The world of the fashionista is brought to vivid life with 101introductory lessons on such topics as how a designer anticipatescultural trends and "sees" the fashion consumer, the workings ofthe fashion calendar, the ways a designer collection is conceived,the manufacture of fabric, fashion illustration, and more. Illustrated in the distinctly unique packaged style of thebestselling101 THINGS I LEARNED IN ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL, this newbook on fashion design will be a perfect book for any fashionschool wannabe, a recent graduate, or even a seasonedprofessional.

Ines de la Fressange shares fifty-two new secrets in thiselegant and humorous weekly planner that is the chicest way toorganize your schedule in style. Following up on the success oftheir New York Times best seller Parisian Chic: A Style Guide byInes de la Fressange, the same author duo has teamed up to write ayear’s worth of weekly fashion tips in this new daily planner. Inesde la Fressange shares fresh style and beauty tips, as well as herlight-hearted guidelines for enjoying life to the fullest. FromJanuary through December, she offers specific pointers on how todress like a Parisian—including everything from how to add pizzazzto a simple jeans-and-t-shirt uniform to what to wear on New Year’sEve—and no-nonsense do’s and don’ts that will have you smiling andlooking your best throughout the year. This weekly planner is anelegant accessory in itself, featuring a deep red faux leathercover with gold foil stamp, rounded edges, a ribbon page marker foreasy place holding, creamy offset aquarel

Turquoise and silver is an icon of the American Southwest. Forgenerations, people have ogled these gemstones in pawn shops,jewelry shops and antiques stores, looking for a special piece ofNative American jewelry that speaks to their heart. Southwestjewelry is now valued and collected around the world. Photographs of collectible pieces reveal what the attractionis about. Whether in shades of pale aqua or deeper aquamarine, blueor jade green, Mary Emmerling reveals that the collector's hunt isabout color. And beyond jewelry, the color turquoise appearsthroughout the Southwest in architecture and decoration. After all,it's the color of calm.

When it was originally published in 1970, "How to Draw What YouSee" zoomed to the top of Watson-Guptill's best-seller list--and ithas remained there ever since. "I believe that you must be able todraw things as you see them--realistically," wrote Rudy de Reyna inhis introduction. Today, generations of artists have learned todraw what they see, to truly capture the world around them, usingde Reyna's methods. "How to Draw What You See" shows artists how torecognize the basic shape of an object--cube, cylinder, cone, orsphere--and use that shape to draw the object, no matter how muchdetail it contains.

"A cat book with class, this sumptuously produced, highlyliterate collection of felinity as represented in art, literature,and photography is sure to elicit purrs, " raved Publishers Weeklywhen this BOMC Selection was published in 1982. Long out of print,this cat-lovers dream book is now reissued in paperback. 70full-color reproductions. --Ce texte fait référence à uneédition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

《不朽的小提琴家》再现了历史上不朽小提琴家的魅力，简要而有趣地叙述其生活、个性与事业。作者就他们对作曲者、公众品味的影响以及演奏技巧的贡献等各个方面，讲述了这些小提琴家的特殊成就。作者玛格丽特·坎贝尔参阅了大量的书信和私人文件，并且访问许多著名音乐家，很多人为《不朽的小提琴家》提供了从未发表过的回忆录和珍贵照片。《不朽的小提琴家》是一本献给音乐会听众、唱片收藏者（有“唱片目录”）、弦乐演奏者和学生等所有爱好小提琴演奏艺术者的书。

This book has a short introduction, andits photographs are accompanied by brief explanatory captions, butits emphasis is on superb photography and the sweeping panoramas ofAustralia's rugged interior and endless curves of coastline.

Preserved by Arabic mathematicians and canonized by Christianscholars, Aristotle’s works have shaped Western thought, science,and religion for nearly two thousand years. Richard McKeon’s TheBasic Works of Aristotle –constituted out of the definitiveOxford translation and in print as a Random House hardcover forsixty years–has long been considered the best available one-volumeAristotle. Appearing in paperback at long last, this editionincludes selections from the Organon, On the Heavens, The ShortPhysical Treatises, Rhetoric, among others, and On the Soul, OnGeneration and Corruption, Physics, Metaphysics, NicomacheanEthics, Politics, and Poetics in their entirety.

