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Amazingly difficult sudoku puzzles from the ultimate IQ testers, Mensa.

Nat arrives at summer camp and soon realizes it isn't quite like the brochure. Instead of spending the summer with her best friends, Nat is stuck with her ex-BFF, Lily, and someone even more annoying: Millie Flatbottom. Even worse, she's constantly pushed out of her comfort zone and forced to face her greatest fears. Although camp isn't what Natalie expected, could it be exactly what she needs?

Mary Lou Finney grudgingly begins writing a journal as a summer project for school. Then her cousin Carl Ray comes to stay, and what started out as a dull assignment quickly becomes an amazing record of first love and family intrigue. Mary Lou's hilarious observations on love, death, and the confusing mechanics of holding hands will delight fans of "Walk Two Moons."

Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 324, Publishers: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, ISBN-13: 9798989342204, Date of issue: 2023

A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.In Absolutely on Music, internationally Haruki Murakami sits down with his friend Seiji Ozawa, the revered former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for a series of conversations on their shared passion: music. Over the course of two years, Murakami and Ozawa discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from Bartók to Mahler, and from pop-up orchestras to opera. They listen to and dissect recordings of some of their favorite performances, and Murakami questions Ozawa about his career conducting orchestras around the world. Culminating in Murakami's ten-day visit to the banks of Lake Geneva to observe Ozawa's retreat for young musicians, the book is interspersed with ruminations on record collecting, jazz clubs, orchestra halls, film scores, and much more. A deep reflection on the essential nature of both music and writing, Absolutely on Music is an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of two maestros.

An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer Haruki Murakami and world-class conductor, Seiji Ozawa.

"Sunny and energetic. . . . Plenty of math is squeezed into the text, but the joy of numbers is conveyed much more effectively." -- School Library JournalCharlie and Lola are going to the store, and their mother says the

In 1972, acclaimed author Judith Viorst introduced the world to everyone's favorite little brother in "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day". Now all three stories are available in one volume with a charming Introduction by the author.

With Absolutely Positively Gundog Training, Milner has taken the latest scientific research into how dogs learn and combined it with his own vast experience and commonsense training methods. The result is an approach that is as effective as it is easy. For

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is a fun read. But beneath its effervescent tone, more complex themes are at play." --San Francisco Chronicle

In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green - co-creator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers and SciShow - spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.

Basierend auf den eigenen Erfahrungen des Autors, die Geschichte eines Jungen, der in einem Indianer Reservat aufgewachsen ist und dessen Versuch, aus dem Leben auszubrechen, welches er für vorbestimmt hielt.Tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist who leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school.

The new Southern Reach Novel - a thrilling surprise and final foray into Area X Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer's blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy.

Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Publishers: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc, Author: VANDERMEER JEFF, ISBN-13: 9780374616595, Date of issue: 2024

All he wants is for them to say sorry... In the latest novel from the Queen of Icelandic crime, Freyja and Huldar must stop a ruthless killer taking revenge on teenage bullies.

Mankind has endured centuries of horrific plague and a particularly brutal interstellar war ...but there is still no time for peace and quiet. Stirred from aeons of sleep, the Inhibitors - ancient alien killing machines - have begun the process of ridding the galaxy of its latest emergent intelligence: mankind. As a ragtag bag of refugees fleeing the first wave of the cull head towards an apparently insignificant moon light-years away, they discover an avenging angel, a girl born in ice. She has the power to lead mankind to safety, and the ability to draw down their darkest enemy. And on a planet where vast travelling cathedrals crawl towards the treacherous fissure known as Absolution Gap, an unsettling truth becomes apparent: to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much, much worse ...

In the third book of the legendary Revelation Space trilogy, the last remnants of humanity realize that forging an alliance with a greater and even more mysterious alien force may be their only chance for survival.The Inhibitors were desi

September 1919: Twenty-years-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War. They trained together. They fought together. But in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield and declared himself a conscientious objector, an act which has brought shame and dishonour on the Bancroft family. The letters, however, are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He holds a secret deep within him. One that he is desperate to unburden himself of to Marian, if he can only find the courage. Whatever happens, this meeting will change his life - forever.

The Absorbent Mind was Maria Montessori's most in-depth work on her educational theory, based on decades of scientific observation of children. Her view on children and their absorbent minds was a landmark departure from the educational model at the time. This book helped start a revolution in education. Since this book first appeared there have been both cognitive and neurological studies that have confirmed what Maria Montessori knew decades ago.

The classic book that has inspired generations of teachers to foster each child's drive to learn.

