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Books > Arts & Architecture
‘Look beyond the obvious. Street photography is what you make
it’. Craig Whitehead’s shots of the streets are unique – his
sense of colour, composition, storytelling and timing have earned
him a hugely dedicated following. But how does he consistently take
such special images, and what are the key creative takeaways to
bring to your own photography? Find Your Frame is Whitehead’s
personal how-to guide to a craft he has spent many years honing.
Across 20 short, sharp lessons, he reveals his secrets, his tips,
his creative approach, his sources of inspiration, and his way of
seeing, shooting and anticipating the streets. Illustrated
throughout with example images, and full of creative wisdom and
advice, this is the start of your journey toward better street
photography and a more creative way of visual thinking.
This title discusses the work of two of the most eminent
contemporary British architects, Edward Jones and Sir Jeremy Dixon.
With distinguished careers spanning four decades, their works
separately and, since 1989, in partnership range from the Royal
Opera House in London to Mississauga City Hall in Canada and from
the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds to the Business School for
Oxford University. Although they have built throughout the UK, it
is to London above all that Dixon Jones have devoted their energies
- and it is on London that they have made the greatest impact. Some
of the capital's most important public buildings - the Royal Opera
House, the National Portrait Gallery, the courtyard of Somerset
House - have been given a new life by their deft interventions,
transforming what were previously somewhat austere institutions
into vital and valued components of the public realm. In this
publication, the buildings and projects of Jeremy Dixon and Edward
Jones, from their student days to the present, are fully documented
with drawings, photographs and essays by critics and clients, as
well as comments by the architects. Alan Colquhoun, Robert Maxwell
and Kenneth Powell provide an in-depth critical interpretation
while Sir Jeremy Isaacs and Charles Saumarez Smith - clients for
the Royal Opera House and National Portrait Gallery respectively -
offer a unique insight into the process of working with Dixon
Jones.
Take a tour through the colourful worlds of Marvel's Spider-Verse
in this comprehensive guidebook detailing the lives of its many
web-slingers. Follow Gwen Stacy-better known as Ghost-Spider-as she
jumps between dimensions visiting the countless friendly (and some
not-so-friendly) neighborhood Spider-folk whom she has met in her
adventures across the Marvel Multiverse. From Peter Parker to Miles
Morales, from Spider-Ham to Spider-Man 2099, more than 60 of Gwen's
iconic wall-crawling colleagues are profiled here, each illustrated
with amazing original art. Thrilling and vibrant, this
arachnophile's treasury is a must-have collectible for every
Spider-fan!
"Book of the Year." -- MOJO Magazine"Outstanding Book of the Year."
--The Herald (Glasgow) A Best Book of the Year by NPR, Pitchfork,
The Telegraph, and UncutA tender and intimate memoir by one of the
most remarkable, trailblazing, and tenacious women in music, the
two-time Grammy Award-winning "premiere song-stylist and songwriter
of her generation" (Hilton Als), Rickie Lee Jones This troubadour
life is only for the fiercest hearts, only for those vessels that
can be broken to smithereens and still keep beating out the rhythm
for a new song. Last Chance Texaco is the first-ever
no-holds-barred account of the life of two-time Grammy Award-winner
Rickie Lee Jones in her own words. It is a tale of desperate
chances and impossible triumphs, an adventure story of a girl who
beat the odds and grew up to become one of the most legendary
artists of her time, turning adversity and hopelessness into
timeless music. With candor and lyricism, the "Duchess of
Coolsville" (Time) takes us on a singular journey through her
nomadic childhood, to her years as a teenage runaway, through her
legendary love affair with Tom Waits and ultimately her longevity
as the hardest working woman in rock and roll. Rickie Lee's stories
are rich with the infamous characters of her early songs -
"Chuck-E's in Love," "Weasel and the White Boys Cool," "Danny's
All-Star Joint," and "Easy Money"-- but long before her notoriety
in show business, there was a vaudevillian cast of hitchhikers,
bank robbers, jail breaks, drug mules, a pimp with a heart of gold
and tales of her fabled ancestors. In this tender and intimate
memoir by one of the most remarkable, trailblazing, and tenacious
women in music are never-before-told stories of the girl in the
raspberry beret, a singer-songwriter whose music defied
categorization and inspired American pop culture for decades.
The star of Marvel’s first Asian superhero film, Shang-Chi and
The Legend of the Ten Rings, tells his own origin story of being a
Chinese immigrant, his battles with cultural stereotypes and his
own identity, becoming a TV star, and landing the role of a
lifetime. In this honest, inspiring and relatable memoir, Simu Liu
chronicles his family's journey from China to the bright lights of
Hollywood with wit and humour. As a child, Simu's parents left him
in the care of his grandparents, bringing him to Canada when he was
four. However, Simu soon senses that his new guardians lack the
gentle touch of his grandparents, resulting in harsh words and hurt
feelings between him and his parents, who find their son
emotionally distant and difficult to relate to. Although they are
related by blood, they are separated by culture, language, and
values. As Simu grows up, he plays the part of the pious child
flawlessly – he gets straight As, performs exceptionally in
national math competitions and makes his parents proud. However, as
time passes, he grows increasingly disillusioned with the path that
has been laid out for him. Less than a year out of University, he
is fired from his first job and hits rock bottom. He develops a
determination centred around creating his own path. This leads him
to not only succeeding as an actor, but also opens the door to
reconciling with his parents. We Were Dreamers is a story about
growing up between cultures, finding your family, and becoming the
master of your own extraordinary circumstance.
