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The excruciating tale of the Ross Sea party, the other side of ShackletonÂ's Endurance expedition
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to make history by crossing the Antarctic continent. ShackletonÂ's story is legend, but few know the harrowing story of the Ross Sea party, ShackletonÂ's support group dispatched to the other side of the continent to build a lifeline of food and fuel depots to bear his crossing.
“I had not anticipated that the work would present any great difficulties,” Shackleton wrote. Yet everything went tragically wrong when the Ross Sea ship, the Aurora, tore free of her moorings and disappeared in a gale, leaving ten men marooned with only the clothes on their backs and few provisions. With little hope of rescue from a world embroiled in World War I, the men decided to accomplish their mission against all odds.
Long overshadowed by the mission these men bargained their lives to sustain, this heartrending story of survival against all odds now gets its due in this definitive, surprising account of the final journey of the heroic age of polar expedition.
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Inspiring tale of adventure and discovery.......2007-08-24
This book is quite a gripping story both in based in tragedy and triumph.
I saw the PBS special on the Shackleton Journey, but many times, like this, the book is much better.
The book was highly researched and vividly written describing the many astonishing moments of the expedition.
It was a ten-man journey the relies heavily on personal journals about some happy moments and some very terrible times. It goes into detail about the decreasing health of the journeymen and stuggles with scurvey, frostbite, snow blindness and the horrible mental and emotional anguish that many sucumb to on this dangerous 1330-mile mission to Antarctica.
Can You Be A Hero If Your Efforts Are Ultimately Pointless?.......2007-06-04
Both sucessful and failed feats of courage are lauded by literature. Many have heard (and read) of the failed expedition of Ernest Shackleton to cross Antarctica. Shackletom failed to even reach the continent, as his ship, the Endurance failed to reach land.
Less well known is the story of the Ross Sea Party -- the group charged with laying in supplies that Shackleton would need as he crossed the pole and returned northward. This book tells the saga of the poorly funded "other half" of the planned expedition.
Focusing more on the shore party, rather than on the shipboard party on the Aurora, the book details the mistakes that were made in the first summer attempt to stock the depots, where Macintosh drove the sled dogs to death and made very little progress, to the stranding of the shore party at the end of the first summer when they were not picked up by the ship.
Presuming the ship lost, and wondering if a rescue would even be attempted during WWI, the 10 men were determined to do the job they were sent to do and proceeded through all odds to strive to lay the depots that Shackleton would never need.
Kelly Tyler-Lewis examines the physical and mental struggles of the shore party including their deep divisions over leadership styles. Culled from the diaries of the expedition, she has weaved a gripping tale of man's struggle against incredible odds.
Thought-provoking chronicle of adventure and adversity.......2007-01-10
The attractive front-cover design is the first indication of the quality of this work, which is well researched and written and a thoroughly engrossing read. Highly recommended.
The Strong Men.......2007-01-09
I have read nearly every book in print dealing with the exploration and saga of Shackleton and his men. Kelly Tyler-Lewis' book The Lost Men rates as one of the best. The "harrowing story" of these hearty men stranded in the desolate Ross Sea is incredible, for lack of words.
Duty-bound, these men laid the stores for a transantarctic voyage that would never materialize. These were men who risked their own lives to ensure the safety of others whose whereabouts were unknown.
The Lost Men is an epic struggle of man versus the ravages of nature and reveals the triumphs and the tragedies involved. It is a book of determination, leadership and accountability.
Of special interest are the generous notes included dealing with such issues as diet (e.g., Their diet lacked nearly all essential vitamins necessary for such a feat), body temperature (e.g., One man recorded a body temperature of 94.2), and navigation of pack ice (e.g. in 2002 it took two Coast Guard ships over two weeks to break through ice roughly thirty miles to Hut point.)
The Lost Men is an exciting and riveting book. As a two-time traveler to McMurdo Sound, I highly recommend this work.
