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The Visual Dictionary of Typography is a guide to the many & varied terms used within typography Arranged alphabetically from abstraction to x-height & blackletter to widow each term is explained & contextualized with illustrations More than 250 typographical terms are included From practical terms such as accents bitmap & classification to movements & styles such as constructivism De Stijl modernism & Swiss typography this book contains both modern terminology & traditional terms still in current usage " The Visual Dictionary of Typography" is an easy-to-use reference that will prove invaluable to anyone interested in typography ...

Visual History of Type is a complete visual survey of the history of type showing the original typefaces in the forms in which their designers intended them to be seen 672 pages Mc Neil Paul ...

If you can't make it to one of Bruce Block's legendary visual storytelling seminars then you need his book! Now in full color for the first time this best-seller offers a clear view of the relationship between the storyscript structure & the visual structure of a film video animated piece or video game You'll learn how to structure your visuals as carefully as a writer structures a story or a composer structures music Understanding visual structure means that you can communicate moods & emotions & most importantly reveals the critical relationship between story structure & visual structure The Visual Story offers a clear view of the relationship between the storyscript structure & the visual structure of a film video or multimedia work An understanding of the visual components will serve as the guide to strengthening the overall story The Visual Story divides what is seen on screen into tangible sections contrast & affinity space line & shape tone color movement & rhythm The vocabulary as well as the insight is provided to purposefully control the given components to create the ultimate visual story For example know that a saturated yellow will always attract a viewer's eye first; decide to avoid abrupt editing by mastering continuum of movement; & benefit from the suggested list of films to study rhythmic control The Visual Story shatters the wall between theory & practice bringing these two aspects of the craft together in an essential connection for all those creating visual stories Bruce Block has the production credentials to write this definitive guide His expertise is in demand & he gives seminars at the American Film Institute PIXAR Studios Walt Disney Feature & Television Animation Dreamworks Animation Nickelodeon Animation Studios Industrial Light & Magic & a variety of film schools in Europe The concepts in this book will benefit writers directors photographers production designers art directors & editors who are always confronted by the same visual problems that have faced every picture maker in the past present & future ...

John Gibbons looks at one of the most neglected areas of the body the gluteal muscles The Vital Glutes takes you on a fascinating journey of enlightenment teaching the reader to recognize pain & dysfunctional patterns that arise from the gluteal muscles Questions answered in the book include Why are the glutes potentially causing pain & dysfunction to distant sites of the body? How does the gait pattern contribute to pain & dysfunction? & how can the application of gluteal specific Muscle Energy Techniques aid full body wellbeing? This book also offers the reader step-by-step tasks to identify & correct a number of dysfunctional patterns & functional gluteal exercises in order to aid recovery ...

Why is life the way it is? Bacteria evolved into complex life just once in four billion years of life on earth-and all complex life shares many strange properties from sex to ageing & death If life evolved on other planets would it be the same or completely different? In The Vital Question Nick Lane radically reframes evolutionary history putting forward a cogent solution to conundrums that have troubled scientists for decades The answer he argues lies in energy how all life on Earth lives off a voltage with the strength of a bolt of lightning In unravelling these scientific enigmas making sense of life's quirks Lane's explanation provides a solution to life's vital questions why are we as we are & why are we here at all? This is ground-breaking science in an accessible form in the tradition of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene & Jared Diamond's Guns Germs & Steel ...

The discovery of vitamins changed our world dramatically Terrifying diseases such as scurvy which had claimed the lives of millions became preventable & curable But before long word of these miracles' had spread from the laboratory & into the hands of food marketers Decades of over-hyped advertising later & we've accepted as fact the idea that dietary chemicals can be used as shortcuts to improving our health Award-winning journalist Catherine Price goes in search of the truth about vitamins taking us to vitamin manufacturers food laboratories & military testing kitchens In this page-turning investigation of the history science & future of nutrition she reveals just how much we still don't know about vitamins
- the way they work in our bodies & the amounts we really need Engaging witty & personal The Vitamin Complex proposes an alternative to our obsessive vitamin-driven approach to nutrition
- given our lack of knowledge the best way to decide what to eat is to stop obsessing & simply embrace this uncertainty head-on

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A glass of wine at dinner & a flatter stomach in 14 days? Yes girls it can be done! The Viva Mayr Diet is the savvy diet for people in the real world who want to get a bikini body & revamp their health with ease It's based on the world-famous Viva Mayr spa clinic in Austria the hottest health & weight loss destination in Europe After 14 days your stomach will be flatter your skin will be glowing you'll have a spring in your step & you'll be well on your way to getting a fabulous beach babe body You'll feel so good you'll want to make The Viva Mayr Diet a way of life
- & let's face it girls if you want to make a permanent dent into those love handles you've got to look a bit further into the future The difference is that after the 14 days you'll be hooked & it should feel as natural following The Viva Mayr Diet as it is reaching for your lip gloss Dr Harald Stossier the medical genius behind it all has teamed up with Helena Frith Powell former serial dieter & author of Two Lipsticks & a Lover Together they will take you through the simple principles of the diet open your eyes to why following it makes perfect sense & walk you step-by-step through the 14-day practical plan Dr Stossier & Helena also share their experiences of following the diet with rare insight & humour telling you what to expect how to avoid any pitfalls & how to reap the benefits of looking & feeling better than you have done in years Sneak preview facts every girl should know Agonising over water or wine at dinner? Make it wine every time! Stop eating on the move! Eating when you're all stressed out is your no 1 enemy Eat a cheese burger really slowly & it'll be better for you than wolfing down an all-organic fancy salad Never ever skip breakfast! If you're really that busy drop dinner from your day instead
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This amazing unofficial annual is a must-have for any aspiring vlogger! Featuring a who's who guide to the very best vloggers & gamers on the Internet
- packed with cool photos quizzes top tips stats & unmissable facts about all your favourite You Tube stars
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Summer on the beautiful Swedish island of OEland Visitors arrive in their thousands ready to enjoy the calm & relaxation of this paradise Amongst them is Jonas Kloss excited at the prospect of staying with his aunt uncle & older cousins But it is not as he had hoped One night he takes a boat out onto the moonlit sea A ship looms out of the darkness & the horror he finds on board is unimaginable Fleeing for his life Jonas arrives at the door of an elderly islander Gerlof Davidsson Once Gerlof has heard his tale of dead sailors & axe-wielding madmen he realizes that this will be a summer like none other OEland has ever seen For one man
- the Homecomer
- this is a very special journey He seeks revenge that he's waited a lifetime to exact

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