Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Nancy Scheemaker

When an airliner crashes off the coast of Nova Scotia, relatives of the passengers arrive to wait out search and rescue efforts at a seaside Inn. As the days pass, an emotional collage unfolds as everyone adapts to the certain reality of the accident. The beauty of this story is not just the powerfully eloquent writing style, but the author's keen balance of emotion. Kessler has taken a storyline that cou... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... The Independent Holiday 2005

A riveting account, from a poignantly human perspective, of a terrible incident that occurred on December 6, 1917, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In a closed harbor filled with ships bound to or returning from Europe and the war, a massive explosion was triggered by the collision between a munitions ship and another vessel. The horrific blast, which wiped out part of the city, created a ti... read more>>>

Publisher Comments

As part of the All About Techniques series, this book is among Barron's more advanced art instruction manuals. As the newest in this color-illustrated series, All About Techniques in Drawing will instruct you on how to achieve highly finished illustrations in a variety of media, including pencil, charcoal, chalk, and ink. You will also be advised on the uses of various grades of paper and the many different drawing tools and their uses.

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