Tom and Mitch Hearn face new challenges, with their beloved Mr. Chance no longer in the picture and the emergence of the Black Ninja as an ally"--Page 4 of cover.
Twin fifteen-year-old New Yorkers Tom and Mitch like to spend their free time skateboarding and reading comics, until one day they are attacked by a thug in ninja gear. They then learn that their father and live-in-butler are members of a crime-fighting organization called R.O.N.I.N., that their father is in danger, and that they have been recruited to join their father's clan. This sets the brothers off on the adventure of a lifetime.
Twin fifteen-year-old New Yorkers Tom and Mitch like to spend their free time skateboarding and reading comics, until one day they are attacked by a thug in ninja gear. They then learn that their father and live-in-butler are members of a crime-fighting organization called R.O.N.I.N., that their father is in danger, and that they have been recruited to join their father's clan. This sets the brothers off on the adventure of a lifetime.
After joining the secret crime-fighting organization 47 R.O.N.I.N., teenage twins Tom and Mitch are sent to Japan, where they enroll in the Matsu School, an elite school for computer geniuses. They now have to find out what has happened to one of the students and how he is connected to the evil mastermind Julian Vane.
Imprisoned at Julian Vanes headquarters, Tom, Mitch, and Laura are rescued by Mr. Chance and his ally, a Black Ninja. Unfortunately, someone has activated the islands self-destruct function, and the gang has only one hour to rescue Vanes other captives and escape. Illustrations. 8-page full-color insert.
d'artiste Matte Painting" presents the skills and techniques of leading Hollywood matte painters Alp Altiner, Dylan Cole, and Chris Stoski. The book takes readers through the matte painting techniques used to create breathtaking, photo-realistic sets and backdrops for films including "Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
Only $6.99! Perfect Journal, Diary, Notebook - Amazing design and high quality cover and paper. - Matte Cover. - Perfect size 6x9" - No Spiral - Use it as a journal, note taking, composition notebook, makes a great gift!
Only $6.99! Perfect Journal, Diary, Notebook - Amazing design and high quality cover and paper. - Matte Cover. - Perfect size 6x9" - No Spiral - Use it as a journal, note taking, composition notebook, makes a great gift!
After joining the secret crime-fighting organization 47 R.O.N.I.N., teenage twins Tom and Mitch are sent to Japan, where they enroll in the Matsu School, an elite school for computer geniuses. They now have to find out what has happened to one of the students and how he is connected to the evil mastermind Julian Vane.
Twin fifteen-year-old New Yorkers Tom and Mitch like to spend their free time skateboarding and reading comics, until one day they are attacked by a thug in ninja gear. They then learn that their father and live-in-butler are members of a crime-fighting organization called R.O.N.I.N., that their father is in danger, and that they have been recruited to join their father's clan. This sets the brothers off on the adventure of a lifetime.
Twin fifteen-year-old New Yorkers Tom and Mitch like to spend their free time skateboarding and reading comics, until one day they are attacked by a thug in ninja gear. They then learn that their father and live-in-butler are members of a crime-fighting organization called R.O.N.I.N., that their father is in danger, and that they have been recruited to join their father's clan. This sets the brothers off on the adventure of a lifetime.
... showcases the skills and techniques of leading Hollywood matte painters Alp Altiner, Dylan Cole and Chris Stoski. In over 70 pages of detailed tutorial this book takes readers through the matte painting techniques used to create breathtaking, photo-realistic sets and backdrops for films including 'Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith' and the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy."--Publisher's website.
Imprisoned at Julian Vanes headquarters, Tom, Mitch, and Laura are rescued by Mr. Chance and his ally, a Black Ninja. Unfortunately, someone has activated the islands self-destruct function, and the gang has only one hour to rescue Vanes other captives and escape. Illustrations. 8-page full-color insert.
It's the final three weeks of University for a group of men for whom masculinity has become an abstract word. Rampant lunacy is the only pursuit they relish, coupled with the burdening thought of having to 'live it while you're still young.' This has led to many students of Oxford Creek feeling that they have to cram in as much self-indulgence and as many outrageous experiences as they can while 'Real Life' is quickly bearing down upon them. However, in amongst the heavy drinking, drug-taking, streaking and genuinely being dreadful members of society, the protagonist who documents the peculiar night-life of his city is torn in two over trying to make it with a girl he loves and feeding his tyrannical ego. Though a work of fiction, On Cowley Road parodies 'masculinity' in the twenty-first century, whereby many young men have fallen almost completely by the wayside with affairs of the heart and finding their true identity. This book also uncovers much of the underground, unseen reality of what goes on at the dark edges of modern student life, and it would be a harrowing read if it wasn't so bloody humorous.
The Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music is an incredible and opinionated collection of celebrated cultural critic Dylan Jones's thoughts on more than 350 of the most important artists around the world—alive and dead, big and small, at length and in brief. This A to Z reference is the true musical heir to David Thomson's seminal The New Biographical Dictionary of Popular Film. Jones writes entertainingly about bands that have inspired, bedeviled, and fascinated him over the years.
Despite their central role in many forms of music-making, drummers have been largely neglected in the scholarly literature on music and education. But kit drummers are increasingly difficult to ignore. While exponents of the drum kit are frequently mocked in popular culture, they are also widely acknowledged to be central to the musical success and aesthetic appeal of any musical ensemble in which they are found. Drummers are also making their presence felt in music education, with increasing opportunities to learn their craft in formal contexts. Drawing on data collected from in-depth interviews and questionnaires, Gareth Dylan Smith explores the identities, practices and learning of teenage and adult kit drummers in and around London. As a London-based drummer and teacher of drummers, Smith uses his own identity as participant-researcher to inform and interpret other drummers' accounts of their experiences. Drummers learn in multi-modal ways, usually with a keen awareness of exemplars of their art and craft. The world of kit drumming is highly masculine, which presents opportunities and challenges to drummers of both sexes. Smith proposes a new model of the 'Snowball Self', which incorporates the constructs of identity realization, learning realization, meta-identities and contextual identities. Kit drummers' identities, practices and learning are found to be intertwined, as drummers exist in a web of interdependence. Drummers drum; therefore they are, they do, and they learn - in a rich tapestry of means and contexts.
Twin fifteen-year-old New Yorkers Tom and Mitch like to spend their free time skateboarding and reading comics, until one day they are attacked by a thug in ninja gear. They then learn that their father and live-in-butler are members of a crime-fighting organization called R.O.N.I.N., that their father is in danger, and that they have been recruited to join their father's clan. This sets the brothers off on the adventure of a lifetime.
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