Dilla Time
WINNER OF THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHYNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius." --QUESTLOVEEqual parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music for the twenty-first century. He wasn't known to mainstream audiences, even though he worked with renowned acts like D'Angelo and Erykah Badu and influenced the music of superstars like Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. He died at the age of thirty-two, and in his lifetime he never had a pop hit. Yet since his death, J Dilla has become a demigod: revered by jazz musicians and rap icons from Robert Glasper to Kendrick Lamar; memorialized in symphonies and taught at universities. And at the core of this adulation is innovation: a new kind of musical time-feel that he created on a drum machine, but one that changed the way "traditional" musicians play. In Dilla Time, Dan Charnas chronicles the life of James DeWitt Yancey, from his gifted childhood in Detroit, to his rise as a Grammy-nominated hip-hop producer, to the rare blood disease that caused his premature death; and follows the people who kept him and his ideas alive. He also rewinds the histories of American rhythms: from the birth of soul in Dilla's own "Motown," to funk, techno, and disco. Here, music is a story of Black culture in America and of what happens when human and machine times are synthesized into something new. Dilla Time is a different kind of book about music, a visual experience with graphics that build those concepts step by step for fans and novices alike, teaching us to "see" and feel rhythm in a unique and enjoyable way. Dilla's beats, startling some people with their seeming "sloppiness," were actually the work of a perfectionist almost spiritually devoted to his music. This is the story of the man and his machines, his family, friends, partners, and celebrity collaborators. Culled from more than 150 interviews about one of the most important and influential musical figures of the past hundred years, Dilla Time is a book as delightfully detail-oriented and unique as J Dilla's music itself.
Ed Fox II
Ed Fox thought he was the only young man who checked out a woman's feet before her face, and most of the time couldn't meet his models' eyes for fear they'd discern his secret. Then he became the official foot photographer for Leg Show magazine, and learned of the thousands of men just like him and the glorious legacy of foot fetish photographers before him, not least the great Elmer Batters.Since then, Fox has become famed the world over for his sensual photographic style that captures every curve of a woman's body, right down to the tips of her toes. In Ed Fox II he brings us voluptuous new models, arresting locations--many blending the desert landscapes of Southern California with Fox's passion for automobiles--and fantasies mild to extra spicy, all shot in warm, caressing natural light. And, like Glamour From the Ground Up, Ed Fox II comes with a 60-minute original DVD, bringing the still photos to vibrant life.This edition's special Panic Cover is reversible to a realistic-looking academic book to keep the real contents hidden from prying eyes, or even to help you impress an attractive onlooker!
Eaglet Travels With Friends
Eaglet Travels with Friends is a delightful story about a young American Bald Eagle who is full of curiosity about the world and its wonders. With the support of friends from different nations, he loves using his imagination to explore and learn about diverse cultures, languages, and foods. One day, he dreams of taking to the skies, soaring high to see all the amazing nations and their great wonders
Foundations
Foundations is a structured introduction to music theory designed for self-learners and beginning musicians seeking a clear, practical understanding of how music works.Rather than relying on memorization alone, this book focuses on building a solid conceptual framework-explaining not only what musical elements are, but why they function the way they do. Concepts are presented in a logical sequence that supports gradual skill development and long-term retention.Topics include musical notation, rhythm, scales, intervals, key signatures, chords, and basic harmonic relationships. Each section is written in accessible language and reinforced through examples that connect theory to real-world playing and practice.Foundations is intended to be used flexibly-either as a standalone learning resource or alongside private instruction. When paired with the companion workbook, readers can further reinforce concepts through guided exercises and applied practice.This book is ideal for: - Beginning musicians- Self-directed learners- Adult students returning to music- Educators seeking a structured supplemental resource
Medea
In this urgent new adaptation after Euripides, Kathy McKean brings Medea startlingly close. In a space between myth and modernity, an outsider in Corinth watches her life rewritten: Jason trades the woman who saved him for power, and Creon offers exile as "mercy". With no chorus of citizens to hide behind, the audience becomes witness, jury, confidant-drawn into Medea's fierce intelligence, corrosive grief and incandescent rage. McKean's language is contemporary, muscular and lyrical, honouring the epic scale of Greek tragedy while exposing its intimate damage: love as compulsion, humiliation as fuel, vengeance as a force that burns everyone it touches. Medea fights to reclaim her story, her children and the sovereignty of her own heart. Written for a small cast-Nurse, Tutor, Jason and Creon-it builds to a breathtaking, brutal reckoning: terrifying, exhilarating and impossible to forget. A bold, accessible classic for modern audiences. Cast: 4 actors Duration: 90 minutes
Eaglet Travels With Friends
Eaglet Travels With Friends is a story about a young American Bold Eagle that is very curious about the world and its wonders. With the help of his Friends, that represents other nations, he will use his imagination and he will travel all over the world and he will learn about their cultures, languages, and foods; So that one day he will fly and sword into the sky and Eaglet will travel to see all the nations and their great wonders.
