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Letterhead and Logo Design 9

by MINE, Christopher Simmons

This latest edition in the best-selling annual Letterhead and Logo Design series features the most innovative and exciting work in the field from well-known design leaders, new design firms, and cutting-edge artists. From logos to labels, business cards to envelopes, the creative techniques and full-color images portrayed in this broad range of work will inspire new design solutions for age-old challenges that beg... (more)

Dos Logos

by N. Bourquin, Robert Klanten

Almost three years after putting our worldwide bestseller Los Logos together, dgv announces its much-anticipated follow-up. Dos Logos presents extensive examples of contemporary logo design in even greater depth and charts new developments in the field. Done in the same format as the first volume, Dos Logos explores the exceptional visual language and stylistic approaches to logo creation by designers from... (more)

LogoLounge 3: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers

LogoLounge 3: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers

by Bill Gardner, Catharine M. Fishel

New in Paperback! The third volume in the best-selling LogoLounge series provides 2,000 totally new logos from designers worldwide. This book, like the previous titles in the series, is compiled in association with...

American Junk: How to Hunt For, Haggle Over, Rescue and Transform America's Forgotten Treasures (From

American Junk: How to Hunt For, Haggle Over, Rescue and Transform America's Forgotten Treasures (From

by Mary Randolph Carter

A passionate collector shares photos of her own finds, prices, a list of junking sites nationwide, general information on how to hunt for treasure at places like flea markets and thrift shops, and tips on haggling, cleaning, and camouflage. Reprint.

Flea Market Style

by Emily Chalmers, Ali Hanan

"Flea Market Style" gives you all the information and advice you need to furnish and decorate your home with "found" objects instead of new items bought in stores. Emily Chalmers and Ali Hanan explain how to find fresh and unexpected uses of second-hand pieces and antiques, and reveal how to mix old and new with flair and panache. The first part of the book, Flea Market Finds, looks at household goods, from... (more)

The Original McGuffey's Eclectic Progressive Spelling Book (Eclectic school series) (Eclectic school series)

The Original McGuffey's Eclectic Progressive Spelling Book (Eclectic school series) (Eclectic school series)

by Alexander H McGuffey

Mott Media has Republished the 1830's Version of the McGuffey Readers with the Original Christian Content! Called "Progressive" because it begins with basic phonics and progresses to advanced vocabulary worthy of a graduate student. As such, it is the only spelling book you will ever need.

Britannica Great Books of the Western World (Deluxe Black Binding) 54 Volumes Complete (Great Books of the Western World, Complete Set)

Britannica Great Books of the Western World (Deluxe Black Binding) 54 Volumes Complete (Great Books of the Western World, Complete Set)

This is the Deluxe edition of the Great Books of the Western World. There are three versions of the set. the least expensive was cloth-bound. That was the original version published in 1952. In the 1970's a tan edition was issued that was more expensive. The problem is that the binding tends to chip and crack unless it was kept in a dark, refrigerated closet. This set, which is half bound in black Fabricoid... (more)

More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places

More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places

by Michael J. Mauboussin

One of Wall Street's most creative and influential minds offers provocative new ways of thinking about the stock market, investing, and how we make decisions.

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“<Taleb is> Wall Street’s principal dissident. . . . <Fooled By Randomness> is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther’s ninety-nine theses were to the Catholic Church.” – Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker Finally in paperback, the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about the markets and the world.This book is about luck: more precisely how we... (more)

Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays

by David Foster Wallace

Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a sick sense of humor? What is John Updike+s deal anyway? And who won the Adult Video News+ Female Performer of the Year Award the same year Gwyneth Paltrow won her Oscar? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in his new book of hilarious nonfiction.For this collection, David Foster Wallace immerses himself in the three-ring circus that is the... (more)

I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence

I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence

by Amy Sedaris

Are you lacking direction in how to whip up a swanky soiree for lumberjacks? A dinner party for white-collar workers? A festive gathering for the grieving? Don't despair. Take a cue from entertaining expert Amy Sedaris and host an unforgettable fete that will have your guests raving. No matter the style or size of the gathering--from the straightforward to the bizarre--I LIKE YOU provides jackpot recipes... (more)

Kinds of Love: A Novel

by May Sarton

Friendship, marriage, and intertwined lives in a small New Hampshire town. Friendship, marriage, and intertwined lives in a small New Hampshire town. Christina Chapman and her husband Cornelius, both past seventy, are "summer people"—people who come to rural New England for the summer months and go home to the city when the cold weather comes. This year, however, Christina and Cornelius have decided to stay... (more)

Eat Mangoes Naked: Finding Pleasure Everywhere (and dancing with the Pits)

Eat Mangoes Naked: Finding Pleasure Everywhere (and dancing with the Pits)

by Sark

This book is your traveling pleasure companion. I want to remind you to seek out pleasure and lightly scoop it up! It is also a guide to finding pleasure in all of the difficult places: during illness, at the periodontist, facing our aging and mortality... I share my explorations into pleasure, and the places I get lost. Let's magnify our pleasures together, no matter what else is happening in our lives.

Hammer and Blaze: A Gathering of Contemporary American Poets

Hammer and Blaze: A Gathering of Contemporary American Poets

Hammer and Blaze provides a true cross-section of the best contemporary poets writing in North America today. Editors Ellen Bryant Voigt and Heather McHugh have brought together the work of sixty poets who have taught at the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers, one of the most respected and influential writing programs of its kind. The stellar group of contributors includes MacArthur fellows Campbell... (more)

Rooms

by Derry Moore

Rooms celebrates some of the most luxurious and bold interiors around the globe and the creative sensibilities of the people who inspired them. Beautifully presented through the sumptuous photography of Derry Moore, the 12th Earl of Drogheda, who has photographed some of the world's most spectacular houses as well as some of the most notable personalities in their homes, this lavish publication captures the... (more)

Latticework: The New Investing

by Robert G. Hagstrom

In this engaging and challenging book, Robert Hagstrom outlines a new approach to investing based on the ideas of two highly successful investors: Charlie Munger of Berkshire Hathaway and bill Miller of Legg Mason. Both Munger and Miller believe in the latticework approach to investing, one that is based on a working knowledge of a variety of disciplines. Latticework is a true liberal arts approach to investing.... (more)

Global Style: Exotic Elements in Contemporary Interiors

Global Style: Exotic Elements in Contemporary Interiors

by Lesley Dilcock

Interior Alchemy: Secrets to Creating Expressive Ambience

Interior Alchemy: Secrets to Creating Expressive Ambience

by Rebecca Purcell

This book includes chapters on do-it-yoursel f projects for finishing touches, including tassles, ageing fabrics and metals, valances and draperies, picture matting and more. Style setter Rebecca Purcell shows how anyone can create expressive rooms. '

House of Belief: Creating Your Own Personal Style

House of Belief: Creating Your Own Personal Style

by Kelee Katillac

House of Belief incorporate beliefs, values, goals, and dreams into a more meaningful style.

The Original McGuffey's Eclectic Third Reader (Eclectic school series) (Eclectic school series)

The Original McGuffey's Eclectic Third Reader (Eclectic school series) (Eclectic school series)

by William Holmes McGuffey

Mott Media has Republished the 1830's Version of the McGuffey Readers with the Original Christian Content! Develops thinking skills and the richer vocabulary of grades six through eight. Contains famous authors such as Addison, Irving, and Byron. Readings address questions such as how we know the Bible is from God; character building topics such as work versus idleness; and topics of science and nature. This... (more)

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