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  Pen and Wash - An artist's guide...

  John Harrison

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  Pen and Wash is a practical guide to creating a picture that captures the discipline of pen, along with the subtlety of watercolour. With clear instruction and inspirational examples throughout, it explains the conventional approach of drawing and then adding wash, but also explores alternative ideas and styles. The author's passion for the technique is evident in his examples and enthusiastic text, making the book a superb guide to this beautiful medium. Advise on the correct equipment, techniques, the unpredictable nature of watercolours and Step by step demonstrations of pen and wash techniques.

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  Soho Days Camden Nights - The...

  Andy Macleod

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  It’s the summer of 1996, and Andy is stuck in a dead-end admin job at a Soho picture library. His dreams of becoming an indie rockstar are over, but luckily, he’s found the Next Big Thing through promoting gigs in Camden: a Norwegian three-piece who sound like ABBA meets Nirvana. 
  Plan B is simple, live the dream vicariously by managing them. And when a record company shows interest, a door opens into an exciting new world. The only things standing in his way are a total lack of music industry know-how and his scary boss at work, who disapproves of his extracurricular activities. 
  However, as the clock ticks towards his 30th birthday, success proves elusive. Everyone else seems to be making it, rival bands, ex-bandmates, his old band manager, even the record shop where he once worked has become famous. Andy fears he’ll never escape the day job to live his daydream. But he also knows that in music, there’s always tomorrow.

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  Boogie Board Man - Eight...

  Mike Del Ninno

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  "...I do happen to be gifted with the revelation of the boogie board, and that's no small deal, it was a small deal, and it seemed to be, but it turns out it's a big deal." -Tom Morey 
  The journey of two individuals brought together by celestial fate. The author aspiring to write a biopic screenplay, and Tom Morey, unveiling a lifetime of events leading to a collaborative project spanning several months and eight interview sessions, culminating with the life-story of the Boogie Board Man.

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  Cliché-Verre - Miniatures On Glass

  Brian Allan Skinner

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  Cliché-verre is a technique of etching and painting directly on photographic negatives. The term means “glass negative” in French and is as old as photography itself, dating to the 1840s and earlier. The first successful photographic process involved coating glass plates with light-sensitive chemicals from which reversed (positive) prints could be made. Artists experimented with drawing, etching, and combining images directly on the glass, resulting in fanciful black-and-white prints. But few artists were inspired to develop the idea further until the advent of color photography in the early 20th Century. 
  The Magic Lantern, long predating photography, was invented by Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch astronomer and physicist, in the 1600s. It is a simple device for projecting images, based upon the centuries-old principles of the “camera obscura” or “darkened room.” When the photographic process evolved to  
  film rather than glass plates, the technology spread. Color film arrived in the 1930s. There were now both film negatives and positives (slides). 
  Brian Allan Skinner is the author of six volumes of illustrated fiction. His experiments with cliché-verre began in the 1960s. Here are 50 examples of his work from the past half-century, in brilliant color. In the epilogue, he explains his process in detail.

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  The Soul Has Bandaged Moments...

  Emily Dickinson, A. M. Bly

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Emily Dickinson’s poetry is intimate, daring, and unmistakably her own—compressed lyrics that probe death, faith, love, terror, and transcendence with startling precision. Her idiosyncratic punctuation, slant rhymes, and abrupt turns of thought mirror the mind’s hidden corridors, where revelation and dread often meet. In "The Soul Has Bandaged Moments and Other Poems," Dickinson’s voice emerges as both austere and electric, capable of piercing insight within the smallest compass of words. 
   
  This audiobook pairs each poem with a clear, thoughtful analysis that illuminates Dickinson’s imagery, symbolism, and psychological depth without diminishing her mystery. Every poem is further accompanied by an original piano underscore, specially composed to reflect its emotional temperature—whether hushed, ominous, ecstatic, or serene—deepening the listener’s immersion. Narrated by AI voice Willow, with music by A. M. Bly, this collection offers a richly layered encounter with one of literature’s most haunting and enduring minds.

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  Moments - Detroit Musicman

  Gary Spaniola

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  Playing a black Les Paul through a vintage Marshall stack, mic’d through a tower-high wall of speakers at Detroit’s Cobo Arena feels like you’re flying a 747 with one exception: you’re standing on top of it. 
  In this engaging and often humorous memoir, Gary Spaniola gives a behind-the-scenes look into the many aspects of his life. Growing up in the suburbs of Detroit, Gary shares unforgettable moments of his childhood, his rise in the Detroit music scene with his rock band, Bitter Sweet Alley, his career as a record producer earning multiple gold and platinum records, and his obsession with learning that caused him to alienate the music world for years to become a self-taught computer programmer, designing his own automation system and launching his own software company. After achieving multiple software design awards, he once again reignited his true passion for creating music and went on to release three additional solo albums. 
  Gary’s storytelling captures the sincerity and humor of the colorful chaos of growing up in a large family, getting his first guitar, performing in front of thousands of people, and sharing the stage with many legendary rock icons. He takes you with him back to the small, seedy venues and up to the major crowd-filled arenas, as well as the countless hours practicing guitar, creating his software, and building his dreams. Gary shares his trials, tribulations, and determination with every career turn. Interlaced in this memoir is Gary’s love for faith, family, and lifelong friends, along with the hilarity and frustration of growing up and finding his way in life.

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