Become a force for change through community access knowledge & innovation The Maker Revolution is a guidebook to the new industrial revolution Artisans crafters DIYers & inventors around the globe are changing the way we change the world are you ready to join the movement? This book shows you how to find your place in the revolution You'll learn how the movement came about & how Makers are already shifting paradigms & pushing the boundaries of innovation You'll discover the people organizations & technologies that are catalyzing a re-thinking of industry business economic development & education & you'll explore the ways in which specific types of participation could propel the movement toward greater access & inclusivity You may even discover your own inner Maker & decide to join the revolution The world's greatest problems will only be solved by the creativity ingenuity & innovation of its inhabitants The Maker Movement & the revolution it heralds holds that truth at its core & strives to give everyone access to the knowledge tools experience & community they need to change the world This book takes you inside the movement & helps you find your place Understand the drivers depths & goals of the Maker Movement Explore the major trends & technologies that enable makers Learn how institutions can engage & participate in the Maker Revolution Find your inner revolutionary & become a part of the changing world The new revolution will not be televised it will be something you hold in your hand something you use every day & the spirit of the community that created it The Maker Revolution brings you into the fold to show you the power of breaking away from the status quo & will show you how you too can help change the world ...

Learn first-rate techniques & tips from some of the best makeup artists in the business in the new edition of The Makeup Artist Handbook Renown makeup pros Gretchen Davis & Mindy Hall bring an impressive set of experience in all areas to the book including work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Steve Jobs The Wolf of Wall Street Blue Jasmine Star Trek Pearl Harbor HBO's Looking & many other films & TV shows This full-color comprehensive new edition offers brand new photographs & on-the-job examples to demonstrate makeup techniques & fundamentals on topics such as beauty time periods black & white photography & up-to-date information on cutting-edge techniques like computer-generated characters makeup effects mold-making air brushing & plenty of information on how to work effectively on set ...

Helping both parents & psychologists to arrive at a better understanding of the inner emotional world of the infant this selection of key lectures by Bowlby

Includes:: the seminal one that gives the volume its title Informed by wide clinical experience & written with the author's well-known humanity & lucidity the lectures provide an invaluable introduction to John Bowlby's thought & work as well as much practical guidance of use both to parents & to members of the mental health professions

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In The Making of Modern Britain Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire Between the death of Queen Victoria & the end of the Second World War the nation was shaken by war & peace The two wars were the worst we had ever known & the episodes of peace among the most turbulent & surprising As the political forum moved from Edwardian smoking rooms to an increasingly democratic Westminster the people of Britain experimented with extreme ideas as they struggled to answer the question How should we live?' Socialism? Fascism? Feminism? Meanwhile fads such as eugenics vegetarianism & nudism were gripping the nation while the popularity of the music hall soared It was also a time that witnessed the birth of the media as we know it today & the beginnings of the welfare state Beyond trenches flappers & Spitfires this is a story of strange cults & economic madness of revolutionaries & heroic inventors sexual experiments & raucous stage heroines From organic food to drugs nightclubs & celebrities to package holidays crooked bankers to sleazy politicians the echoes of today's Britain ring from almost every page ...

The new edition of The Making of Modern South Africa provides a comprehensive current introduction to the key themes & debates concerning the history of this controversial country Engagingly written the author provides a sharp analytical overview of the new South Africa Examines the major issues in South Africa's history from pre-colonial to present including colonial conquest; the establishment of racism segregation & apartheid; resistance movements; & the eventual founding of democracy Contains an additional final chapter that takes the story to the present & considers the challenges & compromises of the first two decades of democracy Updated with material on post-apartheid era & current issues in South Africa The only book that gives direct guidance to bibliographical material & readings on key debates Provides a sharp analytical overview of the new South Africa Extensive references are given to the key writings on each topic & the debates between scholars ...

