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Grokking the GIMP:
Advanced Techniques for Working with Digital Images
Cary Bunks, E80
New Riders
Carey Bunks takes his interests seriously. When curious about the
circus, he attended the Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Clown
College, graduating in 1977. He is an accomplished magician and
juggler and has entertained hundreds in the U.S. and Europe. He
is an authority on trick roping and the author of the online book
The Lasso - A Rational Guide to Trick Roping. So when Bunks became
intrigued by the free online photo enhancement software called the
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) and found little quality instruction,
he wrote the book himself. Even in its title, Grokking the GIMP
suggests that Bunks is again taking the in-depth approach. Drawn
from Robert A. Heinlein's classic science-fiction novel Stranger
in a Strange Land, "grok" is the Martian word meaning
"to drink," but also serves as a quasi-religious metaphor
for having profound appreciation and understanding. Bunks, a senior
scientist at BBN Technologies in Cambridge, MA, says his guide is
indispensible for grokking this powerful open-source software package
and its nearly 300 built-in functions and filters. While most books
are about "tips and tricks," Grokking the GIMP "is
first about understanding image manipulation concepts, second about
knowing which GIMP tools are the most effective, and third about
the savvy use of these tools. Working with digital images is now
awhole lot easier - and a lot more fun."
Pumpkin Circle:
The Story of a Garden
George Levenson, A65
Tricycle Press
www.pumpkincircle.com
Pumpkin Circle (also available on an award-winning video narrated
by Danny Glover with music by George Winston) captures life in the
pumpkin patch with text and photographs that follow a pumpkin as
it grows and changes, from seeds to plant to pumpkins ready to harvest,
to jack-o-lantern and then to seeds again.
CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook
Jacalyn Mahler, J77, Senior Editor
Arena Press
From CORE, the Consortium On Reading Excellence, comes a comprehensive
resource for teaching language arts in grades K-8. Bycombining the
best features of an academic text and a practical hands-on teacher's
guide, the Sourcebook provides educators with research and instructional
strategies for balanced reading programs.
The New Management Imperative in Finance Risk
James T. Gleason, A72
Bloomberg Press
James Gleason, a risk management consultant for more than 15 years,
shows what makes firms true "winners" in the game of risk
modeling. Gleason lays out the contours of risk and charts and diagrams
the full spectrum of risks that business organizations face. Overall,
it provides a practical understanding of the issues invoved in global
financial risk management (GRM) through case examples, and by setting
down the "ten commandments" of sound GRM development.
Poignant Relations:
Three Modern French Women
James Smith Allen, G75
Johns Hopkins Press
To trace the origins of feminist consciousness in France, James
Smith Allen, professor of history at Southern Illinois University,
explores the lives and words of three 19th-century women: Marie-Sophie
Leroyer, a novelist and literary critic, Genevieve Bréton-Vaudoyer,
whose diairies helped her cope with personal tragedies, and Céline
Renooz-Muro, a scientist, historian and journalist. These women
wrote extensively about marriage, sexuality, religion and politics
in a "relational" feminism which they expressed by considering
their relationships to themselves and others. While they have been
long neglected by historians and literary theorists, Allen proposes
they are more representative of a generation of women who often
wrote about, but did not necessarily act on, their independent ideas.
New Jersey Business Litigation
Paul A. Rowe, A58
New Jersey Law Journal Books
From oppressed minority shareholders to franchise practices to
unfair competition, this hard-cover legal treatise covers the panoply
of subjects about which businesses today litigate in the New Jersey
courts. This is the second book by Paul A. Rowe, a trial lawyer
with Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel, of Woodbridge,
NJ.
Dramatizing Classic Poetry
Louise Thistle, J63
A Smith and Kraus Book
Louise Thistle, an actress and author of six books, offers a resource
for teachers who want to dramatize poetry in the classroom or on
stage and who want to integrate dramatization with the study of
poems as literature. Included are more than 50 classic poems scripted
for the middle school and high school classroom. digital images
is now awhole lot easier - and a lot more fun."
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