Building energy design is currently going through a period of major
changes. One key factor of this is the adoption of net-zero energy
as a long term goal for new buildings in most developed countries.
To achieve this goal a lot of research is needed to accumulate
knowledge and to utilize it in practical applications. In this
book, accomplished international experts present advanced modeling
techniques as well as in-depth case studies in order to aid
designers in optimally using simulation tools for net-zero energy
building design. The strategies and technologies discussed in this
book are, however, also applicable for the design of energy-plus
buildings. This book was facilitated by International Energy
Agency's Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) Programs and the Energy in
Buildings and Communities (EBC) Programs through the joint SHC Task
40/EBC Annex 52: Towards Net Zero Energy Solar Buildings R&D
collaboration. After presenting the fundamental concepts, design
strategies, and technologies required to achieve net-zero energy in
buildings, the book discusses different design processes and tools
to support the design of net-zero energy buildings (NZEBs). A
substantial chapter reports on four diverse NZEBs that have been
operating for at least two years. These case studies are extremely
high quality because they all have high resolution measured data
and the authors were intimately involved in all of them from
conception to operating. By comparing the projections made using
the respective design tools with the actual performance data,
successful (and unsuccessful) design techniques and processes,
design and simulation tools, and technologies are identified.
Written by both academics and practitioners (building designers)
and by North Americans as well as Europeans, this book provides a
very broad perspective. It includes a detailed description of
design processes and a list of appropriate tools for each design
phase, plus methods for parametric analysis and mathematical
optimization. It is a guideline for building designers that draws
from both the profound theoretical background and the vast
practical experience of the authors.
Dié boek is rock ’n roll in die binnewêreld van die legendariese liedjieboer, Anton Goosen. Hanlie Retief vertel Goosen se buitengewone lewensverhaal – van sy grootwordjare in die Vrystaat, die Musiek-en-Liriek-era, sensuur, hoogtepunte en teleurstellings . . . tot waar die vader van Afrikaanse Rock 'n terugblik gee op sy merkwaardige lewe.
Grab your friends and get cooking in the land of Ooo with Adventure
Time: The Official Cookbook, featuring recipes from all your
favourite characters and kingdoms. Finn has come together with his
friends to complete a cookbook that once belonged to his mom. Are
you ready to feast your eyes and prepare your stomach for the most
awesome, most delicious meals this side of the Candy Kingdom?
California, the Golden State, is steeped in cliche like almost
nowhere else: palm trees, beach-blonde surfers, aspiring actors and
tail-finned cars, all bathed in endless sunshine. Sally Davies,
acclaimed New York street photographer and author of New Yorkers,
heads west to capture the images and listen to the voices of
everyday Californians in their own homes, hoping to delve beneath
the ubiquitous stereotypes. She finds light and space, swimming
pools and enticing views of the stunning natural surroundings
encroaching through the walls. Posing for her in bedrooms, garages
and patios, Davies discovers vibrant multicultural communities,
eccentric stories of hopes and dreams, tales of gridlocked traffic,
urban sprawl, air pollution and all aspects of the entertainment
industry. Among the voices are well-known figures, Linda Ramone and
actor Eric McCormack, accompanied by a cast of models, producers, a
high-court judge, artists, stylists, writers, musicians, lawyers,
magicians and many more.
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In addition to stamping and stencilling, various relief methods of
printmaking, including lino, texture plate and collagraph, the
author has included four different types of screen printing and sun
and cyanotype print projects as well as how to use rust and plant
materials for 'eco' type printing. Transfer methods and altered art
prints offer a different take on conventional approaches to this
easily accessible art form. But by far the most exciting, and
largest section of the book is devoted to monotype prints and
monoprinting with the focus on gel printing. Angie Franke uses her
gelatine based printing pads (you'll get the recipe) and the
commercial Gelli Plate - as well as a fascinating venture into clay
bed printing - to explore monoprint methods in many different ways,
drawing on other processes in the book to build fascinating results
of richly combined layers of colour with stamp, stencil, mask and
texture plate tools. Easy to follow instructions with stylish
photographs will inspire anyone to give printmaking a go!
