Arts

Photographing San Francisco Digital Field Guide

by Bruce Sawle

A compact, full-color companion guide to photographing San Francisco!

Whether using a full-featured compact camera or a high-end dSLR, this companion guide provides you with detailed information for taking stunning...

So You Want to Be a Producer

by Lawrence Turman

Few jobs in Hollywood are as shrouded in mystery as the role of the producer. What does it take to be a producer, how does one get started, and what on earth does one actually do? In So You Want to Be a Producer...

Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies

by Patrick Pfeiffer

Learn to play bass guitar quickly and easily with this guide and bonus interactive CD!

The bass guitar is utilized in almost every single genre of music-rock, classical, jazz, metal, funk, and country just to...

Clarinet for Dummies

by David Etheridge

Master the most popular woodwind

Want to play the clarinet? No problem! This hands-on guide teaches you all the fundamental techniques you need to play this popular woodwind alone or in a group setting.

Clarinet...

Photographing Yosemite Digital Field Guide

by Lewis Kemper

The ideal companion guide for capturing awe-inspiring photos of Yosemite!

Whether using a compact camera or a high-end dSLR, this companion guide provides you with detailed information for taking spectacular...

Iron Man and Philosophy: Facing the Stark Reality

by William Irwin & Mark D. White

The first look at the philosophy behind the Iron Man comics and movies, timed for the release of Iron Man 2 in March 2010

On the surface, Iron Man appears to be a straightforward superhero, another rich guy fighting...

Klingon for the Galactic Traveler

by Marc Okrand

"Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam."

"It is a good day to die."

What is the proper response to this? What should I do?

Now, with Klingon for the Galactic Traveler you will know.

Organized into four easy-to-use sections, this...

Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day

by Marc Spitz

The full story of the rise and spectacular comeback of the band hailed as the saviors of punk rock and the next U2

It's hard to believe that in early 2004 Green Day was considered over -- the band was still together,...

Perspective Drawing in Adobe Illustrator CS5

by Gaurav Jain & Kaushik Agarwala

 Adobe Illustrator CS5 brings to users a hitherto new paradigm of vector drawing - perspective or “3D-like” drawing. The scores of questions asked by pre-release testers of Illustrator CS5 due to lack of...

Shot Doctor,The: The Amateur's Guide to Taking Great Digital Photos

by Mark Edward Soper

This is the eBook version of the printed book.

The Shot Doctor is a new kind of digital photography book that focuses on the “how-to” and less on the “how it works” or the technology behind the camera....

Shoot to Thrill: A Hard-Boiled Guide to Digital Photography

by Derek Pell

This is the eBook version of the printed book.

Shoot to Thrill

“If you’re looking for a fresh, offbeat style, you’ll enjoy this book.”  --John Nack

If you’re packin’ heat and a D-SLR, SHOOT TO THRILL...

Schlock Value: Hollywood at It's Worst

by Richard Roeper

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Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix

by Charles R. Cross

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Angel of Vengeance: The Novel That Inspired the TV Show 'Moonlight'

by Trevor O. Munson

The novel that inspired the TV series Moonlight puts a twist on the classic Dracula vampire tale and blends it with Chandler hardboiled P.I. detective fiction.

LA-based P.I. and vampire Mick Angel has been...

How To Do Things with Dance: Performing Change in Postwar America

by Rebekah J. Kowal

How American modern dance contributed to aesthetic and social change in the 1950s

Kazan Revisited

by Lisa Dombrowski

Top critics and scholars reconsider the cinematic legacy of Elia Kazan

Beatleology

by Jaquette & Roger Jaquette

Are you a romantic optimist with a cheery disposition? You might be a "Paul."

Brooding, introverted, and artistic? You are probably a "John."

If you tend to take life as it comes with a happy go-lucky attitude,...

Filmology

by Chris Barsanti

Sure, you love the movies. But how much do you really know about the ones that really made a difference? Whether it's Birth of a Nation, the brilliant silent film that fanned the flames of racism; Easy Rider...

150 Movies You Should See Before You Die

by Steve Miller

Sure, you've seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Maybe you've even sat all the way through Satan's Little Helper and The Wasp Woman. But as you'll...

Four Word Film Reviews

by Benj Clews & Michael Onesi

In four words or less, this book brings together movies from across the multiplex. So whether you like the Coen brothers (Fargo: Chipper cop; chipped criminal) or the Farrelly brothers (Dumb & Dumber: Two guys,...