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  • The EveryGirl’s Guide to Life

    Raised by working-class immigrant parents and later exposed to Hollywood's most elite experts in every field, Access Hollywood's, Today's, and Nightly News's reporter Maria Menounos reveals her EveryGirl secrets on everything: her systems to organize life, manage time, and ascend the ladder of success; her lazy woman's workout; her weight-loss tips (how she lost forty pounds and kept it off); and ... Read more

    R258,97

  • The Essential Kabbalah

    The Heart of Jewish Mysticism

    A translation of the Kabbalah for the layperson includes a compact presentation of each primary text and features a practical analysis and vital historical information that offer insight into the various aspects of Jewish mysticism. ... Read more

    R211,93

  • Writing to Learn

    How to Write - and Think - Clearly About Any Subject at All

    This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning. ... Read more

    R168,00

  • Basic Drawing Made Amazingly Easy

    Series series Made Amazingly Easy Series
    The third title in a bestselling series, Basic Drawing Made Amazingly Easyis a complete drawing book for the beginning artist. Based on a series of lessons that begin with the five basic shapes (circle, oval, square, cylinder, and rectangle) combined with the five basic components of drawing (line, mass, perspective, light, and shading), the book progresses from the simplest forms to more complex ... Read more

    R258,62

  • The Urban Sketcher

    Techniques for Seeing and Drawing on Location

    Make the world your studio!Capture the bustle and beauty of life in your town.Experience life as only an artist can! Join the rapidly growing, international movement of artists united by a passion for drawing on location in the cities, towns and villages where they live and travel. Packed with art and advice from Marc Taro Holmes, artist and co-founder of Urbansketchers.org, this self-directed ... Read more

    Was R344,99 Now R275,87

  • Art Styles for Kids : Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionism to Post-Impressionism, Pop and Abstract | Art History Lessons Junior Scholars Edition | Children's Arts, Music & Photography Books

    Different eras produce different art styles. By reading this ebook, you will begin to understand how the existing social, political and economic structures shape the art style of the period. In addition, you will also learn to acknowledge personal tastes and preferences of the artists who have created the most popular artwork per art style. Grab a copy today. ... Read more

    R89,92

  • Drawing School

    Fundamentals for the Beginner

    by Jim Dowdalls ...
    A traditional drawing class in a book to help you master basic skills, including form, space, depth, proportion, composition, perspective, and more.California State University art professor Jim Dowdalls starts new students out by demonstrating how to use the different types of drawing tools, including how to hold a pencil, how to use supports, and how to make a variety of marks and strokes. ... Read more

    R370,40 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Create Perfect Paintings

    An Artist's Guide to Visual Thinking

    by Nancy Reyner ...
    The Ultimate Resource and Reference Guide for Artists!Discover an innovative self-critique method that will empower you to answer the artist's most common questions: Now What? and Is it Finished? With hundreds of insights, tips, and illustrated techniques, Create Perfect Paintings shows you how to push your work to the next level regardless of medium or style by strengthening your perception, ... Read more

    R224,24

  • Sex with the Queen

    900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics

    In this follow-up to her bestselling Sex with Kings, Eleanor Herman reveals the truth about what goes on behind the closed door of a queen's boudoir. Impeccably researched, filled with page-turning romance, passion, and scandal, Sex with the Queen explores the scintillating sexual lives of some of our most beloved and infamous female rulers.She was the queen, living in an opulent palace, wearing ... Read more

    R223,66

  • 101 Watercolor Secrets

    Essential Insights and Techniques for Painters

    Improve your skills, explore new techniques, and immerse yourself in the joy of watercolor painting!Watercolor painting is a popular and satisfying art form that offers vibrant, luminous results, encourages spontaneity, and rewards creativity. Though it may present challenges for beginners, these are valuable opportunities to enhance your skills and grow as an artist.In 101 Watercolor Secrets, ... Read more

    R339,35

  • The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook - Landscapes

    Painting with watercolors gives you endless opportunities to create the world you want. You choose whether to let the sun blaze or the rain pour, to move a maple tree here or make the trail wind over there, to subdue a hillside with quiet greens or make a forest glow with dazzling golds and reds. It's not only a matter of what to paint, but how to go about painting it.This book examines, one at a ... Read more

