D'artiste: Matte Painting showcases the skills and techniques of leading Hollywood matte painters Alp Altiner, Dylan Cole and Chris Stoski. In over 70 pages of detailed tutorial this book takes readers through the matte painting techniques used to create breathtaking, photo-realistic sets and backdrops for films including ‘Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith’ and the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. The master artists also share unique personal insights, biographical highlights and sources of inspiration.
Award-winning historian Ann Vileisis presents Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back lives up to its title as a journey through the history of the simple act of making dinner. From eighteenth-century gardens and historic cookbooks to the rise of calculated advertising campaigns and the modern supermarket. As the distance between the creation of food and the table at which it was eaten grew, modern preparers gradually lost their understanding food's origins in exchange for believing advertiser's claims and government assurances.
In this book of recipes that serves as a companion to The Glycemic-Load Diet, Dr. Thompson teams up with world-famous low-carb cookbook author Dana Carpender to whip up some yummy recipes that are designed to control insulin spikes which lead to weight gain, hunger, and disease. One thing you can always count on when Dana Carpender contributes recipes to a cookbook is variety, mouthwatering dishes, and a commitment to keeping them low-carb. You get 150 outstanding recipes to enjoy for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, and everything in between with this book!
If you have ever entertained the thought of sculpting dolls using the new polymer and paper clays, this is the book for you! Ms. Oroyan will lead you through virtually every step of dollmaking, from your original ideas through the completion of your own, unique "work of art." She shares a wealth of information gained through years of experience and offers tips, techniques and proven methods of working in this newly discovered medium. You will be guided with clear and concise detailed instruction, illustrations and explore different alternatives to incorporate in your own creations.
“ Mark Jenkins’s engrossing history draws on the latest science, anthropological and archaeological research to explore the origins of vampire stories, providing gripping historic and folkloric context for the concept of immortal beings who defy death by feeding on the lifeblood of others. From the earliest whispers of eternal evil in ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, vampire tales flourished through the centuries and around the globe, fueled by superstition, sexual mystery, fear of disease and death, and the nagging anxiety that demons lurk everywhere.
