A collection of exquisite residential creations, 21st Century Homes will showcase the work of up to 70 architects. The book is a sister to the highly acclaimed Visions of Design, which features North America’s foremost interior designers. 21st Century Homes is the perfect format for regionally and nationally celebrated architects to gain international exposure.
Don’t let age compromise beauty! Get youthful-looking skin, glossy hair, better posture, more energy, and a healthier heart with these bite-sized tips guaranteed to restore a youthful glow the natural way-all without surgery, drugs or expensive products.
The book aims to help you take perfect photos even if you don’t have too much experience as an aspiring photographer. It not only gives you plain instructions, you’ll also see explanations that inform you why some adjustments have to be made. The primary objective that stretches across this book is that there is no “one size fits all rule” when it comes to taking photos with a DSLR camera because these cameras allow you to experiment, use different techniques and methods, explore your passion, and improve your skills at the same time. This is one of the biggest advantages of DSLR cameras – everyone can easily use them.
Even in our increasingly sexualized culture hard-core pornography and the representation of explicit sex is still hard to swallow. This lively and provocative new collection of essays by leading scholars explores screen representations of pornography and sex in a variety of cultural, historical, and critical contexts. Contributions cover a wide range of topics from sex in the multiplex to online alt-porn, from women in stag films to the excesses of extreme pornography, and a variety of contemporary case studies including porn performance, fashion in hard-core, and gay and lesbian pornography.
With love of great cuisine and the bounty of our nation evident throughout this book, Capitol Hill Cooks contains recipes from members of Congress, as well as every president from George Washington (Cranberry Pudding) to Abraham Lincoln (Mary Todd Lincoln’s Vanilla Almond Cake) to Barack Obama (The Obama Family’s Linguini). Taste Vice President Biden’s Kahlua Chocolate Fudge Cake, Senator Charles Grassley’s Bacon and Bean Chowder, or Senator Scott Brown’s Italian Soup, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s Minnesota Rhubarb Dessert or Congressman Ron Paul’s Texas Sweeties…and hundreds more. Many contributors to this book even include notes about their ethnic backgrounds, favorite indigenous foods, and fond memories of meals shared with others. (“Barack really likes this,” the first lady says of her own apple crisp.)
This book is the fourth book in the Essential series following Layout Essentials, Typography Essentials, and Packaging Essentials. It outlines and demonstrates basic logo and branding design guidelines and rules through 100 principles including the elements of a successful graphic identity, identity programs and brand identity, and all the various strategies and elements involved.
A study of a man’s yearning for a woman. What is truly great about this symbolic film is that it makes you REALLY want to know what was intended. An intense exploration on human sexual relationship.
Just after boarding a train, much to the surprise of his fellow passengers, a man pours a bucket of water over a young girl on the platform. Over the next few hours he explains (and we see in flashback) how he became obsessed by her (so much so that he failed to notice that she was played by two different actresses, representing different sides of her personality), and how she tantalised him, but would never allow him to satisfy his desire for her…
A series of vicious, murderous attacks on three wealthy farms in Picardy hit the national headlines and the elite Brigade Criminelle at the Quay Des Orfevres is called upon to lend its expertise in tracking down the brutal gang responsible for the slaughter. However, Inspector Maigret is resolute in investigating the murder of an obscure anonymous Parisian, an investigation that ultimately solves both crimes.
