Practical House, Wagon and Automobile Painter Including Sign Painting, and Valuable Hints and Recipes is a comprehensive manual designed for both amateur and professional painters seeking to master the art and science of painting houses, wagons, and automobiles. This detailed guide delves into every aspect of the painting trade, from surface preparation and the selection of brushes and paints t…
Bracelets, buckles, buttons, and beads. Clasps, combs, and chains. Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in historical period archaeological excavations. But until the publication of this comprehensive volume, there has been no basic guide to help curators, registrars, historians, archaeologists, or collectors identify this class of objects from colonia…
Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation is a resource for brewers of all experience levels. The authors adeptly cover yeast selection, storage and handling of yeast cultures, how to culture yeast and the art of rinsing/washing yeast cultures. Sections on how to set up a yeast lab, the basics of fermentation science and how it affects your beer, plus step by step procedures, equipment li…
The personal journals of one of postwar America’s most influential photographers, published for the first time One of the most significant unpublished texts in the history of photography, Memorable Fancies is the daybooks of Minor White, an artist who played a leading role in shaping the practice of photography in postwar America. Begun in the early 1930s and taking its name from a serie…
A visual portrait commemorating Kamala Harriss historic role as Vice President of the United States and her hard-fought run for the highest office in the landselected from the official White House photographers and beautifully curated in the spirit of Pete Souzas #1New York Timesbestseller,Obama: An Intimate Portrait.With an introduction byNew York Timesbestselling author Joy Reid. Kamala Harr…
En este libro, dicen los editores, se presentan «algunas de las prácticas, proyectos, experiencias y pensamientos críticos que han surgido, en las dos últimas décadas, sobre la naturaleza y las posibilidades del llamado "arte político". Las prácticas que hemos incluido intentan ir de la representación a la acción: de mediar el mundo, a directamente actuarlo o ponerse en acción. Espera…
El barniz de pasto —técnica conocida también como mopa-mopa— es una particular expresión artística originaria de esta zona de Nariño, en Colombia, que la Unesco reconoció como patrimonio cultural inmaterial de la humanidad en el año 2020. Su origen se remonta al período prehispánico y continúa vigente hasta nuestros días. El propósito del libro que el lector tiene en sus manos e…
"Os cervejeiros fazem mosto, quem faz a cerveja é a levedura." Embora este ditado seja verdadeiro, há muito que os cervejeiros podem fazer para controlar a atividade deste microorganismo.O livro inicia com uma contextualização histórica da levedura e fermentação cervejeira, passando em seguida por seus aspectos bioquímicos. Após trazer dicas valiosas sobre como escolher e lidar com as …
‘Look beyond the obvious. Street photography is what you make it’. Craig Whitehead’s shots of the streets are unique – his sense of colour, composition, storytelling and timing have earned him a hugely dedicated following. But how does he consistently take such special images, and what are the key creative takeaways to bring to your own photography? Find Your Frame is …
A new edition of the classic cookbook for groups of six to fifty guests When Cooking for Crowds was first published in 1974, home cooks in America were just waking up to the great foods the rest of the world was eating, from pesto and curries to Ukrainian pork and baklava. Now Merry White's indispensable classic is back in print for a new generation of readers to savor, and her international r…