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Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
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Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic NovelsMaking Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels

Designed as a craftsperson's overview of the drawing and storytelling decisions and possibilities available to comics artists, covering everything from facial expressions and page layout to the choice of tools and story construction, Making Comics, like its predecessors, is also an eye-opening trip behind the scenes of art-making, fascinating for anyone reading comics as well as those making them.
 
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Method of Cake Decorating Course 2
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Wilton Method Cake Decorating Course 2Wilton Method Cake Decorating Course 2

Build on the skills you learned in Course 1. Your helpful Instructor will introduce you to many dramatic techniques to make your cakes unforgettable. Master elegant new borders featuring rosettes, reverse shells and rope designs. Give your cakes incredible dimension with the addition of bold color flow decorations. Create lovely new flowers like rosebuds, daisies, daffodils, mums and more. Use these flowers in a grand finale - an impressive flower basket cake using the interwoven basket weave technique. Medium used will be royal icing and buttercream.
 
 
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Japanese Castles in Korea 1592-98 (Fortress)
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Japanese Castles in Korea 1592-98 (Fortress)Japanese Castles in Korea 1592-98 (Fortress)

Stephen Turnbull's Japanese Castles in Korea is definitely one of these weird unknown subject matter that is worthy of Osprey's Fortress Series. In this short book, Turnbull managed to give a pretty good summary account of history of Japanese castles that were built during Hideyoshi's Korean invasion between the years 1592 to 1598. The book explained how these castles were built initially to support the invasion, support the supply lines, to control and policed the area around it and finally to support the withdrawal of Japanese troops from Korea after Hideyoshi's death.
 
 
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Scandinavian Cooking
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Scandinavian CookingScandinavian Cooking

 Beatrice Ojakangas brings to life the cuisines and customs of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, countries that share borders and bounty. Danes lead with smorrebrod (an open-faced sandwich), which may be topped with cheese, green pepper, and sliced fresh strawberries. Finns specialize in earthy, chewy whole grain bread. Norwegians have wonderfully fresh fish and seafood, and the Swedes gave the world smorgasbord!
 
 
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Brushstroke Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Decorative Painting Brushstrokes
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Brushstroke Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Decorative Painting BrushstrokesBrushstroke Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Decorative Painting Brushstrokes

Beautiful brushstrokes step by step!
This is the one! The Brushstroke Handbook is your complete reference for mastering more than 50 fabulous strokes. Inside you'll find visual, step-by-step instruction divided into two sections that detail techniques for working with both round and flat brushes in acrylics. The lay-flat spiral binding makes it easy to quickly flip through and find the stroke you want, featuring a range of comma strokes, pressure strokes, fan strokes, teardrop strokes, scroll strokes and much more
 
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