The Absorbent Mind was Maria Montessori's most in-depth work on her educational theory, based on decades of scientific observation of children. Her view on children and their absorbent minds was a landmark departure from the educational model at the time. This book helped start a revolution in education. Since this book first appeared there have been both cognitive and neurological studies that have confirmed what Maria Montessori knew decades ago.

From the widely acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of revenge and obsession set in 19th century Manchester

Breaking free of outdated explanations and rigid "rules" for recovery, The Abstinence Myth offers a hopeful, research-based framework for transformation by an addiction expert and renowned TEDx speaker who overcame his own addiction and has guided hundreds

About the first edition: The text is geared to the needs of the beginning graduate student, covering with complete, well-written proofs the usual major branches of groups, rings, fields, and modules...[n]one of the material one expects in a book like this is missing, and the level of detail is appropriate for its intended audience. (Alberto Delgado, MathSciNet) This text promotes the conceptual understanding of algebra as a whole, and that with great methodological mastery. Although the presentation is predominantly abstract...it nevertheless features a careful selection of important examples, together with a remarkably detailed and strategically skillful elaboration of the more sophisticated, abstract theories. (Werner Kleinert, Zentralblatt)§For the new edition, the author has completely rewritten the text, reorganized many of the sections, and even cut or shortened material which is no longer essential. He has added a chapter on Ext and Tor, as well as a bit of topology.

This book contains the basics of abstract algebra. In addition to elementary algebraic structures such as groups, rings and solids, Galois theory in particular is developed together with its applications to the cyclotomic fields, finite fields or the question of the resolution of polynomial equations.Special attention is paid to the natural development of the contents. Numerous intermediate explanations support this basic idea, show connections and help to better penetrate the underlying concepts. The book is therefore particularly suitable for learning algebra in self-study or accompanying online lectures.

Widely acclaimed algebra text. This book is designed to give the reader insight into the power and beauty that accrues from a rich interplay between different areas of mathematics. The book carefully develops the theory of different algebraic structures, beginning from basic definitions to some in-depth results, using numerous examples and exercises to aid the reader's understanding. In this way, readers gain an appreciation for how mathematical structures and their interplay lead to powerful results and insights in a number of different settings. The emphasis throughout has been to motivate the introduction and development of important algebraic concepts using as many examples as possible.

Abstraction shook Western art to its core. In the early part of the 20th century, it refuted the reign of clear, indisputable forms and confronted audiences instead with vivid visual poems devoid of conventional representational imagery and characterized by allegories of emotion and sensation.This radical artistic adventure established new artistic means, as much as narratives. Expression became characterized by shocking juxtapositions of color, light, and line. Artists abandoned the conventions of brush and easel and played with new materials and methods of artistic gesture: commercial paints and housepainter’s brushes, working on unstretched and unprimed canvases, moving the canvas to the floor, and applying paint with hands.This essential introduction spans the international breadth, conceptual depth, and seismic impact of abstract art with a thorough survey not only of the big names such as Picasso, Klee, Kline, Rothko, and Pollock, but also lesser-known figures who made equally significant contributions, including Antoni T?pies, K. O. Götz, Ad Reinhardt, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp.

Since the early years of the twentieth century, Western abstract art has fascinated, outraged, and bewildered audiences. Its path to acceptance within the artistic mainstream was slow. This revised edition traces the origins and evolution of abstract ar

While it is considered by many artists to be a pure and simplistic form of expression, abstract art is also often thought of as vague or exceedingly theoretical. This new installment in the Art Essentials series demystifies the concept and history of ab

Would you love to take your art in a new direction? In Abstract Art Painting, you will enter a realm of tactile, intuitive excitement, combining pastel and acrylic to achieve results as unique as you are. You'll learn how to explore the use of color theory in abstraction and to use underpainting to bring structure and depth to your art. In addition you'll begin to understand how to work in a series and how this can help you develop your own personal style. A sampling of what you'll add to your creative toolbox: * Pastel and acrylic techniques to use to complete your own paintings * The benefits of expressing your ideas abstractly * How to loosen up by using your nondominant hand and drawing to music * Ways to express emotions through mark-making * Using color and symbolism for expression * Working with photos for inspiration * Tips for using color studies Step into your own abstract frame of mind today!

In his fresh take on abstract art, noted art historian Pepe Karmel chronicles the movement from a global perspective, while embedding abstraction in a recognizable reality. Moving beyond the canonical terrain of abstract art, the author demonstrates how

NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTILLUSTRATIONSI INTRODUCTORY Object of book Early essays in design Licence and restraint Early obsession as to originality Invention versus arrangement The geometric basis Geometric influence in patternII IMPLEMENTS AND THEIR USE Methodical procedure Geometrical drawing "Implements, the T-square" The set-square Use of the 45° set-square In defining mitres In dividing surfaces In formation of the octagon Use of the 60° set-square In formation of the triangle The hexagon The diamond pattern The hexagonal net Mitral angles Of hexagons and octagons Of the trefoil and quatrefoil Of concentric curves meeting parallel straight lines Borders of circular and elliptic shapes Flexed curves Measurement and division of lines The dividers Division by trial Division by bi-section Method of division of a line into any number of equal parts The compass Spring bows The large adjustable compass Pencil and pen The ruling-pen Drawing ink Tracing-paper and its employment Rubbing down a design Transfer-paper Transferring a design The transfer-pointIII. THE TREATMENT OF THE BORDER Appreciation and historical employment Use of the border Structural suggestion Analogous to mouldings Enrichment of mouldings Treatment The unit Modification at angles Continuous patterns The key or fret The evolute The undulate Consistency in growth suggesion Bi-symmetrical treatment Accentuation of corners Freely arranged growth Material for design Typographical examples Lettering Subsidiary borders Spacing of lines The undulate line Conjectural origin Influence of material Early jewellery and pottery Wrought iron Influence of tools Wood carving The gouge Thimble pattern in Jacobean wood-carving English Renaisance treatment of mouldings Old work Early craftsmen and tradition The professional designer Division of labour Infraction of craft limitations Imitation Greek anthemion ornament Painted and carved Influence on later ornament Technical influence in cross-stitch embroidery Details of borders The fret ornament Procedure Progressive patterns of borders in which the 45° set -square is employed in conjunction with horizontal and vertical lines Description Illustrations Patterns result of 60° set-square Description Illustrations Patterns in which both set-squares are employed Description Illustrations Patterns formed of segments of circles Description Illustrations Combinations of curved and straight lines Description Illustrations Patterns on the undulate line Description IllustrationsIV. TEXTILE PATTERNS Repetition Interest of surface Plaiting and weaving Juxtaposition of lines Importance of straight line The unit Geometric basis The Rectangular and diamond plans The drop pattern The diaper pattern Patterns based on squares Lattice or trellis patterns Pattern composed of arcs of circles Pattern composed of arc of circles and straight lines Fret patterns Moresque pattern Counter-change pattern Patterns based on the octagon Counter-change pattern Arabian all-over Patterns based on the hexagon Patterns based on circles Patterns based on circles Persian pattern based on circles Sicilian pattern based on circles "Types of pattern common to textiles, woven and printed" The all-over The net pattern The scale pattern The stripe Sprig and spot patterns The trellis Border designs arraned as all-overs Treatment in designs for tapestry Designs for hangings Designs for wall-papers Chinese papers Block and roller printing Opaque nd transparent colour Over-printing Description of textile patterns IllustrationsV. NATURE STUDY AND TREATMENT Object of Nature study Selection and treatment Setting up the subject Record of growth and development  Consistency to growth and type Use of studies Conventional renderings Elimination and simplification Process consideration Use of colour Self-colour Harmony Primary and complementary colour Treatment of colour scheme Opaque colours Drawing for reproduction Designs for book decoration Line and half-tone blocks Method of enlargement Diagonal method Indicating required reduction Thickening of lines Cross-hatchingPOSTSCRIPT Hand-loom weaving "Needlework, cross-stitch embroidery" Sampler Swedish peasant weaving Example of Arabian design and workmanship

Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 144, Publishers: SEARCH PR, ISBN-13: 9781800920965, Date of issue: 2024

Fun Creative and Innovative Techniques. Experimentation and Technique Innovative techniques that allow artist to play and experiment with new materials and processes while creating small-scale art.

Hailed as the first American-born art movement to have a worldwide influence, Abstract Expressionism denotes the non-representational use of paint as a means of personal expression. It emerged in America in the 1940s, with lead protagonists including Jackson Pollock, Philip Guston, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning. Abstract Expressionism spawned many different stylistic tendencies but two particularly prominent sub-categories: action painting, exemplified by de Kooning and Pollock, and color field painting, made most famous by Rothko. Throughout, Abstract Expressionists strove to convey emotions and ideas through the making of marks, through forms, textures, shades, and the particular quality of brushstrokes. The movement favored large-scale canvases, and embraced the role of accident or chance. With featured works from 20 key Abstract Expressionist artists, this book introduces the movement which shifted the center of art gravity from Paris to New York and remains for many the golden moment of American art.

