Critically acclaimed author Pericoli pens an all-true story of how he and his wife, Holly, came to rescue and raise a little finch, Stellina, who had fallen from her nest onto a busy street. There, in a Manhattan apartment, Stellina leaned how to eat, fly, and sing. Illustrations.
Like Ariosto's Orlando Furioso , Boiardo's chivalric tale dating from the 1480s, first entertained the culturally innovative court of Ferrara in Italy. Inventive, humorous, inexhaustible, the story recounts Orlando's love-stricken pursuit of Angelica through a fairyland that combines the military valours of Charlemagne's crusaders with the ...
This publication on Spanish dance includes: photographs and art reproductions that effectively illustrate points that are made in the text, a bibliography of more than 250 works, the basic rhythms and melodic lines for fifteen flamenco dances, and an index.
"Gamescenes" is a book about Game Art. Game Art is any art in which digital games played a significant role in the creation, production, and/or displayed of the artwork. How can artists make art with videogames? Todd Deutsch takes pictures of game players during exhausting contests; Tobias Bernstrup creates music performances and invents fabulous ...
Italian architect and artist Matteo Pericoli drew two meticulous 37-foot scrolls of Manhattan for his adult book MANHATTAN UNFURLED. He offers a children's version here. The innovative binding is structured to open in two different directions to display the West Side and East Side. The enormously detailed pen-and-ink drawings of the buildings are ...
A surprising and visionary work by architect and artist Pericoli renders Manhattan's skyline as viewed from within Central Park. Full-color illustrations throughout. 24-foot continuous single folded sheet.
The recording sessions for Let It Be were actually begun as rehearsals for a proposed return to live stage work for the Beatles, to be inaugurated in a concert at a Roman amphitheatre in Tunisia. Here, Steve Matteo delves deep into the complex history of these recording sessions. He talks to many of the people involved in the recording of these ...
Now there's a new, unique way to celebrate. Each Happy Birthday Book includes an age-appropriate birthday story along with distinctive record keeping pages to commemorate and remember a very special someone's very special day. Places to attach photographs, guest lists, and all sorts of other information that will have them singing "Happy Birthday ...
Almost every film, even the classics, contains blunders and gaffes--and this compendium of thousands of amusing mistakes will turn every reader into an informed goof sleuth and provide hours of entertainment. Each entry lists title, credits, plot, bloopers, nonbloopers (mistakenly reported errors), questions (oddities), and fun facts.
The work that helped to determine Paul Feyerabend's fame and notoriety, "Against Method," stemmed from Imre Lakatos's challenge: "In 1970 Imre cornered me at a party. "Paul", he said, "you have such strange ideas. Why don't you write them down? I shall write a reply, we publish the whole thing and I promise you - we shall have a lot of fun." ...
All of the examples included here are flexible spaces that can evolve according to the needs of the people occupying them. In a sense, loft architecture is often a way of taking advantage of limited surfaces. Through practical tests, useful drawings, and numerous illustrations, the reader will understand how small areas can offer a spacious feel.
Famed artist and illustrator Matteo Pericoli has created a massive mural in the American Airlines terminal of JFK airport in New York. Featuring a panorama of famous buildings from cities around the globe, the mural pays tribute to architectural genius of all stripes. Our distinctive accordion-fold-format book contains the mural in its entirety on ...
As with the first in the series, this close-up of contemporary domestic architecture in the USA focuses on a select group of living units, and analyzes each one's various aspects of function, distribution, composition and visual impact, with an eye also to each home's rapport with its surroundings. This rich selection of new designs for single ...
Following the success of its predecessor, Proud 2be a Flyer, Proud 2be a Sticker now celebrates the humble decal and it's use as the badge of choice for a host of independent artists and producers... Full colour examples are featured from the vaults of underground giants such as Stussy, Fresh Jive, Fuct, Hysteric Glamour, X-Large, SSUR, Futura Lab ...
This authoritative book offers a detailed overview of present and future tissue engineering approaches and their contribution to regenerative medicine. It combines comprehensive reviews of the biology and materials science underlying the development and regeneration of different types of tissues with descriptions of current and future strategies ...
New manufacturing technologies have made possible the integration of entire systems on a single chip. This new design paradigm, termed system-on-chip (SOC), together with its associated manufacturing problems, represents a real challenge for designers. SOC is also reshaping approaches to test and validation activities. These are beginning to ...
The prey: Adrian, an ancient vampire who feeds on dreams. The hunter: Hector, last member of the Mydlar family, a desperate man who needs blood to keep hunting his prey. Their past leaves them no other choice but to dance a silent dance that is now nearing its final round. As supernatural nightmares and human horrors unravel in their lives, the ...
Bob Dylan is an icon of twentieth century culture -- songwriter, musician, and social conscience. In addition to helping to popularize the folk music movement, he has strongly shaped rock and roll through his influence on such other musicians as varied as The Beatles. Jimi Hendrix, and Bruce Springsteen, and his songs have been covered by numerous ...
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