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The most important color reference book series on the market, this latest guide contains over one thousand color combinations, this time categorized by tone. Tones are first divided into four major groups, from bright and clear to deep and subdued; these groups are then further divided, gradation by gradation, within the limits of printability. A veritable "dictionary of color," this compact guide provides an abundance of color schemes for tones in the same group as well as for those in different groups that go well together. Each color combination includes a description of the density of the colors, showing tint percentages for printing purposes. Charts of fluorescent colors, which are in high demand for special printing, are included as well. An indispensable reference for graphic designers, this guide will also prove invaluable to those working with fashion, interior design, illustration, fabric design, or literarlly anyone making a color choice.
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Good color reference.......2000-06-14
This book is a treasure when searching for innovative color combinations. Just when I thought I had run out of ideas, I found this book. It helps you use color in ways that you would not have thought of using them. The listing of the CMYK color is useful for print and can be transposed with the use of any graphics program into the RGB color. It is a great reference for web as well as print designers.
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The most important color reference book series on the market, this guide contains over one thousand color combinations, this time categorized by tone. Tones are first divided into four major groups, from bright and clear to deep and subdued; these groups are then further divided, gradation by gradation, within the limits of printability. A veritable "dictionary of color," this compact guide provides an abundance of color schemes for tones in the same group as well as for those in different groups that go well together. Each color combination includes a description of the density of the colors, showing tint percentages for printing purposes. Charts of fluorescent colors, which are in high demand for special printing, are included as well. An indispensable reference for graphic designers, this guide will also prove invaluable to those working with fashion, interior design, illustration, fabric design, or literally anyone making a color choice.
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Written as an authoritative introduction, this text describes the technology of digital television broadcasting. It gives a thorough technical description of the underlying principles of the DVB standard following the logical progression of signal processing steps, as well as COFDM modulation, source and channel coding, MPEG compression and multiplexing methods, conditional access and set-top box technology. If you are looking for a concise technical `briefing' that will quickly get you up to speed with the subject without getting lost in the detail - this is the book you need.
After an overview of analogue TV systems and video digitization formats, the author then examines the various steps of signal processing - taken in order from transmission to reception - to facilitate an understanding of the architecture and function of the main blocks of the Integrated Receiver/Decoder (IRD) or "set-top" box. Herve Benoit focuses attention on the very complex problems that need to be solved in order to define reliable standards for broadcasting digital pictures to the consumer and gives solutions chosen for the current DVB system.
* Enhance your knowledge of digital television with this authoritative technical introduction
* Learn the underlying principles of DVB standard, COFDM modulation, compression, multiplexing, conditional access and set-top box technology
*A concise technical 'briefing' that brings you up to speed with the subject.
Customer Reviews:
Not a bible.......2004-04-28
This book is not a bible on any topic related to digital TV. It's more of a synopsis that briefly discusses what's involved in encoding, transmitted, receiving, and decoding digital signals, with an emphasis on the standards being used in Europe.
I recommend this book for engineers new to the field of digital TV; but once you have an overall idea of how a digital system works, I recommend getting something more specific to your area. This book does not have any formulas or walk-through examples.
To quote the author from the preface, "This book does not aim to make the reader an expert in digital television... The main goal is to enable readers to understand the principles of this new technology, to have a relatively global perspective on it, and...to investigate further any particular aspect by reading more specialized and more detailed books."
Excellent overview for beginners, useful tables for experts........2000-02-14
Comprehensive, contains all the important diagrammes and thumb rules. I recommend this book to the novice as well as to experts. Readers who are familiar with signal processing and digital communication issues will find this book very interesting and a good source of knowledge; and those who are already DVB professionals will regard it as an excellent conclusion with all the important and useful numbers, tables, and diagrams.
Very impressive, laconic, and comprehensive explanation........1999-08-23
Easy to read, with all the necessary diagrammes and illustrations, this book is a formidable source of information for everyone - from a novice (like me) to a to-be-professional. Without hiding the complexity of digital television, the author makes a systematic review of the situation. No stupid remarks, no empty words. Just facts and real advice. Excellent!
An Excellent introduction to the european DVB system.......1999-04-08
This book is an excellent overview of the system perspective of a DVB system (satellite, cable. or terestrial). It includes a good discussion on MPEG-2 and transport and program streams.
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The perennial, full-color series continues. In this volume, Arn, Son of Valiant, is heir to the throne of Thule. As king-to-be he must be careful in his choice of a bride, but his heart belongs to Lydia, the daughter of a savage Viking chieftain, whose mores don't exactly match those of his prospective in-laws. Fate intervenes as, during a trip through the icy mountains of Thule, Lydia slips and plunges to her death. Shattered by grief, Arn undertakes a long, perilous odyssey...
