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A New Westminster Album

Glimpses of the City as it was

By: Gavin Hainsworth,Katherine Freund-Hainsworth

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A New Westminster Album

Glimpses of the City as it was

By: Gavin Hainsworth,Katherine Freund-Hainsworth

This multifaceted photographic history album depicts almost 150 years of the City of New Westminster.-This collection of photographs and artwork shows how the tenacious citizens of New Westminster have thrived through almost 150 years.

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Dundurn

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1550025481

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Historic Taverns of Boston

370 Years of Tavern History in One Definitive Guide

By: Gavin Nathan

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Historic Taverns of Boston

370 Years of Tavern History in One Definitive Guide

By: Gavin Nathan

The best single source on Boston taverns, then and now. A must have guide for locals and visitors alike: Visit the best examples of old taverns in and around Boston now. Learn how taverns evolved from 1630 to today. Create authentic drinks including Flap Dragon, Flip, Grog, Gumption, Jingle, Syllabub and Whistle Belly Vengeance. Cook a tavern feast, influenced by local ingredients and native Indian cooking. Explore the role taverns played in the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's Ride, the Siege of Boston and the Battle of Bunker Hill. Meet the tavern keepers of bygone Boston and their colorful clientele including James Otis, Sam Adams and Judge Sewall. Discover the origins of local tavern names such as the Bunch of Grapes, Bell in Hand and Green Dragon. Unearth the hidden history in Boston taverns today

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iUniverse

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0595393705

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9780595393701

A Cloud a Day

By: Gavin Pretor-Pinney

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A Cloud a Day

By: Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Cloudspotter and bestselling author Gavin Pretor-Pinney delivers a moment of calm atmospheric contemplation to members of his Cloud Appreciation Society by sharing a cloud image and story every day. A Cloud a Day urges all of us to keep our heads in the clouds with 365 fascinating formations from his extraordinarily popular Cloud Appreciation Society collection. Inspirational quotes and informative cloud facts accompany provocative and meditative images of the sky, encouraging readers to pause for a moment and look up. A beautifully illustrated book, A Cloud a Day makes a wonderful gift for dedicated or erstwhile cloudspotters—as for any of us with our heads lost in them.

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Chronicle Books

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1452181586

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9781452181585

Photoshop 7 Professional Photographic Techniques

By: Shahid Shah,Gavin Cromhout,Nyree Costello,Janee Aronoff

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Photoshop 7 Professional Photographic Techniques

By: Shahid Shah,Gavin Cromhout,Nyree Costello,Janee Aronoff

Fully illustrated in color throughout, the text is organized into a series of examples that provides a comprehensive guide to image manipulation on Photoshop 7 -- everything from the glamour of magazine retouching, through restoration work to the nitty-gritty of color reproduction.

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1430207795

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The General & His Daughter

The Wartime Letters of General James M. Gavin to his Daughter Barbara

By: Barbara Gavin Fauntleroy

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The General & His Daughter

The Wartime Letters of General James M. Gavin to his Daughter Barbara

By: Barbara Gavin Fauntleroy

The fascinating personal correspondence from a commanding general of the eighty-second Airborne Division to his young daughter during World War II. James Maurice Gavin left for war in April 1943 as a colonel commanding the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the eighty-second Airborne Division—America’s first airborne division and the first to fight in World War II. In 1944, at age thirty-seven, “Slim Jim” Gavin, as he was known to his troops, became the eighty-second’s commanding general—the youngest Army officer to become a major general since the Civil War. At war’s end, this soldier’s soldier had become one of our greatest generals—and the eighty-second’s most decorated officer. In this book, James Gavin’s letters home to his nine-year-old daughter, Barbara, provide a revealing portrait of the American experience in World War II through the eyes of one of its most dynamic officers. Written from ship decks, foxholes, and field tents—often just before or after a dangerous jump—they capture the day-to-day realities of combat and Gavin’s personal reactions to the war he helped to win. With more than 200 letters spanning from Fort Bragg in 1943 to New York’s victory parade, this collection provides an invaluable self-portrait of a great general, and a great American, in war and peace. Includes a prologue and epilogue by Barbara Gavin Fauntleroy; a foreword by Rufus Broadaway; commentary and notes by Starlyn Jorgensen; and an introduction by Gerard M. Devlin.

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Fordham Univ Press

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0823226891

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9780823226894

MicroDistillers' Handbook

By: Gavin D. Smith

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MicroDistillers' Handbook

By: Gavin D. Smith

The Microdistillers Handbook is the complete guide to the skills, information and equipment needed for starting your own still or microdistillery for gin, whisky, vodka, rum and other spirits.

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Paragraph Publishing

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1999840801

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The Craftsman's Handbook

By: Cennino Cennini,Cennio D'Andrea Cennini,Sir Gavin De Beer

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The Craftsman's Handbook

By: Cennino Cennini,Cennio D'Andrea Cennini,Sir Gavin De Beer

Obviously of great merit." — Art Material Trade News. Fifteenth-century handbook, written by a working artist of the day, reveals secrets and techniques of the masters in drawing, oil painting, frescoes, panel painting, gilding, casting, more. Direct link to artists of the Middle Ages. Translation and Introduction by D. V. Thompson. "Delightful flavor..." — N.Y. Herald Tribune.

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Courier Corporation

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048620054X

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9780486200545

Basics Design 08: Design Thinking

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

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Basics Design 08: Design Thinking

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

Basics Design: Design Thinking is an introduction to the process of generating creative ideas and concepts used by designers in order to start the process that leads to a finished piece of work. This focus on ideas and methods favours a useable approach to design as a problem-solving activity. This is supported by practical work examples and case studies from leading contemporary design studios, accompanied by concise descriptions, technical expansions and diagrammatic visualisations. Basics Design: Design Thinking teaches the generation of ideas as a practical skill, vital to the creation of successful design.

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AVA Publishing

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2940411174

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9782940411177

50 Model Rocket Projects for the Evil Genius

By: Gavin D J Harper

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50 Model Rocket Projects for the Evil Genius

By: Gavin D J Harper

Plans, diagrams, schematics, and lists of parts and tools for model rocket projects.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071469842

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Photoshop Elements 2 Tips and Tricks

By: Gavin Cromhout,Janee Aronoff,Pete Walsh,Dan Caylor,George Kingsnorth

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Photoshop Elements 2 Tips and Tricks

By: Gavin Cromhout,Janee Aronoff,Pete Walsh,Dan Caylor,George Kingsnorth

An exciting collection of tips and tricks to help you make the most out of this amazing low-cost piece of software. We'll help you uncover some of the secrets hidden in Adobe Photoshop Elements 2, as well as nifty shortcuts—you'll work more effectively and have more time to play! You can learn a lot by experimenting, but it would take you a very long time to pick up the tips and tricks we show you in this book. We've pooled the knowledge of some highly experienced professionals to help provide this handy reference, and ordered them in a clear, logical way—keep this by your side and you'll certainly save time, as well as discover interesting and surprising new ways to manipulate your images. Whether you're just getting to grips with Elements or a more experienced user, this a great addition to your library, that you'll find you want to refer to time and again. We've packed this book full of tips on a wide range of subjects—from making selections to effects and filters—it's all here! Hundreds of hints come thick and fast, from half a page to two pages, every one designed to be used in a variety of situations. Each tip comes with a picture and information about how and when it's likely to be useful, so you'll know when to put it into action!

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1430251271

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Photoshop 7 Zero to Hero

By: Julie Hatton,Gavin Cromhout,Shahid Shah,Martin Jacobsen,Adam Juniper

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Photoshop 7 Zero to Hero

By: Julie Hatton,Gavin Cromhout,Shahid Shah,Martin Jacobsen,Adam Juniper

From Photoshop 7 beginner to master, this book is designed to get you up to speed in the blink of an eye. Chapter Zero gets you acclimated with a quick tour of the basics—everything else is up to you. If you've got particular projects in mind, you can skip ahead and shortcut to fast solutions and instant results. If you want to know the whole story, you can work through the plain-speaking, comprehensively-illustrated chapters one by one and find out everything you need to know. Photoshop 7 Zero to Hero also includes a 96-page full color section featuring three complete Hero projects, wherein professional users of Photoshop take you through their workflow, from source image to the final work, packed with the insight only pros can give. This book will give you the knowledge, and the inspiration, to be a Photoshop 7 Hero.