The Forth Rail Bridge is one of the world's great engineering
feats, and one of its most well-known. When it opened in 1890, the
cantilevered bridge had one of the world's longest spans, at 541
metres. Its distinctive and innovative design marks it as an
important milestone in bridge construction during the period when
railways came to dominate long-distance land travel. Spanning the
estuary of one of the country's great rivers, the Forth Bridge
revolutionised travel within Scotland, and it continues to carry
and freight more than 130 years after its official opening. This
view of the Forth Rail Bridge features the Gresley A4 Class Pacific
Plover locomotive and was painted by Terence Cuneo (1907-1996) for
British Railways in 1952. Cuneo withstood gales of over 50 mph as
he sketched the scene from a girder above the track.
Celebrated novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd paints a
vivid picture of one of the world's greatest cities in this
brilliant and original work, exploring how the city's many hues
have come to shape its history and identity. Think of the colours
of London and what do you imagine? The reds of open-top buses and
terracotta bricks? The grey smog of Victorian industry, Portland
stone and pigeons in Trafalgar square? Or the gradations of
yellows, violets and blues that shimmer on the Thames at sunset -
reflecting the incandescent light of a city that never truly goes
dark? We associate green with royal parks and the District Line;
gold with royal carriages, the Golden Lane Estate, and the tops of
monuments and cathedrals. Colours of London shows us that colour is
everywhere in the city, and each one holds myriad links to its
past. The colours of London have inspired artists (Whistler, Van
Gogh, Turner, Monet), designers (Harry Beck) and social reformers
(Charles Booth). And from the city's first origins, Ackroyd shows
how colour is always to be found at the heart of London's history,
from the blazing reds of the Great Fire of London to the blackouts
of the Blitz to the bold colours of royal celebrations and vibrant
street life. This beautifully written book examines the city's
fascinating relationship with colour, alongside specially
commissioned colourized photographs from Dynamichrome, which bring
a lost London back to life. London has been the main character in
Ackroyd's work ever since his first novel, and he has won countless
prizes in both fiction and non-fiction for his truly remarkable
body of work. Here, he channels a lifetime of knowledge of the
great city, writing with clarity and passion about the hues and
shades which have shaped London's journey through history into the
present day. A truly invaluable book for lovers of art, history,
photography or urban geography, this beautifully illustrated title
tells a rich and fascinating story of the history of this great and
ever-changing city.
Tom Connolly's journey into non-league football unearthed something
bigger than sport. The result is a collection of stunning
photographs recording the lives lived on the perimeter of the
pitch. For anyone who craves fairness in life and wants fairness in
sport, modern elite football offers a confusing, love-hate
relationship, one which sent Tom Connolly in search of the game he
had fallen in love with as a boy. Like many of the men and women he
met on the non-league terraces, he found it in grassroots football.
Football fans have always been fair game for vilification and
stereotyping. This book is about the human beings to be found in
the beautiful game. Telling its story through a collection of
remarkable black-and-white and colour photos of the people who make
the game what it is, FAIR GAME reminds us that in community-minded
non-league football clubs, the heart and soul of sport is alive and
well, against all the odds and despite those running and owning the
upper reaches of the game.
Rock-and-roll icon and three-time bestselling author Nikki Sixx
tells his origin story: how Frank Feranna became Nikki
Sixx, chronicling his fascinating journey from irrepressible
Idaho farmboy to the man who formed the revolutionary rock group
Mötley Crüe. Nikki Sixx is one of the most respected,
recognizable, and entrepreneurial icons in the music industry. As
the founder of Mötley Crüe, who is now in his twenty-first year
of sobriety, Sixx is incredibly passionate about his craft and
wonderfully open about his life in rock and roll, and as a person
of the world. Born Franklin Carlton Feranna on December 11, 1958,
young Frankie was abandoned by his father and partly raised by his
mother, a woman who was ahead of her time but deeply troubled.
Frankie ended up living with his grandparents, bouncing from farm
to farm and state to state. He was an all-American kid—hunting,
fishing, chasing girls, and playing football—but underneath it
all, there was a burning desire for more, and that more was music.
He eventually took a Greyhound bound for Hollywood. In Los Angeles,
Frank lived with his aunt and his uncle—the president of Capitol
Records—for a short time. But there was no easy path to the top.
He was soon on his own. There were dead-end jobs: dipping circuit
boards, clerking at liquor and record stores, selling used light
bulbs, and hustling to survive. But at night, Frank honed his
craft, joining Sister, a band formed by fellow hard-rock veteran
Blackie Lawless, and formed a group of his own: London, the
precursor of Mötley Crüe. Turning down an offer to join Randy
Rhoads’s band, Frank changed his name to Nikki London, Nikki
Nine, and, finally, Nikki Sixx. Like Huck Finn with a stolen
guitar, he had a vision: a group that combined punk, glam, and hard
rock into the biggest, most theatrical and irresistible package the
world had ever seen. With hard work, passion, and some luck, the
vision manifested in reality—and this is a profound true story
finding identity, of how Frank Feranna became Nikki Sixx. It's also
a road map to the ways you can overcome anything, and
achieve all of your goals, if only you put your mind to it.
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