The Most Useless Journey in the World.......2006-08-26
"The Lost Men", by Kelly Tyler-Lewis is the sister book to the original saga of Sir Ernest Shcakelton's journey to Antarctica. The original called "The Worst Journey in the World" tells of Shackelton's failed expedition to cross Antarctica. His ship the Endurance was smashed by ice in the Weddell Sea and his men stranded until their eventual rescue by Shackelton himself after a harrowing journey in a 22 foot open boat across the southern ocean.
Shackelton's Ross Sea Party, the subject of "The Lost Men", is the other half of Shackelton's ill-fated expedition. The Ross Sea party was charged with sailing to the opposite side of Antarctica from the Wedell Sea and laying storage depots of food and supplies along Shackelton's route. The harrowing saga of these men to lay these depots is brilliantly described by historian Tyler-Lewis. Despite extreme conditions, shortages of supplies, faulty leadership and blizzard after blizzard, the Ross Sea party managed to lay supply depots along Shackelton's route and waited for him in vain. The whole expedition proved to be all for naught as Shackelton's plans went awry. Two of the men from the Ross Sea party succumbed to the conditions having been weakened by the vitamin-C deficiency disease scurvy.
If you like adventure novels this one is for you. If you have read "The Worst Journey in the World" this book will complete the saga.
The writing is crisp and well done. Tyler-Lewis has done a fantastic job to bring history to life. You can feel the pain and suffering of the men in her words. Bravo!
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Complementary Themes for Painting Techniques (Complete Course on Painting and Drawing)
Parramon Editorial Team
Manufacturer: Barrons Educational Series Inc
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ASIN: 0764102664 |
Book Description
If you can write, you can learn to draw, as this complete course for the beginner demonstrates in ten easy-to-follow lessons. Practical examples, step-by-step demonstrations and finished drawings reveal the whole process in detail, allowing beginners to progress their skills in easy stages and develop their creativity as they go.
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It is what it saids!!! A drawing workbook!!.......2001-05-20
This is a Fantastic book to practice drawing and not have to think about what to draw but getting used to the idea of drawing and what steps to take. It is well written and the KEY! EASY TO FOLLOW!!
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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a fine art approach to drawing.......2007-09-06
The author wrote this book for students who want to go beyond competent realistic rendering. Although he provides a large amount of instruction on technical matters--such as working with different drawing media, value, composition, proportion, color, and perspective--you will not learn precise academic draughtsmanship in these pages. You will, however, get a feel for drawing as a means of inner expression.
The author provides many helpful exercises in each section, with both written and visual instructions. However, I think I have learned the most through looking at the drawing examples which are on every page of this book. They are not signed, and I assume they are all the work of the author, as they are all in a similar style. I've seen other art instruction books in which all the examples were the work of the author-- with disastrous results due to poor workmanship or crude aesthetic standards. But these drawings are beautiful. Some are barely developed--mere scratchings really--and yet they show how much information a few marks can make. Others are more fully realized works. All of them are in a style that combines spontaneity and solidity.
The book was originally published in Spain, and many of the landscape sketches and drawings reflect the architecture and terrain of that country. Drawing buildings has always been a weak point for me, but I've learned a lot from looking at the way this teacher composes building scapes combining loose marks and solid lines. He has a wonderful line quality, and he uses all sorts of smaller marks for textural effects. There are quite a few drawings where there seems to be no negative space, since even the spaces between the main subjects are activited with energetic marks.
This book does not try to address drawing from a modernist or postmodernist viewpoint--it teaches a style that anyone can "read" and make sense of. Its value lies in the combining of disciplined practice with a loose approach to mark making. Anyone who has learned the skills in this book can easily move on to more contemporary types of expression.