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1430251239

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Midnight Plus One

By: Gavin Lyall

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Midnight Plus One

By: Gavin Lyall

Lewis Cane fought with the French Resistance during the Second World War and gained a justified reputation as a tough and resourceful man. So it's no great surprise when one of his ex-Resistance comrades, now a successful lawyer in the early 1960s in Paris employs him to escort a businessman from Brittany to Liechtenstein for a crucial meeting. There are just two problems: the man's associates don't want him to get there, and the police have a warrant out for the man's arrest on a charge of rape. For Cane, it becomes a desperate race across France, fighting against resourceful and ruthless adversaries and avoiding the forces of law and order every step of the way ...

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Murder Room

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1471917673

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Wiley Pathways Introduction to Database Management, Project Manual

By: Mark L. Gillenson,Paulraj Ponniah,Alex Kriegel,Boris M. Trukhnov,Allen G. Taylor,Gavin Powell

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Wiley Pathways Introduction to Database Management, Project Manual

By: Mark L. Gillenson,Paulraj Ponniah,Alex Kriegel,Boris M. Trukhnov,Allen G. Taylor,Gavin Powell

You can get there Introduction to Databases Project Manual offers a wealth of easy-to-read, practical, up-to-date activities that reinforce fundamental database design and management concepts. You'll also learn to develop the core competencies and skills you'll need in the real world, such as how to: * Install SQL Server 2005 * Read and create an ERD * Design and implement a database * Use DDL and DML commands * Use and monitor transactions * Manage security principles, permissions, and backups * Design data environments * Use replication With five to seven projects per chapter ranging from easy to more advanced, Introduction to Databases Project Manual is ideal for both traditional and online courses that are oriented toward strengthening database management skills. Introduction to Databases Project Manual is an excellent companion to Gillenson's Introduction to Databases (ISBN: 978-0-470-10186-5). Wiley Pathways helps you achieve your goals Not every student is on the same path, but every student wants to succeed. The Information Technology series in the new Wiley Pathways imprint helps you achieve your goals. The books and project manuals in this series--Introduction to Databases, Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic, Introduction to Operating Systems, Networking Basics, Windows Network Administration, Network Security Fundamentals, and PC Hardware Essentials--offer a coordinated information technology curriculum. Learn more at www.wiley.com/go/pathways.

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John Wiley & Sons

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047011410X

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9780470114100

Photoshop Elements 2 Face Makeovers

Digital Makeovers of Friends & Family

By: Katy Freer,Nathan Flood,Josh Fallon,Gavin Cromhout,Douglas Mullen,Francine Spiegel,Jim Hannah,James Widegren

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Photoshop Elements 2 Face Makeovers

Digital Makeovers of Friends & Family

By: Katy Freer,Nathan Flood,Josh Fallon,Gavin Cromhout,Douglas Mullen,Francine Spiegel,Jim Hannah,James Widegren

Bored with your family snapshots? Ugly friends? We'll show you how to harness the power of Photoshop Elements 2 to subtly improve or distort them beyond all recognition as you see fit! Packed full of creative, fun ideas, each explained with step-by-step tutorials, and with all the source files on the accompanying CD, this book will show you how to: Produce caricatures by distorting faces with the popular Liquify tool Transform ordinary snapshots into works of art by Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Van Gogh Turn your kids into clowns, or tigers, or anything else they can dream up with digital face paint Eliminate red eye and achieve perfect skin tone on your everyday shots Tweak out to freak out! Give your nearest and dearest the cosmetic surgery you think they deserve! Enter the world of fantasy with some sumptuous mystical makeovers ...and more!

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Apress

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1430251794

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9781430251798

Basics Design 01: Format

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

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Basics Design 01: Format

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

Format represents the physical point of contact with the user; affecting how we receive a design's printed or online information. The book demonstrates how a creative approach to format selection and a careful consideration of presentation space can produce dramatic results within both print and digital media. It examines established format standards and, with the aid of fully-illustrated examples, suggests how thoughtful application of pre-existing models can add an extra dimension to design. Basics Design- Format provides a detailed guide to successful implementation of format for students and professionals alike.

