Acclaimed mixed-media artist Mike Bernard has been at the forefront of collage painting for decades and his work has a sought-after vitality. He brings his latest guidance, ideas and techniques on a subject about which he is passionate: coastal painting. From his home near the Devon coast, he and co author (art writer) Susie Hodge, cover all aspects of mixed media painting. From considering composition and looking for contrasts to reducing elements for greater impact (and even moving towar...

In this ground-breaking art book, leading artist Mike Bernard reveals every aspect of working with collage, paint and other mixed-media approaches. Everything from the initial inspiration for a painting through to design, colour, surface qualities and finishing touches is covered. With detailed information and advice on collage techniques, the book demonstrates how you can develop original results by starting with paper collage and then working freely with paint and other materials.

There are 32- character traits that are reviewed. Each trait has a brief explanation of its substance and then an example is given from the life of the author to demonstrate that value or characteristic. Following the factual explanation is a ctional story which further demonstrates how the trait or value is to be lived to enhance the mental, emotional, and spiritual growth of the reader.

Lady Britomart Undershaft, the daughter of a British earl, and her son Stephen discuss a source of income for her grown daughters Sarah, who is engaged to Charles Lomax (a slightly comic figure who continually stupidly says "Oh, I say!"), and Barbara, who is engaged to Adolphus Cusins (a scholar of Greek literature). Lady Britomart leads Stephen to accept her decision that they must ask her estranged husband, Andrew Undershaft, for financial help. Mr. Undershaft is a successful and wealthy...

The play has a prologue and an "Alternative to the Prologue". The prologue consists of the Egyptian god Ra addressing the audience directly, as if he could see them in the theater (i.e., breaking the fourth wall). He says that Pompey represents the old Rome and Caesar represents the new Rome. The gods favored Caesar, according to Ra, because he "lived the life they had given him boldly". Ra recounts the conflict between Caesar and Pompey, their battle at Pharsalus, and Pompey's eventual as...

The Entrepreneurial Effect is a collection of advice articles by successful high technology entrepreneurs, based on their experiences. Every budding entrepreneur seems to imagine a series of lunch dates with the most successful entrepreneurs in technology and other sectors of the Ottawa area Silicon Valley north. What skills are seen as needed to be successful in starting, growing and managing technology-based business in the 21st century? Every business seems to have some technology base ...

Mr. Whitefield has recently died, and his will indicates that his daughter Ann should be left in the care of two men, Roebuck Ramsden and John Tanner. Ramsden, a venerable old man, distrusts John Tanner, an eloquent youth with revolutionary ideas, whom Shaw's stage directions describe as "prodigiously fluent of speech, restless, excitable (mark the snorting nostril and the restless blue eye, just the thirty-secondth of an inch too wide open), possibly a little mad". In spite of what Ramsde...

The spiritual wisdom of Saint Benedict has endured for centuries and quite literally shaped Westernculture from its inception. Tenets of the order, like its motto and Saint Benedict’s Rule, are just asinfluential for lay people as they are for the Benedictine monks and nuns. The cross and medal of St.Benedict is also among the gifts bestowed by the Benedictine Order. For centuries, it has been a conduit forGod’s power against malicious spirits.The hi...

This trust curriculum has been refreshed, while keeping everything you love about the resources. Bible Lessons for Youth is a comprehensive 6-year Bible-to-life curriculum that helps teens apply the Bible to their real-life. Its teacher-friendly format is built around a step-by-step sequence with thought-provoking activities designed to help youth understand Scripture and apply it to their individual experiences.Designed to make teaching Bible Lessons for Youth to your youth easy w...

The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. Newly discovered fossil evidence is adding ever more pieces to the puzzle of our past, whilst revolutionary technological advances in the study of ancient DNA are completely reshaping theories of early human populations and migrations.In this Very Short Introduction, Bernard Wood traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the very latest fossil finds. In this new edition he dis...

Il faut défoncer les garde-fous et pulvériser les résistances, il faut parler sale, extrêmement sale et réagir très fort, il faut des situations réglées à coups de pelle ou de bazooka, des protagonistes qui ne s'avouent jamais vaincus, qui renversent la table. Fidèle à soi-même, redresseur de torts ou agent du chaos, Badass est dur à cuire, au caractère de plomb et à l'instinct sauvage. Badass comme indépendance chevillée au corps, extrême et sans scrupule quels que soien...

Le mode de vie de nos enfants en 2020 se décide aujourd'hui.Que souhaitent les Français ? Quelles orientations souhaitent-ils pour le prochain quinquennat ?Les Français se posent des questions qui touchent des thèmes aussi divers que les mères porteuses, l'euthanasie, les aliments bio, le travail incertain pour beaucoup, le rôle de l'école, le traitement des délinquants, la vraie parité femmes/hommes, l'intégration ou la désintégration sociale, la montée irrésistible d'...