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The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide

How to Split Wood, Shuck an Oyster, and Master Other Simple Pleasures

de Sebastian Kaufmann, Alexandra Redgrave ...

Modern living isn't easy. It often seems to require some know-how our parents didn't pass on, or a special tool. Happily, Kaufmann Mercantile has both, and in this comprehensive field guide, they share their expertise on a huge range of topics, from frying an egg, tying a tie, or brewing coffee to things the inner utilitarian in all of us aspires to do, like splitting wood, building a fire, ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

Modern living isn't easy. It often seems to require some know-how our parents didn't pass on, or a special tool. Happily, Kaufmann Mercantile has both, and in this comprehensive field guide, they share their expertise on a huge range of topics, from frying an egg, tying a tie, or brewing coffee to things the inner utilitarian in all of us aspires to do, like splitting wood, building a fire,
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Politics and the English Language

de George Orwell ...

In the essay, Orwell argues that the English language has become corrupted by political and economic pressures and that this corruption has had a negative impact on clarity and communication.Orwell begins the essay by noting that language is often used as a tool of power and that politicians and bureaucrats often use vague, abstract language to obscure their true intentions and manipulate public ... Leer más

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In the essay, Orwell argues that the English language has become corrupted by political and economic pressures and that this corruption has had a negative impact on clarity and communication.Orwell begins the essay by noting that language is often used as a tool of power and that politicians and bureaucrats often use vague, abstract language to obscure their true intentions and manipulate public
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The Communist Manifesto

de Karl Marx ...

"The Communist Manifesto" is a political pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848. It is one of the most influential political texts in history, and outlines the principles and goals of communism as a political and economic system.The Manifesto begins by explaining the historical development of class struggle, arguing that throughout history, society has been divided into classes ... Leer más

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"The Communist Manifesto" is a political pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848. It is one of the most influential political texts in history, and outlines the principles and goals of communism as a political and economic system.The Manifesto begins by explaining the historical development of class struggle, arguing that throughout history, society has been divided into classes
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The Martha Way

Essential Principles for Mastering Home and Living

de Martha Stewart ...

Step inside the world of Martha Stewart and discover her timeless approach to living well. The Martha Way: Essential Principles for Mastering Home and Living is a thoughtfully crafted guide to the foundational principles that shape a well-kept, inspired life. With her signature clarity and elegance, Martha distills decades of experience into elevated yet accessible solutions for the everyday, ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

Step inside the world of Martha Stewart and discover her timeless approach to living well. The Martha Way: Essential Principles for Mastering Home and Living is a thoughtfully crafted guide to the foundational principles that shape a well-kept, inspired life. With her signature clarity and elegance, Martha distills decades of experience into elevated yet accessible solutions for the everyday,
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Writing to Learn

How to Write - and Think - Clearly About Any Subject at All

de William Zinsser ...

$9.99 USD
Universal Principles of Branding

100 Key Concepts for Defining, Building, and Delivering Brands

de Mark Kingsley ...

Series series Rockport Universal
Universal Principles of Branding presents 100 concepts, theories, and guidelines that are critical for defining, building, and delivering brands today.Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, this comprehensive reference pairs clear explanations of each principle with visual examples of it applied in practice. By considering these concepts and examples, you can learn to make more informed, and ... Leer más

$28.79 USD

Universal Principles of Branding presents 100 concepts, theories, and guidelines that are critical for defining, building, and delivering brands today.Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, this comprehensive reference pairs clear explanations of each principle with visual examples of it applied in practice. By considering these concepts and examples, you can learn to make more informed, and
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Starting Your Career as an Artist

A Guide for Painters, Sculptors, Photographers, and Other Visual Artists

de Angie Wojak, Stacy Miller ...

Series series Starting Your Career
Starting Your Career as an Artist is a comprehensive manual full of sound advice for artists seeking to advance their professional careers. Veteran art career professionals Angie Wojak and Stacy Miller show aspiring artists how to evaluate their goals, create a plan of action, and use their talents to build a productive life in the art world. Chapters cover topics essential to the emerging artist, ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

Starting Your Career as an Artist is a comprehensive manual full of sound advice for artists seeking to advance their professional careers. Veteran art career professionals Angie Wojak and Stacy Miller show aspiring artists how to evaluate their goals, create a plan of action, and use their talents to build a productive life in the art world. Chapters cover topics essential to the emerging artist,
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50 Design Ideas You Really Need to Know

de John Jervis ...