Ron Mueck
Published in association with a solo exhibitionSince first revitalizing figurative sculpture in the late 1990s with his exquisitely crafted realism, Ron Mueck (born Melbourne in 1958; lives and works in England) continues his profound observation of human experiences and emotions. Ron Mueck: Encounter presents sculptures drawn from across the globe. Mueck's captivating figures, scaled from the minute to the monumental, embody themes such as birth and death, alienation and togetherness, tenderly inviting us to explore our relationship with the world.This illustrated publication on Mueck explores the evolution of his art practice and celebrates the development of a major new work, Havoc (2025). The book features an introductory essay by curator Jackie Dunn, along with detailed entries on fifteen artworks. A selection of intimate images by French photographer Gautier Deblonde document the development of Havoc and Mueck in his Isle of Wight studio.
One Time, One Place
Eudora Welty is among the very few authors acclaimed for their work in both literature and photography. In 1971 she surprised her readers with this important book, for in One Time, One Place many of them learned for the first time that this revered writer was also a gifted photographer. One Time, One Place is the only book of Welty's where she selected all images. Throughout her writing career, Welty's camera was a close companion. The one hundred pictures included here are for the first time digitally scanned to maximize the contrast and beauty of her vision. These are her selections from many she took during the Great Depression as she traveled in her home state of Mississippi. These pictures are poignant images of human endurance. For her, looking back, they showed a record of a time and a place, an impoverished world that against great odds sustained a sense of community. Both Black and white, the men, women, and children she photographed, unaware that they are coping with dire conditions, press onward with their lives. "The Depression, in fact," Welty says in her introduction, "was not a noticeable phenomenon in the poorest state in the Union." The foreword by William Maxwell, Eudora Welty's dear friend and esteemed colleague in literature, offers an appreciation of this photographer's special genius and a loving glimpse into her artistic world. This new version of One Time, One Place keeps the original photos and foreword intact, while providing higher-quality versions of the classic images.
Since You've Been Gone
Grief has left Jess moving through life like a shadow, her cat the only steady presence in the quiet house she once filled with love.Then she meets Louise - a woman whose calm warmth feels uncannily familiar, as though she's known Jess far longer than their first conversation.Under Louise's gentle guidance, the fog begins to lift. Jess finds herself drawn back toward the one person she never truly stopped loving: Matt. But as old feelings resurface and she starts to reclaim her life, small, unsettling moments begin to gather - coincidences that don't feel accidental, echoes that feel intentional.Something about Louise doesn't just comfort Jess. It connects to her in ways she can't yet name. And when the truth finally reaches her, it alters everything she thought she understood about love, loss, and the unseen ties that never let us go.
Blood and Sapphire
Destiny has a way of revealing demons in us all. This is a reality that Sapphire, a bartender with empathic abilities, soon discovers. After a close call, her true identity is revealed, and she must forge her way through Hell. In the chaos of her new life, she has to learn to control the demon within. If she fails, she loses those she loves. Again. Forged in fire and blood, can Sapphire rise to the throne, or will she crumble under the weight of Hell's wrath?
Iconic: Dua
'When you know your worth, you know what you want and what you don't want.' Dive headfirst into the world of ultimate pop sensation Dua Lipa in a vibrant celebration of the 'Levitating' icon's most incredible moments to date. From her early beginnings in Kosovo to her first job working in a nightclub, you'll learn all there is to know about the 'Hotter Than Hell' singer's journey to stratospheric fame and global popularity, including her sold-out stadium shows, festival performances and internet-breaking fashion moments. Packed with 50 gorgeous images accompanied by insights into her life, join the 'Houdini' megastar on a visual journey of her life so far. With husky vocals and slick dance moves, there's no doubt this 'New Rules' performer is an unstoppable force in the music industry, making waves with her bold lyrics, on-point style and radical optimism. ICONIC: Dua proves her status as one of the most exciting new artists of her generation.
Destiny's Game "Love or Honour" Book 2
In a race against time, secrets will unravel, and unlikely alliances will form as Alex and Osmond navigate a web of intrigue and mystery. What fate awaits them as they confront an adversary who's elusive as they are dangerous? Dive into a tale of suspense and allure where every twist challenges the boundaries of trust and destiny; when survival is just the beginning, the true battle is for the heart.
Happiness Ruined Everything
"One of the strange joys of being in love with someone is how happiness ruined everything. No more courting the dark. I've always worn my own darkness and haven't tried-I hope I haven't tried-pretending that it doesn't exist. It feels odd to identify an experience because of how happy it made me feel. Except, of course, when it comes to love. But even then, even at love, I'm wary when its happiness comes skipping along into the writing. I've never understood the impulse to write out of happiness. I'm a happy person and a funny person, but I'm not a happy writer or a funny writer. I don't believe that a piece of writing has to be sad, but it does-at least for me-have to insist on acknowledging a shadow. It has to face something that a good cop would call evidence."Some of these essays appeared, at times in different form, in the following publications: SPIN, Poetry, Slice, Poets & Writers, Ploughshares Blog, Tin House, Los Angeles Review of Books, & FENCE.
