The Leading eBooks Store Online
for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
100 American Flags
Ten Speed Press 2013; US$ 19.95The American flag has been raised high in wartime triumph and peacetime celebration; sewn lovingly onto quilts, caps, pillows, and bags; appropriated by popular culture; and faithfully honored every Fourth of July. This vibrant collection of 100 Stars and Stripes artifacts ranges from Civil War-era banners and Native American braided moccasins to an... more...
Under the Sign of Saturn
Penguin Books Ltd 2013; Not AvailableSusan Sontag's third essay collection brings together her most important critical writing from 1972 to 1980. In these provocative and hugely influential works she explores some of the most controversial artists and thinkers of our time, including her now-famous polemic against Hitler's favourite film-maker, Leni Riefenstahl, and the cult of fascist... more...
The Oil Painting Course You've Always Wanted
Crown Publishing Group 2013; US$ 24.95Everything you always wanted to know about oil painting...but were afraid to ask. Or maybe you weren?t afraid?maybe you just didn?t know what to ask or where to start. In The Oil Painting Course You?ve Always Wanted , author Kathleen Staiger presents crystal clear, step-by-step lessons that build to reinforce learning. Brush control, creating the... more...
African Art, Interviews, Narratives
Indiana University Press 2013; US$ 23.99Joanna Grabski and Carol Magee bring together a compelling collection that shows how interviews can be used to generate new meaning and how connecting with artists and their work can transform artistic production into innovative critical insights and knowledge. The contributors to this volume include artists, museum curators, art historians, and anthropologists,... more...
War Journey
Penguin Books Ltd 2013; Not Available?The child you threatened once, the young shoot you stepped on, the Tamil you teased, is standing with a gun in front of you.? This short diary was recovered from Malaravan?s kit after he was killed in action in 1992, when barely twenty. In it, he recounts his unit?s journey to Maankulam, the island?s granary, to fight a critical battle where they routed... more...
The Printed Square
HarperCollins 2013; US$ 19.99Showcasing a wealth of arresting color combinations, weaves, and patterns in more than 200 gorgeous examples, The Printed Square by Nicky Albrechtsen reveals the hidden history of the fashionable handkerchief. Period photographs, an analysis of fabric and design trends, and detailed information on collecting vintage handkerchiefs make this one-of-a-kind... more...
Paper
HarperCollins 2013; US$ 19.99Let us suppose for a moment that paper were to disappear. Would anything be lost? Everything would be lost. aper surrounds us. Not only as books, letters and diaries, but as beer mats and birth certificates, board games and business cards, fireworks and flypaper, photographs and playing cards, tickets and tea bags. We are paper people. But the... more...
How to Become a Video Game Artist
Crown Publishing Group 2013; US$ 21.99Become a Player in the Business of Video Game Art Every year video games generate billions of dollars and some of the most dynamic and engaging artwork today. It?s an ever-growing field that holds great professional opportunity, but you need the right skills and savvy if you want to stake your claim. In How to Become a Video Game Artist , veteran... more...
Tapestry Conservation: Principles and Practice
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 130.00Tapestry Conservation: Principles and Practice explores current practice and recent research in tapestry conservation, promoting awareness of recent developments among conservators and custodians of tapestries. The book facilitates more informed conservation practice and decision-making, and helps custodians to select the most appropriate method of... more...
Materials for Conservation
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 90.00Materials in Conservation is the definitive introduction to the properties of materials used in conservation. The continual struggle of conservators to ameliorate the deterioration of objects has led to increasing use of synthetic polymers. These materials are part of the sophisticated technology that has been developed to augment and often replace... more...