    R93,60

  • A Visual Guide to Classical Art Theory for Drawing and Painting Students

    by Eric Mantle ...
    Series series Our National Conversation
    Eric Mantle presents the basics of classical theory in a clear and concise manner for all beginning drawing and painting students. His book features diagrams that illustrate every concept. Students will see the complexities of color theory and understand how to create the illusion of volume and depth on a 2-dimensional surface. “As an art student,” Professor Mantle recalls, “I was frequently ... Read more

    Was R254,94 Now R221,48

  • Thinking with Type

    A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students (3rd Edition, Revised and Expanded)

    by Ellen Lupton ...
    The essential and bestselling guide to typography from beloved design educator Ellen Lupton—revised and expanded to include new and additional voices, examples, and principles, and a wider array of typefaces."Thinking with Type is to typography what Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time is to physics."—I Love TypographyThe bestselling Thinking with Type in a revised and expanded third edition: ... Read more

    R309,80

  • The Great Book of Drawing Zentangle

    How to Create Amazing Designs

    by Jane Marbaix ...
    Discover the mesmerizing world of Zentangle drawing and unlock their creative potential with this comprehensive guide, beautifully illustrated in full-colour.The art of Zentangle is a creative and mindful artform, using intricate patterns to make abstract and meditative compositions. In this practical book, renowned Zentangle teacher Jane Marbaix takes readers on a journey through creating their ... Read more

    R18,26 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alexei Penzin

    Rex ExsomnisSchlaf und Subjektivität in der kapitalistischen Moderne(dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken # 097)

    Series Book 1 - E-Books
    Die Regulierung von und Kontrolle über ein natürliches Phänomen wie den Schlaf kann als paradigmatisch für die Rationalisierung des Alltagslebens in Zeiten der kapitalistischen »Hypermodernität« bezeichnet werden. Das moderne Machtregime ist ebenfalls schlaflos – Kontrollpunkte, Überwachungskameras, Polizeipatrouillen, Sicherheitsbeamte arbeiten ohne Unterbrechung. In Form einer Montage ... Read more

    R69,57

  • 1940s Fashion: The Definitive Sourcebook

    From the ashes of the Second World War came forward-thinking fashions, the likes of which had never been seen before.The early Forties were defined by thriftiness and practicality, a make-do-and-mend attitude in a time of war. However, the latter half of the decade saw the emergence of the traditional femininity, elegance and luxury often associated with the era. Spanning the austerity of the war ... Read more

    R210,44

  • The Business of Creativity

    How to Build the Right Team for Success

    by Keith Granet ...
    Long known as the go-to management consultant of the design world, Keith Granet reveals more of his clear-eyed insights about running a creative business in this follow-up to his book The Business of Design. While aimed at creative enterprises, Granet's advice, quickly summarized as "know what you do best and focus on that," applies to any organization, small or large, commercial or nonprofit. He ... Read more

    R268,97

  • Life, Paint and Passion

    Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous

    Life, Paint And Passion is a deeply involving approach to using the creative process as a tool for self-discovery. With vibrant and contagious enthusiasm, the authors liberate the reader's urge to create freely and spontaneously, as a painter or an artist in another medium, purely for the process of exploration, not for result.With eloquence and simplicity, the authors encourage the reader to ... Read more

    R202,62

  • Қудрати модда

    Роҳи эҳё

    Series Book 1 - Matericismo
    ҚУВВАТИ МОДДАВақте ки дард нафасатро мегирад ва ҷароҳат намехоҳад шифо ёбад, ҳамин китоб оғоз меёбад.Ин назария нест. Ин дастур нест. Ин роҳест пур аз дастон ифлос, моддаи зинда, хомӯшӣ ва ҳақиқат.Ҳар як ҳаракат табобат мегардад, ҳар як шикоф нур мешавад, ҳар як вазн — ҳузур.Қуввати Модда амали муҳаббат аст ба сӯи он чизе ки моро захмӣ кардааст: даъватест барои табдил додани дард ба қувват, танҳоӣ ... Read more

