Travel Art 2019: Ravages of Time & Permanence of Wonder by Dave Alber. Enter the Art Experience! Introducing Hybrid VR Paintings… physical/virtual hybrid paintings that occupy physical gallery space while simultaneously manifesting within the virtual world of 360° panoramic technology. Travel Art 2019: Ravages of Time & Permanence of Wonder features: • Illustration & Comics • Impasto Oil Paintings • Travel Art & Travel Writing • Hybrid VR Paintings ™ Travel Art 2019: Ravages of Time & Permanence of Wonder traces an artist’s trajectory from comic art and travel illustration to impasto oil painting and Hybrid VR Paintings ™. Visual journalism and Travel Art represent images from seven countries across three continents. Travel Writing explores Asian food culture, contemporary architecture, and a traveler’s literary pilgrimage to the real Shangri-La. Travel with me to China, India, Nepal, Indonesia, Kenya, Ethiopia, the United States, and on into the virtual world. Dave Alber creates Travel Art and Travel Writing. His Travel Art shares an experience of wonder at our cultural continuity and universal humanity. Dave is known for his impasto oil paintings and for being the inventor of Hybrid VR Paintings ™. Dave’s books include: • Travel Art & Travel Writing: A Curious Heart’s Wanderlust in China, • Travel Art 2018: Intimations, • The Heart of Myth: Wisdom Stories of Endangered People, • The Taotie Image in Chinese Art, Culture, and Cosmology.
Dave Alber: Travel Art 2018: Part 1: Intimations is TRAVEL ART AND TRAVEL WRITING BY DAVE ALBER “What started out as one simple painting for a friend has led me to invest my days painting travel experiences in vibrant colors.” Dave’s 2018 travel writing and travel paintings are collected in the art catalogue Dave Alber: Travel Art: 2018 Part 1: Intimations. Only the rare art catalogue can take you on journeys to faraway places and help you bridge cultural understanding with an immersed experience in the traveler’s journey. Travel Art: 2018 Part 1: Intimations contains: • 23 paintings reflecting life in China, Myanmar, and Nepal • 4 travel articles • 2 pages of hand painted comic art • as well as the artist’s statement and biography Receive your art catalogue: • Sign up at davealber.com for The Travel Art Adventurer’s Club and receive your free 2018 art catalogue • Also you receive a discount on Portrait Painting commissions and special Travel Art • And you earn advance notice about auctions, exhibitions, and events • Plus you’ll collect Travel Art catalogues, books, prizes, and more • Finally — during select times of the year — you give yourself the opportunity to invest in Travel Art because the cultural traditions encountered in world travel need to be seen and celebrated Articles include: A Brief Introduction to Chinese Temples, The Floral Mandarin Fish, Ancestors and Immortals: a Foreigner’s Introduction to Ching Ming Festival, Getting Social at Suzhou’s Night Market Paintings include: Approaching Dongwu Temple on Chinese New Years Eve (Suzhou, China), Nepalese Tongba, Little Tiger at the Fruit Stand, Bupaya Pagoda (Bagan Myanmar), Bund in Shanghai China, Burning Joss Paper During Ching Ming Festival, Paper Mansion For Ancestors During Ching Ming Festival, Lady He (He Xiangu) of the Eight Immortals, Chinese Garuda , Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain, East Side, Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain (East Entrance) , Eating With Friends at Dachengfang Guanqian Night Market (Suzhou China), “WAIGUARAN!” , Dushu Lake Church (Suzhou, China), Peacock Window (Bhaktapur, Nepal) , Dave Alber, Self-Portrait at Swayambunath (Kathmandu Nepal). The two-page comic is “Bedding Shanghai”.