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AVA Publishing

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2940373280

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Impure and Worldly Geography

Pierre Gourou and Tropicality

By: Gavin Bowd,Daniel Clayton

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Impure and Worldly Geography

Pierre Gourou and Tropicality

By: Gavin Bowd,Daniel Clayton

Tropicality is a centuries-old Western discourse that treats otherness and the exotic in binary – ‘us’ and ‘them’ – terms. It has long been implicated in empire and its anxieties over difference. However, little attention has been paid to its twentieth-century genealogy. This book explores this neglected history through the work of Pierre Gourou, one of the century’s foremost purveyors of what anti-colonial writer Aimé Césaire dubbed tropicalité. It explores how Gourou’s interpretations of ‘the nature’ of the tropical world, and its innate difference from the temperate world, were built on the shifting sands of twentieth-century history – empire and freedom, modernity and disenchantment, war and revolution, culture and civilisation, and race and development. The book addresses key questions about the location and power of knowledge by focusing on Gourou’s cultivation of the tropics as a romanticised, networked and affective domain. The book probes what Césaire described as Gourou’s ‘impure and worldly geography’ as a way of opening up interdisciplinary questions of geography, ontology, epistemology, experience and materiality. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students within historical geography, history, postcolonial studies, cultural studies and international relations.

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Routledge

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1317118081

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The Visual Dictionary of Pre-press and Production

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

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The Visual Dictionary of Pre-press and Production

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

The Visual Dictionary of Pre-press & Production is a concise and comprehensive introduction to the world of print and production. Containing textual and visual defintitions for over 250 pre-press and production terms, this book is an invaluable reference tool for all students and practitioners of graphic design, typography, illustration and visual communication subjects. From practical terms such as Accents, Bitmap and Color calibration, to styles and finishes such as Canadian and half-Canadian, Perfect Bound and TCF (Totally Chlorine Free), this book contains both modern terminology and the traditional terms still in current usage.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350034509

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American Lonesome

The Work of Bruce Springsteen

By: Gavin Cologne-Brookes

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American Lonesome

The Work of Bruce Springsteen

By: Gavin Cologne-Brookes

American Lonesome: The Work of Bruce Springsteen begins with a visit to the Jersey Shore and ends with a meditation on the international legacy of Springsteen’s writing, music, and performances. Gavin Cologne-Brookes’s innovative study of this popular musician and his position in American culture blends scholarship with personal reflection, providing both an academic examination of Springsteen’s work and a moving account of how it offers a way out of emotional solitude and the potential lonesomeness of modern life. Cologne-Brookes proposes that the American philosophical tradition of pragmatism, which assesses the value of ideas and arguments based on their practical applications, provides a lens for understanding the diversity of perspectives and emotions encountered in Springsteen’s songs and performances. Drawing on pragmatist philosophy from William James to Richard Rorty, Cologne-Brookes examines Springsteen’s formative environment and outsider psychology, arguing that the artist’s confessed tendency toward a self-reliant isolation creates a tension in his work between lonesomeness and community. He considers Springsteen’s portrayals of solitude in relation to classic and contemporary American writers, from Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Emily Dickinson to Richard Wright, Flannery O’Connor, and Joyce Carol Oates. As part of this critique, he discusses the difference between escapist and pragmatic romanticism, the notion of multiple selves as played out both in Springsteen’s work and in our perception of him, and the impact of performances both recorded and live. By drawing on his own experiences seeing Springsteen perform—including on tours showcasing the album The River in 1981 and 2016—Cologne-Brookes creates a book about the intimate relationship between art and everyday life. Blending research, cultural knowledge, and creative thinking, American Lonesome dissolves any imagined barriers between the study of a songwriter, literary criticism, and personal testimony.

