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Behind every great painting is a strong foundation of tonal values. This book reveals the secrets to achieving dramatic, professional-looking results by exploiting the power of values. You'll learn a basic, step-by-step approach to controlling tonal values right from the start. Complete with painting demonstrations and before-and-after demos, Artistic Secrets to Painting Tonal Values will help you bring sparkle and impact to your paintings.
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Excellent for a daring beginner-excellent reference book.......2005-11-25
I checked this book out from my community library and fell in love with it. It is out of print. I hope it is re-published. I ordered it used.
I am not new to art and crafts but I am to using color on canvas. I am a beginning artist in oil painting. I knew many of the concepts in the book already but did not know how to apply them. I have some rusty drawing skills and natural sleeping talent which I am no longer willing to lay dormant. I do not recommend this to the beginner who is timid. If you are gutsy go for this book. I think the reward will be worth it.
In the beginning of the book is a still life done in reds. Red is a hard color to deal with. It is down right beautiful and different, making it intriguing. The artist uses mostly still life as lessons and to get the basic concepts of painting across. To the beginner this sometimes seems boring. Kedzierski's still life paintings are inspiring and beautiful to look at, making it easier to follow and learn the basics by doing still life. I feel this is a good place to start and have decided to use the book for a jumping off point.
This book is not about style. The artist is a realist. I am not worried about style right now. Anyhow that will come with time. I just want to get the basics down. The book has not been "dumb down" like other how to books. How can you learn anything about great art if you are not looking at great art and I feel like I am looking at great art with this book.
Another reviewer wrote that the book did not use the artist's best works. I think that is due to the nature of the book being instructional. The term "Keep it simple" comes to mind. I have "Problem Solving for Oil Painters by Kreutz". It is a good book and in print. Kedzierski's book is more direct and step-by-step and more simplified giving more of a sense that I can do this.
Oh, by the way. There is a little gem of a pastel lesson at the end of the book. It is an ocean sunset that is hard to believe was done in pastels. Now I am looking into pastel as another medium to work with.
Good introduction to tonality.......2004-05-13
It's one of the North Light Book club's selections. It's an easy review or introduction to tonality, a must needed skill for any artist.
Alex, my friend.......2002-11-13
Alex passed away 2 years ago and I was priveledged to have been a friend of his, a member of the art league with him, and an occassional student at the art school he began. He did many fine paintings tho unfortunately not all of his best are illustrated in the book. I would hope someday that his friends and compatriates could publish a comprehensive collection of all his beautiful work. His work is quite striking to see, especially on the backdrop of a show when you can see his style in contrast to other's. It is definitely reminiscent of the Great Masters, painting in the old style which not many artists have mastered in this modern era. He was a wonderful man, a good teacher, and a great artist and we all really miss him.
my first and favorite oil painting book.......2002-05-12
Prior to taking a class in oil painting, I decided to buy this book and get a head start in knowledge. I read the book and learned a lot. In class my fellow students were told that there are no good painting books out there so don't bother buying one. We then got a verbal lecture and were expected to produce paintings. We then were told to experiment with color mixing. My classmates made mud. Each color they mixed, ended up as mud. Some poor students painted a mud picture. I used the mixing instructions in this book and understood what I was doing and how to achieve the color and shade and tint that I wanted. The book tells you how to achieve value contrasts in colors so that the painting does not come out flat. after reading this book, I, a complete beginner, was able to know what color I wanted and how to manipulate its value to create shadows, highlights, reflections etc. There was no hit and miss like for the other students. Also the author shows you how to build up a painting on the canvas. My art teacher just wanted us to just start and see what happens. You don't have to learn from the school of hard knocks. This book will get the beginners up to speed without having to waste time making common mistakes. I have since bought other painting books, but this one is the one that I feel lucky to have purchased, and use as my basic reference on color mixing and values. There are step by step examples in oil painting, water color and pastel (not in the sense of copying projects, but of examples on technique).
Highly Recommend.......2001-12-20
This book has a thorough and understandable explanation of tonal values. Though some of the art work is good, some not outstanding, I would think that most artists would buy a book for the knowledge over the pictures. I had an understanding before I bought the book, but the author's explanations made everything about "value" more clear to me. I would recommend it to anyone. It is now a permanent part of my art library.