The Lost No 1 Hits - Completing the Record of Britain's Chart-Topping Singles, 1958-1988
Spanning three decades, The Lost No 1 Hits adds a new dimension to the history of the UK singles charts. Drawing on meticulous original research, it restores to the record all the chart-topping singles from the fast-moving weekend Top 20s compiled exclusively for the Sunday newspapers by New Musical Express and Melody Maker.For the first time, these overlooked No 1 hits are fully integrated into chart history - revealing newly identified chart-toppers by major artists including Queen, Stevie Wonder and Elton John.The book presents a complete, week-by-week guide to Britain's favourite records, including the No 1 hits from the other main national charts. Packed with chart facts, feats and anomalies, The Lost No 1 Hits completes the story of the singles that made it all the way to the top - and may even give you an alternative answer (or two) to the timeless question: what was your birthday Number One?
The Complete Guide to Reading Music
The Complete Guide to Reading Music is a practical companion for learning how to read standard music notation with confidence.Structured and developed as a "Classroom in a Book" by professional educator, composer, and veteran Royal Marines musician, James Strange, this book is divided into two sections which organise how we read and play music through: (1) Tonality (i.e. pitch) and; (2) Time (i.e. rhythm).Section One: Tonality (scales and notes)You will learn to identify pitch from the clef, name notes accurately and build scales. We then bring these elements together to understand key signatures and the tonal centre. By the end of this section, you will be able to read notes on the stave, pitch notes through clef recognition, confidently identify key signatures, and construct scales.Section Two: Time (tempo, note values, and rhythm)We examine how music is organised into beats and bars using time signatures, and how rhythmic subdivision shapes the feel within a melodic construct. You will confidently read and perform common and compound time signatures, syncopation, ties, and rests.Across the book you'll find: hundreds of musical extractsregular checkpointshands-on tasksshort-answer questionsmultiple-choice quizzesnumerous 'tips and tricks' to aid understandingEach chapter is summarised to solidify learning, with answers and feedback for all assessments at the back of the book to track progress.
Gainsborough
This publication explores the rich intersections of portraiture and fashion in the art of the English painter Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), one of the most sought-after society portraitists of his age and a continued inspiration today. Gainsborough, whose importance was akin to that of later society artist John Singer Sargent, made hundreds of portraits, becoming one of the leaders of the fledging British School of artists. Very much a part of the social dynamic of the time, portraiture is described as a "means by which artists and their subjects could reinforce, resist, or break rules of social order." The engrossing text examines how fashion was understood, often in complex ways, in Gainsborough's time; how the artist would sometimes revisit a portrait to update a style; and how the documentation of both sitter and garment can be deciphered centuries after the creation of a work. Entries are provided on each of the twenty-five works in the exhibition that the catalogue accompanies. The book explores how and why Gainsborough and his sitters chose the trappings in which they would be immortalized in paint. From dukes and duchesses to the once-enslaved Ignatius Sancho, Gainsborough captured the essence of his contemporaries. A century after Gainsborough's death, his portraits experienced renewed popularity among wealthy American collectors such as the Fricks, Vanderbilts, and Huntingtons, who coveted his works for their private collections. This book provides a comprehensive understanding of Gainsborough's oeuvre and his time, and is an invaluable resource for understanding the longstanding appeal of eighteenth-century art.
Flowers for Bea
The images in Flowers for Bea were made during the spring and summer of 2020. Each day during the lockdowns put in place during the Covid pandemic, Brendan Barry would go for a walk in his neighborhood, picking wildflowers, bringing them home and arranging them into still lifes to be photographed with a camera obscura and darkroom he had constructed out of a garden shed. He created the images using two analogue processes, one with a paper negative, the other produced using a complex colour-reversal process.
Cady Noland
Cady Noland: Polaroids 1986-2024 is an artist's book featuring previously unpublished photographs taken by the artist over the course of her career. This book was conceived of, edited, and designed by Cady Noland. It reproduces nearly one hundred Polaroids taken by the artist over the course of her career, which illustrate sculptures in process and exhibitions in development.
Community (&) Design
This book explores how design shapes and is shaped by communities across diverse physical and digital, urban and rural, local and transnational contexts. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from around the world, it investigates how design fosters interaction, identity, and belonging. From grassroots initiatives to global networks, COMMUNITY (&) DESIGN examines design for, in, and by communities, revealing how shared spaces, tools, and practices shape collective life - and how communities, in turn, design their own worlds. Crossing disciplines and geographies, it offers fresh insights into how design redefines what community can mean today.