Drawing made complete.......2005-01-17
I read this book after I read The New Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain. The first book is really good for someone who just is not good at drawing and has to develop an artist mode of seeing first to draw- this book - coming second- then is very good at developing drawing skills step by step once the "right brain" for art and drawing is functioning. I can't really say that this book is different or better than other drawing instruction books. However, I bought it because it also dealt with pastels and colored pencils as a drawing medium. So if you like to paint in pastels, but want a drawing perspective to your pastel art- this book was helpful. Basically, the book attended to a comprehensive list of topics- like composition, perspective, light, color drawing, sketching, measuring,line, drawing with different utensils, different subjects- landscapes-stills-interiors, people, nudes. So while the subjects were quite comprehensive- they were not all that detailed. This is both the advantage and disatvantage of the book. So I do not recommend it as guide for the beginner- or for someone who has never drawn as much as I would say it is a good second book for getting a wider perspective what drawing is about and expanding on that. Although some examples from the book I did use in beginner art workshops I gave. Jason Alster- author- Creative Painting For The Young Artist
Book Description
Written and designed for students and amateurs who already have some preliminary art training, this book instructs in a variety of media, including pencil, charcoal, crayon, and ink. Instruction and advice focus on drawing nudes, still life, and portraits. The theory of perspective is clearly presented.
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Basics.......2002-04-23
The Basics of Artistic Drawing is an OUTSTANDING book. I have learned so much and whenever I review the materiel I learn even more. There are so many helpful hints. It is a book that keeps teaching; if you have any questions just review the section on that topic and your question will more than likely be answered. With the step by step instructions anyone can learn how to draw, shade, and paint. I am very impressed. This is a well thoughtout course with the student in mind. A lot of course books have the teacher in mind, this book is definately made for me as the student. THANKS!!!
Book Description
The projects in this superb teaching guide not only offer enjoyable drawing exercises, but are also designed to instill good working methods to benefit artists at all levels. Readers are shown different ways to look at a subject by studying shape, form, space, light, texture, and movement as applied to figure drawing, still life, landscape, and abstract subjects. Rather than prescribing a single, absolute technique, the book presents drawing as an act that reflects the complexity of human experience in numerous ways.
Peter Stanyer and Terry Rosenberg, painters who have exhibited their own work in numerous shows, are both dedicated teachers who conduct highly regarded art courses in London for students at all levels.
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if you are lucky.......2005-03-21
mr.mary ivens report..all books especially on art are either appreciated or not and the reviews attest to that..in my own case i found this book to be ideal for my needs.....it provided me with many ideas and to the reviewers who did not like try reading from outside your square....i think you will find something....i say buy it .
Just another co-authored.......2004-06-29
"A Foundation Course in Drawing" by PETER STANYER & TERRY ROSENBERG
As a general rule, there are not many "really good" co-authored books out there. This rambling and disjointed introduction to drawing is no exception. It seems as though, when books have two authors, that both persons simply agree to give a half-effort, in hopes that the two of them can put together a whole, dynamic book. It just doesn't seem to work here.
Extreme language on the cover of a book is a *WARNING*
Words like "Complete guide to" or "Ultimate" or "Essential guide to" etc. "Basic" or even "FOUNDATION COURSE" might seem to give the authorship a great deal of liberty. In fact, it requires that an author really cover the basics, the FOUNDATION, in a very clear and well organized manner. This book lays an incomplete FOUNDATION.
It is limited to "Gesture Drawings" in the first 20 pages, and then, after a lot of wordy text, you reach page 41 before you see the SIMPLIFIED FIGURETTE, or BLOCK PUPPET. Only two of them: One drawn with Cylinders, the other with Ovals. That's it. Just two images, and no more.
The book is over-reaching. It outlines more material than it can cover adequately in a FOUNDATION COURSE. There is a bit of an "attitude" in this book. It's as though the authors are saying:
"If you know already how to copy the line drawings in our lessons, FINE! If you are a BEGINNER, and cannot....TOO BAD!"
The book is divided into Five Sections:
Life drawing, Still Life, Landscape, Abstract Drawing (in a FOUNDATION COURSE??????) and Drawing Systems. Neither of the last two sections belongs in a book on FOUNDATION in drawing. See what I mean? The book is "over-reaching".
Allow me to give yet another example. The Back Cover says this:
"Will help artists of all abilities."
Excuse me, but shouldn't a course laying a FOUNDATION, be of help to BEGINNERS? If someone is already an "artist" shouldn't they be using more advanced books? That is why this book is "over-reaching". The authorship has a fuzzy focus about who the intended audience is.
