2007, ISBN: 9780803210943

Hardcover

Harper Design, June 2016. Trade Paperback. New. <p>An essential guide for every kind ofartist that teaches them how to skip the gallery system, find their niche, and connect direc… More...

Harper Design, June 2016. Trade Paperback. New. <p>An essential guide for every kind ofartist that teaches them how to skip the gallery system, find their niche, and connect directly with collectors to profitably sell their art.</p><p>For years, galleries have acted as gatekeeper separating artists and collectors. But with the explosion of the Internet, a new generation of savvy, independent artists is connecting with buyers and making a substantial living doing what they love.</p><p><em>How to Sell Your Art Online</em> shows any artist how to make a successful living from their work. Cory Huff dispels the myth of the starving artist and provides the effective business strategies necessary to make artistic creations pay. He helps individual artists find their niche; outlines the elements essential for an effective website; and provides invaluable advice on e-mail marketing, blogging, social media marketing, and paid advertising explaining how to tie all these online activities into offline success.</p><p>Most importantly, he shares the secret to overcoming the biggest challenge artists face when self-marketing: learning how to tell their unique stories. Every artist has a reason for making art, but can t always find the right way to express it. Huff provides exercises artists can use to clarify the intellectual and emotional process behind their art, and teaches them how turn that knowledge into stories they can tell online and in person and expand their reach through blogs and social media to build their art business.</p><p>Drawing from the stories of successful artists, thoroughly describing how art is sold today, and providing tips on how to build connections personally and electronically, <em>How to Sell Your Art Online</em> illustrates the countless ways artists can take control of their creative careers and sell their work without selling out.</p>', Harper Design, London, UK Vintage, U.K., 2002. Paperback First Ed UK, so stated. First Ed UK, so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use: juste a hint of wear to extremities; pages very lightly tanned; binding shows the slightest lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 166pp. Trade Paperback. Through a brilliant collection of essays, Miller grounds American culture's ambitions and dreams, uncovering the frailties and failings of those who have become the gods of his generation along the way. The result is not a depressingly harsh reality check, but a poignant personal view of the American Dream that seems to make the philosophy feel that much more accessible. I have always been interested in modern iconography and like the majority of the western world am fascinated by Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee. Davis Miller offers a deep, addictive read. Miller had ambitions on being a successful martial artist and author, but was prepared to learn from the lessons life taught him. He has his heroes and was fortunate enough to get to know two of them, Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard. Upon discovering their human sides, he does not then fall into the common media trap of ruthlessly dissecting them, but instead holds a mirror up to himself and those who decide to propagate the mythology of these figures. He makes a sound argument that through pushing these figures as modern-day gods and adding falsities to their lives devalues them as human beings. This is examined in full in his Bruce Lee essay in the book, "Bruce Lee, American." It is refreshing to see that Miller's frankness lacks the usual arrogant and condescending attitude too often seen in tabloids and unauthorised biographies. Instead he writes always with a close examination of his own mortality and often, by use of self-comparison, further shows why these great men truly are "great." This is never more evident than in his article "Wanting to Whup Sugar Ray." The third part of the book, entitled "Personal Struggles", appeared, at my first glance at the contents page, to be a disappointing anti-climax. This could not be further from the truth and is in fact my personal favourite. The section starts with an inspired fictional short story and then follows on with real-life accounts