Taking into account a wealth of scholarship, this book explores the movement in terms of its political implications and rich cultural contexts.

Mouvement dominant des scènes artistiques de New York et de San Francisco au milieu du XXe siècle, l'expressionnisme abstrait est célébré comme étant le premier développement majeur de l'art américain à acquérir un statut international. Le mouvement est synonyme de l'œuvre de Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko et Willem de Kooning, mais de nombreuses femmes artistes font également partie de cette génération qui a changé le cours de l'art moderne ; ce n'est que ces dernières années que leurs contributions ont commencé à recevoir la reconnaissance qu'elles méritent. Les femmes remarquables présentées dans ce nouveau livre passionnant - parmi lesquelles Claire Falkenstein, Perle Fine, Grace Hartigan, Lee Krasner et Joan Mitchell - ont étudié dans les mêmes écoles d'art que les hommes, exposé dans les mêmes galeries et fait partie de la même scène sociale. Pourtant, à une époque qui valorisait la conformité, elles sont restées largement dans l'ombre de leurs homologues masculins. Cette magnifique publication présente les œuvres de la collection Levett, une collection privée sans équivalent d'œuvres d'art réalisées par des femmes expressionnistes abstraites. Des essais richement illustrés d'Ellen G. Landau et de Joan M. Marter examinent, respectivement, le rôle vital des femmes dans le développement de l'expressionnisme abstrait et le travail des femmes sculpteurs du mouvement. Pleine de couleurs exubérantes et explosives et d'expressions densément stratifiées, la section principale du livre est consacrée à plus de 50 peintures, collages et sculptures, tous accompagnés de citations pertinentes des femmes sur leur pratique artistique et leurs préoccupations. Une chronologie illustrée et 35 biographies d'artistes apportent un éclairage supplémentaire, faisant de ce volume un complément essentiel à l'étude des femmes expressionnistes abstraites, des innovatrices dont le temps est enfin venu d'être sous les projecteurs.

Austrian artist Waltraud Nawratil shows the reader how to combine a love for nature with a passion for expressive painting. Teaches how to use acrylics, watercolours and airbrushing, as well as natural materials. 170 colour illustrations.

Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 128, Publishers: Search Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781782219576, Date of issue: 2021

Abstract Painting: The Elements of Visual Language examines and articulates a vocabulary of visual elements from which you build images, abstract or otherwise. As you examine line, shape, pattern, texture, depth, and color in detail, you become more aware

The mechanisms of Selor-Hudson abstract reasoning tests (1rst part) and of EPSO-CEE selection tests (2d part) through short, simple and clear explanations, and numerous exercices. For Hudson-Selor tests, a foolproof method that ensures the success and very high scores, either in the "black spots", "dices", ' Fx ' version (7 transformations) or in the "dominoes" version (9 transformations). Thanks to the notation, you should not remember anything . In addition, you realize yourself if you have made a mistake, and you can correct it easily. For EPSO and IQ tests type, you significantly increase your performance thanks to the explanations of recurring mechanisms and to new ways to se...

This brand new, revised and expanded edition is aimed at all candidates planning to sit European institution competitions and who wish to prepare as effectively as possible for the abstract reasoning test.Abstract reasoning questions are presented as series of diagrams containing geometric shapes which are repeated or modified according to a logical sequence. Candidates have to identify the underlying logic and find the diagram that completes the series.Abstract reasoning tests call for skills that candidates do not normally use in everyday life: the ability to visualise geometric transformations (rotations, symmetries, etc), an aptitude to spot similarities between complex shapes, etc. We are all capable of developing these skills. It is not a question of intelligence, but of learning.Entry competitions for European institutions are highly selective. Success in the abstract reasoning test is, above all, a matter of method and training.This book can significantly increase your chances of success. It includes:- a detailed methodology illustrated with numerous examples;- 9 tests of 20 questions each, arranged by level of difficulty;- a detailed explanation of the answer to each question.The questions in this book are similar to those set in the competitions run by EPSO since 2015. They are different from those in previous editions and from our online test questions.Language: English (Language of text), French (Original language of a translated text).

