Charm: An Essay

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Pen and Pencil Drawing Techniques

Compact but comprehensive, this manual contains the best information available on pencil and ink techniques. Written and beautifully illustrated by an acclaimed artist and advertising illustrator, it's the perfect companion for artists seeking a guide to the variety of techniques and media for rendering their ideas on paper. Pencil drawing and ink drawing receive separate treatments; both secti…

American Wine EconomicsAn Exploration of the U.S. Wine Industry

The U.S. wine industry is growing rapidly and wine consumption is an increasingly important part of American culture. American Wine Economics is intended for students of economics, wine professionals, and general readers who seek to gain a unified and systematic understanding of the economic organization of the wine trade. The wine industry possesses unique characteristics that make it interes…

The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos83 Composition Tools from the Masters (…

#1 Amazon New Release HOW TO COMPOSE PHOTOS THAT DONT SUCK The Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos by Marc Silber is your complete, easy-to-follow guide to mastering composition the most important skill in photography. Whether youre shooting with a DSLR, mirrorless, or smartphone camera, this book gives you 83 proven tools from the masters to instantly improve your photos and creative confide…

Toulouse-Lautrec's The CircusThirty-Nine Crayon Drawings in Color

A bareback rider's skirt ripples in the breeze, an acrobat bends his muscular limbs into a handstand, and a poodle obeys a clown brandishing a whip. The circus is in town! These kaleidoscopic visions from under the big top offer audiences a series of post-Impressionistic sideshows, courtesy of thirty-nine brilliant crayon drawings in the distinctive style of Toulouse-Lautrec. These scenes took …

Bordeaux/BurgundyA Vintage Rivalry

Seeking to penetrate the mysteries of two great wine regions—"two opposite civilizations, two distinct ways of feeling"—Jean-Robert Pitte embarks upon an evocative and fascinating exploration of the land, people, and wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy. His account is a rich tapestry of terroir, history, culture, and economics from Roman to modern times. The unique qualities of the wines of each…

Street Knowledge

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The Mississippi Steamboat Era in Historic PhotographsNatchez to New Orleans, …

Life on the Mississippi in the heyday of the steamboat lives in our imaginations through the artistry of Mark Twain, Edna Ferber, and Hollywood films, or perhaps a glimpse of a salvaged riverboat living out its last years as a theme restaurant. Surely the Mississippi steamboat era is among the most colorful and romantic in our history. But what was it really like, beyond our secondhand notions …

Why Calories CountFrom Science to Politics

Calories—too few or too many—are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today's globalized world. Although calories are essential to human health and survival, they cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted. They are also hard to understand. In Why Calories Count, Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim explain in clear and accessible language what calories are and how they work, b…

A Past That Won't RestImages of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi

Contributions by Howard Ball, Peter Edelman, Aram Goudsouzian, Robert E. Luckett Jr., Ellen B. Meacham, Stanley Nelson, and Charles L. Overby A Past That Won't Rest: Images of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi collects never-before-published photographs taken by Jim Lucas (1944-1980), an exceptional documentary photographer. His black-and-white images, taken during 1964 through 1968, dep…