Brassa簿 Graffiti
Master photographer Brassa簿's seminal volume dedicated to street graffiti is back in print. Brassa簿 celebrated the primal forces at play in the act of defacing a wall and the "magical" power of the symbols inscribed. A fundamentally human gesture, graffiti is a distillation of all aspects of life--from birth through love to death. This beautifully curated reissue includes a comprehensive selection of Brassa簿's photographs of graffiti, facsimile pages from his sketchbooks, extracts from his conversations with Picasso, and several reworked translations of his essays on graffiti. An essential volume in the history of photography, this book is a tribute to Brassa簿's extraordinary prescience and freedom of thought.
Never Ending Wonder
Never Ending Wonder is a lyrical and rigorous exploration of the sensorial, philosophical, and affective territories of contemporary cinema. With a keen eye for nuance and a broad intellectual foundation, Julio Bezerra draws connections between film and phenomenology, weaving together the thought of Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze, Bazin, and Ayfre with the work of filmmakers such as Claire Denis, Pedro Costa, Tsai Ming-liang, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.This is not a conventional work of film theory. Rather, it is an evocative meditation on cinema's capacity to transform perception, dissolve dualisms, and bring forth new modes of being in the world. Moving beyond narrative and representation, Bezerra engages with a cinema of atmosphere, embodiment, and affect-a cinema that touches, disorients, and embraces, inviting the viewer into an experience that is both intimate and open-ended.Written with poetic clarity and philosophical depth, Never Ending Wonder invites us to reimagine how we watch, think, and feel cinema. It speaks not only to scholars and cinephiles but to all who believe in the power of film to challenge, console, and awaken. This is a passionate, personal, and intellectually generous inquiry into a cinema that does not aim to explain the world, but to encounter it, feel it, and remain in awe of its infinite becoming.
Saint Nicholas National Shrine at the World Trade Center
A celebration of this luminous jewel of a church, which serves as a memorial to all those who tragically lost their lives on 9/11 and provides a place of quiet reflection open to all. The original Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was founded in 1892 and sat at the foot of the World Trade Center in New York City. Tragically, the church was completely destroyed in the collapse of Tower Two during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Determined to rebuild, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese selected world-renowned architect Santiago Calatrava to re-create the church near the original site. Using marble from the same quarries as the Parthenon, Calatrava developed his plan from a wealth of Byzantine precedents for the church's structure, including the famous Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. The Shrine's iconographic program was created by Bishop Joachim of Amissos (John A. Cotsonis) and brought to realization by the celebrated iconographer Father Loukas of the Monastery of Xenophontos on Mount Athos. It is the only church in the United States whose complete iconography is painted by an Athonite monk. This luxurious volume, rich with stunning photography, is a comprehensive overview of the history, construction, and iconography of the Shrine.
Since You've Been Gone
Grief has left Jess moving through life like a shadow, her cat the only steady presence in the quiet house she once filled with love.Then she meets Louise, a woman whose calm warmth feels uncannily familiar, as though she's known Jess far longer than their first conversation.Under Louise's gentle guidance, the fog begins to lift. Jess finds herself drawn back toward the one person she never truly stopped loving: Matt. But as old feelings resurface and she starts to reclaim her life, small, unsettling moments begin to gather, coincidences that don't feel accidental, echoes that feel intentional.Something about Louise doesn't just comfort Jess. It connects to her in ways she can't yet name. And when the truth finally reaches her, it alters everything she thought she understood about love, loss, and the unseen ties that never let us go.
This Woman's Work
This Woman's Work: A Listening Session chronicles the feminine and feminized labor behind-the-scenes in hip hop and reggaeton: (rank misogyny aside) / What About Us / my squad in a burned-out building on Adams and Crenshaw / Giant Step / Save the Robots / a blood-blue Farrah Fawcett wig / I miss magazines / scrambled eggs and quenepas / tiny silver halter tops / she used to fuck with my dude / if I am an archive / get a bitch to translate / te he querido, te he llorado / gliding backwards at the Crystal Palace / Princess Loko / Shirley Brown / no time to funk around / my twins on my back / spinning the block / estranged from the choir / perreo-distas en coro / encore, encore, more more more / the alto section / the mark of the plural / Carolina / Can籀vanas / Chicken Noodle Soup / to sell your life story / -hand out, palm up- / the slender complexities / the scholarly KoolAid / storm or no storm / our affair's endless syllabus / a blown speaker, a fumbled aux cord / the girl get them girls / and then we hit Play
The Containers at the Edge of the Shore
Deja-Vu, Multiverses, Multiplicities of spirit on overlapping levels where time does not pass and yet is continuous. These stories are mind expanding and salve for the soul. Glimpses into the ether that we can recall as past and future excerpts from the energy that is us. Take a trip through time, inner space and outer dimensions that collapse through each other and blend into the spark of life that is us. Death and life walk hand in hand changing spaces, faces and realities.
