A fun introduction to the art of calligraphy—plus how-tos and practice exercisesCalligraphy For Dummies, 2nd Edition is an approachable place to start for anyone interested in lettering with flair. This book provides helpful tips and tricks for learning this expressive artform, including choosing your pen and paper, taking care of your materials, understanding foundational concepts, and putting your own spin on classic alphabet styles. Once you've gotten t...

From the Bronze Age mariners of the Mediterranean to contemporary sailors using satellite-based technologies, the history of navigation at sea, the art of finding a position and setting a course, is fascinating. The scientific and technological developments that have enabled accurate measurements of position were central to exploration, trade, and the opening up of new continents, and the resulting journeys taken under their influence have had a profound influence on world history. In this...

When a helicopter chartered by an anti-seal hunting group buzzes his boat off the coast of Newfoundland, Billy Wheeler downs it with a single shot, killing everyone on board. As his crewmates reel from shock, one thing becomes irrevocably clear: Billy is deep in the throes of PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder). Born in a fishing village in northern Newfoundland in 1967, the last thing Billy thought he’d become was a soldier. With few career options available due to declining fish stocks, h...

SummaryXamarin in Action teaches you to build cross-platform mobile apps using Xamarin and C#. You'll explore all the layers of a Xamarin app, from design to deployment. By the end, you'll be able to build a quality, production-ready Xamarin app on iOS and Android from scratch with a high level of code reuse.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the Technolo...

This amazing ebook presents a series of sixty freehand drawing exercises which will enable you to experience the benefits of a mindfulness state of mind. In the process you will be able to acquire realistic drawing skills. Mindfulness is a process that all accomplished artists use to create their masterful works of art. Now, you too can learn the secrets of the artists' process. The key to mindfulness is to remove all the distracting chatter from your mind. Thus, mindfulness produces relax...

This mental magic trick is an amazing illusion of superhuman memorization and mathematical calculations. It is as close to pure magic as you could ever imagine! It requires no set-up, no special props, no gimmicks, and no accomplices. There is nothing to hide, no misdirection, and no sleight of hand. The performer can perform the trick at a moment’s notice without any preparation. It can be performed for one person, a small group, or before a large audience. Because the performer does the ...

Want to be more convincing and persuasive when you talk to people? This is a key to success in sales, running a business, speaking in public, or teaching others. Written by an award-winning teacher, salesman, and network marketer, this little ebook presents the author's most powerfully persuasive techniques. It's short and to the point so it can be read in one sitting. That way you can start right away to put the techniques into practice. Topics: Making a Positive First Impression, Reading...

Bernarr Macfadden (1868 - 1955), internationally famous during his lifetime but almost unknown today, called the "Father of Physical Culture," nicknamed "Body Love" Macfadden by Time magazine, was a flamboyant personality, true visionary, millionaire publisher, and life-long advocate of physical fitness, natural food, outdoor exercise, and the natural treatment of disease. He inspired millions of people around the world to live healthful and vigorous lives. He was branded a "kook" and a ch...

Words. Some thinking is visual, as in spatial ability. We buy travel postcards and take photos. Communication can be done by gestures. But most of our lives are about relationships, where the visual and the gesture are enriched by language. We talk to each other, about each other, and think about our personal experiences - and sensations - in words. These poems capture experience, much of it in relationships. Loneliness. Despair. Arguments. Affairs or almost-affairs, turn-ons and turn-offs...

With this collection, Bennett returns to his earlier topic of loss. Loss of time, opportunity, loved ones, and of life itself. A life reduced to memorial names or tags on museum exhibits. Loss includes loneliness on a subway ride, posessions melted in a fire, life long love turning a slow corner. Keeping an unusual pet solely for company. There is comic relief, and some pleasant experiences, capturing the small things that make us human and able to cope and even look forward. You will meet...

Times around 1900 where marked by heavy steel coal fired steam engines, wood heated drafty homes, horses worked the fields, and whaling was at its apex. Electricity, phones and automobiles were rare and only available to wealthy. Everyone worked hard and often died early. Entertainment for those that had extra money was provided by hundreds of theaters, musicals, and stage plays. Newspapers were short, set with lead type and oily carbon ink on rough rag paper with no room for fake news. En...

William Gillette in real life brought Sir Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes to the theater stage in over 1300 plays. Gillette in real life often took on the persona of Sherlock and this story portays him switching to and from Sherlock. Fall of the Musketeers is a fast moving historical detective mystery which takes place in Pheonix, Arizona. You will be introduced to the best known stage actors of 1899, and a peek into their complex lives, hot emotions, and how they interact with Sherlock. Enj...