Wild & Scenic Florida

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James Randklev's lush portfolio beckons the viewer to Florida's most magical sanctuaries of beauty: Gulf Islands and Canaveral National Seashores; Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks; St. Marks, Lake Woodruff, and Key Deer National Wildlife Refuges; Devils Millhopper State Geological Site; Bahia Honda Key, St George Island, Caladesi Island, Cayo Costa, Homosassa Springs, Rainbow Springs, Coral Reef, and Highlands Hammock State Parks; and alluring beaches, gardens, and architectural landmarks up and down Florida's fabled coasts.

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A stunningly-beautiful work!.......1998-10-06

"Wild & Scenic Florida" is a stunningly-beautiful work.

Travel photographer James Randklev has done a remarkable job of capturing the color, beauty, and geographical diversity of Florida's semitropical beaches, swamps, and wetlands.

Nearly all of the photographs (there 123 full-color images) are workmanlike blends of intense colors, winning details, and precise composition. "Agave Among Beach Grass," Courtyard of Ringling Museum of Art," and "Ceramic Tiles of Old Ybor City" are just a handful of fine examples of the above.

Even Randklev's less dynamic pictures ("Mangrove at Low Tide" or "Ernest Hemingway's House") are evocative, telling, and admirably composed.

The richness of Randklev's colors is, no doubt, his artistic signature. The reds in "Sea Grape Changing Colors" and the haunting shades of oceanic greens and blues in "Beach Walk Miami Beach" seem ready to spill fully from the page (or spill the viewer fully into the photograph!).

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So funny

set your faces to stun

Weekly Word News Lives on in this WONDERFUL book.

A zany presentation

More than just Bat Boy

Bat Boy Lives!: The WEEKLY WORLD NEWS Guide to Politics, Culture, Celebrities, Alien Abductions, and the Mutant Freaks that Shape Our World
Editors of Weekly World News , and David Perel
Manufacturer: Sterling
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All the news that's not fit to print! Browse through this fascinating compendium of the best of the Weekly World News and you'll never look at the world the same way again.

Admit it. You've sneaked a peek at the supermarket checkout. Where else could you find the scoop on which senators are aliens, or Saddam and Osama's torrid love affair? Serious newshounds know the Weekly World News (which counts over a million beings as readers) broke the story that Elvis still lives, but it also has exclusives on what kind of pizza was served at Jesus' last supper, who's the father of the Loch Ness monster's baby, and (of course) the various escapades of Bat Boy, the half man/half bat found in a West Virginia cave almost 15 years ago. For the dedicated follower of the fantastic, and for the uninitiated too, Bat Boy Lives! contains all these vital dispatches and much more. Because the truth...is in here.

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So funny.......2007-09-06

My dad loved this book...he used to collect the newspapers to get his students interested in reading something...anything!

set your faces to stun.......2007-08-09

This and the Holy Bible are the only two books you need.

I continue to be baffled why folks believe The New York Times but not the Weekly World News. The WWN has *never* had to print a retraction or correction. It is the journalistic standard to which the Columbia Review of Journalism should benchmark.

Modern documentation off what Old Scratch is up to.

You may want to get a copy of "Let's Pave the Stupid Rainforest and Give Teachers Stun Guns."

Weekly Word News Lives on in this WONDERFUL book. .......2007-07-30

Heard the Weekly World News isn't going to be publishing it's funny newspaper anymore. Was so sorry to hear this. Always loved reading the headlines as I waited in the grocery store line. Maybe should have purchased the paper every time I laughed at a headline and they'd still be in business. This book brings all the top of the tops in Weekly World News back. VERY well produced and all the articles will make you laugh out loud.

From President Clinton's 3 breasted intern to blobs from space eating farmer's trucks it's all here.

HIGHLY recommended.

A zany presentation.......2007-01-07

It's hard to easily categorize BAT BOY LIVES!: it's a humor title which also is based on the Weekly World News gossip publication's impossible, sensationalist headlines - and it provides tongue-in-cheek commentary on celebrities, culture, politics, alien abductions and more within its pages of 'impossible events'. Black and white photos blend with 'truths' to make for a zany presentation indeed.

Diane C. Donovan
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More than just Bat Boy.......2006-10-16

This tabletop book is 6 chapter of "Best of" the WWN. While some of my all time favorates are there, some importiant "News" articles are missing.

For those with a weird sense of humor and that have not heard of the WWN this book provides an ideal introduction to the unique features WWN. Those that are long term followers, this book will bring back memories of some of WWN shining moments.

How to Draw Aliens, Mutants & Mysterious Creatures (How to Draw)

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SKETCH BOOKS
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Excellent!
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O.K. but not great

How to Draw Aliens, Mutants & Mysterious Creatures (How to Draw)
Christopher Hart
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SKETCH BOOKS.......2007-01-09

MY SON IS IN HIS SECOND YEAR OF ART CLASS. HIS TEACHER HAD SOME OF THESE BOOKS IN HER CLASS. I FOUND HIM ONE AT AN ARTS AND CRAFTS STORE, BUT IT WAS EXPENSIVE. THE PRICE ON AMAZON WAS INCREDIBLE!!! HE LOVES HIS BOOKS AND YOU CANNOT BEAT THEH PRICE. WE ARE VERY PLEASED!!!

Pick this up.......2003-04-02

Great book! I'm a fan of the author Christopher Hart and this is one of his best. I'd recommend it for any fan of comics and illustrators who want to enhance their craft. Lots of great tips and chuckles.

Excellent!.......2003-04-02

This book was filled with great drawings, great tips, and lots of humor. I've learned alot and at the same time was entertained. How can you beat that? My only disappointment was that it wasn't twice as many pages.

Excellent From Start To Finish.......2003-03-21

This book was very helpful to me. I enjoy drawing mysterious creatures and by reading this book and studying the pictures I can learn how to draw them with more detail. I found that after a while of studying the pictures and drawing each figure step by step my drawing improved a lot. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys drawing and doodling. If you haven't started drawing yet, this is your chance.

O.K. but not great.......2001-06-17

There are several different drawings of different creatures but they all seem generic. Lately there isn't a lot of use for drawing creatures for any industry jobs. If you have to draw creatures pick it up, but if your short on cash it's passable.

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I have a signed copy...eat that.

Mutant Aliens
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If you love giant walking noses, old men humping rockets, pooping aliens, bestiality in space, and equal doses of inspired gore and not-so-soft porn, then chances are you're already familiar with the work of Bill Plympton. Mutant Aliens brings together the initial storyboards from his feature film of the same name, much like the previous compilation for 1996's I Married a Strange Person (although Plympton warns that Mutant Aliens may differ from what you end up seeing on the big screen). Baby-boomer illustrator and '80s icon Plympton is probably best known in the mainstream for his Academy Award-nominated short film Your Face, but Mutant Aliens has him at his no-holds-barred best, following the fate of a vengeful astronaut left for dead by his scheming boss (think Lost in Space meets Caligula). --Paul Hughes

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Animation cartoonist extraordinaire Bill Plympton joins the NBM line-up with a graphic novel advance look at his next goofy feature-length animated film! An astronaut¹s mission goes awry and he¹s figured forever lost until, years later, his daughter spots him on a telescope on his way back to Earth with a ship full of aliens and vengeance on his mind. Yes, vengeance, as the truth is out! Corporate bigwigs wanted his mission a failure! Our valiant (and now rather hirsute) astronaut unleashes the aliens on an aghast humanity!

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I have a signed copy...eat that........2002-02-03

Fantastic, inventive, daring, witty, sketchy....
A masterpiece of storyboarding.
Certainly worth £10.

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Featured for its ability to appeal to many an adult.......2001-02-14

While Draw Science Fiction is meant for a juvenile audience of aspiring cartoonists, it's featured for its ability to appeal to many an adult who may want to try their hand at drawing aliens, spaceships and space adventures. Step-by-step line drawings impart the basics of how to put together common monsters.

Mutant Pets, Alien School Boards, and Yard Sales: The Weekly World News Book of Suburban Legends

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Mutant Pets, Alien School Boards, and Yard Sales: The Weekly World News Book of Suburban Legends
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Release Date: 2009-01-13

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Spacehawk No. 1
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The Revolt of the Miniature Mutants (I Was a Sixth Grade Alien (Library))

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Yuck!
Tim and Pleskit must deal with a hamster army

The Revolt of the Miniature Mutants (I Was a Sixth Grade Alien (Library))
Bruce Coville
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When the hamsters in Ms. Weintraub's room start acting a little strange, everyone thinks the problem must be the alien vitamins that Pleskit has been feeding them.

But even after Pleskit stops the vitamin treatments, the hamsters continue to get bigger -- and stronger -- and crankier.

Clearly, something else is at work. But what?

To answer that question, Tim and Pleskit will have to solve a mystery, track down an enemy, and defend themselves against a trio of the most dangerous hamsters the world has ever seen!

Customer Reviews:

Yuck!.......2002-04-27

This book stincks! Its so corny! What a flop! That's all I have to say about this weird book! I mean, Aliens! Come on, write something good!

Tim and Pleskit must deal with a hamster army.......2001-03-12

Tim Tompkins had waited all his life for aliens to make contact with Earth. When Alien ambassador Mennom and his son Pleskit arrive, Tim has an extraterrestrial for a best friend. The Revolt Of The Miniature Mutants is the tenth and highly recommended volume in Bruce Coville's "I Was A Sixth Grade Alien" series and continues the adventures of this pair of unusual friends when Pleskit's alien vitamin supplements for Ms. Weintraub's classroom hamsters makes the little fellows unusually intelligent -- and aggressive! Tim and Pleskit must deal with a hamster army while unraveling a plot against Ambassador Mennom!

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