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Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World

Neil Gaiman · William Morrow
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

A stunning and timely creative call-to-arms combining four extraordinary written pieces by Neil Gaiman illustrated with the striking four-color artwork of Chris Riddell."The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before." - Neil GaimanDrawn...
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Hashtag Authentic: Finding creativity and building a community on Instagram and beyond

Sara Tasker · White Lion Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Instagram is the fastest growing of all social media platforms, with 400 million monthly active users worldwide - half of whom are under the age of twenty-five. While some use the app as a personal networking tool, many also use it to build their creative business endeavours; whether in food...
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Insta Grammar: Love

Irene Schampaert · Lannoo Publishers
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

A curated selection of photographs that embody and inspire love and romance culled from the social media site, InstagramTrending photographs printed on beautiful paper in a cleverly designed book, with quotes from artists and writersA gift book that will delight all ages Bound in a unique...
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The Art of the Graphic Memoir: Tell Your Story, Change Your Life

Tom Hart · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

#1 New York Times bestselling author and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart has written a poignant and instructive guide for all aspiring graphic memoirists detailing the tenets of artistry and story-telling inherent in the medium. Hart examines what makes a graphic memoir great, and shows...
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Block Print Magic: The Essential Guide to Designing, Carving, and Taking Your Artwork Further with Relief Printing

Emily Louise Howard · Rockport Publishers
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Block Print Magic is an essential guide to the techniques of linoleum block printing, with step-by-step images and a gallery of finished works for inspiration and visual demonstration. Block Print Magic is the perfect reference for a wide range of printmaking enthusiasts. The easy-to-follow...
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20 Projects for Alcohol Inks: A Workbook for Creating Your Best Art

Karen Walker · Schiffer
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Using your creativity and the vibrant medium of alcohol inks, create these 20 beautiful representational paintings. With a broad range of painting subjects including florals, animals,landscapes, and more, they demonstrate a variety of approachesto alcohol ink painting to inspire and ignite...
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Fuji X Secrets: 142 Ways to Make the Most of Your Fujifilm X Series Camera

Rico Pfirstinger
Format: Paperback

In this book, X-Pert Corner columnist and workshop mentor Rico Pfirstinger teaches you all about the capabilities of the Fujifilm X series lineup of cameras, which he's discovered through years of in-depth research, experience, and experimentation. No matter which X series camera you own -- whether...
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An Embarrassment of Riches: Photographs

Susanne Bartsch · Glitterati, Inc.
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

In his debut book of photography, with a foreword by one of the luminaries of NYC culture and entertainment, Adrian Buckmaster's monograph presents a staggeringly beautiful collection of portraits - a cross-section of humanity in all of its glorious diversity, from the ordinary to the extraordinary...
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Requisitioned: The British Country House in the Second World War

John Martin Robinson · Aurum Press
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

This book profiles 20 country houses and their fate during WW2, from schools (Chatsworth) to hospitals to barracks (Eaton Hall) to storing the National Art Collection (Penrhyn Castle) . Wide geographical spread, including Scotland (where the SOE trained in West Coast castles like...
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Vietnam: A New History

Christopher E Goscha · Basic Books
Pages: 592
Format: Print book

In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells the full history of the events that created the modern state of Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day. Generations of emperors, rebels, priests, and colonizers left complicated legacies in this remarkable country. Periods of Chinese, French, and Japanese...
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