The Art and Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy
The Art and Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy - University t...
Wonder Woman - The Art and Making of the Film
Embargoed until 1st June 2017 An Amazonian princess leaves ...
The Huxtaburger Book - The art and science of the perfe...
The definitive guide to the hippest (and most delicious) bur...
The Fifth Discipline: The art and practice of the learn...
Peter Senge, founder and director of the Society for Organis...
Gin - The Art and Craft of the Artisan Revival
New Gins are hitting the market seemingly every day. This bo...
The Art And Making Of The Flash
Winston Effect - The Art and History of Stan Winston Studio
For over 30 years, Stan Winston and his team of artists and technicians have been creating characters, creatures and monsters for the silver screen, from “The Terminator” and the extraterrestrial monstrosities of “Aliens” and “Predator” to the amazing dinosaurs of “Jurassic Park” and the fanciful character of “Edward Scissorhands”. Now, at last, he’s opening up the Stan Winston Studios ...
Preserving Our Proud Heritage - The Customs and Traditions of the Australian Army
The Australian Army’s customs and traditions represent the symbols and substance of much of our national character, adopted from Army’s forebears and developed since 1901 to where we are today. In the form of the `Rising Sun’, these traditions shape Army’s institutional values and to an extent its collective personality, which provides – along with serving members both past and present – ...
Pizza Camp - The Art of Pizza
Pizza Camp is the ultimate guide to achieving pizza nirvana at home, from the chef who is making what Bon Appetit magazine calls “the best pizza in America.” Joe Beddia’s pizza is old school-it’s all about the dough, the sauce, and the cheese. And after perfecting his pie-making craft at Pizzeria Beddia in Philadelphia, he’s offering his methods and recipes in a cookbook that’s anything bu...
Under the Southern Cross - The Heroics and Heartbreak of the Ashes in Australia
The enigmatic trophy that bears Test cricket’s historic soul is also one of international sport’s most emblematic. Over 140 years, the tiny terracotta Ashes urn has witnessed the rise of champions and heroes, villains and the vilified. Beyond the lush surrounds of Lord’s, Edgbaston, Old Trafford and The Oval lies a continent apart, where ‘history’ is replaced by ‘yarns’, and polite silence...
The Monk and the Riddle - The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Life
What would you be willing to do for the rest of your life …? It’s a question most of us consider only hypothetically-opting instead to “do what we have to do” to earn a living. But in the critically acclaimed bestseller The Monk and the Riddle, entrepreneurial sage Randy Komisar asks us to answer it for real. The book’s timeless advice-to make work pay not just in cash, but in experience, sa...
The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid - Travels Through my Childhood
Bill BrysonÂ’s first travel book opened with the immortal line, I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.Â’ In this deeply funny and personal memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, in the curious world of 1950s Middle America. It was a happy time, when almost everything was good for you, including DDT, cigarettes and nuclear fallout. This is a book about one boyÂ’s...
River Dreams - The people and landscape of the Cooks River
In the beginning, therewas the river – before the beach, before the drain, before the dredging, beforethe dams, before numerous other actions that altered the stream. River Dreams reveals the complexhistory of the Cooks River in south-eastern Sydney – a river renowned as Australia’s most altered and polluted. Whilenineteenth century developers called it `improvement’, the sugar mill, tanneries...
RHS Botany for Gardeners - The Art and Science of Gardening Explained & Explored
‘Clever… valuable introduction to the study of plant science.’ – Gardeners Illustrated RHS Botany for Gardeners is more than just a useful reference book on the science of botany and the language of horticulture – it is a practical, hands-on guide that will help gardeners understand how plants grow, what affects their performance, and how to get better results. Illustrated throughout with ...
The Fender Telecaster - The Life and Times of the Electric Guitar That Changed the World
An in-depth history and celebration of over six decades of the Tele, now available in paperback.The Fender Telecaster is a working-class hero and the ultimate blue-collar guitar. It wasnÂ’t meant to be elegant, pretty, or sophisticated. Designed to be a utilitarian musical instrument, it has lived up to that destiny. In the hands of players from Muddy Waters to James Burton, Bruce Springsteen to J...
