Arts

Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces

by Miles J. Unger

The life of one of the most revolutionary artists in history, told through the story of six of his greatest masterpieces.

Among the immortals—Leonardo, Rembrandt, Picasso—Michelangelo stands alone as a master...

Medieval Church Architecture

by Jon Cannon

By the end of the medieval period, Britain’s churches already had an architectural heritage of one thousand years, much of which remains on view today. This guide by architectural historian Jon Cannon uses...

Bricks & Mortals: Ten Great Buildings and the People They Made

by Tom Wilkinson

We don't just look at buildings: their facades, beautiful or ugly, conceal the spaces where we live. We are born, work, love, and die in architecture. We buy and sell it, rent and squat it, create and destroy...

ABCs of Beautiful Light

by Rosanne Olson

Everything we see is lit by one source or another. The questions are: what and how? That is what this book is designed to teach you. Through Roseanne Olson’s tried-and-true course on lighting principles for...

Enchanted Objects: Design, Human Desire, and the Internet of Things

by David Rose

In the tradition of Who Owns the Future? and The Second Machine Age, an MIT Media Lab scientist imagines how everyday objects can intuit our needs and improve our lives.

We are now standing at the precipice of...

Shooting 007: And Other Celluloid Adventures

by Alec Mills & Sir Roger Moore

In Shooting 007, beloved camerman and director of photography Alec Mills, a veteran of seven James Bond movies, tells the inside story of his twenty years of filming cinema's most famous secret agent. Among...

Film Crazy

by Patrick McGilligan

In Film Crazy, McGilligan shares some of his fascinating interviews with screen luminaries from his salad days as a young journalist working the Hollywood beat. He rides the presidential campaign bus with Ronald...

Dangerous Men

by Mick LaSalle

Using the same mix of accessibility and insider knowledge he used so successfully in Complicated Women, author and film critic Mick LaSalle now turns his attention to the men of the pre-Code Hollywood era.

The...

Oh My Sweet Land

by Amir Nizar Zuabi

They call it a civil war, but there is nothing civil in this. Nothing civil at all.

They came from Damascus, from Halab, from Banias where the bombs fall day and night and the wounded children look like sleeping...

Writings : Papers, Reviews, Articles, Short-Shorts, Thoughts

by José Flávio Nogueira Guimarães

Synopsis:

Writings: Papers, Reviews, Articles, Short-Shorts, Thoughts is a collection of texts about contemporary trends in literature and film that the author has written over the years. "If I had to sum up...

Writings : Papers, Reviews, Articles, Short-Shorts, Thoughts

by José Flávio Nogueira Guimarães

Synopsis:

Writings: Papers, Reviews, Articles, Short-Shorts, Thoughts is a collection of texts about contemporary trends in literature and film that the author has written over the years. "If I had to sum up...

Popular Singing and Style: 2nd Edition

by Donna Soto-Morettini

This second edition of the highly successful Popular Singing serves as a practical guide to exploring the singing voice while helping to enhance vocal confidence in a range of popular styles. The book provides...

Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records

by Amanda Petrusich

The untold story of a quirky and important subculture: The world of 78rpm records and the insular community that celebrates them—by acclaimed music critic and author Amanda Petrusich, who contributes regularly...

Beautiful Beach Portraits: High Profit Techniques Utilizing Lighting, Posing, Composition, Business Strategies and More to Build Your Business

by Mary Fisk-Taylor & Jamie Hayes

Portraits of families and children against the dunes or with a crashing waves in the background are beautiful—but they are also one of the more difficult genres of photography. Wind, shifting sand, unpredictable...

The Good Inn

by Black Francis & Josh Frank

From legendary Pixies front man, Black Francis, in collaboration with writer Josh Frank and renowned illustrator Steven Appleby, comes The Good Inn, a bold and visually arresting novel about art, conflict, and...

A Grim Detail

by Henry Rollins

A Grim Detail shoulders the anchor, drags it onward from the end of 2008 and then hurls to the ground in

2010. A world tour, two documentaries and journeys that include North Korea, South Sudan, Saudi Arabia,...

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé

by Bob Stanley

An addictively readable, encyclopedic history of pop music in chapters as short and adrenaline-fueled as the best pop songs themselves. As much fun to argue with as to quote, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! is a monumental...

Conversations with My Agent (and Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke)

by Rob Long

Barely out of film school, Rob Long struck the jackpot and landed a job on the phenomenally successful TV sitcom, Cheers. However, with the demise of the show, Long was faced with the question, 'Is there life...

Music: The Business - 6th Edition

by Ann Harrison

This essential and highly acclaimed guide, now updated and revised in its sixth edition, explains the business of the British music industry.

Drawing on her extensive experience as a media lawyer, Ann Harrison...

Inside King Kong: A Journal

by Will Shephard

When actor Will Shephard turned up at the Beverley Hills offices of Dino De Laurentiis, he expected to be interviewed for a modest role in the great man's next production. "My agent told me on the phone that...