Travel Art 2019: Ravages of Time & Permanence of Wonder by Dave Alber. Enter the Art Experience! Introducing Hybrid VR Paintings… physical/virtual hybrid paintings that occupy physical gallery space while simultaneously manifesting within the virtual world of 360° panoramic technology. Travel Art 2019: Ravages of Time & Permanence of Wonder features: • Illustration & Comics • Impasto Oil Paintings • Travel Art & Travel Writing • Hybrid VR Paintings ™ Travel Art 2019: Ravages of Time & Permanence of Wonder traces an artist’s trajectory from comic art and travel illustration to impasto oil painting and Hybrid VR Paintings ™. Visual journalism and Travel Art represent images from seven countries across three continents. Travel Writing explores Asian food culture, contemporary architecture, and a traveler’s literary pilgrimage to the real Shangri-La. Travel with me to China, India, Nepal, Indonesia, Kenya, Ethiopia, the United States, and on into the virtual world. Dave Alber creates Travel Art and Travel Writing. His Travel Art shares an experience of wonder at our cultural continuity and universal humanity. Dave is known for his impasto oil paintings and for being the inventor of Hybrid VR Paintings ™. Dave’s books include: • Travel Art & Travel Writing: A Curious Heart’s Wanderlust in China, • Travel Art 2018: Intimations, • The Heart of Myth: Wisdom Stories of Endangered People, • The Taotie Image in Chinese Art, Culture, and Cosmology.
The Heart of Myth: Wisdom Stories From Endangered People by Dave Alber is a global anthology of myths from the living polytheistic traditions of six continents. The Heart of Myth unpacks the spirituality of the myths of each region in a local context, then traces connections and archetypes between regions so that world myth may be understood as both a communicative vocabulary and a grand cultural continuity. Dave Alber’s The Heart of Myth: • reveals the universal language of mythology, • explains the spiritual function of myth as expressed in collective archetypes, • tells about the ecological and sustainable vision of indigenous people, • describes the lives of living polytheistic communities, most of them endangered people from six geographic regions (North America, Central and South America, Arctic, Asia, Africa, and Oceana), • tells stories of myth, legend, and folklore from around the globe (American Mythology, Central American Mythology, South American Mythology, Arctic Mythology, Asian Mythology, African Mythology, and Oceanic Mythology) In the tradition of Joseph Campbell’s The Power of Myth and Edith Hamilton’s Mythology, Dave Alber’s The Heart of Myth: Wisdom Stories From Endangered People tells stories from the mythic world. David tells stories of Native American Mythology, Central American Mythology, South American Mythology, Arctic Mythology, Asian Mythology, African Mythology, and Oceanic Mythology. From Native America Dave Alber’s The Heart of Myth relates the myths of the Crow, Onodowaga, Zuni, Cree, and Chemehuevis. From the Arctic it covers the myths of the Chuckchi, Igloolik Inuit Eskimo myths, Inuit, and Buriyat. From Central and South America, David Alber tells myths from the Circum-Caribbean People of the Orinoco River Valley, Bororo, Yekuana, Aymara, Mapuche. From Africa Dave tells myths of San, Ogoni, Dinka, Masai, and Karanga. From Asia The Heart of Myth tells the myths of the Tharu, Kashmiri, Akha, Ainu, Karen, and Agta. From Australia and the Pacific Islands, The Heart of Myth speaks myths from Wurundjeri, Torres Strait Islanders, Hawaiian, Maori, and Samoan peoples. Samples from The Heart of Myth are at davealber.com.
Dave Alber: Travel Art 2018: Part 1: Intimations is TRAVEL ART AND TRAVEL WRITING BY DAVE ALBER “What started out as one simple painting for a friend has led me to invest my days painting travel experiences in vibrant colors.” Dave’s 2018 travel writing and travel paintings are collected in the art catalogue Dave Alber: Travel Art: 2018 Part 1: Intimations. Only the rare art catalogue can take you on journeys to faraway places and help you bridge cultural understanding with an immersed experience in the traveler’s journey. Travel Art: 2018 Part 1: Intimations contains: • 23 paintings reflecting life in China, Myanmar, and Nepal • 4 travel articles • 2 pages of hand painted comic art • as well as the artist’s statement and biography Receive your art catalogue: • Sign up at davealber.com for The Travel Art Adventurer’s Club and receive your free 2018 art catalogue • Also you receive a discount on Portrait Painting commissions and special Travel Art • And you earn advance notice about auctions, exhibitions, and events • Plus you’ll collect Travel Art catalogues, books, prizes, and more • Finally — during select times of the year — you give yourself the opportunity to invest in Travel Art because the cultural traditions encountered in world travel need to be seen and celebrated Articles include: A Brief Introduction to Chinese Temples, The Floral Mandarin Fish, Ancestors and Immortals: a Foreigner’s Introduction to Ching Ming Festival, Getting Social at Suzhou’s Night Market Paintings include: Approaching Dongwu Temple on Chinese New Years Eve (Suzhou, China), Nepalese Tongba, Little Tiger at the Fruit Stand, Bupaya Pagoda (Bagan Myanmar), Bund in Shanghai China, Burning Joss Paper During Ching Ming Festival, Paper Mansion For Ancestors During Ching Ming Festival, Lady He (He Xiangu) of the Eight Immortals, Chinese Garuda , Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain, East Side, Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain (East Entrance) , Eating With Friends at Dachengfang Guanqian Night Market (Suzhou China), “WAIGUARAN!” , Dushu Lake Church (Suzhou, China), Peacock Window (Bhaktapur, Nepal) , Dave Alber, Self-Portrait at Swayambunath (Kathmandu Nepal). The two-page comic is “Bedding Shanghai”.
