Adam Thomas

In a New Light is the first permanent collection catalogue in the Palmer Museum of Art’s fifty-two-year history. Made possible by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, this multi-author book studies and celebrates the institution’s most significant collection area, American art. The fully illustrated publication features short essays on 155 historically and aesthetically important paintings written by 66 art historians and curators from the United States and England. Readers can expect new scholarship on paintings by artists Georgia O’Keeffe, William Trost Richards, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Benjamin West, Marguerite Zorach, and many more. The release of In a New Light coincides with the opening of the Palmer Museum’s new seventy-three-thousand-square-foot building designed by Allied Works.

In a New Light is the first permanent collection catalogue in the Palmer Museum of Art’s fifty-two-year history. Made possible by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, this multi-author book studies and celebrates the institution’s most significant collection area, American art. The fully illustrated publication features short essays on 155 historically and aesthetically important paintings written by 66 art historians and curators from the United States and England. Readers can expect new scholarship on paintings by artists Georgia O’Keeffe, William Trost Richards, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Benjamin West, Marguerite Zorach, and many more. The release of In a New Light coincides with the opening of the Palmer Museum’s new seventy-three-thousand-square-foot building designed by Allied Works.

The celebrated Ashcan School artist John Sloan produced a distinctive body of work depicting life on the rooftops of early twentieth-century New York City. Designed to accompany the major loan exhibition of the same name organized by the Palmer Museum of Art, From the Rooftops: John Sloan and the Art of a New Urban Space examines the allure of rooftop locales for Sloan, as well as for more than a dozen of his contemporaries.From his early career as an illustrator in Philadelphia to the final years of his life, Sloan nurtured a fascination with what he called the “roof life of the metropolis.” Devoted to the importance of this setting in Sloan’s oeuvre, From the Rooftops features paintings, prints, and photographs by Sloan, alongside examples from other notable artists of the time, such as George Ault, William Glackens, Hughie Lee-Smith, Edward Hopper, and Reginald Marsh—artists who were likewise enthralled by “the city above the city.” In this book, art historian Adam Thomas explores the pivotal role that New York’s City’s rooftops played in Sloan’s thinking about urban space and places Sloan’s work within its broader artistic and cultural context. In his analysis, Thomas considers the liminal status of the rooftop and its complexities as both an extension of the domestic sphere and an escape from it during a period of profound social and architectural transformation in New York City. Featuring insightful analysis and more than eighty full-color illustrations, this catalog will appeal to art historians and art enthusiasts alike.

"A million years of elven lifeWill never rise with sun or moon, Will never grant both bane and boon, For lost they are in endless strife." So says the "Dirge for Meilin's Heirs," the last poem written by night elf creativity before the War at Dusk consumed all art in the furnace of conflict. Decades of fighting between elven peoples have destroyed any hope for peace until a weapon of tremendous power reaches the field of battle. Each side believes the other deployed the mysterious weapon, which kills day elf and night elf alike, leading to the smallest chance for a cease-fire. But even the smallest flame can keep the darkness at bay. With the elves locked in never-ending warfare, the Grasp flourishes. The criminal organization influences every business across the islands, and either the money rolls in or heads roll out. But when a small-time grifter runs afoul of the Grasp, she sets off a series of events that will bring together criminals, peacekeepers, warriors, and wide-eyed dreamers. When they collide, the War at Dusk will either end or go on forever, shattering anew the Islands of Shattered Glass. End a war, find your love, and let go of vengeancein this epic tale from the world of Sularil.

The orcs march in the north. Kelen conquers in the south. Our heroes stand in between. As the Shields of Sularil pursue the final gem, they discover that all is not as it seems. Orcish infilitrators are positioning themselves at key places in the Sularin League, waiting for an opportune time to strike at Thousand Spires. In the south, the bellicose new leader of Kelen begins an aggressive campaign to return the country to its widest borders, putting the peaceful elves of Daen at risk. Will our heroes see through the many illusions facing them? And how will they bend the magic of illusion to their own devices?In the Shields of Sularil series, journalism and fiction mingle to tell the tale of a role-playing adventure years in the making. Author and game master Adam Thomas builds the world, the players live in it, and these pages contain a chronicle of their missions, as their power grows and they take on more dangerous enemies. If you've never played a tabletop role-playing game, what are you waiting for?

