A brief ogranizational history of Freemasonry in the American colonies. It offers no penetrating analysis - nor did it intend to, but it does illustrate some of the tensions among the players at the time. Some masons might appreciate the light it sheds on how different the organization was then from what we take for granted today. It met all my expectations, and I am glad to have purchased it.

Overall it's a pretty decent design book covering in more detail the printing side of graphic arts. Good for instructional purposes in commercial arts and coming up with activities for students. Not very useful for serious artistic endeavors, it mostly just gives a basic outline of each topic covered. Here is an overview:

1. Cool list of Materials for Graphic Arts, Photography & Copying techniques.

2. Pencil Drawing w/ a pencil one can quickly and uncomplicated create easily from the simple doodles to more sophisticated light studies.

3. Blending rubbing pencil against the paper to create highly realistic & 3D effects inpatient thing is that the transition of shading should flow & not show any border use of smudging technique is also good practice

4. Rapid shading hand moves quickly at a 45-degree angle show a sample

5. Pen & ink Drawings India ink for watercolor proof drawing angles used in shading Show ex. Shading types

Technical pens or fountain pens line screen & Dot screen

6. Felt-tipped markers can fade with sun Show ex.

7. Colored Pencils do not have degrees of hardness apply lightest Color use light pressure always go from light to dark repeat application of color until' you get the deepest intensity you want

8. Pastels are oil solid sticks

9. Watercolors dry or liquid are water-soluble pigments always use correct paper Plenty of water Color large areas first Proper brushes Draw outline Mask if necessary build up background fill in details Special techniques Washing out Texturing Add details Paint around areas Painting wet on wet

10. Colored inks come in jars after drying is waterproof

11. Opaque Paints are very for giving use layering good shading-transitions

12. Layout and Mixed technique the sketch that shows with considerable precision what the finished work will look like the thumbnail is the simplest and cheapest sketching method

13. Enlarging a drawing

14. Perspectives drawing

15. Pantone system is designed to facilitate the graphic or artist' s design work and coordinate specifications for printing a number identifies a given Color to be matched by the printer. 4 Color offset process?

16. Mixed media

17. Cutting and pasting

18. Collage

19. Color Overlays

20. Halftone Print to line art turning a Color photo into so called line art or pure

21. Making Letrachrome Prints get supplies and kit see instructions.

Magnas, Gunter H. Graphic Techniques for designers and Illustrators. Barron's Educational Series Inc. New York, 1986

My son's name is Hugo so this is how it happened. You may choose a name for your kid first by reviewing the list of books published by this author because the books are so charming... I got it in french. Any version in English ????? Jump on it !

I write this with the perspective of someone who's learned several languages. The book is seriously flawed as a self-instruction course. Explanations as to the workings of grammatical points, such as hard and soft nouns, are incomplete; there are not enough practice dialogues; more vocabulary and grammar is introduced at the early stages than exercises with which to practice and reinforce what one has learned. From chapter 8 onwards things begin to look up, but I will be looking for another book to get myself up to the level required for chapter 8 of the Hugo book. At that point, I might return to the Hugo book, as it has a lovely sense of humor in the later dialogues, well worth learning for colloquial conversation.

The Merry Pilgrimage is a translation of an old French poem/epic in story form, of which critical material has been drawn upon by various scholars. The story itself concerns how Charlemagne of the Hoary Beard and his Twelve Peers make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem where they obtain holy relics and then journey to Constantinople where King Hugo the Strong is made a vassal of Charlemagne. This is an extremely rare account which once was sung throughout Europe of Emperor Charlemagne and his chosen companions, such as Roland the Brave, Turpin the Archbishop, and Oliver the Wise who struck blows for Christendom by their mighty deeds. It has black and white illustrations throughout, and though a slim volume, and perhaps much of it fable, shows the wit and charm of this legendary King of the Franks. It is a notable addition to any serious collector or descendant (as I am) of the might and wisdom of the Great Carolus Magnus.

A good book if you are looking for a overview of Oracle in a network environment. Ignores the database itself (as it should). Covers Wide range of Oracle Networking components like SQL*Net, ODBC, network security, etc. Lacks technical usage details on individual parts. Good for DBA's, Sysadmin's and programmers trying to understand the network/communications area of Oracle.

This is the seminal work in sci-fi by the man who's editing direction shaped the modern genre, Hugo Gernsback, the guy they named the Hugo Awards after.

A future where everyone wears electric roller skates, has a number instead of a last name and cities have moving side walks... One of theose travelogues of the future extrapolated by a writer from the very beginings of the pulp era. The gadgetry seems almost Victorian, the philosophy seems dated, yet somehow you'll never forget this book.

I read this book in the early 60's and it was already very quaint and dated even back then. But somehow I've never forgotten it and parts of this book come to mind even now almost 40 years later. If you've ever seen the 1930 film "Just Imagine," then this is the literary equivalant.

i cant say that i loved the work. i sometimes feel its hard for a story writer to cross over and write poetry. that came across here as well--in my opinion. i struggled thru most of the work

This course comes with a book and four cassettes. The book is great. It has a lot of historical, cultural, and touristical information about Spain, in Spanish geared for the student of the language. However, the tapes have so much instruction and commentary in English, that they lose almost all of their value as a tool for understanding what is heard. If this course is available without the tapes, my recommendation is that you go that route.

Toilers of the Sea is a Hugo story that thankfully lacks the incessant digressions about politics, but is also missing Hugo's knack for character interaction. The story is centered around an outcast seaman named Gilliatt who takes charge of salvaging a wrecked steam engine. The story drowns the reader with Gilliatt's heroism as he fights against the ocean, the weather and the devil fish. The only thing that makes this story worth reading is Hugo's suspense. A great story written by anyone else, this one only rates as good when compared with other Hugo classics.