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Little Book of Book Making: Timeless Techniques and Fresh Ideas for Beautiful Handmade Books

Charlotte Rivers · Potter Craft
Format: Hardcover

Making books by hand has never been cooler, with this inspiring guide to 30 top bookmakers working today, plus 21 tutorials for essential techniques to make your own books.Crafters, artists, writers, and book lovers can't resist a beautifully handbound book. Packed with wonderfully...
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Cool Nail Art: 30 Step-by-Step Designs to Rock Your Fingers and Toes

Hannah Lee · Fons & Porter
Format: Book

Creative nails are the best accessory! Hannah Lee, creator of the popular YouTube Channel Hannah Rox Nails, shares more than thirty new nail designs in Cool Nail Art. With tips on how to prep your manicure, clear step-by-step instructions and easy-to-use tools, you can create fabulous nail...
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De Niro: A Life

Shawn Levy · Crown Archetype
Format: Kindle Edition

REMARKABLE BIOGRAPHY OF AN ICONThere's little debate that Robert De Niro is one of the greatest screen actors of his generation, perhaps of all time--if not, in fact, the greatest. His work, particularly in the first 20 years of his career, is unparalleled. Mean Streets, the Godfather...
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Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life & Cars

Neil Young · Blue Rider Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Neil Young's first memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, was an international bestseller and critical sensation. The Wall Street Journal wrote that it was "terrific: modest, honest, funny and frequently moving," while The New York Times found it "as charismatically off the wall...
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Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood

William J. Mann · Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Times BestsellerEdgar Award winner for Best Fact CrimeThe Day of the Locust meets The Devil in the White City and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in this juicy, untold Hollywood story an addictive true tale of ambition, scandal, intrigue, murder, and the creation of the modern...
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A Middle-earth Traveler: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor

John Howe · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

A Middle-earth Traveler is an illustrated guide to J.R.R. Tolkien's most famous creation, with lavish art showing the many locations and characters the author described in his classic novels, along with notes on their importance to the world.A Middle-earth Traveler presents a walking...
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Getting Your Shot: Stunning Photos, How-to Tips, and Endless Inspiration From the Pros

National Geographic Society · National Geographic
Pages: 287
Format: Print book

In this inspirational how-to photography book, the photo experts at National Geographic share their invaluable tips, advice and insights alongside more than 200 breathtaking photos--from glorious landscapes to intimate moments, from black-and-white to exuberant color, from the exotic to the homespun....
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The art of Beatrix Potter

Emily Zach · Chronicle Books LLC
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth, this magnificent collection celebrates the artist behind The Tale of Peter Rabbit and numerous other beloved children's books. Brimming with famous images and rarely seen gems - ranging from character sketches and notebook...
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Interstellar: Beyond Time and Space

Mark Cotta Vaz · Running Press
Format: Hardcover

In his sci-fi epic Interstellar, Christopher Nolan takes on the infinite canvas of space to deliver a cutting-edge, emotionally charged adventure that will amaze audiences of all ages. Interstellar Beyond Time and Space documents the making of Nolans latest masterpiece in fascinating detail...
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5-Minute Sketching -- Landscapes: Super-quick Techniques for Amazing Drawings

Virginia Hein · Firefly Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

A comprehensive guide to quick sketching of landscapes. The interest in quick sketching is evident in the popularity of tutorial videos on YouTube. Some of the most popular are Tips to Draw Better in 6 Minutes (1.4 million views) and How to Draw Better in 2 Minutes (2.5 million views)...
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Guitar All-In-One For Dummies, Book + Online Video & Audio Instruction

Jon Chappell · For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Print book

Make your music come alive with this indispensable guitar guide There's no denying that guitar players have cachet. The guitar is an ever-present part of our collective musical heritage, and the sound can be sensual, aggressive, or a million things in between. Whether you're hoping...
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Draw Manga Faces for Expressive Characters: Learn to Draw More Than 900 Faces

Aya Hosoi · Impact
Pages: 175
Format: Print book

Learn to draw the most expressive manga faces ever!

Sure, drawing faces is one of the most challenging aspects of manga. But Draw Manga Faces for Expressive Characters is here to help! This fantastically comprehensive book includes more than 900 sample illustrations that...

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Orange Is the New Black Presents: The Cookbook

Jenji Kohan · Abrams Image
Format: Print book

Staffed and run by a band of misfit inmates, the kitchen at Litchfield is in many ways the center of the popular show Orange Is the New Black—a setting for camaraderie, drug smuggling, power struggles, and plot twists. And then there is the food. With 65 recipes, 12 sidebars that expand...
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LIFE The Vietnam Wars: 50 Years Ago--Two Countries Torn Apart

The Editors of LIFE · Life
Format: Hardcover

LIFE covered just as vividly as the war in Southeast Asia, was waged on the campuses and at the conventions. In addition, Larry Burrows-the late father-in-law of LIFE Books' current Director of Photography-was the first photographer to document a war primarily in color, because LIFE...
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It's a Long Story: My Life

Willie Nelson · Hachette Audio
Format: Audiobook

One of the most beloved popular musicians of our time tells the story of his extraordinary life.

This is Willie Nelson's complete, unvarnished story, told in his voice and leaving no significant moment or experience untold, from Texas, Nashville, Hawaii, and beyond. Having recently...
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