Blake Books

There are 336 9X12 pages, with 700 black and white illustrations in The Drawing Book by Wendon Blake. This book which was published in 1980 has what more recent books on the subject lack: substance. Very informative, a lot of instruction and demonstrations which make artists like me wish they made more books like this. Not overly wordy, but very complete, this is the only drawing book you'll need to sharpen your skills. I've been doing artist's commissions for years and this is my preferred book.

This book collects several of the other Wendon Blake books, such as the landscape and portrait books, into one volume. Good step by step illustrations showing close-ups of details in various stages of completion. The section on drawing parts of the face, for example, devotes a large page to each of the features, showing large drawings of the feature in four stages of rendering, with text beneath explaining what has been done to it since the previous drawing.

The focus in on countour drawing and modeling with tones. Very little discussion of anatomy here, but the book is every good at examining the contours of the body and the earth from many angles. Its general methods remind me of those in Jack Hamm's Drawing the Head and Figure, but the illustrations are less highly stylzed and the text (336 pages of pictures and text) much more detailed.

My husband and I just finished reading this book over the weekend while taking a long driving trip. We both became believers and are actively looking into the program for our daughter who has Dyslexia. The story is heartwarming and the theory behind his research is nothing short of astounding. Why hasn't anyone come across this unique solution before and why isn't America helping him with his research and program. We should not let the almighty dollar stand in the way of helping our children who truly need us and who need this program. There is no price to be put on a child's value of life or on the love of parent who will do everything they can for their child. God Bless you Wynford Dore!

I read this book with skepticism, but I soon became convinced that the author was genuine and magnanimously generous. Wynford Dore set out to help his daughter overcome her learning disabilities. What he found was something that could help thousands of children like her. He invested his own wealth in placing the program around the globe, hoping the government and volunteer organizations would catch the spark and help him make the treatment local and affordable. In the meantime he helped over 30,000 clients. Having watched people I love struggle with similar learning problems, I applaud Mr. Dore's entrepreneurial efforts and pray that his dream of making this treatment available to all will come true.

What a wonderful book. Not only entertaining but magical and lots of easy to learn and use spells. Deborah Blake is terrific. My kitty loved Magic's entries in the book too. I highly recommend this for novices and those practicing the craft for awhile too. Well done!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RVHBZVXTXVIRS I love this book, i love this author, I love this witch!

This book as well as the first in the series make learning guitar fun. Many of the songs are pretty cool. The CD makes an excellent companion to the book so you know what the music should sound like. It's almost like having your own private instructor.

This book is a nice progression from Fast Track 1. It picks up where FT 1 leaves off and starts of at a good pace.

The full page colored illustrations included in this set are essential to your understanding of Blake's poetry. These illustrations were engraved by Blake himself to accompany each of his poems, and they really let you see the deeper meaning in much of his poetry. I would recommend these books to anyone who would like to take a deeper look into Blake's mind. Blake meant for his poetry and art to be viewed together, and many collections of Blake's poems these days do not include this thought provoking art.

This is a GREAT set. I was amazed and well-pleased. Blake is essential for thinkers...and this is just a slight sample of his talent. I'd recommend it for those who love to think and to learn. Very heady--good food!

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First off, this book was well written. It was a fast read and my interest was kept throughout. Second, this was an important work for understanding the war in Northern Ireland. Specifically, it allows the reader to see how informants were used by the British to prosecute the war against the IRA. A lot of techniques, tactics, and procedures are learned from this riveting first-person account. The reader not only learns the methodology the British used to penetrate IRA organizations, but how the IRA responded in order to maintain their operational security. While the author was able to give good intelligence to his British masters for several years, he was eventually exposed and targeted for execution by the IRA's internal security service...the Nutting Squad.

The book was a fascinating read because of the real-life dilemmas the author faced on a regular basis. I definitely liked the human drama played out on the pages of the book. However, I did not buy into the author - Martin McGartland - attempts to elicit sympathy for his plight. He now lives on the run in a witness protection program and is a dead man walking. He can never return to Northern Ireland or he will most likely be dealt with quite quickly by the still powerful IRA.

McGartland was, by all accounts, a selfish scumbag. He fathered several children and never supported them or their mothers and always tried to explain away his irresponsiblity because of the war. Also, he was a life long criminal and thief who never earned an honest day's pay and took to being an informant because of the easy money. McGartland tries throughout the book to convince the reader he was a patriot and humanitarian, but this rings hollow. Ask his children and their mothers what kind of a man he is. I suspect, not a tear will be shed when McGartland dies in his sleep or is so foolish as to return to Northern Ireland where he is sure to eat a bullet. However, this is the kind of human material informants are usually made of. Again, an excellent book.

Well written first hand account of a Catholic boy in Northern Ireland who goes to work for both the Special Branch and the IRA. Read entire book at one sitting, couldn't put it down

I love this CD set! Michael Sheen knows how to read a poem. I play this CD constantly and love it dearly!