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Book Description
Tonight, by moonlight, I will rake my
leaves into my neighbor's yard.
Had it up to here with sugary-sweet affirmation books that ignore the pleasures of resentment and mean-spiritedness? Tired of the self-helpaholics who've been sipping too much chicken soup? Then this book is for you.
Here are 365 splendidly bitter daily meditations that will appeal to the cynic in you. Nowhere else will you find such odes to self-absorption as:
·Today I will equate material possessions with love.
·Today I will taunt others until they cry, then tell them they are too sensitive.
·Today I will make a new friend based solely on how he or she can further my career.
·Today I will respect my need to sabotage everyone else's success.
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Instant smile - perfect for the office.......2007-06-16
I keep a copy of this nearby in my office and pull it out for an instant smile or laugh anytime. The quotes are all short simple sentences that provide immediate gratification. If someone visits my office in a bad mood I have them open the book to a random page to find their quote for the day.
A favorite - "If I act incompetent, people will take care of me".
I highly recommend this as a gift for anyone who has a sense of humor or needs one. It is clean humor -- sarcastic humor that most people can relate to on an average day. It is a great investment, I've had my copy for about 4 years and have bought over 10 copies for gifts.
For the pessimist in all of us.......2004-07-16
I have turned my copy into an autograph book; I have my friends and co-workers sign the quote that is most like them. My favorite: "Unlike me, the seasons serve a purpose." If that sort of thing makes you laugh, this book is for you... you cynic you!
I gave myself a hacking cough from laughing so hard.......2002-08-16
This book is simply hilarious. It's a must read for cynics. My favorite is, "I have the worst life."
Do you like to laugh out loud? Then get this!.......2002-06-09
Funny hilarity will ensue as you read these maxims for personal growth. A welcome respite to our age of self-help and self-analysis, that nonetheless contains at its core a philosophy of well-being that any twelve stepper or any hardened skeptic could be proud of.
"Cynic" is right!.......2002-03-04
This is not quite what I expected. It is written from a cynic's perspective, so in that regard it is amusing. However, it is also written in an affirmation format, so if one were to really use this book as an affirmation guide, it could easily generate a very dark and angry perspective. Therefore, I suggest you read it, have a few laughs, take it with a grain of salt, then put it aside.
Book Description
Since the days of silent films, music has been integral to the cinematic experience, serving, variously, to allay audiences' fears of the dark and to heighten a film's emotional impact. Yet viewers are often unaware of its presence. In this bold, insightful book, film and music scholar and critic Royal S. Brown invites readers not only to "hear" the film score, but to understand it in relation to what they "see."
Unlike earlier books, which offered historical, technical, and sociopolitical analyses, Overtones and Undertones draws on film, music, and narrative theory to provide the first comprehensive aesthetics of film music. Focusing on how the film/score interaction influences our response to cinematic situations, Brown traces the history of film music from its beginnings, covering both American and European cinema. At the heart of his book are close readings of several of the best film/score interactions, including Psycho, Laura, The Sea Hawk, Double Indemnity, and Pierrot le Fou. In revealing interviews with Bernard Herrmann, Miklós Rósza, Henry Mancini, and others, Brown also allows the composers to speak for themselves. A complete discography and bibliography conclude the volume.
Customer Reviews:
Fantastic.......2007-01-04
This book is one of the most intellectual and in-depth books on specific films I've read. It's focus is mostly on older movies (The Sea Hawk, Double Indemnity), but also extensively explores French film, particularly, Jean-Luc Godard. The Interviews at the back of the book are with some of the greatest film composers, alive and dead, including: Miklos Rozsa, David Raksin, Bernard Herrmann, Mancini, John Barry and Howard Shore. A must for any film music fan or composer!
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Survivors from pre-revolutionary times, American limousines line the streets of Cuba, adding to the Caribbean island's undeniable charm. Havana is the best place of all to admire these classic automobiles. Star photographer Robert Polidori presents a brilliant photographic exhibition of these fascinating relics, some lovingly maintained, some in decay, which do so much to define the street scene of the Cuban capital. Music CD's: Accompanied by original Cuban music - including the stars from Buena Vista Social Club Company Segundo, and Omara Portuodo; The Book summons up mellow memories of glamorous days in old Havana.
