Art Smart is a comprehensive guide to the Canadian art market for both novice and experienced collectors. It is full of advice that can give anyone the tools to determine the value of a piece of art and to not be intimidated by the often mystifying world of art. This informative and helpful volume covers the inner workings of the art market, from dealer trade secrets to expert strategies on buying and selling through auction houses and online.Art Smart gives the r...

The inside story of the epic turnaround of Ford Motor Company under the leadership of CEO Alan Mulally.At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the taxpayer lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself.Under the leadership of charismatic CEO Alan Mulally, Ford had already put tog...

Interest in the use of digital technology in art therapy has grown significantly in recent years. This book provides an authoritative overview of the applications of digital art therapy with different client groups and considers the implications for practice.Alongside Cathy Malchiodi, the contributors review the pros and cons of introducing digital technology into art therapy, address the potential ethical and professional issues that can arise and give insight into the effect of d...

Set in the tumultuous days of the pinnacle of the hippie, anti-war culture that was late 1960s America, Because of Rachel highlights the challenges of a young man navigating his way to adulthood. Will Stanford is that young man from Chicago. When Will's care free life as a teenager gives way to the realities as a young adult, Will realizes that he has not prepared himself to tackle his future. It is at this time the Glory Walters enters his life. The sparks that flow predictably find Will ...

'Space Science Fiction' was launched in may of 1952. During it's impressive run it published many of Science Fiction's top writers. Collected here in this massive six hundred-plus page anthology are all of the most important stories that were published during its distinguished run. Included here are: 'Second Variety' by Philip K. Dick; 'Youth' by Isaac Asimov; 'To Each His Star' by Bryce Walton; 'Security' by Poul Anderson; 'Divinity' by William Morrison; 'The Hour of Battle' by Robert She...

Here Comes the Sun is a unique true story about travel, adventure, romance, and destiny. In 1969, a young hippie and his friend travelled from Toronto to Machu Picchu. The book, based on letters and notes written during his travels, provides a fascinating snapshot of the 60s counterculture. Filled with life-and-death adventures, incredible encounters with strangers and unceasing drug use, it is also a personal story of the exercise of his free will as he comes face to face with hi...

Mars and Martians is a sweeping 30+ hour journey across the red planet—where explorers land with hope, settlers fight to survive, and something ancient watches from the dust.From the golden age of science fiction comes an extraordinary collection of 60 stories that imagine Mars in every possible form: a frontier, a battlefield, a mystery, a memory. Ray Bradbury’s haunting visions sit alongside Isaac Asimov’s sharp ideas, Philip K. Dick’s unsettling encounters, and ...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 236 thru 240 - Five Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960sThe Space Beasts by Clifford D. SimakDerelict by Alan E. NourseMoon of Memory by Bryce WaltonThe Man Who Killed the World by Ray CummingsThe Masked World by Jack Williamson

Twenty remarkable journeys into the bold imagination of vintage science fiction.Lost Sci-Fi Books 221 thru 240 gathers a powerful collection of classic tales from the masters of early science fiction and fantasy. Explorers step onto hostile worlds, mysterious cities reveal ancient secrets, and desperate missions unfold far beyond the edges of known space.These stories capture the daring ideas and vivid storytelling that defined the golden age of vintage science fiction. Str...

In the great age of classic science fiction, writers kept returning to one world more than any other — a place of thin air, endless horizons, and secrets buried beneath red dust.Mars and Martians and Nothing But Mars and Martians 2 brings together twenty remarkable vintage stories from the 1930s through the 1960s — tales of explorers, settlers, scientists, wanderers, and the strange beings who may already call Mars home.Some stories are ten...

Opening with a critical appreciation of Alan Dundes (M. Carroll) and Dundes's own cross-cultural study of the cockfight, Volume 18 includes chapters on psychoanalysis and Hindu sexual fantasies (W. Doniger); the modern folk tale "The Boyfriend's Death" (M. Carroll); a gruesome Eskimo bedtime story (R. Boyer); the homosexual implications of Argentinean soccer (M. Suarez-Orozco); and the symbolism of a Malaysian religious festival (E. Fuller).

Lost Sci-Fi Books 231 thru 240 - Ten Lost Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60sWhen the Moon Fell by Morrison ColladayYou Are Forbidden by Jerry SheltonNot a Creature Was Stirring by Dean EvansBoarding Party by Robert F. YoungDoorstep by Keith LaumerThe Space Beasts by Clifford D. SimakDerelict by Alan E. NourseMoon of Memory by Bryce WaltonThe Man Who Killed The World by R...