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Safety of War

By: Rob Benvie

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David spends his days as an underworked copy writer for an ad agency and his nights lost in old war movies, fantasizing about his strange teenage cousin and revisiting his father's suicide. His dreary life is upended when he finds himself at the mysterious Chaos Farm, a lavish wilderness retreat populated by those seeking to right their lives' imbalances through New Age games and rites of necromancy. In a paranormal experiment gone awry, they inadvertently raise a mysterious bloodthirsty creature that may be a) the Devil, b) David's deceased father, c) George C. Scott as General George S. Patton in the movie Patton, or d) all, or any, of the aforementioned. Carnage ensues, leading David through a woozy landscape of churning highways, deserted shopping malls and small towns, lured backward through the chasms of memory and nostalgia by the monster's coaxing squeals and forward toward an uncertain, hallucinatory future. Here, Lolita meets Maldoror meets 50s pulp horror comics. Safety of War is a hellride of exploded symbolism and beery misadventures, murders and tragedies, laughs, puzzles and meditations on valour and sacrifice in a world short on true heroes.

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Coach House Books

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1552451437

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9781552451434

Maintenance

By: Rob Benvie

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Maintenance

By: Rob Benvie

A great novel that captures the loneliness and absurdity of the 1990s suburban experience. Dense and imaginative writing that often borders on the uncomfortable, but the edge of your seat is the best place to be."—Joel Plaskett It is the summer of 1999, and the Sweltham family is leading an ordinary suburban existence. Former childhood volleyball champ Parker crisscrosses the continent as a sales rep for DynaFlex Sporting Goods, while his wife, Trixie, serves as the managing editor of Record of Truth, an unsuccessful journal for genocide studies. Their son Owen has just returned from juvenile prison to the vast horrors of high school. Heath, Parker's brother, has vowed to cut down on the weed and fried chicken for a regimen of self-improvement, obeying his AbDestroyer routine and crafting a screenplay that will dismantle the universe. All appears normal. Yet in the summer's swelter, as Y2K anxiety grows, grim truths are revealed. Trixie is rocked by the discovery of an undiagnosable cerebral defect, rendering her toils at the journal trivial. Cataloging crunches and ignoring his Gulf War vet ex-girlfriend, Heath fights to reconcile confusions of the past with hopes for a meaningful future. Owen's religious fixations feed his Robitussin binges and fantasies of self-destruction. And while peddling his wares at the annual Empowerment Expo, Parker forges an uneasy friendship with Adam, an African political refugee harboring his own violent aspirations. Sprawling yet scalpel-sharp, Maintenance, like some twenty-first-century White Noise, takes the suburbs to a geography you won't quite recognize. Rob Benvie has recorded and performed with the rock bands Thrush Hermit, Camouflage Nights, and The Dears. He is the author of the novel Safety of War.

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Coach House Books

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1770562958

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9781770562950

Maintenance

By: Rob Benvie

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Maintenance

By: Rob Benvie

Filled with millennial dread and suburban oddity, this novel parties (or worries) like it's 1999.

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Coach House Books

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1552452514

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9781552452516

Macro Photography

From Snapshots to Great Shots

By: Rob Sheppard

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Macro Photography

From Snapshots to Great Shots

By: Rob Sheppard

Close-up and macro photography is one of the most popular types of photography among digital photographers today. After the big-range zoom, a macro lens is typically one of the next purchases considered by serious outdoor photographers and amateur photographers looking for close-up capability in all zoom lenses. Yet hobbyist photographers struggle. Many macro shots just don’t make it–not sharp, confusing backgrounds, muddled compositions, misplaced sharpness, and distracting light. Even more advanced photographers find challenges working with depth of field, dealing with light, and using different focal lengths up close. You need a book that goes beyond the camera manuals to teach you how to select and use various lenses to take great macro shots. This guide by pro photographer Rob Sheppard will help you conquer the fundamentals and capture stunning pictures. Sheppard starts with the basics. He discusses factors such as depth of field, perspective, and compression and which types of lenses are right for your style of shooting. You will have a better understanding of your equipment and understand your choices for investing in lenses. Beautifully illustrated with large, compelling photos, this book teaches you how to take control of your photography to get the image you want every time you pick up the camera.

