The Clown Egg Register
Title | The Clown Egg Register PDF eBook |
Author | Luke Stephenson |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | 233 |
Release | 2018-03-20 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1452169853 |
Step right up for the Greatest Book on Earth! For more than 70 years, Clowns International—the oldest established clowning organization—has been painting the faces of its members on eggs. Each one is a record of a clown's unique identity, preserving the unwritten rule that no clown should copy another's look. This mesmerizing volume collects more than 150 of these portraits, from 1946 to the modern day, accompanied by short personal histories of many of the clowns. Here are Tricky Nicky, Taffy, Bobo, Sammy Sunshine, the legendary Emmett Kelly, and Jolly Jack, clowning since 1977 and still performing today with a penguin puppet named Biscuit. A treasure just like the eggs it enshrines, The Clown Egg Register is an extraordinary archive of images and lives of the men and women behind the make-up.
Dog Loves Books: Read & Listen Edition
Title | Dog Loves Books: Read & Listen Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Louise Yates |
Publisher | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 2012-05-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 037598657X |
A picture book treat for the youngest dog lovers complete with adorable audio narration. Dog loves books so much he opens his very own bookstore. At first he’s short of customers. But that’s all right, because when Dog is surrounded by books, he is never short of friends—or fun. And when customers begin arriving, he knows just which books to recommend. Louise Yates’s expressive little white dog—and his many expressive doggie customers—extend an irresistible invitation to the very youngest to try reading. It’s fun! This ebook includes Read & Listen audio narration.
Never Eat Shredded Wheat
Title | Never Eat Shredded Wheat PDF eBook |
Author | James M. Russell |
Publisher | Michael O'Mara Books |
Total Pages | 116 |
Release | 2018-10-18 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1782439919 |
Our memories are mysterious things. One moment we might remember a lengthy poem or the exact street address of a restaurant from our childhood. But the next moment we can struggle to recall where we've put our keys down or the name of the person we have just been introduced to. The human mind is not terribly good at remembering abstract data - but we can do it much more successfully if we create associations with more relatable bits of information, such as familiar people, places, colours, poems or jokes. The mnemonics that many of us learned as children are simply a shortcut to help locate information within your memory. For instance, rather than remember that the clockwise order of the points of the compass is North, East, South, West, we remember the mnemonic 'Never Eat Shredded Wheat', and the combination of humour and a visual reference provides an instant cue for our brains. This book is a cornucopia of mnemonics. Amusing as well as informative, it includes well-known examples that you might remember from school, some of which have been in use for centuries, as well as more recent ones and alternatives to the traditional versions. Ranging across history, science, language, numbers, business, art and much, much more, the mnemonics included here provide quick easy access to a vast amount of fascinating and useful information. In addition, there are sections on working out your own methods and systems to augment the existing mnemonics with your own aides-mémoire, which can help you with everyday tasks such as avoiding common misspellings, or remembering names, faces and numbers.
Hate Is What We Need
Title | Hate Is What We Need PDF eBook |
Author | Ward Schumaker |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | 77 |
Release | 2018-04-03 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1452173117 |
This state of the union is not normal. In this clothbound, hardcover volume, acclaimed artist Ward Schumaker transforms the egregious utterances of the 45th president of the United States of America into provocative text-based paintings. Translating the politics of our moment into visceral works of art, Schumaker offers an alternative to the desensitizing barrage of the news media. Refusing to sanitize or explain these statements, he intuitively features our collective dismay, confusion, and outrage at the stream of vitriol and contempt currently emanating from the White House.
Every Person in New York
Title | Every Person in New York PDF eBook |
Author | Jason Polan |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | 414 |
Release | 2015-08-18 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1452153760 |
Jason Polan is on a mission to draw every person in New York, from cab drivers to celebrities. He draws people eating at Taco Bell, admiring paintings at the Museum of Modern Art, and sleeping on the subway. With a foreword by Kristen Wiig, Every Person in New York, Volume 1 collects thousands of Polan's energetic drawings in one chunky book. As full as a phone book and as invigorating as a walk down a bustling New York street, this is a new kind of love letter to a beloved city and the people who live there.
Christmas in Snowy Forest
Title | Christmas in Snowy Forest PDF eBook |
Author | Alison Inches |
Publisher | Putnam Juvenile |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Animals |
ISBN | 9780140558715 |
By lifting the appropriate flaps, the reader helps Robin and his forest friends find Bear's Christmas party.
Clown Paintings
Title | Clown Paintings PDF eBook |
Author | Diane Keaton |
Publisher | powerHouse Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Art, Amateur |
ISBN | 9781576871485 |
With texts by premier comedians such as Steve Martin, Jay Leno, Woody Allen, Goldie Hawn, Lisa Kudro, Whoopi Goldberg, Gary Shandling, Martin Short and more. CLOWN PAINTINGS is a twisty illustrated book that showcases 65 full-colour, outrageously compelling clown portraits, painted by amateurs and selected by actor and director Diane Keaton. By turns hilarious and heartfelt, joyful and mortifying, Keaton found herself as mesmerised by their mute eloquence as by their bad taste, and culled these wild images from her own private collection.