Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0207197768

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Bondi to Broken Hill
Rex Dupain
Manufacturer: Angus & Robertson Publishers
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OPA77C

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Card Captor Sakura.......2005-10-25

All the book titles of CLAMP have been amazingly drawn and contains a good story and background as well as a plan to what the story ends like. I have seen the anime and the manga and both are really well made. If you don't like these series, I suggest you buy Tsubasa, if your up too more serious manga.

Cardcaptor Sakura Comic #6 (Card Captor Sakura, 6)

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Cardcaptor Sakura Comic #6 (Card Captor Sakura, 6)

Manufacturer: Mixx Entertainment
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic
ASIN: B000GBC2DG

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Gorgeous Clamp Cardcaptor Sakura comic. Some of the most exquisite comic art you'll find. A must have for any Card Captor, clamp or anime fan, this series is nearly impossible to find anymore! Get it while you still can!

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In the pre-Code Hollywood era, between 1929 and 1934, women in American cinema took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands, enjoyed their sexuality, led unapologetic careers, and, in general, acted the way many think women only acted after 1968. Before then, women on screen had come in two varieties-sweet ingenue or vamp. Then two stars came along: Greta Garbo, who turned the femme fatale into a woman whose capacity for love and sacrifice made all other human emotions seem pale; and Norma Shearer, who succeeded in taking the ingenue to a place she'd never been: the bedroom. In their wake came a deluge of other complicated women-Marlene Dietrich, Jean Harlow, and Mae West, to name a few. Then, in July 1934, the draconian Production Code became the law in Hollywood and these modern women of the screen were banished, not to be seen again until the code was repealed three decades later.A thorough survey and a tribute to these films, Complicated Women reveals how this was the true Golden Age of women's films.AUTHORBIO: Mick LaSalle is the film critic for the San Francisco Chronicle and teaches a class at University of California at Berkeley on pre-Code film.

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Disappointing.......2007-04-14

This book was a HUGE disappointment. The author has some kind of strange obession with Norma Shearer. He makes numerous idiot statments. He refers to all of the other major movie stars (such as Clara Bow, Jean Harlow, Myna Loy) as just minor background players...umm NOOO. This man obviously knows very little about cinema. I kept waiting and waiting throughout the book for him to stop talking and praising Norma Shearer, but he never did. Yes, Norma Shearer was a good actress but she was not God's gift to earth, so stop with the worshipping. Unless you are a die heart Shearer fan, DO NOT buy this book, you will be disappointed.

Complicated Women, a great book........2007-01-11

Mick LaSalle wrote probably the most definative book on the greatest era on film for women. 1929-1934 women dominated the box office, and broke all the rules on what the typical ladies of the teens and even flappers of the 1920's followed. Much of this text is dedicated to Norma Shearer, and to me it should be. Shearer is the perfect example of the pre code icon, and after all "The Divorcee" won Shearer and Oscar, and created a national obsession with pre code films. As LaSalle states, she does deserve to be more remembered to the level of her contemporaries, Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo.
Kay Francis, and Miriam Hopkins also get a good deal of remembrance, if anything the public certianly has forgotten them aswell. I think it would be interesting for LaSalle to specialize an entire book on either three, I know I would buy it. As for Complicated Women, it's not only easy to read, but also a must have for fans of not only pre code films, but Hollywood itself.

Indispensible book for fans of pre-code cinema.......2006-07-26

Not only is "Complicated Women" the definitive work on women in pre-code Hollywood, it's one helluva fun read. Here's some of what I'm talking about:
"Harding plays the moment like she just had a lobotomy."
"The Colbert with a smile in her voice who always sounds like it's midnight and someone just opened the champagne."
"No one did lust on screen like Norma Shearer. She was the complete lady, completely on fire."
Besides the engaging writing style LaSalle had three things going for him in writing this book: a love of film, a love of women and a willingness to conduct the research that would do their pre-code story justice.
LaSalle's love of women is particularly evident as he rhapsodizes about Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo whose stories are the centerpiece of "Complicated Women." They are the stars of this story. And make no mistake this story is a tragedy. A tragedy that the Production code was finally enforced in mid 1934 with the consequent censorship that didn't end until 1968. As the author points out this was not just a censoring of what was shown on screen, but, far worse, a censorship of ideas. The odious Joseph Breen is the true villain of the story, to read about Breen is to despise him.
But that is but a one sad chapter of this story. What LaSalle does so wonderfully is regale us with tales of Hollywood and its women from the end of the silent era to the beginning of the suppressed era.
Here is an appreciation for the work of stars still remembered such as Mae West and Joan Crawford to those largely forgotten like Miriam Hopkins and Ann Harding. In "Complicated Women" they are all brought to life through LaSalle's examination of their films.
These and other great actresses flourished in the pre-code era because they were allowed to inhabit real characters. They could be sexual, sensual, professional, pregnant, rebellious and rambunctious. This was a true liberation of women 30 years before it became a political movement. These were women who could be both as deadly serious as any man and as playful and horny. As LaSalle writes, "sexual satisfaction had become the right of both sexes."
Yes there were audacious films with wild women, but they were also reflective of society and the true desires of women. Movies were both a lot of fun AND realistic.
Thankfully many of these gems such as the classic "The Divorcee" and "Red Dust." can be seen on Turners Classic Movie channel (if you love films from the first half of the 20th century, no price is too high to pay for having TCM as part of your cable or satellite TV option). Others have been released on DVD like "Trouble in Paradise" and "Gold Diggers of 1933."
"Complicated Women" will send you searching for movies you've never seen and wanting to watch again some that you have seen.
I rented and more fully appreciated "Queen Christina" immediately after reading LaSalle's comments on it.
While it is cultural tragedy of the highest magnitude that the production code was enforced, we do have those few precious years before Breen and his ilk got out the scissors. LaSalle brings to life those years and the actresses so central to them.