Just as Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi completed the most successful cinematic trilogy of its generation perhaps of all time this splendid thirtieth-anniversary tribute concludes New York Times bestselling author J W Rinzler's trio of breathtaking books celebrating George Lucas's classic saga Once again the author's unprecedented access to the Lucasfilm Archives has yielded a mother lode of fascinating & often unexpected revelations from behind the scenes of a blockbuster in the making Brimming with previously unpublished photos concept artwork script excerpts storyboards on-set interviews & present-day commentary The Making of Return of the Jedi chronicles 'how George Lucas & his crew of extroverted artists misfits & expert craftspeople roused themselves to great heights for a third time' to create the next unforgettable chapter in one of the most beloved stories in movie history Get up close to the action & feel like a studio insider as George Lucas Oscar-nominated screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan & director Richard Marquand huddle in a script conference to debate the destinies of iconic Star Wars characters The artists & technicians at the ground-breaking Industrial Light & Magic facility surpass their own revolutionary innovations with boundary-pushing new visual effects A crack team of sculptors puppeteers actors & 'monstermakers' brings Jabba the Hutt & his unsavoury cohorts to startling slobbering life Actors & crew race to the finish line at Elstree Studios in a fiery desert & beneath the canopy of a dense redwood forest to provide answers to the questions that audiences had waited three years to find out Is Darth Vader really Luke's father? Who is the mysterious 'other'? & who or what is the Emperorstar Wars luminaries from both sides of the camera including Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Anthony Daniels Peter Mayhew David Prowse Alec Guinness director Richard Marquand producer Howard Kazanjian Ralph Mc Quarrie Joe Johnston Dennis Muren Phil Tippett & mastermind George Lucas all weigh in with candid insights on everything from technical crises & character design to the Ewoks & the ultimate challenge of bringing this phenomenal space fantasy to a dramatic close A gloriously illustrated & painstakingly researched tribute to a truly spectacular movie The Making of Return of the Jedi invites you to return to a galaxy far far away ...

George Lucas spent nearly ten years bringing his dream project to life a ground-breaking space fantasy movie It would be a swashbuckling sci-fi saga inspired by vintage Flash Gordon serials classic American westerns & mythological heroes Its original title The Star Wars The rest is history Yet its production is a story as entertaining & exciting as the film itself Now recounted in the words of those who were there it is finally being told for the first time During the years 1975 to 1978 over fifty interviews were conducted with key members of the cast & crew Remarkably these interviews have sat undisturbed in the Lucasfilm Archives for three decades Until now The interviews are fresh candid &
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- more accurate than many other reported accounts George Lucas Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Anthony Daniels composer John Williams legendary production designer John Barry & a host of others share their fascinating tales of overcoming obstacles
- storms crises technical limitations high stress & bitter disappointment
- while displaying real ingenuity heroism & creativity Using his unprecedented access to the Lucasfilm Archives & this trove of never-before-published 'lost' interviews photographs production notes factoids & anecdotes J W Rinzler hurtles readers back in time for a definitive look at the making of Star Wars For the first time it's all here The evolution of the now-classic story & characters
- including ' Annikin Starkiller' & a 'huge green-skinned monster with no nose & large gills' named Han Solo Excerpts from George Lucas's numerous ever-morphing script drafts The birth of Industrial Light & Magic the special-effects company that revolutionised Hollywood film-making The studio-hopping & budget battles that nearly derailed the entire project The director's early casting saga The gruelling nearly catastrophic location shoot in Tunisia & the following breakneck dash to Elstree Studios in London Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of images spanning the creation of the film The Making of Star Wars is a piece of cinema history It is the true story of human endeavour & creativity that led to the production of one of the most outstanding & innovative movies of all time




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This is the first comprehensive historical perspective on the relationship between black workers & the changing patterns of Britain's labour needs It places in an historical context the development of a small black presence in sixteenth-century Britain into the disadvantaged black working class of the 1980s The book deals with the colonial labour institutions (slavery indentureship & trade unionism) & the ideology underlying them & also considers the previously neglected role of the nineteenth-century black radicals in British working class struggles Finally the book examines the emergence of a black radical ideology that has underpinned the twentieth-century struggles against unemployment racial attacks & workplace grievances among them employer & trade union racism ...

How much do we really know about the place we call 'home'? In this sweeping timely book Nicholas Crane tells the story of Britain The British landscape has been continuously occupied by humans for 12000 years from the end of the Ice Age till the twenty-first century It has been transformed from a European peninsula of glacier & tundra to an island of glittering cities & exquisite countryside In this geographical journey through time we discover the ancient relationship between people & place & the deep-rooted tensions between town & countryside The twin drivers of landscape change
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- have arguably wielded as much influence on our habitat as monarchs & politics From tsunamis & farming to Roman debacles & industrial cataclysms from henge to high-rise & hamlet to metropolis this is a book about change & adaptation As Britain lurches from an exploitative past towards a more sustainable future this is the story of our age

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Ensure your pupils are thoroughly prepared for the new-style Common Entrance History examinations with this revised edition of a best-selling ISEB-endorsed textbook 216 pages Rees Rosemary ...