Travel Art & Travel Writing: A Curious Heart’s Wanderlust in China brings to life a curious traveler’s experiences in China. You’ll taste the food and enjoy the outdoor social life of China. You’ll know how to identify the different temple types by their names and architectural features. You’ll learn about Chinese structures, both traditional and contemporary. And you’ll dive deep into the mythology and folklore of China: exploring the layers of history, ritual, and myth that underlie the customs and folk traditions of China. Travel with me through China and explore its culture: • Chinese travel sites (Chasing an Elusive Ideal in Modern Day Shangri-la), • Chinese customs (Getting Social in Suzhou’s Night Markets), • Chinese holidays and festivals (Ancestors and Immortals: a Foreigner’s Introduction to Ching Ming Festival), • Chinese temples and religious life (A Brief Introduction to Chinese Temples), • Chinese mythology (The Story of the Nian & Myth and Mooncakes: The Cosmological Symbolism of the Zhou Revolution), • Chinese cooking (The Floral Mandarin Fish & Snow Fish), • Chinese contemporary architecture (Post-Modern Architectural Irony in Suzhou’s The Gate To the East). Dave Alber creates Hybrid VR Paintings ™, Travel Art, and Travel Writing. His Travel Art shares an experience of wonder at our cultural continuity and universal humanity. Dave Alber is the inventor of Hybrid VR Paintings ™, which are physical/virtual hybrid paintings that occupy a physical space in the gallery while simultaneously manifesting within the virtual world of 360° panoramic technology. Books by Dave Alber include: • Travel Art: Intimations, • The Heart of Myth: Wisdom Stories of Endangered People, • The Taotie in Chinese Art, Culture, and Cosmology. You can receive Dave Alber’s art book for free at http://DaveAlber.com.
English Idioms: An Idiomatic Journey to the West by Dave Alber is a book to learn English vocabulary and English idioms. The book is written in English and has a Traditional Chinese translation. The Chinese translation of the English text helps Chinese speakers practice English reading. The Chinese story of the Monkey King will further inspire Chinese speakers who are learning English. First, in part 1, you’ll focus on the dictionary definition and word origin of idiom. Second, you’ll understand idiomatic expressions as English grammar. Idioms often use figurative language: metaphor, simile, personification, onomatopoeia, and oxymoron. You’ll examine the sentence structure of English idioms, slang, phrases, and figures of speech. Finally, you’ll learn how language is culture. In part 2, idioms are used to explain The Journey to the West, a Classical Chinese adventure. This popular Chinese Ming dynasty book, tells the story of a Tang dynasty monk who travels to India in search of Buddhist scriptures. In Chinese legend, this monk, Xuanzang, meets Sun Wukong, the monkey king. You’ll learn the meaning of animal idioms, such as, “monkey around,” and “pig sty.” Piggy, Sandy, and the white horse also travel west in this classical Chinese myth. Guan Yin even makes an appearance (in the story and in the English class) before the end of the journey at Xi’an. In this idiomatic 2013, Journey to the West and Monkey King book, you’ll learn American pronunciation from the English coach and trainer, Dave Alber, author of 50 Idioms You Absolutely Must Know; English for Chinese Speakers: Secret Message From Planet Meiguo; and The Sound of English: English Pronunciation Practice. Chinese Translation is by the wonderful Zephyria Wang. You’ll get practical English training practicing sentences with idioms. You’ll learn new English vocabulary and English phrases. You’ll learn English for success! You’ll get the meaning and definition of a phrase. Often, an idiom’s definition or the meaning of a phrase includes an explanation of American slang. English Idioms: An Idiomatic Journey to the West is an American English lesson where you’ll travel to both the East and West.
The Sound of English: English Pronunciation Practice by Dave Alber is an English training book that focuses on speaking English and the sounds of English pronunciation. English sounds and pronunciation are essential in order to speak good English. Therefore, when people want to learn English, they need to focus on how to speak English. Because English is a phonetic language, spoken English is vital for learning English. This is a key point, English pronunciation is essential for clear speech. You can communicate with confidence and clearly express your ideas only after you gain the knowledge of the sound of the English language. The Sound of English: English Pronunciation Practice organizes the vowel sounds in an easy to use table. This table is great for pronunciation drills. Next, the consonant sounds are described and presented in many practical examples. The Sound of English: describes how to make the English vowel and consonant sounds. Then shows how they are used in the beginning, middle, and end of words. Finally, consonant clusters are given in a table, so that you can practice each consonant cluster in many examples. You receive fun practice paragraphs, for the vowels and consonants, that will soon have you speaking English like a native speaker. If you, or someone you know, recognizes the rewards of speaking English clearly, then The Sound of English: English Pronunciation Practice is the confident choice. This book is written by Dave Alber, English teacher, English pronunciation trainer, Principle at EasyAmericanAccent.com, and creator of English Idioms: An Idiomatic Journey to the West and English For Chinese Speakers: Secret Message From Planet Meigua.
Chinese English: English for Chinese Speakers by Dave Alber is a dual language book in English and Traditional Chinese. Chinese English gives specific instruction to Chinese English speakers on how to improve English learning. Lessons include: Differences between Chinese and English; Pronunciation; Grammar; and Rhythm and Intonation. English conversational training helps with your English pronunciation in this English course. Learn English with games that make learning fun! English for Chinese Speakers has tips for English tests like TOEIC, GEPT, TOEFL, IELTS, GRE, CET, BEC, SAT, and General English training. This book is written in English and Traditional Chinese, so Chinese speakers can read along in their native language. Many people ask, “How to be a native speaker?” The best and fastest way to learn English correctly is to learn the common English errors of Chinese speakers. When you correct these common English mistakes, you will speaking English for success. Learning English and speaking English are now easier with EasyAmericanAccent.com and English for Chinese Speakers. English Teacher, Dave Alber, MA, presents an easy roadmap for your English learning. This book is written by Dave Alber, English teacher, English pronunciation trainer, Principle at EasyAmericanAccent.com, and creator of The Sound of English: English Pronunciation Practice; 50 Idioms That You Absolutely Must Know; English Idioms: An Idiomatic Journey to the West; The Taotie Image in Chinese Art, Culture, and Cosmology; and English For Chinese Speakers: Secret Message From Planet Meigua.
50 Idioms That You Absolutely Must Know teaches essential idioms. These English idioms are both American and English idioms. The dictionary definition and meaning of these idiomatic expressions is presented. Then the English idiom is used in an example. Lots of American slang, American phrases, proverbs, and figures of speech come alive through the brief examples. Examples are useful in business English or regular American life. This book is written by Dave Alber, English teacher, English pronunciation trainer, Principle at EasyAmericanAccent.com, and creator of English Idioms: An Idiomatic Journey to the West and English For Chinese Speakers: Secret Message From Planet Meigua.
Travel Art & Travel Writing: A Curious Heart’s Wanderlust in China brings to life a curious traveler’s experiences in China. You’ll taste the food and enjoy the outdoor social life of China. You’ll know how to identify the different temple types by their names and architectural features. You’ll learn about Chinese structures, both traditional and contemporary. And you’ll dive deep into the mythology and folklore of China: exploring the layers of history, ritual, and myth that underlie the customs and folk traditions of China. Travel with me through China and explore its culture: • Chinese travel sites (Chasing an Elusive Ideal in Modern Day Shangri-la), • Chinese customs (Getting Social in Suzhou’s Night Markets), • Chinese holidays and festivals (Ancestors and Immortals: a Foreigner’s Introduction to Ching Ming Festival), • Chinese temples and religious life (A Brief Introduction to Chinese Temples), • Chinese mythology (The Story of the Nian & Myth and Mooncakes: The Cosmological Symbolism of the Zhou Revolution), • Chinese cooking (The Floral Mandarin Fish & Snow Fish), • Chinese contemporary architecture (Post-Modern Architectural Irony in Suzhou’s The Gate To the East). Dave Alber creates Hybrid VR Paintings ™, Travel Art, and Travel Writing. His Travel Art shares an experience of wonder at our cultural continuity and universal humanity. Dave Alber is the inventor of Hybrid VR Paintings ™, which are physical/virtual hybrid paintings that occupy a physical space in the gallery while simultaneously manifesting within the virtual world of 360° panoramic technology. Books by Dave Alber include: • Travel Art: Intimations, • The Heart of Myth: Wisdom Stories of Endangered People, • The Taotie in Chinese Art, Culture, and Cosmology. You can receive Dave Alber’s art book for free at http://DaveAlber.com.