Abstract Reasoning tesst are designed to assess your ability to identify patterns amongst abstract shapes where irrelevant and distracting material will often lead to incorrect assumptions and answers. The test, therefore, measures your ability to

Wilhelm Worringer's landmark study in the interpretation of modern art, first published in 1908, has seldom been out of print. Its profound impact not only on art historians and theorists but also for generations of creative writers and intellectuals is almost unprecedented. Starting from the notion that beauty derives from our sense of being able to identify with an object, Worringer argues that representational art produces satisfaction from our "objectified delight in the self," reflecting a confidence in the world as it is-as in Renaissance art. By contrast, the urge to abstraction, as exemplified by Egyptian, Byzantine, primitive, or modern expressionist art, articulates a totally different response to the world: it expresses man's insecurity. Thus in historical periods of anxiety and uncertainty, man seeks to abstract objects from their unpredictable state and transform them into absolute, transcendental forms. Abstraction and Empathy also has a sociological dimension, in that the urge to create fixed, abstract, and geometric forms is a response to the modern experience of industrialization and the sense that individual identity is threatened by a hostile mass society.Hilton Kramer's introduction considers the influence of Worringer's thesis and places his book in historical context.

Where do you find inspiration for an abstract painting? How do you start? What materials should you use? Are composition and perspective important? These questions and others are answered in detail in this impressive book, with a clarity that guarantees success.

Neue Techniken in Acryl Innovative Ideen für die Acrylmalerei! Petra Thölken präsentiert neue Techniken und Materialien für abstrakte Bilder in Acryl und Mixed Media. 20 Motive werden hier Schritt für Schritt erklärt, inklusive Variationen und Tipps zur eigenen Gestaltung. Auch für Anfänger ist dieses Buch wunderbar geeignet - Farbenlehre, Technik, Materialien und Untergründe werden ausführlich dargestellt.

This book is about Abu Bakr, the first Caliph to rule the world of Islam after the Prophet Muhammad. More important than his achievements as a state leader was his close companionship with Prophet Muhammad, a relationship that earned him the name al Siddiq. He was the only Companion who was privileged to ride alongside the Prophet Muhammad in his great migration to Madina, a turning point in the history of Islam. This book analyzes his exemplary life, his relationship with the Prophet, and his unique role in the birth period of Islam.

Entrega este libro a tu abuela y recíbelo de vuelta lleno derecuerdos.El único regalo que querrás que te devuelvan.Con este librole estás haciendo a tu abuela un regalo muy especial. Está repleto depreguntas curiosas, divertidas e inesperadas que tienen que vercontigo, con ella, con todo lo que habéis vivido.Tu abuela podráescribir y pegar fotografías o lo que se le ocurra en sus páginas y se convertirá en un recopilatorio único, que te devolverá cuando acabede rellenarlo para que atesores sus recuerdos para siempre.- Un libropara rellenar de 144 páginas. Una edición cuidada y elegante, condise?o limpio y actual.- Dividido en cinco bloques temáticos: 1.Háblame de tu infancia y de hacerte mayor, 2. Háblame del amor y deser abuela, 3. Háblame de tu tiempo libre y aficiones, 4. Háblame dequién eres ahora, 5. Háblame de ti y de mí.- Un regalo original ybonito para el cumplea?os de tu abuela, el día de la madre, Navidad, o cualquier ocasión.- Un libro personalizable que se convertirá en unmagnífico recuerdo de familia y puede ser el punto de partida degrandes conversaciones.Porque nuestros recuerdos son el regalo másvalioso del mundo.Recuerda. Escribe. Comparte.------------------------------------------------------------------Y para tu madre: Mamá, ?me cuentas tu historia?------------------------------------------------------------------Laopinión de los lectores (Sobre Mamá, ?me cuentas tu historia):«Le regalé este libro a mi madre y me gustaría que algún día me lodevolviese. Ella reconoce que gracias a él ha recordado muchísimosmomentos de su vida. Ahora hablamos a menudo del pasado y acabamosevocando un montón de recuerdos. íUn regalo magnífico!»«íPrecioso! Unlibro que todos los hijos deberían regalar a sus madres. íUntestamento para toda la vida! El legado más hermoso que una madrepuede dejar a su hijo.»

Nivel A1 100 palabrasAna corre al colegio. Oh, no! Su mochila está abierta. Los libros, el lápiz y la ragla salen de la mochila y se caen. Ana simepre pierde sus cosas y su maestro está enfadado. Abuelita Anita mete la mano en su bolso amarillo. Qué hay dentro? Oh! es una cuerda amarilla.

Nivel A1 100 palabrasEsta es una historia sobre Abuelita Anita y el pirata Barbalarga, muy triste porque no tiene sombrero, papagayo ni cofre del tesoro. Ahmed y Julia conocen, por arte de magia, al pirata Barabalarga. Está triste porque es un pirata sin sombrero ni tesoro... pero Abuelita Anita está aquí! Qué bien!