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LSU Press

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080716948X

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Lion & Kangaroo

The Initiation of Australia

By: Gavin Souter

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Lion & Kangaroo

The Initiation of Australia

By: Gavin Souter

Lion & Kangaroo is one of Australia’s great works of history, a rich chronicle of the nation’s coming-of-age. With intelligence, wisdom and wit, acclaimed historian Gavin Souter captures all the milestones of Australia’s first decades, from the constitutional conventions of the nineteenth century to the turbulent years that followed World War I. Painting unforgettable portraits of scores of the most fascinating participants, he traces a national character in evolution. First published in 1976 and rereleased digitally by Xoum for the first time, Lion & Kangaroo is both profound and insightful. It is impossible to comprehend contemporary Australia without first reading it. Reviews of Lion & Kangaroo ‘Souter is a writer of great distinction … This book is the work of a man who can impose on the chaos of the past an order that lifts the work into the realms of art without doing violence to the events or sacrificing the standards of scholarship as defined by the academics. It is a great achievement.’ Manning Clark ‘A superb evocation of Australian life in the years between federation and the First World War, showing how imperial sentiment dominated our lives and left a vacuum in Australia’s national identity … Souter’s book is beautifully written, lucid, witty and compelling.’ Gough Whitlam ‘Souter has written a masterpiece … The book, assiduously researched for its making, is materially explosive … Souter lets the material do its own erupting, then shapes it to his magnificent control. A mighty work of history.’ The Courier-Mail

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Xoum Publishing

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1922057002

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You Can’t Win Anything With Kids

A History of the English Premier League Told Through Quotes

By: Gavin Newsham

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You Can’t Win Anything With Kids

A History of the English Premier League Told Through Quotes

By: Gavin Newsham

An entertaining and effervescent history of the English Premier League told through the words and quotations of its players, managers, their contemporaries and the media. Relive the highs and lows, the drama and fun of 25 years of the Premier League through this exceptional compilation, which brings together the very best quotes, comments and soundbites to tell the story of each incident-packed season. Remember Kevin Keegan's on-air meltdown? Or Paolo Di Canio's shove? How about those jaw-on-the-floor goals like Tony Yeboah's volley or Sergio Agüero's last gasp title-winning goal for Manchester City? And what about some of those teams that set the competition alight – like swash-buckling Newcastle, all-conquering Manchester United and Arsenal's fabled 'Invincibles'? All the Premier League's sensational stories, extraordinary incidents and dazzling moments are told here through the voices, views and reflections of the managers and players involved. 'You Can't Win Anything With Kids' also provides the perfect opportunity to enjoy some of the funniest, most insightful and sometimes perplexing soundbites from the last 25 years, from the endlessly amusing spat between José Mourinho and Arsène Wenger to Jürgen Klopp's off-the-wall reflections, Eric Cantona's deeply philosophical musings and, of course, Alan Hansen's profoundly misplaced pronouncement.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472946928

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The Fundamentals of Typography

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

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The Fundamentals of Typography

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

The Fundamentals of Typography offers an incisive guide to typographic theory and practice. Subjects include an introduction to the history of typography, the practice of typographic detailing, and font generation for print and web. The book demonstrates the power and variety of typography. Basic principles are presented through detailed explanations, expanded illustrations, case studies, and reference material from leading design studios around the world. A sound understanding of type history and classification facilitates controlled, intelligent and thoughtful type usage, across a range of media. This book builds upon these principles and will become an invaluable reference for creatives and designers.

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2940439974

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Rereading William Styron

By: Gavin Cologne-Brookes

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Rereading William Styron

By: Gavin Cologne-Brookes

The first critical study of William Styron since his death in 2006, Rereading William Styron offers an eloquent reflection on the writer's works, world, and character. Bringing an innovative approach to literary criticism, Gavin Cologne-Brookes combines personal anecdote, scholarly research, travel writing, and primary material to provide fresh perspectives on Styron's achievements. For Cologne-Brookes, rereading unfolds in two ways: through close analysis of texts, and through remembrance. He begins with reminiscences about the man behind the books and then, giving due consideration to Styron's stories, incidental writings, and posthumous publications, interprets anew all his significant work -- from the nonfiction, including his acclaimed memoir of depression, Darkness Visible, to the novels Lie Down in Darkness, Set This House on Fire, The Confessions of Nat Turner, and Sophie's Choice. Defining the relevance of Styron's writing in terms of everyday life, Cologne-Brookes explores the intricate relationships between an author, his work, and his readership, and between history and fiction, and writing and place. The book's emphasis on subjectivity and dynamic interaction makes it unique in Styron criticism and a striking contribution to the debate about what it means to study literature.

