New Arts & Photography Books

Scott Kelby, author of The Digital Photography Book (the best-selling digital photography book of all time), is back with another follow-up to his smash best-seller, with an entirely new book that picks up right where volume 3 left off. It's even more of that "Ah ha, so that' s how they do it," stra...

The second book in Freeman Patterson's internationally acclaimed series of instructional books on photography and visual design, Photography and the Art of Seeing has now been completely updated and expanded to include technical guidelines adapted for both digital and film photographers. This editio...

This mini edition of "Pattern" by Orla Kiely provides her many devoted followers around the world with an insight into her creative process. The world of Orla Kiely is one where pattern reigns. Immediately recognisable, her unique design language and sure sense of graphic control has seen her label ...

From one of the leading Maori scholars of his generation and one of our greatest photographers comes this beautifully illustrated work that serves as a fine overview of leadership and challenges for Maori today. After a general introduction to Maori history, Te Ara focuses on the stories of iwi in f...

Jim Zuckerman, a teacher and pro photographer renowned for his vivid, surreal images, walks readers step-by-step through creating brilliant, eye-catching composite images and enhanced photographs using the most powerful digital darkroom tool: Adobe Photoshop(R). Zuckerman includes a range of techniq...

Showcasing the gorgeous good-girl pin-up art of Omar Dogan, "Girl Seven" features a cast of seven lovely ladies, all designed by Omar Dogan in a variety of themes such as swimsuits, martial arts, sports, goth, uniforms, and more. Over 80 all-new, full-color pin-ups have been created exclusively for ...

Georges Remi, better known as Herge, the creator of Tintin & Snowy, was born a century ago. He left us an exceptional legacy, at the center of which was Tintin, but also included much other work besides Tintin's cartoon adventures. From generation to generation the popularity of his creation has car...

An extensive and thrilling survey of Timm's muses, showcasing nearly 300 full-colour and black-and-white illustrations of partially clothed and fully nude women of every description and temperament. These rare images from the past 15 years have now been assembled into a single volume for the very fi...

Vaslav Nijinsky stands alone as a dancer, interpretive artist, and choreographic pioneer. His breathtaking performances with the Ballet Russe took Western Europe by storm, and his avant-garde choreography for The Afternoon of the Faun and Rite of Spring caused riots in the streets. Both are now rega...

Joss Whedon's importance in contemporary pop culture can hardly be overstated, but there has never been a book providing a comprehensive survey and analysis of his career as a whole - until now. Published to coincide with Whedon's blockbuster movie "The Avengers", it covers every aspect of his work,...

The DIY Couture collection is 10 stylish, easy to make pieces of clothing that can be endlessly reinvented in different fabrics, textures and colours. Anyone who enjoys sewing and creating something unique will love using this book to make their own couture wardrobe. The book begins with a Useful Te...

Creative types are always curious to know how different or alike they are to others in their tribe (not to mention, there's a little inner voyeur in all of us). "The Pulse of Mixed Media" is a collection of responses to questions posed to artists about the art-making process as well as about passion...

Tattoos are sexy, fashionable, and creative. This compendium features over 480 designs by the world's leading young graphic artists for tattoos that are new, different, and edgy.Little has appeared that explores fresh designs for tattoos by contemporary graphic artists and designers. "Tattoo Art & D...

This is an intelligent and fascinating critical study of the work of acclaimed comics writer Grant Morrison. One of the most eclectic and distinctive writers currently working in comics, Grant Morrison (b. 1960) brings the auteurist sensibility of alternative comics and graphic novels to the popular...

The Wave is a collection of world-class surfing images from acclaimed surf photographer and writer David Sparkes. Capturing the fleeting instant of a wave, recording a particular surfing location at a precise moment and following a surfer as they try to ride their perfect wave. Dave brings together ...

An historic publishing event! Endorsed by the Louvre and for the very first time ever, every painting from the world's most popular and renowned museum is available in one stunning book. All 2,954 paintings on display in the permanent painting collection of the Louvre are presented in full colour in...

Effie Gray, a Scottish beauty, was the heroine of a great Victorian love story. Married at nineteen to John Ruskin, she found herself trapped in a loveless and unconsummated union. When her husband invited his protege John Everett Millais away on holiday, Effie and Millais fell in love. She would in...

Famed wildlife photographer Art Wolfe has chosen one hundred of his favorite photographs of dogs - including shots from every continent of the world - and teamed up with bestselling animal writer Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson to create a remarkable book that will be treasured by dog lovers far and wide....

This Autodesk Official Training Guide teaches Revit to new users The perfect introduction to Revit Architecture, Autodesk's building information modeling (BIM) software, this unique and highly effective guide uses a continuous, step-by-step tutorial to build your skills. You'll first get to know the...

The Architect's Brain: Neuroscience, Creativity, and Architecture is the first book to consider the relationship between the neurosciences and architecture, offering a compelling and provocative study in the field of architectural theory. * Explores various moments of architectural thought over the ...