Fantagraphics' deluxe, full-color editions of Prince Valiant run chronologically, and Volume 49 includes work from the years 1979-1980. Valiant's creator, Hal Foster, died in 1982; this is the penultimate volume in the series. Each volume in the series presents close to a year's worth of strips per volume in an oversized format showcasing the strip's spectacular color pages. With its thrilling continuities of a fictitious knight in the era of King Arthur's Court, Prince Valiant set a new standard for the serial drama when it debuted in 1937. It was Foster who introduced illustrative techniques—and the sensibilities and standards of such illustrative greats as Howard Pyle—to the comics page. He is still considered, 20 years after his death and 65 years since Prince Valiant debuted, to be comics' supreme classicist, and the strip continues to live on in over 100 newspapers across America.
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another 5 star collection.......2004-03-27
great collection - good for reading with children
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- Brilliant by far the best book i've read
- A good read, but not up to par with the play or movie
- "It flows, like electricity...aye...that's it..electricity!"
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Billy Elliot
Melvin Burgess
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Billy Elliot
ASIN: 1903434335 |
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Set in northern England during the 1984 miner's strike, Billy Elliot tells the story of a young working class boy who chooses not to follow his widowed father's instructions to train to be a boxer. Instead, fascinated by the ballet class sharing the same building as his gym, Billy hangs up his gloves to pursue dreams of being a dancer. But even as he discovers his virtuoso gift for ballet he must hide his triumph from his father and brother -- both miners on strike struggling to keep food on the table. A hit at last years Cannes Film Festival and a smash success in the UK just one week into its premiere, Billy Elliot is being hailed as one of the best films of the year.
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Brilliant by far the best book i've read.......2001-09-03
It is just brilliant although it isn't very long you just have keep reading you cannot put it down it is just brilliant!
A good read, but not up to par with the play or movie.......2001-04-03
Curiously, this version of Billy Elliot (a novelization written by Melvin Burgess) was obviously written to appeal to young adult readers of about jr. high/high school age, who, strangely enough, would not likely be old enough to go see or even really interested in a film such as Billy Elliot in the first place. This novelization unfortunately washes away the directness and vividness so apparent in the written screenplay. The descriptions interspersed within the dialogue take much of the original starkness of the play and movie away, leaving Billy to seem rather flat emotionally. The strife and hardship of Billy's struggle to attain his goals in light of his difficult family situation is largely defused. Lee Hall's excellent screenplay is FAR superior!! Pick that up and by-pass Melvin Burgess's attempt.
"It flows, like electricity...aye...that's it..electricity!".......2001-04-03
When Billy is explaining what it feels like to dance, he basically summarizes the whole of this screenplay: "...starts out sort of stiff..." but then, he adds, the dance (and story) unfolds and becomes "a fire....electricity." Since I decided that Billy Elliot ranked as one of my favorite movies of 2000, I felt that the book would offer some insight and help to follow the whole of the story (boy those accents are hard to decipher at times in the movie!) This book, in screenplay form, offers all those one liners and dialogue parts you just missed while watching the movie. Pictures from the movie placed throughout the book are a nice added touch. A very satisfying screenplay of a very satisifying movie! It is simply a wonderful tale of getting out of the hard places and truly soaring towards your goals.
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"I'm the man of the hour," Superstar Billy Graham told his audiences, "the man with the power. Too sweet to be sour!"
Despite years of devastating health issues (a long history of drug abuse led to a liver transplant in 2002), the man regarded as one of the most influential professional wrestlers of the past thirty years still flaunts the same optimism that made his interviews as compelling as his matches. In Tangled Ropes, his autobiography, Graham remembers his victories -- and his setbacks -- on both the wrestling and the evangelism circuits in vibrant detail.
At his core, Graham is still Wayne Coleman, the artistic, curious boy who escaped the wrath of his disabled father in post-war Phoenix through painting, sports, and bodybuilding.
When his photo appeared in a bodybuilding magazine, the young man caught the attention of a family in Texas who began praying for his soul. Soon, Wayne found religion at a revival meeting, then mortified his parents as he left home to bend steel, rip phone books in half, and preach the Gospel on the back roads of America.
