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William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008

Elisabeth Sussman - The Whitney Museum of American Art; First Edition edition
Format: Print book

Elvis’s Graceland, a freezer stuffed with food, a Gulf gasoline sign standing in a deserted rural landscape—these are only a few of the iconic images captured by the “democratic camera” of photographer William Eggleston. Not only has he drawn upon images so telling...
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Dreaming Green: Eco-Fabulous Homes Designed to Inspire

Lisa Sharkey - Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Format: Print book

For anyone with eco-friendly ideals as well as a penchant for high style, Dreaming Green showcases seventeen inspiring homes that are at once luxurious, beautiful, and fashioned inside and out with green materials, design, and details. While renovating their Manhattan brownstone, Lisa Sharkey...
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The Enigma of the Owl: An Illustrated Natural History

Mike Unwin - Yale University Press
Format: Print book

A rare invitation into the mysterious lives of owls around the world, with spectacularly revealing photographs and fascinating details Perhaps no other creature has so compelling a gaze as the owl. Its unblinking stare mesmerizes; its nocturnal lifestyle suggests secrets and mystery. This...
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VERMEER Rijksmuseum – English edition

Gregor J M Weber - ?Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover


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iPod: The Missing Manual

Biersdorfer - Pogue Press; Fifth Edition edition
Format: Book

With iPod and iTunes, Apple's gotten the world hooked on portable music, pictures, and videos. One thing they haven't delivered, though, is an easy guide for getting the most from your sleek little entertainment center. Enter iPod: The Missing Manual, 5th Edition-a book as breathtaking...
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Naked Screenwriting: Twenty-two Oscar-Winning Screenwriters Bare Their Secrets to Writing

Lew Hunter - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Award-winning screenwriters reveal their Hollywood secrets in crafting brilliant stories and methodology through interviews with world-renowned UCLA screenwriting professor Lew Hunter. Naked Screenwriting includes interviews with Francis Ford Coppola, Billy Wilder, Oliver Stone, Bruce Joel...
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Understanding Caricature: An Artist's Practical Guide to Creating Portraits with Personality

Greg Houston - Monacelli Studio
Format: Paperback

Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hairline, cheeks, eyebrows, teeth, chin: There's no facial feature (or any other body part, for that matter) that can escape the sardonic scrutiny of caricaturist and illustrator Greg Houston. But though he cleverly twists, exaggerates, and distorts each...
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