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Book 'Em: Four Bibliomysteries by Edgar Award–Winning Authors (Bibliomysteries)
by Megan Abbott Thomas H. Cook Thomas Perry Carolyn HartA quartet of crime stories about deadly books—penned by award-winning contemporary mystery writers. The Little Men by Megan Abbott: Rumors and strange experiences lead a washed-up actress in 1950s Hollywood to question the suspicious circumstances surrounding the alleged suicide of a former occupant of her low-rent bungalow—especially after she discovers an ominous inscription in a book that&’s closely guarded by her mysterious landlord. &“Noir&’s reigning crown princess.&” —Booklist What&’s in a Name? by Thomas H. Cook: Rare books dealer and amateur historian Franklin Altman has always wondered how the world might have turned out if the First World War had ended differently. On the fiftieth anniversary of the Armistice Treaty, an ancient German mysteriously appears and presents him with a personal manuscript, the contents of which, he claims, have the power to change history. &“A gifted novelist, intelligent and compassionate.&” —Joyce Carol Oates The Book of the Lion by Thomas Perry: An anonymous phone call sends Professor Dominic Hallkyn on a mad dash through the streets of Boston in pursuit of a priceless Chaucerian manuscript. But the caller&’s demands will lead to a devilish plot twist. &“Thomas Perry is, quite simply, brilliant.&” —Robert B. Parker From the Queen by Carolyn Hart: When a priceless, first edition of Agatha Christie&’s Poirot Investigates, autographed and inscribed to the Queen of England, disappears from her South Carolina thrift shop, Ellen Gallagher calls on her friend Annie Darling, owner of the mystery bookstore Death on Demand, to track it down. &“Carolyn Hart&’s work is both utterly reliable and utterly unpredictable.&” —Charlaine Harris
The Stranger's Woes: The Labyrinths Of Echo (The Labyrinths of Echo #2)
by Max FreiThe international-bestselling Russian fantasy author continues the adventures of Sir Max, the lazy gumshoe of the enchanted city of Echo. The tales of Sir Max, who was a daydreaming loser before he discovered the parallel world of Echo, have become an international literary sensation. In the second novel of the Labyrinths of Echoes series, Max is still a hardened smoker, glutton, and all-around loafer. But once again, he finds himself travelling to an alternate universe where he must root out illegal magic as an agent of the Secret Investigative Force. This time, Sir Max is called upon to handle a peculiar political dispute, investigate strange happenings in the cemetery, and when Echo&’s police captain is poisoned, he must lead a team of magicians in pursuit of magical outlaws. &“Echo is a world of all sorts of plots, a sort of Krypton with tobacco and the counter-universe&’s equivalent of vodka.&” —Kirkus Reviews
To Hatred Turned: Everything Is Bigger in Texas, Including the Crimes
by Ken Englade&“Englade (Beyond Reason) here treats a complex Dallas murder case with a master&’s touch . . . [A] web of blackmail and hired killers&” (Publishers Weekly). Reporter Ken Englade explores the complex case of Rozanne Gailiunas, a woman in Texas who, in 1983, was the victim of a grisly, unsolved murder. Her married boyfriend, Larry Aylor, was questioned, but there wasn&’t enough evidence to tie him to the crime. It looked like this murder would go unsolved. Then, in 1988, an unexpected source tipped police off and set in motion a twisted story of family betrayal and murder-for-hire. Englade brings every shocking detail to light in unraveling this complex tale, weaving together a spellbinding narrative of a family willing to kill to get what it wants, and a trial that brought them to justice.
Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present
by Cynthia Stokes Brown&“This exciting saga crosses space and time to illustrate how humans, born of stardust, were shaped—and how they in turn shaped the world we know today.&” —Publishers Weekly This book offers &“world history on a grand scale&”—pulling back for a wider view and putting the relatively brief time span of human history in context. After all, our five thousand years of recorded civilization account for only about one millionth of the lifetime of our planet (Kirkus Reviews). Big History interweaves different disciplines of knowledge, drawing on both the natural sciences and the human sciences, to offer an all-encompassing account of history on Earth. This new edition is more relevant than ever before, as we increasingly grapple with accelerating rates of change and, ultimately, the legacy we will bequeath to future generations. Here is a path-breaking portrait of our world, from the birth of the universe from a single point the size of an atom to life on a twenty-first-century planet inhabited by seven billion people.
