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Author: Paul Combs
Publisher: Fire Engineering Books
Published: 2010-09-01
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 1593702434
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReaders will find that this book is more than a collection of 156 fire service editorial cartoons. Paul Combs is a gifted artist who uses his talent as a tool to express his passion for making a difference in the fire service, the greatest job in the world.
Author: Paul Combs
Publisher: Fire Engineering Books
Published: 2014-01-02
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 159370335X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPaul Combs has returned with a second collection of his fire service editorials, Drawn by Fire, Too! An 18-year veteran firefighter and the editorial cartoonist for Fire Engineering magazine, Combs sees and captures moments that help us all take a good look at ourselves and learn from. He does it as no one else can—with humor, irreverence, respect, insight, compassion, and the skills of an award-winning illustrator.
Author: Frank Viscuso
Publisher: Fire Engineering Books
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1593703082
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his new book Step Up and Lead, Frank Viscuso--author, speaker, and career deputy chief--shares the secrets of effective fire service leadership, introduces the traits and skills essential for successful fire service leaders, and discusses the importance of customer service. Designed to help you reach the top of your profession, this new book is considered must-read material for anyone who is ready to step up and lead!
Author: Peter Bagge
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Published: 2021-04-29
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 1770463569
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA bold retelling of the life of the Their Eyes Were Watching God author Peter Bagge has defied the expectations of the comics industry by changing gears from his famous slacker hero Buddy Bradley to documenting the life and times of historical 20th century trailblazers. If Bagge had not already had a New York Times bestseller with his biography of Margaret Sanger, his newest biography, Fire!! The Zora Neale Hurston Story, would seem to be an unfathomable pairing of author and subject. Yet through Bagge’s skilled cartooning, he turns what could be a rote biography into a bold and dazzling graphic novel, creating a story as brilliant as the life itself. Hurston challenged the norms of what was expected of an African American woman in early 20th century society. The fifth of eight kids from a Baptist family in Alabama, Hurston’s writing prowess blossomed at Howard University, and then Barnard College, where she was the sole black student. She arrived in NYC at the height of the Harlem Renaissance and quickly found herself surrounded by peers such as Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman. Hurston went on to become a noted folklorist and critically acclaimed novelist, including her most provocative work Their Eyes Were Watching God. Despite these landmark achievements, personal tragedies and shifting political winds in the midcentury rendered her almost forgotten by the end of her life. With admiration and respect, Bagge reconstructs her vivid life in resounding full-colour.
Author: Sandra Staple
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Published: 2008-05-28
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 1569756414
DOWNLOAD EBOOKClear, illustrated and step-by-step enough that a child can follow it, but detailed, imaginative and insightful enough that an adult can learn from it as well, this book offers anyone and everyone a simple way to learn how to draw dragons.
Author: Craig S. Womack
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780816521685
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJosh Henneha has always been a traveler, drowning in dreams, burning with desires. As a young boy growing up within the Muskogee Creek Nation in rural Oklahoma, Josh experiences a yearning for something he cannot tame. Quiet and skinny and shy, he feels out of place, at once inflamed and ashamed by his attraction to other boys. Driven by a need to understand himself and his history, Josh struggles to reconcile the conflicting voices he hearsÑfrom the messages of sin and scorn of the non-Indian Christian churches his parents attend in order to assimilate, to the powerful stories of his older Creek relatives, which have been the center of his upbringing, memory, and ongoing experience. In his fevered and passionate dreams, Josh catches a glimpse of something that makes the Muskogee Creek world come alive. Lifted by his great-aunt LucilleÕs tales of her own wild girlhood, Josh learns to fly back through time, to relive his peopleÕs history, and uncover a hidden legacy of triumphs and betrayals, ceremonies and secrets he can forge into a new sense of himself. When as a man, Josh rediscovers the boyhood friend who first stirred his desires, he realizes a transcendent love that helps take him even deeper into the Creek world he has explored all along in his imagination. Interweaving past and present, history and story, explicit realism and dreamlike visions, Craig WomackÕs Drowning in Fire explores a young manÕs journey to understand his cultural and sexual identity within a framework drawn from the community of his origins. A groundbreaking and provocative coming-of-age story, Drowning in Fire is a vividly realized novel by an impressive literary talent.
Author: Mike Holmes
Publisher: First Second
Published: 2021-06-22
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1250845599
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMike Holmes, the artist behind the hit series Secret Coders and Wings of Fire, delivers his solo debut: My Own World, a middle grade memoir-inflected fantasy graphic novel. Life is difficult for nine-year-old Nathan. All he dreams of is hanging out with his older brother, watching Raiders of the Lost Ark, and enjoying summer vacation far away from the neighborhood bullies. When he overhears his parents talking about a family crisis, he seeks sanctuary from his troubles. In an abandoned lighthouse, Nathan discovers a portal to a berry-colored world where time has little meaning and he, finally, is in control. There, his imagination takes him on wondrous adventures, across seas and through the air, with new extraordinary friends of his own creation. In his magical hideaway, Nathan is safe from the anxieties of his life—but can he bring himself to face the real world?
Author: Brian Lanker
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter the bombing of Pearl Harbor, many artists sought ways to contribute to the war effort. Here is a compelling collection of paintings, drawings and sketches that provide a stunning record of life in the trenches, on the front lines and behind the scenes.
Author: Japanese Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 112
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul Combs
Publisher: Fire Engineering Books
Published: 2022-04-14
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1593705085
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPaul Combs has returned with a brand new collection of his fire service editorials, Drawn by Fire 4. Paul began his fire service journey in 1995. He is a retired lieutenant for the City of Bryan (OH) Fire Department and continues to instruct for the Bryan Regional Training Academy. He is an FDIC keynoter, classroom presenter, and HOT instructor. He is an instructor for On Scene Training Associates and a national speaker. Paul sees and captures moments that help us all take a good look at ourselves and learn from it. He does it as no one else can—with humor, irreverence, respect, insight, compassion, and the skills of an award-winning illustrator. “This book should be on the coffee table in every firefighter’s home and on the kitchen table in every firehouse. Paul Combs’s books are like magnets. They can be picked up and opened to any page at any time, and the reader will be entertained. More importantly, they make you think and encourage you to do the right thing.” —Deputy District Chief Steve Chikerotis, Chicago Fire Department (ret.) “To Paul’s readers, buckle up, hold on tight, and keep your arms and legs inside the car at all times, because you’re about to go on a fantastic fire service ride.” —Deputy Fire Chief Aaron Heller, Hamilton (NJ) Fire Department
