The Secret Lives of Color - Kassia St Clair

Art, Annotated - DK

Art, Annotated
The World's 500 Greatest Paintings Explained
DK
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: September 10, 2024
Publisher: DK
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

A stunning art gallery in a book, art, annotated spans more than 3,000 years of paintings, sculptures, and prints. Combining reproductions of each work of art with precise annotations and visual analysis, it is an expertly curated selection of the finest art ever created. Immerse yourself in this book and learn all about art - how Michelangelo painted nudes, what cubism is, and where abstraction came from. Discover ancient Egyptian frescoes, read the visual clues to Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, and find out what inspired Louise Bourgeois and Banksy. In this art book, you will find: Art from all over the world exploring key elements such as composition, color, technique, and symbolism.Profiles the work of more than 450 artists from across the world and many different cultures, covering every period and major art movement.Art set in its historical context, which makes art, annotated a complete overview of art history. Packed with information and full of inspiration, art, annotated brings the finest paintings and sculptures right into your home. It is the ultimate history of art and visual sourcebook for all art lovers.

On Jokes (or, why everything you know about comedy is wrong) - Jimmy Carr, Amanda Baker & Abi Grant

On Jokes (or, why everything you know about comedy is wrong)
The Hidden Mechanics of Funny
Jimmy Carr, Amanda Baker & Abi Grant
Genre: Performing Arts
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: October 22, 2026
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

The Big Bang Natural Selection E = mc2 All pretty decent theories, that beg one question: why has no-one discovered a fully unified theory for what makes jokes funny? Well, comedy director Amanda Baker, comedy writer Abi Grant and stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr have done just that. In this book, in case that's not obvious. From how to identify the families of jokes, to decoding the building blocks of comedy, to the real - and brand new - secret to comic timing, On Jokes does for comedy what decoding the genome did for designer babies. The essential manual for any aspiring comedian, this book can make anyone funny. Even you.

How to Win at Chess - Levy Rozman

How to Win at Chess
The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond
Levy Rozman
Genre: Games
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: October 24, 2023
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Learn chess from International Master and YouTube’s top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) in this refreshing and fun guide for beginner and intermediate players. Clever and informative, How to Win at Chess teaches you everything you need to know about the game, including all the important moves and strategies to start off strong and keep you thinking several steps ahead. Full of Levy Rozman's signature charm and humor that have made him beloved by millions of fans, the first half of this unique guide introduces rising players (0-800 Elo rating) to the four key areas to consider when playing chess—openings, endings, tactics, and strategy—and the second half builds upon these core skills for more experienced players (800-1300 Elo rating). Brimming with practical and easy-to-follow tips for improving your game, How to Win at Chess includes over 500 instructional gameplay illustrations to help you better visualize the board, as well as chapter-specific QR codes for exclusive bonus content on Chessly, Rozman’s teaching platform. Whether you want to become a recreational chess player or are training to be a Grandmaster, How to Win at Chess is the perfect interactive introduction to the world of chess!

Ninth Street Women - Mary Gabriel

Ninth Street Women
Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art
Mary Gabriel
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: September 25, 2018
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and lush" true story from a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times ). Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exhilarating chronicle of five women who dared to enter the male-dominated world of twentieth-century abstract painting -- not as muses but as artists. From their cold-water lofts, where they worked, drank, fought, and loved, these pioneers burst open the door to the art world for themselves and countless others to come. Gutsy and indomitable, Lee Krasner was a hell-raising leader among artists long before she became part of the modern art world's first celebrity couple by marrying Jackson Pollock. Elaine de Kooning, whose brilliant mind and peerless charm made her the emotional center of the New York School, used her work and words to build a bridge between the avant-garde and a public that scorned abstract art as a hoax. Grace Hartigan fearlessly abandoned life as a New Jersey housewife and mother to achieve stardom as one of the boldest painters of her generation. Joan Mitchell, whose notoriously tough exterior shielded a vulnerable artist within, escaped a privileged but emotionally damaging Chicago childhood to translate her fierce vision into magnificent canvases. And Helen Frankenthaler, the beautiful daughter of a prominent New York family, chose the difficult path of the creative life. Her gamble paid off: At twenty-three she created a work so original it launched a new school of painting. These women changed American art and society, tearing up the prevailing social code and replacing it with a doctrine of liberation. In Ninth Street Women , acclaimed author Mary Gabriel tells a remarkable and inspiring story of the power of art and artists in shaping not just postwar America but the future.

Whores - Brendan Mullen

Whores
An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction
Brendan Mullen
Genre: Music
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: March 6, 2009
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Jane's Addiction's 1988 breakthrough album, Nothing's Shocking , had a seismic impact. With a bracing combination of metal, punk, and psychedelia, coupled with lead singer Perry Farrell's banshee-ina- wind-tunnel vocals, Jane's Addiction helped put alternative music on the map. The band helped pave the way for the mainstream success of bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Nirvana. Along the way, Jane's Addiction released another classic album, Ritual de lo Habitual (with the hit "Been Caught Stealing"), founded the Lollapalooza festival, and openly celebrated a bacchanalian lifestyle that blurred all lines of gender and sexuality. Drawn from original interviews with the band, their friends, and their musical colleagues, Whores takes readers through Farrell's early sonic experiments with Psi-Com and the formative days of Jane's Addiction to their drug-addled break-up and controversial reunion with 2003's Strays . Along the way it provides a candid, often disturbing glimpse into the dynamic alternative rock scene of Los Angeles in the '80s and '90s.

How to Win at Chess, Next Level - Levy Rozman

How to Win at Chess, Next Level
The Ultimate Guide for Intermediate Play
Levy Rozman
Genre: Games
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: October 6, 2026
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Take your chess game to the next level with this exciting and approachable guide for intermediate players from YouTube’s top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess). Unlock the secrets to mastering chess and moving beyond the basics to dominate your matches with How to Win at Chess, Next Level. This comprehensive guide for midlevel players (1000–1600 Elo rating) teaches you everything you need to know to transform your approach to chess and elevate your gameplay as you face more challenging opponents. How to Win at Chess, Next Level takes a deep dive into the crucial aspects of evolving into an advanced player: pawn play, piece play, tactics, attacking, defending, converting winning positions, endgames, and—most important—how to make a winning plan. Including over 500 instructional gameplay illustrations and exclusive bonus content on Chessly, Rozman’s online teaching platform, this book is packed with practical advice and strategies. Rozman also shares best practices for how to leverage powerful tools like chess engines, game analysis, chess bots, and training puzzles, to help broaden your knowledge and secure more victories. Whether you’re aiming to defeat your friends or become a Grandmaster, How to Win at Chess, Next Level is guaranteed to enrich your understanding of the game and elevate your skills!