Bitterly Divided: The South's Inner Civil War
by David WilliamsThe little-known history of anti-secession Southerners: &“Absolutely essential Civil War reading.&” —Booklist, starred review Bitterly Divided reveals that the South was in fact fighting two civil wars—the external one that we know so much about, and an internal one about which there is scant literature and virtually no public awareness. In this fascinating look at a hidden side of the South&’s history, David Williams shows the powerful and little-understood impact of the thousands of draft resisters, Southern Unionists, fugitive slaves, and other Southerners who opposed the Confederate cause. &“This fast-paced book will be a revelation even to professional historians. . . . His astonishing story details the deep, often murderous divisions in Southern society. Southerners took up arms against each other, engaged in massacres, guerrilla warfare, vigilante justice and lynchings, and deserted in droves from the Confederate army . . . Some counties and regions even seceded from the secessionists . . . With this book, the history of the Civil War will never be the same again.&” —Publishers Weekly, starred review &“Most Southerners looked on the conflict with the North as &‘a rich man&’s war and a poor man&’s fight,&’ especially because owners of 20 or more slaves and all planters and public officials were exempt from military service . . . The Confederacy lost, it seems, because it was precisely the kind of house divided against itself that Lincoln famously said could not stand.&” —Booklist, starred review
Daughter of Providence: A Novel
by Julie DrewIn this &“sympathetic [and] compelling&” historical novel set in Depression era Rhode Island, a young woman untangles family secrets to claim independence (The Plain Dealer). Summer, 1934. Anne Dodge, raised by her old-money father in a small Rhode Island coastal town, has always been told that her Portuguese mother abandoned them when she was six. Now home from college, Anne&’s ambitions to become a boat builder are complicated by her father&’s plan to reopen the family mill. But then Anne learns that she has a half- sister, Maria Cristina—and when Maria Cristina comes to live with Anne and her father, ugly secrets rise to the surface, threatening the fate of the entire family. Set on the New England coast at a time when jazz was the rage, Prohibition was ending, and gender expectations were severe and stifling, Daughter of Providence is a gripping story of loss and rediscovery in the tradition of Richard Russo and Annie Proulx.
The Arabian Nightmare: A Novel (Original Fiction In Paperback Ser.)
by Robert IrwinA cult classic that &“combines the genres of travelogue, fable, dream narrative, novel and confessional into one beguiling whole&” (Publishers Weekly). The hero and guiding force of this epic fantasy is an insomniac young man who, unable to sleep, guides the reader through the narrow streets of Cairo—a mysterious city full of deceit and trickery. He narrates a complex tangle of dreams and imaginings that describe an atmosphere constantly shifting between sumptuously learned experiences, erotic adventure, and dry humor. The result is a thought-provoking puzzle box of sex, philosophy, and theology, reminiscent of Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco. &“Deft and lovely . . . The smooth steely grip of Irwin&’s story-telling genius is a joy to read.&” —The Washington Post &“The Arabian Nightmare is a conceit worthy of Borges.&” —The New York Times &“[Irwin&’s] fascination for inner perception, helped along with a delight in Scheherazadian frames and exotic lore, makes for quite a rich experience: a strangely playful construct that, like an intricate Chinese box, delights with each unexpected combination and hidden drawer.&” —Kirkus Reviews
The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf
by William C. DavisAn &“engrossing and exciting&” account of legendary New Orleans privateers Pierre and Jean Laffite and their adventures along the Gulf Coast (Booklist, starred review). At large during the most colorful period in New Orleans&’ history, from just after the Louisiana Purchase through the War of 1812, privateers Jean and Pierre Laffite made life hell for Spanish merchants on the Gulf. Pirates to the US Navy officers who chased them, heroes to the private citizens who shopped for contraband at their well-publicized auctions, the brothers became important members of a filibustering syndicate that included lawyers, bankers, merchants, and corrupt US officials. But this allegiance didn&’t stop the Laffites from becoming paid Spanish spies, disappearing into the fog of history after selling out their own associates. William C. Davis uncovers the truth about two men who made their names synonymous with piracy and intrigue on the Gulf.
