432 Ergebnisse - Zeige 301 von 320.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

From lighting glass objects to photographing models indoors and out, this handbook demonstrates how to effectively use and manipulate light using a variety of traditional and unconventional lighting equipment. Written for both the professional and the serious amateur photographer, this guide explains the different types of light and how to work with modifiers such as panels, umbrellas, grids, and mirrors. More than 100 detailed lighting diagra...

Magdalena's Picnic or El picnic de Magdalena is a bilingual English Spanish picture book that explores the Amazon rain forest through the imagination of a young girl, Magdalena. Magdalena is clearly a role model for young adventurers, both boys and girls, as she explores the Amazon jungle, faces dangers and makes bold choices while leading her friends to their destination. This book is beautifully illustrated and includes a gentle reminder of ...

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Se qualcuno ha inventato la Roma che oggi ci affascina, questi sono Bernini e Borromini. È stata la loro passione, il loro modo di vedere a consegnarci la Roma esuberante di chiese di travertino e le ampie piazze di granito. La Roma dalle cupole imponenti che si protendono verso Dio e gli alti palazzi che esaltano la forza dell'uomo. La storia di questi due uomini - le loro eccezionali carriere e la grande rivalità che si sviluppò tra loro - e...

Keine Beschreibung.

In the novel An Untimely Frost, or The Authoress, set in 1830s London, American author Jefferson Wheelwright seeks out the reclusive English novelist Margaret T. Haeley, creator of Dunkelraum's monster and widow of the poet Stephen Haeley. The story is inspired by Washington Irving's rumored courtship of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. The book also includes the author's essay "Researching the Rhythms of Voice" and discussion questions.

A day outside is great fun when you can climb hills, dig in the dirt and ride your bike. You can't have that much fun without getting a little dirty. ...

Keine Beschreibung.

As cultural documents, as works of art, and as historical records, photographs of 1930s Arizona tell a remarkable story. They capture enduring visions of the Depression that linger in cultural memory: dust storms, Okies on their way to California, breadlines, and ramshackle lent cities. This book places the work of local Arizonans alongside that of federal photographers both to illuminate the impact of the Depression on the state's distinctive...

The study presented here is one of urban poverty, household survival, and social institutions that both enable and control the decision-making of poor women in America. First and foremost, it is about a public health program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known more commonly as WIC, and how the institution re-inscribes persistent stereotypes of the urban poor on the women it eagerly wishes to serv...

Keine Beschreibung.

Weeping with an Ancient God" is a novella set in the Marquesas Islands in the summer of 1842. The protagonist, Melvill, has jumped ship from the whaler Acushnet into a wild, savage and exotically beautiful land. Melvill contemplates his dangerous present, his sad past and his wholly uncertain future on an island teeming with cannibals.The novella is based on author Herman Melville's real-life adventures as a young seaman. It includes nine illu...

Morrissey has written a lengthy and detailed life and times biography of Peter Kenney. His book is an important contribution to 19th-century Irish and American religious history.

Keine Beschreibung.

Over the past two decades, the debate over the 'Great Books' has been one of the key public controversies concerning the cultural content of higher education. Debating the Canon provides a primary-source overview of these ongoing arguments. Many of these contributions to this debate have achieved 'canonical' status themselves, through the focus on the canon, the full spectrum of approaches to literary studies can be seen in the essays. Therefo...

Police work is ongoing stress. It includes tense association with people who commit theft, murder and mayhem. It also includes the human duties of telling someone their loved ones have been maimed, killed, or arrested. Punctuating this bitterness are those precious humorous moments which make the job accptable and keep an officer's sanity.This book is a compilation of humorous situations which helped me cope. I belive one shoud judge his life ...

Sometimes taking the road back is the start of a journey forward.Journalist Chris Baxter finds himself at a crossroads when his life takes an unexpected turn. Hoping to pick up the pieces, he and his teenage daughter move back to his childhood home in New South Wales to live with his mother, Susan.But life in the beautiful riverside town of Neverend turns out to be far from idyllic. Chris soon discovers that opportunities for employment are sc...