The Big Goodbye - Sam Wasson

The Big Goodbye
Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
Sam Wasson
Genre: Film
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: February 4, 2020
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Seller: Macmillan

From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M . and Fosse comes the revelatory account of the making of a modern American masterpiece Chinatown is the Holy Grail of 1970s cinema. Its twist ending is the most notorious in American film and its closing line of dialogue the most haunting. Here for the first time is the incredible true story of its making. In Sam Wasson's telling, it becomes the defining story of the most colorful characters in the most colorful period of Hollywood history. Here is Jack Nicholson at the height of his powers, as compelling a movie star as there has ever been, embarking on his great, doomed love affair with Anjelica Huston. Here is director Roman Polanski, both predator and prey, haunted by the savage death of his wife, returning to Los Angeles, the scene of the crime, where the seeds of his own self-destruction are quickly planted. Here is the fevered dealmaking of "The Kid" Robert Evans, the most consummate of producers. Here too is Robert Towne's fabled script, widely considered the greatest original screenplay ever written. Wasson for the first time peels off layers of myth to provide the true account of its creation. Looming over the story of this classic movie is the imminent eclipse of the '70s filmmaker-friendly studios as they gave way to the corporate Hollywood we know today. In telling that larger story, The Big Goodbye will take its place alongside classics like Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and The Devil's Candy as one of the great movie-world books ever written. Praise for Sam Wasson: "Wasson is a canny chronicler of old Hollywood and its outsize personalities...More than that, he understands that style matters, and, like his subjects, he has a flair for it." - The New Yorker "Sam Wasson is a fabulous social historian because he finds meaning in situations and stories that would otherwise be forgotten if he didn't sleuth them out, lovingly." - Hilton Als

I'll Believe in Anything - Jacob Tierney & Rachel Reid

I'll Believe in Anything
The Making of Heated Rivalry Season 1 (The Annotated Scripts)
Jacob Tierney & Rachel Reid
Genre: Performing Arts
Price: $15.99
Publish Date: October 13, 2026
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

From Jacob Tierney, the creator of Heated Rivalry , in partnership with Brendan Brady and Accent Aigu, comes an official and complete collection of annotated scripts for the biggest cultural sensation of the year, with all new exclusive behind-the-scenes content. Instant USA Today , Indie, Toronto Star , and Globe and Mail bestseller! Based on Rachel Reid's blockbuster Game Changers book series, Heated Rivalry premiered on Crave and HBO in late 2025 and immediately took the world by storm. I'll Believe in Anything takes readers behind the curtain, showing how Tierney, his producing partner Brendan Brady, and the entire Accent Aigu team drew on a deep reverence for Reid's work, impeccable casting, clever sets and costume design, and thoughtful sex scene choreography to both rewrite the playbook for adapting romance novels to the screen and obliterate the long-held misconception that queer love stories have limited appeal. I'll Believe in Anything answers all the questions fans of this groundbreaking series have been asking. How did Tierney interweave Ilya and Shane's rivalry with Scott and Kip's love story to create the ultimate television moment? Where did the idea for that incredible Canadian Olympic fleece originate? And what does it look like for a full team, led by Tierney and Brady, to plan, choreograph, and film some of the best sex scenes in television history? Featuring annotations on scene directions, intimacy choreography, costume insights, and more, alongside Tierney's never-before-seen scripts, this book gives fans a brand-new way to come to the cottage!

Young Sheldon - Jessica Radloff

Young Sheldon
The (Juicier-Than-Meemaw's-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy
Jessica Radloff
Genre: TV
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: October 20, 2026
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Bang Theory oral history comes an in-depth and thoroughly reported exploration of its prequel, Young Sheldon , with major revelations about the show, behind-the-scenes stories from every cast member (yes, that includes the fan-favorite actors behind Dr. Sturgis, Veronica Duncan, Paige, and more), and all the heart that made the show beloved. When Young Sheldon debuted in 2017, no one could have anticipated how The Big Bang Theory prequel would take on a life of its own separate from the mothership. Sure, the now-beloved sitcom was the top-rated scripted show over its seven-season run on CBS, but it truly became a phenomenon when it hit Netflix (as well as TikTok and YouTube), eventually becoming the most streamed show of 2024. Fans of all age ranges and demographics were won over by the show’s humor and heart, and the characters and young stars endeared themselves to both Big Bang devotees and viewers who were being introduced to the Cooper family for the first time. Young Sheldon: The (Juicier-Than-Meemaw’s-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy is the surprising story of how the wholesome sitcom overcame major challenges off-camera to become a massive show beloved around the globe. Bestselling author and journalist Jessica Radloff delves into the cast and crew's real-life family dynamic behind the scenes, explores the often taboo subjects the writers didn’t shy away from, and reveals all the stories behind Big Bang canon-rewriting controversies and the heartbreak and anger over the decision to end the series. She explores a mix of memorable episodes—from the Jon Favreau-directed pilot to Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik’s return in the finale—through interviews with the entire cast, co-creators Chuck Lorre and Steve Molaro, writers, producers, guest stars—and even the real-life parents. Fans of the show will love this revelatory behind-the-scenes look into one of the most heartwarming television hits of all time.

Piano Adventures - Level 1 Lesson Book - Nancy Faber & Randall Faber

Piano Adventures - Level 1 Lesson Book
Nancy Faber & Randall Faber
Genre: Music
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: January 1, 1996
Publisher: Faber Piano Adventures
Seller: Hal Leonard Corporation

The 2nd Edition Level 1 Lesson Book introduces all the notes of the grand staff, elementary chord playing, and the concept of tonic and dominant notes. Students play in varied positions, reinforcing reading skills and recognizing intervals through the 5th. Musicianship is built with the introduction of legato and staccato touches. This level continues the interval orientation to reading across the full range of the Grand Staff. The 5-finger approach is presented here in a fresh, musically appealing way.

Logical Chess - Irving Chernev

Logical Chess
Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition
Irving Chernev
Genre: Games
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: May 27, 2018
Publisher: Graymalkin Media, LLC
Seller: Graymalkin Media LLC

Having learned the basic moves, how exactly should a player improve? In this popular classic, the author explains 33 complete games, in detail, move by move, including the reason for each one. Playing through these games and explanations gives real insight into the power of the pieces and how to post them most effectively.  "The novice who plays through Logical Chess can learn an ocean of basic chess wisdom."—Leonard Barden, Engilsh chess master and broadcaster “Entertains . . . as it reinforces strategic lessons gleaned from chess titans. Illustrates effective middle-game plans.”—Library Journal

The Language Lover's Puzzle Book - Alex Bellos

The Language Lover's Puzzle Book
A World Tour of Languages and Alphabets in 100 Amazing Puzzles
Alex Bellos
Genre: Games
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: November 9, 2021
Publisher: The Experiment
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

100 wonder-filled word puzzles that thrill and tantalize with the beauty, magic, and weirdness of world language Whether you're a crossword solver, cryptogram fan, Scrabble addict, or Sudoku savant, The Language Lover's Puzzle Book is guaranteed to tease your brain and twist your tongue. Puzzle master Alex Bellos begins in Japan, where we can observe some curious counting: boru niko = two balls tsuna nihon = two ropes uma nito = two horses kami nimai = two sheets of paper ashi gohon = five legs ringo goko = five apples sara gomai = five plates kaba goto = five hippos Now, how do the Japanese say "nine cucumbers"?* a) kyuri kyuhon b) kyuri kyuko c) kyuri kyuhiki d) kyuri kyuto Bellos finds the intrigue—and the human element—in a dizzying array of ancient, modern, and even invented tongues, from hieroglyphs to Blissymbolics, Danish to Dothraki. Filled with unusual alphabets, fascinating characters, and intriguing local customs for time-telling, naming children, and more, this is a bravura book of brainteasers and beyond —it's a globe-trotting, time-traveling celebration of language. *The word endings depend on shape: Flat things end in -mai and spherical things end in -ko. Cucumbers are long things (like ropes and legs), so they end in -hon. The answer is (a)!

The History of Art in 50 Paintings (Illustrated) - Delphi Classics & Peter Russell

The History of Art in 50 Paintings (Illustrated)
Delphi Classics & Peter Russell
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: April 7, 2017
Publisher: Delphi Classics Ltd
Seller: PublishDrive Inc.