Hit #29: Based on the Killer's Own Account
by Joey the Hit Man David FisherThe New York Times–bestselling author of Killer: The Autobiography of a Mafia Hit Man reveals the true story of his most harrowing contract murder. &“Joey the Hit Man&” was a Bronx-born hired assassin who achieved widespread notoriety after writing a bestselling memoir and appearing on the David Susskind show. In this &“down-to-earth realistic account,&” Joey tells the riveting story behind the strangest of his thirty-eight kills (Los Angeles Free Press). In the fall of 1969, a public execution in an Italian restaurant in Brooklyn earned Joey a mention in the New York Daily News and a twenty-grand payout from the mob. On the surface, his next job seemed just as routine: The bosses suspected their trusted numbers controller, Joe Squillante, was skimming the nightly bets to settle personal debts. Joey gave Squillante two weeks to live. But there was one problem: Squillante once had a hit out on Joey too. No clueless patsy, #29 was an unpredictable bull&’s-eye, and the contract holder was a dangerous mobster with a personal grudge against Joey. Taking the job meant entering into a game of predator and prey as nerve-racking as the cock of a .38 hammer. From first tail to all-night stakeouts to the intricate planning of the final confrontation, this is the shockingly detailed first-person account of a professional hit. Full of twists, turns, and double crosses, Hit #29 &“tells it like it is&” and delivers an unforgettable insider&’s view of the mob (Kirkus Reviews).
Improve Your Memory (Ron Fry's How to Study Program #4)
by Ron FryFrom the bestselling author of Get Organized: Simple and ingenious techniques to improve your memory and retain information for a lifetime. Want to remember more of what you read, perform better on tests, or just be able to find your car keys? Ron Fry&’s effective system has helped thousands of people improve their memory by adapting today&’s best memorization techniques to their own needs. Packed with quizzes designed to pinpoint your specific trouble spots—as well as proven strategies for any memory-based task—this is the only book you need to start improving your memory for a lifetime. Discover:The fundamental principles of memoryTests to evaluate and increase your memoryThe latest techniques and proven formulas for memory developmentWays to identify the areas that need improvementMemory-retention formulas for those with specific challenges, such as ADDWhat strategies work best for each situation Improve Your Memory offers a system that is useful, practical, flexible, and adaptable—for work, school, and everyday life.
Idaho Winter: Roman
by Tony Burgess&“The world of Tony Burgess is savage and blackly funny . . . It&’s a place where you shouldn&’t trust anybody, not even your narrator&” (Uptown). Idaho Winter is a boy who, through no fault of his own, is loathed by everyone in his town. His father feeds him roadkill for breakfast, the crossing guard steers cars toward him as he crosses the road, and parents encourage their children to plot against him. That is, until he meets a young girl named Madison who empathizes with his suffering. But when Madison is attacked by dogs meant to harm Idaho, Idaho gets up and runs home, changing the course of the entire story . . . Idaho soon learns that his suffering has been cruelly designed by a clumsy writer who has made his book meaner than all the others to make it stand out. With this information, Idaho has become armed with the knowledge that the entire world is invented, and that he now has the power to change things—in a novel that is both &“one of the finest parodies ever penned of the stereotypically didactic young adult novel&” (Macleans) and &“the most brilliantly terrifying dream you&’ve ever had&” (The Globe and Mail, Toronto). &“[Burgess] proves himself to be a witty, lightning-quick conjurer of misanthropy in this brief, kaleidoscopic novel,&” a nominee for the Trillium Award (Publishers Weekly). &“An incredibly rich and thought provoking read about the theory of storytelling.&” —subTerrain
DevOps Simplified: Efficient Deployment and Management Strategies for AWS EKS Environments with Terraform
by Dmytro KozhevinGain the knowledge and practical skills needed to deploy a fully functional, secure, and scalable application in AWS EKS. This book is a hands-on guide designed to help you navigate and manage infrastructure in the AWS EKS environment. The book starts by reviewing the concept of DevOps flexibility, emphasizing adaptability to manage changes effectively. It covers foundational elements like IAM basics, user management, and the use of Terraform for infrastructure as code, highlighting the importance of version stability and unique CIDR blocks. Moving forward, you’ll explore Kubernetes, and its initial set-up steps, such as configuration management, access control, and storage. You’ll also see how to bridge Kubernetes with AWS resources, touching upon service accounts, identity federation, and policy assignment. In the final chapters, the book guides you through the complete setup of a fully working application using Terraform. The book culminates with a step-by-step walkthrough of deploying a complete application environment where you’ll generate and distribute access credentials, configure persistent storage, and manage RBAC for users, all using Terraform. Zero-Maintenance Strategies for AWS EKS will provide you with a solid foundation and a toolkit of proven strategies for managing cloud infrastructure. What You Will Learn Understand the concept of DevOps flexibility and its practical applications Acquire foundational knowledge in IAM basics and user management. Manage external access to your applications while consolidating load balancing through a single, entry point. Securely configure DNS and SSL, ensuring your application is both accessible and protected. Who This Book Is For DevOps professionals, IT managers, and software developers who are looking to adopt or improve their DevOps practices, and students and educators in IT-related fields.
Strategic Software Engineering: Software Engineering Beyond the Code
by Filipe XimenesThe role of a software engineer goes well beyond writing code. In many companies, large or small, engineers often need to understand unfamiliar business rules, and then coordinate with multiple groups to ship software within a tight schedule. Although the skills required to perform this job effectively can be hidden within one's years of experience, learning from mistakes, peer guidance, and available resources, are critical to success. This book summarizes the skills and practices effective engineers should leverage to excel at their job. A chapter is dedicated to each of the four main pillars that form a successful engineering career: Self-Management, Technical Discipline, Risk Management, and Strategic Teamwork. Topics covered within each pillar include insights and tips on how to enhance your career simply by making small changes in the way you work. Based on a collection of mentorship sessions from author Filipe Ximenes, Strategic Software Engineering will empower you to maximize the impact of your work. What You Will Learn Master skills beyond writing code to achieve career goals. Make your day-to day work more impactful through meaningful changes. Identify, mitigate, and manage risk. Leverage teamwork and collaboration to build successful products. Who This Book Is For Mid-level engineers looking to make the jump to senior roles, as well as experienced engineers and managers who are looking to bolster their careers
Hacking MySQL: Breaking, Optimizing, and Securing MySQL for Your Use Case
by Lukas VileikisYour MySQL instances are probably broken. Many developers face slow-running queries, issues related to database architecture, replication, or database security—and that’s only the beginning. This book will deliver answers to your most pressing MySQL database questions related to performance, availability, or security by uncovering what causes databases to break in the first place. At its core, this book provides you with the knowledge necessary for you to break your database instances so you can better optimize it for performance and secure it from data breaches. In other words, you’ll discover the sorts of actions, minor and major, that degrade databases so you can fix and ultimately preempt them. MySQL sometimes acts according to its own rules, and this book will help you keep it working on your terms. At the same time, you will learn to optimize your backup and recovery procedures, determine when and which data to index to achieve maximum performance, and choose the best MySQL configurations, among other essential skills. Most MySQL books focus exclusively on optimization, but this book argues that it’s just as important to pay attention to the ways databases break. Indeed, after reading this book, you will be able to safely break your database instances to expose and overcome the nuanced issues that affect performance, availability, and security. What You Will Learn Know the basics of MySQL and the storage engines innoDB and MyISAM Spot the ways you are harming your database’s performance, availability and security without even realizing it Fix minor bugs and issues that have surprisingly serious impact Optimize schema, data types, queries, indexes, and partitions to head off issues Understand key MySQL security strategies Who This Book Is For Database administrators, web developers, systems administrators, and security professionals with an intermediary knowledge of database management systems and building applications in MySQL
History of Humanities, volume 9 number 2 (Fall 2024)
by History of HumanitiesThis is volume 9 issue 2 of History of Humanities. History of Humanities, along with the Society for the History of the Humanities, takes as its subject the history of a wide variety of disciplines including archaeology, art history, historiography, linguistics, literary studies, musicology, philology, and media studies, tracing these fields from their earliest developments, through their formalization into university disciplines, and to the modern day. By exploring the history of humanities across time and civilizations and along with their sociopolitical and epistemic implications, the journal takes a critical look at the concept of humanities itself.
