The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries

Book Description

From the likes of Robert Randisi, Peter Crowther, and Max Rittenberg, these 30 stories of bizarre and impossible crimes will fascinate and intrigue the reader who grapples with their intricate puzzles. A man alone in an all-glass phone booth, visible on CCTV and with no one near him, is killed by an ice pick. A man sitting alone in a room is shot by a bullet fired only once—over 200 years ago. A man enters a cable-car alone, and is visible for the entire journey, only to be found dead when he reaches the bottom. A man receives mail in response to letters apparently written by him — after his death. The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries is a stunning collection of brand new and previously unpublished stories, as well as many stories from rare mystery journals appearing for the first time in book form.

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The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries

Publisher: Running Press (December 18, 2006)

Author: Mike Ashley

ISBN-10: 0786718935

Paperback: 512 pages

Language: English

Format: PDF

Info: http://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Perfect-Crimes-Impossible-Mysteries/dp/0786718935

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Japanese Mortars and Grenade Dischargers (Special Series, no. 30)

Book Description

Originally published in 1945 by the Military Intelligence Division, United States War Department. Chapters include information on tactics (mortars, grenade-discharger tactics, and mortars in chemical warfare), organization of Japanese mortar units, and equipment (grenade dischargers, light mortars, and medium and heavy mortars). Please note these are copies of important historical documents that have been extensively cleaned up by the publisher. While every effort has been made to make these books accessible they sometimes reflect the nature of the age of the originals including the typefaces, print quality and occassional marginalia. These are not poor quality OCR documents with missing pages or tracts illegible text.

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Japanese Mortars and Grenade Dischargers (Special Series, no. 30)

Publisher: Military Bookshop (August 1, 2011)

Author: Military Intelligence Division

ISBN-10: 1780390807

Paperback: 84 pages

Language: English

Format: PDF

Info: http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Mortars-Grenade-Dischargers-Special-Military-Intelligence/dp/1780390807


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Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .

Book Description

A lively astronomy primer that uses cataclysmic scenarios to explain the universe?s most fascinating events.

According to astronomer Philip Plait, the universe is an apocalypse waiting to happen But how much do we really need to fear from things like black holes, gamma-ray bursts, and supernovae? And if we should be scared, is there anything we can do to save ourselves? With humor and wit, Plait details the myriad doomsday events that the cosmos could send our way to destroy our planet and life as we know it. This authoritative yet accessible study is the ultimate astronomy lesson.

Combining fascinating?and often alarming?scenarios that seem plucked from science fiction with the latest research and opinions, Plait illustrates why outer space is not as remote as most people think. Each chapter explores a different phenomenon, explaining it in easy-to-understand terms, and considering how life on earth and the planet itself would be affected should the event come to pass. Rather than sensationalizing the information, Plait analyzes the probability of these catastrophes occurring in our lifetimes and what we can do to stop them. With its entertaining tone and enlightening explanation of unfathomable concepts, Death from the Skies! will appeal to science buffs and beginners alike.

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Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .

Publisher: Viking Adult (October 16, 2008)

Author: Ph.D. Philip Plait

ISBN-10: 0670019976

Paperback: 336 pages

Language: English

Format: PDF

Info: http://www.amazon.com/Death-Skies-These-Ways-World/dp/0670019976

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Junkers Ju 88 in Action - Aircraft No. Sixteen

Book Description

The Junkers Ju 88 was a World War II German Luftwaffe twin-engine, multi-role aircraft. Designed by Hugo Junkers' company through the services of two American aviation engineers in the mid-1930s, it suffered from a number of technical problems during the later stages of its development and early operational roles, but became one of the most versatile combat aircraft of the war.

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Junkers Ju 88 in Action - Aircraft No. Sixteen

Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications; 1st edition (1974)

Author: Uwe Feist

ASIN: B0006CGNVM

Paperback: 50 pages

Language: English

Format: PDF

Info: http://www.amazon.com/Junkers-Ju-88-Action-Aircraft/dp/B0006CGNVM

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Measured Drawings of 18th Century American Furniture

Book Description.

