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Firefly: The Official Companion: Volume One
Joss Whedon - Titan Books Format: Paperback
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This volume contains exclusive new interviews with Joss Whedon, the cast, executive producer and many other writers and crewmembers of 'Firefly'. It also contains full, uncut shooting scripts for some episodes, annotated with comments from the cast and crew. |
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Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste
Nolan Gasser - Flatiron Books Format: Hardcover
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From the chief architect of the Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind, body, and upbringing influence the music you love.Everyone loves music. But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful... |
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Photoshop Elements 2019 For Dummies
Barbara Obermeier - For Dummies Format: Paperback
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Turn blah photos into dazzling imagesPhotoshop Elements offers enough of the power you'll find in full Photoshop to make both basic and artistic edits to your photos. Photoshop Elements 2019 For Dummies helps you learn how to use Photoshop Elements to take your shots to stunning... |
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Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art
Julian Barnes - Knopf Publishing Group Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary collection - hawk-eyed and understanding - from the Man Booker Prize-winning, best-selling author of The Sense of an Ending and Levels of Life. As Julian Barnes notes: "Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that great... |
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Practical Photojournalism: A Professional Guide
Martin Keene - Ammonite Press Format: Paperback
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Written by an expert in the field, Practical Photojournalism covers the basics of photography from an understanding of the effects of light, aperture, shutter speed, ISO and focusing, to an appreciation of composition, perspective and dynamic range. There's in-depth advice on choosing... |
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The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
Astra Taylor - Metropolitan Books Format: Hardcover
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From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the Internet as the great leveler of our ageThe Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force, a place where everyone can be heard and all can participate equally. But how true... |
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Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War
Mark Harris - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary wartime experience of five of Hollywood's most legendary directors, all of whom put their stamp on World War II and were changed forever by itIn Pictures at a Revolution, Mark Harris turned the story of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 into a landmark... |
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From memory to memorial : Shanksville, America, and Flight 93
J William Thompson - The Pennsylvania State University Press
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"Explores the aftermath of 9/11 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Describes how the local community remembered the event and how it was affected by national media attention. Follows the creation of the national memorial built at the site to honor those aboard Flight 93"--Provided... |
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé
Bob Stanley - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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An addictively readable, encyclopedic history of pop music in chapters as short and adrenaline-fueled as the best pop songs themselves. As much fun to argue with as to quote, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! is a monumental work of musical history, tracing the story of pop music through individual songs,... |
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Corvette 50th Anniversary
Consumer Guide Auto Editors - Publications International Ltd Format: Hardcover
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Provides the history of the Corvette after fifty years of production, offering information on changes in body style, engine specifications, and production. |
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Photography
TomAng - DKPublishing Format: Hardcover
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Photography( The Definitive Visual History) <> Hardcover <> TomAng <> DKPublishing(DorlingKindersley) Read more Continue reading Read less |
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Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond
Jessica Abel - First Second; First Edition edition Format: Paperback
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"A gold mine of essential information for every aspiring comics artist. Highly recommended." --Scott McCloud Drawing Words and Writing Pictures is a course on comic creation - for college classes or for independent study - that centers on storytelling and concludes with... |
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Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock
Steven Hyden - Dey Street Books Format: Hardcover
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The author of the critically acclaimed Your Favorite Band is Killing Me offers an eye-opening and frank assessment of the state of classic rock, assessing its past and future, the impact it has had, and what it's loss would mean to an industry, a culture, and a way of life.Since the late... |
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Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist
Lisa Congdon - Chronicle Books Format: Print book
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You don't have to starve to be an artist. Build a career doing what you love. In this practical guide, professional artist Lisa Congdon reveals the many ways you can earn a living by making art - through illustration, licensing, fine art sales, print sales, teaching, and beyond. Including... |
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Camera: A History of Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital
Todd Gustavson - Sterling Signature; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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This gorgeous cornerstone volume celebrating the camera and the art of the photograph, created in collaboration with the George Eastman House, spans almost 200 years, from the first faint image ever caught to today's state-of-the-art digital equipment. The informative narrative by Todd... |
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Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot
Masha Gessen - Riverhead Books Format: Paperback
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The heroic story of Pussy Riot, who resurrected the power of truth in a society built on lies. On February 21, 2012, five young women entered the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. In neon-colored dresses, tights, and balaclavas, they performed a "punk prayer" beseeching... |
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The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style
Nelson George - HarperCollins Publishers Format: Hardcover
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An authoritative history of the groundbreaking syndicated television show that has become an icon of American pop culture, from acclaimed author and filmmaker Nelson George, "the most accomplished black music critic of his generation" (Washington Post Book World).When it debuted... |
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The Public Library: A Photographic Essay
Robert Dawson - Chronicle Books Llc Format: Hardcover
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A gorgeous visual celebration of America's public libraries including 150 photos, plus essays by Bill Moyers, Ann Patchett, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, and many more.Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to a public library: the unmistakable musty scent,... |
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Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
R. Buckminster Fuller - Lars Muller Publishers
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Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was an architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome, and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. For more than five decades, he set forth his comprehensive perspective on the world's... |
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Impressionist Prints
Roger Passeron - Dutton Format: Hardcover
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First edition. 99 illustrations, 23 in color. The text begins with a general section on printmaking in France c. 1860, before considering, in a separate section, each artist and those of his or her works reproduced. 223 pages. cloth. folio. |
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Free to Make: How the Maker Movement is Changing Our Schools, Our Jobs, and Our Minds
Dale Dougherty - North Atlantic Books Format: Print book
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Dale Dougherty, creator of MAKE: magazine and the Maker Faire, provides a guided tour of the international phenomenon known as the Maker Movement, a social revolution that is changing what gets made, how it's made, where it's made, and who makes it. Free to Make is a call to join... |
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Photoshop CC For Dummies
Peter Bauer - For Dummies Format: Paperback
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The fast and easy way to grasp Photoshop CC essentials Photoshop is the gold standard when it comes to photo and image editing tools. But unless you've ever taken a class or gotten help from a Photoshop guru, you may find yourself a bit confused on where to start and how to get things... |
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Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning
Elizabeth Partridge - Chronicle Books Format: Hardcover
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This beautiful volume celebrates one of the twentieth centurys most important photographers, Dorothea Lange. Led off by an authoritative biographical essay by Elizabeth Partridge Langes goddaughter, the book goes on to showcase Langes work in over a hundred glorious plates. Dorothea Lange... |
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Pennsylvania: A Portrait of the Keystone State
Michael Gadomski - Schiffer Publishing Format: Print book
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Discover every corner of Pennsylvania, from the place where theUnited States began to the shores of Lake Erie to the first-class cityof Pittsburgh, historic Scranton, and the rural farmland,forestland, and small towns in between. Visit Pennsylvania'shistoric sites, which are also the nation's... |
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The Actor Uncovered: A Life in Acting
Michael Howard - Allworth Press Format: Hardcover
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The Actor Uncovered is certainly not a set of rigid rules advocating one "method" or one singular "truth." Departing from the common guidebook format, Michael Howard uses a unique approach to teaching acting, reflecting on his own history and sharing his own experiences... |
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