In this ultimate survival manual, Popular Mechanics compiles its best life-saving tactics, secrets, stories, first-hand advice and gear recommendations for simple self-sufficiency or when prepping your bunker in the backyard. The book starts with a primer chapter on planning and preparation and the remaining chapters look at how to handle threats ranging from low to apocalyptic risk. Expert tips and captivating personal narratives (lessons from a dog sledder and marooning on an iceberg as polar bears approach) are accompanied by an intricate design, making this book perfect for any prepper or outdoor enthusiast. Topics covered include: how to jump start a car, forage for firewood and build a fire, swim long distances in freezing water, pack the ultimate go-bag, make fire with a gum wrapper and AA battery, along with the ultimate all-weather road kit, a primer on snow-shoeing.
This updated, expanded and oversized inspirational resource for artists and designers working with colour presents more than 1,100 colour palettes, with light, bright, dark and muted varieties for each one, making it the most expansive palette selection tool available. "Color Index XL" provides aspiring designers, artists, and creative individuals who use colour in their work with an indispensable, one-stop method for reviewing and selecting current, up-to-date colour palettes for their projects. Designer and lecturer Jim Krause's classic resource is back with a new approach that presents each group of palettes in an oversized form for easy visual review, and bleeding to the edge of the page (edge indexing) for quick access. By providing variations for each palette, Krause ensures that creatives can find the best colour selection for each project's needs. This book serves as the perfect resource for teachers, students, and professionals of all kinds in the art and design space who want to stay up-to-date on the ever-evolving trends in colour.
From comics icon Stan Lee, creator of the Mighty Marvel Universe and characters such as Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk and the X-Men, comes the ultimate how-to book for aspiring comic book writers. In these pages, aspiring comics writers will learn everything they need to know about how to write their own comic book stories, complete with easy-to-understand instruction, tips of the trade and invaluable advice for even more advanced writers. From the secrets to creating concepts, plots, to writing the script, the man with no peer, Stan Lee, is your guide to the world of writing and creating comics. Stan Lee is a legendary American comics writer, editor and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. He is the writer of the Spider-Man syndicated newspaper strip, which is the longest running superhero strip and appears in more than 500 newspapers worldwide. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in November 2008.
According to the FAA, there are over 2 million drones populating the skies of the US alone. Drones have become a worldwide phenomenon, and their use in aerial photography has created a new way of looking at that world. Stills and videos that once required an aircraft charter are now being shot with a drone carried in a backpack. With over 1.5 million posts on Instagram tagged with #drone, a revolution in photography is taking place over our heads. At the forefront of this revolution are the innovators who have instantly elevated drone photography to the level of art, pioneering their own distinctive bird's-eye view on genres ranging from landscape and architecture to nature and sports. "Masters of Drone Photography" orbits the world of 16 leading lights, each with a creative vision of how, where, and why drones should be used to create stunning photography. Through probing Q&A style interviews, beautifully reproduced images, captions telling the story of each picture, and detailed technical information, the reader is given an insight into the photographers' working practices, from their career paths and inspirations, to the equipment and techniques they employ to create their breathtaking and visionary works.
This is the guide that every beginning or seasoned anime and manga artist needs to learn the details of creating dynamic characters. Covering every aspect of anime forms, Chris Hart delves deep into the specifics of creating anime characters and scenes, offering all the secrets of anime drawing that make characters really look complete. This book includes tutorials that have yet to appear in the series, including thorough instruction on drawing hands and feet in different gestures or positions, or on how to position characters within a scene in more complex ways. The instruction is in-depth and accessible, providing a solid foundation that will appeal to all aspiring artists. Fans of the Master Guide books will find this title essential in strengthening their drawing skills, while new readers will see this book as a perfect introduction to the series.
From comics icon Stan Lee, creator of the Mighty Marvel Universe and characters such as Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk and the X-Men, comes the ultimate how-to book for aspiring comic book artists. In "Stan Lee's How to Draw Comics", the author sets out to teach everything he knows about writing, drawing and creating comic book characters. The book focuses primarily on action-adventure comics, but will touch upon other genres and styles, such as romance, humour, horror and the widely influential manga style. From producing concepts and character sketches to laying out the final page of art, the man with no peer, Stan Lee, is the ultimate guide to the world of creating comics. Stan Lee is a legendary American comics writer, editor and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. He is the writer of the Spider-Man syndicated newspaper strip, which is the longest running superhero strip and appears in more than 500 newspapers worldwide. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in November 2008.
Lists: some people live by them, others scorn them. It's natural to be focused on the everyday realities of life, but sometimes it can be valuable to stop, take time out and breathe... allowing you to remember the people and places you've loved, the activities in which you can escape and the adventures you would like to go on. These personal reflections and aspirations can form new lists to guide you to a more creative, more mindful and more fulfilling future. "The Breathe: List Journal" is divided into five sections – Escape, Living, Mindfulness, Creativity and Well-being – each of which provides you with the opportunity to explore the past, present and future. It can be opened at any page of any section and used as a 'done-that' as well as a "would-like-to-do" guide to help you achieve your goals and live your dreams. There is also creative space for you to create your own lists, ask questions and jot down ideas, while extra room has been left for you to describe the music, literature, events and people who have made up the significant chapters in your life.
This beautiful undated journal of weekly lists will help nurture self-expression and self-development. Each seasonal section (Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn) includes 13 listing prompts with plenty of space to write your own lists, and challenges to help you take action and make your dreams a reality. With perfectly timed listing prompts that meet you where you are throughout the different seasons of the year, this journal will open up new avenues of self-knowledge and help you celebrate, enjoy, and take ownership of your own life. Based on her most popular Moorea Seal's project, 52 Lists is a gorgeous journal for list lovers with an 'Aspirational Yet Attainable' aesthetic and spirit.
