Starting with advice on materials, it moves on to pastel basics such as blending, adding tone and using a limited palette, then there is a section on landscape painting featuring advice on composition and painting trees and water, then capturing light in pastels, with tips on colour mixing, and fina[...]

This book depicts the military history of Southern Rhodesia from the first resistance to colonial rule, through the period of UDI (unilateral declaration of independence) by the Smith government to the Lancaster House agreement that transferred power. There are vivid accounts of the operations agai[...]

That Ernst Gombrich was one of the most important art historians of the 20th century would seem to go without saying. And so one might expect him to feature prominently in the numerous surveys, guides and introductions to the history and methods of art history produced during the past two decades. P[...]

This title covers the entire process of planning a plant model project from conceptual to mechanical completion, and explains where the piping engineer falls in the process along with his roles and responsibilities. Critical topics covered in this handbook include FEED study and key plans, the impor[...]

Painting landscapes was very much a private activity for Peter Paul Rubens. Whilst the majority of his other works were commissioned, the landscapes seem to have been painted for his own pleasure and delight and stayed in the artist's possession until his death. Most of them were painted in the last[...]

Ihre Musik ist ewig und hat sie, ihre Schöpfer, unsterblich gemacht. Ihre Tonkunst vermag nicht nur Emotionen zu transportieren, sondern auch Emotionen zu verändern. Dieses Nachschlagewerk zu den bedeutendsten Komponisten ist eine Gesamtschau auf die klassische Musik: von Isaak Alb?niz, Ludwig[...]

Environmental policy has long been determined by a dichotomy between technology and behavior. This book explores the relationships between technology and behavior from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is the first volume that aims to create a conceptual basis for analyzing interactions between t[...]

Här blandas autentiska citat från Stalin, Hitler och Chruchill med skildringen av deras livsbana samt händelserna som kom att dominera utvecklingen av kriget. Böckerna innehåller unika bilder och informativa kartor. Likaså fylliga tidslinjer, ordförklaringar och register.
Serien finns att[...]

Här blandas autentiska citat från Stalin, Hitler och Chruchill med skildringen av deras livsbana samt händelserna som kom att dominera utvecklingen av kriget. Böckerna innehåller unika bilder och informativa kartor. Likaså fylliga tidslinjer, ordförklaringar och register.
Serien finns att[...]

-Astonishing details of the paintings by Rubens in an attractive and well-priced guide. According to recent research, Rubens is the most well known Flemish master in the entire world Following Masterpiece: Hieronymus Bosch, Masterpiece: Peter Paul Rubens shows the paintings of this Flemish master as[...]

Eighteen stories capture the fun of growing up in Jamaica, and will make for exciting and thoughtful bedtime reading.[...]