I can hardly contain my enthusiasm at finding this title. The poets they chose for this collection couldn't have been more satisfying. The other reason I got it was that I had just discovered actor, Michael Sheen, who narrates. He has a truly, magnificent voice that gives me chills. As someone who has directed voice talent, and devours poetry, I can tell you that he is a very skilled reader. This title is good for people who are poetry snobs as well as people who haven't given classic poetry a real chance. Unfortunately, it is out-of-print, so I had to go through the arduous task of downloading it. This means that it comes without ANY information. I found that very frustrating. I wish that Naxos would re-release it and give Michael Sheen a fat contract to narrate at least 5 more of these!

This was one of my absolute favorite books as a child, and I still love it - I buy a copy every time I see it in a second hand book shop. If you know a quiet child, with embarassing parents, who loves to cook - this is the book.

Classic British wit; wacky, off centre and hilarious. A great book for kids and adults alike. A Christmas tradition in my house.

How New York Became American, 1890-1924 was originally Angela M. Blake's doctoral dissertation, which is very much in evidence when you consider that there are sixty-five pages devoted to reference notes and sources.

Blake refers to herself as an interdisciplinary and cultural historian and as she mentions in her Essay on Primary Sources that appears at the back of her book, cultural historians ask questions about meaning, not just about when, where and how. Consequently, in writing her dissertation she was obliged to consult many sources that offered a diverse range of perceptions and interpretations. In How New York Became American, 1890-1924, Blake analyzes and presents her findings that were derived from map collections, postcards, stereographs, guidebooks, municipal archives and the Smithsonian Institution's museums.

On the whole, Blake's methodology focuses on an examination of various images and arguments of different interest groups that were employed to make New York City "knowable" to their constituents and consumers. The objective of these interest groups, as she states, was "to stabilize the city's image as a verifiable and worthwhile `American' place. It should be borne in mind that the period studied was one in which New York had an appalling reputation as a city wherein it was perceived as being dangerous, dirty, and downright un-American-something that certainly would keep tourists away rather than attracting them.

Blake's thesis revolves around the investigation of the power and cultural "importance of representations of Americanness during a period-from `closing' of the American frontier to the closing of the nation's doors to most immigrants." It was an era when the establishment of what and who was American became of prime importance in order to create national markets, set national boundaries, construct an industrial workplace, launch America power in Europe, and come to terms with the diverse population and electorate.

The book divides itself into six chapters preceded by a general introduction. These chapters expose such topics as reforming New York's image in the 1890s; tourism as it related to New York during this era; architecture, Americanism and a "New" New York 1900-1919; New York as not being America, where we learn about immigrants and tourists in New York after World War I and finally an analysis of brand New York and the making of Midtown in the 1920s.

In essence, these chapters explore the connections between public images, politics, business, immigration, national identity, and urban tourism. Moreover, considerable ink is devoted to the different perceptions of New York offered by the social reformers, tourism promoters and businessmen in the 1890s and 1920s. These perceptions, as we learn, played an extremely important role in the first generation of New York's skyscrapers that had a great deal to do with creating a national identity implanted in a unique American landscape.

How New York Became American, 1890-1924 is a testament to Blake's impressive writing and research skills offering the reader a comprehensive study of an era in which the roots of New York City as we know it today were firmly planted. And while the book was initially a doctoral dissertation, it nevertheless should appeal not only to the academic but also to casual readers interested in learning more about the development of major North American cities.

Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor Bookpleasures

At the turn of the century many Americans viewed New York as a crime-ridden city of the poor: Angela lake explores how savvy marketing turned it into a destination point in How New York Became American, 1890-1924. Primary sources both print and visual survey the extent of New York perceptions, from its development of skyscrapers and business areas to the changing idea of New York as a power place. From architectural changes to branding efforts, How New York Became American follows more than the evolution of a city: it surveys how city images are created, changed, and promoted.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

I just receiced a copy of Blair MacKenzie Blake's book IJYNX & am thoroughly impressed with it. It is a collection of hypnotic Burroughsesque poetry with a Thelemic tinge that opens with quotes from Crowley's Liber CCXX & Liber LI(the source for the title of the book)...the focus of the poems seem, for the most part, to concentrate on the use of sex magick to induce(or harness) endrogenous production of certain psychotropic alkaloids - of coarse, he could be using the obscure subject of 'sex magick' to explain the even more obscure techniques of engrogenous tryptamine production - either way, I highly recommend it.

L-L-L-L-L,

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Love is the law, love under will.

Mr. Blakes IJYNX is as ingenious and as complex as the title of the book. A satanic sonnet filled mystery that is as engaging asit is thoughtful. Some lines are as beautiful as thoughts inthe rain. Others are as dark as a knife's promise.

Being a horror author myself with four novels under me,Im always perplxed by articulation of others words. Mr.Blake has truly opened my mind. I found out through the "TOOL" website ( best band in the world) that this book was available. Low and behold, not is this only available, but answers many riddles to the soul and skull.

I recomend this book to all my fans and friends....