A 310 g/m2 version of William Turner watercolor paper. Opacity jumps to 98.8% and it is over 24 mils thick. Its natural white color also has an ISO brightness rating of 88.6. Ideal for traditional or photographic fine-art reproduction destined for presentation. 13×19 , 20 sheets.
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The Power of One is an intriguing story of a young English boy named P.K. and his passion for changing the world. Growing up he suffered as the only English boy in an Afrikaans school. Soon orphaned, he was placed in the care of a German national named Professor von Vollensteen (a.k.a. “Doc”), a friend of his grandfather. Doc develops P.K.’s piano talent and P.K. becomes “assistant gardener” in Doc’s cactus garden. It is not long after WWII begins that Doc is placed in prison for failure to register with the English government as a foreigner. P.K. makes frequent visits and meets Geel Piet, an inmate, who teaches him to box. Geel Piet spreads the myth of the Rainmaker, the one who brings peace to all of the tribes. P.K. is cast in the light of this myth. After the war P.K. attends an English private school where he continues to box. He meets a young girl, Maria, with whom he falls in love. Her father, Professor Daniel Marais, is a leader of the Nationalist Party of South Africa. The two fight to teach the natives English as P.K.’s popularity grows via the myth. Maria is killed. P.K. looses focus until he sees the success of his language school among the tribes. He and Guideon Duma continue the work in hopes of building a better future for Africa.
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Customer Review: Hokum & Bunkum
A mish-mash of clashing concepts. The poor-but-from-a-good-family white english-speaking South African boy endures taunts and torture from Nazi Afrikaner schoolmates (wearing swastikas and saluting ‘Heil Hitler’), encouraged from the pulpit and lectern by fascist Afikaner schoolmasters and preachers. He endures, befriends a (jewish?) music professor exile from Germany who is gaoled during the 2nd world war, learns to box from a black prisoner, is brilliant in music, boxing and apparently all else. Undermines the oppressive Afrikaner apartheid system from within, wins the respect of the black township dwellers by boxing their champion silly and by then organising classes to teach the masses English (apparently their greatest need) with the assistance of the beautiful daughter of one of the fascists - who was apparently previously insufficiently aware of her life of priveledge and the surrounding inequity. Naturally the great white hero wins the day and we can look forward to a good, liberal society where everyone speaks good English and the masses can walk the streets home to their township shacks free in the knowledge that their (white, english speaking) politicians truly care, and excel in pugilistic entertainment. Apartheid was bad, the nationalist government of the 1950s had a strong vein of fascism and some anti-anglicism. There is no need to dress this dire history with hokum. What would Steve Biko or other Black Empowerment spokespeople have to say about this one?
Customer Review: Power of One
After having read the book, the movie was a HUGE disappointment to say the least.
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Mas Guapa

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Customer Review: If you want to read a book about RFK’s murder then read this one.
I bought this book a while back at a local book store and I was blown away by how well researched this book was. I highly recommend this book to anyone researching the death of RFK. Just fasten your seatbelt first.
Customer Review: Objective history
This is a history of the strangest assassination that you could imagine. It looked like an open and shut case. The LAPD made darn sure that those looks stayed that way. In spite of the objectivity, it becomes clear that there is more to this assassination, and cover up, than meets the eye. The case seems quite strong that there were more bullets fired than Sirhans gun could hold. All of the shots into Kennedy were identified as entering from the rear. Sirhan was in front of Kennedy. The fatal shot was placed within inches of Kennedy’s head. The LAPD ripped the pantry apart and destroyed the evidence while doing so. A photographers camera was seized at gun point, actually six LAPD cops at gun point. All of the photos from inside the pantry were not returned. There is a shady hypnotist with a proclaimed CIA past and an even shadier preacher man who went to the LAPD on the following day and claimed to have met Sirhan strictly via picking him up as a hitch hiker on the day of the assassination. The preacher has a law record as long as your forearm and it is proved that he had known Sirhan for a considerable amount of time. The allegation that he had previously bought clothes for Sirhan will make you rub your eyes. The biggest story is that he suddenly had a nice Lincoln and was flashing up to thirty $1000 bills about the time of the assassination. This in spite of constantly being broke before the event. There are LAPD members with CIA connections who squeezed in some side work in Latin America. One may wonder if their “other” employment was that of “jackals” (hitmen). Then you have the well built lady with the funny nose and the polka dot dress, and her partner, that is reputed to have ran from the scene yelling that they had just shot Kennnedy. They had recently entered the building via the fire escape stair case that is attached to the rear of multi-level buildings. Sirhan had also been warned by a friend to quit placing himself under hypnosis so much. If you think this all seems pretty strange, get ready for more. Then consider that the books were ordered destroyed by fire shortly after publication. This assassination deserved a lot more investigation. At least we got a serious effort from the authors.
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Guapa [With DVD] [Us Import]
Customer Review: Just when you thought they couldn’t get better-they did.
After a four year interlude since Lo que te conte….. in 2003, La Oreja de Van Gogh have come back and they are on incredible form.If you lived thier previous albums you will LOVE ‘Guapa’. By using sucessful elements of thier highly acclaimed previous album ‘Lo que te conte…’aswell as new and innovative techniques La Oreja have created another masterpiece. Its the kind of album that if you liked thier previous works will grow on you fast after you’ve listened to each song several times. The best songs in my opinion are Dulce Locura, Manhattan, Perdida and Muneca de Trapo. Amaias voice is a breath of fresh air in a music world so often void of any real emotion. Innovative, startling, refreshing and 100% worth buying, if you love Spanish pop/rock then you will LOVE this album. They do not disappoint!

Customer Review: Great new album from Spain’s finest band
Once again La Oreja De Van Gogh have produced a top-notch album combining elements of everything that’s good about Spanish pop music. As with their other releases, the lyrics are great, the songs are very catchy and yet it doesn’t feel like the predictable Euro pop you may expect such a band to resemble. I don’t think it quite matches up to their previous album, “Lo Que Hac?a..” but that’s only because such a masterpiece was going to be virtually impossible to improve upon. They have, however, acquired a more mature sound without making any drastic changes, especially when compared with their first two albums. I find it too difficult to say which songs stand out because they are all great. It’s just a shame the band aren’t well known in the UK, because they are a hell of a lot better than most bands here.