The Elementary School Journal, volume 125 number 2 (December 2024)
by The Elementary School JournalThis is volume 125 issue 2 of The Elementary School Journal. The Elementary School Journal (ESJ) has served researchers, teacher educators, and practitioners in the elementary and middle school education for more than one hundred years. ESJ publishes peer-reviewed articles that pertain to both education theory and research and their implications for teaching practice. In addition, ESJ presents articles that relate the latest research in child development, cognitive psychology, and sociology to school learning and teaching.
Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology, volume 97 number 5 (September/October 2024)
by Ecological and Evolutionary PhysiologyThis is volume 97 issue 5 of Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology. Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology primarily publishes original research in physiological ecology, ecophysiology, comparative physiology, and evolutionary physiology. Studies at all levels of biological organization from the molecular to the whole organism are welcome, and work that integrates across levels of organization is particularly encouraged. Studies that focus on behavior or morphology are welcome, so long as they include ties to physiology or biochemistry, in addition to having an ecological or evolutionary context. Subdisciplines of interest include nutrition and digestion, salt and water balance, epithelial and membrane transport, gas exchange and transport, acid-base balance, temperature adaptation, energetics, structure and function of macromolecules, chemical coordination and signal transduction, nitrogen metabolism and excretion, locomotion and muscle function, biomechanics, circulation, behavioral, comparative and mechanistic endocrinology, sensory physiology, neural coordination, and ecotoxicology ecoimmunology.
An American Heroine in the French Resistance: The Diary and Memoir of Virginia D'Albert-Lake (World War Ii: The Global, Human, And Ethical Dimension Ser. #Vol. 9)
by Virginia D'Albert-LakeThis account by a woman who fought the Nazis alongside her husband is &“an indelible portrait of extraordinary strength of character&” (The New Yorker). Virginia Roush fell in love with Philippe d&’Albert-Lake during a visit to France in 1936; they married soon after. In 1943, they both joined the Resistance, where Virginia put her life in jeopardy as she sheltered downed airmen and later survived a Nazi prison camp. After the war, she stayed in France with Philippe, and was awarded the Légion d&’Honneur and the Medal of Honor. This book includes two rare documents—Virginia&’s diary of wartime France until her capture in 1944, and her prison memoir written immediately after the war. Together they offer &“an invaluable record of the workings of the French Resistance by one of the very few American women who participated in it&” (Providence Journal). &“A sharply etched and moving story of love, companionship, commitment, and sacrifice . . . This beautifully edited diary and memoir throw an original light on the French Resistance.&” —Robert Gildea, author of Marianne in Chains: In Search of the German Occupation, 1940–1945 &“At once a stunning self-portrait and dramatic narrative of a valorous young American woman . . . an exciting and gripping story.&” —Walter Cronkite
Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog
by Susannah CharlesonA &“haunting meditation on trust, hope and love&” by a woman who adopts and trains a Golden Retriever puppy to become a search-and-rescue dog (People). In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Susannah Charleson&’s attention was caught by a newspaper photograph of a canine handler, his exhausted face buried in the fur of his search-and-rescue dog. Susannah, a dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, was so moved by the image that she decided to volunteer with a local canine team, plunging herself into an astonishing new world. While the team worked long hours for nonexistent pay and often heart-wrenching results, Charleson discovered the joy of working in partnership with a canine friend and the satisfaction of using their combined skills to help her fellow human beings. Once she qualified to train a dog of her own, Charleson adopted Puzzle—a smart, spirited Golden Retriever puppy who exhibited unique aptitudes as a working dog, but was a bit less interested in the role of compliant house pet. Scent of the Missing is the story of Charleson&’s adventures with Puzzle as they search for a lost teen; an Alzheimer&’s patient wandering in the cold; and signs of the crew amid the debris of the space shuttle Columbia disaster—all while unraveling the mystery of the bond between humans and dogs. &“A riveting view of both the human animal bond and the training of search and rescue dogs. All dog lovers and people interested in training service dogs should read this book.&” —Temple Grandin, author of Animals Make Us Human