of his life, which really touch upon the American Dream philosophy I spoke about earlier. These essays are sometimes sad, sometimes optimistic and always very human. Not being American, I found Davis Miller's work to be a warm and humble introduction to the culture he grew up in. Many can learn from his honest and gentle approach to the human spirit and the life it helps create., Vintage, U.K., 2002., University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & London: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Unlearning to Fly is the memoir of a bookworm growing up in AlaskaÑamong people whose resilience, restlessness, and energy find their highest expression in winter ascents of Mount McKinley or first descents of wild rivers. These are the flying stories of a fearful pilot, one who admires but does not emulate the more daring exploits of her father and her friends. The accounts of Jennifer BriceÑat times poignant, funny, and downright nerve-rackingÑare engaging recollections of deadly, near-deadly, and occasionally comic encounters between human nature and Nature writ large. The unlikely romance between her parents, the Good Friday earthquake, the Alaska oil boom, a stint as a newspaper reporter, and the trials of a student pilot form a few chapters in Brice's remarkable life. These are the stories in which the physics and metaphors of flightÑcenter of gravity, angle of attack, wake turbulenceÑilluminate Brice's remarkable life story, recounted in prose that takes wing. Jennifer Brice is an associate professor of English at Colgate University and the author of The Last Settlers. Her work has appeared in such journals as the Gettysburg Review, Manoa, and River Teeth. "Unlearning to Fly, a memoir in essays, doesn't order Brice's memories so much as allow forces of wind and weather to reveal them. . . . The reader sees in Brice's stories her family's attempts at an ordinary life in terrain that would just as soon 'buck us off its back.'"ÑMarjorie Gellhorn Sa'adah, Los Angeles Times Book Review "There is a refreshing humility implicit in the way Brice has constructed her memoir; it's a structure that acknowledges that the overall sweep of her life is not unusual . . . but that its particulars are distinctive enough to be of interest to others. And the particulars of Brice's life are riveting."ÑJenny Shank, NewWest.net "Like a pilot photographing terrain for a map, [Brice] captures her family . . . and friends in a broad and clear vision. . . . Indeed, every person who graces the pages of her narrative is writ generously, fairly and kindly, with a fascination that rekindles our own sense of wonder at the lives we think we know most intimatelyÑthose of our parents, close friends, co-workers, but also the collective lives of our homes and our environment."ÑNina Murray, Lincoln Journal Star "Unlearning to Fly made me think more deeply about the skills I have learned and unlearned, the stories by which my life is patched together and launched into the world."ÑEric Heyne, Western American Literature "Unlearning to Fly is taut and well-paced, engaging and stunningly visual, original and wise. Alaska is still the frontier to many readers, and Brice unpacks some of our myths about Alaska with witty, down-to-earth candor. How many books have you read in recent years that were written by female pilots? Who are so blessedly brainy? This is a voice and a story we have not heard before."ÑNatalia Rachel Singer, author of Scraping By in the Big Eighties and the editor of Living North Country "There is a rigorous mind and a humane spirit behind these essays. Ms. Brice has a way of dignifying not only her own life but also the lives of other people, elevating even the most ordinary life and making it worthy of our attention. Readers will no doubt cherish this writer's adventures in an exciting place, but I think they will appreciate even more the collection's beautiful evocation of what is simultaneously most ordinary, and most thrilling, in human experienceÑour inevitable relationship to family, place, and self."ÑCarrie Brown, author of Rose's Garden, Confinement, and The Rope Walk "The book will appeal to readers interested in family narrative, curious about life in Fairbanks during the last half-century, and intrigued by the risks and attractions of northern flying."ÑAlaska History ISBN: 0803210949., University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & London: 2007<

