The landmark book about the toxicity of everyday life, updated, revised and re-issued for its 10th anniversary, along with the experiments from Smith and Lourie's second book, Toxin Toxout. It's amazing how little can change in a decade. In 2009, a book transformed the way we see our frying pans, thermometers and tu...

"This famous manual . . . should be read by all those professing the slightest interest in lettering, writing, or the graphic arts." ー Printing World "Despite the spate of publications on this subject, this one remains far and away the best." ー Society of Industrial Artists Journal This classic introduction presen...

Containing 17,700 words and 98 photographs, this book combines the tracks and a few other parts from the Trumpeter S-65 Stalinetz tractor kit with a resin & photoetch conversion set from LZ Models to create a 1/35 scale multimedia model of the Catepillar Sixty. If you want to add early farm equipment to your collect...

Paint with passion, purpose and pleasure What do you want your landscape painting to say about this place, this moment? How do you use the visual vocabulary - line, shape, value, color, edges - to say it? With this book, your conversation with nature will direct your brush. With an exhilarating, synergistic combinat...

The Training of the Memory in Art and the Education of the Artist aims to teach the reader how to memorise things like form and colour composition so that they may draw and paint from memory alone. This fantastic guide is highly recommended for all artists, and it would make for a worthy addition to allied collectio...

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A comprehensive guide to making lampshades extensively illustrated with diagrams and drawings. Contents Include: Tools and Equipment; Choosing a Frame; Binding; Trimmings; Plastic Lampshades; A Flared Cover in Buckram and Material; Fabrics and how to Measure Them; An Inexpensive Shade with a French Seam; The "Quicki...

Learn to create authentic fantasy maps step-by-step! Orcs prepare for battle against high Elves, Dwarves retreat to the mountains and men march to the sea to reclaim crumbling fortresses. Fortunes are decided. Kingdoms are lost. Entire worlds are created. This book will teach you to bring your fictional realm to lif...

You are here. The original book, Graff, put you in touch with your creative style. Graff 2 is here to help you find your creative soul. Is it wildstyle or bubble letters? Flat or three-dimensional? Black and white or full color? Delving deeper into the elements covered in his first book, graffiti artist Scape Martin...

The 12 designs in this ebook use basic knit and purl stitches to make attractive dishcloths that add a touch of elegance to any kitchen decor. The designs are suitable for both beginner and experienced knitters. Close-up photographs, USA and International measurements and detailed written instructions are included. ...

Start your own coin collection! It's fun! Search for coins to complete your own special coin puzzle. It's affordable. Spend as little as 1 cent to start a hobby that can last you the rest of your life. And you can learn all you need to know right here. • With lots of images, how-to's and handy tips, you will get all...

A History of Japanese Art offers readers a comprehensive view of Japanese art through Japanese eyesーa view that is the most revealing of all perspectives. At the same time, it provides readers with a guide to the places in Japan where the best and most representative creations of Japanese art are to be seen.

Humphry Repton (1752–1818) ambitiously styled himself Capability Brown's successor: the century's next great improver of landed property. With his rare combinations of skills – he was a talented topographical sketcher with an excellent knowledge of farming – over thirty years Repton amassed an incredible four hundre...

A follow-up to the best-selling LEGO® Technic Idea Book series by master builder and LEGO luminary Yoshihito Isogawa, readers learn to create their own robots from the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor Set. If you’ve had your fun building programmable, intelligent creations with the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Robot Inventor set...

エッセイやイラスト、ハーブの育て方、ハーブレシピ、庭造りのコツなどが詰まった、ベニシアの初の英語の著書！「ベニシアの庭づくり ハーブと暮らす12か月」の英語の原文を編集したものです。英会話スクールで長年教えているベニシアならではの、シンプルで平易な英語で書かれている。"In England, Jersey, Spain and Japan I have grown up...

Dive into a world of warmth, comfort and style with Cardigans, a beautiful book bursting with inspiration that invites seasoned knitters and beginners alike to construct perfect cardigans from a selection of 20 projects. Dreaming of a stylish summer cardigan? Or snuggling into a plush winter cardigan as cosy as a wa...