Technology never stops advancing and offering new possibilities that make processes more straightforward, including those needed by artists and designers. Sometimes, however, we react against highly professional, faultless work and yearn for a return to arts and crafts that have a more natural feel to them, that look as though a human hand actually made the artwork. “Handwritten” is a book that shows us one aspect of the world of art where designers are in fact shunning the perfection of technology. It presents handwritten typographics from advertising campaigns, mainstream culture, record covers and other types of artwork from all over the world.
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Handwritten: Expressive Lettering in the Digital Age
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Michael Freeman’s 101 Top Digital Photography Tips
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When I made the transition from a compact digital camera to a digital SLR last summer, I knew there was going to be a lot to learn. The instruction manual that came with the camera did not give enough information, and I have since been looking at books that could help me to take better quality photographs. Perhaps the best I have looked at so far is Michael Freeman’s “101 Top Digital Photography Tips”. The quality of the paper and the superb design of the book immediately draw you to it, but as you start to leaf through the pages you realise that there is much more to it than the look and feel. It delivers on information for all levels of photography, whether you just point and shoot or you are a professional.
AQA Working with the Anthology Student Book: Achieve an A*
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This is a textbook designed primarily to assist students with Unit 2 or Unit 5 of the AQA GCSE English Literature specification. These two units focus on poetry; Unit 2 is assessed by means of an exam, and Unit 5 by Controlled Assessment. The book is aimed at students who are capable of raising their level of achievement from a grade B to a grade A, and then up to an A*.
The book starts off with an introduction and is then divided into six chapters. The first four of these concentrate on the poems that feature in the AQA Anthology. Chapter 5 deals with Section B of the exam, in which students have to respond to an unseen poem. The final chapter gives a practice exam paper as well as mark schemes and explanations.
Look Out, Stripy Horse
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The stripy horse and his friends live in a bric-a-brac shop, where magic is causing mayhem. Stripy horse is upside-down, Hermann the sausage-dog draught excluder is tied in a knot, someone has scribbled on Muriel the bird’s lampshade and Roly and Pitch, the salt and pepper pots, have been swapped around. Mortice, the lion-shaped lock from the wooden trunk, realises that the monkeys have escaped because the trunk wasn’t locked up. They have stolen his key and are causing havoc.
Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie
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Dexter Bexley is a young boy with a scooter. He is out on his scooter on his own one day when he bumps into a Big Blue Beastie and falls down. The Big Blue Beastie tells Dexter that he is bored and will probably eat him up. Unperturbed, Dexter says he has a much better idea. The Beastie seems convinced. He has a scooter too, and follows Dexter as he scoots off again.
The pair have a rest at the foot of a tree among the flowers. The Big Blue Beastie complains again that he is bored and will eat Dexter up.
The Grump
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The story of “The Grump” begins early one morning; it is still dark and a little boy is asleep; his dog is at the foot of the bed. As a scary monster creeps into the room, they both hide under the covers with a torch. Bravely, they follow the monster along the landing, but it disappears. It has left an awful mess in the bathroom. They follow its trail of enormous footprints down the stairs and into the kitchen. It has eaten almost all the food.
Shadows appear at the kitchen door, but the boy is relieved to see that it is just his Mum and baby brother coming to see what all the noise is about.
From Hell with Love
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Maria Papadopoulou’s collections of twelve poems, “From Hell With Love”, addresses every aspect of love, from overwhelming joy to unbearable pain. Lies, innocence, pride and and the power of love all come under the spotlight and are described with succinct imagery. Although this book is just a few pages long, within it the whole gamut of emotions come pouring out.
The anthology opens with “Slave”, in which Papadopoulou describes her lover as ‘an uninvited guest’, while her soul is his slave.
Harry and the Dinosaurs First Sleepover
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Harry and the dinosaurs are busy helping Nan pack Harry’s bag for his first-ever sleepover at his friend Jack’s. As well as the essentials, Harry packs a book, some toys and some moss for the dinosaurs. His big sister Sam has to upset him as usual, telling Harry that it was stupid to put the moss in. Harry, however, stands up for himself, saying that the moss is for the dinosaurs to make sleeping bags from in case they are homesick.
Although Harry’s Mum and Nan were worried about leaving him, they need not have been.
The Trouble with Dragons
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The trouble with dragons is that there are far too many of them. They consume too much, are too noisy and make a terrible mess. When they breathe fire, ice and snow melts, sea levels rise and deserts get bigger. When all the other creatures start to leave, the dragons implore them to stay. They promise to look after the planet, and the other animals give them advice on how to do this. They have to stop chopping down trees and breathing fire; they must eat food grown close to home, start recycling and look after the land.
The Beasties
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When Daisy’s family move house, she can’t sleep in her big bed in a strange room. She doesn’t notice when the Beasties, Floot, Weevil and Ferdinand, creep into her room. After they spread their treasures under her bed, however, Daisy hears a growling noise. It’s Ferdinand, and he tells Daisy the story of how he prevented robbers from stealing a king’s treasure. As a reward, the king gave Ferdinand a ring; Daisy keeps thinking about the ring and eventually drifts off to sleep.
I Want My Mummy
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A baby blue egg comes out to play: its two legs have emerged, but that is all. All the other creatures nearby, however, hear a shout from inside the egg calling, ‘I want my mother!’ First there’s a red pterodactyl in a ginko tree, who implores the egg not to make a noise that will wake up the ‘scary thing’. The egg runs off in fear with the red creature and hides under a yellow creature that is not unlike a stegosaurus. They realise that the scary thing is already awake, so they all run off again and hide under a huge green dinosaur. They hear frightening sounds of trees and rocks being thrown around by the scary creature, so the red creature, the green dinosaur, the yellow dinosaur and the blue egg all run away together. Oh dear: they run into something blue, and it’s the scary thing itself!
Dogs Go Shopping
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Max, a puppy, is off to the shops with his Mummy to buy a birthday present for Max’s Daddy. Max is full of bright ideas, but Mummy just wants to buy boring old flea powder. She won’t listen when he asks to go to the toy department. Max creates havoc at the beautician’s, then gets so bored while Mummy is looking at men’s jackets that he sneaks off to find the toys. There he has a whale of a time.
Having played with all the toys, Max decides that Daddy would like a skateboard best. Suddenly, however, he realises he is lost; fortunately Mummy is looking everywhere for him. She eventually finds him amongst the toys and is so relieved that she agrees to buy the skateboard.
