Complete Guide to Painting & Decorating @ Art & Architecture book

Complete Guide to Painting & Decorating
Beginning with an overview of color and decorating principles, this helpful reference demonstrates the basics of painting and wall covering, plus sponge painting, block printing, stenciling, rag rolling, faux finishes, and painted floors. 500+ full-color photos.
PUBLISHER: Creative Publishing International, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Much Ado about Nothing by A. R. Humphreys, Arthur Raleigh Humphreys, David Bevington, David Scott Kastan, James Hammersmith
Great pains have been taken to follow Shakespeare`s intentions with regard to the act and scene division and the exact form of speech. The editing has been done from the quarto or folio texts, depending on which is considered more authoritative, and the ideal has been to reproduce the chosen texts with as few alterations as possible. In order to help the reader and student, the annotations have been arranged on the relevant pages, providing an easily accessible and indispensable source of information.

AUTHOR: A. R. Humphreys, Arthur Raleigh Humphreys, David Bevington, David Scott Kastan, James Hammersmith
PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Celebrating Chinese New Year by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Lawrence Migdale
Factual information about the Chinese New Year is contained in this photo-essay that follows the experiences of 10-year-old Ryan Leong as he and his family prepare to celebrate the holiday in San Francisco. Illustrated with color photographs.

AUTHOR: Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Lawrence Migdale
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Landscape Design by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
The founder of the Central Park Conservancy surveys the history of landscape design from Neolithic times to the end of the 20th century.

AUTHOR: Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
PUBLISHER: Abrams, Harry N. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

A Midsummer Night's Dream by A. L. Rowse, Alan Durband, Alfred Alexander Evans, Barbara A. Mowat, David Bevington
Confusions of the heart reign in Athens, where everyone is pining away for the wrong person except Theseus, the Duke and his fiancee, Hippolyta, whose wedding day is fast approaching. Hermia, the Duke's daughter, is intent on marrying Lysander, although her father disapproves and threatens to make her a nun if she refuses to marry his choice for her, Demetrius. However, Helena loves Demetrius, who courted her once, and Lysander and Hermia plan to elope despite the Duke's orders. Hoping that Demetrius will fall for her instead, Helena plans to alert Demetrius that Hermia will shortly be spoken for. Meanwhile, in a subplot, the artisans Quince, Snug, Flute, Snout, Starveling, and Bottom, are rehearsing the play PYRAMUS AND THISBE to be performed at the Duke's wedding. As Hermia and Lysander head into woods to elope, with Helena and Demetrius following, the amateur acting troupe likewise takes cover in the woods to rehearse in privacy. This leads all the players into the realm of fairy magic, where fairies Oberon and Titania are arguing over a changeling. When Oberon decides to play a trick on Titania with the aid of a magic flower that causes people to fall in love with the first person (or beast) they set eyes on, the real trouble starts. The flower is used liberally on both the humans and the fairies by the trouble-making sprite Puck, inspiring many amorous entanglements. There is no known source for Shakespeare's fantastic plot, though the structure is classical, as the events begin in the court, relocate to an uncivilized environment, and return to the court with renewed order, and aspects of the imagery are drawn from classic works, such as Apuleius's THE GOLDEN ASS and Ovid's METAMORPHOSES. Evidence in the play, like Titania's remark about three unusually unpleasant summers in a row--documented elsewhere in England's records--suggest a composition date of 1595 or 1596. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM was listed in a 1598 catalogue of Shakespeare's works, and was publi

AUTHOR: A. L. Rowse, Alan Durband, Alfred Alexander Evans, Barbara A. Mowat, David Bevington
PUBLISHER: Tuttle Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

The New York Times Guide to the Sopranos by New York Times Staff
Description not available.Updated and expanded for the 2001 season, this illustrated overview of the acclaimed HBO television series journeys behind the scenes to describe the making of The Sopranos, offers profiles of the cast members and the characters they portray, and includes episode descriptions. Original.

AUTHOR: New York Times Staff
PUBLISHER: ibooks, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture