The latest tips and techniques for working with pastels - in full color Pastels offer bright colors, a great level of portability, and no drying time - plus they're relatively inexpensive and can be used to draw and paint on almost any surface. Pastels For Dummies covers the many aspects of this exciting medium, from the fundamentals of choosing the right materials to step-by-step projects, including landscapes, abstracts, and portraits. Inside you'll find hands-on, easy-to-follow exercises and attractive full-color artwork.
45 Fine & Fanciful Hats to Knit: Berets, Toques, Cones, Stars, Pentagons, and More
A knitting book from a successful designer and author that features jazzy hats with bright colors, vibrant patterns, and sophisticated styling. Each hat is shown in full color and is accompanied by easy-to-follow pattern charts. Nine hat styles are given, from classic berets and toques to innovative designs such as pentagons, stars, and domes
Niwaki: Pruning, Training and Shaping Japanese Garden Trees
There is a lot of information out there on bonsai but I have always been more interested in the Japanese garden trees and until this book there has been very little information out there on how to care for and prune Japanese garden trees and shrubs. As far as I know the author even translated/invented the English name for them, "Niwaki" for which there previously was none.
Today's foreign language teachers are increasingly expected to be skilled in addressing multiple intelligences and differing learning styles, yet no reliable resources exist that consolidate the best of what is known about the broad spectrum of disabilities that are already or soon to be in our classrooms.
Disability and Foreign Language Learning offers fresh, new perspectives on the inquiries into culture and diversity undertaken in the academy today.
