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  Sundaland and Doggerland: The...

  Charles River Editors

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  By the time the Pleistocene Epoch ended around 12,000 years ago, Homo sapiens had become one of the most significant species on the planet. 	It was also near the end of that period of time that modern humans began to gradually populate what would become Europe, Asia, and the Americas, eventually becoming the inheritors of the Paleolithic era and the only human species to make it into the Neolithic era. 	The cold Pleistocene temperatures lowered water levels across the planet, exposing land that was not there before or after the period. At the same time, significant regions of the planet were very different during the Pleistocene, including Southeast Asia, particularly the modern islands of Bali, Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula, roughly equivalent to parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. This region, which modern scholars refer to as Sunda or Sundaland, was unique because all of it was connected by land, meaning today’s islands were once part of a contiguous subcontinent, and in terms of the people, flora, and fauna, it was very different than it is today.  
  Among the most significant water displacement phenomena in the Western world was Doggerland on the northern European continent. The notable inundation occurred in both a steady and eruptive fashion covering a vast stretch of former tundra, a land bridge between today’s British Isles and the European continent. The event brought about the modern English Channel and an expanded North Sea, and unlike the early supercontinents, the inundation of Doggerland took place after the appearance of people. Incrementally submerged since roughly 18,000 years ago as the climate warmed, the patch of sea between Britain and Europe is the subject of much recent scientific scrutiny. 

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  Diego Rivera

  Gerry Souter

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  They met in 1928, Frida Kahlo was then 21 years old and Diego Rivera was twice her age. He was already an international reference, she only aspired to become one.
  An intense artistic creation, along with pain and suffering, was generated by this tormented union, in particular for Frida. Constantly in the shadow of her husband, bearing his unfaithfulness and her jealousy, Frida exorcised the  pain on canvas, and won progressively the public’s interest. On both continents, America and Europe, these commited artists proclaimed their freedom and left behind them the traces of their exceptional talent.
  In this book, Gerry Souter brings together both biographies and underlines with passion the link which existed between the two greatest Mexican artists of the  twentieth century.

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  How Poetry Can Transform Our Lives

  Jane Hirshfield

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  Jane Hirshfield believes that poetry can play a transformative role in our lives. “What poems are doing is counterbalancing the mainstream tenor of our culture, which is to do, to be active, to be energetic and to prove one’s self… and one of the messages underlying all poems that move us is that we have nothing at all to prove.” She offers her perspective on beauty and how it cannot exist alone. She takes us behind the scenes into the mind of the poet, and treats us to some of her own poems and her thinking behind them. She also reminds us that a reader can benefit from a poem without knowing what the poet is thinking, but by thinking for him- or herself. Poetry encourages us to ask questions, open up to the unknown, and see our vulnerabilities. Her own process includes the constant practice of questioning, searching, and listening. Poems can present life to us through a different lens, she says. “One of the things that poetry helps us with is to remain open to what is not sure, what is not guaranteed, what makes us feel vulnerable.”

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  Eternal

  David Gere

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  Eric Richards was living as close to a normal life as one could hope for. With a successful excavation business; Sara, his gorgeous archaeologist wife; and twin five-year-old boys, Michael and David, life was good. That was until he would be confronted with a decision to join in a fight that was not his own.  
  A war had raged for ages behind the veil of this world. Forces greater than they could fathom would clash once again. The fate of all mankind left in the hands of only a few.  
  Only their love would be greater than the darkness that faced them.

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  There Used to Be a Me - Peter...

  Ian Billings

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  Peter Sellers, rightly regarded as a comic genius, lived a life full of success and excess - fuelled by indulgence and wild mood swings. Dying at an early age in 1980, Sellers left no autobiography, no revealing record of his life and feelings. This audio play aims to fill that gap.Featuring an incredible solo performance from Alfred Molina (loved by many in his role as Marvel's Doctor Octopus) this comic fantasy allows Sellers to construct his own documentary on his own life, told through his own eyes.There Used To Be A Me bubbles with comedy insight into the workings of an eccentric - and, at times, cruel - mind, examining the pressures of a tortured imagination when given free and total control… but unable to take full responsibility.As Sellers once said: "There used to be a me. But, I had it surgically removed."

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  How To Oil Paint - Your Step By...

  HowExpert, Manaal Javed

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  Are you ready to become the next Picasso? If you want to learn how to create your own oil painting masterpiece, you will want to get How to Oil Paint, a step-by-step guide created by an artist with real life experience in oil painting. 
  If you are creative and you love to paint, this guide will show you how to express yourself through oil painting. New painters will learn the secrets of how to paint in the oil medium, including important elements and principles of art and design. 
  How to Oil Paint will show you easy steps to create: 
  - A tree silhouette painting using the Underpainting technique. 
  - A flower painting using both the Alla Prima and the Sgraffito technique. 
  -A river painting using Scumbling and Glazing. 
  - An abstract scene using the Impasto technique. 
  - A flower Paintograph. 
  You will also discover how to use different brush strokes, the basics of color section, which brushes work best, and more! 
  By the time you reach the end of this step-by-step guide, you will feel confident and be ready to create your own works of art using oil paints. 
  About the Expert 
  Manaal Javed has been painting in oils for more than four years. She puts her soul onto the canvas by playing with colors. She paints in a number of mediums, including acrylics and water paints. Oil painting is her favorite type of painting because an oil painting can be refined after it is completed. She critiques her work after completion and puts in the elements which she feels is incomplete in the painting. Hand and eye coordination makes her arrange all the elements in her painting beautifully and, of course, her imagination is like the cherry on top.She has always been a quiet person who does not let her feelings come out. For her, painting is a way to communicate with people. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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