Pyrotechnics on the Page: Playful Craft That Sparks Writing

EBook Description: Children have a natural affinity for language play; Pyrotechnics on the Page demonstrates how writing teachers can tap into it. This book provides a wealth of resources for teachers, including information on the roots and developmental importance of language play, a how-to on using the writer�s notebook as a playground for students to explore and experiment with verbal pyrotechnics, an in-depth look at the kind of language play commonly used by writers, twenty-four brand new craft lessons to bring pyrotechnics into the classroom, and an extensive bibliography of relevant mentor texts. Pyrotechnics on the Page is vintage Fletcher: personal, anecdotal, and practical.

Follow practical advice from nude photography experts and learn to create picture-perfect results every time with this master class in photographing the human form. Everything's covered, from working successfully with amateur and professional models to getting great results in your own home or outdoors. Find tips on setting up a shoot, lighting effects, and post-production techniques, so you can turn a good picture into a really great one. Get inspired by a stunning Photographer's Gallery featuring the work of an international panel of photographers, from Andreas Bitesnich and Sylvie Blum, to Allan Jenkins and Almond Chu.

A Wiccan Bible Exploring The Mysteries Of The Craft

If you have ever wondered if there is more to religion than ancient rituals, then this book is for you. If you have already come to the realization that Wicca is the religion for you, then this book will help fill in those many blanks that have been left by other books. Making no attempt to dictate religious dogma or routine, the author illustrates the many issues a person's religion should address and shows how he has found answers to those issues through the practice of a modern religion, which has, in part, been structured on some of the oldest principles of the ancient world. He examines the four stages of life from this perspective. o Maiden and Master - Birth, Wiccaning, and Self-Dedication. o Mother and Father - Initiation, Mating Customs, and Pregnancy. o Crone and Sage - Grandchildren, Suicide, and Death. o Middle Ground - Reincarnation, Summerland, and Winterland.

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Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation, Second Edition

To make great animation, you need to know how to control a whole world: how to make a character, how to make that character live and be happy or sad. You need to create four walls around them, a landscape, the sun and moon - a whole life for them. You have to get inside that puppet and first make it live, then make it perform.

Susannah Shaw provides the first truly practical introduction to the craft skills of model animation. This is a vital book in the development of model animation which, following the success of Aardman's first full-length film, Chicken Run, is now at the forefront of modern animation.

Illustrated in full colour throughout you are shown step by step how to create successful model animation. Starting with some basic exercises, you will learn about developing a story, making models, creating set and props, the mechanics of movement, filming, postproduction and how to set about finding that elusive first job in a modern studio.

Susannah Shaw is Programme Development Manager for the Animated Exeter festival. She was head of the Bristol Animation Course from 1996 to 2000 at the University of the West of England and former camera assistant at Aardman (working on 'A Close Shave' among other films).

* The best-selling full-color practical introduction to the craft skills of model animation
* Benefit from the advice of top international animators such as Nick Park and Tim Hittle
* Discover everything you need to know to be a model animator in a modern studio!

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Nude Photography: The Art and the Craft by Pascal Baetens

Follow practical advice from nude photography experts and learn to create picture-perfect results every time with this master class in photographing the human form. Everything�s covered, from working successfully with amateur and professional models to getting great results in your own home or outdoors. Find tips on setting up a shoot, lighting effects, and post-production techniques, so you can turn a good picture into a really great one. Get inspired by a stunning Photographer�s Gallery featuring the work of an international panel of photographers, from Andreas Bitesnich and Sylvie Blum, to Allan Jenkins and Almond Chu.

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Marlon Sanders - How To Craft Killer Sales Copy

Marlon Sanders sells ALOT of product, and this book reveals how he does it. Most of Marlon's stuff - well, at least for me...meh. But this book is pretty awesome.

TOC:
Introduction to secrets of web copy revealed
The 12 step formula - part one
The 12 step formula - part two
Questions and answers
The instant website analyzer
You're only 2 hours away
How to format your web copy
Sample marketing document 1
Sample marketing document 2
The troubleshooter
Sample ezine
22 more secrets
Use this form to grab leads
How to win awards
Your virtual office
Action steps

American Craft

American Craft celebrates the modern makers who shape the world around us. Presenting unknown innovators and artistic stalwarts, American Craft connects the disparate worlds of art, industry, fashion, architecture and design, giving an entirely new voice to the craft community.

Afghans Crochet Craft

This work is a wonderful collection of over 30 adorable designs from highly respected cross stitch designers. Designs range from wide-eyed toddlers to mischievous kittens, which are just begging to be stitched. Find an irresistible project for every occasion, including births, weddings and Christmas. Be inspired by the range of project ideas for adapting the designs, from beautiful framed pictures and greetings cards to gorgeous drawstring bags. With easy-to-follow colour charts and charming colour photographs you won't be able to resist picking up your needles!

Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming (2nd Edition)

The second edition of Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming is essential reading for beginners to functional programming and newcomers to the Haskell programming language. The emphasis is on the process of crafting programs and the text contains many examples and running case studies, as well as advice an program design, testing, problem solving and how to avoid common pitfalls.

Building on the strengths of the first edition, the book includes many new and improved features:

Complete coverage of Haskell 98, the standard version of Haskell which will be stable and supported by implementations for years to come.

An emphasis on software engineering principles, encouraging a disciplined approach to building reusable libraries of software components.

Detailed coverage of the Hugs interpreter with an appendix covering other implementations.

A running case study of pictures emphasizes the built-in functions which appear in the standard prelude and libraries. It is also used to give an early preview of some of the more complex language features, such as high-order functions.

List comprehensions and the standard functions over lists are covered before recursion.

Early coverage of polymorphism supporting the "toolkit" approach and encouraging the resuse of built-in functions and types.

Extensive reference material containing details of further reading in books, journals and on the World Wide Web.

Accompanying Web Site supporting the book, containing all the program code, further teaching materials and other useful resources.

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