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LSU Press

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0807152889

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Frontier

Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomorrow

By: Gavin Serkin

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Frontier

Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomorrow

By: Gavin Serkin

Get ahead of emerging markets with top-performer picks for up-and-comers Frontier helps investors successfully navigate markets that are yet to “emerge,” with expert advice on spotting opportunities and minimising risks. With first-hand insights into frontier markets as we travel with big-name fund managers from Mark Mobius to Morgan Stanley, this practical guide ranks countries, stocks and bonds on a five- to ten-year horizon to steer investors toward the most promising destinations. Written in a compelling and accessible travelogue narrative, each chapter covers a specific country, providing invaluable market analysis and a deep understanding of the political, economic, and social background of those most likely to outperform. The key focus is on fresh ideas, based on the assessments from top performing money managers when meeting challenges, hostilities or adversity, and observations after interviewing high-level government officials and executives. With advanced economies shackled by debt and sluggish growth, investors are increasingly turning to emerging markets for better returns. Yet the money managers who came out on top in China, India, and Brazil are now focusing their attention on markets that have not yet emerged. This book applies the perspective of ten of the most successful fund managers in their field, providing an unparalleled guide to assessing investment potential in places better known for conflict, poverty and corruption. · Discover which markets have the best prospects, and which are potential disasters · Analyse individual markets by metrics including macro data, global relative value comparisons of stocks and bonds, buy/ sell triggers, and more · Learn which industries, stocks and bonds should be considered in each market · Examine each country through real-life on-the-ground assessment of corruption, conflict and other risks as well as inspirational breakthroughs that signal opportunities This is a practical manual for all investors - whether students or professionals - wanting to get to know the most promising new markets while avoiding the pitfalls. A must-read for corporate executives seeking global capital, Frontier provides a better understanding of the changing international investment dynamic. Robin Wigglesworth, FT: “Invaluable.” Mark Mobius, Templeton: “I love it! Beautiful descriptive writing.” Aliko Dangote, Wealthiest African: “Captivating tales, masterly woven.”

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1118823737

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Photoshop Face to Face

By: Katy Freer,Francine Spiegel,Gavin Cromhout,Adrian Luna,Nathan Flood,Josh Fallon,Douglas Mullen,Jim Hannah,James Widegren

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Photoshop Face to Face

By: Katy Freer,Francine Spiegel,Gavin Cromhout,Adrian Luna,Nathan Flood,Josh Fallon,Douglas Mullen,Jim Hannah,James Widegren

If we were to say Marilyn to you, what would you be thinking? Monroe? Manson? Well, you would be thinking about the most inspired use of facial imagery. Anybody in advertising will tell you that the most effective sales tool around is the face. A face can sell you anything. Any product, any idea. And the most striking faces become icons in their own right. With Adobe Photoshop, we can see the possibilities for facial stylization explode. This book looks at how to develop an image to get it right, and how to make these mugshots genuinely memorable. Some of the most exciting designers around have gathered to work their magic on this tightly focused canvas, working from a number of different starting points. Whether it's a perfect gloss you're after, or an abstract form of iconography, Photoshop has a collection of subtle and powerful tricks up its sleeve, and this book coaxes them into the open. This is a full color inspirations title, aimed at showing professionals and home users alike how to access the multiplicity of techniques available in Adobe Photoshop. By using such a familiar model as the human face, the effectiveness and originality of these techniques is thrown into sharp relief. The book employs versions of Photoshop up to the release of version 7, although the techniques shown will be compatible with previous releases of the software. Each chapter contains multiple examples of how to treat a face in Photoshop, and an in-depth explanation of technique from the designer.

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1430251379

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Basics Design 05: Colour

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

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Basics Design 05: Colour

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

Basics Design 05: Colour is a guide to the use of colour in graphic design. Colour is used to represent thoughts and emotions in a way that no other element of design can. This book explores in depth what colours mean; their inherent associations and cultural connotations. It then tackles how to control colour in a design in order to achieve a desired effect or to fulfil a specific brief. Starting with the basic principles of colour – how light works, colour wheels, colour combinations and harmonies – the book builds on these principles and explains how the designer can accurately and intentionally control colour.