Body snatching! Premature burial! Cannibalism! The original Victorian-era penny dreadfuls entertained the masses with shocks, thrills and lurid horrors. This terror-packed anthology includes two novels – The String of Pearls, which immortalised Sweeny Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street, and the original 1918 edition of Frankenstein – as well as tales by Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Stoker, Alcott and Conan Doyle.
Want to take total control of the beer-making process? Move beyond extract brewing and go all-grain. Richly illustrated and easy to follow, this book explains it all, from grain selection and water chemistry to sour beers and wood-ageing. Explore the full range of malts and mashing. Dive into the world of hops and discover new hopping techniques, as well as yeasts and fermentation methods. Brew a fruit beer; make a Berliner Weisse; master non-traditional ingredients, such as cacao, coffee, quinoa and spelt; kick the bottles in favour of kegging – and learn it all in a practical, approachable way. Sample recipes – covering all the basics from traditional parti-gyle stouts to style-bending American wild ale – expertly guide you as you hone your skills and make better beer.
Kevin Zraly is America's ultimate wine educator. His fun, exciting teaching style has made this must-have book a treasured favourite for more than three decades. He demystifies and clearly explains every aspect of wine: grape varieties; winemaking techniques; different types and styles of wine; how to read a wine label; and even the physiology of smell and taste. From the renowned reds of Bordeaux and California to the trail-blazing whites of Washington State and New Zealand, this essential volume features maps of each region, lush photographs, a wealth of infographics, the best-value wines for each country; hundreds of labels to help you find the right wines; and guided tastings. It also includes the latest vintages to savour, comprehensive notes on food pairings, frequently asked questions and quizzes to test your knowledge. This newly revised and expanded edition introduces new classes for the first time – South America, Australia and New Zealand, sparkling wine, fortified wine – and includes information on cutting-edge trends (rose, Prosecco), emerging wine regions (India, China) and much more. This book will give readers all the tools they need to discover and enjoy the perfect wine. Kevin Zraly is the founder and teacher of the Windows on the World Wine, as well as the Sherry-Lehmann / Kevin Zraly Wine Club and master classes. His Windows on the World Complete Wine Course (Sterling Epicure) has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide, making him the world s bestselling wine author. He has received the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award and the European Wine Council's Lifetime Achievement Award, among numerous others, and has been featured in GQ, the New York Times, Newsweek, People, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and other publications. He lives in New York, USA.
Street photography has a tradition dating back over a century, and embracing such artists as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Vivian Maier and Lee Friedlander. In today's digital world, where every event seems to be documented and shared, this vibrant art form is enjoying a renaissance. And yet, compared to such genres as portrait and landscape photography, there is little expert advice available. Mastering Street Photography is a practical guide to capturing the candid moments that reveal life at its most dramatic, absurd or beautiful. Principal and Course Tutor of the Streetsnappers workshops, Brian Lloyd Duckett presents the techniques that can elevate images of the urban landscape from the ordinary to the extraordinary. He demonstrates how the successful street photographer needs to be an unseen observer, with the camera a mirror of everyday scenes and unaware subjects. A guide to equipment and technical skills leads into lessons in finding inspiration, developing projects and composing different subjects and scenes – laying the foundations for you to impose your personality on your street photography and develop your own distinctive style. The book also addresses such key issues as staying safe and within the law when photographing on the street, and the art of building an audience for your images. The result is an inspirational and practical guide that will ensure your street photography stands out from the crowd.
"Mastering: Black & White Photography" is the definitive work on how to shoot black & white images on today's sophisticated digital SLR and compact digital cameras and smart phones. Aimed at the enthusiastic amateur photographer, jargon-busting text, illustrated with the author's own stunning images, explains the theory behind digital photography, along with a guide to the equipment and software needed to take outstanding images. He answers the much-asked question: should you shoot in colour and then convert to black and white, or shoot in monochrome from the start. From the basics of exposure and good composition, file types, manipulating captured images using popular software, and applying special effects (such as split toning, simulating film grain, lith prints and using cyanotypes) a number of projects are described for photographing, for example, people, landscapes, architecture, and animals. A final chapter on printing gives invaluable advice on outputting and displaying images.
Meet Grace Hopper: the woman who revolutionized computer coding. She coined the term "computer bug" and taught computers to "speak English". An ace inventor and groundbreaker, Grace Hopper transformed the world of computer science. This book tells the inspirational story of this amazing woman with a passion for maths, an insatiable curiosity and the firm belief that "it's easier to ask for forgiveness than... to get permission".
"Star Trek" boldly travelled through space and into the heart of the human condition. This anthology collects 45 classic episodes that aired in the series' first three seasons. Adapted by James Blish and J. A. Lawrence from scripts by Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson and other leading science-fiction writers, they include: "Amok Time", "The Doomsday Machine", "The Trouble with Tribbles" and Hugo Award winners, "The City on the Edge of Forever" and "The Menagerie".
Scandinavians of the Viking Age explored the mysteries of life through their sagas. Folklorist Helene Adeline Guerber brings to life the gods and goddesses, giants and dwarves, and warriors and monsters of these stories. Ranging from the comic to the tragic, these legends tell of passion, love, friendship, pride, courage, strength, loyalty and betrayal. Each volume in the Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions series features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed, bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and a silk-ribbon bookmark.
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