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Digital Collage with Procreateis the ultimate guide to every step of creating beautiful, one-of-a-kind mixed media artwork.Using the versatile and intuitive iPad drawing and design app Procreate, author and artist Nicki Fitz-Gerald composes a series of...

In 1906, Denver's Pietro Satriano and his 25-piece brass band became the first musical act to perform at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, then christened the Garden of the Titans. Over a century later, Denver is a must-stop for every nationally touring act, and...

Did you know losing weight can reverse the physical process that causes diabetes? Yes! Within days of losing weight, blood sugar improves, sometimes dramatically.Losing weight isn't easy, of course, butThe Mayo Clinic Diabetes Dietis a different type of...

You've got the artistic talent; now learn how to make a career out of it!Fine artists are taught many things about the history, theory, and craft of art in art schools and university art programs, but rarely do they learn much, if anything,...

With his sixtieth birthday looming, Colin Renton decides that it's time to escape office life and focus on achieving some of his unfulfilled goals.He embarks on a year-long adventure that takes him from the busy streets of Edinburgh to the traffic-free...

A state-of-the-art approach to evaluating research design for students and scholars across the social sciences.Assessing the properties of research designs before implementing them can be tricky for even the most seasoned researchers. This book provides...

Adobe Photoshop: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features re retouching a photograph, generating designs for social media, or combining images into composite creations, Photoshop is the tool for you - and this book will teach you what you need to...

Be prepared. Understand the law. Carry with confidence.When it comes to explaining the details of self-defense law, Massad Ayoob has most likely educated more armed citizens than any other author. With his groundbreaking title,In the Gravest...

The World's Greatest Knife Book Returns!From unique art pieces to hardened tools of war and industry, every knife has its own allure, utility and even soul. This complex and fascinating nature defines a particular knife and is the driving force behind...

Learn all three aspects of what it takes to create stunning portraits-lighting, shooting, and retouching!Scott Kelby, the #1 best-selling author of photography technique books and Editor-in-Chief of Photoshop User magazine, has reinvented how flash...

Film photography has recently witnessed a significant renaissance - and not just among those who have previously shot with film. Interest in film photography and analog photography has also grown enormously among those who have only ever shot digitally...

Learn to master the unique challenges of black and white photography, and create high-quality, beautiful images!In this newly revised and expanded classic guide to black and white photography, renowned photographer Harold Davis breaks through the mystery...

Author is the authority on boxmaking in the woodworking community. Making boxes is the most popular project for woodworkers of all skill levels, in particular beginners. Makes everything easy: offers a super simple method for woodworkers, makers, and...

Brunch at Brother Marcus is a weekend institution in London, and here in their first book you can find out why. Tas and Alex take the flavours of the Eastern Med to make dishes worth getting out of bed for, from simple favourites like Menemen - a spicy...

David Busch's Canon EOS R6 IIGuide to Digital Photographylegacy Canon EF and EF-S optics. The EOS R6 II has wireless connectivity to allow linking the camera to a computer and iOS or Android smart devices, high-definition 4K and Full HD movie-making...

Learn all you need to master your Fuji X-T5 camera! In this book, popular Fuji Rumors 'X-Pert Corner' columnist RicoPfirstinger teaches you about the little-known capabilities of the Fujifilm X-T5, which he's discovered through months...

The only encyclopedic and definitive book on American indie metal!If all you know about metal music was what was heard on commercial radio, then you don't know metal at all. Heroes of the Metal Underground profiles over 1100 American bands from every...

Take control of your life and of the people in your way - a scathingly satirical parody of business and career self-help books.Can you be manipulative or reckless? Do you occasionally experience a lack of guilt or empathy? Can you be impulsive, lack...

From the editors of the New York Times bestselling World Almanac and Book of Facts comes an exciting, challenging collection of never-before-published crossword puzzles to delight and engage every puzzle enthusiast.For more than 150 years, The World...

An essential, inspiring collection of quotations about creativity, social justice, and more from musician, producer, artist, and designer Pharrell WilliamsRising to global fame with his hit single 'Happy,' Pharrell Williams has...

This book is about real magick, effecting real change, in a real world. There are some books on magick that teach it purely as spiritual advancement. There are others that teach it as a form of psychological self-help that affects only inner change...

Opening with Japan's top ten favourite comfort foods-from Deep Fried Crunchy Chicken to Japanese-Style Meat and Potato Hotpot-this cookbook is packed with authentic versions of the dishes that Japanese people eat every day.In this book you'll find all...

The German Architectural Annual, edited by the German Architecture Museum (DAM), has been documenting contemporary architectural projects in Germany for the past 40 years. This years edition of the annual presents the shortlist of 26 buildings selected...

AA Files is the Architectural Association's (AA) journal of record. Currently under the editorship of Maria Shhrazade Giudici, AA Files looks to promote original and engaging writing on architecture. It does this by drawing both on the AA's own academic...

At a time when everything is being forced to rapidly adapt to climate change, landscape comes into focus as a subject and medium of more importance than ever. Nowhere is this better known than at the Weitzman School of Design at The University of...

With Lunch 14, the editors of Lunch Journal wondered if they could use the frontier story itself to decenter its power. The journal is divided into 4 sections. Edges explores the form and possibilities of the edge itself, and unravels...

On February 25, 1963, Columbia Records released The Barbra Streisand Album. The first song was "Cry Me a River," and with that a star was born. Barbra Joan Streisand had a zany personality backed by a talent that Stephen Sondheim once described as "one...

Eat well. Enjoy life. Lose weight!Now in its third edition,The Mayo Clinic Dietis a practical, no-nonsense approach to weight loss. Designed to help individuals lose weight and, most importantly, keep it off,The Mayo Clinic Diet,3rd edition, offers...

A practical and extensive resource guide by Mayo Clinic Press for women who want to understand and take charge of their own health, presented in short, easy-to-digest chapters.Women do not always receive the same healthcare as men. In fact, for too long...

How would you spend a day offline? Nowadays, being offline is a state of mind. It is a choice we can make each day--an opportunity to be present and awake. Artist Jaya Nicely's Offline Journal helps you experience the world around you. Designed...

Nicholas Ray was cinema. The legendary director of such classic films as Rebel Without a Cause was an innovative force who dramatically changed the Hollywood landscape. He was also Nicca Ray's dad, Nick. After he disappeared from her life in...

Yosemite National Park is the crown jewel of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. This gorgeous, full-color travel guidebook reveals the highlights and hidden gems of Yosemite - detailing everything you need to make the most of your time in the park...

3 zippers included inside so you can get started right away! Learn how to make adorable zippered pouches with this collectionof 14 fun and easy projects! Best of all, the book comes with a variety ofunique zippers so you can get started sewing straight...

Age 14 +Everything you need to start quilling today!Quilling paper, and tool included with the book! No prior quilling experience is necessary More than 30 projects featured in book This collection of over 30 gorgeous projects also includes vibrantly...

In Training for the New Alpinism, Steve House, world-class climber and Patagonia ambassador, and Scott Johnston, coach of U.S. National Champions and World Cup Nordic Skiers, translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself...

With just a rudimentary understanding of exposure and composition, one can capture fairly competent images of attractive subjects. But is that image remarkable in any way? Does it really say anything? How does one capture, edit, and share images that...

Today's photographic equipment allows amateurs to take pictures of the stars that far surpass images taken just a few decades ago by the largest observatories-and this book will teach you how. Author and world-renowned astrophotographer Thierry Legault...

GRAPHITE 9 is 104 pages of the most inspiring and beautifully presented content focused on traditional drawing and illustration. As always, in this issue readers will be guided through the creative processes of a diverse selection of the best and most...

AA Files 75 features essays by Freya Wigzell, Kristina Jaspers, Claire Zimmerman, Laila Seewang, Roberta Marcaccio, Rebecca Siefert, Shantel Blakely, Francesco Zuddas, Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, Victor Plahte Tschudi, Francisco Gonzalez de Canales, Ross...

AA Files 73 features contributions on Patrick Hodgkinson and essays and conversations by Matthew Mullane, Mariana Siracusa, Eva Branscome, Nicholas Olsberg, Mike Dempsey, Helen Thomas, Thomas Weaver, Jonathan Sergison, Alberto Ponis, Timothy...

Religion is a term that is often used in the media and public life without any clarification. However, it is a word that encompasses hundreds of different beliefs. It is a loaded word that has a different meaning for every person; religion can be seen as...

This is the ultimate identification guide to the nightjars, potoos, frogmouths, Oilbird, and owlet-nightjars of the world. Covering all 135 known species of these elusive and cryptically plumaged birds, this illustrated guide features more than 580...

What can be found in the Vatican's Secret Archive? How many books did Charles Darwin's library aboard the Beagle hold? Which library is home to a colony of bats? Bursting with potted histories, quirky facts and enlightening lists, this book explores...

Accompanied by a range of arresting images, this book is a compilation of some of Lenin's most famous sayings, taken from speeches, tracts, letters and recorded conversations. These proclamations offer an insight into the atmosphere of Revolutionary...

Epitaphs are words to be remembered by, short poems or phrases literally written in stone. They can be practical, carrying some variation of the familiar "Here Lies," but they can also be brilliantly creative with personally meaningful quotes or words...

Over the last three-and-a-half centuries this glamorous, twenty-four hour city has attracted a multitude of thinkers, poets, novelists and playwrights, many of whom have brilliantly encapsulated its unique spirit through verse, prose or the ultimate...

'I have struck a city- a real city - and they call it Chicago ... I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages,' so wrote Rudyard Kipling on his tour of America in 1899. From these inauspicious beginnings rose the 'windy city',...

Describing the capital variously as a city of lovers, gastronomy, fashion and filth, myriad quotations - sometimes poetic, sometimes humorous and always fizzing with insight - are collected here.Over the centuries, Paris has intrigued, revolted,...