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2940439117

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The Production Manual

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

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The Production Manual

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

From the basics such as working with typography through using images and working with color, exploring different pre-press techniques and the processes involved in bringing a product to press and with a resulting pleasing end product, the authors present everything that the reader needs to know in a straightforward and visually strong way. This new edition completely updates the information on the production process, highlighting new techniques and expanding its coverage on digital technologies. In addition, new interviews are included from design studios using creative or unique production techniques. Since students may eventually be working with international clients, the authors includes both metric and imperial measurements so that students will become familiar with the differences. Expanded coverage of environmental and sustainability issues, especially as they relate to paper choice and use of special processes/inks has also been added.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472591321

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9781472591326

500 Kids Art Ideas

Inspiring Projects for Fostering Creativity and Self-Expression

By: Gavin Andrews

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500 Kids Art Ideas

Inspiring Projects for Fostering Creativity and Self-Expression

By: Gavin Andrews

Keeping a child engaged and happy can be a tall order, but with 500 Kids Art Ideas, you'll never run out of inspiration! This fun, visual reference features a thousand arts and crafts projects for adults and children to do together. With an emphasis on recycled materials and nature, a wide range of art is covered. From making dolls and edible treats to sculpting and printmaking, everything is simple enough to recreate, but also up to interpretation. Add your own creative twist to make them your own and ask your child to do the same! Not only will you be engaging your children and activating their imagination, but also teaching them critical skills. 500 Kids Art Ideas also features purposely open-ended art meant to bring families closer together. You'll be able to connect with your child on a deeper level in no time, letting them know that you can be fun, too!

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Quarry Books

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1627881662

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Slow Boats to China

By: Gavin Young

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Slow Boats to China

By: Gavin Young

Seven months and twenty-three agreeably ill-assorted vessels are what were required to transport Gavin Young, by slow boat, from Piraeus to Canton. His odyssey teemed with excitement, adventure and colour. Gavin Young's account memorably distils the people, places, smells, conversations, ships and history of the places he encountered in what is his most famous book. The sequel, Slow Boats Home, is also reissued in Faber Finds .

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Faber & Faber

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0571324460

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9780571324460

Prince Dracula

The Bloody Legacy of Vlad the Impaler

By: Gavin Baddeley

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Prince Dracula

The Bloody Legacy of Vlad the Impaler

By: Gavin Baddeley

A war hero, a mass murderer and a Gothic legend the world has never forgotten Vlad the Impaler is one of history’s most compelling and brutal characters, with a bizarre afterlife as a cult horror sensation. A hero to his countrymen, Vlad Dracula is a byword for dread. Not just for generations of Western fans of Gothic fiction and film, but also for an appalled and fascinated 15th-century readership, for whom contemporary accounts of Dracula’s atrocities became the world’s first horror bestsellers. Combining historical research and dramatic reconstruction with contemporary reference, here is Vlad the Impaler’s dramatic career, from pampered captive of the Ottoman Sultans to exterminating angel of Christian vengeance. But in reality, was he the embodiment of unbridled cruelty or model ruler of an embattled realm? Prince Dracula also examines the role of psychological warfare and black propaganda in international politics, from the medieval torture chamber to the headlines of the modern age, and shows Vlad as an unwitting pioneer of the modern world. Plying a grisly course through medieval bloodbaths and contemporary horrors, Gavin Baddeley and Paul Woods leave no tombstone unturned in this extraordinary history.

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Canelo + ORM

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1800329903

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100+ Ideas for Supporting Children with Dyslexia

By: Gavin Reid,Shannon Green

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100+ Ideas for Supporting Children with Dyslexia

By: Gavin Reid,Shannon Green

This practical guide provides anyone supporting children and young people with dyslexia with more than 100 great ideas for reinforcing their learning development. This second edition is up-to-date with the latest research and best practice on dyslexia, and includes a brand new section on differentiation in the classroom. There are also lots of additional ideas on topics including: • emotional literacy • peer support • periods of transition in the child's school life • developing phonic skills; and • exam preparation This book of ready-to-use activities and strategies is perfect for the non-specialist teacher in need of extra guidance, but will also offer new ideas and insights to SENCOs, head teachers, parents and carers and anyone else working with a child or young person with dyslexia.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441174060

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Basics Design

Print and Finish

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

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Basics Design

Print and Finish

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

An introduction to a variety of printing and finishing techniques for any graphic design project. Now updated to include studio interviews and student activities.