Series series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
Featured in Dezeen's Top 10 Architecture and Design books of 2024 Master the design ideas that shape the world we live in today. In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Jervis introduces and explains the centralmovements, inventions and creative geniuses of design**,** tracing its evolution from the 19th century to the present day. From arts and crafts and typography to key movements ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

Featured in Dezeen's Top 10 Architecture and Design books of 2024 Master the design ideas that shape the world we live in today. In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Jervis introduces and explains the centralmovements, inventions and creative geniuses of design**,** tracing its evolution from the 19th century to the present day. From arts and crafts and typography to key movements
... Leer más
History of Modern Design Third Edition

de David Raizman ...

This unparalleled and wide-ranging book surveys the history of applied arts and industrial design from the eighteenth century to the present day, exploring the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing, and the technological, social and commercial contexts in which this relationship has developed.In this extensively revised and expanded third edition, David Raizman addresses ... Leer más

$3.99 USD

This unparalleled and wide-ranging book surveys the history of applied arts and industrial design from the eighteenth century to the present day, exploring the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing, and the technological, social and commercial contexts in which this relationship has developed.In this extensively revised and expanded third edition, David Raizman addresses
... Leer más
Shakespeare

The World as Stage

de Bill Bryson ...

Series series Eminent Lives
Bill Bryson’s bestselling and brilliantly witty biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship—updated with a new introduction by the author to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s deathWilliam Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a ... Leer más

$12.49 USD

Bill Bryson’s bestselling and brilliantly witty biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship—updated with a new introduction by the author to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s deathWilliam Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a
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Writing Erotica for Fun and Profit Revised 2022 Edition

de B. B. Pierce ...

18+ A unique educational reference guide for beginner erotica writers to erotica writers of all calibers. My vast knowledge of erotica writing for over 20 years is here waiting for YOU. 300 FREE erotica story ideas included so you can begin writing erotica immediately. It has a "Spicy Word" list. All you need is a DIRTY MIND. Do YOU have one? Make additional income witing short stories and books. ... Leer más

$4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

18+ A unique educational reference guide for beginner erotica writers to erotica writers of all calibers. My vast knowledge of erotica writing for over 20 years is here waiting for YOU. 300 FREE erotica story ideas included so you can begin writing erotica immediately. It has a "Spicy Word" list. All you need is a DIRTY MIND. Do YOU have one? Make additional income witing short stories and books.
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Story

Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting

de Robert McKee ...

$27.99 USD
A History of the World in 100 Objects

de Neil MacGregor ...

**"An enthralling and profoundly humane book that every civilized person should read."--The Wall Street JournalThe blockbuster New York Times bestseller and the companion volume to the wildly popular radio series**When did people first start to wear jewelry or play music? When were cows domesticated, and why do we feed their milk to our children? Where were the first cities, and what made them ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

**"An enthralling and profoundly humane book that every civilized person should read."--The Wall Street JournalThe blockbuster New York Times bestseller and the companion volume to the wildly popular radio series**When did people first start to wear jewelry or play music? When were cows domesticated, and why do we feed their milk to our children? Where were the first cities, and what made them
... Leer más
Sex with the Queen

900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics

de Eleanor Herman ...

$14.99 USD
Steal Like an Artist

10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

de Austin Kleon ...

Series series Austin Kleon
Unlock your creativity.An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artist presents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover their artistic side and build a more creative life**.**Nothing is original, so embrace influence, school yourself through the work of others, remix and reimagine to discover your own path. Follow interests wherever they take you ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

Unlock your creativity.An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artist presents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover their artistic side and build a more creative life**.**Nothing is original, so embrace influence, school yourself through the work of others, remix and reimagine to discover your own path. Follow interests wherever they take you
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The EveryGirl’s Guide to Life

de Maria Menounos ...

$8.99 USD
The 99% Invisible City

A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

de Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER“[A] diverse and enlightening book . . . The 99% Invisible City is altogether fresh and imaginative when it comes to thinking about urban spaces.”—The New York Times Book Review**“Here is a field guide, a boon, a bible, for the urban curious. Your city’s secret anatomy laid bare—a hundred things you look at but don’t ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

**A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER“[A] diverse and enlightening book . . . The 99% Invisible City is altogether fresh and imaginative when it comes to thinking about urban spaces.”—The New York Times Book Review**“Here is a field guide, a boon, a bible, for the urban curious. Your city’s secret anatomy laid bare—a hundred things you look at but don’t
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Art & Fear

Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

de David Bayles, Ted Orland ...