Because of his natural athleticism, Wayne held a series of jobs -- from bouncer to boxer, from repo man to football player. However, it was under the training of the "Mentor of Mayhem," Stu Hart, that the wrestler was revealed. Then the fading headliner Dr. Jerry Graham bleached Wayne's hair blond and transformed him into an in-ring "brother." Still reverent of men of faith, Coleman became "Billy Graham," after the preacher. Graham completed the package with his golden tan and enormous "pythons," a succession of color-coordinated outfits and jive-talking -- a persona imitated by countless wrestlers, including Hulk Hogan and Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
The Superstar's greatest wrestling achievement came in 1977, when he took the World Wide Wrestling Federation Championship from Bruno Sammartino. He held the prize for nearly a year -- the first wrestling villain to do so. But after he lost the title to wholesome Bob Backlund, Graham fell into a deep depression. He disappeared from the business, squandering his money and losing himself in a haze of drugs.
In Tangled Ropes -- co-written with Keith Elliot Greenberg -- Superstar Billy Graham tells a story that transcends his life in the wrestling profession, offering candor, nostalgia, inspiration, and humor. Graham's narrative is supplemented by anecdotes from personalities like Vince McMahon, Jesse Ventura, Ivan Koloff, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Customer Reviews:
Wow! I loved this guy and this IS A GREAT BOOK!.......2007-07-22
It's a cliche', but what a page turner. First let me say, I was a HUGE Billy Graham "mark" when I was a kid. He was the first guy that drew me in. He had such charisma. So cool. Anyway, this book is just him 100% totally pouring out his soul. He holds back nothing. Tells you absolutely everything about everyone and mostly - himself.
The stories are more heartbreaking with each page. Everything from him hearing he may only have 30 days to live when he was waiting for his kidney transplant to embarassing moments like when he ditched a cab outside of the Georgia wrestling TV studio because he didn't have the money - only for the guy to come in looking for him and then Dusty Rhodes flips out a $50 bill in front of others to Billy telling him to "pay the taxi".
What's most amazing is that he tells much of his story without heavy bitterness or anger except during his attacks on the WWF and Vince during the steroid trial - which he admits he only did to try to get some hush money from Vince since he really had NO money. It was that he really should have done more and that drugs really did wreck his life.
Wow - I could go on and on and still not give up everything in this book. It really is great. God bless the man of the hour, the man with the power - too sweet to be sour!
A MUST READ FOR ALL WRESTLING FANS.......2007-05-26
THIS IS THE STORY OF FORMER PRO WRESTLER SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM. HIS STORY IS TRULY AMAZING. THE AMAZING PART IS THAT HE IS STILL ALIVE. HE TELLS US OF HIS BODY BUILDING, EVANGELIST, BOUNCER AND PRO FOOTBALL CAREERS ALONG WITH HIS WRESTLING DAYS AND ADDICION TO DRUGS AND STEROIDS. I FOUND HIS STORY TO BE INTERESTING, TERRIFYING, HUMOROUS AND ABSOLUTLY RIVOTING. I HAVE READ MANY BOOKS ABOUT PRO WRESTLING AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST. SUPERSTAR CERTAINLY DOES A GREAT JOB TELLING US HIS STORY. HE DELIVERS A POWERFUL MESSAGE ABOUT STEROIDS AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS WIFE AND GOD. A MUST READ.
The man of the hour..........2007-03-29
A refreshingly honest and insightful biography. Superstar's life has had plenty of ups and downs, and you go through the entire ride. Lots of great stuff on the inside world of pro wrestling as well.
Great read!.......2007-02-12
I was a huge fan in the late 70's (FL)
It is a great read with a lot of background to wrestling.
I enjoyed the insight and even laughed out loud while reading the different stories.
A very honest biography.
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Truly a Superstar.......2007-01-19
This was an amazing story of a man that I began watching over 30 years ago. There was so much I wanted to learn about him, and this book filled in all the blanks for me. I was surprised to learn about his closeness to Arnold Schwarzenegger. There are some great photographs as well and amazing road stories. I had only heard about some of stuff that Dr. Jerry Graham used to pull in his drunken hazes. It was only the tip of the iceberg as Wayne described them in detail, ugh. A definite must for any old school fan. Wayne Coleman is an incredible man and his creation Superstar Billy Graham was an tremondous wrestler.
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Billy Elliot. I will dance.
Melvin Burgess
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" Billy Elliot": Piano Vocal Guitar
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Billy Elliot
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Billy Graham, David Brainerd, Rosa Parks, Jim Elliot and other Christian luminaries set the example of selfless service, faith, obedience, and commitment for us all in this 18 volume set of Paperbacks.
