Readers of this book learn graphic rendering skills quickly with the proven how-to approach that has made Lin the most successful teacher in the field. His method emphasizes speed, confidence, and relaxation, while incorporating many time-saving tricks of the trade.

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This rather odd book would be a great gift for any Sopranos-phile. Instead of just being a glorified fanzine, it is put together in a style that makes it both compelling and enlightening for even the most ardent fan. The book is written as if the author has put together a real life FBI dossier on New Jersey's leading crime family. Included are artifacts and ancedotes that supposedly provide insight to the agents who are trying to bring down Tony and the boys. It is a clever and amusing way to provide fans of the series with detailed background and insight into the show's myriad of characters. But not to fear, it also provides an episode by episode recap of every show from the first two seasons (hence its one drawback, it covers ONLY the first two seasons). Oddities abound, such as a nursing home report on Livia and a discarded credit card bill showing a month's worth of Meadow's purchases. In fact, were it the real thing, the author's obsession with both of Tony's "families" would be downright creepy. This is

Specially arranged and simplified, these Beethoven works for beginner pianists will delight students and teachers alike. They include such popular melodies as "Für Elise," "Ode to Joy," and the opening of the Moonlight Sonata, along with excerpts from other sonatas and highlights from the symphonies.

Handbags have never been more important in fashion: the must-have bag of the season is a muchlusted-after designer item that can make or break a fashion house. For its owner, the handbag is an intimate extension of the body, a kind of mobile home for all the items indispensable for daily life, and at the same time an indicator of fashionability-be it Prada, Louis Vuitton or Chanel. Here, Caroline Cox tells the intriguing story of the handbag, in fact a relatively recent phenomenon only in general use since the early twentieth century. She traces its development from its origins in the nineteenth century with reticules (essentially pockets with handles) and Vuitton's revolutionary Noe bag designed for the female traveller, via Art Deco clutch bags moulded in Bakelite and the Hermes Kelly bag endorsed by Princess Grace in the 1950s, right up to man-bags and the tt bag of the moment, the Marc Jacobs Stam. Lavishly illustrated throughout with rare and striking images of bags historical and modern, and exquisi

The culmination of many years of research, observation, andstudy, the new STOKES FIELD GUIDE includes more species, morephotographs, and more useful identification information than anyother photographic field guide. The guide features 853 North American bird species and more than3,400 stunning color photographs. And yet it's portable enough tofit in your pocket! The photographs cover all significant plumages, including male,female, summer, winter, immature, morphs, important subspecies, andbirds in flight. Also included * the newest scientific and common names and phylogeneticorder; * special help for identifying birds in flight through importantclues of behavior, plumage, and shape; * detailed de*ions of songs and calls; * important behavioral information; * key habitat preferences of each species; and * the newest range maps, detailing species' winter, summer,year-round ranges, and migration routes. * a special downloadable CD with more than 600 b

Outstanding selection of nearly 120 American posters that helped fight the battles at home and abroad. Full-color works by James Montgomery Flagg, Howard Chandler Christy, Anton Otto Fischer, and more than 60 other artists exhorted Americans to enlist, buy Liberty bonds, increase production, and contribute to the war effort.

Reprinted from an authoritative Breitkopf & H rtel edition, this compilation comprises 11 of the master's finest sonatas — from short, simple early works to the more complex thematic developments and variations that followed. Highlights include the sublime virtuoso Sonatas No. 50 in C Major and No. 52 in E-flat Major, and Sonata No. 40 in G.

This volume showcases 116 masterpieces arranged into the four major themes that characterize Giorgio Morandi’s work: self portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and flowers. The collection represents all the various expressive techniques used by Morandi over the years, including paint, etching, drawing and watercolor.The volume is the catalog of an outstanding exhibition organized by the Metropolitan Museum in New York and by the Museo d’Arte Moderna in Bologna. The exhibition will be open in New York from September 16 to December 14, 2008 and in Bologna from January 22 to April 12, 2009.The exhibition and the catalog also contain a number of photographs of Morandi’s studio and quotes from his admirers, as well as the memorable 1958 interview with Edouard Roditi.

Great early masterpiece reproduced directly from limited Weingartner edition (1896), incorporating Wagner's revisions. Features the text and stage directions in English, German, Italian.

This original compilation covers 3 centuries of dances for the piano. Ever-popular selections encompass highlights from Bach's French and English Suites, mazurkas by Chopin, Brahms waltzes, Beethoven minuets, Spanish dances by Granados and Albéniz, Satie's Gymnopédie No. 1, and a Russian dance by Tchaikovsky. Other featured composers include Mozart, Rameau, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, Grieg, Strauss, and Debussy.

Each title in this beguiling collection contains 20 full-color postcards of paintings inspired by Tolkien s magical world designed so that the cards can either be removed and used or enjoyed as a picture book. 作者简介：J.R.R.Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein.After serving in the First World War,Tolkien embarked upon a distinguished academic career,though he is best known or his extraordinary works of fiction the Hobbit,The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.He was awarded a CBE,and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Oxford University in 1972.He died in 1973 at the age of 81.

