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How to Draw Plants: The Techniques of Botanical Illustration
Keith West Manufacturer: Timber Press, Incorporated ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0881923508 |
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The best introductory book on the subject examines plant structures and the problems they present to illustrators, then discusses the artist's tools and how to use them: pencils, erasers, papers, brushes, watercolors, gouache, and acrylics.Customer Reviews:
Botanical Illustration.......2007-04-02
all you ever needed to know!.......2002-09-26
For those with some experience, Technical Drawing.......2000-05-02
Selecting, preserving and examining plants is discussed. A variety of plant structures are shown in detail with the process of building up the drawing.
Pencil, ink and scratchboard are the main media covered. The addition of color is presented in watercolors and acrylics. There are several beautiful color plates, some historical and some by the author.
This is a book best suited to an artist with some experience. The wealth of technical information will provide the artist with a greater understanding of and proficiency in botanical work.
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How to Draw Plants: The Techniques of Botanical Illustration
Keith R. West Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0823023559 |
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Dissolution of Traditional Rural Culture in 19th Century France: A Study of the Bethmale Costume, (Modern European History)
Roberta Pollack Seid Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0824080424 |
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I'm No Quack: A Book of Doctor Cartoons
Danny Shanahan Manufacturer: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc." ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 081095799X |
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It doesn't take a degree in medicine to appreciate New Yorker cartoonist Danny Shanahan's new book of more than 120 doctor cartoons, so put up your (hospital-issued) stocking feet and prepare yourself for a healthy dose of humor. From contemptible cafeteria food to major medical mishaps, laissez-faire doctors to crazy psychiatrists, Shanahan's characters will leave you feeling healthier, wealthier (minus the doctor's bill, of course), if not wiser.
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The Idler 38: How to Save the World Without Really Trying
Tom Hodgkinson , Gavin Pretor-Pinney , and Dan Kieran Manufacturer: Random House UK ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0091916496 Release Date: 2006-10-24 |
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The Idler is the periodical of easy living. In this new issue, The Idler looks at man, nature and the earth and reveals that doing nothing is the only way to save the planet.
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The Idler Book of Crap Towns II: The Nation Decides: the New Top 50 Worst Places to Live in the UK
Manufacturer: Macmillan U.K. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0752225456 |
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This brand new list of fifty towns will include new entries, non-movers and a new #1 based on the publics reaction to the burnt-out cars, shell suits, cheap shoe shops and housing estates patrolled by rabid dogs and feral kids that scar the face of this glorious kingdom. Are the disgruntled residents of Hull right to consider their town the worst place to live in the country? Crap Towns II will find out. Crap Towns was the must-have humour title of 2003 with sales of over 100,000 copies. A hot topic, Crap Towns generated much press attention. The ugliest, most depressing, and plain worst places in Britain as voted for by the public.
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Pot Pourri: Whistlings of an Idler (Library of Latin America)
Eugenio Cambaceres Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0195144643 |
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Eugenio Cambaceres was the first to introduce the naturalist manner of Emile Zola to Argentinean literature in the late nineteenth century. The work of Cambaceres, a precursor to the contemporary Argentinean novel, is crucial for an understanding of the period of consolidation of Argentina, the formation of a national identity, and especially for the role of the intellectual during that transition. This gereation theoretically and methodically built up a literature with features of its own, stressing the cultural primacy of Buenos Aires par excellence, to enhance the evolution of the cosmopolitan metropolis. A rich dandy narrates Pot Pourri, relating a story of marriage and adultery during the carnival celebrations. The volume editor, Josefina Ludmer, describes the dandy as an ambiguous protagonist who acts both as a reflection and a critic of the liberal state. As a new addition to the already-acclaimed Library of Latin America, Pot Pourri should find its rightful place with the ever-growing audience for Latin American literature.