The Arthur Miller Tapes
Christopher Bigsby and Arthur Miller shared a regular correspondence which stretched over nearly three decades of friendship. Their interaction and collaboration included a unique series of recorded interviews which now bring fresh and surprising perspectives to the life, thought and creative motivations of one of the greatest modern dramatists. The conversations range richly across topics such as the notorious McCarthy trials, the intent behind Miller's own work, and his family dynamics and relationships - including his short-lived marriage to Marilyn Monroe. Containing new insights into Miller's celebrated plays, including extensive meditations on Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, these illuminating interviews also give readers unrivalled access to the playwright himself.
Darker Shades of Black
Tony was born and raised in one of the most notorious ghettos in the island of Jamaica, a place called Tivoli Gardens in Kingston, Jamaica.His father, Fitzy, was one of the area leaders and therefore was labeled a don. Because of this fact, Tony was required to follow in his father's footsteps per tradition.At this time, the island was polluted with politics between the two political parties, one called the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and the other called the Peoples' National Party (PNP).The area that Tony was born and raised in belongs to the JLP party; therefore, he had no choice but to fight for that party and community.As a youth growing up, Tony had witnessed a lot of both physical and mental abuse toward his mother at the hands of his father. He also had witnessed a lot of fighting and killings in the name of the JLP party.Because of this, Tony had grown to be a natural cold-blooded killer. After doing a lot of fighting and killing for the party, he became a wanted person by both the authority and other killers from the other political party, the PNP.After several shoot-outs and encounters with both, Tony narrowly escaped out of Jamaica to another island called The Bahamas, where Tony then hooked up with one of the most powerful drug cartels on the island and became a killer and enforcer for them. Tony again became hot wanted. Tony was smuggled off to the island to Miami, Florida. This is when all hell broke loose because most of the wanted guys from the PNP party from Jamaica were now also in Miami, with also wanted guys from his JLP side; therefore, the political war continued.By this time, the two political parties had taken on another name to them. Members from the JLP party was now called Shower Posse, and members from the PNP were now called The Spanglers.Tony and his crew traveled through several states in America and created havoc over drug turf in the name of politics.Over the years, several members from both sides got killed or ended up in prison, sentenced to life. Tony had gotten shot more than once but had survived.Somehow, Tony always was lucky to stay out of prison, even though he got locked up on serious charges on multiple occasions. People always said it was because he was using science or voodoo for his protection.Over the years Tony had gotten locked up and was deported back to Jamaica over three times, but by that time, his political party was now in power, so Tony would be held in jail in Jamaica for a little time then set free. He was never charged for any of the incidents he had pending in Jamaica against him before the first escape to The Bahamas. Tony would spend a few weeks or even months in Jamaica, having fun with girls and other JLP members through the island before returning back to America without any problems because by that time he had all the contacts to get back to America.Tony eventually got set up by some of his close friends, who were now working as informers for the authorities in New York. Tony was arrested and charged for several shootings and murders and was facing over one hundred years in prison, but eventually ended up beating several of the charges against him and ended up only being convicted of murder and attempted murder with weapon charges and was sentenced to 33 1/3 to life.Tony is now serving out his sentence in a New York state maximum-security prison and will not be eligible for parole until the year 2027.
Teenage Dirtbags
In 1994, the death of Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain not only initiated the decline of grunge's chart dominance but concurrently marked the MTV Generation's ascent to adulthood. Soon after came the Backstreet Boys, the Spice Girls, and the invention of AutoTune, as mainstream pop music sought to overthrow the alternative scene that had ruled for much of the decade. In 1999, however, a new class of agitators stormed the charts, ushering in the sounds of the new millennium. With them came the latest cohort of adolescents, the MTV2 Generation, as pop-punk, nu-metal, and post-grunge kickstarted the next wave of teenage rebellion and alternative superstars.Featuring exclusive interviews from Grammy-nominated music video director P. R. Brown, American Pie alumna Lauren Mayhew, acclaimed music biographer Joel McIver, and the unmistakable voice of Wheatus founder Brendan B. Brown, Teenage Dirtbags: A Brief History of the MTV2 Generation is a warts-and-all look back to a year that forever changed the course of music history, establishing Blink-182, Eminem, and Creed as mainstream giants on par with NSYNC, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera as well as implicating Marilyn Manson and Limp Bizkit in the tumultuous aftermaths of the Columbine High School massacre and Woodstock '99 respectively.