Large scale plans for 54 fine pieces including cherry desk, tall clock, and gate leg table.

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Measured Drawings of 18th Century American Furniture

Publisher: Berkshire House Publishers (January 25, 1993)

Author: Ejner Handberg

ISBN-10: 0936399465

Paperback: 67 pages

Language: English

Format: PDF

Info: http://www.amazon.com/Measured-Drawings-Century-American-Furniture/dp/0936399465

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The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study

About the Author.

Kimon Nicolaides was born in Washington D.C., in 1891. His first contact with art was a subconscious familiarity with the oriental objects imported by his father. He decided early that he wished to paint, but he had to run away from home to study art because his parents were unsympathetic to the idea. He supported himself in New York by whatever came to hand - framing pictures, writing for a newspaper, even acting the part of an art student as a movie extra. His father was finally won over by his obvious seriouness and financed his instruction at the Art Students' League - under Bridgman, Miller, and Sloan. When the United States entered the first World War, Nicolaides volunteered in the Camouflage Corps and served in France for over a year, receiving a citation. One of his assignments, involving the study of geographical contour maps, first opened up for him the conception of "contour" which constitutes Exercise One in this book. After a period of work in Paris (1922-23), he was given his first one-man show by the famous Bernheim Jeune gallery there. Back in New York, he held his first exhibit at the Old Whitney Studio Club, now the museum, and settled down to painting and teaching. As a painter, choosing to work painstakingly and exhibit seldom, he became known to the critics gradually but unmistakably for "the range of his work," "originality of technical approach," "richness of mental concepts" and his "eager, restless pursuit of new aesthetic experience." As a teacher, during the next fifteen years, he became, as the Art Digest put it, "second father" to hundreds of students who passed through his classes at the Art Students' League of New York. Scrupulously honest and high-principled, endowed with humor, richness and warmth of personality, sanity and balance, his extraordinary talent for human relationships grew with his wide contact with increasing numbers of students. Although he died in 1938, at a tragically early age, he left behind a tremendously devoted following of brilliant young artists, as well as the unique and concrete system of art teaching presented in this book.

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The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study

Publisher: Mariner Books (February 1, 1990)

Author: Kimon Nicolaides

ISBN-10: 0395530075

Paperback: 240 pages

Language: English

Format: PDF

Info: http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Way-Draw-Working-Study/dp/0395530075

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The Art of Animal Drawing: Construction, Action Analysis, Caricature (Dover Art Instruction)

Book Description.

Former Disney animator offers expert advice on drawing animals both realistically and as caricatures. Use of line, brush technique, establishing mood, conveying action, much more. Construction drawings reveal development process in creating animal figures. Many chapters on drawing individual animal forms — dogs, cats, horses, deer, cows, foxes, kangaroos. 53 halftones, 706 line illustrations.

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The Art of Animal Drawing: Construction, Action Analysis, Caricature (Dover Art Instruction)

Publisher: Dover Publications (February 9, 1993)

Author: Ken Hultgren

ISBN-10: 0486274268

Paperback: 134 pages

Language: English

Format: PDF

Info: http://www.amazon.com/Art-Animal-Drawing-Construction-Instruction/dp/0486274268

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The Human Figure In Motion

Book Description.

The 4,789 photographs in this definitive selection show the human figure — models almost all undraped — engaged in over 160 different types of action: running, climbing stairs, tumbling, dressing, undressing, hopping on one foot, dancing, etc. Children walking, crawling and many dozens of other activities.

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The Human Figure In Motion

Publisher: Dover Publications (June 1, 1955)

Author: Eadweard Muybridge

ISBN-10: 0486202046

Paperback: 390 pages

Language: English

Format: PDF

Info: http://www.amazon.com/Human-Figure-Motion-Eadweard-Muybridge/dp/0486202046

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How to Draw Comic Book Heroes and Villains (Christopher Hart Titles)

Book Description.

