The Ultimate Guitar Book is a comprehensive, lavishlyillustrated guide to guitars, from early acoustics to the latestelectrics. No book has ever brought together so many guitars insuch keen detail and rich portrayal, featuring speciallycommissioned photographs of over 450 famous, rare and vintageguitars. It is packed with construction and design informationwhich brings each instrument to life. In addition, it containsprofiles of great guitar designers and their pioneering innovativeworkshops. The Ultimate Guitar Book is quite simply the mostbeautiful book on the guitar ever produced: its opulentillustration is complemented by extensive factual narrative. Thebook is certain to become a definitive reference work on thesubject, and makes immensely pleasurable browsing for guitarplayers and collectors alike, from beginner to professional. 9inch. x 11 inch..
An answered prayer for Beatles fans and collectors, the first?volume of a unique work that exhaustively chronicles all known and?available Beatles recordings! Have you ever watched a Beatles film clip andwondered: ? Where was that filmed? ? Is any more of that footage available? Have you ever heard a Beatles interview andasked: ? When was that taped? ? Where’s the best place to find the completerecording? Way Beyond Compare has the answers to these andthousands of similar questions. It’s the key to unlocking thesecrets behind every known Beatles recording in circulation through1965, telling you where to find them, what makes them unique, andhow they fit within the context of the Beatles’ amazing musical andcultural journey.
*彼得 阿诺兹（Peter Arnolds）的经典书《郁金香》的新版，价格更便宜。 *展示了这种春天*受欢迎的花的各种美和品种。 *艾尔顿 约翰爵士撰写序言，彼得 阿诺德撰写俳句诗。 在这本新近设计的花卉摄影经典作品中，Peter Arnold表现了郁金香的各种美和多样性。从熟悉的郁金香品种到从国外引进的郁金香品种，他用新写的文字搭配他拍摄的精美的郁金香照片。这是一本面向所有园丁，花卉爱好者以及艺术和花卉摄影爱好者的获奖书。 *New edition of Peter Arnolds classic Tulips, at an even more accessible price. *Showcases the most popular spring flower in all its beauty and variety. *With a foreword by Sir Elton John and haiku verses by Peter Arnold. The spring-blooming flower in all its beauty and variety-portrayed by Peter Arnold in masterful photographs and haiku verses. No flower, whether in a garden or as a cut flower in a vase, is as well-know
当野生动物喜剧摄影奖宣布要举办一场*有趣的动物照片大赛时，他们收到了来自世界各地的参赛作品。现在，几位作者和*初的奖项创始人Paul Joynson-Hicks和Tom Sullam展示了精品中的精品 以及一些从未公开过的作品 展示了有史以来印刷过的*欢乐的野生动物照片。一只弄丢了午餐的鹈鹕；三头长颈鹿；度过了艰难的一天的猫鼬...这是一本的书，非常适合各种动物的爱好者！When the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards announced a contest for the funniest animal photo, they received entries from all over the world. Now authors and the original Award founders Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam showcase the best of the best - as well as some never before seen - to present the most joyful photographs of wildlife ever printed. A pelican losing its lunch; a three-headed giraffe; a meerkat having a rough day... this is the must-have book that is perfect for animal lovers of all stripes!
"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.
August Sander（1876-1964）是一位纪录片摄影师，他对德国人民的一系列肖像研究跨越了三个时代 - 德意志帝国，魏玛共和国和纳粹德国 - 以及每一个社会阶层，在历史的动荡时期形成了一个迷人的社会镜像。 凭借沉着冷静，桑德镜头下的银行家，拳击手，士兵和马戏表演者，是令人印象深刻的诚实形象，也实现了他的*一的抱负：讲述人性的真相。 August Sander (1876 1964) was a documentary photographer whose greatest project lasted his entire working life. His series of portrait studies of the German people spanned three eras the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany and every social class, combining to form a fascinating social mirror of the country over a tumultuous period in its history. Working with calm determination, Sander cast the same lucid eye on bankers and boxers, soldiers and circus performers, creating strikingly honest images that fulfil his sole ambition: to tell
The Law Order: Special Victims Unit Unofficial Companionis a comprehensive guide covering all 10 seasons (including thecurrent 2008?2009 season) and will include a synopsis and anobjective analysis for each episode, as well as commentaries orrecollections from the people involved in crafting the one-hourtale. It goes after the heart of SVU through interviews withactors, writers, producers, casting agents, location scouts andothers. Moreover, the authors peek behind the scenes of thebicoastal operation, observing the progress of an entire episodeshot in New York City and a * fine-tuned in Los Angeles. Thebook provides fascinating insight, delighting SVU devotees who loveon-screen and backstage trivia. In addition, creator Dick Wolfoffers readers a gripping foreword to the book.
Your bookshelf is about to get a whole lot sexier. As thehighly anticipated Sex and the City 2 hits theaters, Running Presspresents the official companion book, available both in paperbackand as a deluxe hardcover edition. With style emulated by millions of women, Carrie Bradshaw hasbecome the fashion icon of our day. Nearly half of this book isdevoted to showcasing and detailing the wardrobe and accessoriesworn by the women in the movie. As a complete guide to Sex and theCity 2, the book is also filled with exclusive plot details,interviews with cast and crew, and never-before-told stories aboutthe making of the film. The fashions, the friendship, and the funare all gorgeously illustrated by more than 500 downright fabulousphotos of Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, Charlotte, and the rest of thestellar cast. Fans just can’t get enough of Sex and the City. This book willbe a must-have for the millions who made the show the highest-ratedon cable TV; who bought $400 million worth of tickets to the fi
What's the secret to writing a hit song? It's as simple as1-2-3-4-5-6 Innovative, practical, and inspiring, "Six Steps toSongwriting Success" presents a surefire step-by-step approach tomastering the elements consistently found in hit songs. AuthorJason Blume, a songwriter with the rare distinction of having hadsongs on the Country, Pop, and RandB charts simultaneously, haspacked this book with such key aids as the three-step lyric writingtechnique used by the pros; lyric, melody, and demo checklists; andtools for self-evaluation-plus many other exercises that work.Blume's warm, humorous style features motivational anecdotes andentertaining stories of how hit songs came to be written andrecorded. Get "Six Steps to Songwriting Success," and get on thecharts
Mark Blake draws on his own interviews with band members aswell as the group’s friends, road crew, musical contemporaries,former housemates, and university colleagues to produce a rivetinghistory of one of the biggest rock bands of all time. We followPink Floyd from the early psychedelic nights at UFO, to thestadium-rock and concept-album zenith of the seventies, to theacrimonious schisms of the late ’80s and ’90s. Along the way thereare fascinating new revelations about Syd Barrett’s chaotic life atthe time of Piper at the Gates of Dawn , the band’spainstaking and Byzantine recording sessions at Abbey Road, and thefractious negotiations to bring about their fragile, tantalizingreunion in Hyde Park. Meticulous, exacting, and ambitious as any Pink Floyd album, Comfortably Numb is the definitive account of this mostadventurous—and most English—rock band.