This edition of Brahms's greatest, most ambitious vocal work is reprinted from the definitive edition of the composer's works prepared by Breitkopf & Hairtel of Leipzig. Inexpensive, yet sturdily constructed to provide years of pleasurable use, this full score combines all the musical parts in a clear, readable format, with wide margins, large noteheads and many other helpful features. Brahms conducted the first major performance of the German Requiem in Bremen Cathedral in April 1868. The occasion, attended by many distinguished musicians, among them Clara Schumann, provided the young composer, then thirty-four, with his first great public success. Scored for mixed chorus, solo Voices and full orchestra, the Requiem reflects Brahms's virtuosic grasp of 19th-century vocal technique as well as the polyphonic vocal traditions of the previous three centuries. Above all, it radiates Brahms's stalwart individuality, technical mastery and stirring emotional appeal, which were soon to secure his unique posit

Each title in this beguiling collection contains 20 full-color postcards of paintings inspired by Tolkien s magical world designed so that the cards can either be removed and used or enjoyed as a picture book. 作者简介：J.R.R.Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein.After serving in the First World War,Tolkien embarked upon a distinguished academic career,though he is best known or his extraordinary works of fiction the Hobbit,The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.He was awarded a CBE,and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Oxford University in 1972.He died in 1973 at the age of 81.

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Series I of excellent reprint of Augener edition edited by Brahms and Chrysander contains Ordes 1-13 including Les Papillons, Passacaille, Les Folies Francaises, more.

Beethoven's symphonies are among his greatest works--in the opinion of many, the greatest orchestral compositions in the history of music. Perfect in their fusion of emotion and form, filled with drama and great beauty, they are among the best-known and best-loved works in all classical music. Now Dover makes available the full orchestral scores for all nine symphonies in three consecutive volumes. This volume contains the scores for: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 Symphony No. 6 in F Major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 Reprinted directly from the authoritative Litolff edition, these three symphonies offer music lovers unparalleled insight into Beethoven's creativity and masterly use of orchestral resources. Wide margins and large clear noteheads insure ease of reading and study. Moreover, this edition costs far less than comparable full-score editions.

This striking archive of authentic southeast Asian motifs presents an exotic array of popular designs recognized for their beauty and striking qualities. Scores of stunning images, artfully rendered by Marty Noble, have been adapted from artifacts of the area's principal countries: Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia. Included are images of serene Buddhas, sandstone sculptures, textile designs, details from decorative panels, temple ornaments, shadow puppets, papier-mache masks, and a host of other motifs. The set contains: One CD-ROM containing 150 high-quality, permission-free images scanned at 600 dpi and saved in six different formats (TIFF, PICT, EPS, BMP, as well as Internet-ready JPEG and GIF) A large-format 64-page book with every image on the CD-ROM printed large and clearly on one side of the page for easy reference Ideal for adding a distinctive cultural flavor to any project, these entrancing illustrations will inspire designers, graphic artists, and craftworke

Nowadays there is hardly an interior design publication which does not contain at least one article on Feng Shui, the one-thousand-year-old Chinese tradition of the harmonious arrangement of sacred buildings, graves, palaces and streets. The universal value systems of Buddhism and Zen and the principles these involve, such as an affinity with nature and life energy, have left a deep impression on Western lifestyle and have had an important influence on today's trends in design and architecture. This volume attempts, with its selection of particularly interesting and concise examples, to present the inexhaustible variety of Asian living and lifestyles.

Use this book to start playing straight awa no previous musical knowledge required.Teaches you the basics of acoustic and electric guitar technique.Includes valuable advice on buying an instrument and amplifier.Diagrams and photographs make it easy for you to find notes and chords Explains the workings of song structures,and shows you how to play simple solos and ccompaniments.Find out how to liven up practice sessions by using tape recorders and other electronics.Includes an easy-to-use interactive DVD companion to the book.

The goats of Vigata once grazed on the trash-strewn site stillknown as the Pasture. Now local enterprise of a different sortflourishes: drug dealers and prostitutes of every flavour. Buttheir discreet trade is upset when two employees of the SplendourRefuse Collection Company discover the body of engineer SilvioLuparello, one of the local movers and shakers, apparently deceasedin flagrante at the Pasture. The coroner's verdict is death fromnatural causes - refreshingly unusual for Sicily. But InspectorSalvo Montalbano, as honest as he is streetwise and as scathing tofools and villains as he is compassionate to their victims, is notready to close the case - even though he's being pressured byVigata's police chief, judge, and bishop. Picking his way through alabyrinth of high-comedy corruption, delicious meals, vendettafirepower, and carefully planted false clues, Montalbano can berelied on, whatever the cost, to get to the heart of thematter.

This inexpensive, authoritative edition of one of the world's most popular operas presents the classic 1895 Schirmer edition in the original French, with a complete English singing version by Dr. Theodore Baker. Indispensable for singers, chorus, and rehearsal pianists, this beautiful engraved volume will delight performers and all devotees of great operatic literature. Text in French and English.