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Bood book but not good printing.......2006-04-24
It is a pity that a good photographic material is loost in a deficient printing. The paper is porous and it make photos look dim.
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At least it's cheap.......2003-04-01
If you want concise information and reference for full range salwater fishing, this book is not for you. It is wordy; more like a compedium of fishing stories. It only covers some of the major species. There are some pages covering basic rigs and lures. The book is a bit outdated. This is a good beginner's book if you are considering getting into saltwater fishing, and want to get a feel for the sport more than detailed, specific information. I have had mine for many years, and refer to it when I am thinking of going after a new fish. If if sounds interesting, I look for more info elsewhere.
Pretty good book but not for serious fisherman.......1999-02-08
The book gives general decriptions on the fishing fairy well, but it does not provide enough informations about the fishing technics. Also this book needs to be updated and could use a little better organization.
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In My Battle of Algiers, eminent historian and biographer Ted Morgan recounts his experiences in the savage Algerian War. In 1956, Morgan was drafted into the French Army and was sent thousands of miles overseas to help quell the Algerian uprising. Once there, he witnessed—and became involved in—unimaginable barbarism that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
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Fascinating! Ironic! Cruel! I wrote propaganda for General Massu!.......2006-11-04
This is a personal history recounted a half-century after the fact, so Ted Morgan (formerly Sanche, the Count of Gramont) should be given a little journalistic license. Many of the scenes are recounted with a novelist's precision, with pages of dialogue that the author couldn't possibly recount verbatim.
The author wins us over at the outset by his self-depiction as a rather silly, spoiled, and lazy young man. A diplomatic brat raised in both America and France, he transfers from the Sorbonne to Yale. Then comes the Columbia J-School and some dullish work for a paper in Worcester, Mass. The French Consulate phones him up and reminds him it is time for his National Service. And so the scenes shift quickly to a hellish French-army bootcamp, officers' school, the back hills of Algeria, and then at long last to the lush and legendary city of Algiers, where he works in the propaganda department of counterterrorism chief Gen. Jacques Massu.
The year is 1957, and the Battle of Algiers is on. The FLN is leaving package-bombs throughout the European quarters of the city, killing and maiming dozens. Thanks to brilliant intelligence officers and dedicated, seasoned paratroopers, Massu and company completely break the FLN network and win the war. (A few years later Algeria would be handed over to the FLN revolutionaries, but that was an outcome of French political debate rather than military failure.)
During his free time, the author has an affair with a wealthy colonial woman (a real-estate heiress named Georgette Cohen; her husband is conveniently out of town), and then an irksome friendship with an Arab girl with FLN sympathies and a day job with the French government. He entertains visiting American politicians and socialites when they come to town. These social notes let Morgan suggest things that would be hard to substantiate in a more serious history.
For example: the French (in France) were not too fond of Algeria, and didn't feel particularly attached to it. The police corps in Algiers was corrupt, under the thumb of the Corsican mafia (these are the author's recollections, remember). Only a large minority of the one million colons, or colonists, were actually French in origin: the rest were Maltese, Spanish, Italian, Jewish, German. Furthermore at least 15% of the non-Arab population of Algeria were Jews. Many were of Sephardic background--they'd been there for hundreds of years--yet unlike the Arabs they were given full French citizenship.
The Algerian War was therefore not really a matter of Arab vs. European. Morgan tells us that funding and encouragement for the FLN came as much from European activists as from pan-Arab ideologues. The army regarded the colons are selfish and annoying, a tail wagging the dog, a colonial mistake well past its sell-by date. I had vaguely imagined that the army in Algiers was a seething nest of disgrunted OAS men, but that does not seem to have been the case in 1957.
The book has two endings, the conventional one in which we're told how the French finally pulled out of Algeria in 1962, and Ted Morgan's personal one. Shortly before his national-service term was up, he got arrested and held for three days on suspicion of espionage (for the USA). Though the incident ended fairly amicably, it appears it put Sanche de Gramont off his native country for good.
