Our bestselling introduction to graphic design is now available in a revised and updated edition. In Graphic Design: The New Basics (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded), bestselling author Ellen Lupton (Thinking with Type, Type on Screen) and design educator Jennifer Cole Phillips explain the key concepts of visual language that inform any work of design, from logo or letterhead to a complex website. Through visual demonstrations and concise commentary, student...

"Animal Facts and Behaviors Revealed" explores the incredible diversity of the animal kingdom, delving into the unique adaptations, habits, and survival strategies of creatures from around the world. From the migratory patterns of monarch butterflies to the social structures of elephant herds, this book offers a captivating look at how animals navigate their environments, communicate, hunt, and thrive. Perfect for nature enthusiasts, students, and curious minds, this book reveals the remar...

It has been five years since the feared serial killer known as the Grand Reaper stalked the streets of the city of Lundon, the greatest metropolitan city in the world of Tera, five years since a cabal within the Lundon government and Lord Supreme Judge Questus Darkclaw covered up a shocking truth about the shadowy killer. But when young law student William Tudor is made the scapegoat in the murder of an investigative journalist, Professor Hershel Pendragon realizes he needs to solve the Gr...

Coles Phillips (1880–1927) was among the most in-demand illustrators in his field during the 1910s and 20s. A dynamic and highly skilled watercolor artist and draftsman, Phillips created dozens of covers for mainstream American magazines, including Good Housekeeping, Life, and The Saturday Evening Post. In 1908 he created a style in which the figure in the foreground blended seamlessly into the background, rendering some amount of the clothing invisible save for the edges...

First published in 1998, this volume forwards a particular theory of freedom and delves into the relationships between this view of freedom and issues of social justice. Exploring positive and negative implications of the idea of freedom and its interaction with social justice programs, Phillip Cole argues that the idea of freedom contributes substantially to the theory of social justice, rather than drawing limiting boundaries around it. Cole examines the concept of freedom in light of ab...

Understanding Statelessness offers a comprehensive, in-depth examination of statelessness. The volume presents the theoretical, legal and political concept of statelessness through the work of leading critical thinkers in this area. They offer a critique of the existing framework through detailed and theoretically-based scrutiny of challenging contexts of statelessness in the real world and suggest ways forward.The volume is divided into three parts. The first, ‘Defining S...

Created in honor of Mercy Health Center’s 25th anniversary, this Lent devotional invites readers into a season of reflection, repentance, and hope. Featuring voices from alumni, staff, supporters, and friends of Mercy, each daily reading weaves faith, lived experience, and God’s ongoing work of healing and restoration in our community.

The essential and bestselling guide to typography from beloved design educator Ellen Lupton—revised and expanded to include new and additional voices, examples, and principles, and a wider array of typefaces."Thinking with Type is to typography what Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time is to physics."—I Love TypographyThe bestselling Thinking with Type in a revised and expanded third edition: This is...

DON'T use comic sans (except ironically!) but DO worship the classic typefaces like Helvetica and Garamond. Graphic Design Rules is a handy guide for professional graphic designers, students, and laymen who incorporate graphic design into their job or small business. Packed with practical advice, this spirited collection of design dos and don'ts takes readers through 365 rules like knowing when to use a modular grid—and when to throw the grid out the window. All designers will app...

Graphic Design Theory is organized in three sections: "Creating the Field" traces the evolution of graphic design over the course of the early 1900s, including influential avant-garde ideas of futurism, constructivism, and the Bauhaus; "Building on Success" covers the mid- to late twentieth century and considers the International Style, modernism, and postmodernism; and "Mapping the Future" opens at the end of the last century and includes current discussions on legibility, social...

New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of the modern environmental movement during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.With the detonation of the Trinity explosion in the New Mexico desert in 1945, the United States took control of Earth’s destin...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA powerful and accessible translation of Marcus Aurelius’s timeless book on character, what it takes to be a good leader, and how to live a fulfilling life.Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire at its height, yet he remained untainted by the immense wealth and absolute power that had corrupted many of his predecessors. He knew the secret of how to live the good life amid trying and often catastrophic circumstances, of ho...