"Brooklyn-based pastry chef Emily Lael Aumiller sits squarely in the overlap of show-stopping cakes and special-needs diets. Her creations are vegan and gluten free, yet look like they belong in a magazine — as indeed they have (see Martha Stewart Weddings and Brides). Her new book, “Pure Artistry: Extraordinary Vegan & Gluten-Free Cakes” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35), provides a master class in special-diet cakes and cake-decorating. With beautiful (and hardworking) photographs by Lauren Volo." —Newsday "Aumiller’s goal of creating “edible art” (that just happens to be vegan and gluten-free) is apparent in this graceful collection divided into two sections: Recipes & Techniques and Aspects of Cake Design. The author’s years of baking without the likes of eggs and milk led her to years of experimenting in search of successful “stable” cakes, and readers will benefit from her research into alternative ingredients such as gluten-free flours, unrefined sugars, and plant-based fats. Detailed information on tools and decorating leads to cake recipes centered on Mexican chocolate, coconut, and ginger. The highlights of the book are the often intricate and always lovely cake decorations; how-to sections give step-by-step photos for painting and stenciling adornments, sculpting feathers, and creating and applying a chevron pattern. Photography by Volvo captures the artful creations in full-page spreads: “Gold in Chaos” is a three-layer cake that appears to defy gravity, and “Pleated Angels,” a wedding dress–inspired cake, boasts pristine “folds.” This title is both inspirational and enjoyable to browse." —Publishers Weekly —

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Book 1 covers fundamental rhythms, all the notes of the grand staff, C position, G position. Contents include: Aloha Oe * Amazing Grace * Bagpipes * Bus Stop Boogie * Camptown Races * Chant of the Monk * Chant of the Monks * Chinese Dragon * Chord Crossings * Dreamscape * Eine Kleine Nachtmusik * English Minuet * Fife and Drums * Forest Drums * French Minuet.

Be inspired by the masters! This visually stunning book showcases the work and creative process of several of today's leading VFX studios. Over 1000 vibrant four color images provide great visual insight as to how the studios start with a concept then arrive at their finished VFX shot. Also included are case studies that delve further into the techniques applied, insight into the production process, and listings of the tools used to create each effect. Among the studios featured are ILM, Pixar, Weta Digital, Sony Pictures and more

Longlisted for the 2022 PEN America John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction, a "riveting and tightly argued" history of eugenics and its ripple effects, by acclaimed historian Elizabeth Catte. Between 1927 and 1979

Describes a variety of art techniques that involve paper, including origami, papier mache, decoupage, weaving, and others; and features illustrated instructions for numerous projects, and photographs of finished works.

"Wassily Kandinsky s contributions as a theorist were arguably more influential on modern art than any of his paintings. In Concerning the Spiritual in Art, first published in 1914, Kandinsky both promotes and defends a form of art in which painters express themselves in abstract terms independent of the material world around them, much as musicians do. Divided into two parts, About General Aesthetic (including an examination of geometrical forms) and About Painting (a discussion of the psychology of color and the language and form of color), Concerning the Spiritual in Art offers an insight into the mind of one of the most renowned of all abstract painters and a preview of the art that he was to produce in the years to come. Russian painter WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866 1944), one of the most famous artists of the 20th century, pioneered abstract art. His other books include Point and Line to Plane and Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art."