A Decent Read.......2006-08-11
Morgan chronicles his experience as a conscripted French soldier sent to Algiers during the mid 1950s. There is some interesting history and Morgan's recollection of events is almost suspiciously detailed. Though generally well-written, I had a couple of problems with this book that keep me from giving it more stars. First, Morgan has a habit of referring to, and describing several public figures in a familiar way, as if he knew and interacted with them regularly which he clearly did not. This is important because Morgan ascribes motives to many of these people which, as far as I can tell, he has no basis for. Secondly, Morgan in his preface asserts that the use of torture by French paratroop regiments brought about the puting down of the FLN. Though I have no doubt that harsh and sadistic tactics were employed as described by Morgan, he was not party to those sorts of interrogations and his knowledge of the use of torture and the resultant intelligence gained from its use is purely second and third hand which makes me question whether he is in a position to make assertions as to its degree of effectiveness in acquiring actionable information. Morgan further discussses the dehumanization of the torturer and his victim, but again, Morgan has no first-hand experience (with the exception of a single instance in which he repeatedly punched a prisoner w/o interrogating the person) on which to base (what is probably an accurate) this hypothesis. I could not help but sense that Morgan is the type of person who harbors petty and immature resentment of others, based on his offhand slap at his cousin, John Negroponte as well as the general air that seemed to be present within the French military at the time. Namely, paratroops were seen by the rest of the conscripted army as overly gung-ho warmongers, wheras the conscripted ranks come across as little more than lazy, negativistic whiners.
A strange fate.......2006-07-17
There should be no question about whether everything in this book is exact or not- it is the truth of a worldly man reflecting upon the truth of his experience as a young man in war. All wars resemble each other. Algeria seems especially notable because of its brutality and in some ways its simplicity. The inherent contradictions of a split society of colonials and arabs were thrown into relief during the war forcing, as planned, the untenability of French rule. The violence was staggering in its casualness: everything was permitted. Similarities of the battle of Algiers to current conflicts are there to be made and perhaps should be made placing the course of future wars along a continuum beginning after WWII. There might be some utility in that.
As a report from an ardent young man compelled by duty and conscience the war was a hard reckoning. There is not an ounce of self pity here but a reader can't help but wonder if without his charm and line whether he would have not ended up like his friend Dourakine, hardened and antinomian, indifferent to the result when passed, prepared for more of the same, likeable but inexorable.
Morgan is charmed ( he has amazing luck) but the cost must have been immense despite the hand of serendipity which after all can explain only so much.
He writes well and I'm glad he told his story in his clear unflinching prose.
A Great Read!.......2006-06-16
This book is a real pageturner. I had a hard time putting it down and finished it in record time. This is the kind of book you will refer back to. It has many memorable passages. I don't want to say too much in order not to ruin the story for anyone. But I particulary enjoyed how events kind of turned the tables on the writer. The fact that it is all based on real events makes it that much more interesting.
The author mixes the story telling between a first person account of his experiences and an overview of what was happening at that time in the larger picture. He also fills you in on what becomes of all the characters you are introduced to in the story. As far as the criticism I read in another review that the author doesn't document enough, I don't agree with that criticism because it's very clear that this is an account of his experience as he percieved it. When the author is writing of events that others told him about, he says so. He leaves it up to you to decide whether to believe what others told him or not. If someone doesn't agree with one of the authors opinions then they should just say so instead of inventing phoney criticisms. I didn't agree with all of the authors opinions but I appreciate knowing them. Again when the author of this book is expressing his opinion it is clear from the writing style.
Over all I enjoyed this book tremendously and recommend it to anyone interested in the subject matter. This one is a keeper.
There are Better Accounts of the Battle of Algiers.......2006-04-29
Now that Iraq is on the brink of civil war, there is increased interest in the French experience in Algeria. Many new people are discovering Pontecorvo's 1965 classic movie, "The Battle of Algiers". The movie's focus on urban terrorism and the use of torture by the military clearly resonate in today's Iraq.
It was with great anticipation that I began Ted Morgan's account of the two years that he spent in Algeria in the late 1950's. Many of the best military memoirs are written by older veterans who have had the time to look back at the events that shaped their youth. Ted Morgan writes well and he definitely had a distinguished career but unfortunately in the end he didn't do much during the Battle of Algiers.
