"When tattoo artists turn to art and when fine artists become tattooists, the result is some of the most vibrant, stunning and memorable imagery from any contemprorary art scene anywhere." -- back cover.

"In Black Paper, Teju Cole meditates on what it means to keep our humanity--and witness the humanity of others--in a time of darkness. "Darkness," Cole writes, "is not empty." Through art, politics, travel, and memoir, he returns us to the wisdom latent in shadows, and sets the darkness echoing. The opening essay sets the mood for the book, as Cole travels to southern Italy and Sicily to view a series of Caravaggio paintings. He ponders the suffering...

"This is the first publication to offer a complete overview of handwritten typographics, drawing on an extensive array of examples from around the world." "An introduction by design historian Steven Heller places the contemporary work in a broader context of design. At the heart of the book are hundreds of examples, presented in creative themes: "Scrawl" (letterforms that are raw, splotchy and untidy); "Scratch" (scraped, cut and gouged fonts); "Script"...

"La lectura y la escritura son uno de los temas educativos que genera m̀s controversias y preguntas entre los educadores y las familias. Este libro mostrar̀ un nuevo enfoque y una nueva concepci̤n de la alfabetizaci̤n, la ortograf̕a y la prevenci̤n de ambos. Sencillo, pr̀ctico y adaptable a los ritmos evolutivos de nuestros futuros lectores. "- Descripci̤n del editor. "Reading and writing are one of the educational issues that generates the...

"Art becomes a masterpiece when it stands the test of time and challenges its viewers to see the world from a new perspective. The vast legacy of human expression is therefore a rich resource of introspection and wisdom for Christians today. 75 Masterpieces Every Christian Should Know anthologizes some of humanity's most influential and renowned works of art. Through engaging these masterpieces, Christians today can enrich their own faith with the...

After Dre Parker moves with his mother from Detroit to China, he is bullied until his building's janitor, a martial arts master, agrees to teach him to defend himself.

"Millie bailaba jazz en su barrio italiano. Pedro bailaba canciones latinas en su barrio puertorriquęo. Era la ďcada de 1940 en la ciudad de Nueva York, y ten̕an prohibido bailar juntos ... hasta que primero una banda y luego un sal̤n de baile rompieron el Machito y sus afrocubanos llegaron a la escena con un sonido completamente nuevo, mezclando trompetas y saxofones de jazz con maracas y congas latinas creando jazz latino, m︢sica para la cabeza,...

Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries--beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, and ending with the marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, who catalyzed the environmental movement. Stretching between these figures is a cast of artists, writers, and scientists--mostly...