We Are Family
by Fabio Bartolomei&“Zanily inventive . . . This deeply eccentric comedy belongs in the company of the best novels about wildly precocious kids&” (The Seattle Times). Al Santamaria is a child prodigy, maybe a genius. It is not out of the realm of possibility that he, alone, will save the human race. But first, he has to solve a far more urgent problem: finding a home for his family. He exists, like many kids, in a realm located somewhere between reality and fantasy, enjoying time with imaginary friends and wielding his magical powers. He has a wonderful relationship with his father, Mario Elvis, and his mother, Agnese, and he&’s convinced he has the best family in the world. But life isn&’t all roses for the Santamaria family. They are typical of many Italian families today, whose existences seem suspended between conflicting impulses: on the one hand, delusions of grandeur and immoderate ambition, and on the other nostalgia for a past golden age and the secret wish that somebody, anybody, will come to their rescue. Big dreams, it appears, exist to be crushed. But Al is not about to give up. He lives in a marvelous world of his own. He has the energy, imagination, and unselfconscious talents of a child. And, although he doesn&’t know it yet, he is going to remain a child his entire life. &“An extended, guffaw-inducing, and sometimes tragic trip through Al&’s young life. It reads like an Italian sitcom.&” —Foreword Reviews &“An amazing novel: it&’ll move you and make you laugh.&” —Elle &“A plot shot through with the richness of Italian comedy and bright irony.&” —La Repubblica
Rosemary for Remembrance
by Christine ArnessIn this novel of romantic suspense, a young lawyer is drawn into a decades-old mystery . . . An RT Book Reviews nominee for Best Contemporary Romantic Novel Shattered by her husband&’s tragic death, young lawyer Abigail James takes on a case that stirs too many memories. A dying woman wants Abigail to find out what really happened to her sister Rosemary, a hit-and-run victim who&’s been dead for more than fifty years. Rosemary, who had the looks of Hollywood royalty but ran straight into every dangerous situation she could find, mesmerized every man she came across. But she kept her heart hidden—and that may have cost Rosemary her life. As she delves into the past, Abigail discovers suspects ranging from a vanished hoodlum to a judge who is now headed for the Supreme Court. And soon, Abigail comes to see how she guards her own heart, even from sexy Ross Stewart, her partner on the case. Yet soon she must turn to him, and learn to trust, as twisted threats warn her that investigating Rosemary&’s death too closely will put Abigail on a collision course with danger and death . . .
The Graveyard Shift (Nick Miller Ser. #1)
by Jack HigginsA detective takes on a vengeful ex-con in London&’s seedy underworld in this classic thriller by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Midnight Bell. After nine years in prison, thief Ben Garvald has been released, and he&’s headed back to the old neighborhood. His remarried ex-wife and sister-in-law aren&’t happy about it, and they&’ve asked for police protection. Det. Sgt. Nick Miller, meanwhile, is hopeful; this may be an opportunity to finally locate the stolen money that was never recovered after Garvald&’s last heist. But a colleague of Miller&’s is jealous: He wants to crack the case himself, and will risk endangering everyone to do so. Miller&’s highly unorthodox methods are perfectly suited for the graveyard shift, the midnight hours when the driven and desperate come out to play. Tonight, his toughest opponent will be Garvald—and only one of them will live to see the dawn. From the author of such blockbusters as The Eagle Has Landed and the Sean Dillon novels, including Rain on the Dead, this is a hardboiled detective tale—originally published under the name Harry Patterson—in which the master of international intrigue focuses on one criminal, one cop, and a fast-paced cat-and-mouse game.