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A&C Black

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2940496536

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Making Time

The Archaeology of Time Revisited

By: Gavin Lucas

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Making Time

The Archaeology of Time Revisited

By: Gavin Lucas

Making Time grapples with a range of issues that have crystallized in the wake of 15 years of discussion on time in archaeology, since the author's seminal volume The Archaeology of Time, synthesizing them for a new generation of scholars. The general understanding of time held by both archaeologists and non-archaeologists is often very simple: a linear notion where time flows along a single path from the past into the future. This book sets out to complicate this image, to draw out the key problems and issues with time that impact archaeological interpretation. Using concrete examples drawn from different periods and places, the book challenges the reader to think again. Ultimately, the book will suggest that if we want to understand what archaeological time is, then we need to accept that things do not exist in time, they make time. The crucial question then becomes: what kinds of time do archaeological materialities produce? Written for upper level undergraduates and researchers in archaeology, the book is also accessible to non-academics with an interest in the topic. The book is relevant for cognate disciplines, especially history, heritage studies and philosophy.

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Routledge

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1000373568

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Office 2007 Bible

By: John Walkenbach,Herb Tyson,Faithe Wempen,Cary N. Prague,Michael R. Groh,Peter G. Aitken,Michael R. Irwin,Gavin Powell,Lisa A. Bucki

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Office 2007 Bible

By: John Walkenbach,Herb Tyson,Faithe Wempen,Cary N. Prague,Michael R. Groh,Peter G. Aitken,Michael R. Irwin,Gavin Powell,Lisa A. Bucki

Completely revised for Office 2007, this “best of the Bible” presents Office you with the most useful content from leading experts like John Walkenbach, Cary Prague, Faithe Wempen, and Herb Tyson. The book features valuable information to help you—no matter your level of expertise—get up to speed on the new features in Excel, Access, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint. You’ll quickly get savvy with the most widely used business application suite worldwide.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470177314

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9780470177310

The Ukulele Handbook

By: Gavin Pretor-Pinney,Tom Hodgkinson

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The Ukulele Handbook

By: Gavin Pretor-Pinney,Tom Hodgkinson

From 1897 to today, this fascinating history of the ukulele, from its birth in Hawaii to its global popularity, also discusses the anatomy of this strange little instrument and includes a songbook with instructions on how to play it. Original.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1620402203

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Basics Design: Print and Finish

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

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Basics Design: Print and Finish

By: Gavin Ambrose,Paul Harris

The Basics Design series is designed to provide graphic arts students with a theoretical and practical exploration of fundamental topics, including layout, format, typography, colour and image. Packed with examples from students and professionals and fully illustrated with clear diagrams and inspiring imagery, they offer an essential exploration of the subject. The second edition of the sixth book in the series, Print and Finish is a guide to the printing and finishing techniques employed by graphic design studios all over the world. A thorough understanding of these techniques will equip the designer with the ability to harness the creative potential of these processes and add creative elements to a design in order to increase its impact and functionality. Showcasing seven different paper and ink stocks and finishes, the book is an invaluable reference tool. With new contributions and activities, the second edition builds on the success of the first, and is an absolute must-have for all design students.

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1350033979

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Four Shades of Black

The Traditional Path to Building the Complete Fighter

By: Gavin Mulholland

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Four Shades of Black

The Traditional Path to Building the Complete Fighter

By: Gavin Mulholland

‘The secrets of karate are contained in the kata,’ said the masters of old. What did they mean? For many years, people have struggled to understand where padwork, grappling, ground-fighting and even high kicks fit into traditional karate. While many people understand the purpose of individual kata, this book demonstrates how the various kata work together to create a logical fight progression from stand-up striking to close-quarter grappling and groundfighting. Four Shades of Black decodes the kata in a radically different way, revealing how the traditional arts set out to develop a complete and rounded fighter. If you think you know karate, think again.

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Summersdale

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0857654071

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