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Billy Elliot (Scholastic ELT Readers)
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Billy Elliot Audio Pack (ELT Readers)
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This digital document is an article from Dance Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 415 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: Billy Elliot the Musical.(Theater Review)
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BOYS AND CLASS IN BILLY ELLIOT.(Review) (movie review): An article from: Arena Magazine
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Title: BOYS AND CLASS IN BILLY ELLIOT.(Review) (movie review)
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Mel Bay You Can Teach Yourself Drums
James Morton
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Drumming made accessible for the complete beginner! This easy to follow book teaches basic drum set percussion concepts progressively, so that is you stick with it, you will have a good foundation upon which to further build your musicianship. Four learning tracks are presented in the book: Technique- including the grip, sticking, and methods used to achieve musical sounds, as well as the principle of learning good habits from the beginning. Reading-basic reading principles are introduced in this book in logical sequence. Writing-By actually notating the rhythms you find challenging, you'll develop an increasingly intimate awareness of the note and rest values if which they are comprised. Application-after basic principles are introduced, you'll have the opportunity to apply them in musical context. An optional cassette or CD demonstrating the examples in the book is available.
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During the early years of the nation, the eagle was adopted as the symbol of America. From that time to this it has been a favorite subject of carvers. It has adorned buildings, signs, furniture, and boats. It has carried banners of E. Pluribus Unum and Happy New Year. And it is cherished still. In this new book Paul White takes the carver through the process of carving a large traditional bald eagle. Beginning with the gluing of the boards and sculpting and ending with a helpful description of gold leafing, Paul explains each step in detail. For those who wish to get right to the carving he also explains the use of commercially prepared blanks. A measured drawing of the project is included, as well as a gallery of variations. A wonderful book for carvers of all abilities. , 250 color photos, 8 1/2" x 11"
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How the marketing system that helped spark a bestselling customer revolution in the Christian marketplace can fuel the success of any business––by speaking to the integrity and passion of every customer.
Readers will discover a comprehensive strategy that can help any business reach and retain new markets, by tapping the secrets of what Zondervan marketing leader Greg Stielstra calls PyroMarketing. From the importance of focusing on individual consumers and their preferences, to giving customers an experience with the benefit of your product or service, to converting customers into enthusiastic sales people for your product, to building a state of the art consumer database, PyroMarketing captures in one four–step system the essence of the customer–driven strategies that seek to build markets through the passion and loyalty of the individual. Stielstra's manifesto is based on a powerful and easy–to–apply metaphor––of fire: "There are four steps to creating successful marketing campaigns. You build them the same way you build a campfire. If you were a scout or a camper, you already know the drill. " Gather the driest tinder. Touch it with the match. Fan the flames. Save the coals.
Tapping the latest scientific research into the brain and human behaviour, Stielstra demonstrates how traditional marketing techniques are expensive, obsolete, and doomed to failure––while PyroMarketing principles deliver powerful results over the long–term and for less money. Illustrated with case studies including The Purpose–Driven Life, one of the bestselling books of all time, and the breakaway phenomenon The Passion of Christ.
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You've Got My Attention.......2007-05-17
Written by the guy who helped Purpose Driven Life sell millions of copies--I would call him credible. And I was not disappointed by what I read. He gave me great tips and tools to help me reach my audience.
Not the best marketing book...but VERY useful.......2007-04-18
First off....what's with all the complaints about the "fire" analogies given in this book. I personally think it puts you in a proper "frame of mind" as far as equating to real world marketing. This is what makes the book relevant as an example would be to find "the driest tinder" ....makes sense as what should be where your marketing dollars should be directed.
I own many marketing books and this definately stands among the better ones.
The only problem i have is the fact that if the author is an expert in marketing books (his occupation) Why has this book not "caught fire" in the marketplace?
Makes you think
Don't waste your money!.......2007-03-07
Everything relavant to marketing can be learned in the left inside flap of the jacket, unless of course you are looking for a book on the science of building a fire. The author has no experience, he only uses 2 real world examples that he knows very little about, and nothing in this book is relavant to marketing. I want my money back.
A Fresh Approach That Can Jump Start Your Thinking.......2007-02-26
When I picked up "PyroMarketing" I expected to find another forced metaphor presentation of basic marketing principles.
The book has a bit of that.. but I quickly found the power of Stielstra approach. The 4 steps are presented in contrast to more standard reviews and were easy to follow in a fresh approach to marketing thought.
It's familiar territory, but Stielstra's passion for modern branding and promotion done right, and the examples of the powerful campaigns he reviews have stuck in my mind and ignited a bonfire of ideas for my own projects.
If you want to see a product or new idea catch fire and grow exponentially, "PyroMarketing" is a great place to start.
I enjoyed this way of looking at Marketing.......2007-01-09
I picked up this book out of the blue and thought it could help me in a new marketing position I was starting. I was right. I learned so much while reading this book that I could hardly put it down. I am now using the principles in this book in my new position with success.
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