Hybrid VR Paintings are virtual reality paintings by Dave Alber. Have you ever been in an art gallery and become so fascinated by a colorful painting that you wondered what it would be like to actually enter into that painting? With Hybrid VR Paintings and the VR Paintings app, you can enter colorful and thick impasto oil paintings and experience them as fully immersive 360° virtual reality experiences. In your new life, living within these colorful oil paintings unbounded by edges, you can turn left and right; zoom in and out; climb out of the painting and return to the gallery; and then view the painting again as a flat image; read information about the painting and the exhibition; and explore other VR rooms and VR exhibitions in the VR gallery.The only gallery where you can do this is The Floating Gallery™, a VR art gallery without floor or ceiling. This VR gallery itself is in fact an oil painting. It is a fully immersive 360° oil painted gallery, within which you can explore room after room of fine art collections.All of the framed art on the walls of these rooms may be entered as Hybrid VR Paintings™. Each painting in The Floating Gallery is a physical painting that actually exists in the real world, and which, within the virtual world of the VR Paintings app, becomes a fully immersive VR reality. Interactive buttons allow you to move from gallery to gallery; to enter the paintings as 360° environments; to view the flat art; and to get more information about the art. The VR Paintings app is best experienced with Google Cardboard , Oculus Go, or other VR headsets. However, The Floating Gallery also works with an unassisted iPhone or iPad. (In other words, you may use it without VR goggles.) Features: •Explore The Floating Gallery™ • Enter Hybrid VR Paintings™ • Enjoy paintings and galleries as fully interactive 360° VR environments • View paintings as flat images • Retrieve information about paintings and exhibits • Connect with online resources such as downloadable PDFs. Artist and VR developer, Dave Alber says, “VR Paintings connects the long continuity of the oil painting tradition with the immediacy of 21st century technology. Not everyone sees the value of art, but friends of the art tradition will certainly want to explore this marriage of art and VR technology.”
The Heart of Myth: Wisdom Stories From Endangered People by Dave Alber is a global anthology of myths from the living polytheistic traditions of six continents. The Heart of Myth unpacks the spirituality of the myths of each region in a local context, then traces connections and archetypes between regions so that world myth may be understood as both a communicative vocabulary and a grand cultural continuity. Dave Alber’s The Heart of Myth: • reveals the universal language of mythology, • explains the spiritual function of myth as expressed in collective archetypes, • tells about the ecological and sustainable vision of indigenous people, • describes the lives of living polytheistic communities, most of them endangered people from six geographic regions (North America, Central and South America, Arctic, Asia, Africa, and Oceana), • tells stories of myth, legend, and folklore from around the globe (American Mythology, Central American Mythology, South American Mythology, Arctic Mythology, Asian Mythology, African Mythology, and Oceanic Mythology) In the tradition of Joseph Campbell’s The Power of Myth and Edith Hamilton’s Mythology, Dave Alber’s The Heart of Myth: Wisdom Stories From Endangered People tells stories from the mythic world. David tells stories of Native American Mythology, Central American Mythology, South American Mythology, Arctic Mythology, Asian Mythology, African Mythology, and Oceanic Mythology. From Native America Dave Alber’s The Heart of Myth relates the myths of the Crow, Onodowaga, Zuni, Cree, and Chemehuevis. From the Arctic it covers the myths of the Chuckchi, Igloolik Inuit Eskimo myths, Inuit, and Buriyat. From Central and South America, David Alber tells myths from the Circum-Caribbean People of the Orinoco River Valley, Bororo, Yekuana, Aymara, Mapuche. From Africa Dave tells myths of San, Ogoni, Dinka, Masai, and Karanga. From Asia The Heart of Myth tells the myths of the Tharu, Kashmiri, Akha, Ainu, Karen, and Agta. From Australia and the Pacific Islands, The Heart of Myth speaks myths from Wurundjeri, Torres Strait Islanders, Hawaiian, Maori, and Samoan peoples. Samples from The Heart of Myth are at davealber.com.
