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The train tracks ran right by Bigmama's house in Cottondale, and the children were warned to stay off the tracks. But one night they were late, and the tracks were a shortcut, so they started off. And when there was no turning back, they heard the train coming.
Year after year, Rafe Esquith’s fifth-grade students excel. They read passionately, far above their grade level; tackle algebra; and stage Shakespeare so professionally that they often wow the great Shakespearen actor himself, Sir Ian McKellen. Yet Esquith teaches at an L.A. innercity school known as the Jungle, where few of his students speak English at home, and many are from poor or troubled families. What’s his winning recipe? A diet of intensive learning mixed with a lot of kindness and fun. His kids attend class from 6:30 A.M. until well after 4:00 P.M., right through most of their vacations. They take field trips to Europe and Yosemite. They play rock and roll. Mediocrity has no place in their classroom. And the results follow them for life, as they go on to colleges such as Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford. Possessed by a fierce idealism, Esquith works even harder than his students. As an outspoken maverick of public education (his heroes include Huck Finn and Atticus Finch), he admits to significant mistakes and heated fights with administrators and colleagues. We all—teachers, parents, citizens—have much to learn from his candor and uncompromising vision.
From “one of the great short story writers of our time” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)—nine stories and a poem that offer a searing portrait of American innocence and loss—and formed the basis for the film “Short Cuts” directed by Robert Altman. With deadpan humor and enormous tenderness, this is the work of “one of the true contemporary masters” (The New York Review of Books). Features stories from the collections Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, Where I’m Calling From, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, and A New Path to the Waterfall; including an introduction by Robert Altman.
The updated edition of a contemporary approach to merging traditional hand drawing methods with 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional digital visualization tools. Jim Leggitt?s Drawing Shortcuts shows how communicating with hand drawings combined with digital technology can be ingeniously simple, and this new edition makes an already popular technique even better. Completely expanded with new chapters and a wealth of supporting images, this Second Edition presents practical techniques for improving drawing efficiency and effectiveness by combining traditional hand drawing methods with the latest digital technology, including 3-D modeling with SketchUp. This book?s step-by-step approach will sharpen and streamline your techniques whether you draw for pleasure, school or your design profession. Easy-to-follow instructions cover every aspect from the basics of drawing?such as composition, color, shading, hatching, and perspective?up to the most current technologies Incorporates Google SketchUp, Google Earth, computer generated renderings, digital scanners and printers Features new visuals from accomplished drawing experts Special new ?Gallery? section highlights the creative process with step-by-step examples of drawings Complete coverage of the ?Overlay and Trace Method,? ?Simple Composite Method,? ?Advanced Composite Method,? and ?Digital Hybrid Drawings? New matrices show alternative drawing techniques for specific visual effects such as Linework and Shading, Selecting the Right Views, Perspectives and Paraline Drawings, Drawing Detail, Camera Lenses, and Drawing Tools Generously enriched with detailed process drawings, examples, and more than 500 full-color images, Drawing Shortcuts, Second Edition will have you creating top-quality drawings faster and more effectively.
Rapid Quantitative Aptitude with Shortcuts & Tricks for Competitive Exams is the finest book to achieve success in Arithmetic and Advanced Mathematics for all competitive exams. The book is updated with the latest trend of questions (like Data Analysis, Caselets, Data Missing etc.) being asked in the various exams. The Unique Selling Point of the book is its strong focus on Shortcuts, Tips & Techniques, which are highlighted with Solved Examples. Written in a very student-friendly manner, the book covers complete theory with suitable illustrations followed by two levels of exercises - each containing an assortment of questions for practice in increasing level of difficulty. The book contains many tricks in not just challenging but also mundane chapters which enable you to dodge the lengthy procedures and arrive at the result quickly, thereby saving your time, thereby increasing your final examination output and score. The book is useful for various exams such as SSC, Banking, Railways, UPSC, Defence etc.
Shortcuts in Quantitative Aptitude is the MOST COST EFFECTIVE QUALITY BOOK ever built for Competitive Exams. This book is an attempt of Disha Publication to provide Quality Material to aspirants at a throwaway price. The book will help in learning the various tips and tricks of Quantitative Aptitude. The book emphasizes on the short cut methods through which one can solve any problem before time. Thus, the book not only enhances your efficiency but also helps you to master the subject. Each chapter covers basic theory followed by shortcut approaches and formula. The book is supported by ample practice material through E-books which covers: • Chapter-wise Solved Examples • Chapter-wise Practice Exercises with Hints and Solutions • Chapter-wise Tests • Past Solved Papers (IBPS PO/Clerk, SBI PO/Clerk, SSC, CDS exams etc) The book will prove to be an asset for all competitive examinations like UPSC(IAS Prelim), Banking, SSC, Insurance, Railway Recruitment Board Examinations, CDS, CBI, MBA, Sub-Inspectors of Police, CPO and various other competitive examinations.
John Cage's disdain for records was legendary. He repeatedly spoke of the ways in which recorded music was antithetical to his work. In Records Ruin the Landscape, David Grubbs argues that, following Cage, new genres in experimental and avant-garde music in the 1960s were particularly ill suited to be represented in the form of a recording. These activities include indeterminate music, long-duration minimalism, text scores, happenings, live electronic music, free jazz, and free improvisation. How could these proudly evanescent performance practices have been adequately represented on an LP? In their day, few of these works circulated in recorded form. By contrast, contemporary listeners can encounter this music not only through a flood of LP and CD releases of archival recordings but also in even greater volume through Internet file sharing and online resources. Present-day listeners are coming to know that era's experimental music through the recorded artifacts of composers and musicians who largely disavowed recordings. In Records Ruin the Landscape, Grubbs surveys a musical landscape marked by altered listening practices.