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Shortcut Your Startup: Speed Up Success with Unconventional Advice from the Trenches
Courtney Reum · Gallery/Jeter Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From the Reum brothers - former Goldman Sachs investment bankers, successful operators, and investors - comes Shortcut Your Startup, a practical playbook for both aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs, filled with unconventional yet accessible advice for maximizing your business venture.Courtney... |
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Natural Dyeing with Plants: Glorious Colors From Roots, Leaves & Flowers
Franziska Ebner · Schiffer
Pages: 152
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating luminosity of colors from plants can be easily transferred to wool, silk, or other materials at home. Necessary materials, pickling, the preparation of fibers or substances, and different dyeing methods are described in detail. This richly illustrated book also shows how the dyed... |
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A Florence Diary
Diana Athill · House of Anansi Press
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover
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In August 1947, Diana Athill travelled to Florence by the Golden Arrow train for a two-week holiday with her good friend Pen. In this playful diary of that trip, delightfully illustrated with photographs of the period, Athill recorded her observations and adventures - eating with (and... |
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Charlton Heston: Hollywood's Last Icon
Marc Eliot · Dey Street Books
Pages: 576
Format: Print book
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This is the definitive biography of one of the most iconic, complex and enduring legends of Hollywood's golden age, whose major presence in American film, radio, television, stage and theater lasted beyond the second half of the 20th Century, and whose classic films are known throughout... |
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The Story of The Face: The Magazine that Changed Culture
Paul Gorman · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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A landmark publication offering a definitive overview of one of the most influential transatlantic magazines produced in the 1980s and 1990sLaunched by NME editor and Smash Hits creator Nick Logan in 1980, The Face became an icon of "style culture," the benchmark for the latest... |
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The Camino Way: Lessons in Leadership from a Walk Across Spain
Victor Prince · AMACOM
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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A leadership journey unlike any other. Stretching across 500 miles of northern Spain, the Camino de Santiago has been a pilgrimage route for a millennium. Each year, hundreds of thousands of peregrinos make their way through rugged countryside and medieval towns in order to reflect,... |
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Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case that Propelled Him to the Presidency
Dan Abrams · Hanover Square
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The true story of Abraham Lincoln's last murder trial, a strange case in which he had a deep personal involvement - and which was played out in the nation's newspapers as he began his presidential campaign.At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went... |
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Harry: A Biography of a Prince
ANGELA LEVIN · Pegasus Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening, monumental biography of Prince Harry by aveteran journalist on royal affairs whoaccompaniedthe prince on his royal duties for a year andwas granted privileged access to his home in Kensington Palace. Once a reckless rebel and now a respected role model, Prince Harry is one of the world's... |
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For the Glory: The Untold and Inspiring Story of Eric Liddell, Hero of Chariots of Fire
Duncan Hamilton · Penguin Books
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
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The untold and inspiring story of Eric Liddell, hero of Chariots of Fire, from his Olympic medal to his missionary work in China to his last, brave years in a Japanese work camp during WWIIMany people will remember Eric Liddell as the Olympic gold medalist from the Academy Award winning... |
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Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe
KAPKA KASSABOVA · Graywolf Press
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
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"Remarkable: a book about borders that makes the reader feel sumptuously free." -- Peter PomerantsevIn this extraordinary work of narrative reportage, Kapka Kassabova returns to Bulgaria, from where she emigrated as a girl twenty-five years previously, to explore the border... |
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SVG Animations: From Common UX Implementations to Complex Responsive Animation
Sarah Drasner · O'Reilly Media
Pages: 246
Format: Paperback
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SVG is extremely powerful, with its reduced HTTP requests and crispness on any display. It becomes increasingly more interesting as you explore its capabilities for responsive animation and performance boons. When you animate SVG, you must be aware of normal image traits like composition,... |
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Blindsided by the Taliban: A Journalist's Story of War, Trauma, Love, and Loss
CARMEN GENTILE · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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I turn to see a rocket-propelled grenade screaming toward me. The ordinance strikes me in the side of the head, instantly blinding me in one eye and crushing the right side of my face. On September 9, 2010, while embedded with an Army unit and talking with locals in a small village in eastern... |
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Will It Skillet?: 53 Irresistible and Unexpected Recipes to Make in a Cast-Iron Skillet
Daniel Shumski · Workman
Pages: 216
Format: Print book
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It's a wonder and a workhorse: A cast-iron skillet is versatile, inexpensive, and just about indestructible. It can deliver the char of a grill, bake the lightest cakes, and stand in for an array of specialty cookware, from a wok to a paella pan. Properly seasoned, it's better than any nonstick... |
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