IPhone 3G used's review (Better ways to spend your money) 『COLOR HARMONY WORKBOOK is one of the most disappointing purchases in recent history. You would be better off with a five-dollar Colorwheel or using the Live Color feature in Adobe Illustrator CS3.
Separated into ambiguously named sections like "Romantic," "Earthy" and "Welcoming," this book depicts photographs of interior design and/or paintings. It then samples the colors and presents them in monochromatic, tertiary, complementary, analogous, and split complementary palettes. Most of the suggested combinations are very vibrant or Avant Garde. On page 32 there is a photo of a room with bright orange walls, light beige cushions surrounded by tan wicker and dark green accents. When you get past the monochromatic colors as depicted on page 25, some unrealistic combinations emerge.
Perforated color combinations appear on each page -- allowing you to go hunting through some of the most awful non-returnable custom paint available. To be fair, not all combinations are bad. Just consider, you can pick up swatch books with interior photographs for free from you local paint store.』
(Color Combinations with swatches) 『This book begins with a presentation of 96 colors in a color wheel and then explores color combinations based on these 96 colors, plus grey which is added at the end.
The colors are divided in 22 groupings, according to the effect the colors would have: powerful, rich, romantic, vital, earthy, friendly, soft, welcoming, moving, elegant, fresh, traditional, refreshing, tropical, classic, dependable, calm, regal, magical, energetic, subdued, and professional.
Each grouping is represented with a particular color, containing a brief description of that color and its effect, and followed by color combinations which are sorted into monochromatic, primary, complimentary, analogous, split complimentary, split, clash, and neutral. These color combinationas are provided in two formats - one that would remain in the book and another one consisting out of swatches, which can be taken out of the book.
At the end of the book are given CMYK values of 96 colors, plus 10 consisting of white, black and the nuances of grey.
All in all, the book is very well organized.』
(This book is a staple) 『As a web designer, I have found this book to be invaluable. I am on my 3rd copy of this book (my other copies met with a strange demise). Each time I need to buy a new Color Harmony book I search for others but come back to this one. It is a great primer for color combinations and how they can create different moods. It also has hundreds of different examples of combinations and does a decent job of explaining color theory. I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to use color with the confidence that comes from understanding how colors work to convey a mood/message.』
(Amazing tool!) 『I saw this book at a friend's house and instantly fell inlove with it. As an upcoming Graphic Designer this book just opened my eyes to a bunch of new ways to use color in my designs and especially in the enviorment that they usually have to be presented in; this enhances the impact your design might have on the customer and still be totally correct for the theme you're looking for. This is also a great way for artists to give a better atmosphere to their pictures or to simply expand their personal palette when they work on a piece.
Overall I think this book is a must have for artists and designers alike because it teaches you to work with color like the powerful tool that it is.』
(Great book) 『This is a great book for figuring out which colors go best with each other, however it's not really a "workbook" per se. Although I was a little disapponted about that, I'll still give this book 5 stars because the color combinations are spectacular.』 『Enter the world of color! The Color Harmony Workbook is a practical, visual guide that takes the guesswork out of choosing and using color combinations. This workbook presents colors and color schemes that are matched to specific moods, to help you select the best color combination for any project. More than 1400 color combinations are provided as both large fixed and tear-out swatches - to mix, match and test in your own designs. This is an essential tool for all who design with color.』
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T Publishing
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· Surround yourself with glowing color—make quick personal and home accessories with dramatic batiks
· 27 easy, creative projects to sew, knit, crochet, decoupage, scrap, and bead
· Coordinated collections for bedroom/dressing room, ‘tween’s room, and alfresco dining
· Teens and ‘tweens will love the no-sew projects!
Add rich color to any setting with Princess Mirah’s glorious, hand-dyed batiks. This huge collection of personal and home accessories includes projects for everyone, from bed quilts and placemats to no-sew silk sachets, luminaria, and board books. Use the techniques here as a starting point for your own creative inspiration.
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Russell Sage Foundation Publications
Usually ships in 24 hours 『The growing number of immigrants living and working in America has become a controversial topic from classrooms to corporations and from kitchen tables to Capitol Hill. Many native-born Americans fear that competition from new arrivals will undermine the economic standing of low-skilled American workers, and that immigrants may not successfully integrate into the U.S. economy. InColor Lines, Country Lines, sociologist Lingxin Hao argues that the current influx of immigrants is changing America's class structure, but not in the ways commonly believed.
