The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Tuskegee Institute; African Americans; Educators; Biography

Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's Up from Slavery is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written. Its mantras of black economic empowerment, land ownership, and self-help inspired generations of black leaders, including Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Louis Farrakhan. In rags-to-riches fashion, Washington recounts his ascendance from early life as a mulatto slave in Virginia to a 34-year term as president of the influential, agriculturally based Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. From that position, Washington reigned as the most important leader of his people, with slogans like "cast down your buckets," which emphasized vocational merit rather than the academic and political excellence championed by his contemporary rival W.E.B. Du Bois. Though many considered him too accommodating to segregationists, Washington, as he said in his historic "Atlanta Compromise" speech of 1895, believed that "political agitation alone would not save [the Negro]," and that "property, industry, skill, intelligence, and character" would prove necessary to black Americans' success. The potency of his philosophies are alive today in the nationalist and conservative camps that compose the complex quilt of black American society.

Anyone can draw; all it takes is a pencil, paper and a little practice. The Drawing Mentor series of books breaks down drawing into simple easy to understand subjects, each are filled with detailed explanations, examples and exercises, that way you can get the exact lesson you need based on your skill level and skip the lessons you don’t need. For those who are just learning to draw, we recommend starting at the beginning, for those who have already developed their drawing technique the later lessons with their more advanced step by step projects may be more appropriate. Currently there are 14 Drawing Mentor books in the series with subjects ranging from drawing simple lines to 3D perspective and shading, to realistic portrait drawing. We hope to continue to produce more volumes based on your wants and needs.

Volume 6 focuses on two things. First, it teaches how to apply the sketching skills taught in Volume 5 to specific projects. Second, it teaches how to use sketching to plan the lay-out of your drawing so that the final results are balanced and aesthetically pleasing. The step by step approach of the exercises makes learning these skills easy and enjoyable.

In the end, the goal of the Drawing Mentor series is to provide lessons, examples and practice exercises which will give you the knowledge and skills you need to be able to draw anything you can see or imagine.

Anyone can draw; all it takes is a pencil, paper and a little practice. The Drawing Mentor series of books breaks down drawing into simple easy to understand subjects, each are filled with detailed explanations, examples and exercises, that way you can get the exact lesson you need based on your skill level and skip the lessons you don’t need. For those who are just learning to draw, we recommend starting at the beginning, for those who have already developed their drawing technique the later lessons with their more advanced step by step projects may be more appropriate. Currently there are 14 Drawing Mentor books in the series with subjects ranging from drawing simple lines to 3D perspective and shading, to realistic portrait drawing. We hope to continue to produce more volumes based on your wants and needs.

Volume 6 focuses on two things. First, it teaches how to apply the sketching skills taught in Volume 5 to specific projects. Second, it teaches how to use sketching to plan the lay-out of your drawing so that the final results are balanced and aesthetically pleasing. The step by step approach of the exercises makes learning these skills easy and enjoyable.

In the end, the goal of the Drawing Mentor series is to provide lessons, examples and practice exercises which will give you the knowledge and skills you need to be able to draw anything you can see or imagine.

This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.

Design is the single most important factor in creating a successful photograph. The ability to see the potential for a strong picture and then organize the graphic elements into an effective, compelling composition has always been one of the key skills in making photographs.

Digital photography has brought a new, exciting aspect to design - first because the instant feedback from a digital camera allows immediate appraisal and improvement; and second because image-editing tools make it possible to alter and enhance the design after the shutter has been pressed. This has had a profound effect on the way digital photographers take pictures.

Now published in sixteen languages, The Photographer's Eye continues to speak to photographers everywhere. Reaching 100,000 copies in print in the US alone, and 300,000+ worldwide, it shows how anyone can develop the ability to see and shoot great digital photographs. The book explores all the traditional approaches to composition and design, but crucially, it also addresses the new digital technique of shooting in the knowledge that a picture will later be edited, manipulated, or montaged to result in a final image that may be very different from the one seen in the viewfinder.

The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language - Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Sherwin Cody is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Sherwin Cody then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

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If you need to know it, it’s in this book! Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2012 Edition, includes:


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If you need to know it, it’s in this book! Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2012 Edition, includes:

   • A comprehensive glossary of key AP English Literature terms
   • Practical, targeted advice for writing high-scoring essays
   • Useful techniques for cracking the multiple-choice section
   • 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations
   • Updated strategies that reflect the AP test scoring change