Arts

Painter in a Savage Land: The Strange Saga of the First European Artist in North America

by Miles Harvey

In this vibrantly told, meticulously researched book, Miles Harvey reveals one of the most fascinating and overlooked lives in American history. Like The Island of Lost Maps, his bestselling book about a legendary...

Living in a Nutshell

by Janet Lee

A fireplace on wheels?

A chandelier light by Xerox?

A shrink-wrapped designer closet?

These are just a few of the more than one hundred innovative projects in Living in a Nutshell, a DIY guide of decorating ideas...

Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of Americ an Soul

by Craig Werner

In Higher Ground, one of our most insightful music writers brilliantly reinterprets the lives of three pop geniuses and the soul revolution they launched.

Soul music is one of America's greatest cultural achievements,...

Singing Exercises For Dummies

by Pamelia S. S. Phillips

The fast and easy way to take your singing skills to new heights

Some people are born with a naturally great singing voice, but even the best singers can benefit from a broader range of knowledge and training....

Staring at Sound: The True Story of Oklahoma's Fabulous Flaming Lips

by Jim Derogatis

An engrossing and intimate portrait of the Oklahoma-based psychedelic pop band the Flaming Lips, cult heroes to millions of indie-rock fans.

In July 2002, the Flaming Lips released an ambitious album called Yoshimi...

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Guitar

by Charles Kim

Everything beginners need to know to start playing guitar

Do you learn faster by seeing and doing than by wading through tedious instructions? Then pick up a guitar and start strumming! Teach Yourself VISUALLY...

The Big Book of Packaging

by Will Burke, Lisa Baer & James Pietruszynski

Intended as a comprehensive resource for designers, creative professionals, marketers, and retailers, The Big Book of Packaging contains 384 pages of the most innovative packaging designs from around the world....

Nature Calls: The History, Lore, and Charm of Outhouses

by Dottie Booth

The crunch of leaves under your feet, the sounds of nature around you, the smell of . . . well, never mind. In this engaging volume, Dottie Booth answers the call with a one-of-a-kind photographic tour of outhouses...

Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford

by Scott Eyman

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." This line comes from director John Ford's film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, but it also serves as an epigram for the life of the legendary filmmaker.

Through...

Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America

by Jonathan Gould

Nearly twenty years in the making, Can’t Buy Me Love is a masterful work of group biography, cultural history, and musical criticism. That the Beatles were an unprecedented phenomenon is a given. In Can’t...

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Music

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

Uncle John has proven once again that he is in tune with our legion of loyal readers. This 516-page musical masterpiece dedicated to all things noteworthy ranges from silly one-hit wonders to culture-changing...

Zero Patience: A Queer Film Classic

by Wendy Gay Gay Pearson & Susan Knabe

A Queer Film Classic on the controversial, funny 1993 film musical about AIDS that refutes the legend of Patient Zero.

The Art of Japanese Architecture

by David Young & Michiko Young

The Art of Japanese Architecture explores the simplicity, asymmetry, sensitivity to the natural environment, and use of natural materials that are the hallmarks of Japanese architecture. These elements are explored...

The New Malaysian House

by Robert Powell & Albert Lim KS

The New Malaysian House is a collection of 25 contemporary houses that demonstrate a remarkable flowering of Malaysian design talent that has been germinating since the mid- 1980s. The houses range from luxury...

Ukiyo-e: The Art of the Japanese Print

by Frederick Harris

Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") is an art form that originated in the metropolitan culture of Edo (Tokyo) in the early seventeenth century and involved collaboration between artist, carver, printer...

Japan Style: Architecture + Interiors + Design

by Geeta Mehta & Kimie Tada

Enter the world of the stylish Japanese house, where every object in sight is a work of art. Japan Style introduces 20 special residences. With more than 200 color photographs, this book showcases the stunning...

Body of a Dancer

by Renee D'Aoust

Using the stage and the bedroom, Renée E. D'Aoust interweaves dance history with the stories of contemporary dancers' muscle and

Lost and Othered Children in Contemporary Cinema

by Andrew Scahill, Debbie C. Olson & Sage Leslie-McCarthy

Lost and Othered Children in Contemporary Cinema, edited by Debbie C. Olson and Andrew Scahill, is an edited collection that challenges notions of the innocent child through an exploration of the dark side of...

El hambre y los mercados: Serie de Informes sobre el Hambre en el Mundo 2009

by Programa Mundial Mundial d de Alimentos

"Abandonados a sus propios mecanismos, los mercados pueden producir resultados desastrosos. Como consecuencia de las presiones especulativas, los precios de los alimentos se disparan sin control. La disparidad...

La faim et le r?le des march?s

by Programme Alimentaire Alimentai Mondial

"Livrés à eux-mêmes, les marchés peuvent produire des résultats désastreux. Les prix des denrées alimentaires peuvent s'envoler à cause de pressions liées à la spéculation. La distribution des revenus...