Undermining: A Wild Ride Through Land Use, Politics, and Art in the Changing West
by Lucy R. Lippard&“A marvelous slim book [that] weaves . . . ideas, facts, images, and histories into a whole about . . . the ecology of the manmade world.&” —Rebecca Solnit In Undermining, the award-winning author, art historian and social critic Lucy R. Lippard delivers &“another trademark work&” that combines text and full-color images to explore &“the intersection of art, the environment, geography and politics&” (Kirkus Reviews). Working from her own experience of life in a New Mexico village, and inspired by the gravel pits in the surrounding landscape, Lippard addresses a number of fascinating themes—including fracking, mining, land art, adobe buildings, ruins, Indian land rights, the Old West, tourism, photography, and water. In her meditations, she illuminates the relationship between culture, industry, and the land. From threatened Native American sacred sites to the history of uranium mining, she offers a skeptical examination of the &“subterranean economy.&” Featuring more than two hundred gorgeous color images, Undermining offers a provocative new perspective on the relationship between art and place in a rapidly shifting society. &“[Lippard&’s] strength lies in the depth of [her] commitment—her dual loyalty to tradition and modernity and her effort to restore the broken connection between the two.&” —Suzi Gablik, The New York Times Book Review
Watercolor & Hand Lettering: Step-by-step Techniques For Modern Illustrated Calligraphy
by Tanja Pv?ltlLearn how to combine delicate watercolor illustrations with expressive hand lettering to create beautiful art and gifts.Self-taught artist Tanja Pöltl shares the tips, tricks and know-how she's learned on her creative journey so that you can fast-track your skills. Discover the materials you'll need in terms of watercolor paints, brushes, paper and pens, then get started with Tanja's exercises to learn the basic techniques of hand lettering and watercolor painting. In the Hand Lettering Know-How section you will start with some warm up exercises and practice letters, before learning faux calligraphy, bounce lettering, joining letters and more. In the Watercolor Know-How section you will learn how to handle the brush, and gain color knowledge as well as an understanding of tonal values, transparency and opacity, and learn how to create your own unique color palette. 20 amazing step-by-step painting and lettering projects then help you put your skills in action with ideas for a myriad of different applications. Create a moodboard, inspirational cards, seasonal gift boxes, a botanical table runner, a plant journal, floral greetings cards, fruity jar labels, posters, hoop art, party stationery, a birth poster, milestone cards, a height chart, recipe cards, an illustrated ABC, box frames, 3D flowers, and more ;all beautifully illustrated in a modern yet timeless style. These inspiring projects are so varied and interesting, and will undoubtedly spark ideas for all sorts of other ways you can use watercolor and hand lettering together to create beautiful yet easy art. Even if you are a total beginner, this book will kickstart your creative journey with watercolor and hand lettering, showing you the techniques and giving you fun projects to try them out on. This accessible guide to easy watercolour and hand lettering techniques will teach you everything you need to make art that makes you happy! Self-taught and full of enthusiasm for experimentation artist Tanja Pöltl is your teacher and guide. She's taught thousands of beginners to find their creative voice through her workshops and classes, and can't wait to help you on your journey into the wonderful world of watercolor and hand lettering.
Elvis Has Left the Building: The Death of the King and the Rise of Punk Rock
by Dylan Jones&“An interesting look at how 1977 marked the explosion of punk alongside this heartbreaking (though not altogether surprising) loss of a legend&” (USA Today). In the late 1970s, punk music was setting out to destroy everything Elvis Presley had come to represent. But punk couldn&’t destroy The King himself—he had already done that, succumbing to his excesses at Graceland on August 16, 1977. Ever since, Elvis has permeated the world in ways that are bizarre and inexplicable: a pop icon while alive, he has become almost a religious icon in death, a modern-day martyr crucified on the wheel of drugs, celebrity culture, junk food, and sex. In Elvis Has Left the Building, Dylan Jones takes us back to those heady days around the time of his death and the simultaneous rise of punk. Evoking the hysteria and devotion of The King&’s numerous disciples and imitators, Jones offers a uniquely insightful commentary on Elvis&’s life, times, and outrageous demise. Recounting how the artist single-handedly changed the course of popular music and culture, he also delves deep into the cult of The King and reveals what Elvis&’s death meant—and still means to us today. &“I&’m not sure punk would have existed without [Elvis]. In fact I&’m not sure a lot of things would have existed without him. Dylan Jones is the right man to ponder such questions.&” —Bono &“A gripping tale of impossible success and terrible waste and lost beauty that veers from Memphis to Las Vegas and all the way to the broken backstreets of London.&” —Tony Parsons, author of The Hanging Club