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: Selected Essays from the "Rambler," "Adventurer," and "Idler" (The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel)
Samuel Johnson , and W. J. Bate Manufacturer: Yale University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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The Idler's Companion: An Anthology of Lazy Literature
Manufacturer: Ecco Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
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The 2007-2012 Outlook for Industrial, Highway, Bogie, Idler, and Support-Roller Solid Tires in Greater China
Philip M. Parker Manufacturer: ICON Group International, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0497410362 Release Date: 2006-09-28 |
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This study covers the latent demand outlook for industrial, highway, bogie, idler, and support-roller solid tires across the regions of Greater China, including provinces, autonomous regions (Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang - Tibet), municipalities (Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, and Tianjin), special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), and Taiwan (all hereafter referred to as “regions”). Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.) estimates are given across some 1,100 cities in Greater China. For each major city in question, the percent share the city is of the region and of Greater China is reported. Each major city is defined as an area of “economic population”, as opposed to the demographic population within a legal geographic boundary. For many cities, the economic population is much larger that the population within the city limits; this is especially true for the cities of the Western regions. For the coastal regions, cities which are close to other major cities or which represent, by themselves, a high percent of the regional population, actual city-level population is closer to the economic population (e.g. in Beijing). Based on this “economic” definition of population, comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a city’s marketing and distribution value vis-à-vis others. This exercise is quite useful for persons setting up distribution centers or sales force strategies. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each region and city of influence, latent demand estimates are created for industrial, highway, bogie, idler, and support-roller solid tires. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved.
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The 2007-2012 Outlook for Industrial, Highway, Bogie, Idler, and Support-Roller Solid Tires in India
Philip M. Parker Manufacturer: ICON Group International, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0497495252 Release Date: 2006-09-28 |
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This study covers the latent demand outlook for industrial, highway, bogie, idler, and support-roller solid tires across the states, union territories and cities of India. Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.) estimates are given across some 4,200 cities in India. For each city in question, the percent share the city is of it’s state or union territory and of India as a whole is reported. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a city vis-à-vis others. This statistical approach can prove very useful to distribution and/or sales force strategies. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each state or union territory and city, latent demand estimates are created for industrial, highway, bogie, idler, and support-roller solid tires. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved.
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The 2007-2012 Outlook for Industrial, Highway, Bogie, Idler, and Support-Roller Solid Tires in Japan
Philip M. Parker Manufacturer: ICON Group International, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0497444526 Release Date: 2006-09-28 |
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This study covers the latent demand outlook for industrial, highway, bogie, idler, and support-roller solid tires across the prefectures and cities of Japan. Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.) estimates are given across some 1,000 cities in Japan. For each city in question, the percent share the city is of it’s prefecture and of Japan is reported. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a city vis-à-vis others. This statistical approach can prove very useful to distribution and/or sales force strategies. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each prefecture and city, latent demand estimates are created for industrial, highway, bogie, idler, and support-roller solid tires. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved.
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The 2007-2012 Outlook for Industrial, Highway, Bogie, Idler, and Support-Roller Solid Tires in the United States
Philip M. Parker Manufacturer: ICON Group International, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0497369419 Release Date: 2006-09-28 |
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This study covers the latent demand outlook for industrial, highway, bogie, idler, and support-roller solid tires across the states and cities of the United States. Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.) estimates are given across some 9,900 cities in the United States. For each city in question, the percent share the city is of it’s state and of the United States is reported. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a city vis-à-vis others. This statistical approach can prove very useful to distribution and/or sales force strategies. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each state and city, latent demand estimates are created for industrial, highway, bogie, idler, and support-roller solid tires. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved.
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The 2007-2012 World Outlook for Industrial, Highway, Bogie, Idler, and Support-Roller Solid Tires
Philip M. Parker Manufacturer: ICON Group International, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0497295962 Release Date: 2006-05-18 |
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This study covers the world outlook for industrial, highway, bogie, idler, and support-roller solid tires across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-à-vis others. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each country and across countries, latent demand estimates are created. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved.