Drawing on 20 years of national survey data,Color Lines, Country Linesinvestigates how immigrants are faring as they try to accumulate enough wealth to join the American middle class, and how, in the process, they are transforming historic links between race and socioeconomic status. Hao finds that disparities in wealth among immigrants are large and growing, including disparities among immigrants of the same race or ethnicity. Cuban immigrants have made substantially more progress than arrivals from the Dominican Republic, Chinese immigrants have had more success than Vietnamese or Korean immigrants, and Jamaicans have fared better than Haitians and immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Indeed, many of these immigrant groups have acquired more wealth than native-born Americans of the same race or ethnicity. Hao traces these diverging paths to differences in the political and educational systems of the immigrants' home countries, as well as to preferential treatment of some groups by U.S. immigration authorities and the U.S. labor market. As a result, individuals' country of origin increasingly matters more than their race in determining their prospects for acquiring wealth. In a novel analysis, Hao predicts that as large numbers of immigrants arrive in the U.S. every year, the variation in wealth within racial groups will continue to grow, reducing wealth inequalities between racial groups. If upward mobility remains restricted to only some groups, then the old divisions of wealth by race will gradually become secondary to new disparities based on country of origin. However, if the labor market and the government are receptive to all immigrant groups, then the assimilation of immigrants into the middle class will help diminish wealth inequality in society as a whole.
Immigrants' assimilation into the American mainstream and the impact of immigration on the American economy are inextricably linked, and each issue can only be understood in light of the other.Color Lines, Country Linesshows why some immigrant groups are struggling to get by while others have managed to achieve the American dream and reveals the surprising ways in which immigration is reshaping American society.』
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Georg Thieme Verlag
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (A pocket full of secrets) 『I have recently purchased the latest edition to replace my well-thumbed earlier edition. Platzer boxes far above its weight. Every page contains a gem. And it fits in your pocket! The new colour additions are great and the price... It's a must.』
(All in one for psysiotherapist-student) 『This is the book to have when you are in anyway keeping in touch with human body. The earlier versions had lack of infomation and they were much harder to use. This has more colourfull pages and more pages than the earlier versions and it is easy to carry cos' it's so small. I'm recomending you to buy it if you're in any need of information about human struckture.』
(Nervous System and Sensory Organs) 『This is one of a great series. I like them all..Easy to use...easy to carry. My volume 2 is over 20 years old. I hope to have this one as long.』
(Detailed, Informative) 『One of the most useful books I have encountered to take me beyond entry-level muscular anatomy. The wonderful illustrations are clearly labeled. I use it often in my teaching.』 『A well-balanced combination of a full-fledged anatomic atlas and textbook, eminently useful to students and medical practitioners alike. Skillful visual approach to anatomy, which is a must in every physician's education, is happily wedded to a lucid text juxtaposed page by page with magnificent multicolor illustrations in such a manner that the concise description of the functional aspects of anatomy provides a useful guide for the perceptive student. Aspects of physiology and biochemistry are included to the extent they have a bearing on the material presented.』
『This easy-to-use guide helps watercolor artists choose and mix colors with complete confidence and success. With this reference, the watercolorist can choose and mix the right colors with success every time. 140 color illustrations.』
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Dover Publications
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Great staff !!) 『I liked very much this movies's posters !! Well I would like to see the second vol. right now !!! :-))』
(Heck of a lot of fun for a creative person!) 『Some things/subjects do not translate well into a line drawing--and movie posters are definitely one of those.
The original movie posters had a lot of undefined colors, highlights and shapes in them. (Small thumbnails of the posters are featured on the inside front cover and inside back cover of the book for easy reference.)
The artist did the best he could--and I assume he was trying to help by outlining where highlights were in the pictures--but the extra lines just confused me. So I ended up having to ignore them and just had fun coloring the pictures however I felt like. I also had an absolute ball thinking up my own comic taglines for the films and dialog for the characters featured in the poster. So this ended up being one of the most fun coloring books I've ever done.
However, if a person wants to do this from a serious perspective--I think they might be somewhat disappointed. The pictures are difficult to render in a way that will make them actually look like the original poster--and the drawings do not look very much like the actor or actress they represent, for the most part.
Level of difficulty would depend on how accurate you want it to be in comparison to the actual poster.
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Thirty vintage movie posters--as famous as the films they depict--include classic vignettes fromSingin' in the Rain, King Kong, Casablanca, The Gold Rush, Wizard of Oz,andFrankenstein.