A graduate of Yale College and a budding journalist at an American paper, Ted Morgan received a draft notice that ordered him to return to his native France and serve a tour of duty in the increasingly turbulent Algeria. He spent a short time leading a platoon in the Algerian countryside and then used his social connections to be assigned to an Army newspaper job in Algiers.
Ted Morgan spent the Battle of Algiers writing propaganda for a newspaper that was meant to win the hearts and minds of the city's Arab population. Not even permitted to be a real journalist, Morgan was on the fringes of the battle. Having been mainly kept in the dark at the time, Morgan integrates the works of other historians and memoirists into his account of the battle. He does this without footnotes or giving other writers credit. The purpose of the battle memoir is to give the reader a visceral first person account of important historical events. Much of this book has the feel of heresay and unattributed journalism.
The Battle of Algiers was important and there are many lessons that are still relevent. However, there are better sources of information. If you like movies, check out Pontecorvo's "Battle of Algiers" or even "Lost Command". In my opinion the best account of the Battle of Algiers can be found in Jean Larteguy's novel, "The Praetorians". For strict history, the definitive account in English is Alistair Horne's "A Savage War of Peace."
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BRITISH BATTLE-FLEET: Its Inception and Growth Throughout the Centuries (Conway Classics)
Fred Jane
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Fred T Jane (1865-1916) could almost be termed the father of modern naval journalism. He produced his first reference book in 1882 at the time of the Royal Navy's bombardment of Alexandria, a collection of his own pen and ink sketches to inform the public about the ships taking part. Then followed his All the World's Fighting Ships in 1897, published since then as an annual reference book covering the world's navies.
In one sense Jane was a product of the time, reflecting public interest in naval affairs and the size of the world's fleets in particular, but he also helped to shape public perceptions. He increased public knowledge of the characteristics of warships, their armaments, propulsion and protection. He was a prolific writer, both of quasi-fiction and of valued references, but always his purpose was to add to public knowledge. The Imperial Russian Navy (1899) was followed by The Imperial Japanese Navy (1904), reflecting the Japanese victory over Russia that year. The public had to wait for The British Battle Fleet until 1912, when the naval arms race with Germany was nearing its climax.
The book is rightly seen as a classic, read as much for its views on the future of naval warfare as its detailed statistics. As Jane notes in his preface, it differs from most 'standard' histories in being concerned with the creation of fleets rather than arcane dissection of ancient sea-fights. He covers the whole sweep of British naval history from Alfred the Great to the era of the Dreadnought battleship, and the colour illustrations by W L Wyllie RA and an incisive introduction by the naval historian Antony Preston add a final flourish to a unique history.?
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The History of the British warship..........2001-03-24
from Norman times to the time of the Dreadnought. The book focuses totally on the development of the British Battle fleet, following it from war to war, helped along by colour plates, photographs and line-drawings of ships and their designs. Fred T. Jane knows his ships and this book was FIRST published in 1912. For people interested in the creation of the British Battle Fleets and the pre-World War One status of the navies, this is the book for them.
If you like this book, also try ; The Great Admirals:Command at Sea 1587-1945 edited by Jack Sweetman.
Book Description
For the more than one million students taking the AP exams each year
- Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors
- Sample tests that closely simulate real exams
- Review material based on the contents of the most recent tests
- Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, and frequently asked questions
- Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses for students with follow-up questions
- Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers
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Nicely organised, but..........2007-08-21
It was very nicely organised, but I only got a 3 using it, which is my lowest ap grade. If had memorized every word, I would have done better, but I still read the whole thing and didn't do as well as I think I should have.
The Book Was Designed for Easy Study.......2007-06-23
This 225-page book was formated with large over-sized fonts. If standard fonts were used and white spaces were reduced, the volume would be half the size. On the other hand, the publisher would be "hard pressed" to justify a price of $16.95 for a 113-page book.
The author used an outline approach in reviewing for the AP Government Test. This style had important advantages over the essay-like CLIFF NOTES approach. Listing important ideas and details with "margin bullets" eliminated the additional words and paragraphs required to construct a narrative and to tie ideas together. Also by bold printing terms and vocabulary, the reader's eyes were focused on the important ideas.