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CECILIA BARTOLI: THE PASSION OF SONG
RENATE STENDHAL KIM CHERNIN Manufacturer: WOMEN\'S PRESS LTD,THE ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0704350815 |
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Cecilia Bartoli: The Passion of Song
Kim Chernin , and Renate Stendhal Manufacturer: Pub Overstock Unlimited Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0060186445 |
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Cecilia Bartoli--The Passion of Song is really two books in one. The first is author Kim Chernin's account of a growing fascination with Bartoli's voice and the desire to meet the singer and interview her about her art. The second is a performance guide by coauthor Renate Stendhal that traces the singer's career from its beginnings on Italian television to her debuts at La Scala and the Met.Neither author takes a particularly critical look at Cecilia Bartoli's talents or her career, but fans of the singer will find plenty of information about their idol, from her early years studying opera under the tutelage of her mother Silvana Bazzoni, also a singer, to the master classes she now teaches in concert with Ms. Bazzoni.
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Cecilia Bartoli, still only in her thirties, has risen to the top of the opera world. Her astonishing mezzo coloratura has been called the finest since those of Marilyn Horne and Teresa Berganza, her recordings have sold in the millions, and her concerts are sold out in hours. What has made Bartoli such a sensation? Cecilia Bartoli: The Passion of Song provides a compelling insight into Bartoli's background and character. The book includes exclusive interview material with the singer herself; her mother, Silvana Bazzoni, Bartoli's one and only teacher; her manager; the top opera directors who have worked with her; and her record producer. It also examines the marketing of Bartoli as a young, attractive woman; the effect that this has had on Bartoli's reputation as a singer; and the myths and prejudices that now surround her. The book is complete with a detailed discography and performance guide to the first ten years of Bartoli's career, charting her development as a performer.Customer Reviews:
A beautiful, spiritual, passionate book.......2004-07-18
Take a rain-check..........2001-04-16
One cannot help but feel that, not unlike Cecilia Bartoli's first TV appearances on Fantastico in her native Italy, this book was completely out of her control, and that that show, together with The Passion of Song, could go a long way towards creating completely the wrong perception of the singer.
Apart from the second half of the book, which dispenses mildly interesting details about what are presumably key performances in Bartoli's career, this publication has precious little to offer. For heaven's sake, we all know Bartoli is a beautiful, sensuous young woman, with an extraordinary voice and astonishing talent (they're not the same thing) - that's why we bought The Passion of Song... to find out where she came from, and where she's going! The book didn't say...
I should have given The Passion of Song to someone I don't like on or shortly after page 18, where the author buys her Bartoli CDs and then takes them home in order NOT to listen to them, while she replays the singer's Berkeley concert over and over in her mind. It was at that point that I started suspecting that what I was in fact reading was not a biography, but an autobiography, during the course of which the author was turning herself into a sort of operatic Nelson Mandela, with a monkey the size of the original Fafner on her back.
I am an unadulterated Bartoli fan, and I'm very sad about having bought and (partly) read The Passion of Song. It's going to be a long old time before I can listen to the Bartoli voice again without feeling like having a bath afterwards... and I have this author to thank for it. Incidentally, I never did finish reading it - I was dreading the moment I turned a page, only to be told that Bartoli is a Leo, with Mars (who is Female, now you come to mention it) in the ascendant in Aquarius, or something equally, well, shall we settle for "startling?"
Dreadful.......2000-11-02
Perfect Harmony.......2000-10-27
This book is a treasure for current Bartoli fans and could tempt even the most devoted heavy metal rocker to venture with her into the intense and passionate world that Chernin and Stendhal so deftly portray.
A Fan's Passion.......2000-10-05
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Cecilia Bartoli the Passion of Song
Kim Chernin Manufacturer: Pub Overstock Unlimited Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OEH636 |
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Carl Dolmetsch and the Recorder Repertoire of the 20th Century
Andrew Mayes Manufacturer: Ashgate Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0754609685 |
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The Art of Magic: The Companion to the Pbs Special
Carl Waldman , Jamy Ian Swiss , and Joe Layden Manufacturer: Stoddart ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1575440369 |
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Made for the serious knowledge-seeker of Magic........1998-08-24
Impressive and very comprehensive book........1998-08-01
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Human Development with Student CD and PowerWeb
Diane E Papalia , Sally Wendkos Olds , Ruth Duskin Feldman , Diane Papalia , Sally Olds , Ruth Feldman , and Dana Gross Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
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