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The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. Richard Howard's new translation of the beloved classic-published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's birth-beautifully reflects Saint-Exupery's unique and gifted style. Howard, an acclaimed poet and one of the preeminent translators of our time, has excelled in bringing the... (more)
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Show Me How
500 Things You Should Know: Instructions for Life from the Everyday to the Exotic
by Derek Fagerstrom
Show Me How is a revolutionary reimagining of the reference genre, one part how-to guide, one part graphic art showpiece, and one part pure inspiration. In a series of 500 nearly wordless, highly informative step-by-step procedurals, readers learn how to do hundreds of useful (and fascinating and important and sometimes downright bizarre) tasks, including: Perform CPR, dance the tango, pack a suitcase, win a bar... (more)
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The Web Designer's Idea Book
The Ultimate Guide to Themes, Trends & Styles in Website Design
by Patrick McNeil
Inspiring Web Design at a Glance The Web Designer's Idea Book includes more than 700 websites arranged thematically, so you can find inspiration for layout, color, style and more. Author Patrick McNeil has cataloged more than 20,000 sites on his website, and showcased in this book are the very best examples. Sites are organized by color, design style, type, theme, element and structure. It's easy to use and... (more)
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The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein
"Once there was a tree ... and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk ... and the tree was happy. However, as the boy grew older, he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and... (more)
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The Back of the Napkin
Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
by Dan Roam
A bold new way to tackle tough business problems?even if you draw like a second grader When Herb Kelleher was brainstorming about how to beat the traditional hub-and- spoke airlines, he grabbed a bar napkin and a pen. Three dots to represent Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Three arrows to show direct flights. Problem solved, and the picture made it easy to sell Southwest Airlines to investors and customers. ... (more)
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Indexed
by Jessica Hagy
A unique, hilarious take on the modern world Jessica Hagy is a different kind of thinker. She has an astonishing talent for visualizing relationships, capturing in pictures what is difficult for most of us to express in words. At indexed.blogspot.com, she posts charts, graphs, and Venn diagrams drawn on index cards that reveal in a simple and intuitive way the large and small truths of modern life. ... (more)
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Visual Thinking
by Rudolf Arnheim
For thirty-five years Visual Thinking has been the gold standard for art educators, psychologists, and general readers alike. In this seminal work, Arnheim, author of The Dynamics of Architectural Form, Film as Art, Toward a Psychology of Art, and Art and Visual Perception, asserts that all thinking (not just thinking related to art) is basically perceptual in nature, and that the ancient dichotomy between seeing... (more)
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Found: Book 1
Found
The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World
by Davy Rothbart
Discarded valentines. Ransom notes. To-do lists. Diaries. Homework assignments. A break-up letter written on the back of an airsickness bag. Whether they are found on buses, at stores, in restaurants, waiting rooms, parking lots, or even prison yards, these items give readers an uncensored, poignant, and often hilarious peek into other people's lives. Found is chock-full of the latest and greatest of these... (more)
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Teaching Visual Literacy: Using Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Anime, Cartoons, and More to Develop Comprehension and Thinking Skills
by Douglas Fisher
These innovative articles show how to use high-interest visual materials to capture the attention of learners, strengthen multiple literacy competencies, and boost critical thinking skills.
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Akriti to Sanskriti: A Journey of Indian Forms
by Harsha V. Dehejia
The book expolres images that represent the Indian culture.India is a civilization of many images, a culture of many visual feasts, a tradition where the visible and the palpable are as important as the oral and the occurrent, where our highest truths are embodied not only in our erudite texts but in our kathas (stories) and gathas (songs), akritis (visual forms) and rachanas (compositions), rich with a... (more)
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The Web Designer's Idea Book, Volume 2
More of the Best Themes, Trends and Styles in Website Design
by Patrick McNeil
This update to The Web Designer's Idea Book is a source of visual inspiration to web designers to help them see what others have done and how they can adapt those ideas to their own needs. It includes a chapter on web-design principles and a chapter about trends in HTML email design.
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The Encyclopedia of Earth: A Complete Visual Guide
by Michael Allaby, John O'Byrne
This sumptuously illustrated, beautifully written encyclopedia, the best book available on the topic, presents the most up-to-date information about planet Earth in a style and format that will appeal to an extremely wide range of readers. With thousands of photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and maps and a text written by a team of international experts, it presents an impressive overview of our... (more)
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Visual Meetings
How Graphics, Sticky Notes & Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity
by David Sibbet
Use eye-popping visual tools to energize your people! Just as social networking has reclaimed the Internet for human interactivity and co-creation, the visual meetings movement is reclaiming creativity, productivity, and playful exchange for serious work in groups. Visual Meetings explains how anyone can implement powerful visual tools, and how these tools are being used in Silicon Valley and... (more)
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Visual Tools For Differentiating Reading And Writing Instruction
by Roger Essley, Linda Rief, Amy Rocci
Students who once refused to write out of frustration now eagerly begin each writing assignment making quick sketches and jotting keywords on a storyboard. They then use this tool to compose stories that use sequence, humor, and dialogue. ?? Helps students at all levels make giant strides in composing stories and revising them, taking notes on difficult text, remembering and retelling complex stories, and... (more)
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Regarding the Pain of Others
by Susan Sontag
One of the distinguishing features of modern life is that it supplies countless opportunities for regarding (at a distance, through the medium of photography) horrors taking place throughout the world. Images of atrocities have become, via the little screens of the television and the computer, something of a commonplace. But are viewers inured -- or incited -- to violence by the depiction of cruelty? Is the... (more)
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
Follows the progress of a little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep and turns him into a... butterfly
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Tao Te Ching
by Lao Tzu, Laozi
The most accessible and authoritative modern English translation of the ancient Chinese classic. Offers the essence of each word and makes Lao Tsu's teaching immediate and alive.
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Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner (For the Absolute Beginner)
by Aaron Miller, Jerry Lee Ford
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner focuses on teaching first time programmers how to program using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition as a foundation language. Written for the entry-level user, the book assumes no prior programming or scripting experience. Whether you are a new or experienced C++ developer, this book delivers the tools and libraries you need to write a... (more)
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The Future of Visual Anthropology: Engaging the Senses
by Sarah Pink
From an eminent author in the field, The Future of Visual Anthropology develops a new approach to visual anthropology and presents a groundbreaking examination of developments within the field and the way forward for the subdiscipline in the twenty-first century The explosion of visual media in recent years has generated a wide range of visual and digital technologies which have transformed visual research and... (more)
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Transcultural Cinema
by David MacDougall
David MacDougall is a pivotal figure in the development of ethnographic cinema and visual anthropology. As a filmmaker, he has directed in Africa, Australia, India, and Europe. His prize-winning films (many made jointly with his wife, Judith MacDougall) include The Wedding Camels , Lorang's Way , To Live with Herds , A Wife among Wives , Takeover , Photo Wallahs , and Tempus de Baristas . As a theorist,... (more)

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