The Taotie Image in Chinese Art, Culture, and Cosmology by Dave Alber. The taotie, also known as the “beast mask”, is the most distinctive feature of Shang dynasty art. It is a fascinating motif in Chinese art and, for centuries, has inspired curiosity as to its meaning. In this book, cultural scholar, Dave Alber, explores the many meanings of the taotie image. • What was the meaning of the taotie among traditional Chinese art historians? • What is the taotie’s influence in Chinese art history? • What is the most probable cultural origin of the taotie? • What function did the taotie image serve in Shang dynasty cosmology and psychology? • What is the Pan-Asian diffusion of the original motif? • How does this art motif enrich our experience of Chinese architecture, history, and contemporary music? Dave Alber, MA originally presented the content of this book as a lecture at Henan Polytechnic University (HPU) in Mainland China. The Taotie Image in Chinese Art, Culture, and Cosmology is written in dual-language English and Chinese. Thus, it is a great tool for learning either English or Traditional Chinese. With almost one hundred photographs from Dave Alber’s travels in China and Asia, it is also an ideal book for studying Chinese and Pan-Asian art.
Africa has long captured the Western imagination as a land shrouded in danger and mystery. British and American novels written before World War II established popular conventions and stereotypes about Africa that have been increasingly challenged by contemporary American novels set in Africa. Kuhne's book overviews the ways in which Africa has been employed as a powerful setting for American novels written since World War II. Kuhne argues that contemporary American novels with African settings are largely didactic, that these novels convey specific lessons about Africa and Africans, and that they compare African and American cultures in order to evaluate and critique the two worlds. The book begins by summarizing the conventions and themes Westerners have traditionally associated with Africa and by detailing how British and American authors from Aphra Behn to Ernest Hemingway depicted Africa before World War II. It then looks at contemporary American novels set in invented African nations, novels that typically suggest that the problems that trouble actual African nations are the result of colonialism. A separate chapter then examines the African novels of African Americans, which generally aim to correct the historical record, refute stereotypes, and detail the horrors of the slave trade. The volume also looks at genre fiction set in Africa, while a final chapter discusses postcolonial novels with African settings.
Fifty concrete strategies to help school leaders create a learning environment that better serves and supports students living with trauma. Many educators have heard about the need to implement "trauma-sensitive" practices in order to help students heal and succeed. But what does this look like on a day-to-day basis? What does it require of teachers and of those who lead them? In Trauma-Sensitive School Leadership, Bill Ziegler, Dave Ramage, Andrea Parson, and Justin Foster provide a framework to guide administrators and their teams through the process. With reference to research and their own experience as teachers, counselors, and school leaders, the authors explain how to * Develop empathetic and supportive relationships among students and staff. * Identify biases and barriers that hinder educators' ability to support learners affected by trauma. * Design all-school events and daily lesson plans to minimize the likelihood of retraumatizing vulnerable students. * Retool discipline practices and physical spaces to foster a more trauma-sensitive culture and climate. * Establish supports to help teachers and other staff deal with secondary trauma. Accepting students for who they are and responding compassionately to their needs leads to greater success in academics and life. With 50 recommended strategies and real-life examples of trauma-informed healing practices, Trauma-Sensitive School Leadership can help you transform your school to better serve your students.
Dark Horse Books proudly presents this two-volume hardcover artbook collection showcasing the work of the legendary artist Dave McKean, who has created some of the most iconic images in modern comics, literature, film, and music. Featuring his visually-stunning work from Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, Mirrormask, Arkham Asylum, Cages, Black Dog, Raptor, and so much more, as well as artwork featured in prose publications, film, music, and never-before-seen bonus material with commentary by Dave McKean. This deluxe two-volume set is collected into a gorgeous slipcase featuring original artwork by McKean, also including a satin ribbon marker in each volume, and a foreword by David Boyd Haycock.