The Asian Series
The Asian Series is a contemplative photographic book by Phyllis Crowley that explores landscape as memory, perception, and quiet spiritual encounter. Originating from a 2003 journey to the Huangshan Mountains in China, the series reflects Crowley's sustained engagement with Asian landscape painting and its visual philosophies-particularly the use of mist, fog, water, and negative space to suggest what is felt rather than fully seen.Photographing mountain pines enveloped in cloud, Crowley recognized resonances with classical Chinese ink brush painting. This discovery shaped a formal approach that privileges softness, tonal restraint, and atmospheric ambiguity. Subsequent travels through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos extended the series, and upon returning home, Crowley applied the same aesthetic lens to landscapes in Connecticut, Cape Cod, and beyond. The result is a body of work that quietly bridges continents, revealing a shared sensibility across disparate geographies.Throughout the series, Crowley focuses on natural interfaces-fog, haze, reflection, shadow-that both obscure and reveal. These elements function as metaphors for memory and time, softening the contours of place and experience. The photographs resist spectacle and scale, instead inviting slow looking and introspection. Trees dissolve into calligraphic gestures; water becomes ink; branches hover between presence and disappearance. Human figures are absent, yet human presence is felt beyond the frame, underscoring a fragile balance between nature and perception.Essays and reflections situate the work within traditions of Asian landscape art, drawing parallels to Tang Dynasty poetry and the philosophy of "mountain-water" painting, where emptiness carries meaning and atmosphere becomes structure. At the same time, the series subtly resonates with contemporary concerns about environmental fragility and the accelerating loss of equilibrium between humanity and the natural world.Neither documentary nor purely abstract, The Asian Series offers photographs that speak softly and demand attentiveness. It is a meditation on looking, remembering, and the spaces between clarity and mystery-an invitation to pause, breathe, and enter a more intimate relationship with landscape.
Sebasti瓊o Salgado
This majestic collection of black-and-white photographs captures the world's great glaciers as both ancient monuments and fragile frontiers in the age of climate change. In this arresting visual study, Sebastião Salgado brings together 65 duotone photographs from his epic project Genesis, offering a visual survey of some of the planet's most remote and ice-bound regions. From the ice fields of Patagonia and the peaks of the Himalayas to the vast shelves of Antarctica and the volcanic flanks of Kamchatka, these images record the forms, textures, and scale of glacial landscapes around the world.Shot in Salgado's large-format, black-and-white style, the photographs emphasize the physical presence of ice--its ridges, fractures, density, and drift. Light and shadow reveal the structural complexity of each scene, from massive crevasses to the delicate patterns of wind-swept snow.An essay by climate scientist Elisa Palazzi examines the science of glacier formation, transformation, and decline. Pairing meticulous sequencing with refined design and premium duotone printing, the book offers a focused and enduring portrait of the world's glaciers at a critical moment in their history.
Hip-Hop Theology
Hip-hop has crossed boundaries in recent years--from comic books (Into the Spiderverse) to Broadway (Hamilton). For over fifty years, hip-hop has grown as a cultural icon. There's no escaping it. How does hip-hop fit within Christianity? Can hip-hop beats be sanctified? Can perverse lyrics serve the kingdom? In other words, "What has Jerusalem to do with the Bronx, or Compton, or the South Side of Chicago, or the west side of Houston?" Senior scholars, emerging scholars, and practitioners have joined voices to help answer to these questions. Less driven by swag and beats, this volume analyzes thoughtful artists exploring redemptive, complex, and sometimes problematic themes
Body of Work
An alternative history of the album, focussing on the format's turbulent life through the digital music era since 1999 through to today, Body of Work explores why we should still bother to listen to music in 40 minute chunks. Since 1999, the album has been declared dead more times than we can count--yet it refuses to disappear. Body of Work traces its turbulent journey through the digital era and asks why listening in forty-minute chunks still matters. Weaving insider accounts with cultural history and personal reflection Jopling tells the story of the album's unlikely survival. From bloated CD culture to Napster's atomization, from Apple's unbundling to Spotify's shuffle wars (and Adele's famous intervention), the album has not only endured, it has re-emerged stronger than ever. Body of Work makes the case that the album remains the perfect vessel for the art of song--the format every artist aspires to, even after decades of digital disruption. As producer and artist Jack Antonoff (Bleachers) put it: "the album is God." It is the defining artform of popular music, and it always will be.
David Bowie - A People's History
David Bowie - A People's History features more than 350 eyewitness accounts from fans who saw him live in concert, from colleagues who played music and worked with him and from friends. From his early shows in Bromley - through the 182-date Ziggy Stardust tour and the 12 other major tours across the world - this is a unique perspective on the David Bowie story. It places him in the context of the times he lived through and his place in the lives of those who saw him. The book features a wealth of fascinating stories, memorabilia and photographs that have never been published before - making this book a unique portrait of one of the most influential musicians of this era.
Everyone Vanishes Eventually
Between crooked streets and lonely coasts, magic festers in the cracks. You will find yourself in a seaside shop where good-luck bells are sold, in a town where light depends on endings, you'll meet a loyal dog and follow him to his first ever visit to a museum, you will learn about a lighthouse and its keeper (and a sea gull named Greg), cheer for a moth, and read about a crow thinking yeah, typical crow. These six short stories offer a brief adventure to everyone who prefers it a little dark and bittersweet.
Windows
I am a voyeur. I look in your windows and gain sexual pleasure from watching your most-intimate acts. Right, or wrong, I will keep your secrets. This is for my enjoyment and only mine. I am not a judge. I will not harm you. Just let me in for a short while.