This stunning eBook is a concise illustrated guide, evaluating the masterpieces that have changed the course of art as we know it. Whether an art novice or a cultivated connoisseur, this eBook offers you an intriguing overview of the world’s most famous and iconic artworks. Illustrated with over 500 full colour images, it builds upon Delphi’s groundbreaking Masters of Art Series — the world’s first digital e-Art books. Through the analysis of 50 famous and innovative paintings, the eBook charts the shifting movements and styles of Western art, from the early beginnings of the Italian Renaissance to the daring wonders of the twentieth century. (Version 1) * Includes reproductions of art’s most monumental paintings * Concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information on each artist and artwork * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore the celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional print art books * Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Easily locate the paintings you wish to view with a linked contents table * Chart the history of art in chronological order Please note: due to existing copyrights, Picasso and Matisse are unable to appear in the eBook. CONTENTS: SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF JOACHIM by Giotto THE EXPULSION FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN by Masaccio THE ARNOLFINI PORTRAIT by Jan van Eyck THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST by Piero della Francesca PRIMAVERA by Sandro Botticelli THE LAST SUPPER by Leonardo da Vinci SELF PORTRAIT, 1498 by Albrecht Dürer PORTRAIT OF DOGE LEONARDO LOREDAN by Giovanni Bellini MONA LISA by Leonardo da Vinci THE LAST JUDGMENT by Michelangelo THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS by Raphael SLEEPING VENUS by Giorgione ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN by Titian THE PEASANT WEDDING by Pieter Bruegel the Elder THE LAST SUPPER by Tintoretto CALLING OF SAINT MATTHEW by Caravaggio JUDITH SLAYING HOLOFERNES by Artemisia Gentileschi ET IN ARCADIA EGO by Nicolas Poussin THE EMBARKATION OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA by Claude Lorrain LAS MENINAS by Diego Velázquez PEACE AND WAR by Sir Peter Paul Rubens THE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING by Johannes Vermeer SELF PORTRAIT WITH PALETTE AND BRUSHES by Rembrandt van Rijn THE ENTRANCE TO THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE by Canaletto THE MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT by William Hogarth THE SWING by Jean-Honoré Fragonard THE BLUE BOY by Thomas Gainsborough OATH OF THE HORATII by Jacques-Louis David THE NUDE MAJA by Francisco de Goya THE HAY WAIN by John Constable WANDERER ABOVE THE SEA OF FOG by Caspar David Friedrich LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE by Eugène Delacroix THE FIGHTING TEMERAIRE by J. M. W. Turner OLYMPIA by Édouard Manet IMPRESSION, SUNRISE by Claude Monet PROSERPINE by Dante Gabriel Rossetti THE DANCING CLASS by Edgar Degas NOCTURNE IN BLACK AND GOLD: THE FALLING ROCKET by James Abbott McNeill Whistler AT THE MOULIN DE LA GALETTE by Pierre-Auguste Renoir MADAME X by John Singer Sargent STILL LIFE: VASE WITH TWELVE SUNFLOWERS by Vincent van Gogh THE SCREAM by Edvard Munch WHERE DO WE COME FROM? WHAT ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE GOING? by Paul Gauguin THE LARGE BATHERS by Paul Cézanne THE KISS by Gustav Klimt PORTRAIT OF WALLY by Egon Schiele SMALL PLEASURES by Wassily Kandinsky SEATED NUDE by Amedeo Modigliani RED BALLOON by Paul Klee TABLEAU I by Piet Mondrian Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set

I Used to Have a Plan - Alessandra Olanow

I Used to Have a Plan
But Life Had Other Ideas
Alessandra Olanow
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: February 2, 2021
Publisher: Harper
Seller: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS

Balm for the soul—Alessandra Olanow offers advice, inspiration, and encouragement for anyone who needs a shoulder to lean on during a difficult time. “I Know This Too Shall Pass. (But It Would Be Helpful to Know When).” After a series of events left her a divorced single mother questioning herself, her relationships, and basically, everything she thought was true about her “picture-perfect” life, Alessandra Olanow began drawing and posting illustrations on Instagram that reflected her feelings and struggles to right her life. She chronicled her journey of healing, expressing the shock, delusion, denial, self-pity, and self-doubt she experienced and the self-empathy and forgiveness that ultimately helped her regain a sense of self—but stronger, more fearless, and more hopeful than before. Her charming illustrations and keen, memorable observations—struck a chord. Within a year, her audience grew dramatically, from 9,500 to 157,000 followers, including celebrities Katie Couric, Jennifer Garner, Elise Loehnen (chief content officer at Goop), the poet Joao Doederlein, and Joanna Goddard (founder of A Cup of Jo).  I Used to Have a Plan brings Olanow’s soothing sensibility to a wider audience, featuring new drawings and ideas that touch upon the universal experiences of unexpected change and loss. Divided into five parts—“I Didn’t See That Coming,” “It’s OK That You’re Not OK,” “Where’d I Go,” “The Only Way Out Is Through,” and “I Like It Here, Can I Stay a While?”—the book beautifully encapsulates the experience of encountering difficulty, processing it and healing from it, and becoming stronger and with a better sense of self.  Full of advice, commiseration, empathy, and wit that is comforting, helpful, direct, and remarkable in its truth, I Used to Have a Plan helps everyone through the painful yet ultimately uplifting process of healing. I Used to Have a Plan includes 75-100 illustrations.

How to Read Paintings - Christopher P. Jones

How to Read Paintings
Christopher P. Jones
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: October 22, 2020
Publisher: Thinksheet
Seller: Draft2Digital, LLC

How to Read Paintings provides a fascinating analysis of a variety of paintings made in the Western tradition. **Note: Images are shown in full colour. From works by Raphael to Monet, this wide-ranging book will introduce you to a selection of popular paintings and teach you how to understand their meaning. Along the way, the author provides the basic criteria to consider when looking at works of art, giving you a new perspective on art history. By exploring what the pictures actually show, including their symbolism, stories and composition, this illustrated guide will make your appreciation of paintings and artworks a more rewarding experience. Artworks include: The Kiss by Gustav Klimt Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich Self-Portrait by Albrecht Dürer Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte Water Lilies by Claude Monet Susanna and the Elders by Artemisia Gentileschi ... and many more. Dip in at random or read from beginning to end, How to Read Paintings is an accessible tour of some of the most beautiful objects in art. Whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced art-lover, this book has something for everyone. **Note: Images are shown in full colour. About the author Christopher P Jones is an art writer and critic. He has been looking at and writing about art for over 20 years. His particular areas of interest are 20th century German Expressionism, 19th century French art, and contemporary painting.

RHS Watercolour Botanical Art - Sarah Howard & Rachel Pedder-Smith

RHS Watercolour Botanical Art
A Practical Guide for Artists
Sarah Howard & Rachel Pedder-Smith
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: March 12, 2026
Publisher: Octopus
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Learn how to combine artistic skill with scientific observation in this practical and inspiring guide to botanical art. Ideal for both experienced botanical artists and those new to the form, RHS Watercolour Botanical Art provides comprehensive information on plant types, along with practical tips and step-by-step projects to help tackle the challenges of painting complex botanical structures. THIS BOOK FEATURES - Everything you need to blossom as a botanical artist - Tips on a range of painting techniques - 15 practical projects, each focusing on a different challenge - Illustrated profiles of leading botanical artists Packed full of practical guidance and beautifully illustrated throughout, RHS Watercolour Botanical Art is the essential guide to painting scientifically accurate and visually striking plants.