(Book). From tips for evaluating recordings, to lively discussions of bootlegs and piracy, to the history of recording formats, to collectible artists and more, The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting covers all the tracks. Designed for anyone who collects records for pleasure or profit, at garage sales or on eBay, this guide is both informative and entertaining. If offers a wealth of detail and informed opinion unique in a field dominated by stodgy price guides. Engaging entries and essays explore the development of all recording mediums, from 78s to MP3; the distinctive character of imports; "most collected artists," from The Beatles to Nirvana; collectible labels, such as Sun, Chess and Motown; original packaging that enhances collectability; and much more.
Hybrid VR Paintings are virtual reality paintings by Dave Alber. Have you ever been in an art gallery and become so fascinated by a colorful painting that you wondered what it would be like to actually enter into that painting? With Hybrid VR Paintings and the VR Paintings app, you can enter colorful and thick impasto oil paintings and experience them as fully immersive 360° virtual reality experiences. In your new life, living within these colorful oil paintings unbounded by edges, you can turn left and right; zoom in and out; climb out of the painting and return to the gallery; and then view the painting again as a flat image; read information about the painting and the exhibition; and explore other VR rooms and VR exhibitions in the VR gallery.The only gallery where you can do this is The Floating Gallery™, a VR art gallery without floor or ceiling. This VR gallery itself is in fact an oil painting. It is a fully immersive 360° oil painted gallery, within which you can explore room after room of fine art collections.All of the framed art on the walls of these rooms may be entered as Hybrid VR Paintings™. Each painting in The Floating Gallery is a physical painting that actually exists in the real world, and which, within the virtual world of the VR Paintings app, becomes a fully immersive VR reality. Interactive buttons allow you to move from gallery to gallery; to enter the paintings as 360° environments; to view the flat art; and to get more information about the art. The VR Paintings app is best experienced with Google Cardboard , Oculus Go, or other VR headsets. However, The Floating Gallery also works with an unassisted iPhone or iPad. (In other words, you may use it without VR goggles.) Features: •Explore The Floating Gallery™ • Enter Hybrid VR Paintings™ • Enjoy paintings and galleries as fully interactive 360° VR environments • View paintings as flat images • Retrieve information about paintings and exhibits • Connect with online resources such as downloadable PDFs. Artist and VR developer, Dave Alber says, “VR Paintings connects the long continuity of the oil painting tradition with the immediacy of 21st century technology. Not everyone sees the value of art, but friends of the art tradition will certainly want to explore this marriage of art and VR technology.”
The Sound of English: English Pronunciation Practice by Dave Alber is an English training book that focuses on speaking English and the sounds of English pronunciation. English sounds and pronunciation are essential in order to speak good English. Therefore, when people want to learn English, they need to focus on how to speak English. Because English is a phonetic language, spoken English is vital for learning English. This is a key point, English pronunciation is essential for clear speech. You can communicate with confidence and clearly express your ideas only after you gain the knowledge of the sound of the English language. The Sound of English: English Pronunciation Practice organizes the vowel sounds in an easy to use table. This table is great for pronunciation drills. Next, the consonant sounds are described and presented in many practical examples. The Sound of English: describes how to make the English vowel and consonant sounds. Then shows how they are used in the beginning, middle, and end of words. Finally, consonant clusters are given in a table, so that you can practice each consonant cluster in many examples. You receive fun practice paragraphs, for the vowels and consonants, that will soon have you speaking English like a native speaker. If you, or someone you know, recognizes the rewards of speaking English clearly, then The Sound of English: English Pronunciation Practice is the confident choice. This book is written by Dave Alber, English teacher, English pronunciation trainer, Principle at EasyAmericanAccent.com, and creator of English Idioms: An Idiomatic Journey to the West and English For Chinese Speakers: Secret Message From Planet Meigua.
This book is written for the novice Bus Nuts. It is designed to lead the builder through the techniques of planning, designing and fabricating the necessary components to create a professional electrical installation in a converted coach. In addition, this book replaces an earlier publication, Replacement Electrical Control Panel, which is incorporated in this book.
