Painting and Understanding Abstract Art is a practical book on how to paint abstracts but it also explains how to approach and understand abstract art. It moves the teaching of art from a doing level of painting a certain subject in a particular medium to a thinking level of 'what am I doing when I paint?' and 'what am I trying to say in this painting?' Using practical exercises with explanatory text, John Lowry develops the thinking and doing processes together and leads the reader to a g...

Negotiators might be born, but great negotiators are made.This book offers a useful and comprehensive approach to negotiation that can springboard a career or a company, one deal at a time.Business and organizational leaders spend well over half of their professional time engaged in this process. It is the way they do deals, lead employees, and manage relationships. Most leaders learn to negotiate on the job through a long process of trial ...

Read by the author with an audiobook-exclusive conversation between the author and Donald Miller, creator of StoryBrand!Negotiators might be born, but great negotiators are made.This book offers a useful and comprehensive approach to negotiation that can springboard a career or a company, one deal at a time.Business and organizational leaders spend well over half of their professional time engaged in this process. I...

This important book lays bare the dangers of global warming caused by carbon dioxide emissions stemming from fossil fuel use, and proposes pathways toward mitigation. A discussion of the current main uses of fossil fuels acts as a basis for presenting viable, economically sound alternatives. The author outlines a clear, practical strategy for establishing a carbon-free future by deploying proven policy structures and technologies that are already commercially available.

"Join Geordie Walker on an awe-inspiring excursion through the domains of fate in this enthralling story. As the reverberations of destiny resound through time, Geordie finds a power inside himself that holds the way to disentangling the secrets of his reality. With partners and foes the same, he should explore a reality where each decision shapes the course of predetermination. Will Geordie Walker adapt to the situations set by the reverberations, or will he be consumed by the shadows of ...

Fully updated throughout, Electric Vehicle Technology, Second Edition, is a complete guide to the principles, design and applications of electric vehicle technology. Including all the latest advances, it presents clear and comprehensive coverage of the major aspects of electric vehicle development and offers an engineering-based evaluation of electric motor scooters, cars, buses and trains.This new edition includes:important new chapters on types of electric ...

The fog is thick, the atmosphere is heavy, and the game's afoot once again! World famous consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his trusted aide Dr. Watson roam the streets of Victorian London in search of the vital clues that will bring malefactors to justice!Adapted from the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and produced by Jim French, The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is radio drama at its 21st Century best! John Patrick Lowrie stars as Holmes, with Lawrence Albert a...

Radio’s greatest sleuths, bar none — here are Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson! Deep voiced Basil Rathbone (with his deerstalker cap and chiseled silhouette) gives his definitive portrayal of Holmes, while Nigel Bruce (Hollywood’s favorite jolly old Englishman) lends support as the delightfully amazed Watson.Venture into the fog and mist of Victorian London for sixteen mind-challenging thrillers. Solve cases of intrigue and blackmail, of missing gems and missing persons, of maharajas and ...

Come to 221B Baker Street for fifteen incredible capers from the world's only consulting detective -- presented in full cast audio! Based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and dramatized by noted British writer M.J. Elliott, these absorbing adventures star John Patrick Lowrie as Holmes and Lawrence Albert as Dr. Watson. Also heard in these sterling stories are Dennis Bateman, Rick May, David Natale, Jeffrey Hitchen, Rachel Glass, Hugh Hastings, Louise Moore, and Jim French himself!Ep...

He began his career in the nineteenth century, thrived in the twentieth, and lives on in the twenty-first! The world's most famous Consulting Detective is as vigorous as ever in Jim French's productions of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes!Crafted in the old-time radio tradition by a modern master of the art, here are fifteen engrossing adventures inspired by the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. John Patrick Lowrie is heard as Holmes, with Lawrence Albert as Watson.Epi...

Follow wild cases of snowmen, dragons and ghosts…loot, letters, and lyricism…revenge, curses, and clues. Here are nineteen engrossing all-new dilemmas of deduction for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes.Produced with meticulous attention to detail by Seattle radio great Jim French, these modern radio productions are rich with classic radio flavor. John Patrick Lowrie stars as Holmes with Lawrence Albert as Watson in puzzles featuring persons both power...

Corporate governance in financial institutions has come under the spotlight since the banking crisis in the UK in 2008-9. In many respects, the banking business raises unique problems for corporate governance that are not found in other corporate sectors. The Law on Corporate Governance in Banks is the first work to provide a detailed survey and practical examination of key topical issues in the corporate governance of banks and financial institutions.Combining the insight...