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Author
Publisher
North Light Books
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English
Description
Guide to becoming a fashion illustrator: how to draw the figure, how to render color, texture, and pattern, and materials and techniques to use in preparing your work for print. Includes examples from the work of major illustrators and designers.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Few things satisfy a crafter's craving for self-expression like working with beads-- and Tair Parnes brings a world of inspiration to the art. Fascinated by styles from Asia and Africa, and skilled at creating vivid and unusual combinations, she produces unique beaded jewelry that is lively, expressive, and distinct.
4) Container gardening: the permaculture way ; sustainably grow vegetables and more in your small space
Author
Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Based on the author's own experience growing a lush permaculture garden on her balcony, this book teaches anyone, anywhere to grow fresh, healthy produce in containers, free of chemical fertilizers or insecticides"--
6) Luminous
Publisher
Deskpop Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
LUMINOUS tells the story of the first astronomer in history to publicly predict the near-future explosion of a star--will he be right? Others in the astronomical community are skeptical, and professional reputations hang in the balance. In production for five years, LUMINOUS, a feature documentary by award-winning filmmaker Sam Smartt (Wagonmasters), follows Larry Molnar's journey to test an unprecedented prediction, knowing that its success or failure...
Author
Publisher
Red Hen Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Professional Lola is a collection of short stories that blend literary fiction with the surreal to present the contemporary Filipino American experience and its universal themes of love, family, and identity. A family hires an actress to play their beloved grandmother at a party; a couple craving Filipino food rob a panaderya; a coven of Filipino witches cast a spell on their husbands; a Lolo transforms into a Lola. These are just a few of the stories...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The body cannot tell any lies. From birth to death, and through all the transitions in between, the body stores our knowledge and history, our feelings and experiences. Our betrayals. These insightful and empathetic stories shine new light on our physical vessels set against our physical world, two landscapes irretrievably connected and altered over time. These eleven stories take us into the lives and experiences of others to scrutinize the physical...
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Political thriller revealing the untold story of the first American rock band to perform behind the Iron Curtain who upon their return find themselves trapped in the crosshairs of a polarized America with severe career repercussions." --container.
10) Mama!
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Follow three mothers from Minnesota, the national hotbed for the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, as they fight for accountability for their fallen sons, finding strength in one another to make sure no other mothers suffer their grief again.
Publisher
The Market Review, City Lights Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Short stories from 25 emerging and established writers of Middle Eastern and North African origins, a unique collection of voices and viewpoints that illuminate life in the global Arab/Muslim world. Stories from the Center of the World gathers new writing from the Greater Middle East, a vast region that stretches from Southwest Asia, through the Middle East and Turkey, and across Northern Africa. The 25 authors included here are either native to...
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"7 billion doses of the COVID vaccine have been administered around the world, with nearly 400 million doses in the United States alone. Undoubtedly, the vaccine has saved, and will continue to save, countless lives. While we should appreciate these innovations of modern-day medical science, the vaccine has not been universally accepted, hampering our efforts to reduce harm. Side-effects of the COVID vaccine are widely discussed in news outlets. Countless...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Why are so many women feeling anxious, stressed out, and depressed, and why are they not getting the help they need? Over the past decade, mood disorders have skyrocketed among women, who are twice as likely to be diagnosed as men. Yet in a healthcare system steeped in gender bias, women's complaints are often dismissed, their normal emotions are pathologized, and treatments routinely fail to address the root causes of their distress. Women living...
Publisher
Milkweed Editions, in association with the Library of Congress
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"For many years, "nature poetry" has evoked images of Romantic poets standing on mountain tops. But our poetic landscape has changed dramatically, and so has our planet. Edited and introduced by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, Ada Limón, this book challenges what we think we know about "nature poetry," illuminating the myriad ways our landscapes--both literal and literary--are changing. You Are Here features fifty previously...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Christof Koch explores the only thing we directly experience: consciousness. At the book's heart is integrated-information theory, the idea that the essence of consciousness is the ability to exert causal power over itself, to be an agent of change. Kochinvestigates the physical origins of consciousness in the brain and how this knowledge can be used to measure consciousness in natural and artificial systems"--
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Naturalist Kenn Kaufman examines the scientific discoveries of John James Audubon and his artistic and ornithologist peers to show how what they saw (and what they missed) reflects how we perceive and understand the natural world"--
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Seventy-two men arrive in the middle of the Sicilian countryside. They are "immigrants," "refugees" or "migrants." But in Altino, they're called the ragazzi, the "guys" that the Santa Marta Association have taken responsibility for. In this small Sicilian town, their arrival changes life for everybody. While they wait to know their fate, the ragazzi encounter all kinds of people: a strange vicar who rewrites their pasts, a woman committed to ensuring...