The Taotie Image in Chinese Art, Culture, and Cosmology by Dave Alber. The taotie, also known as the “beast mask”, is the most distinctive feature of Shang dynasty art. It is a fascinating motif in Chinese art and, for centuries, has inspired curiosity as to its meaning. In this book, cultural scholar, Dave Alber, explores the many meanings of the taotie image. • What was the meaning of the taotie among traditional Chinese art historians? • What is the taotie’s influence in Chinese art history? • What is the most probable cultural origin of the taotie? • What function did the taotie image serve in Shang dynasty cosmology and psychology? • What is the Pan-Asian diffusion of the original motif? • How does this art motif enrich our experience of Chinese architecture, history, and contemporary music? Dave Alber, MA originally presented the content of this book as a lecture at Henan Polytechnic University (HPU) in Mainland China. The Taotie Image in Chinese Art, Culture, and Cosmology is written in dual-language English and Chinese. Thus, it is a great tool for learning either English or Traditional Chinese. With almost one hundred photographs from Dave Alber’s travels in China and Asia, it is also an ideal book for studying Chinese and Pan-Asian art.
50 Idioms That You Absolutely Must Know teaches essential idioms. These English idioms are both American and English idioms. The dictionary definition and meaning of these idiomatic expressions is presented. Then the English idiom is used in an example. Lots of American slang, American phrases, proverbs, and figures of speech come alive through the brief examples. Examples are useful in business English or regular American life. This book is written by Dave Alber, English teacher, English pronunciation trainer, Principle at EasyAmericanAccent.com, and creator of English Idioms: An Idiomatic Journey to the West and English For Chinese Speakers: Secret Message From Planet Meigua.
English Idioms: An Idiomatic Journey to the West by Dave Alber is a book to learn English vocabulary and English idioms. The book is written in English and has a Traditional Chinese translation. The Chinese translation of the English text helps Chinese speakers practice English reading. The Chinese story of the Monkey King will further inspire Chinese speakers who are learning English. First, in part 1, you’ll focus on the dictionary definition and word origin of idiom. Second, you’ll understand idiomatic expressions as English grammar. Idioms often use figurative language: metaphor, simile, personification, onomatopoeia, and oxymoron. You’ll examine the sentence structure of English idioms, slang, phrases, and figures of speech. Finally, you’ll learn how language is culture. In part 2, idioms are used to explain The Journey to the West, a Classical Chinese adventure. This popular Chinese Ming dynasty book, tells the story of a Tang dynasty monk who travels to India in search of Buddhist scriptures. In Chinese legend, this monk, Xuanzang, meets Sun Wukong, the monkey king. You’ll learn the meaning of animal idioms, such as, “monkey around,” and “pig sty.” Piggy, Sandy, and the white horse also travel west in this classical Chinese myth. Guan Yin even makes an appearance (in the story and in the English class) before the end of the journey at Xi’an. In this idiomatic 2013, Journey to the West and Monkey King book, you’ll learn American pronunciation from the English coach and trainer, Dave Alber, author of 50 Idioms You Absolutely Must Know; English for Chinese Speakers: Secret Message From Planet Meiguo; and The Sound of English: English Pronunciation Practice. Chinese Translation is by the wonderful Zephyria Wang. You’ll get practical English training practicing sentences with idioms. You’ll learn new English vocabulary and English phrases. You’ll learn English for success! You’ll get the meaning and definition of a phrase. Often, an idiom’s definition or the meaning of a phrase includes an explanation of American slang. English Idioms: An Idiomatic Journey to the West is an American English lesson where you’ll travel to both the East and West.
Dave Dion's brand new autobiography proves conclusively why he is considered the most popular Late Model driver in the Northeast. Working with long time announcer and journalist, Dave Moody, Dion talks passionately about his racing career and his family's personal struggle with alcoholism, the Vietnam War, and the pressures of decades on the road. Loaded with photography, it is the classic story of a rugged individualist who pieces together a moral code far more precious that the silver in his hundreds of trophies.
Dave Madden, the comedian and actor perhaps best known as Reuben Kincaid in The Partridge Family television series tells all. Raised by his aunt in a small midwest town, Dave went on to success as a stand-up comic and actor in Hollywood. Regarded as one of the nicest men in Hollywood, his memoir includes behind the scenes accounts of his experiences, plus never before published photos of the popular Partridge Family "boys," David Cassidy and Danny Bonaduce.
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