Make a Statement with Wearable Art Have you ever seen a fashion piece that made you stop in your tracks? Get ready to be wowed by the magnificent wearables by innovative crochet artist and founder of CrochetHighway, Ana-Maria Babanica. Ana-Maria uses the interlocking crochet technique to create a stunning, durable, ...

Les plis des vêtements prennent des formes variées mais suivent une logique relativement simple. Parmi les nombreux exemples existants, Michel Lauricella a identifié ceux qui réapparaissent chaque fois que la posture est répétée. Il a ainsi établi une « anatomie » des plis qui vous aidera à préciser votre dessin, à ...

A collection of adorable knitted stuffed animals and their clothes and accessories by bestselling author Louise Crowther. After the success of Knitted Animal Friends, Louise Crowther has created knitting patterns for twelve new, wild animals with their own wonderful wardrobes. This collection includes a zebra in dun...

***Named Art Book of the Year by Colored Pencil Magazine* *Named One of the 54 Best Colored Pencil Drawing Books of All Time by BookAuthority* Rendering artwork that leaves viewers contemplating whether they might actually be looking at a photograph is no easy task. Introducing Realistic Portraits in Colored Pencil...

Step into a world of knights, dragons, and moral quests with Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queeneーone of the greatest epic poems in the English language and a cornerstone of Renaissance literature. Written in richly lyrical verse and first published in 1590, this monumental work celebrates the ideals of virtue, honor...

Frans Hals (1582/83-1666) is rightfully considered one of the most important seventeenth-century Dutch painters. His portraits are admired for their virtuoso brushwork and their seemingly spontaneous character. This volume, with fourteen contributions by twenty-six specialists on Hals's paintings and his artistic ne...

In the mid nineteenth century, as Japan rapidly modernized, garden building declined in popularity. Only in the late nineteenth century did a new class of political and business leaders revive interest in horticulture, seeking garden designs that broke away from established patterns. As a result, these innovative ga...

Characters are a vital aspect of today's transmedia practices. Combining theories on fictional persons from Japanese and Euro-American practices, this book discusses video game characters embedded in our popular media culture in which they are constantly produced and re-imagined. This book introduces the dynamic gam...

⚓ Step into the witty, adventurous, and unforgettable world of Mark Twain, America's most beloved storyteller. The Complete Novels of Mark Twain gathers all of his masterful worksーstories that bring to life the Mississippi River, the spirit of exploration, and the sharp humor that made Twain a legend. With his kee...

⚔️ Step back into the turbulent centuries after the fall of Rome, a time of invasions, kingdoms, and transformation. The Dark Ages Collection by Charles Oman, one of Britain's most respected historians, provides a sweeping account of the early medieval world. With vivid detail and masterful scholarship, Oman explore...

Un enigma oculto en un criptograma y la promesa de un tesoro perdido. Publicado en 1843, El escarabajo de oro es uno de los relatos más populares de Edgar Allan Poe. En esta historia, el hallazgo de un extraño insecto dorado conduce al descubrimiento de un secreto ancestral y a la resolución de un complejo criptogra...

A turbulent age of empires, invasions, and transformation. Charles Oman, one of the most respected historians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, presents a vivid and authoritative account of the period often called the "Dark Ages." The Dark Ages Collection gathers his essential works on medieval Europe, chro...

Humor, adventure, and sharp social insight ー the voice of America in one collection. Mark Twain, often called the "father of American literature," captured the spirit, struggles, and humor of a changing nation. The Complete Novels of Mark Twain brings together all of his full-length works in one definitive edition ...

Vocabulary for Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyles: a Language for our Common Future curates a shared vocabulary of concepts that enables a society-wide conversation about sustainable consumption and lifestyles, the future of consumer society, and ways to transcend it. Since the United Nations (UN) Earth Summit i...

「摘柿、嚐澀柿子、曬柿乾，都是我來日本後才經驗到的。 以柿為喻，提醒自己記緊摘取尋常。」 生活本來是這樣，平凡而反覆，沒有恆常的甘美與苦澀， 但我們能將其化作一根根線香花火， 混著氣味、聲音、風景、皮膚觸感、悸動回憶， 然後，記得那些綻放、短暫絢爛 ✺ 睽違8年，繼《器物無聊》後再一次勾動靈魂，香港作家林キ香以27篇細膩如昔的...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Vie des formes est sans doute l’ouvrage le plus connu d’Henri Focillon (1881-1943). Publié à Paris en 1934, il avait été précédé par deux conférences prononcées en 1933 sur le même sujet. Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour...