In "Learn World Calligraphy", renowned calligrapher and prolific author Margaret Shepherd provides a calligraphy instructional text unlike any other. This comprehensive, unparalleled 192-page volume covers virtually all the world's writing systems, ranging from Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Korean, Hebrew, Thai and Indian scripts to the alphabets of our earliest ancestors in Africa and the Americas. The book features Shepherd's exquisite hand-drawn illustrations, gorgeous full-colour examples of both traditional and modern calligraphic designs, plus modern materials and projects. Readers will also learn how the basics of each exotic script can be applied to the English alphabet in order to create readable calligraphy with a foreign flair.
Teach Yourself Mahjong is an easy way for you to learn the fundamentals of mahjong, a game with ancient Chinese origins and played in the United States since the 1920s. Each player builds a wall using colorfully engraved tiles, which are picked and discarded to achieve a winning combination--just as in a card game. Features tips on buying a set, keeping score, and clever strategies.
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