The Net and the Butterfly - The Art and Practice of Breakthrough Thinking
The creative mode in your brain is like a butterfly. It’s beautiful and erratic, hard to catch and highly valued as a result. If you want to capture it, you need a net. Enter the executive mode, the task-oriented network in your brain that help you tie your shoes, run a meeting, or pitch a client. To succeed, you need both modes to work together—your inner butterfly to be active and free, but yo...
Dynasty - The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
Rome was first ruled by kings, then became a republic. But in the end, after conquering the world, the Republic collapsed. Rome was drowned in blood. So terrible were the civil wars that the Roman people finally came to welcome the rule of an autocrat who could give them peace. ‘Augustus,’ their new master called himself: ‘The Divinely Favoured One’. The lurid glamour of the dynasty founded b...
Scrum - The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
We live in a world that is broken. For those who believe that there must be a more agile and efficient way for people to get things done, here from Scrum pioneer Jeff Sutherland is a brilliantly discursive, thought-provoking book about the leadership and management process that is changing the way we live. In the future, historians may look back on human progress and draw a sharp line designating ...
The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
Meet Charlie Chan Hock Chye, the greatest comic book artist youÂ’ve probably never heard of. When he started making comics in Singapore as a boy of 16 in 1954, Chan expected fame and fortune to quickly follow. But just as SingaporeÂ’s road to independence would be full of twists and turns, so too would ChanÂ’s own journey as an artist. Splicing together a dizzying array of art styles, genres and f...
The Life and Love of the Sea
Combining images from worldÂ’s leading marine and nature photographers and the latest in underwater photography techniques, The Life & Love of the Sea is a breathtaking visual tour of the oceanÂ’s many facets. Readers will experience the land meeting the sea with images of dramatic coastlines, barrier reefs and island chains, and the breathtaking power of the ocean through a stunning collection of...
The Art of Eating through the Zombie Apocalypse - A Cookbook and Culinary Survival Guide
You duck into the safest-looking abandoned house you can find and hold your breath as you listen for the approaching zombie horde youÂ’ve been running from all day. You hear a gurgling sound. Is it the undead? No-itÂ’s your stomach. When the zombie apocalypse tears down life and society as we know it, it will mean no more take out, no more brightly lit, immaculately organized aisles of food just w...
The Wrath and the Dawn - The Wrath and the Dawn Book 1
A #1 New York Times bestseller and a sumptuous, epic tale inspired by A Thousand and One Nights.‘A riveting Game of Thrones meets Arabian Nights love story’ – US WeeklyEvery dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night only to have her executed at sunrise. So it is a terrible surprise when si...
Madame de Villeneuve's the Story of the Beauty and the Beast - The Original Classic French Fairytale
Think you know the story of ‘Beauty and the Beast’? Think again! This book contains the original tale by Madame de Villeneuve, first published in 1740, and although the classic elements of Beauty giving up her freedom to live with the Beast, during which time she begins to see beyond his grotesque appearance, are present, there is a wealth of rich back story to how the Prince became cursed and r...
Brainstorm - The Power And Purpose Of The Teenage Brain
In this groundbreaking book, the bestselling author of Parenting from the Inside Out and The Whole-Brain Child shows parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their childrenÂ’s lives into one of the most rewarding. Between the ages of 12 and 24, the brain changes in important and oftentimes maddening ways. ItÂ’s no wonder that many parents approach thei...
Brainstorm - the power and purpose of the teenage brain
In this groundbreaking book, the bestselling author of Parenting from the Inside Out and The Whole-Brain Child shows parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their childrenÂ’s lives into one of the most rewarding. Between the ages of 12 and 24, the brain changes in important and often maddening ways. ItÂ’s no wonder that many parents approach their childÂ’s adolesc...
Basketball Now! - The Stars and Stories of the NBA
Riding the best-selling success of the first edition, ‘Basketball NOW!’ second edition presents the best players in the NBA today – complete with a fresh crop of young stars whose swagger and game has seen them launch to league-wide stardom. From hyped rookies to bona fide superstars, this second edition is packed with 50 profiles and more than 130 action images. From Curry and Lebron to Klay T...
Gin - The Art and Craft of the Artisan Revival
New Gins are hitting the market seemingly every day. This book will help the reader make sense of this rapid expansion, and contextualize them within ginÂ’s illustrious history from the Renaissance apothecaries of Europe, to the streets of London, to the small local distilleries and cocktail bars of the United States, Canada, England, Spain, Australia and beyond. Features distilleries and gins fr...