This book does move into INTERMEDIATE material, but sacrifices BASICS to get there. (over-reaching)
The problem with a multitude of these drawing instruction books are flaws that fall into several categories:
(1) they try to cover virtually EVERYTHING in art generally, including PAINTING or COLOR, or COMPOSITION which means they must skip quickly over their DRAWING BASICS for the beginner to do so. A good drawing book must start with DRAWING, and stick with DRAWING only, for at least 3/4ths of its chapters. The really good drawing books do this.
(2) the author is extremely dull and uninspiring to begin with, illustrating the book with ordinary household objects for suggested drawing exercises; objects like can openers, coffee pots, key chains, tables, chairs, bicycles and has no true justification for putting another drawing book on the market (good books are already in print), and copying the same outline for growth that other books have.
(3) the author is too wordy, loading down the book with unnecessary theory and intellectualizations.
With those flaws in mind, it is clear that "A FOUNDATION COURSE IN DRAWING" is too broad in scope and moves too quickly away from basics into intermediate material (flaw 1), is no better than other books on the market (flaw 2) and the drawings and illustrations are among the worst availble in a basic drawing HOW-TO. (they are REALLY BAD!) The text is alternatively overly-simplistic or overly-complex.
"A FOUNDATION COURSE IN DRAWING" is a poor introduction for any beginner, but the book is inexpensive for 276 pages if that's all you want.
Excellent........2004-03-09
One of the best drawing books I have found. Covers a lot.
Novices and Art Teachers Get This Book!.......2001-06-19
This is a great book filled with constructive projects for Drawing. It is good for people who are beginning to draw to Art teachers. If you are an Art teacher the projects are useful for your classroom in developing student's drawing skills. It thoroughly covers the basics of Drawing. It covers drawing from still life to abstract. I highly recommend this book. It is easy to understand and filled with diagrams for those visual learners out there.
only if it is free.......2001-03-24
would I recommend this book. I am a professional artist and I find there are so many good books out there... this is not one of them. The drawings are good but not great, and certainly not great to learn by. The lessons are so, so. Each time I open and close this book, I get hardly anything at all...
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Drawing: the complete course
Stan Smith
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Best beginning artist book I ever read !.......2000-04-18
This is a fabulous book for beginning artists. My 12 year old was inspired to try drawing with other kinds of materials besides drawing pencils. She has now used charcoal sticks, Water-color pencils, graphite sticks, and pastels. The basic instructions are easy to understand and follow. I highly recommend this book.
Book Description
From renowned drawing teacher and author Stan Smith, a comprehensive and inspiring introduction to the techniques of drawing. A must-have resource for budding artists to master drawing's most essential tools and techniques in 3 easy steps-filled with over 600 full-color how-to illustrations.
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Learn to draw and develop your own style without going to art school. Work through a project to learn the fundamentals, moving on only when you’re ready. Advance from simple still-lifes to landscapes, human figures, and more. Look at key drawings by major artists to understand different approaches—now try traditional and experimental techniques in every available media. What catches your eye? You can draw it!
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Drawing for the Terrified!: A Complete Course for Beginners
Richard Box
Manufacturer: David & Charles
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ASIN: 0715308602 |
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All in color! Many people don't enjoy art to the fullest just because of fear
--not lack of ability. Stop worrying and start creating. Along with the basic elements of drawing--working in monochrome, tonal values, color and shading--here are a series of techniques designed to uncover hidden talent and increase confidence and motivation. Relaxation exercises will enhance perceptions and reveal creative ways of tapping into your emotions. Each skill comes with full-color illustrations of outstanding examples, an explanation of how the artist achieved the effect, and instructions for you to reproduce it.
Trim size: 7 3/4 x 11.
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Basics for beginners........2000-02-04
Richard Box's Drawing For The Terrified! provides an introduction to those who have never attempted to draw. From the basics of using materials and equipment to developing an artist's eye, this creates an inviting format for experimentation.
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