A Love Letter To Norma Shearer.......2005-07-30

Mr Laselle obviously has a deep affection for Norma Shearer, & yes it shows here! I'd never heard of MS. Shearer until seeing the TMC documentary based on this book. Since seeing the documentary & a few of her films also on TMC, I've fallen in love (I've never had a crush on a dead person before!), & this book brings her much more to life then Gavin Lambert's biography. Yes, he does devote between 25-30% of the book to Shearer (Garbo gets the second biggest chunk), but I'm grateful that he does. It's a travesty that most of my generation (I'm in my late 40's) has never heard of this amazing actress. Also a great resource for suggested pre code films, & a needed damning portrait of the evangelicals who ruined US films for over 30 years with the ridiculous code. For those who have seen the TMC documentary, this is much more in depth. Hard to put down!

Johnny One Note.......2004-07-13

Mr. LaSalle is a zealot, not a scholar, and it shows. His obsession with Norma Shearer clouds everything he writes. He perceives that Shearer has been unfairly neglected in film history, and his attempt to redress this takes priority over any thoughtful examination of women in Pre-Code Hollywood. The plot synopses he offers are no better than anything on IMDB, his arguments on quality are poorly supported, his writing is clunky and full of redundancies, and his insights are dubious.

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An easy approach to improvising, hand technique and drum set coordination. This book/CD package applies rhythmic and rudimental patterns to the drum set. An excellent approach to creating new drum set ideas for both the student and the professional.

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A simple method for learning complex drum rhythms.......1999-11-09

In this book, Burns and Farris break down complex drum rhythms into simple rudimental patterns. It is amazing how simple it is to learn some challenging beats such as the samba, salsa, or difficult funk and jazz patterns by using this approach. The basic concept is to first learn the pattern on the snare then apply it to the kit. And it works!

For me, this book was a breakthrough to a whole new level of playing. Highly recommended!

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Finely-focused on the technology-society connection, this unique book presents the methods and theories available for exploring the effects of technology on our lives—past, present, and future. A three part organization presents chapters under three main headings that look at: The Nature of Technology: Foundations, Methods of Study, and then a Conclusion. Chapter topics include Creativity and Innovation: The Critical Link; Economics and Cultural Impetus; An Idea Whose Time Has Come; The Cause and Effect of Technology and Society; Modeling, Simulations, and Gaming; Systems Behavior: The Universal Laws; Diversity, Randomness, and Systemic Integrity; Catastrophe Theory: The Plague of Technological Complexity; and The Systemic Models. A primer that gives investigators the necessary intellectual tools to begin their own research into the field.

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Key Answers to Key Questions.......2000-06-05

It's not very wise if you approach this book with the mentality that within the book you are going to find all the answers that explain why and how the world functions they way it does. However, this book is designed to provide you with key tools that will assist you in your own personal expedition(s) of the world around you. The overall vision of the book focuses on systems, the "niche" of technology and it's evolution, and universal laws to mention a few. This book is an excellent book that gives you thorough and detailed insight on why and how things around you work, and how important and crucial technology is to our everyday lives.

Key Answers to Key Questions.......2000-06-05

shallow waters.......2000-04-26

Alcorn deals with first rate issues in a third rate manner. His presentation of systems is particularly lacking in depth. Bibliographic references are not directly tied to text. General chapter references are given at the end of the book, but these are often dated and thin.

Social Issues in Technology: A Format for Investigation

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Social Issues in Technology: A Format for Investigation
Paul A. Alcorn
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall College Div
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OITLSK

Social Issues in Technology: A Format for Investigation (3rd Edition)

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Social Issues in Technology: A Format for Investigation (3rd Edition)
Paul A. Alcorn
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OHXWPO

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