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Make: Paper Inventions Kathy Ceceri Maker Media, Inc. – paperback Don’t just hand this book to your kids, say “Have fun,” and then go off to play with your computer. Get out the glue, scissors and paper and join in. You might enjoy seeing what happens when you (1) cut all the … Continue reading Make: Paper Inventions – A fun how-to book for kids and their adults
Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists Creating Music with ChucK Ajay Kapur, Perry Cook, Spencer Salazar and Ge Wang Manning – paperback Manning’s Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists is enjoyable, informative reading, particularly if you like music and programming and are motivated to combine them in some way. The book offers plenty of clear how-to … Continue reading Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists: Creating Music with ChucK – #music #programming #bookreview
Beautiful LEGO Mike Doyle (No Starch Press – paperback, Kindle) Wow! That’s one of the best words to describe the snap-together works of art that can be created using LEGO plastic bricks. Mike Doyle’s excellent new LEGO art book offers some 400 color pictures of everything from a rotary-dial telephone to a Thanksgiving turkey, plus … Continue reading Beautiful LEGO – Photos and insights from some of the LEGO world’s top artists – #bookreview
Bruce Barnbaum is a superb black-and-white photographer, and Rocky Nook, Inc., recently has brought forth new editions of two of his beautifully crafted image collections. Styled as part of a four-volume series, these two coffee-table books should appeal to almost anyone who loves good visual images and good music and appreciates opportunities to enjoy them … Continue reading Bruce Barnbaum’s ‘Tone Poems’ – Beautiful photographs, with music – #bookreview
Daily Decadence: The Art of Sensual Living Sherri Dobay (Flying Archer Press, paperback, Kindle) You might quibble with a few of the food and wine pairings in this entertaining book on sensual living. But there is no denying Sherri Dobay’s bright, cajoling spirit. She wants us to try harder to make unfettered time for ourselves … Continue reading Daily Decadence: The Art of Sensual Living – Make your day go better with a little wine, art, food & love – #bookreview
If you like nature and landscape photography and have the desire to give it a try, these two fine new books from Rocky Nook can both inspire and instruct. The books also could make good Christmas gifts for a budding nature or landscape photographer in your family. Plateaus and Canyons: Impressions of the American Southwest … Continue reading Two New Nature & Landscape Photography Books: Art & How-to – #nature #photography #bookreview
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