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Cats : secrets of observational drawing
\"Whether scribbling out a quick sketch with minimal detail, or making a finished portrait where every silky hair and polished whisker stands out, the best cat artists can capture the very essence of feline-ness. How do they do it? Firsthand observation of cats will tell you a lot about the way they sit, yawn, position their tails, and curl up to sleep, but it won't tell you how to get those things down on paper. Classic Sketchbook: Cats is the second in a series of instructional books that began with Classic Sketchbook: Botanicals. The series shows how it's done by looking at details of museum-quality works, then coaching readers through the techniques with the help an expert's suggestions. In this case the expert is Patricia Wynne, a noted illustrator with a specialty in animals. Wynne will guide you through fur, paws, and eyes, as well as cats sleeping, playing, or pouncing. Her unique instructions places a close-up of a drawing or painting by a noted artist like Gauguin, Chardin, Gwen John, and Theodore Steinlen on the left side of the page. And on the right side of the page Patricia Wynne coaches you with detailed, step-by-step drawings, that illuminate the process\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Distilled
An imaginative natural history survey of the wide world of
spirits, from whiskey and gin to grappa and moonshine In
this follow-up book to A Natural History of Wine and A
Natural History of Beer , authors Rob DeSalle and Ian
Tattersall yet again use alcoholic beverages as a lens through
which to gain a greater appreciation of natural history. This
volume considers highly alcoholic spirits in the context of
evolution, ecology, history, primatology, molecular biology,
physiology, neurobiology, chemistry, and even astrophysics. With
the help of illustrator Patricia Wynne, DeSalle and Tattersall
address historical and cultural aspects and ingredients, the
distillation process, and spirits and their effects. They also call
on an international group of colleagues to contribute chapters on
brandy, vodka, tequila, whiskies, gin, rum, eaux-de-vie, schnapps,
baiju, grappa, ouzo, and cachaça. Covering beverages from across
the globe and including descriptions of the experience of tasting
each drink, this book offers an accessible and comprehensive
exploration of the scientific dimensions of spirits.
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Birds : nature's magnificent flying machines
An introduction to the science that explains how birds fly.
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Our senses : an immersive experience
\"A lively and unconventional exploration of our senses, how they work, what is revealed when they don't, and how they connect us to the world. Over the past decade neuroscience has uncovered a wealth of new information about our senses and how they serve as our gateway to the world. This splendidly accessible book explores the most intriguing findings of this research. With infectious enthusiasm, Rob DeSalle illuminates not only how we see, hear, smell, touch, taste, maintain balance, feel pain, and rely on other less familiar senses, but also how these senses shape our perception of the world aesthetically, artistically, and musically. DeSalle first examines the question of how perception and consciousness are formed in the brain, setting human senses in an evolutionary context. He then investigates such varied themes as supersenses and diminished senses, synesthesia and other cross-sensory phenomena, hemispheric specialization, diseases, anomalies induced by brain injuries, and hallucinations. Focusing on what is revealed about our senses through the extraordinary, he provides unparalleled insights into the unique wonders of the human brain.\"--Publisher's description.
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Curriculum and assessment
An examination of the relationship between curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. It adopts a cross-sector and comparative approach, and provides a critical commentary on policy initiatives in this field. It does not aim to reach a conclusion, but to air the various debates.
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The occupation trilogy : La Place de l'âEtoile, the night watch, Ring roads
\"Born at the close of World War II, 2014 Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano was a young man in his twenties when he burst onto the Parisian literary scene with these three brilliant, angry novels about the wartime Occupation of Paris. The epigraph to his first novel, among the first to seriously question Nazi collaboration in France, reads: \"In June 1942 a German officer goes up to a young man and says: 'Excuse me, monsieur, where is La Place de l'âEtoile?' The young man points to the star on his chest.\" The second novel, The Night Watch, tells the story of a young man caught between his work for the French Gestapo, his work for a Resistance cell, and the black marketeers whose milieu he shares. Ring Roads recounts a son's search for his Jewish father who disappeared ten years earlier, whom he finds trying to weather the war in service to unsavory characters. Together these three brilliant, almost hallucinatory evocations of the Occupation attempt to exorcise the past by exploring the morally ambiguous worlds of collaboration and resistance. Award-winning translator Frank Wynne has revised the translations of The Night Watch and Ring Roads --long out of print--for our current day, and brings La Place de l'âEtoile into English for the first time. The Occupation Trilogy provides the perfect introduction to one of the world's greatest writers.\"--Publisher description.
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