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Essential Vectorworks Skills for Scenic and Production Designers is an accessible textbook that covers the digital skills of 2D drawing, 3D modeling, rendering, drafting, and design presentation, providing aspiring designers with an invaluable toolkit to...

Renowned poet Mary Jo Salter, whose command of verse forms and high intelligence is universally acknowledged, selects the poems for the 2024 edition of The Best American Poetry, “a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title” (Chicago Tribune).The...

2023 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, Association for Recorded Sound Collections An insider’s look at how Chicago’s underground music industry transformed indie rock in the 1990s. In the 1990s, Chicago was at the center...

Dolly Parton All the Songs is an album-by-album, track-by-track deep dive into the almost 60 year career of a musical icon. This completist's guide features more than 400 photographs, and tells the little-known stories behind how each of Dolly's albums...

This compact, pocket-sized Oxford travel guidebook is ideal for travellers on weekend trips or shorter breaks in the UK. It includes ready-made walking and driving itineraries that allow you to organise your visit to Oxford without losing time planning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990823855Author Dana L. ChurchFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc.

Demonstrates that the concept of genius is as vitally needed as ever and can illuminate the workings of Mozart's creative imagination. Much recent, distinguished Mozart criticism has set out a critique of the concept of genius. Whether following the...

Q: What's inside this bumper quiz book? A: More than 500 brand new, up-to-date quizzes and 10,000 questions. Covering topics from pop stars to death stars, rounds mix themes and pot luck...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780912550480Author May Theilgaard WattsFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Nature Study Guild PublishersPublisher Nature Study Guild Publishers

A lively and reliable narrative account of the horror genre, featuring new and revised material throughout The Horror Film: An Introduction surveys the history, development, and social impact of the genre. Covering American horror cinema from its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765109694Author Clinton WalkerFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Explore the creative possibilities of this incredibly versatile range of glazes with this comprehensive guide for ceramic artists of all levels.Unlock the world of low-fire glazes with The Complete Guide to Low-Fire Glazes for Potters and Sculptors...

Come face to face with your very worst nightmares with 46 chilling illustrations, if you dare ...The fourth instalment in the popular Dark Art series, Dark Art Nightmare delves deep into the horrors that haunt us after the lights go out. Bursting with 46...

Uncover the most remarkable examples of religious architecture in England on this grand tour of London’s great churches. With specially commissioned images and text by renowned photographer Derry Brabbs, this illuminating guidebook is informed by an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765101957Author Dr Adrian GrafeFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Examines why so many are leaving religion, and what that means for American society One of the largest changes in American culture over the last fifty years has been the increase in people exiting religion. Goodbye Religion explores why there has been...

T.J. Clark offers profound insights on Bruegel’s art, where we encounter a reality formed from wholly worldly materials, yet suspended between belief and disbelief.Book InformationISBN 9780500028667Author T. J. ClarkFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint...

This Croatia guidebook is ideal for travellers seeking inspirational guides and planning a more extended trip. It provides interesting facts about Croatia's people, history and culture and detailed coverage of the best places to see. This Croatia travel...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886470482Author Laura L ThayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Avalon Publishing GroupPublisher Avalon Publishing Group

A gorgeous color depiction of every remaining structure designed by Louis Sullivan Louis Henry Sullivan (1856–1924) is a foundational figure in American architecture. Long considered the father of the skyscraper, he first came to wide attention in 1889...

Featuring striking photography by an expert in the field, this exploration of Japanese Brutalist architecture celebrates the surprising beauty and grace of buildings forged in concrete. Emerging in the devastating aftermath of World War II, Brutalist...

Alfred Kubin's view on the world of evilThe ALBERTINA modern exhibition presents Alfred Kubin’s view of the world of evil, the predominant theme of his life and work. The aesthetics of evil prove to be the antithesis of a tranquil idyll for him, one of...

Get ready to catch feelings in this brand-new collection of Mr. Lovenstein comics, including exclusive never-before-seen comics that can't be found anywhere else. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll wonder if the tingling sensation in your stomach are...

A contribution to shared memoriesCall Me Lola is a moving photo essay by the acclaimed Israeli-American lens-based artist and documentarian Loli Kantor. For over twenty years, she combed through the family archives of her Polish-born father, a doctor and...

Chicago in Color offers a new minimalist and colorful perspective of Chicago. In 2019, photographer Judit Prat Martí left behind her hometown of Terrassa, a city near Barcelona, and moved to Chicago to accept a position as part of the Astronomy and...

Explore the enchanting islands of Scotland with this absorbing and beautiful guide. Around the coast of Scotland there are hundreds of islands, from bare, rugged skerries to lush dominions of history and deep-rooted culture. Each offers a unique haven...

From the winds of Mars to a baby's first laugh, a prolific philosopher-composer reflects on the profound imperative of sound in everyday life. Experiencing Sound presents its subject as fundamental to all experience—sensation, perception, and...

Exquisitely detailed drawings offer a “field guide” to ubiquitous but overlooked elements of Vancouver’s urban landscape. Three series of intricate graphite drawings depict, with arresting realism, real-world examples of assembled, grown, and built...

The definitive photographic guide to the amazing avifauna of Thailand. Boasting a fantastic diversity of habitats, ranging from high mountain peaks to extensive mudflats, Thailand is one of the top birding destinations in South-east Asia. The perfect...

A new edition of the artist s bold reinterpretation of a century-old book. With a foreword by Sheila Heti, Leanne Shapton s cult art book inspired by a government textbook is back in print with a gorgeous new cover. While shopping in the used-book...

Grab your flashlight, garlic, and ghost hunting equipment. We're taking you on the ultimate road trip of the spookiest places around the U.S.Horror lovers, lifelong best friends, and co-hosts of the Horror Rewind podcast, Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl,...

A study of Denis Villeneuve's genre-transcendent film. In Denis Villeneuve's Arrival (2016), scientists must decipher the language of and peacefully communicate with aliens who have landed on Earth before the world's military attacks. In this first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765109687Author Clinton WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

'Prepare to laugh, sob and dance: this lively history of Indian cinema is imprinted with the memories of a life-long cinephile.' The Telegraph'A gem of a book and a must for film lovers everywhere' Abir Mukherjee'My biggest recommendation of the year...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614298724Author John BrehmFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Paul Huxley RA (b.1938) has enjoyed a distinguished career both as a painter and a teacher. Huxley's fascinating artistic life, expertly surveyed by Jeremy Lewison, is at last given the attention that it deserves in this, the first monograph on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956370508Author Dr Rob ReimerFormat PaperbackImprint Carpenter's Son PublishingPublisher Carpenter's Son Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368094818Author Birnbaum GuidesFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Disney EditionsPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.

Jenny Read-Heimerdinger explores the characters of Luke-Acts in order to situate them in the Jewish world to which they belong. Through a close reading of the Greek text, she argues that Luke emerges as a person thoroughly steeped in a Jewish view of...

Drawing is a universal language, but not everybody feels capable of not even give it a go. This is a useful and entertaining book about the pleasure of this activity, showing, with some exercises, that anybody can draw by learning to see first. Based on...