The Ultimate Real-World Reference for Revit Architecture This comprehensive guide has been completely updated to provide the most modern, detailed, and in-depth coverage of Autodesk's leading building information modeling software. This packed new edition features clear discussions of core topics th...

The straightforward guide to the new Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D Popular tech blog Gizmodo.com called the Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D "an incredible camera - everything a first DSLR should be." With 1080p digital video capability and an 18 megapixel sensor that improves low-light shooting all for under $9...

Chain mail is enjoying a creative resurgence and this attractive, full-colour book is a valuable resource for beginners and intermediates. This title thoroughly introduces all the key construction procedures with computer-generated illustrations for every step. It includes 30 projects plus a gallery...

Farmhouses evoke nostalgic memories--real or imagined--of a simpler life and a deep, nourishing connection to the seasons and the land. While most of us don't live that way anymore, we all share a longing for the values that this classic American house form represents.So what makes a true American f...

Full-color guide to everything you need to get the most out of your Nikon D5000! The Nikon D5000 packs a lot of punch into a camera that beginners will love, and now you can pack an equal amount of punch into the digital photographs you take with your new Nikon. Whether you want to understand the D...

This book provides explanation of the challenges facing widows in an urban setting and their coping mechanisms. The study was carried out in Kasarani constituency in Nairobi County, Kenya and found out that 100% widows agreed that they were lonely. The 98% are faced with financial challenges and 50%...

This is a true story of a little girl, Sibu, who was totally consumed by the beauties of the world of the unseen, nothing of this material world seem to make sense to her. She explored the spiritual world through dreams and visions, and that was her way of communicating with God. Her spiritual explo...

This is a true story of a little girl, Sibu, who was totally consumed by the beauties of the world of the unseen, nothing of this material world seem to make sense to her. She explored the spiritual world through dreams and visions, and that was her way of communicating with God. Her spiritual explo...

'Saturday's Kids' is a collection of photographs of the early 1980s Mod scene in Southern England, the majority previously unseen. Darren Russell's images capture the style, attitude and innocence of youth in a scene organised by those who participated and which was totally driven from within. Altho...

The Conscientious Emblem is a book for the present generation of youth and people that aspire to acquire direction towards their places of success & new height through moral standard principle in a world of competitive challenges. It is educative, informative and drives examples of historic personal...

What excites your passion? Color, shape, texture? Abstracts allow you to engage art on your own terms and explore your creativity as well as the artist's. Eyes On: Abstracts showcases the work of 50 top contemporary visual artists from around the world interpreting the subject of abstracts in a broa...

From lush countrysides to gritty urban scenes, the best landscapes evoke a sense of being there. In Eyes On: Landscapes top contemporary artists from around the world present their favorite landscapes in a variety of styles and media. Stunningly illustrated with full color images, Eyes On: Landscape...

The conflict you feel between your desire to better your community, the reflexive pride you take in your nation, and that lingering sense of dissatisfaction that follows your best intentions, is now a book of fifty prose poems that grabs you, the American democratic process, by your collar, leans ri...

Dick Clark, known widely as "America's oldest teenager," single-handedly formed the culture of the day on American Bandstand, and helped give rise to rock 'n' roll. He was a man of many roles: an entrepreneur, producer, game-show host and much more. It didn't feel like New Year's Eve in America if y...

Printmaker Richard Stauffacher has compiled years of experience in etching and preparing grounds into his book Etching with Permeable Grounds, which contains step-by-step instructions and illustrations for making his custom recipes for permeable grounds. Stauffacher has expanded the time-honored met...

MINIMAL ART AND ARTISTS This book is is a study of Minimal art and artists, particularly painters, sculptors, 3-D, installation and land artists. All of the key practitioners and theoreticians of the still-influential 1960s Minimal art movement and style are studied here: Donald Judd, Robert Morris,...

Witney grew up as the result of deliberate planning on the part of successive Bishops of Winchester, a spacious, wedge-shaped market area being laid out parallel to the river Windrush. The whole area was surrounded by a drainage ditch known as Emma's Dyke. By the end of the Middle Ages it had grown ...

From roughly 1965 to 1980, Conceptual Art and Performance Art took center stage throughout the western world, introducing new and complex ideas to the practice of contemporary art which reverberate to this day. Thomas McEvilley's The Triumph of Anti-Art not only explains the origins of these controv...

Forget your heart on your sleeve. Wear your passion on your shoes! Paint a quilt on them! On a whim, Annemart Berendse painted a quilt on her shoes to wear to the 2011 AQS quilt show in Paducah. She could barely move through the crowd because people kept stopping her to comment on her brightly color...

The splendour of Victorian and Edwardian life in St Annes is today nothing more than a fast-fading memory. Imagine what fun it must have been to witness the growth of the genteel seaside resort in the late eighteenth century. Lytham was the grand old lady of the Fylde coast, steeped in history and t...