I'll Suffer First
Opal May Kane's courageous journey is a tale of triumph over overwhelming adversity. A poor Southern girl, she who grew up on a small pig farm in Mississippi facing the harsh realities of poverty and missed opportunities. Her life is ravished by the depths of an unjust, unfair, and cruel existence. The normalcy of childhood and lost innocence marred by family responsibilities, proved to set off a life cycle of pain and suffering. From the beginning of her early childhood, her family life as she knew it, was in disarray. Through a history of repeated physical, emotional violence, coupled with sexual, and substance abuse, Opal May's setbacks were seeded in intense agony and self-torment. Through the various hardships, Opal May's life led to many destructive social romantic relationships.Despite the suffering darkness that has surrounded her, Opal May Kane's resilience, determination, unwavering faith and desire for a better life propels her forward. Her journey serves as an inspiring example of the human spirit's ability to overcome even the most challenging circumstances. In an effort to confront her traumatic past, she seeks a path to break free from the shadows that haunt her.
God's Fools
Comedians play a complicated role in modern culture. They get up on public stages to talk about nothing in particular, with no expertise. They go out of their way to put their flaws, failures, and shabbiness on display. They break social taboos and orchestrate their own persecution. And through it all, they seem to be touched with a kind of spiritual charisma. Sometimes they seem like prophets, speaking truths that no one else would dare. Sometimes they seem like children, wide-eyed and innocent. We can't stop listening to what they have to say. In God's Fools, Jason Crawford tells the stories of these strange figures. He ranges over a motley crew of modern comedians, from the pioneers of early cinema to the provocateurs of contemporary stand-up. But he also follows the story of the comedian further back, into a surprising history of holy fools, wild prophets, and mischief-making saints. In his account, comic performers from Charlie Chaplin to the present mingle with older figures like Francis of Assisi, Symeon the Fool, the laughing martyrs Perpetua, Lawrence, and Akiva, and the weird hermit Thecla of Iconium. As he uncovers the through-lines that connect these ancient lives to the world of modern comedy, Crawford asks how comedians still fashion themselves as prophetic and sacred characters. He explores the things comedy shares with sacred experience: how jokes are like prophecies, and how comic resolutions are like apocalyptic visions. And he finds new ways of understanding the power of comedy in our own moment.
Mixing And Mastering Simplified
Mixing & Mastering Simplified is a 153-page guide designed for producers, musicians, and independent artists who want to take their tracks from raw mixes to professional-sounding releases. Whether you're producing at home, learning online, or working in a studio, this book gives you the tools to make your music clear, balanced, and release-ready.This book takes a clear, step-by-step approach to teaching mixing and mastering. It covers nine essential chapters packed with practical lessons and visual guides: How to set up and organize your mixing sessionBalancing volume and fixing phase issuesEQ techniques for clarity and separationCompression explained with real-world examplesReverb, delay, and effects for depth and spaceAutomation to bring your mix to lifePreparing your final mix for masteringMastering basics: EQ, compression, limiting, and meteringPractical workflows to polish your tracks for releaseThe book breaks down complex audio engineering concepts into simple diagrams, cheat sheets, and real-world applications. Each chapter is designed to show you exactly how mixing and mastering tools affect your sound, making it easy to apply while working in your DAW.It also features QR codes throughout the book. Scan them with your smartphone to access short video tutorials that demonstrate the techniques in action.If you've been searching for a clear, practical guide to mixing and mastering, this is the perfect companion for learning how to make your tracks sound polished and professional. It's an excellent fit for self-paced learners, independent artists, or anyone who wants to release music with confidence.
This Place I Call Home
This Place I Call Home captures Africa through the eyes of the repatriation generation. A generation of British Born African Caribbean people returning to Africa, against a political and social backdrop of 'stop the boats' and 'reclaim the country' narratives. Explore a journey into identity and community. Containing personal photography from The Gambia and proverbs from The Caribbean and Africa. Be witness to an alternative migration narrative against a backdrop of bright sun, lush green and broad smiles. View first hand the repatriation generation's return to Africa. Written by The Orator, Poet and activist based in Birmingham, U.K.
Japanese Homes
Beyond Walls: The Subtle Elegance of Japanese InteriorsLife in Japan - and therefore also the culture of living - oscillates between two very contrasting poles: on the one hand, the tranquility of country life, surrounded by the sounds of nature, with tatami floors, flexible sliding walls, and wraparound engawa wooden verandas, and on the other, the frenetic dynamism of the metropolises and large cities with minimalist townhouses on narrow plots and sophisticated micro-apartments. It becomes exciting when these worlds of tradition and modernity meet and interact with each other in terms of design.This volume offers a multifaceted overview of contemporary Japanese residential architecture and introduces the art of creating spaces that combine functionality and spirituality. It offers unique insights into the principles that make them so special and shows how living spaces are not only designed but also experienced. The selected projects invite you to understand and reinterpret the essence of Japanese living cultures.
