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Linda Tilger encourages you to embrace the lazy gardener within to work smarter and relax harder. With hundreds of time-saving techniques, Tips for the Lazy Gardener shows you how easy it can be to grow hearty vegetables and fragrant herbs. Covering everything from planning an efficient garden to effective shortcuts for harvesting your crops, Tilga's expert suggestions are designed to mitigate chore time while increasing your gardening pleasure. Enjoy...
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Leonardo da Vinci declared that the first lessons for all aspiring artists should involve perspective, and this authoritative guide assists artists at all levels in following the master's advice. Its scores of concise chapters cover a vast range of subjects, offering a comprehensive view of one of art's most difficult challenges: the accurate re-creation of natural perspective. Discussions of theory encompass definitions, both scientific and informal;...
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First published in 1913 by noted British painter Harold Speed, "The Practice and Science of Drawing" is a timeless and invaluable guide on drawing. In his brilliant and insightful style, Speed shows both the aspiring artist and those who wish to appreciate and understand art the various approaches and theories there are to drawing from the technical and scientific to the more modern and artistic. Speed examines the many important aspects that the...
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First featured on a British poster produced during World War II, 'Keep calm and carry on' has become the mantra of millions-but exactly how to keep calm remains a difficult question for most of us. The next time you are stressed by pressures at work, overwhelmed by life's challenges, or panicked by problems that seem unsolvable, reach for this book. In LITTLE WAYS TO KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON, you'll find twenty short yet powerful lessons and anxiety-reducing...
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The world moves fast--so if you want to capture it in real time, only a fast-moving camera will do. Enter the GoPro! This small but powerful camera is easy to hold, wear, or mount to capture video of all your high-speed adventures. Unfortunately, to the uninitiated, it can be a bit intimidating--but fear not! With the help of this revised edition of GoPro Cameras For Dummies, you'll acquire the skills needed to shoot high-quality video or photos,...
87) L'Art naïf
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L'art naïf connaît ses premiers succès à la fin du XIXe siècle. Des « peintres du dimanche » développent avec spontanéité et simplicité une forme d'expression qui, jusqu'alors, avait peu intéressé les artistes et les critiques d'art. Influencée par les arts primitifs, la peinture naïve se distingue par la précision de ses traits, la vivacité et la gaieté de ses couleurs, ainsi que ses formes brutes, souvent élémentaires. L'art...
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In her folksy, wonderfully engaging voice, Drummond shares how she learned to cope with the isolation and peculiarities of an Oklahoman ranch life, from chasing beavers out of the pond and saddling horses, to cooking for a man who believes the sun rises and sets in a steak and baked potato. Includes delicious recipes such as cowboy calzones, pioneer woman's ribeye steaks, cheese grits, fresh blackberry cobbler, pico de gallo, and Iny's prune cake....
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As a fitness icon and motivational mastermind, Shaun T has helped millions of people transform their bodies and their lives through his Hip Hop Abs, INSANITY, and CIZE workouts. But people who think of Shaun T as just a workout force are missing something. He has always focused on building inner strength first, then moving to the exterior. And that inner focus started in his own life. He became the man and motivator he is today after...
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This title teaches aspiring photographers how to shoot portraits that capture their subjects in the best way possible. Through simple text and dramatic photographs, readers learn the basics of choosing the best cameras and lenses for portraiture. Also covered are techniques for choosing the right depth of field, focus, and quality of light, both natural and flash. Posing techniques are also discussed.
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"How to plan your garden carefully, maximize production in every bed, get the most out of every plant, scale up systems to maximize efficiency, and expand the harvest season with succession planting, intercropping, and season extension"--
93) Michel-Ange
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Michel-Ange (Michelangelo Buonarroti) (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564)
Michel-Ange, comme Léonard de Vinci, avait plusieurs cordes à son arc et était à la fois sculpteur, architecte, peintre et poète. Il porta à leur apothéose le mouvement musculaire et l'effort, équivalents plastiques de la passion, à ses yeux. Il façonna son dessin, le poussant jusqu'aux limites extrêmes des possibilités de son âme tourmentée. Il n'y a aucun paysage dans...
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For decades, graphic design and photography professionals have turned to Adobe Photoshop: Visual QuickStart Guide as the fastest, most practical way to start creating professional-quality images with Photoshop. Now, this full-color guide has been thoroughly revamped by a new author who's taught thousands of beginning Photoshop users. Nigel French combines expert, full-color introductions to the latest Photoshop features with new examples and projects,...
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With its amazing screen and apps ranging from free photo filters to professional programs like Lightroom, it just begs to be used by photographers at all levels, and it's become a fixture in their workflow and kit bags alike. This guide walks you through the essential apps and shows not only how they will benefit your photographs, but also make your work more visible and widely shared.
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Why might some sex education programs result in more teen pregnancies? Why did reading that self-help book make you feel less happy? What's the best way to recover from trauma? Can we actually improve our lives by redirecting our thinking? We tell ourselves stories to make sense of the world. These stories ultimately determine if we will lead healthy, productive lives or get into trouble. Renowned psychologist Timothy Wilson proposes a radical new...
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Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something ? and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 160 Photoshop Elements tasks. Each task-based spread covers a single technique, sure to help you get up and running on Photoshop Elements 12 in no time. You'll learn to: Use both the Organizer...
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"Which season of marriage are you in? Marriages are in a perpetual state of transition, continually moving from one season to another--perhaps not annually, as in nature, but certainly and consistently. Sometimes we find ourselves in winter--distant, discouraged, and dissatisfied; other times we experience springtime--filled with hope, openness, and anticipation. Sometimes we bask in the warmth of summer--satisfied and comfortable, simply enjoying...
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Composting is no longer only in the realm of environmentalists! It's not just about reducing food waste; most composters get their hands dirty because of the benefits it brings to the soil in their garden. All the extra nutrients makes for well-fed gardens with plenty of nutrients and rich moisture. Composting has been under the radar screen until now, and seen as a boutique, West Coast thing, says Jared Blumenfeld, who oversees California as well...
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