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240

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Peachpit Press

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0134057457

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9780134057453

The Rough Guide to Scottish Highlands & Islands

By: Rob Humphreys,Donald Reid

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The Rough Guide to Scottish Highlands & Islands

By: Rob Humphreys,Donald Reid

The Rough Guide to Scottish Highlands and Islands is the ultimate travel guide to this spectacular region. Written in Rough Guides' trademark honest and informative style, the guide features detailed practical advice on what to see and do and how to get about, plus up-to-date reviews of the best hotels, B&Bs, pubs, activity operators and campsites. This guide covers everything from hiking in the Cairngorms to whale-watching on Mull, plus where to find the best local produce from fresh oysters to fine malt whiskies. There are also features on the area's unique wildlife and where to watch it, plus outdoor activities from mountain biking and climbing to surfing and skiing. With clear maps and detailed coverage of Scotland's islands, national parks and mountain areas, The Rough Guide to Scottish Highlands and Islands will help you make the most of your trip. Originally published in print in 2011. Make the most of your time on earth with The Rough Guide to Scottish Highlands and Islands. Now available in epub format.

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Rough Guides UK

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1409351645

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9781409351641

United Kingdom

By: Rob Bowden

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United Kingdom

By: Rob Bowden

This book helps you discover what it is like to live in the United Kingdom. Find out about the countryside and what people do for fun. Discover what UK cities are like and what people eat.

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Heinemann-Raintree Library

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1410929302

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9781410929303

Digital Photography 1, 2, 3

Taking & Printing Great Pictures

By: Rob Sheppard

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Digital Photography 1, 2, 3

Taking & Printing Great Pictures

By: Rob Sheppard

This is exactly what the many photographers who are venturing into the digital world for the first time have been looking for: an easy-to-follow, well-illustrated manual that provides them with all the knowledge they need to take great digital photographs. And PCPhoto editor Rob Sheppard is the perfect person to guide beginners. In simple language, he gives a quick overview of what to expect from the digital camera; offers indispensable information on shooting techniques, cameras, printers, and accessories; and expertly unravels the confusion over formats and file sizes, lens conversion factors, media cards, downloading pictures, and the basics of getting a good print. Anyone who has just acquired a camera or ink jet printer, or is in the market for one, will find this indispensable.

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Lark Books

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1579906761

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9781579906764

Epson Complete Guide to Digital Printing

By: Rob Sheppard

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Epson Complete Guide to Digital Printing

By: Rob Sheppard

The best, full-service guide to the best full-service printer is now thoroughly updated, with the latest information on the new Epson printers, materials, software and other products. Epson is the company at the cutting edge of digital photo quality printing, and their superb equipment makes possible for everyone to print sparkling photographs at home. With the help of Rob Sheppard, editor of Outdoor Photographer and PCPhoto magazines, and this fully updated manual, amateurs can enter Epson's brave new world with all the latest information on printers and papers. Two-page spreads with write-ups and pictures from acclaimed photographers George Lepp, John Shaw, Greg Gorman, Jack Reznicki, Joyce Tenneson, and others explain how Epson printers and digital photography have enhanced their art and expanded their business. There's advice on choosing a printer, selecting standard and specialty papers, using image processing programs to refine photos, adding finishing touches that turn a good print into a great one, and much more.

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Lark Books

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1579907059

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9781579907051

Safety of War

By: Rob Benvie

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Macro Photography

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The Rough Guide to Scottish Highlands & Islands

The Rough Guide to Scottish Highlands & Islands

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United Kingdom

Digital Photography 1, 2, 3

Digital Photography 1, 2, 3

Epson Complete Guide to Digital Printing

Epson Complete Guide to Digital Printing

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