'This is, I think, the best book on drawing animals I've seen. The sheer breadth of the coverage and the amount of detail that Tim goes into is breathtaking.' Henry Malt, Artbookreview.net'Tim is a genius in every respect and this really could be the only book on animal drawing you'll ever need.' Paint MagazineArtist Tim Pond's lively and engaging book fuses science with art, providing you with the skills, techniques and knowledge you need to create sketch...

A gripping memoir of resilience and grit, tracing a journey from a tough childhood in Colorado to military service, entrepreneurship, and public office. This story celebrates personal responsibility, Western values, and the spirit of overcoming adversity.UNDERestimated follows Sean Pond as he navigates the challenges of a working-class upbringing in western Colorado. His life unfolds against a backdrop of hardship, where he learns the value of endurance an...

In this imaginative history, reincarnating souls traverse the first thirty millennia of humanity. One soul, Shimmer, searches in life after life for Sita and Ahalya, his beloved wives. From Africa to the Gangetic Plain, he helps good people seek homes and beauty, peace and love, but others raid and kill. The Great Ice Age collapses; near-annihilation follows. Will good people survive when they can no longer move beyond the villains reach? Will there be war? Yes, there are battles and a gig...

Beyond the Wall is the first book, in either English or German, to tell the whole story of the extraordinary revolution that demolished the Berlin Wall, ended the Cold war, and tore apart the Soviet regime. Elizabeth Pond, former Moscow and European correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, was an eyewitness to the dramatic events of 1989-92 and to the fifteen years of relations between Germany and Eastern Europe leading up to them. Pond weaves together in riveting prose th...

James B. Pond's Eccentricities of Genius is a vivid memoir of the nineteenth-century lecture circuit and theatrical world, gathering portraits of celebrated speakers, actors, and public personalities whom Pond knew through his work as an impresario. Blending anecdote, character sketch, and cultural history, the book illuminates the "platform" era when public readings, lectures, and performances shaped literary and civic life. Its style is brisk, affectionate, and observant, with a showman'...

A fast-paced semi-memoir about diners, drugs, and California in the 1970sOver Easy is a brilliant portrayal of a familiar coming-of-age story. After being denied financial aid to cover her last year of art school, Margaret finds salvation from the straightlaced world of college and the earnestness of both hippies and punks in the wisecracking, fast-talking, drug-taking group she encounters at the Imperial Caf , where she makes the transformation from Marga...

A young woman's art career begins to lift off as those around her succumb to addiction and alcoholismThe Customer is Always Wrong is the saga of a young na ve artist named Madge working in a restaurant of charming drunks, junkies, thieves, and creeps. Oakland in the late seventies is a cheap and quirky haven for eccentrics and Mimi Pond folds the tales of the fascinating sleaze-ball characters that surround young Madge into her workaday waitressing life. O...

Mimi Pond crafts a gorgeous, dazzling biography of the Mitford SistersBorn with pedigrees but without the pocketbooks to match, The Mitfords were certainly no strangers to lies, intrigue, or scandal. Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah. All six sisters were weaned on their family’s well-documented upper class eccentricities: a ne’er do well would-be entrepreneur father; a stern, stiff-upper-lipped mother; a revolving door of governesses of varying pro...

Do you have unbearably low self-esteem? Have you tried to overcome shyness, but always end up feeling that you are worth nothing to anyone, even when your family or friends tell you otherwise? Are your doubts about yourself and your sanity?You may have found the perfect audiobook as You deserve the best, and "Mental Health" will show you how to achieve the life you desire faster than you ever imagined possible if you find yourself saying:There is nothing that I like about mys...

As host of his own public television series (Your Financial Future with Jonathan Pond), personal finance commentator for The Nightly Business Report, and the star of annual PBS specials, Jonathan Pond is one of the nation's most respected financial advisors. Now, he sets his financial sights on the challenges of the twenty-first century.Your Money Matters takes the financial wisdom Pond has amassed in years as a lecturer and print, radio, and TV commentato...

Jonathan D. Pond delivers clear, essential, and easy-to-apply secrets for people ready to get serious about their finances.People today wrestle with all sorts of financial dilemmas—from paying for their kids' education to making mortgage payments to investing for retirement to putting some money aside to spend now. Pond, the father of three lively daughters and the most successful fund-raiser in PBS history, knows what it's like to juggle myriad financial demands at once. Grow ...

Are you feeling lost and listless? Are you looking for balance in all the wrong places? Could you benefit from a clearer mind or a healthier life?If you find yourself saying ‘Yes’ to any of the above, then this is the perfect audiobook for you. You’ll learn all about the fascinating history of the chakras, and how their natural powers can bring balance and harmony to your life including how to awaken your third eye.For thousands of years, the Hindus have documented the variou...