2007, ISBN: 9780803210943

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & London: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Unlearning to Fly is the memoir of a bookworm growing up in AlaskaÑamon… More...

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & London: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Unlearning to Fly is the memoir of a bookworm growing up in AlaskaÑamong people whose resilience, restlessness, and energy find their highest expression in winter ascents of Mount McKinley or first descents of wild rivers. These are the flying stories of a fearful pilot, one who admires but does not emulate the more daring exploits of her father and her friends. The accounts of Jennifer BriceÑat times poignant, funny, and downright nerve-rackingÑare engaging recollections of deadly, near-deadly, and occasionally comic encounters between human nature and Nature writ large. The unlikely romance between her parents, the Good Friday earthquake, the Alaska oil boom, a stint as a newspaper reporter, and the trials of a student pilot form a few chapters in Brice's remarkable life. These are the stories in which the physics and metaphors of flightÑcenter of gravity, angle of attack, wake turbulenceÑilluminate Brice's remarkable life story, recounted in prose that takes wing. Jennifer Brice is an associate professor of English at Colgate University and the author of The Last Settlers. Her work has appeared in such journals as the Gettysburg Review, Manoa, and River Teeth. "Unlearning to Fly, a memoir in essays, doesn't order Brice's memories so much as allow forces of wind and weather to reveal them. . . . The reader sees in Brice's stories her family's attempts at an ordinary life in terrain that would just as soon 'buck us off its back.'"ÑMarjorie Gellhorn Sa'adah, Los Angeles Times Book Review "There is a refreshing humility implicit in the way Brice has constructed her memoir; it's a structure that acknowledges that the overall sweep of her life is not unusual . . . but that its particulars are distinctive enough to be of interest to others. And the particulars of Brice's life are riveting."ÑJenny Shank, NewWest.net "Like a pilot photographing terrain for a map, [Brice] captures her family . . . and friends in a broad and clear vision. . . . Indeed, every person who graces the pages of her narrative is writ generously, fairly and kindly, with a fascination that rekindles our own sense of wonder at the lives we think we know most intimatelyÑthose of our parents, close friends, co-workers, but also the collective lives of our homes and our environment."ÑNina Murray, Lincoln Journal Star "Unlearning to Fly made me think more deeply about the skills I have learned and unlearned, the stories by which my life is patched together and launched into the world."ÑEric Heyne, Western American Literature "Unlearning to Fly is taut and well-paced, engaging and stunningly visual, original and wise. Alaska is still the frontier to many readers, and Brice unpacks some of our myths about Alaska with witty, down-to-earth candor. How many books have you read in recent years that were written by female pilots? Who are so blessedly brainy? This is a voice and a story we have not heard before."ÑNatalia Rachel Singer, author of Scraping By in the Big Eighties and the editor of Living North Country "There is a rigorous mind and a humane spirit behind these essays. Ms. Brice has a way of dignifying not only her own life but also the lives of other people, elevating even the most ordinary life and making it worthy of our attention. Readers will no doubt cherish this writer's adventures in an exciting place, but I think they will appreciate even more the collection's beautiful evocation of what is simultaneously most ordinary, and most thrilling, in human experienceÑour inevitable relationship to family, place, and self."ÑCarrie Brown, author of Rose's Garden, Confinement, and The Rope Walk "The book will appeal to readers interested in family narrative, curious about life in Fairbanks during the last half-century, and intrigued by the risks and attractions of northern flying."ÑAlaska History ISBN: 0803210949., University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & London: 2007<

ISBN: 9780803210943

"Unlearning to Fly" is the memoir of a bookworm growing up in Alaska--among people whose resilience, restlessness, and energy find their highest expression in winter ascents of Mount McKi… More...

"Unlearning to Fly" is the memoir of a bookworm growing up in Alaska--among people whose resilience, restlessness, and energy find their highest expression in winter ascents of Mount McKinley or first descents of wild rivers. These are the flying stories of a fearful pilot, one who admires but does not emulate the more daring exploits of her father and her friends. The accounts of Jennifer Brice--at times poignant, funny, and downright nerve-racking--are engaging recollections of deadly, near-deadly, and occasionally comic encounters between human nature and Nature writ large. The unlikely romance between her parents, the Good Friday earthquake, the Alaska oil boom, a stint as a newspaper reporter, and the trials of a student pilot form a few chapters in Brice's remarkable life. These are the stories in which the physics and metaphors of flight--center of gravity, angle of attack, wake turbulence--illuminate Brice's remarkable life story, recounted in prose that takes wing. Media > Book, [PU: University of Nebraska Press]<

ISBN: 9780803210943

"Unlearning to Fly" is the memoir of a bookworm growing up in Alaska--among people whose resilience, restlessness, and energy find their highest expression in winter ascents of Mount McKi… More...

"Unlearning to Fly" is the memoir of a bookworm growing up in Alaska--among people whose resilience, restlessness, and energy find their highest expression in winter ascents of Mount McKinley or first descents of wild rivers. These are the flying stories of a fearful pilot, one who admires but does not emulate the more daring exploits of her father and her friends. The accounts of Jennifer Brice--at times poignant, funny, and downright nerve-racking--are engaging recollections of deadly, near-deadly, and occasionally comic encounters between human nature and Nature writ large. The unlikely romance between her parents, the Good Friday earthquake, the Alaska oil boom, a stint as a newspaper reporter, and the trials of a student pilot form a few chapters in Brice's remarkable life. These are the stories in which the physics and metaphors of flight--center of gravity, angle of attack, wake turbulence--illuminate Brice's remarkable life story, recounted in prose that takes wing. Media > Book, [PU: University of Nebraska Press]<