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Language
English
Description
We live in a culture of casual certitude. This has always been the case, no matter how often that certainty has failed. Though no generation believes there's nothing left to learn, every generation unconsciously assumes that what has already been defined and accepted is (probably) pretty close to how reality will be viewed in perpetuity. And then, of course, time passes. Ideas shift. Opinions invert. What once seemed reasonable eventually becomes...
Author
Publisher
New Holland Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Perspective is the art of understanding the space that surrounds us, and then having the skill to reproduce what we see in an image-to " flatten" the world on a sheet of paper. This clear and richly illustrated book features more than 400 diagrams that introduce artists, graphic designers, and architects to the principles of perspective, so that they can create their own illusion of reality.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
In this blend of fiction, allegory, and inspiration, Andrews tells the story of Jones--a mysterious man who shows up when things look the darkest for the people of Orange Beach, Alabama, and whose unique gift of noticing things that others miss helps us understand why things happen and what we can do about it.
9) In the dark
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"They came in the dark, and took the narrow path that only witches used. Everyone said that's what they were . . .But what if everyone was wrong? Watch what happens when one girl steps into the woods and gets to know these newcomers. The spooky black cat? Meet Mingus! The broomsticks and cloaks? Cloth and wooden handles. And those shadows in the sky? Handmade kites, fluttering in the breeze. When the breeze becomes a blustery storm, everything changes...including...
Author
Publisher
W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
With rare insight, the author take readers on a journey that proves the importance of perspective, the power of connection, and the ability everyone has to make the impossible come true, through an inspirational story in which Jones, a mysterious elderly man with white hair and endless wisdom, opens an unusual business in Orange Beach, Alabama, that always seems to have exactly what visitors are looking for.
Author
Publisher
Design Studio Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
How to Draw is for artists, architects and designers. It is useful to the novice, the student and the professional. You will learn how to draw any object or environment from your imagination, starting with the most basic perspective drawing skills. Early chapters explain how to draw accurate perspective grids and ellipses that in later chapters provide the foundation for more complex forms. Best of all, more than 25 pages can be scanned via a smartphone...
12) Whereabouts
Author
Language
English
Description
"A marvelous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies--her first in nearly a decade. Exuberance and dread, attachment and estrangement: in this novel, Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her themes to the limit. The woman at the center wavers between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties. The city she calls home, an engaging backdrop to her days, acts as a confidant:...
14) Rosie's glasses
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Can't shake that bad mood? Maybe all you need is a new perspective ... and a pair of Rosie's glasses!
17) Look what I see
Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Look what I see is an inventive story that showcases the world as only Judi and Ron Barrett can see it. A study on perspective, each page asks readers what they might see in different situations--like with your eyes half shut, or upside down, or riding on a bumpy road, or looking through a magnifying glass--followed by a brilliantly illustrated answer. The up-close and personal point of view is sure to have readers giggling and trying out each position...
18) Fates and furies
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Language
English
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Description
"From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia, an exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception. Fates and Furies is a literary masterpiece that defies expectation. A dazzling examination of a marriage, it is also a portrait of creative partnership written by one of the best writers of her generation. Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes,...
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Relates how one boy--who had friends, enjoyed reading, playing saxophone in the band, and had never been in trouble before--became a monster capable of entering his high school with a loaded gun and firing on his classmates, as told from the viewpoints of several victims. Each perspective is written by a different writer of young adult fiction.
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