    R173,17 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 物質の力

    再生への道

    Series Book 1 - Matericismo
    物質の力心に傷を抱えているなら、この本はあなたを変えるでしょう。痛みによって呼吸ができなくなったとき、傷が癒えずに残り続けるとき、沈黙が世界よりも大きな声で響くとき、この本は、そこから生まれました。これは理論ではありません。ガイドブックでもありません。それは、汚れた手、生きた素材、そして存在によって形作られた道です。繰り返される必要な動作の中で、痛みが形となり、傷が美しさとなり、孤独が内なる平和へと変わっていきます。物質の力とは、私たちを傷つけたものへの愛の行為です。慰めるのではなく、寄り添う本です。癒し方を教えるのではなく、癒せるという可能性を見せてくれる本です。身体と魂で体験する、芸術的で、精神的で、癒しの旅です。ここには、理論ではなく行動から生まれる芸術的な癒しがあります。木、鉄、火、そして塵... ... Read more

    R173,17 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Die krag van die materie

    Pad van wedergeboorte

    Series Book 1 - Matericismo
    Die Krag van die MaterieAs jy ’n wond dra, sal hierdie boek jou verander.Wanneer pyn jou asem wegslaanWanneer die wond nie wil genees nieWanneer stilte harder is as die wêreldDís waar hierdie boek beginDit is nie ’n teorie nieNie ’n handleiding nieDit is ’n pad wat met vuil hande geloop is, met lewende materie, met teenwoordigheid’n Herhalende, noodsaaklike han... ... Read more

    R173,17 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 這樣準備作品集(數位時代全新修訂版):設計經紀人專業指點 × 業界精英不藏私分享

    How to Create a Portfolio & Get Hired 2nd Edition

    Series series Design+
    藝術設計排行榜長銷書最新修訂版,所有設計人都該有的一本工具書。市面上唯一教授製作作品集的專書倫敦藝術大學及紐約帕森設計學院教授群好評推薦關於如何準備作品集的一切技巧,盡在《這樣準備作品集!》★全新增修內容:最新的作品集案例,更多數位作品集內容、業界專家語錄及數位媒體個案研究 ★★學會正確解讀客戶需求,製作正中需求的作品集,自眾多競爭者中脫穎而出 ★◆超過200幅案例彩圖◆36位業界精英建言◆8種設計相關產業類別需求解析◆最新數位媒體個案研究【好評推薦】王明嘉/王明嘉視覺事務所負責人許匡匡/插畫家Soupy Tang湯舒皮/插畫家廖書荻/新銳繪本作家韓豐年/國立臺灣藝術大學圖文傳播藝術學系教授兼系(所)主任(依姓名筆畫排序)  受完四年大學設計教育,想要找到一個理想的設計工作,你還有「最後一哩... ... Read more

    R201,80

  • Materiens Kraft

    Vägen till pånyttfödelse

    Series Book 1 - Matericismo
    MATERIANS KRAFTOm du bär på ett sår inom dig, kommer den här boken att förändra dig.När smärtan tar din andedräkt,när såret inte läker,när tystnaden låter högre än världen,då börjar den här boken.Det här är ingen teori,ingen guide,utan en väg formad av smutsiga händer, levande materia och närvaro.En upprepad, nödvändig handling som långsamt förvandlar smärta till form, såret till skönhet, ensam... ... Read more

    R173,17 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sức mạnh của vật chất

    Hành trình tái sinh

    Series Book 1 - Matericismo
    SỨC MẠNH CỦA VẬT CHẤTKhi nỗi đau lấy đi hơi thở và vết thương không chịu khép lại, cuốn sách này bắt đầu.Không phải lý thuyết, không phải cẩm nang. Đây là một hành trình được tạo nên từ đôi tay lấm bẩn, vật chất sống, sự im lặng và sự thật.Mỗi cử chỉ trở thành sự chăm sóc, mỗi vết nứt thành ánh sáng, mỗi trọng lượng thành sự hiện diện.Sức Mạnh Của Vật Chất là một hành động yêu thương dành cho điều ... Read more

    R173,17 or Free with Kobo Plus