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  William Alister Macdonald -...

  Ian MacDonald

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  The life of Scottish watercolourist William Alister Macdonald (1861-1956) contained more mystery and intrigue than a novel by the authors he knew as friends. Mid-life in the early 1900s he painted widely across Britain, Europe and North Africa. Aged sixty, abandoning his wife and son in London, he settled in Tahiti, where he befriended authors Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall and Zane Grey. Critical acclaim of his work peaked in 1935 with the discovery of over 120 watercolours capturing London streets and lost panoramas from the Thames, its river life and trade at the turn of the last century, now part of the Wakefield Collection at London's Guildhall. Yet in Tahiti his reputation has endured with appreciation of his timeless, exquisite landscapes and studies of paradise. This first fully illustrated biography of Macdonald's life provides a long-overdue opportunity for his European and Polynesian work to be reappraised and his story told.

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  Digital Photography Made Easy

  DJPIXATL

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  Unlock your passion from within and learn the incredible artistry of digital photography! Have you ever flipped through a book or magazine, or even scrolled on social media and saw an amazing and mind-blowing picture and thought "wow, I wish I could take a picture like that?"Have you always wanted to just grab a camera and start taking pictures, but don't know how? Do you have an interest or curiosity about digital photography that you want to develop? Have you always wondered what your life would be like if you learned photography, but lack the motivation and guidance to start? Well you're in luck.This book will give you all the tips and tricks of the trade to become a master photographer. You see, photography is a highly useful and in-demand skill that will never go out of style. It's more than just pictures that just sell product, it can be used to tell stories, capture memories, and even inspire change. If you’re reading this, then you're probably hoping that you can somehow kickstart that passion inside of you and propel your talents into the world of photography. One of the most important things you need to know is that it’s never too late to start because with photography, you actually have the power to stop time on a dime, capture an amazing image, and share your work with the world. Depending on your interests, you can pursue any subject you like and run with it. There is no limit to creativity.This is the place where you can finally feed that long-held hunger of a passion inside and quench your thirst to learn the skills it takes to be a great photographer. All the secrets and steps you need to go from a novice to a master photographer lies within this book. Don't miss out on how to turn your interest into a hobby and your hobby into a career. Bring out the camera and join the digital photography movement today!

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  Afroleon

  Adeboye Oluwajuyitan

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  "Before my version begins to fade, 
  Let me relieve what happened today. 
  Today was not a lifetime of discrimination and shame, 
  But of celebration as a black man living in Ukraine." 
  - culled from the EPIGRAPH 
  A brave and explorative Artisan 
  Calm exterior but he was born a warrior 
  A Leon not bothered about territory 
  A Leon who hunted alone. 
  And a Leon who hurt alone. 
  With a free prefrontal cortex, he came prepared for learning... 
  And learn he did, as his memory campus would get soiled with complex realities. 
  In my first anatomy tour, all I saw were dry cadavers, 
  But by the end of my tenure, I saw my own fresh blood. 
  No tribal marks but you can tell he started out with an Afro. 
  And in this foreign soil, explorations were his special dish. 
  To-and-fro he evolved... and no, he didn't hail from the safari. 
  From a genial ark but he always kept his wits about him. 
  And when he stepped out, he was like a fresh aphrodisiac. 
  Through his eyes, you could hear all of his favorite tunes. 
  Black vanilla at his core as he had a thing for interfacing. 
  General with a stylus brush, 
  Hankie forever in the back pocket. 
  Like his paws, his heart appears four-chambered, 
  But on closer inspection, you see a fifth chamber a short distance away from the rest. 
  A blind Cub walking in the midst of hyenas, 
  With lesions so deep, they suffocated him where it hurt most. 
  The pages are filled with art and expression, 
  As I relive this once-in-a-lifetime experience... 
  Which shaped me into the man I am today.

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  Global by Design - How to Create...

  Amos Winter, Vijay Govindarajan

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  At the intersection of reverse innovation and design thinking, you can find opportunities to create innovations that are Global by Design. 
   
  We are living in an era when innovators must turn their sights to the global stage as never before, to both solve wicked problems facing the world and capture the economic opportunities presented by emerging markets. Thoughtful, innovative solutions can be truly global in scope, providing the value necessary for large-scale adoption in developing countries and disrupting equivalent products in wealthy markets by offering high performance at low cost. 
   
  But it will require a diligent, targeted design process to make these innovation growth opportunities a reality, and Winter and Govindarajan deliver the practical approach you need in Global by Design. 
   
  A book born from the mutual appreciation, and interdependence, of their backgrounds—Winter is a rock star in engineering design and Govindarajan a longtime leading expert on strategy and innovation—Global by Design provides what you need to get started, whether you work in a C-suite, an engineering cubicle, the workshop floor, a classroom, the halls of government, or an NGO field office.

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  La La Land - The Ultimate Trivia...

  Film Trivia Metaverse

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  LA LA LAND 
  THE ULTIMATE TRIVIA COLLECTION 
    
  FROM THE MOVIE DIRECTED BY DAMIEN CHAZELLE 
    
  CREATED BY FILM TRIVIA METAVERSE 
    
  ABOUT THE FILM 
  La La Land is a romantic musical drama that follows the story of Mia, an aspiring actress, and Sebastian, a passionate jazz musician, as they meet and fall in love while pursuing their dreams in Los Angeles. The film explores themes of ambition, love, sacrifice, and the challenges of balancing personal dreams with relationships. Through vibrant musical numbers and stunning cinematography, La La Land celebrates both the beauty and the harsh realities of chasing one’s artistic aspirations. It combines nostalgia for classic Hollywood musicals with a modern, bittersweet take on love and ambition in the entertainment industry. 
    
  TRIVIA SAMPLES: 
    
  “The audition scene where the casting director interrupts Mia's emotional performance to take a phone call was inspired by one of Ryan Gosling's auditions in real life.” 
    
  “Only 30 dancers were used for the "Another Day of Sun" sequence. Most of the people and cars seen in the background are CGI.” 
    
  “John Legend had to learn how to play the guitar for his role, despite being a classically trained pianist in real life.” 
    
  “Tom Hanks was so impressed by the film that, during a press conference for his film Sully, he recommended it to all reporters.” 
    
  “Filming of La La Land took place in just eight weeks, during the summer of 2015.”

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  The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins

  Sonny Rollins

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  Sonny Rollins is one of the towering masters of American music, a virtuoso of the saxophone, and an unequaled improviser whose live performances are legendary and who has reshaped modern jazz over the course of a career lasting more than sixty years. A turning point in that legendary career came in 1959, when Rollins stepped back from performing and recording to begin a new regime of musical exploration. This was also the moment when he started the notebook that would become a trusted companion in years to come—not a diary so much as a place to ponder art and life and his own search for meaning.At once quotidian and aphoristic, the notebooks mingle lists of chores and rehearsal routines with ruminations on nightclub culture, racism, and the conundrums of the inner life. And always there is the music—questions of embouchure, fingering, and technique; of harmony and dissonance; of his own and others' art and the art of jazz. "Any definition," Rollins insists, "which seeks to separate Johann Sebastian Bach from Miles Davis is defeating its own purpose of clarification . . . The Musings of Miles is then the Bouncing of Bach both played against each other."Edited and introduced by the critic and jazz scholar Sam V.H. Reese, The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins provides an unequaled glimpse into the mind and workshop of a musical titan.

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