Knitted lace is the art of knitting on very fine needles. This book features a selection of designs from the author's large collection of art knitwear patterns that she has collected through the years. The patterns are printed as symbols which make them easy to follow, and include shawls and tablecl[...]

Modernity was critically important to the formation and evolution of landscape architecture, yet its histories in the discipline are still being written. This book looks closely at the work and influences of some of the least studied figures of the era: established and less well-known female landsca[...]

"Digital Filmmaking Handbook, Fourth Edition" is a comprehensive filmmaking resource for beginners. The book will guide you from your initial concept to your finished project, covering writing, pre-production planning, shooting, how to create professional level shots and effects, and post-production[...]

For the past three decades, economic theory and policy has been dominated by the neoclassical doctrine. The balance of power has shifted to protect private interests, resulting in unprecedented damage to the environment and society, with no solution in sight as more austerity and less government con[...]

Luna is passionate about words. She loves their light and becomes tickled with laughter from them. But one day she realizes that, little by little, the beautiful, gorgeous, and fun words are disappearing from the world--so she decides it's time to act. A poetic tale about the magic of words, this de[...]

Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networking sites, and text messaging. Yet there is little actual research that investigates the intricate d[...]

"In this compelling and poignant debut novel, a woman skilled at caring for animals must learn to mend the broken relationships in her family...."
For veterinarian Geneva Novak, animals can be easier to understand than people. They're also easier to forgive. But when her mother, Helen, is injur[...]

More than 630 million Chinese have escaped poverty since the 1980s, reducing the fraction remaining from 82 to 10 percent of the population. This astonishing decline in poverty, the largest in history, coincided with the rapid growth of a private enterprise economy. Yet private enterprise in China e[...]

This beautiful volume explores the lesser-known history of Europe and the Mediterranean, bridging the gap between the Mediterranean and the North of Europe, the Byzantine and Roman empires and the barbarian world of the Dark Ages; a period that saw Christianity established as a major world religion [...]

The key tenet of THE HOW OF HAPPINESS is that every human being has a happiness 'set point' which, depending on how high or low it is, can determine how positive or negative they feel. This book offers a practical approach to help readers increase their set point, and find a level of happiness above[...]