Photographing Your Family: And All the Kids and Friends and Animals Who Wander Through Too


John Healey - 2008
    Sartore’s photographs delight and inspire, from the first moments a newborn enters the house to Halloween parades, from visits with family and friends to fireworks on the Fourth of July. Easy-to-follow tips and instructions make the creative process simple, helping parents approach photography in a whole new way. Digital photographers will appreciate tips on editing techniques, album innovations, archiving methods, and printing. Sartore’s charisma and humor make learning a pure delight. Unlike competitive titles, Photographing Your Family is lavishly illustrated to show the many ways to make pictures, how Sartore captured these images specifically, and the philosophies a world-class photographer brings to his work at home—with emphasis on the contributions that relatives, friends, and pets can make to the story that is family. Early childhood is a fleeting time that parents and grandparents go to great lengths to capture in photos. This book will appeal to a vast audience: families who want to create memorable albums, parents with new babies, and everyone who wants to give a truly unique and useful family gift.

Women: Selected Drawings and Illustrations


Frank Cho - 2006
    This 112-page collection will showcase Cho's past and present illustrations and you will see why he's considered one of the top modern masters of the female form.

Las Vegas Then and Now


Su Kim Chung - 2002
    Part of the highly successful Then & Now series, each spread shows an image of Las Vegas as it was, and how it is currently.

Complete Guide to Digital Photography


Ian Farrell - 2011
    A Complete Guide to Digital Photography Fully revised and updated edition of the definitive guide to digital photography.

Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop


Lorne Peterson - 2006
    In each of these cases, and literally hundreds more, the model-making wizards of Industrial Light & Magic were instrumental in creating a universe full of glorious, heart-pounding illusions.In Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop, Lorne Peterson, one of the founding members of ILM, takes the reader on a journey through thirty years of incredible adventures, telling never-before-published stories, explaining how classic scenes were created, and how beloved models were - often from the most unexpected of parts and ingredients. Paint buckets, model car parts, and walnut shells play important roles, alongside high-tech lasers and computer graphics, in creating the familiar yet fantastic components of a galaxy far, far away.Lavishly illustrated with more than 300 full-color photographs from the Lucasfilm Archives, this book provides an unparalleled look behind the scenes of a place that really has created magic. Lorne Peterson's warm, evocative voice and dedication to his craft inform every page, making this not just a stunning visual piece, but an epic history in its own right.

True Ghost Stories of First Responders


Eve S. Evans - 2021
    They’ve experienced events they can’t otherwise explain. Same with other professions that deal with injuries, accidents, or death. Police officers, firemen, 911 operators, they’ve seen the worst that people can do to one another, and they’ve all had brushes with the unexplained. Don’t believe in ghosts? This book might change your mind steal any hope of sleep. These stories are unexplainable, true accounts from first responders, police officers, firemen, and 911 operators, told from the perspective of everyday people. Every single tale between these covers is one hundred percent true. Think you can explain them? We dare you to try.

Essential Allotment Guide: How To Get The Best Out Of Your Plot


John Harrison - 2009
    In this guide John Harrison shows the reader how to get the most out of their plot, providing a complete introduction to planting and growing your own vegetables and plants.

The Art of Mark Ryden: Anima Mundi


Mark Ryden - 2001
    His work recalls a parallel universe of 1950s Golden Books and the whimsy of Lewis Carroll. His cheery bunnies, rendered in the glowing hues of children's books, are likely to be carving slabs of meat rather than frolicking in the forest. Ryden's work mingles superb technique with outre images to create a world of strange and disturbing beauty.

Composition


David Präkel - 2006
    Whatever other technical skill is involved, if the formal organization of an image is lacking, there is little to hold the interest of the viewer. But what makes a winning composition? Is it about following the rules-or about breaking them?Basics Photography: Composition is divided into six core chapters that cover everything the beginner needs to know to improve their composition, including the basics of composition, exploring the formal elements, how to organize space and time, learning the real world 'rules' and, beyond that, how to use the ideas presented in the book to create original, compelling images. The book is illustrated throughout with photography to inform the mind and inspire the eyes.Includes work by:Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dorothea Lange, James Nachtwey, Martin Parr, Marc Riboud, David Hockney, Duane Michals, Harry Callahan and John Darwell, and many more.Includes the following subjects:The basic rules of composition, including viewpoint, perspective and scale; the formal elements, such as point, line, shape, form, texture, pattern, tone and color; how to organize space using frames, balance and space; capturing the passing of time and specific moments, the decisive moment and sequences; applications of composition, featuring landscape, still life, portraiture, documentary, the figure, action and sports, fine art and advertising; finally, finding your own view and the specific considerations of digital imaging.