The outline style's biggest advantage was that the approach blended in with the way that people studied. It was easier to memorize an outline listing of specific ideas, details, and facts than rereading a narrative several times.
In the book, each topic section totaled five to ten pages. At the end of the section were five to ten multiple-choice review questions. Each was constructed in the same style and approach as the real AP test. Following the sectional test were one-sentence explanations on the answers.
The volume ended with website listing of six internet links for additional resources and a glossary of terms.
Unfortunately, the book had two flaws. On the sample Free-Response Essays, it only provided the rubrics for scoring. The author should have provided sample essay responses. Secondly, two identical copies of a sample diagnostic exam were provided. It would have been more helpful to have two different tests instead.
Exactly What You Need.......2007-01-03
This is a really good test prep book. Its practice test questions, both the multiple choice and the free response, are virtually identical to the real thing, and the review is not too detailed and long and not too general and basic; it's just right. Its layout is extremely accessible, and although there are some minor omissions in the review text, just use your textbook to supplement. The major flaw with this book, though, is that for its practice free-response question, it does not provide a rubric to score your responses. All it says is how many points the question was worth. If you go to the College Board website, though, you can find past free responses and the accompanying rubric scoring guide to practice with, and your teacher may have some, too. I had two review books for this test, this one and the Princeton Review one. Usually, I'm a big Princeton Review fan, but the corresponding PR book is dismal. The 5 Steps to a 5 one is the book to get.
Best of all the AP US Government & Politics prep books.......2006-05-11
My son used three different prep books for the AP US Government & Politics exam and he said this was the best by far!!
advice from a high school student.......2005-06-19
I am currently a junior in high school. Last year I took AP Government and Politics (U.S.) and since it was my very first AP year, I had no idea how to prepare for the test. To make matters worse, my Government teacher hardly did anything in class; he sat around drinking coffee and humming jazz tunes from his desk. His tests were hard and often had bad questions that did NOT reflect the actual questions on the AP test. For those who've had him, I think most would agree that what he does in class accurately fits his name--Mr. Nap.
I chose this book from the bookstore because it was short and concise--every chapter was laid out in a graphically neat way (no clumping like the barrons books, and not so spread out like the princeton books). It was my hope that I would be able to somehow study a bit on my own and salvage my AP grade when the May test came. Having got a 5 on the exam, I am now EXTREMELY thankful that there was a book like this. I can't say how much I owe my score to this book.
What I did, the month before the test was to read EACH chapter--and let me tell you, it's not hard, because the chapters are SHORT and CONCISE--and then to take the short 5-10 question quizzes at the end that gave me a good idea of how well i learned the material that chapter. I know that learning government and politics is BORING, but this is the BEST book out there that lays out the content in such an easy to learn manner. It doesn't focus on teaching you details--and you do'nt NEED details for the GOV exam because the material in AP gov and pol is conceptual, like certain powers and abilities of the executives, or a few major supreme court cases--what it DOES is often outline everything in good lists, that are REALLY helpful for last-min studying. I especially remember that page with all the amendments listed; in fact i used that page for memorization practice, by writing as many amendments from memory as possible until I finally was able to copy that list without looking. If you find this book hard to read, I think it might be a personal problem with concentration, rather than a problem with the book itself.
I will admit that throughout the year, I studied as much as possible from our textbook too, but considering the HUGE amounts of information in the text, it was impossible to memorize and learn everything from there. I would think that if you're buying this book, it's as a supplement anyway, but do'nt worry if you're not taking the class or like me, didn't have a very helpful teacher. The AP exam covers concepts--think BROAD--and this book does a great job of presenting to you what you need to know. Memorize most of what's in this book, and you'll easily get a 5.
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This new edition of the AP U.S. Government and Politics guide fully prepares you for all sections of this challenging exam, coaching you through the process with sample essays and tips on how to write discursive answers.
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ALAN RICHARDS
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Problem Solving for Oil Painters: Recognizing What's Gone Wrong and How to Make It Right
Harley Brown's Eternal Truths for Every Artist
Oil Painting Secrets from a Master
Tonal Values: How to See Them, How to Paint Them
Intuitive Light: An Emotional Approach to Capturing the Illusion of Value, Form, Color and Space
