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1) Whereabouts
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"A marvelous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies--her first in nearly a decade. Exuberance and dread, attachment and estrangement: in this novel, Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her themes to the limit. The woman at the center wavers between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties. The city she calls home, an engaging backdrop to her days, acts as a confidant:...
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English
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"Perspective drawing is the foundation for creating art that pops off the page. This is the ultimate guide to helping aspiring artists understand and develop techniques to draw confidently using the power of perspective. While mastering perspective can take years, this book will provide understanding of why things look the way they do and how to draw them accurately and confidently. In The Perspective Drawing Guide: Simple Techniques for Mastering...
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Publisher
Rockport
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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It is as mundane as it is astounding: placed in the right way, a couple of lines on paper create three-dimensional space. To be more exact, the illusion of space. The interest in three-dimensional drawing may initially arise from the intention to depict visible reality. However, the creation of depth is a fascinating challenge in every artistic composition. In this volume, Peter Boerboom and Tim Proetel have arranged, commented on, and with a guiding...
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Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
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What is time? This question has fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists for thousands of years. Why does time seem to speed up with age? What is its connection with memory, anticipation, and sleep cycles?0Award-winning author and mathematician Joseph Mazur provides an engaging exploration of how the understanding of time has evolved throughout human history and offers a compelling new vision, submitting that time lives within us. Our...
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Publisher
W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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They told us "don't sweat the small stuff," but sometimes it's the little things that change everything. Andrews shows that sometimes it is in concentrating on the smaller things that we add value and margin. Whether in business, in life, or in our spiritual connection with God, he provides common-sense perspective for meeting small events that can multiply the success of an endeavor.
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Publisher
Sterling Ethos
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"While some people may believe that it's impossible to acquire persrspective like Daniel Gottlieb's without a similarly catastrophic life experience, the fact is that every infant possesses a raw need to keep on going. Gottlieb's book awakens us to the idea of our natural perspective, traces the growth and diminishment of that perspective over the years, and brings us back to advanced age, where it recurs once more. If we are aware of this capacity...
15) In the dark
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"They came in the dark, and took the narrow path that only witches used. Everyone said that's what they were . . .But what if everyone was wrong? Watch what happens when one girl steps into the woods and gets to know these newcomers. The spooky black cat? Meet Mingus! The broomsticks and cloaks? Cloth and wooden handles. And those shadows in the sky? Handmade kites, fluttering in the breeze. When the breeze becomes a blustery storm, everything changes...including...
17) Just because
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"From worrying when excited to forgiving while still hurting, children experience everyday paradoxes as they embrace their full potential."--
19) I'm not small
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Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"A young boy can feel small in a world made up of big, big things, but when he takes a closer look, he discovers that he is big, too"--
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Publisher
Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"On a clear day, it’s easy to see your way. But when the fog rolls in, it’s hard to know which way to go. Sometimes the only way to escape the fog is to go through it, knowing that the big, bright world is waiting for you on the other side. With a sensitive, layered text and atmospheric, lush illustrations, author-artist Pam Fong has crafted a tenderhearted story about a lost puffin finding its way through foggy circumstances. This expressive...
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