Books in category of Art

"This is a comprehensive how-to book about altering commercial patterns to customize the fit to one's own body before cutting …

The 16-man Black Hawk Counter Narcotics Infantry Team served as an advisory and training unit for the Afghanistan National Army …

Anxious Americans have increasingly pursued peace of mind through pills and prescriptions. In 2006, the National Institute of Mental Health …

Since its original publication in Chinese in the 1930s, this work has been accepted by Chinese scholars as the most …

Folio 46r from Codex Telleriano-Remensis was created in the sixteenth century under the supervision of Spanish missionaries in central Mexico. …

Fundamental concepts of mathematical modeling Modeling is one of the most effective, commonly used tools in engineering and the applied …

Leaves are all around us—in backyards, cascading from window boxes, even emerging from small cracks in city sidewalks given the …

This book helps the reader become familiar with various mathematical models for mechanical, electrical, physical, atronomical, chemical, biological, ecological, cybernetical …

In this book, Sanjoy Mahajan shows us that the way to master complexity is through insight rather than precision. Precision …

This work argues that the influence of neoconservatives has been none too small and all too important in the shaping …

Here is an in-depth examination of the opium poppy--the first medicinal plant known to mankind. In Opium Poppy: Botany, Chemistry, …

Known to the Greeks as 'opos' or 'opion', as 'afiun' in Persian and Arabic, and 'fuyung' in Chinese, opium is …

Looking Younger, a follow-up to Robert Jones successful Makeup Makeovers and Makeup Makeovers: Weddings, provides unique techniques for taking the …

This single volume covers all the topics typically taught in a two-year music theory course. In addition to numerous self-tests …

Michael Freeman s unrivalled compositional advice, first presented in the bestelling The Photographer's Eye, is explained in a new and …

Camp: Queer Aesthetics and the Performing Subject addresses the multi-layered issue of camp, whose inexhaustible breadth of reference and theoretical …

In Living a Feminist Life Sara Ahmed shows how feminist theory is generated from everyday life and the ordinary experiences …

From Glee to gay marriage, from lesbian senators to out gay Marines, we have undoubtedly experienced a seismic shift in …

America’s electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth century, is turning out to be a poor fit for the …

Combining control theory and modeling, this textbook introduces and builds on methods for simulating and tackling concrete problems in a …

This collection of essays on the Byzantine culture of war in the period between the 4th and the 12th centuries …

A radically new reading of the origins of recorded music Noise Uprising brings to life the moment and sounds of …

A smart and accessible introduction to the most important works of ancient Chinese philosophy-the Analects of Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, Laozi, …

Many books offer information about the world’s most populous country, but few make sense of what is truly at stake. …

A vivid and compelling history of human artistic achievements, from the first stone fashioned into a figure by a hunter-gatherer …

It is said that the greatest art forger in the world is the one who has never been caught—the astonishing …

Threshold Concepts in Women’s and Gender Studies: Ways of Seeing, Thinking, and Knowing is a textbook designed primarily for introduction …

'A learned, wise, wonderfully written single volume history of a civilisation that I knew I should know more about' Tom …

This volume explores the constitutive role played by space in the performance of Kutiyattam. The only surviving form of Sanskrit …

A contemporary of Martin Heidegger and Edmund Husserl, Helmuth Plessner (1892-1985) achieved recognition as a social philosopher during the three …

Every day, Americans make decisions about their privacy: what to share and when, how much to expose and to whom. …

The new gold standard for sociology of gender courses

This book tells the extraordinary story of Theodore II Laskaris, an emperor who ruled over the Byzantine state of Nicaea …

There are two main trends distinguishable amongst Muslim reformists - revivalists and modernists. This book charts and analyses the main …

In this compelling, cutting-edge book, two generations of science writers explore the exciting science of “body maps” in the brain–and …

Whether your dream is to become the next hot runway designer, develop your own clothing line, or simply combine your …

"Analysis of both official and opposition Saudi divine politics is often monolithic, conjuring images of conservatism, radicalism, misogyny and resistance …