Plague strikes the state of Felmire.The queen and prince fall victim.The princess seeks a cure.Princess Rynliana Caris Feldonsire survived the plague, but no one else has. The halfling midwife who helped birth her believes she knows why. Could it be the result of a secret elixir she gave Ryn when the princess was a newborn baby struggling to breathe? If so, the eternal lotus might hold the cure to the contagion destroying the human population of Felmire. But the mysterious plant blooms only one day a year, and only a Lotusborn like Ryn can find it.Mourning for his dead wife and son, Ryn's father sinks deeper into grief and retreats from his duty as monarch of Felmire, so his younger brother Reave takes it upon himself to discover a cure for the plague. Reave seeks help from an upstart healer and arcanist who has noticed something strange about the halfling immigrants to Felmire. None of them has contracted the illness. Are the halflings the key to curing the contagion? Or are they the cause? Seek the eternal lotus, journey through grief, and take a stand against tyrannyin this prequel to adventures in Sularil.

The Storm Curtain is open.The Three Sisters have fallen.War has come to Arillon. The orcs of Ornak have taken the islands known as the Three Sisters, bringing sudden war to the coast of Arillon. Hopelessly outnumbered, an alliance of humans, dwarves, and elves attempts to slow the orcs' march towards the immense city of Thousand Spires. How could the small country of Ornak, which clings like a malignant growth to the western edge of the grand island of Sularil, contain such an overwhelming force? This is the question plaguing Sularin general and foot soldier alike. Only one person finds herself in a position to learn the answer. New recruit Grail, an elf of the Oruana Kir, is shipwrecked on her way to the front and washes ashore on the coast of Ornak. Will she remain alone to find answers in a hostile land? Or will she return across the sea to join the fight? Whatever she decides, one question haunts Grail more than any other. Why can she not commune with animals, taking their shapes like the rest of her people? Enter the world of Sularil with a beautiful tale offriendship, valor, and overcoming shame.

A stunning new book showing how the Beatles' song lyrics contain secret conversations between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Varying between strong affection and outright hostility, these hidden messages clearly mirror the fluctuations the two Beatles were experiencing in their personal relationship at the time. The Beatles themselves have made only fleeting references to this troubled phase. Paul McCartney acknowledges what he calls the "song wars" period, confirming that, at the time, "I was really writing a lot of songs to John." John Lennon meanwhile played down the negative tone of his messages saying "I'm entitled to call Paul what I want and vice versa. It's in our family"

When the newly ordained Episcopal priest Rev. Calvin Harper arrives in Victory, West Virginia, to be the pastor at an ailing parish, he has no idea how much he still has to learn about being a priest. Thankfully, Ruby Redding takes the young man under her wing and teaches him everything she has learned throughout her long, storied life. Seminary never taught Calvin that the only true way to be a witness to God's presence in this world is to remain in relationships with people no matter what life throws at them. His studies never taught him that detachment is the bane of ministry. He never learned that deep grief comes only from deep love. But in his first year in Victory, Calvin learns all this and more from Ruby, a woman so full of God's light that it can't help but spill onto the people around her.

Video is one of the most exciting features on today's Internet, with widespread adoption being made possible by advances in bandwidth and software. But simply streaming video clips to Web users is only the tip of the iceberg! Flash CS3 offers a whole host of advanced video features, allowing you to create breathtaking user experiences. And this book, the second edition of the critically-acclaimed Foundation Flash 8 Video, shows you how to make the most of video in Flash CS3. The authors start with the basics of creating video ready for use on the web using popular applications such as Windows Movie Maker and iMovie, creating FLV (Flash video) using both Flash and other applications such as Sorenson Squeeze, and importing that video into Flash. With that out the way, they then turn their attention to essential practical techniques, such as creating and customizing video players, applying blends and filters to Flash video, effective use of video alpha channel and masks, captioning, cue points, interactivity using the Camera object, going full screen, and much more. This edition is fully-updated for Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3.0, and includes many new examples. Learn how to create video for the web using popular applications such as iMovie and Movie Maker, and turn it into Flash Video using Flash, and other tools such as Sorenson Squeeze Learn several essential practical techniques for manipulating video in Flash Updated for Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3.0, with new examples