"Adulting: How to Become A Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Lessons" by Kelly Williams Brown

Publisher:New York : Grand Central Pub., 2013.
ISBN: 9781455516902
Characteristics: viii, 273 pages :,illustrations

I was extremely impressed by the wisdom of the advice given in this book. While it is intended primarily to be read by young women and girls, the vast majority of it is applicable to young men and boys as well. Come to think of it I know quite a few older women and men that could benefit from this advice as well.

The 468 steps Ms. Brown lists are all well thought out and very pertinent to today's society. I'm over twice Ms. Browns age, and I wish someone had written a book like this for when I was starting out as I made some blunders, and I'm sure I would have handled things much differently if I'd had access to what should be considered basic information.

In Alberta's high school curriculum a course known as Career And Life Management (CALM) is taught. This book would make a great resource for any teacher preparing lesson plans for this course. Of course minor changes would need to be made, as it is an American book and certain things that are applicable south of the 49th Parallel are different than up here, but they are minor changes.

The book takes you o a journey through such topics such as cooking, getting a job, dealing with money, getting along with people, love, families, and much more. This is definitely a book I'll be recommending to quite a few people.

Enjoy

"Pop Sculpture" by Tim Bruckner, Zach Oat & Ruben Procopio

Pop Sculpture: How to Create Action Figures and Collectable Statues
by Tim Bruckner, Zach Oat & Ruben Procopio

Publisher:New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, 2010.
ISBN: 9780823095223
Characteristics: vii, 272 pages :,illustrations (chiefly colour) ;,28 cm

This is an extremely well written book that gives the aspiring sculptor virtually all the information they need to begin turning out small figurines of action characters, and the like. It takes the artist through all the stages of production in great detail, with photographs of all the steps. In addition the authors detail all the equipment needed as well as alternative items that can be used instead, the various processes, and where to expect problems.

Pop Sculpture, however is not designed for the novice sculptor, but would make a valuable resource once they have gained sufficient experience to be able to complete a relatively detailed project. The book details the production of two statues The first of these is a statue of the Greek goddess Athena, and the second the Norse god Thor (an action figure). I wasn't able however to determine if either of these figures were actually produced for sale.

Finally the book gives an overview of what it takes to get into the sculpture business professionally.

An excellent book that is well worth the purchase price, if you are into sculpting these types of figures.