《不朽的小提琴家》再现了历史上不朽小提琴家的魅力，简要而有趣地叙述其生活、个性与事业。作者就他们对作曲者、公众品味的影响以及演奏技巧的贡献等各个方面，讲述了这些小提琴家的特殊成就。作者玛格丽特·坎贝尔参阅了大量的书信和私人文件，并且访问许多著名音乐家，很多人为《不朽的小提琴家》提供了从未发表过的回忆录和珍贵照片。《不朽的小提琴家》是一本献给音乐会听众、唱片收藏者（有“唱片目录”）、弦乐演奏者和学生等所有爱好小提琴演奏艺术者的书。

Jazz is thriving in the twenty-first century, and The NewFace of Jazz is an intimate, illustrated guide to the artists,venues, and festivals of today's jazz scene. This book celebratesthe living legends, current stars, and faces of tomorrow as theycontinue to innovate and expand the boundaries of this greatmusical legacy. In their own words, artists such as McCoy Tyner, Arturo Sandoval,Diane Schuur, Terence Blanchard, Charlie Hunter, Nicholas Payton,George Benson, Maria Schneider, Christian McBride, Randy Brecker,Jean-Luc Ponty, Joe Lovano, Lee Ritenour, and more than 100 othersshare intimately about their beginnings, musical training,inspiration, and hard-earned lessons, creating a fascinating mosaicof the current jazz community. Photographer Ned Radinsky contributes 40 amazing black-and-whiteportraits of these musicians doing what they do best—playing. Anappendix offers resources for jazz education; an exclusive readinglist; and the lowdown on those organizations and societies doingtheir par

本书的照片都是从国家地理学会超凡的馆藏摄影档案中精心挑选出来的，时间跨越了一个多世纪，反映的题材遍及地球上的每一个角落，也涉及了摄影艺术的每一个层面。这些照片既反映了一些*摄影大师观察生活的独特视角，也代表了我们人类某些共同的情感追求和人性的张扬。 The Collectors Seriesedition of "In Focus" is simply the existing book at a smaller trimsize. This magnificent collection of 280 photographs by many of theworld's greatest photographers tells the tale of portraitphotography over time in page after page of arresting images. Eachphotograph stands proudly on its own, yet taken together, they tella much more complex and subtle story of the ever-evolving art formin constant creative response to new ideas, new eras, and newtechnologies.

石涛是一位多才多艺的艺术家，善画山水，兼工墨竹、花卉、人物。他吸收传统文化的精髓，但不受传统精神束缚，反对墨守成规，敢于打破陈法，主张对绘画技法进行变革和创新，是中国绘画史上出类拔萃、屈指可数的人物之一。 石涛精于花卉蔬果，尤其是传统的“四君子”题材的绘画。他在继承传统的基础上进行创新，花卉潇洒隽朗、天真烂漫、清气袭人，人物生拙古朴、别具一格。可以说，石涛开清代花鸟画之先河，在中国花鸟画史上有着不可替代的地位。

A classic updated to include the developments of the 1990s-thefirst book to explore in detail how to create a Broadwaymusical Brimming with advice and techniques, this essential reference forbook and song writers clearly explains the fundamentals of thethree crafts of a musical-book, music, and lyrics. Using copiousexamples from classic shows, Frankel has created the quintessentialmusical writers' how-to. Among the topics: - Definitions of musical theater - Differences between musical books and straight plays andbetween poetry and lyrics - What a score is and how it develops - How to write for the voice - How to audition musicals for producers With a new introduction and revised text, Frankel's work is readyto guide a new generation of aspiring writers.

The subversive songs of Tom Lehrer, the sardonic piano-wieldingfugitive from Harvard, have corrupted generations of Americanssince he first began recording and performing in the 1950s. Hisuniquely depraved wit has been forced again on an unsuspectingpublic' via Tomfoolery, the stage revue based on his ever-trenchantobservation of the American scene. This new songbook, with oldfavorites unavailable for years as well as never-published songs,is the most comprehensive ever assembled. It contains the words,tunes, piano accompaniments, and guitar chords for thesethirty-four classics.