Scientific discoveries are constantly in the news. Almost daily we hear about new and important breakthroughs. But sometimes it turns out that what was trumpeted as scientific truth is later discredited, or controversy may long swirl about some dramatic claim.What is a nonscientist to believe? Many [...]
This lavishly illustrated volume is as colourful and outrageous as its subject: pop sensation Katy Perry. A former choir girl, Perry rapidly transformed herself into a superstar with her breakthrough single "I Kissed a Girl." Since then, Katy has smashed records, received multiple Grammy[registered][...]
Unlock your psychic ability with this powerful easy-to-use guide to energy awareness. Basic Psychic Development offers step-by-step exercises that explain how to understand and use auras, chakras, and clairvoyance to make the invisible world visible.Based on the work of Lewis Bostwick, founder of th[...]
As a new convert to crochet, and a mother of two small superheroes, Emma Friedlander-Collins wasfrustrated by the lack of cool patterns available for children's costumes, so she decided to start writing herown. This collection of over 35 pieces, which make up 15 different costumes, is the result. Al[...]
Lee Friedlander's The Little Screens first appeared as a 1963 photo-essay in Harper's Bazaar, with commentary by Walker Evans. Six untitled photographs show television screens broadcasting eerily glowing images of faces and figures into unoccupied rooms in homes and motels across America. As distinc[...]
In Operatic Afterlives, Michal Grover-Friedlander examines the implications of opera's founding myth--the story of Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus's attempt to revive the dead Eurydice with the power of singing. Grover-Friedlander examines instances in which opera portrays an existence beyond death, a[...]
An exploration of how selecting different materials, textures, and substrates combined with playing with the design concepts of line, contrast, scale, emphasis, color, volume and texture can impact the end result of the design. 8 quilts each with a multitude of color way options, illustrate how each[...]
Lee Friedlander is celebrated for his ability to weave disparate elements from ordinary life into uncanny images of great formal complexity and visual wit. And few things have attracted his attention--or been more unpredictable in their effect--than the humble chain link fence.
Erected to delinea[...]