Today comic book heroes and villains are more popular than ever, appearing not only in print but in video games and movies as well. Now fans can learn how to create their own heroes and villains from such successful comic book artists as Gray Morrow of Superman, Frank McLaughlin of Batman, and Frank Springer of Spiderman and Conan the Barbarian. A superhero-mascot appears throughout the book guiding the reader with his humorous observations. Among the many subjects covered are heroic anatomy; monsters, mutants, and mythical creatures; action scenes, fights and combat; as well as designing special powers for heroes. Each section ends with a page entitled “Common Mistakes,” where the pitfalls and problems that beginning artists are most likely to encounter are demonstrated.

With its fun-to-follow format and variety of illustration styles, How to Draw Comic Book Heroes and Villains will encourage the cartoonist lurking in everyone.

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How to Draw Comic Book Heroes and Villains (Christopher Hart Titles)

Publisher: Watson-Guptill; First edition. edition (September 1, 1995)

Author: Christopher Hart

ISBN-10: 0823022455

Paperback: 144 pages

Language: English

Format: PDF

Info: http://www.amazon.com/Comic-Heroes-Villains-Christopher-Titles/dp/0823022455

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Drawing Dynamic Hands (Practical Art Books)

Drawing Dynamic Hands is a really good book on drawing hands. It explains almost everything you need from the form, structures, proportions, anatomical landmarks, functions to foreshortening. The illustrated examples are plentiful with hands in almost every humanly possible pose. There are so many to practice from.

The only problem with this book is the ridiculously muscular fingers in all the examples. We don't see this level of muscles even in superhero comics. But you already know that when you buy a Hogarth book.

This book is perfect for anyone who wants to draw hands. A general anatomy reference book is recommended as companion for those who cannot get pass the over stylized Hogarth style.

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Drawing Dynamic Hands (Practical Art Books)

Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S.; New edition edition (12 May 1988)

Author: Burne Hogarth

ISBN-10: 0823013685

Paperback: 144 pages

Language: English

Format: PDF

Info: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Drawing-Dynamic-Hands-Practical-Books/dp/0823013685

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Art of Drawing: The Complete Course (Practical Art)

Book Description.

From achieving those first professional strokes to mastering composition, lighting, and color to finishing beautiful still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, here, in one volume, is a course that covers every skill a developing artist needs. Inspiring and instructive images vividly reveal the intricacies of techniques such as shading, tone, contrasts, stumping, contouring; depth effects, and more. Guided drawings include a charcoal of a nude, landscape on gray tone paper, and still life with chiaroscuro.

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Art of Drawing: The Complete Course (Practical Art)

Publisher: Sterling; 1 edition (September 28, 2003)

Author: David Sanmiguel

ISBN-10: 1402709323

Paperback: 256 pages

Language: English

Format: PDF

Info: http://www.amazon.com/Art-Drawing-Complete-Course-Practical/dp/1402709323

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Successful Drawing by Andrew Loomis

Book Description.

The illustrator Andrew Loomis is revered amongst artists for his mastery of drawing technique and his clean, realist style. His hugely influential series of art instruction books have never been bettered and Successful Drawing, the third in Titan's programme of facsimile editions, returns this classic title to print for the first time in decades.

For over 60 years Successful Drawing has provided a superb resource covering all the techniques needed to master three-dimensional drawing. From the fundamentals of proportion, placement, perspective, planes and pattern, through a detailed examination of scale and the effects and capture of light, to the mastery of conception, construction, contour, character and consistency, Successful Drawing is filled with step-by-step instruction, professional tips and beautiful illustration.

Engaging, witty, and wonderfully executed, this is a masterclass for amateur artists and professional illustrators alike.

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Successful Drawing by Andrew Loomis

Publisher: Titan Books; First Edition edition (May 8, 2012)

Author: Andrew Loomis

ISBN-10: 0857687611

Paperback: 211 pages

Language: English

Format: PDF

Info: http://www.amazon.com/Successful-Drawing-Andrew-Loomis/dp/0857687611/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329553428&sr=8-1

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