"This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially—statistically speaking—there aren't any people like that. Geniuses get made once-a-century or so, yet good art gets made all the time, so to equate the making of art with the workings of genius removes this intimately human ... Leer más

$10.69 USD

"This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially—statistically speaking—there aren't any people like that. Geniuses get made once-a-century or so, yet good art gets made all the time, so to equate the making of art with the workings of genius removes this intimately human
... Leer más
The Essential Kabbalah

The Heart of Jewish Mysticism

de Daniel C. Matt ...

$11.99 USD
Art That Changed the World

Transformative Art Movements and the Paintings That Inspired Them

de DK ...

Series series DK Timelines
Experience the uplifting power of art on this breathtaking visual tour of 2,500 paintings and sculptures created by more than 700 artists from Michelangelo to Damien Hirst.This beautiful book brings you the very best of world art from cave paintings to Neoexpressionism. Enjoy iconic must-see works, such as Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper and Monet's Waterlilies and discover less familiar artists ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

Experience the uplifting power of art on this breathtaking visual tour of 2,500 paintings and sculptures created by more than 700 artists from Michelangelo to Damien Hirst.This beautiful book brings you the very best of world art from cave paintings to Neoexpressionism. Enjoy iconic must-see works, such as Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper and Monet's Waterlilies and discover less familiar artists
... Leer más
The Shape of Ancient Thought

Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies

de Thomas McEvilley ...

Spanning thirty years of intensive research, this book proves what many scholars could not explain: that today’s Western world must be considered the product of both Greek and Indian thought-Western and Eastern philosophies.Thomas McEvilley explores how trade, imperialism, and migration currents allowed cultural philosophies to intermingle freely throughout India, Egypt, Greece, and the ancient ... Leer más

$33.99 USD

Spanning thirty years of intensive research, this book proves what many scholars could not explain: that today’s Western world must be considered the product of both Greek and Indian thought-Western and Eastern philosophies.Thomas McEvilley explores how trade, imperialism, and migration currents allowed cultural philosophies to intermingle freely throughout India, Egypt, Greece, and the ancient
... Leer más
Polynesian Tattoo Designs: Protection

TattooTribes Design Books, #0

de Roberto Gemori ...

Series Libro 0 - TattooTribes Design Books
Many tattoos from all Polynesian cultures often share a common trait: they include elements representing protection.It's easy to understand why: protection was often needed from enemies and environment, and tattoos, being a sacred connection to the gods, were the idealway to channel protection upon men and women alike.This book contains 28 flash designs of different protective symbols like tiki, ... Leer más

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Many tattoos from all Polynesian cultures often share a common trait: they include elements representing protection.It's easy to understand why: protection was often needed from enemies and environment, and tattoos, being a sacred connection to the gods, were the idealway to channel protection upon men and women alike.This book contains 28 flash designs of different protective symbols like tiki,
... Leer más
The Design Book

de DK ...

Series series DK Big Ideas
Discover the key ideas, innovations, and breakthroughs in the history of design.The perfect introduction to the subject, this book explores and explains the big ideas and key principles behind more than 90 of the world's most celebrated design concepts and movements, placing each in their historical, cultural, and stylistic context.The Design Book analyzes the ideas and principles behind history's ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

Discover the key ideas, innovations, and breakthroughs in the history of design.The perfect introduction to the subject, this book explores and explains the big ideas and key principles behind more than 90 of the world's most celebrated design concepts and movements, placing each in their historical, cultural, and stylistic context.The Design Book analyzes the ideas and principles behind history's
... Leer más
Signs and Symbols

An Illustrated Guide to Their Origins and Meanings

de DK, Miranda Bruce-Mitford ...

Series series DK Compact Culture Guides
Since when did certain hand gestures become offensive? And why are scales a symbol of justice?For thousands of years, humans have communicated through a language of signs and symbols. From uniforms to body adornment and corporate logos, symbols are everywhere, and this book is your guide to their secret meanings and history.The Sun as well as the night sky with its stars and planets has long been ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

Since when did certain hand gestures become offensive? And why are scales a symbol of justice?For thousands of years, humans have communicated through a language of signs and symbols. From uniforms to body adornment and corporate logos, symbols are everywhere, and this book is your guide to their secret meanings and history.The Sun as well as the night sky with its stars and planets has long been
... Leer más

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