Mindful Travel Sketching
In this third and final volume of the Mindful Art series, Hiroshi Shimazaki explores what has always been at the heart of his sketching/painting activities, whether for academic research or for pure pleasure. Here he reminisces about times on site and relishes the memories the sketches evoke. As always, he invites readers to enter the world of travel sketching with mindfulness, curiosity, and wonder-as well as, on occasion, a sense of humour. Mindful Travel Sketching: A Memoir of Journeys Inner and Outer contains over three hundred of Shimazaki's travel sketches from all over the globe, and will appeal to artists, would-be artists, travellers, would-be travellers, and admirers of the artist's work. Other books in the series are Mindful Landscape Sketching and Mindful Landscape Painting: My Watercolour Journeys.
The Sovereignty of Scent, Design Your Invisible Atmosphere for Focus, Calm, and Connection
The Sovereignty of Scent invites you to discover the most overlooked yet powerful layer of your environment: the invisible atmosphere of fragrance. While we obsess over what we can see and hear, scent quietly shapes our mood, productivity, and relationships. This book shows you how to reclaim control of that subtle dimension-using intentional fragrance design to sharpen focus, cultivate calm, and deepen human connection. Through science, story, and practical guidance, you'll learn how specific scents influence memory, energy, and emotional states, and how to weave them into your daily rituals, workspaces, and social settings. Whether you're seeking sharper concentration, smoother transitions between stress and rest, or a more inviting home, scent becomes your sovereign tool. This is not about indulgence-it's about strategy. By designing your invisible atmosphere, you gain a unique edge: the ability to shift your inner state and the energy of any space with a single inhale. The Sovereignty of Scent is both a sensory manifesto and a practical manual, offering you a novel "hack" for wellbeing and performance. It's time to stop leaving your mood to chance and start designing it-one breath at a time.
Mindful Travel Sketching
In this third and final volume of the Mindful Art series, Hiroshi Shimazaki explores what has always been at the heart of his sketching/painting activities, whether for academic research or for pure pleasure. Here he reminisces about times on site and relishes the memories the sketches evoke. As always, he invites readers to enter the world of travel sketching with mindfulness, curiosity, and wonder-as well as, on occasion, a sense of humour. Mindful Travel Sketching: A Memoir of Journeys Inner and Outer contains over three hundred of Shimazaki's travel sketches from all over the globe, and will appeal to artists, would-be artists, travellers, would-be travellers, and admirers of the artist's work. Other books in the series are Mindful Landscape Sketching and Mindful Landscape Painting: My Watercolour Journeys.
Concept Collection 13
Concept Collections are limited edition volumes of music for piano. Each collection focusses on a specific concept that students need to learn through pieces from beginner to intermediate level. In this volume, we're delighted to feature four wonderful composers and their arrangements of lesser-known works.The studio-licensed books are available for two months at a time. Anyone can purchase a hardcopy of the book at but only Vibrant Music Teaching members get access to the studio-licensed digital editions. If you're not a member yet, you can find out more about what's included at vibrantmusicteaching.com
Mozart for French Horn
This collection features a selection of masterworks by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, presented in a simplified version for the beginner.10 easy and fun themes to play as solos, that can be accompanied by piano or guitar (chords symbols are included above the staff).A complementary repertoire to Suzuki Method 1 & 2 level.Includes: Ah vous dirais-je, Maman, K.265Andante - 26. Klavierkonzert, K.537Andante - Divertimento, K.563Andante - Trio, K.564Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525Klaviersonate Nr. 11, K.331Marsch der Priester - Die Zauberfl繹te, K.620Menuetto - Don Giovanni, K.527Rondo Alla Turca, K.33140. Sinfonie, K.550
Mozart for Melodica
This collection features a selection of masterworks by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, presented in a simplified version for the beginner.10 easy and fun themes to play as solos, that can be accompanied by piano or guitar (chords symbols are included above the staff).A complementary repertoire to Suzuki Method 1 & 2 level.Includes: Ah vous dirais-je, Maman, K.265Andante - 26. Klavierkonzert, K.537Andante - Divertimento, K.563Andante - Trio, K.564Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525Klaviersonate Nr. 11, K.331Marsch der Priester - Die Zauberfl繹te, K.620Menuetto - Don Giovanni, K.527Rondo Alla Turca, K.33140. Sinfonie, K.550
Mozart for Oboe
This collection features a selection of masterworks by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, presented in a simplified version for the beginner.10 easy and fun themes to play as solos, that can be accompanied by piano or guitar (chords symbols are included above the staff).A complementary repertoire to Suzuki Method 1 & 2 level.Includes: Ah vous dirais-je, Maman, K.265Andante - 26. Klavierkonzert, K.537Andante - Divertimento, K.563Andante - Trio, K.564Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525Klaviersonate Nr. 11, K.331Marsch der Priester - Die Zauberfl繹te, K.620Menuetto - Don Giovanni, K.527Rondo Alla Turca, K.33140. Sinfonie, K.550
