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How to Write Plots That Sell Review

How to Write Plots That Sell
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This is an excellent book. It has good explanations and examples. F. A. Rockwell was a writer and teacher of writing, and an editor of Writer's Digest. Ray Bradbury wrote a brief forward recommending the book.

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Built to Learn: The Inside Story of How Rockwell Collins Became a True Learning Organization Review

Built to Learn: The Inside Story of How Rockwell Collins Became a True Learning Organization
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This book provides a step by step process to make any training department successful. The book is written in easy to understand language with detailed success strategy for creating the ideal learning organization. Most training books fail to inform the reader how to execute the strategy they are recommending. Purington and Butler have done a masterful job putting the detail in the puzzle. Outstanding and a must read book for all training professionals!

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The Bump in the Night Review

The Bump in the Night
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Let me summarize, since I had this as a young boy.
A rich old man is attacked by thieves who dismember him and stuff his remains into a chimney in his castle.
He haunts the castle for many years until young Toby the tinker (a boy who can fix anything and fears nothing,) decides to spend the night in the haunted castle.
Toby starts a fire, and throughout the night, pieces of the old man fall out of the fireplace (one leg, the other, the torso, the head...)
Far be it from me to ruin the book for you, but suffice it to say: this is a weird book to give your developing child.

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Fearless Toby the tinker repairs a ghost and reaps the reward.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Norman Rockwell (First Books--Biographies) Review

Norman Rockwell (First Books--Biographies)
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Rockwell's life story is a fascinating read, and this book features numerous beautiful, full-color reproductions of his work. The author makes a persuasive case for Rockwell as a genius whose work endures throught the decades, and it's an inspiring story for readers of all ages.

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Norman Rockwell Review

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The book is small, but the illustrations still are reproduced extremely well. The essay alone is worth every penny. If you feel uneasy about your love for the work of Norman Rockwell, this book will give you the courage to like what you really like, without any more appologies. Buy it, read it, enjoy. You will, I guarantee.

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How I Make a Picture Review

How I Make a Picture
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Anyone who thinks that what Norman Rockwell did was easy, or that it is not art, with a capital A, needs to read this book. Even given that by this stage of his career he relied heavily on the aid of photographs, and also given that in this book we can see his pictures emerge step-by-step, what Rockwell could do still seems nearly miraculous.
Most impressive to me is a series of photos documenting the creation of a charcoal sketch of a cowboy. We see how Rockwell projected a photograph of one of his models onto a sheet of paper, and how he carefully traced all the lines. Easy, right? Then, he went on to utterly transform the tracing into something entirely different from, and entirely more life-like, than the original photo.
Any artist working in the area of realism, and especially any artist relying on photographs to achieve that realism, will benefit from this book.

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50 Norman Rockwell Favorites Review

50 Norman Rockwell Favorites
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I have to agree with the previous reviewer that this book represents exceptional value. If you just want to look at the book then these prints are more than large enough for clear and detailed viewing. If you wanted to take the book apart and use them as wall prints they are also large enough for that. I am going to laminate them for use in my US History class.
Two complaints: This is one of those art books that won't work well on a shelf. It's very tall and a little thin, so if there isn't good support it's going to get folded. The other thing is only a problem if you want to use them as posters. The picture information is printed on the left hand page of each print. If you want to look at it as a book that works out perfect. If you want to use them as posters it means that what is printed on the back of each print is information that belongs to another print. I'm pretty sure the publishers weren't worried about people tearing the pages up.

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Clouds (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) Review

Clouds (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)
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Two children lie side by side on a blanket looking up at the sky. It's a peaceful country setting with cows, sheep and horse grazing nearby. They are looking up at the sky at the clouds moving across the skyline. "Most clouds are too far away to feel," but if you are around fog you can feel that. You can learn a lot about clouds just by looking at them. Their shapes, size, shade and how high up they are can tell you what the weather will be like. If you have an outside activity planned, it would be nice to know if the weather will be nice or stormy.
In this book you will learn what clouds are made up of, the different kinds of clouds (cirrostratus, cirrus, cirrocumulus, cumulonimbus, altostratus, altocumulus, cumulus, stratocumulus, nimbostratus, and stratus), what their names tell us, what they will do or not do if you see them, which clouds tell you it will get colder, which clouds tell you it will rain or snow, which tell you that it will rain or snow steadily, which ones tell you a thunderstorm is coming (take cover!), the importance of clouds and how you can tell the weather is going to change. If you learn all about clouds, you will be able to tell what the weather will be in advance, just like a meteorologist!
This is a nicely detailed, very informative book about clouds that will not only interest the young child, but also the adult. The illustrations are similar to folk art paintings and are very appealing. In the back of the book you will find a handful of cloud facts and will find instructions on how to "Create a Cloud" (adult participation is recommended). This is a Stage 1 book that explains "simple science concepts for preschoolers and kindergartners." Which cloud formations will make you run for cover? If you don't know the names of them, you just might want to read this book!

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Norman Rockwell 332 Magazine Covers Review

Norman Rockwell 332 Magazine Covers
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If you can only have one Norman Rockwell book, look no further. This is the quintessential Norman Rockwell. You can spend hours and hours looking at the illustrations and still not fully grasp all the subtle nuances - like the cameo paintings within the painting; the relections in the mirror; the advertisements in the folded newspapers; and so on. I have only found one inconsistency. In "The Clock Mender" some areas in the painting make an abrupt departure from his trademark quasi-realistic style. It reminds me of Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon". Was Rockwell cleverly introducing "Surrealism" into this particular painting, in an inverted Salvador Dali sort of way? Or was the original painting simply damaged and then retouched by someone else? It would make delightful reading if Mr Finch, or anyone else, could offer an explanation.
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This full-sized album of Saturday Evening Post covers captures everyday events and historic moments in American history.Although technically Norman Rockwell was an academic painter, he had the eye of a photographer and, as he became a mature artist, he used this eye to give us a picture of America that was famliar—astonishingly so—and at the same time unique. Rockwell best expressed this vision of America in his justly famous cover illustrations for magazines like The Saturday Evening Post. 332 of these cover paintings, from beloved classics like "Marbles Champion" to lesser-known gems like "Feeding Time," are reproduced in stunning full color in this large-format volume, which is sure to be treasured by art lovers everywhere.

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