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Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design

de Steven Heller & Teresa Fernandes

A revision to the bestselling visual guide to becoming a graphic designer

Becoming a Graphic Designer, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive survey of the graphic design market, including complete coverage...

Cascadia's Fault: The Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North America

de Jerry Thompson

There’s a crack in the earth’s crust that runs roughly 31 miles offshore, approximately 683 miles from northern California up through Vancouver Island off the coast of British Columbia. The Cascadia Subduction...

The Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys: And Other Off-the-Wall Stories About Sports...and Life

de James Duthie & Roberto Luongo

Praise for James Duthie's The Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys:

" I was lucky to survive the day Duthie played in my golf tournament. Little did I know he'd turn the experience into one of the best books...

'67: The Maple Leafs, Their Sensational Victory, and the End of an Empire

de Damien Cox & Gord Stellick

In 1967 the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup in a stunning defeat of the mighty Montreal Canadiens in Canada’s centennial year. Thirty-nine years later (and counting), no other Leaf team has been able...

As the Puck Turns: A Personal Journey Through the World of Hockey

de Brian Conacher

The Conacher name is well known across the country asthe first family of hockey. Continuing in the tradition,Brian Conacher brings 55 years of experience in the sportto life in As the Puck Turns . He is the...

The Ovechkin Project: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Hockey's Most Dangerous Player

de Damien Cox & Gare Joyce

The behind-the-scenes story of Alexander Ovechkin's phenomenal rise from Russian athletic prodigy to NHL superstar

Having signed the most lucrative contract in NHL history with the Washington Capitals, Alexander...

Type Rules!: The Designer's Guide to Professional Typography

de Ilene Strizver

From principle to practice, get it all in the revised edition of the comprehensive introduction to typography.

Type Rules: The Designer's Guide to Professional Typography, 3rd Edition is an up-to-date, thorough...

Second Life For Dummies

de Sarah Robbins & Mark Bell

You’ve heard all about Second Life. Maybe you’ve already jumped with both feet—and gotten stuck. Or maybe you’re a Second Life veteran who wants to build something or run a business. Fear not! Second...

Acrylic Painting For Dummies

de Colette Pitcher

Create gorgeous paintings with this fun and easy guide to acrylics!

Always wanted to paint with acrylics? This easy-to-follow, full color guide gives you expert instruction and simple exercises in acrylic painting...

Watercolor Painting For Dummies

de Colette Pitcher

Have you ever been amazed by watercolor paintings that seem to spring to life before your eyes? Would you love to be able to paint with watercolors? Now, you can. Watercolor Painting For Dummies shows you the...

Oil Painting For Dummies

de Anita Marie Giddings & Sherry Stone Clifton

Nobody ever said that oil painting was easy. But it gets much easier and a lot more fun when you follow a step-by-step approach that starts you off on the right foot, helps you build your skills one at a time,...

Written in Water: Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource

de Irena Salina

Written in Water: Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource comprises a collection of essays authored by heroes and leaders in the field of water solutions and innovations—a broad range of people...

Polymer Clay 101: Master Basic Skills and Techniques Easily through Step-by-Step Instruction

de Kim Otterbein & Angela Mabray

Polymer Clay 101 teaches all the basics for crafting with polymer clay. With hundreds of detailed photos, it covers tools and supplies, all types of beading technique, and terrific projects that will get you...

Recovering a Lost River: Removing Dams, Rewilding Salmon, Revitalizing Communities

de Steven Hawley

A powerful argument for why dam removal makes good scientific, economic, and environmental sense—and requires our urgent attention

The Snake River, flowing through the Northwest, was once one of the world's...

The Victory Tests

de Mark Rowe

One minute before 7pm on Tuesday, May 22, 1945 a packed Lord’s roared as Australia beat England in the last over of the first Victory Test. A fortnight after Victory in Europe, the result did not matter –...

The Complete Photo Guide to Creative Painting

de Paula Guhin & Geri Greenman

This book is a comprehensive how-to book about all aspects of creative painting. It serves as a reference and technique guide for painting with all types of craft and fine arts paints, including acrylics, oils,...

Water Paper Paint

de Heather Smith Jones

This book is not only for "painters" but for all types of creative individuals who want to experience and play with watercolor, whether their background is mixed-media, textile art, journaling, or paper craft....

Painting Sunlight and Shadow with Pastels

de Maggie Price

Infuse your paintings with light and life!

Whether you work outdoors or indoors, understanding the effects of light and shadow is key to making your art lifelike and engaging. Rather than providing a one-size-fits-all...

The Elemental Journal

de Tammy Kushnir

Create Expressive Books from Salvaged Treasures

Rusty doorknobs, cardboard containers and plastic packaging may seem like trash to some, but through the creative mind, they are transformed into beautiful expressions...

Amazing Crayon Drawing With Lee Hammond

de Lee Hammond

Young at art!

Combine the familiar charm of crayons with "grown-up" art techniques for surprisingly realistic results

Your old childhood coloring friends are all grown up! In this unique book, best-selling artist...