Hand Shadows

Hand Shadows
Author: Louis Nikola
Publisher:
Total Pages: 118
Release: 1913
Genre: Shadow shows
ISBN:

The Art of Hand Shadows

The Art of Hand Shadows
Author: Albert Almoznino
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780486418766

Clear explanations and over 70 illustrations demonstrate how to position your hands to make lifelike shadows of a lumbering dinosaur, a pair of playful monkeys, an eagle taking flight, a cat scratching itself, a howling wolf, a neighing horse, a dog that eats a rabbit, and many other figures.

Hand Shadow Fun

Hand Shadow Fun
Author: Frank Jacobs
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2015-01-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0486801934

Detailed illustrations depict the formation of 28 images using only hands and fingers. Entertain friends and family with shadow pictures of a bird, bunny, elephant, and other figures.

The Shadow of the Wind

The Shadow of the Wind
Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2005-01-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101147067

The New York Times bestseller “The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero.” —Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice) “One gorgeous read.” —Stephen King Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer’s son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián Carax. But when he sets out to find the author’s other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax’s books in existence. Soon Daniel’s seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.

Images and Shadows

Images and Shadows
Author: Iris Origo
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2019-10-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1681373653

An extraordinary memoir by Iris Origo, who chronicled political life in A Chill in the Air and War in Val d'Orcia, and now turns inward to describe her own family, the work of writing, and the transcience of memory. Images and Shadows, Iris Origo’s autobiographical account of her early life, is as perceptive and humane and beautifully written as her celebrated memoir War in Val d’Orcia. Origo’s father came from an old and moneyed American family, her mother was the daughter of an Irish peer, and Iris grew up in the most privileged of circumstances. Her father died of tuberculosis when he was only thirty, and her mother moved to Fiesole, Italy, where she and Iris developed a close friendship with the great connoisseur and art historian Bernard Berenson. Later, Origo and her Italian husband transformed a desolate and deforested Tuscan property into a flourishing estate, and it was there that she discovered her true calling as a writer. In Images and Shadows, Origo paints portraits of her shy, loving father and her headstrong mother, and describes beloved places, the books that formed her sensibility, and how she grew up and made her way in the world. She reflects on the pleasures and challenges of writing and evokes the persistence and fragility of memory. Images and Shadows is an autobiography that is as thoughtful as it is profoundly touching.

Shadow Play

Shadow Play
Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Harper & Row
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1990
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780060218652

While visiting the county fair, a brother and sister are enthralled by a shadow puppet show presentation of "Beauty and the Beast" in which all the shadows are made by one man.

The Classic Sporting Art of Bob White

The Classic Sporting Art of Bob White
Author: Bob White
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780811738712

"A collection of 200 of Bob White's best paintings and drawings-of fly fishing, upland and waterfowl hunting, gamefish, birds, and dogs, and landscapes from Alaska to Patagonia. Text and sidebars provide background and highlight the artist's process"--

The Complete Book of Hand Shadows

The Complete Book of Hand Shadows
Author: Louis Nikola
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2016-11-28
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486817792

Generations of entertainers have amused audiences of children and adults with the art of hand shadows, using only a light source and their own two hands to form immediately recognizable profiles of people and animals. Lovers of nostalgia and aspiring hand shadow artists will delight in this facsimile of a 1913 book, which features more than 50 hand shadows. These quaint illustrations depict many different types of shadows, from swans, rabbits, and other animals to historic figures and fictional characters. Each hand shadow is accompanied by a description of specific hand positioning and an illustration. Additional helpful tips include instructions on lighting, projection screens, and hand exercises.