What does it really mean when people are viewed as bytes of data? And is there beauty or an imaginative potential to information culture and the databases cataloging it? As Too Numerous reveals, the raw material of bytes and data points can be reshaped and repurposed for ridiculous, melancholic, and even aesthetic purposes.Grappling with an information culture that is both intimidating and daunting, Kent Shaw considers the impersonality represented by the continuing accumu...

Zentangle Basics introduces you to today's hottest trend in drawing meditation. Using only pencil, pen, and paper, you'll learn how to draw 25 original tangles, and discover inspiring ideas for incorporating these designs into your art. This expanded workbook edition includes an interactive bonus section where you can get started with warm-up exercises, practice tangling, and experiment with strings and shading.With benefits including stress relief, inspiration, and improve...

Contains 35 designs with comprehensive step-by-step instructions. Origami for Children is the perfect introduction to origami, the fun Japanese papercraft for parents and children of all ages. Divided into six sections, the projects cover a range of themes, from classic origami designs such as animals to party decorations and modern vehicles. There is even a project showing how to create the classic Japanese arcade character Pacman. You will be amazed at how much you can create with a few ...

“This may be the most anticipated poetry book of the last decade...expect it to haunt you.”—NPR.org"Richard Siken writes about love, desire, violence, and eroticism with a cinematic brilliance and urgency."—Huffington PostIn reviewing Richard Siken's first book, Crush, the ***New York Times***wrote that "his territory is [where] passion and eloquence collide and fuse." In this long-awaited follow-up to Crush, Sike...

Do you enjoy camping and hiking?Do you want to learn strategies for planning, preparing and surviving by yourself in the wilderness?While nature in the wild is often beautiful it can also be dangerous if you ever become stranded. If you got stranded tomorrow, would you have the necessary skills in order to survive? When in a life or death situation there's very little room for error. That's why bushcraft survival skills are so important to learn. This guide will teach you w...

The Simple Cattail DollThis nature-handicraft booklet provides the basic details and directions for crafting dolls from the commonly available cattail plant. To do true justice to this topic one needs a fairly large book. This should be considered an indispensible booklet especially working with children. This is a traditional folk craft and handicraft derived from the Ojibway native culture.Written by Mors Kochanski

Scape Martinez offers up his expertise in taking the vibrant colors of street art to the page, providing easy-to-follow guidance and demonstration of techniques that everyone can learn. With a link to downloadable, printable images, budding artists can experiment on edgy, fun items like shoes and hoodies without spending hours just drawing the outline.

Build a pocket-sized Combat Survival Kit you’ll actually carry.This book will explain what items to carry in your Combat Survival Tin. It is so small and light weight, you should always have it on you.The Complete Survivor Series Collection:Volume 1 - The Ultimate Survival TinVolume 2 - The Urban Survival TinVolume 3 - The First Aid Survival TinVolume...

One night the lights just went out in multiple cities around me at once, including mine! I had no idea what had caused it or what might happen next. Was I prepared? I'd better be...Inspired by true events!The first part of a man's journey into prepping, each is a complete story.

A concise guide to putting more life into your still-life paintings with the vibrant colors of gouache.With clear information and beautiful illustrations, this short, simple guide to creating still-life pictures with gouache provides both easy-to-follow techniques and inspiration for artists of any skill level. You'll learn how to expand your palette with the bold options offered by this opaque watercolor paint, as well as finding tips for composing a scene and cre...

From whales and scorpions to boxes and flowers, exciting traditional and original paper folding projects await young origami artists. Organized from easy to challenging, each project includes clear, step by step, photo illustrated instructions that make developing paper folding skills fun. All projects also include creative tips for using and displaying models to impress friends and family.

The Law of the Jungle…Survival of the Fittest…everyone has heard these expressions, but have you ever taken the time to examine what they really mean?      Nowadays, most of us seem to be happy with just watching a bunch of contestants on television competing to one up each other in a so-called reality wilderness survival show. Unfortunately, the only “survival skill” these people seem to know is how to stab each other in the back so they are eliminated from the ...