Showcases photographs from National Geographic's photographic archive as well as other collections. This volume presents a varied group portrait of people at work - in great cities and tiny villages; in 19th-century China and 21st-century New York; in fields, factories, food carts, and four-star restaurants.

Offers amateur photographers everywhere a beginning to discover their potential. This title covers what you need to know right from the start of a shoot, to processing your image and ultimately displaying it in print or on screen.

Offers practical coverage of what you need to know to understand the characteristics of light and the foundations of photographic lighting, including film, filters, exposure, compensation, zone system and an array of creative techniques. This book covers post-production and composite imagery techniques.

This sumptuous, full-color photographic collection features 500 masterworks from today's finest contemporary woodcraft artisans. Using age-old hand tools and modern machines, these artists bend and shape the wood, blending inspiration and technical innovation with cultural influences from Asia, Europe and the Americas.

The study of sexual physiology has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci, James Watson, and Napoleon Bonaparte's great grand-niece Marie. This title provides answers to question such as: Can a person think herself to orgasm? Does orgasm boost fertility?

A collection of moments from a period of one hundred days followed by photography, journals, excerpts and 'on-site' notes that offer the backstory of the image and how it was captured. This book includes events such as: President Lincoln's assassination; the construction of the Eiffel Tower; and the Potemkin Mutiny.

This text presents the work of Ron Arad, one of the most successful and creative contemporary designers. In conversation with art critic Matthew Collings, Arad talks about his work, explains his projects and tells the story of his amazing career.

Aims to bridge the gaps between individual furniture makers, designers, scholars, and consumers. Through photographs and writing, this volume reports on the ways that studio-furniture artists respond to materials challenges such as the scarcity of exotic timber due to rain forest depletion.

This book features a fascinating collection of some of the most innovative tables, chairs and lights ever designed, those that push the boundaries of imagination, art and design. This is indisputably a must for any designer interested in not only beautiful and often innovative design, but how such furniture is constructed.

A follow-up to the popular Web Design: Best Studios , this work profiles the coolest design studios from over 30 countries, with examples of work, contact information, list of awards, and favorite tools (such as Flash, HTML, XML, and others). It is suitable for the web designer, marketing manager, and for those whose work is involved with web.

A reference for identifying native trees in Australia. This edition includes 70 additional species and has maps and photos showing us a diverse range of forests.

A monograph on the product designer Ross Lovegrove. Written by the designer himself, it presents an overview of his career, featuring realized and unrealized project. While the main texts explains Ross Lovegrove's philosophy and way of working, the products descriptions reveal the main feature and characteristic of every project.

Using the three basic approaches to producing curved parts, this book provides step-by-step instructions on each method, the pros and cons of each project, and how to troubleshoot problems. It also includes are discussions and advice as to what methods will work and what methods will not in various applications.

Provides novice woodworkers with the guide to creating cabinetry. This book leads them through every process in detail, from understanding the properties of wood to reading a plan, from layout, squaring, and cutting to joinery and assembly. It discusses lumber grades, sizes, and prices; edge treatments for plywood and offers useful advice.

Kenny Mancuso shot his childhood buddy Moogey Bues and then jumped bail. Now bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is on the case to track Kenny down. Then someone finished Moogey off, Kenny can't be found, twenty-four coffins are missing, and there's some ex-army heavy artillery roaming the streets.