Sharing in the Groove - Mike Ayers

Sharing in the Groove
The Untold Story of the '90s Jam Band Explosion and the Scene That Followed
Mike Ayers
Genre: Music
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: July 22, 2025
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Seller: Macmillan

The wild, untold oral history of the unlikely rise of Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, and numerous other bands that helped define the 1990s jam band scene Sharing in the Groove is a rich examination of an underdog genre that helped define the 1990s musical landscape—a scene that paved the way for modern-day cultural institutions such as the Bonnaroo Music Festival and kept the Grateful Dead ethos alive. It was also a world with its own values and its own unique interactions with fame, record labels, MTV, drugs, and success. Beginning in the mid-’80s and traveling up to New Year’s Eve 1999, the ’90s jam band story covers milestones such as getting signed to record labels and working the club scenes to playing amphitheaters and arenas. Along the way, details emerge of the scene’s own cultural values and the desire to be unique in a world that wanted them to follow a prescribed path. Ultimately, it’s a DIY story of creativity and making music—and how that won over a huge audience. Filled with anecdotes and stories directly from the musicians, promoters, managers, roadies, producers, label executives, and fans who lived this scene, Sharing in the Groove is a fun, fast-paced oral history that will appeal to music lovers everywhere.

Rendering in Pen and Ink - Arthur L. Guptill

Rendering in Pen and Ink
The Classic Book On Pen and Ink Techniques for Artists, Illustrators, Architects, and Designers
Arthur L. Guptill
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: September 1, 1976
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

Arthur L. Guptill's classic Rendering in Pen and Ink has long been regarded as the most comprehensive book ever published on the subject of ink drawing. This is a book designed to delight and instruct anyone who draws with pen and ink, from the professional artist to the amateur and hobbyist. It is of particular interest to architects, interior designers, landscape architects, industrial designers, illustrators, and renderers. Contents include a review of materials and tools of rendering; handling the pen and building tones; value studies; kinds of outline and their uses; drawing objects in light and shade; handling groups of objects; basic principles of composition; using photographs, study of the work of well-known artists; on-the-spot sketching; representing trees and other landscape features; drawing architectural details; methods of architectural rendering; examination of outstanding examples of architectural rendering; solving perspective and other rendering problems; handling interiors and their accessories; and finally, special methods of working with pen including its use in combination with other media. The book is profusely illustrated with over 300 drawings that include the work of famous illustrators and renderers of architectural subjects such as Rockwell Kent, Charles Dana Gibson, James Montgomery Flagg, Willy Pogany, Reginald Birch, Harry Clarke, Edward Penfield, Joseph Clement Coll, F.L. Griggs, Samuel V. Chamberlain, Louis C. Rosenberg, John Floyd Yewell, Chester B. Price, Robert Lockwood, Ernest C. Peixotto, Harry C. Wilkinson, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, and Birch Burdette Long. Best of all, Arthur Guptill enriches the text with drawings of his own.

The Biggest Game in Town - Al Alvarez

The Biggest Game in Town
Al Alvarez
Genre: Games
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: February 3, 2009
Publisher: Picador
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

"The greatest dissection of high-stakes Vegas poker and the madness that surrounds it ever written." — TimeOut Al Alvarez touched down in Las Vegas one hot day in 1981, a dedicated amateur poker player but a stranger to the town and its crazy ways. For three mesmerizing weeks he witnessed some of the monster high-stakes games that could only have happened in Vegas and talked to the extraordinary characters who dominated them—road gamblers and local professionals who won and lost fortunes on a regular basis. Set over the course of one tournament, The Biggest Game in Town is both the first chronicle of the World Series of Poker ever written and a portrait of the hustlers, madmen, and geniuses who ruled the high-stakes game in America. It is a brilliant insight into poker's appeal as a hobby, an addiction, and a way of life, and into the skewed psychology of master players and fearless gamblers. With a new introduction by the author, Alvarez's classic account is "probably the best book on poker ever written" ( The Evening Standard ). "A classic . . . There is no better book on America's national pastime." —James McManus, New York Times –bestselling author of Positively Fifth Street "Magnificent . . . Beyond the straights and full houses, Alvarez has written a book about people who are extremely good at what they do, and about America." — San Francisco Chronicle "Conveys an understanding of gamblers and their milieu that can appeal to someone who has never seen a casino." — Philadelphia Inquirer "Thoroughly entertaining . . . both perceptive and literate." — The Washington Post

Andy's Bravo Scrapbook - Andy Cohen

Andy's Bravo Scrapbook
Twenty Years Behind the Scenes of the Real Housewives and the Bravoverse
Andy Cohen
Genre: TV
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: October 20, 2026
Publisher: Crown
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Emmy Award–winning host and executive producer Andy Cohen comes a gorgeously illustrated, behind-the-scenes look back at twenty years of Bravo reunions and headline-making moments, featuring hilarious recollections and 600+ photos from Andy’s personal archive. Before Bravolebrities and BravoCon, there was simply Andy Cohen, some fabulous women living in Orange County, and a camera crew. From there, the Real Housewives franchise was born, incredible spinoffs like Vanderpump Rules came to be, and competition shows like Top Chef and Project Runway went on to become the blueprint for all reality TV to come. Cohen has seen it all as he shepherded the network to “much watch” success, snapping pictures the entire time—originally from his digital camera, then a BlackBerry, and finally from every model of iPhone ever. Cohen’s personal scrapbook of reality TV history is on display for fans for the first time. The Real Housewives franchises are featured—Beverly Hills, Orange County, Salt Lake City, Potomac, New Jersey, Miami, Atlanta, New York City, DC, Dubai, Dallas—along with fan favorites like Southern Charm, Married to Medicine, Summer House, Vanderpump Rules, and Shahs of Sunset. This incredible book filled with over 600 exclusive images and never-before-told stories is a true ode to the network that built Cohen’s career, and countless others. A must buy for the Bravo fan in your life!

Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers - Alex Bellos

Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers
Math, Logic & Word Puzzles to Challenge Your Brain
Alex Bellos
Genre: Games
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: October 27, 2020
Publisher: The Experiment
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

Put your wits—and survival instincts—to the test! Publisher's Note: Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers was previously published in the UK under the title So You Think You've Got Problems? In Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers, Alex Bellos collects 125 of the world's greatest stumpers—many dangerous to your person, and all dangerous to your pride. Brace yourself to wrestle with wordplay, grapple with geometry, and scramble for survival. For example . . . Ten lions and a sheep are in a pen. Any lion who eats the sheep will fall asleep. A sleeping lion will be eaten by another lion, who falls asleep in turn. If the lions are all perfect logicians, what happens? Bellos pairs his fiendish brainteasers with fascinating history, so you'll meet Alcuin, Sam Loyd, and other puzzle masters of yore—in between deranged despots and wily jailers with an unaccountable taste for riddles. Will you make it out alive? And what about the sheep?