Riding Westward


Carl Phillips - 2006
    What is the difference, he asks, between good and evil, cruelty and instruction, risk and trust? Against the backdrop of the natural world, Phillips pitches the restlessness of what it means to be human, as he at once deepens and extends a meditation on that space where the forces of will and imagination collide with sexual and moral conduct.

Bidding War


Julia P. Lynde - 2013
    Sam is in trouble after a last minute cancellation of one of the bachelorettes, so Pamela demands to be allowed to help. The only thing is, she doesn't ask the right questions.What ensues is at times funny, poignant, playful, and adventurous as Pamela learns a few things about herself, and about what it might be like to love the right person. Or people.This novel of 84,000 words features warm, sometimes troubled characters, sweet and lovely dates, and perhaps a little bit of hot, graphic sex.

Keith Haring


Jeffrey Deitch - 2008
    This is the book Haring wanted to make, based on the outline of a monograph that was never completed due to his untimely death in 1989.

The Dark Prince: The Prince of Darkness


Sa'id Salaam - 2018
    He's tall, dark, and handsome but he's also a vampire. He's not your average vampire either because he's the best rapper on the planet. Before becoming a rapper, young Prince’s humbled beginnings start in a loving home to the voodoo plagued world of a Haitian shanty town. There he meets a beautiful stranger who changes his world forever. All could be well, but through a series of unfortunate tragedies, he finds himself alone and in trouble in this strange land. He has to use his wits along with newfound power to escape one perilous situation after another. Upon his return to America, Prince links up with one of the city's rap royalty to stake his claim on the music scene. That's of course if no one drives a stake through his heart before he can reach the top of the charts. Ready or not world, The Dark Prince has arrived.

Terry Brooks: Series Reading Order: Series List: Original Shannara Books, Heritage of Shannara, Word & Void Books, Voyage of the Jerl of Shannara, High Druid of Shannara, Genesis by Terry Brooks


Series List - 2016
    It is a simple to follow checklist that consists of all of Terry Brooks' work. This book is free with an Amazon Unlimited subscription. This Series List consists of: Original Shannara Books Chronological Order of Original Shannara Books Heritage Of Shannara Books Word & Void Books Voyage Of The Jerl Shannara Books High Druid Of Shannara Books Genesis Of Shannara Books Legends Of Shannara Books Dark Legacy Of Shannara Books Paladins Of Shannara Short Stories Defenders Of Shannara Books Chronological Order of Shannara Books Series Magic Kingdom Of Landover Books Standalone Novels Short Stories Anthologies Shannara Graphic Novels Non-Fiction Books All of the information is available on the authors website. This kindle only list allows you to conveniently look at all of the author's work without having to be connected to the internet. This list does comply with the United States Copyright Office circular 34 as it is just a title list showing what year the books in each series and stand alone novels were published. My hopes are that this list is helpful when choosing your next Terry Brooks book to read.

Melt / Burn / Surrender


Helen Hardt
    A new threat has surfaced, and he finds himself trapped in a web of deceit and lies.,Burn (Steel Brothers Saga): Jonah Steel is knee deep into trying to solve the mystery surrounding his family and his brother's abduction, and the arrival of his best friend has complicated the situation...although not as much as his infatuation with his brother's therapist, Dr. Melanie Carmichael. The quiet humility of the blond beauty has him enthralled, and he burns for her as he never has for any woman.,Melt (Steel Brothers Saga):Jonah Steel is intelligent, rich, and hard-working. As the oldest of his siblings, he was charged by his father to protect them. He failed in the worst way. Dr. Melanie Carmichael has her own baggage. Although the renowned therapist was able to help Jonah s brother, she is struggling with feelings of inadequacy. When the oldest Steel walks into her office seeking solace, she can t turn her back.