Well organized information on every topic coverning the vast field of exceptional children. A Glossary defines the key terms and key terms at the end of each chapter makes it easy to understand better the context. Summary of Major Ideas give a clear idea of each chapter.

In Dr. Christopher White's Foreword to this terrific book, he writes that his uncle, the beloved late British artist Ardizzone (b.1900) drew constantly as a child, but took a proper job as a shipping clerk after completing his education. Ardizzone soon came into a small inheritance and, "encouraged by his wife but to the horror of his father," devoted the rest of his life to the passionate and dedicated work of painting, drawing, illustration, and, to a lesser but no less successful degree, print-making.

Ardizzone's work was recognized and valued early on. In his Preface Paul Coldwell writes accurately that Ardizzone "displays that rare talent, along with Tenniel and E.H. Shepard, of representing a vision of what it is to be a child that is as intense as the reality experienced." In 1941 Ardizzone was named official War Artist; he sent home incredible drawings from North Africa, Normandy, and Germany. He was the first British soldier to set foot in Denmark. In all, he submitted over 500 drawings, including over 400 watercolors. Some were prints, and are included here. This beautiful 'catalogue raisonne' (salmon pink endpapers, and many color plates) was published in conjunction with a traveling retrospective exhibition (England only) of Ardizzone's prints. The hundred or so etchings and lithographs have as their subjects lovers, dancers, children, boats, life drawing class, street scenes, public schools, the beach, pubs, prostitutes, wartime, Gloucestershire, Suffolk, plus 'various commissioned posters' (all in great color), menus, and more The images reflect his overriding optimism and acceptance of human frailty and foibles. He loved to dance, he got along well with people, he loved the world - and it shows. His images are most often generous and emotionally expressive, often a little humorous or moody, and gentle - without being weak in the least. Ardizzone is a tender and careful tour guide. A "sharp observer of life at all social levels," he "preferred the fat to the thin," (White, in the Foreword), was considerate of his subjects, and never objectified the powerless.

It's a terrific book, with a Foreword, a Preface, and Introduction, and a comprehensive and informative narrative (by cinematographer and art historian Dr Nicholas Ardizzone, the artist's son). There are over a hundred good illustrations, some in color, as well as several photographs of the genial and lovable Ardizzone. In addition, the gritty details of the art and craft of printmaking are included - a nice plus.

Finally, there is a list of autobiographies (diaries, memoirs) written by Edward Ardizzone, and a bibliography that Dr Ardizzone compiled as part of the work of his doctoral thesis. You can take that list and read for months, if you choose to.

This is a beautiful book. It was compiled and assembled by a team of Ardizzone devotees - a labor of love as well as scholarship. Aside from being a guide to Edward Ardizzone's prints, it's a terrific value, because along with the images you get insightful and informative commentary, and a sense of the man - that money really can't buy.

Como novela historica, es de las mejores que he leido. Las aventuras de Tiglath Assur, heredero del trono del reino Asirio, estan narradas de manera magistral por Guild. Por supuesto, se parece mucho a las aventuras de Sinuhe El Egipcio (con todo y un sirviente bueno en los negocios), pero es un libro que no puedes soltar. Te encantara, y la segunda parte tambien, la estrella de sangre...

When Elwood, a young pig, finds an old broom leaning against a tree trunk he takes it to sweep his front step. What he doesn't realize it that the broom is the property of a witch who will do everything in her power to get it back. To Elwood's surprise and dismay, he finds that he can fly through the air on that old broom. Elwood wants to get rid of the broom as badly as the witch wants it back! Elwood And The Witch is a rollicking story of enchantment by Nicholas Heller which is superbly illustrated by Jos. A. Smith, and one that will hold young readers (ages 5 and up) total attention from first page to last! Also highly recommended are two earlier picturebooks by Nicholas Heller and Jos. Smith: Goblins In Green, and Ogres! Ogres! Ogres!: A Feasting Frenzy From A To Z.

Researched and written by Ernst Benz, and translated into English by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Emanuel Swedenborg: Visionary Savant In The Age Of Reason is a thoroughly documented autobiography of the scientist Emanual Swedenborg, a great and influential mind of the 18th century. Swedenborg underwent a profound spiritual transformation in 1744 and thereafter devoted himself to extensively documenting his visions of the world of the afterlife. A profound, amazing, and detailed account of a revolutionary scientific and spiritual thinker, Emanual Swedenborg: Visionary Savant In The Age Of Reason is critically important reading for all serious students of Swedenborg's life, work, philosophy, and metaphysical teachings.

I have this book and it is fascinating. More than just a book on Emmett, this is also a book on the history of the United States from the eyes of the world's most loved hobo. I even got mine signed by Emmett at the Gift Garden in Cleveland. You can see if they can get you a signed one by calling 1-800-777-4802

the physical features of jet mixing, bubble dynamics, and flow measurements.A chapter on two-phase multicomponent flows includes numerical discussions and advanced treatment of phase permeabilities

This is mainly a plea to any lurking representative of a
publishing house which might be able to reissue this mystery in
English (it is still in print in German as "Ende des Kapitels").
Featuring Blake's appealing amateur sleuth Nigel Strangeways,
this book begins with the murder of a bestselling author who is
midway through writing her memoirs. Suspicion centers (although
not exclusively) on the tightly wound employees of the victim's
employer, the Wenham & Geraldine publishing house. Strangeways's
difficult and poignant unmasking of the criminal flows from his
understanding of human psychology and the literary mind. This
is a memorable offering from the man whose day job (as Cecil
Day-Lewis) was serving as the UK's Poet Laureate.

A detailed and evocative catalogue of passenger ships over 10,000 tons from Titanic to the QE2. Archive Photos of each of these classic ships are included with the page-long descriptions of the ship, as well as measurements and historical info, including the dramatic life (and often tragic death) of many of these wondrous vessels of the past 100 years. Readers may find themselves longing for a time machine so that they could actually walk the wonderous decks of the beautiful, but ill-fated Normandy, or sample the atmosphere of the heroic Aquitania, or the exquisite cuisine and ambience of the Ile De France (The Andrea Doria's rescue ship). Even the more obscure ships become objects of fascination and wonder. Hauntingly, even the Dana Regina is included (a year or two after this book's publishing, the DR, renamed the Estonia, sank in the mid-1990's with a loss of over 800 lives when it's bow door came loose in a horrific winter storm). This is the kind of book you leave on your coffee table and keep reaching for again and again. While the text could use some occasional editing for a few grammatical rough spots, the effect of the book as a whole is undiminished. If you weren't already interested in the classic liners, this book just might get you started. And it is simply a must for any Titanic afficionado.