Adult Piano Adventures All-in-One Lesson Book 1 - Nancy Faber & Randall Faber

Adult Piano Adventures All-in-One Lesson Book 1
Book with Online Audio, Video, and Support
Nancy Faber & Randall Faber
Genre: Music
Price: $15.99
Publish Date: January 1, 2002
Publisher: Faber Piano Adventures
Seller: Hal Leonard Corporation

Adult Piano Adventures enables the adult beginner to play music for pleasure while developing musical understanding. This comprehensive All-in-One book includes lessons, technique, and theory in a single volume for ease of use. Book 1 presents the fundamentals of music notation, chord playing, and musical form. The redesigned layout improves information hierarchy, putting focus on key concepts and step-by-step learning. Audio and video files may be accessed online-over two hours of instructional videos and accompaniment tracks that inspire rhythmic vitality and artistic expression. Songs include: Amazing Grace * The Can-Can * Catch a Falling Star * Danny Boy * Eine Kleine Nachtmusik * The Entertainer * Greensleeves * The Lion Sleeps Tonight * and more]

Storyworthy - Matthew Dicks & Dan Kennedy

Storyworthy
Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
Matthew Dicks & Dan Kennedy
Genre: Performing Arts
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: June 12, 2018
Publisher: New World Library
Seller: Whatever Publishing Inc. DBA New World Library

A five-time Moth GrandSLAM winner and bestselling novelist shows how to tell a great story — and why doing so matters . Whether we realize it or not, we are always telling stories. On a first date or job interview, at a sales presentation or therapy appointment, with family or friends, we are constantly narrating events and interpreting emotions and actions. In this compelling book, storyteller extraordinaire Matthew Dicks presents wonderfully straightforward and engaging tips and techniques for constructing, telling, and polishing stories that will hold the attention of your audience (no matter how big or small). He shows that anyone can learn to be an appealing storyteller, that everyone has something “storyworthy” to express, and, perhaps most important, that the act of creating and telling a tale is a powerful way of understanding and enhancing your own life.

Братья Карамазовы - Федор Михайлович Достоевский

Братья Карамазовы
Федор Михайлович Достоевский
Genre: Theater
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: December 15, 2014
Publisher: Alexander BELOV
Seller: Alexander BELOV

«Братья Карамазовы» — последний роман Ф. М. Достоевского, который автор писал два года. Роман был напечатан частями в журнале «Русский вестник». Достоевский задумывал роман как первую часть эпического романа «История Великого грешника». Роман был окончен в ноябре 1880 года. Писатель умер через четыре месяца после публикации. Действие романа происходит в небольшом русском городе Скотопригоньевске (за основу Достоевский взял Старую Руссу). Фёдор Павлович Карамазов, 55-летний прожига, женился на богатой женщине, Аделаиде Ивановне Миусовой, и стал распоряжаться её состоянием. В конечном счёте жена уехала от него в Петербург, оставив отцу совсем малолетнего сына — Дмитрия. Не успев распорядиться своим состоянием, она умерла в Петербурге, и Фёдор Павлович получил возможность распоряжаться всем капиталом покойной. Он благополучно забыл о сыне, предаваясь спекуляциям и оргиям различного рода... Приятного Вам чтения!

Jungle Red! - Illeana Douglas

Jungle Red!
The Making of MGM's The Women
Illeana Douglas
Genre: Film
Price: $22.99
Publish Date: September 15, 2026
Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing
Seller: Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC

“ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST FILM BOOKS” ~ IndieWire “The only thing more fun than watching The Women , the classic 1939 all-star, all-female bitchfest, is poring through Illeana Douglas’ book Jungle Red! The Making of MGM’s The Women. Researched with the thoroughness of Joan Crawford smoking in a bathtub, the riveting read takes you behind the bon mots and into the old-school Hollywood machine, detailing how it turned a fabulous bunch of Luce women into one of the most lacerating comedies of all time. Best of all, the book reminds us that being a bitch isn’t necessarily a bad thing. For me, that’s potentially life saving!” ~ Michael Musto, entertainment columnist “ Author, actress, and film historian Illeana Douglas has written a must-have for every film buff’s library with Jungle Red! The Making of MGM’s The Women. This smart, insightful, meticulously researched book is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of the 1939 classic that’s especially beloved by gay film fans.” ~ Adam Sandel, The Bay Area Reporter The year 1939 produced such outstanding film classics as Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz , and Wuthering Heights. No less critically acclaimed that year was The Women . A largely forgotten masterpiece , The Women is a glamorous but stinging satire about women forced by society to be defined by men. Jungle Red! The Making of MGM’s The Women restores this classic to its rightful place in Hollywood history, and its lasting legacy as a template for later female-driven projects like Sex and The City, and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Four MGM screenwriters, including a failing F. Scott Fitzgerald and an on-the-rise Donald Ogden Stewart, fought over their vision of The Women. Jane Murfin was completing her script when Anita Loos was brought in to work with her on a new draft for George Cukor, then recently fired from Gone with the Wind and determined to use The Women to get his career back on track. He became, as one newspaper called him, the lion tamer to the ladies. With sophisticated direction by Cukor, lavish fashions by Adrian, and gorgeous sets by Cedric Gibbons, its all-star cast was led by Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, and Joan Fontaine. Not a single male actor appeared, proving that women didn’t need men to rule the box office. Gossip columns were filled with stories about fierce on-set rivalries, which proved fairly combustible, leading one columnist to refer to the set as “a female kennel,” with behind the scenes antics as fierce and flamboyant as the film itself. The Los Angeles Times wrote, “ The Women is a vitriolic masterpiece!” Now, it’s time to fall in love with The Women all over again! In Jungle Red! The Making of MGM’s The Women , and using never-before-seen photographs, memos, and script notes, Douglas writes not only how the film came together, but captures how the lives of the people who made it intersected before, during and after, and how the conflicts on-set and off resulted in the greatest film ever made about women . . . by a man!

Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh - Vincent van Gogh

Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: September 7, 2013
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Seller: DELPHI CLASSICS

This is the third volume of a new series of publications by Delphi Classics, the best-selling publisher of classical works. A first of its kind in digital print, the ‘Masters of Art’ series allows readers to explore the works of the world’s greatest artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents the complete paintings and letters of the Dutch master Vincent van Gogh. For all art lovers, this stunning collection offers a personal and unique digital portrait of one of the world’s greatest artists. (Current version: 1) * the complete paintings of Vincent van Gogh — over 800 paintings, fully indexed and arranged in chronological order * features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * beautiful ‘detail’ images, allowing you to explore van Gogh’s celebrated works in detail * numerous images relating to van Gogh’s life and works * includes over 800 letters — explore the artist’s vast and scholarly correspondence with his brother Theo * EVEN includes the detailed biography by van Gogh’s sister-in-law * hundreds of images in stunning colour – highly recommended for tablets, laptops, iPhone and iPad users, or as a valuable reference tool on traditional eReaders   CONTENTS:   The Highlights STILL LIFE WITH CABBAGE AND CLOGS AVENUE OF POPLARS IN AUTUMN THE POTATO EATERS SKULL WITH BURNING CIGARETTE SELF-PORTRAIT WITH STRAW HAT THE WHITE ORCHARD PORTRAIT OF THE POSTMAN JOSEPH ROULIN STILL LIFE: VASE WITH TWELVE SUNFLOWERS VINCENT’S HOUSE IN ARLES (THE YELLOW HOUSE) THE CAFÉ TERRACE ON THE PLACE DU FORUM, ARLES, AT NIGHT PORTRAIT OF DR. GACHET VINCENT’S BEDROOM IN ARLES VINCENT’S CHAIR WITH HIS PIPE THE RED VINEYARD SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BANDAGED EAR THE STARRY NIGHT WHEAT FIELD WITH CYPRESSES IRISES WHEAT FIELD WITH CROWS   The Paintings THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS   The Letters THE CORRESPONDENCE OF VINCENT VAN GOGH   The Biography MEMOIR OF VINCENT VAN GOGH by Johanna Gesina van Gogh Please visit www.delphiclassics.com for more details and to learn more about our exciting range of titles

Learn to Play Chess Like a Boss - Patrick Wolff

Learn to Play Chess Like a Boss
Make Pawns of Your Opponents with Tips and Tricks From a Grandmaster of the Game
Patrick Wolff
Genre: Games
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: September 17, 2019
Publisher: DK
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

Stop playing like a pawn and start playing like the king You already know just how enjoyable--and and challenging--the game of chess can be. For those who play, chess leads to a lifetime of fun. But how do you make the first move to learn the rules and transform from a pawn to a king? The path to a perfect checkmate is in your hands! In the pages of this book, you'll find an introduction to all the chess pieces including their strengths and weaknesses, tips on how to protect your pieces and prevent their capture, and guidance on when to attack and defend like a boss. You'll also find a bonus tear-out card to take your new tactics on the go!

How to Draw Caricatures - David Antram

How to Draw Caricatures
David Antram
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: November 9, 2015
Publisher: The Salariya Book Company
Seller: Salariya Book Company Limited

Drawing caricatures is a challenging but creative and rewarding skill. This book shows budding artists how to exaggerate people's facial quirks and create larger-than-life caricatures that are humorous and memorable, covering all aspects of the creative process including essential concepts such as light, tone and composition. The How To Draw series takes a highly visual and practical approach to drawing, featuring step-by-step instructions for each art project. 

Mahjong For Dummies - Ruoyi Jiang

Mahjong For Dummies
Ruoyi Jiang
Genre: Games
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: October 13, 2025
Publisher: Wiley
Seller: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Start enjoying mahjong games with family and friends, at local tournaments, and by hosting your own parties Mahjong For Dummies will teach you how to play traditional Chinese mahjong, American mahjong, and many other variations. This simple book breaks down the rules, explains the different mahjong styles, and offers easy-to-understand explanations and diagrams. Get playing right away, without getting bogged down by technicalities. After all, the essence of mahjong is the shared experience! When you're ready, you can find advanced strategies and more complex rules, clearly explained. Confidently begin playing and organizing your own games, thanks to this clear Dummies guide. Learn the rules of mahjong in an accessible and engaging style, with a focus on enjoying the game Improve your skill and understanding with charts, diagrams, scorecards, and cheat sheets Grasp the game's mechanics so you can make the right decisions, manage risk, and improve your chance of winning Read about the cultural context and rich history of Mahjong Mahjong For Dummies offers something for everyone and is great for complete beginners and experienced players alike.

The Fun Way to Serious Bridge - Harry Lampert

The Fun Way to Serious Bridge
Harry Lampert
Genre: Games
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: November 6, 2012
Publisher: Touchstone
Seller: Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC

Learn the basics to bridge in this fun, easy-to-understand guide! The Fun Way To Serious Bridge is for anyone who wants to learn and understand the fundamentals of the mind-stimulating and challenging game of bridge—and enjoy every minute of it! Harry Lampert combines his skills as a bridge player and teacher with his artistic talents to bring you a totally new FUN way to learn the game. The magic of his superb cartoons and simple, informative language will help you to absorb the principles of serious contract bridge—and remember them. You'll laugh and learn every step of the way from opening bids to strip and end plays. Whether novice or seasoned social player, this unique book will make good bridge a simple "trick." You'll learn all about: -Opening bids, suit bids, response and no trump bids, and how to force bids -Competition, and the reasons and ways behind it -Big hand bidding such as Blackwood Convention, grand slam force and Gerber Convention -Patterns of play including how tricks are won, the finesse, establishing a long suit, when to pull and delay trumps and entries -Defensive and advanced play—plus much more!

Christmas Songs - Super Easy Songbook - Various Authors

Christmas Songs - Super Easy Songbook
Various Authors
Genre: Music
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: July 26, 2017
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Seller: Hal Leonard Corporation

It's super easy] This series features accessible arrangements for piano, with simple right-hand melody, letter names inside each note, and basic left-hand chord diagrams. This edition includes 60 holiday favorites: All I Want for Christmas Is You * Blue Christmas * The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) * Do You Hear What I Hear * Frosty the Snow Man * Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Hippo the Hero) * Jingle Bell Rock * Little Saint Nick * Mary, Did You Know? * Pretty Paper * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer * Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town * Silver Bells * White Christmas * Winter Wonderland * and more.

A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
Genre: Theater
Price: $5.99
Publish Date: November 29, 2004
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

"Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of Black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959. This edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff. Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of Black America—and changed American theater forever. The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem," which warns that a dream deferred might "dry up/like a raisin in the sun." "The events of every passing year add resonance to A Raisin in the Sun ," said The New York Times . "It is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic."

Fahrenheit-182 - Mark Hoppus & Dan Ozzi

Fahrenheit-182
A Memoir
Mark Hoppus & Dan Ozzi
Genre: Music
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: April 8, 2025
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Seller: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS

***The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!*** A smart, funny, and refreshing memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182. This is the story of an angst-filled kid from the desert, navigating the chaos of his parents' bitter divorce and searching for his place in the world. Each move across the country was a chance to reinvent himself, switching identities from dork to goth to skate punk, and eventually meeting his best friend who just so happens to be his musical soulmate.  With sharp humor and raw honesty, Fahrenheit-182 takes readers through Mark's formative years as a latchkey kid in the 1980s, hooked on punk rock, skateboards, and MTV. Along the way, Mark reflects on his lifelong battle with anxiety, his celebrated career with blink-182, and his public fight with cancer, in a voice that’s both relatable and unmistakably his own. Threaded with sharp humor and heartfelt grit, Fahrenheit-182 is more than just a memoir for blink-182 fans. It’s a funny, smart, and deeply human story for anyone who’s struggled, reinvented themselves, wanted to quit but kept going.

How Music Works - David Byrne

How Music Works
David Byrne
Genre: Music
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: May 2, 2017
Publisher: Crown
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation. “How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual”— The Boston Globe Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired collaborations with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and many others, David Byrne taps deeply into his lifetime of knowledge to explore the panoptic elements of music, how it shapes the human experience, and reveals the impetus behind how we create, consume, distribute, and enjoy the songs, symphonies, and rhythms that provide the backbeat of life. Byrne’s magnum opus uncovers thrilling realizations about the redemptive liberation that music brings us all.

Writing Better Lyrics - Pat Pattison

Writing Better Lyrics
Pat Pattison
Genre: Music
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: September 15, 1995
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

The Must-Have Guide for Songwriters Writing Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a song, to fine-tuning lyrics. Perfect for new and experienced songwriters alike, this time-tested classic covers the basics in addition to more advanced techniques.Songwriters will discover:    • How to use sense-bound imagery to enhance a song's emotional impact on listeners    • Techniques for avoiding clichés and creating imaginative metaphors and similes    • Ways to use repetition as an asset    • How to successfully manipulate meter    • Instruction for matching lyrics with music    • Ways to build on ideas and generate effective titles    • Advice for working with a co-writer    • And much more Featuring updated and expanded chapters, 50 fun songwriting exercises, and examples from more than 20 chart-toppings songs, Writing Better Lyrics gives you all of the professional and creative insight you need to write powerful lyrics and put your songs in the spotlight where they belong.

The Doors - Greil Marcus

The Doors
A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years
Greil Marcus
Genre: Music
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: April 9, 2013
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

A fan from the moment the Doors' first album took over KMPX, the revolutionary FM rock & roll station in San Francisco, Greil Marcus saw the band many times at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom in 1967. Five years later it was all over. Forty years after the singer Jim Morrison was found dead in Paris and the group disbanded, one could drive from here to there, changing from one FM pop station to another, and be all but guaranteed to hear two, three, four Doors songs in an hour -- every hour. Whatever the demands in the music, they remained unsatisfied, in the largest sense unfinished, and absolutely alive. There have been many books on the Doors. This is the first to bypass their myth, their mystique, and the death cult of both Jim Morrison and the era he was made to personify, and focus solely on the music. It is a story untold; all these years later, it is a new story.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production - J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production
The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production
J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne
Genre: Theater
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: July 25, 2017
Publisher: Pottermore Publishing
Seller: Pottermore Limited

The official playscript of the original West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places. The playscript for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was originally released as a 'special rehearsal edition' alongside the opening of Jack Thorne's play in London's West End in summer 2016. Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, the play opened to rapturous reviews from theatregoers and critics alike, while the official playscript became an immediate global bestseller. This definitive and final playscript updates the 'special rehearsal edition' with the conclusive and final dialogue from the play, which has subtly changed since its rehearsals, as well as a conversation piece between director John Tiffany and writer Jack Thorne, who share stories and insights about reading playscripts. This edition also includes useful background information including the Potter family tree and a timeline of events from the Wizarding World prior to the beginning of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Where Are Your Boys Tonight? - Chris Payne

Where Are Your Boys Tonight?
The Oral History of Emo’s Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008
Chris Payne
Genre: Music
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: June 6, 2023
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Seller: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS

A "vivid and breathless" (Billboard) oral history of emo’s takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Panic! At the Disco, Taking Back Sunday, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional. If Meet Me in the Bathroom traced New York City's early 2000’s rock scene, Where Are Your Boys Tonight? is an essential music biography that gives the inside story of the turn-of-the-millennium emo subculture that became bigger than anyone thought possible. There was Pete Wentz, the Fall Out Boy leader who launched a litany of scene-stealing bands and preposterous side-hustles, and Gerard Way, the wizard behind My Chemical Romance and The Black Parade . Panic! At the Disco and Paramore emerged soon after—a pair of intrepid outsiders who got massive playing by their own rules. As they ascended, MySpace took over the internet and the age of influencers dawned, with emo its choice aesthetic.  Music journalist Chris Payne experienced emo's mainstream takeover from sweaty crowds and mosh pits growing up in New Jersey. In Where Are Your Boys Tonight? he offers an authoritative, impassioned, and occasionally absurd account told through interviews with more than 150 people, from the scene's biggest pop punk bands, producers, and managers to the teenage fans who helped redefine American music culture.  This oral history of emo chronicles the explosive decade that changed everything: Oral History of Emo: Go behind the music with more than 150 new interviews with the scene’s most iconic artists, producers, and managers. Scene-Defining Artists: Uncover the inside stories of superstars like My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way and Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz as they went from local heroes to global phenomena. The MySpace Era: Explore how the rise of social media and the dawn of influencer culture fueled emo’s mainstream takeover. Definitive Emo Subculture: Trace the movement from 1999 to 2008, from sweaty mosh pits to the top of the charts, driven by the teenage fans who built a new American music culture.

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 1 - Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus & Amanda Vick Lethco

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 1
Learn How to Play Piano with Lesson, Theory and Technic
Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus & Amanda Vick Lethco
Genre: Music
Price: $16.99
Publish Date: November 25, 2014
Publisher: Alfred Music
Seller: Alfred Music

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course is designed for use with an instructor for the beginning student looking for a truly complete piano course. It is a greatly expanded version of Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course that will include lesson, theory, technic and additional repertoire in a convenient, "all-in-one" format. This comprehensive course adds such features as isometric hand exercises, finger strengthening drills, and written assignments that reinforce each lesson's concepts. There is a smooth, logical progression between each lesson, a thorough explanation of chord theory and playing styles, and outstanding extra songs, including folk, classical, and contemporary selections. At the completion of this course, the student will have learned to play some of the most popular music ever written and will have gained a good understanding of basic musical concepts and styles. The audio has accompaniments to support the student's playing of the exercises and songs. Titles:  *Alouette *Alpine Melody *Amazing Grace *Au Claire de la Lune *Aunt Rhody *Auld Lang Syne *Aura Lee *The Bandleader *Beautiful Brown Eyes *Blow the Man Down! *Blues for Wynton Marsalis *Brother John *Café Vienna *The Can-Can *Chasing the Blues Away *Chiapanecas *Cockles and Mussels *The Cuckoo *Day is Done *Dueling Harmonics *The Entertainer *A Friend Like You *Go Down, Moses *Good King Wenceslas *Good Morning to You! *Good People *Got Those Blues *Greensleeves *Happy Birthday to You! *Harmonica Rock *Harp Song *Here's a Happy Song! *He's Got the Whole World in His Hands *I'm Gonna Lay My Burden Down *Jericho *Jingle Bells *Joy to the World! *Kum-ba-yah! *Largo (Dvorak) *Lavender's Blue *Lightly Row *Little Brown Jug *Liza Jane *London Bridge *Lone Star Waltz *Love Somebody *Lullaby *The Marine's Hymn *Mary Ann *Merrily We Roll Along *Mexican Hat Dance *Michael, Row the Boat Ashore *Money Can't Buy Everything *My Fifth *Ode to Joy *On Top of Old Smoky *O Sole Mio *Raisins and Almonds *Rock Along *Rockets *Rockin' Intervals *Rock It Away! *Scarborough Fair *Shoo, Fly, Shoo! *Skip to My Lou! *Standing in the Need of Prayer *The Stranger *Tisket, a Tasket *Waltzing Chords *Waltz Time *What Can I Share *When the Saints Go Marching In *Why Am I Blue?

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf - Ntozake Shange

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Ntozake Shange
Genre: Performing Arts
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: November 2, 2010
Publisher: Scribner
Seller: Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC

From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp’s Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award–winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country. Passionate and fearless, Shange’s words reveal what it meant to be of color and female in the twentieth century. First published in 1975, when it was praised by The New Yorker for “encompassing . . . every feeling and experience a woman has ever had,” for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf will be read and performed for generations to come. Here is the complete text, with stage directions, of a groundbreaking dramatic prose poem written in vivid and powerful language that resonates with unusual beauty in its fierce message to the world.

100 Great Artists - Charlotte Gerlings

100 Great Artists
A Visual Journey from Fra Angelico to Andy Warhol
Charlotte Gerlings
Genre: Art History
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: August 28, 2013
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd.
Seller: Arcturus Publishing Limited

From Giotto to David Hockney,   this invaluable A-Z reference guide introduces some of the most celebrated artists in history. 100 Great Artists  showcases the masterworks of one hundred painters who represent eight centuries of artistic tradition, ranging from the 13th century to the 21st. Featuring spectacular full-color images and biographic timelines, this book is a wonderful resource to browse some of histories most iconic artists and why they remain influential today. Featured artists include: • Michelangelo • William Blake • Francisco Goya • Katsushika Hokusai • James McNeill Whistler The secrets of the masterpieces revealed: does Van Eyck's Arnolfini Marriage portray a secret sadness? What political purpose did Rubens' fat, rosy models serve? And did Seurat's pointillist experiment really work? A must-have collection for general readers, art students and practitioners alike.

World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1 - Blizzard Entertainment

World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1
Blizzard Entertainment
Genre: Games
Price: $21.99
Publish Date: March 15, 2016
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1 is a journey through an age of myth and legend, a time long before the Horde and the Alliance came to be. This definitive tome of Warcraft history reveals untold stories about the birth of the cosmos, the rise of ancient empires, and the forces that shaped the world of Azeroth and its people. This ebook features twenty-five full-page paintings by World of Warcraft artist Peter Lee, as well as a cosmology chart, half a dozen maps charting changes through time, and other line art illustrations by Joseph Lacroix, and marks the first in a multipart series exploring the Warcraft universe; from the distant past to the modern era.

The Intent to Live - Larry Moss

The Intent to Live
Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
Larry Moss
Genre: Performing Arts
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: December 28, 2004
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

“I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don’t seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.” –Larry Moss, from the Introduction When Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards, each credited Larry Moss’s guidance as key to their career-making performances. There is a two-year waiting list for his advanced acting classes. But now everyone–professionals and amateurs alike–can discover Moss’s passionate, in-depth teaching. Inviting you to join him in the classroom and onstage, Moss shares the techniques he has developed over thirty years to help actors set their emotions, imagination, and behavior on fire, showing how the hard work of preparation pays off in performances that are spontaneous, fresh, and authentic. From the foundations of script analysis to the nuances of physicalization and sensory work, here are the case studies, exercises, and insights that enable you to connect personally with a script, develop your character from the inside out, overcome fear and inhibition, and master the technical skills required for success in the theater, television, and movies. Far more than a handbook, The Intent to Live is the personal credo of a master teacher. Moss’s respect for actors and love of the actor’s craft enliven every page, together with examples from a wealth of plays and films, both current and classic, and vivid appreciations of great performances. Whether you act for a living or simply want a deeper understanding of acting greatness, The Intent to Live will move, instruct, and inspire you.

The Fundamentals of Drawing - Barrington Barber

The Fundamentals of Drawing
A Complete Professional Course for Artists
Barrington Barber
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: September 5, 2003
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
Seller: Arcturus Publishing Limited

This internationally bestselling guide covers essential drawing techniques, written by expert practical art author Barrington Barber. The Fundamentals of Drawing  is a practical and comprehensive drawing course from beginner to advanced levels. Opportunities for practice and improvement are offered across a wide spectrum of subjects with step-by-step examples to guide you through. Subjects include: • Still life • Plants, nature and animals • Portraiture and life drawing • Perspective and composition The methods used in this book are time-honored and proven, having been practiced through the centuries by art students and professional artists. Barrington Barber brings his invaluable expertise as a working artist and teacher to the task of showing you how to use them effectively to create successful drawings. No matter what your level of expertise, you will find his clear approach encouraging and his way of teaching inspirational.

Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1 - Will Schmid

Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1
Second Edition
Will Schmid
Genre: Music
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: January 1, 1970
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Seller: Hal Leonard Corporation

The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and it also reflects some of the best guitar teaching ideas from around the world. Book 1 includes tuning; playing position; musical symbols; notes in first position; C, G, G7, D, D7, A7, and Em chords; rhythms through eighth notes; strumming and picking; over 80 great songs, riffs, and examples.

Piano Adventures : Primer Level - Theory Book - Nancy Faber & Randall Faber

Piano Adventures : Primer Level - Theory Book
Nancy Faber & Randall Faber
Genre: Music
Price: $5.99
Publish Date: January 1, 1996
Publisher: Faber Piano Adventures
Seller: Hal Leonard Corporation

The 2nd Edition Primer Theory Book provides important reinforcement and creative application of basic theory concepts. Students will enjoy note-naming with StoryRhymes, exploring improvisation, and engage with eye-training and ear-training activities - all within a fun-filled context tied thematically to the Primer Lesson Book pieces.

Survival Guide for the Modern Drummer - Jim Riley

Survival Guide for the Modern Drummer
A Crash Course in All Musical Styles for Drumset
Jim Riley
Genre: Music
Price: $24.99
Publish Date: November 1, 2015
Publisher: Jim Riley
Seller: James Riley

If you are a drummer looking to expand your knowledge of musical styles, Survival Guide for the Modern Drummer is the book for you. From pop to country, metal to jazz, and Latin to Motown, Jim Riley (drummer and musical director for Rascal Flatts) has crammed his considerable stage and studio experience into this amazing resource. The book includes 124 play-along tracks which were meticulously recorded with just the right musicians for each recording creating an authentic and inspiring library. An audio performance of each of the 318 grooves is also included, making learning these grooves even easier. From beginner to advanced, this book truly has something for everyone. If you dream of taking your drumming to the next level, let Survival Guide for the Modern Drummer be your guide through the jungle we call the music business.

The Fundamentals of Drawing Portraits - Barrington Barber

The Fundamentals of Drawing Portraits
A Practical and Inspirational Course
Barrington Barber
Genre: Art & Architecture
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: March 31, 2010
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Limited
Seller: Arcturus Publishing Limited

This book is essential for everyone who wants to improve their drawing skills. Written by teacher and established artist Barrington Barber, it contains a wealth of know-how and practical advice, supported by over 300 original illustrations. Guidance is given on how to overcome common difficulties without imposing a particular style or approach. The aim throughout is to help you discover your artistic purpose while giving you the technical skills necessary if you are to produce work you will be proud to call your own. As a complement to the book's essentially skills based core, you will find feature spreads on artists who have been major influences on the development of portraiture, and plenty of scope for incorporating their innovative ideas in your own drawings. The Fundamentals of Drawing Portraits  presents an inspirational approach to all aspects of the subject, ensuring that you will remain enthused from beginning to end and regularly revisit its pages for advice and encouragement.

The Recording Engineer's Handbook 5th Edition - Bobby Owsinski

The Recording Engineer's Handbook 5th Edition
Bobby Owsinski
Genre: Music
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: March 21, 2023
Publisher: Bobby Owsinski Media Group
Seller: Robert S Owsinski

The Recording Engineer's Handbook by Bobby Owsinski has become a music industry standard found in studios all over the world, and this fully updated fifth edition once again offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the art of audio recording. Written with today's technology and workflows in mind, The Recording Engineer's Handbook Fifth Edition is a must-have resource for anyone interested in recording either in their home or a commercial studio. In the book's first section, you'll learn everything from how microphones work to specific techniques for recording drums, individual instruments, vocals and much more. In the second section you'll benefit from the wisdom and down-to-earth practical advice offered by a host recording professionals including all-time greats like Al Schmitt, Eddie Kramer, Sylvia Massy and many others. Besides the ever-popular sections on recording gear, gain staging and levels, recording techniques for just about any instrument, and interviews with some of the world’s most honored recording engineers, this 5th edition contains new topics like : The latest in recording and microphone technology An overview of modeling microphones A complete overview of immersive recording techniques A new section on cleaning and disinfecting your microphones The latest recording methods for drum sounds and individual instruments Home studio recording techniques And four new interviews with top engineers Learn the art of recording with renowned author, teacher, producer and engineer Bobby Owsinski, and, in the interviews, explore the creative processes behind not only today's hits but the classic cuts we've enjoyed for years. See for yourself why The  Recording Engineer’s Handbook, Fifth Edition is the book that's a standard text in college music production courses all over the world.

Ghost Notes - Rikki Rockett, Martin Svensson & Leif Eriksson

Ghost Notes
My Life in Poison
Rikki Rockett, Martin Svensson & Leif Eriksson
Genre: Music
Price: $18.99
Publish Date: September 15, 2026
Publisher: Rare Bird Books
Seller: Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC

From the suburbs of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, to the neon glare of Los Angeles, Rikki Rockett’s journey is as raw and relentless as the beat of his drums.