Non-Fiction

Poignantly told, this is a tale of love, of courage, but most of all of an indomitable spirit in the pursuit of a lofty dream. The protagonist is mother-wolf Violet Mountain Haze whose life long dream is to realise her late husband's unfinished vision to become King of the wolves...

China is one of the birthplaces of human civilizations. The Chinese nation has created a splendid culture through long-term production and arduous practice.Chinese cooking, an integral part of Chinese culture, boasts a long history and rich connotation.Chinese cooking, a valuable asset of Chinese culture, is known to the world for...

Sebuah impian atau cita-cita tidak mustahil menjadi kenyataan. Negara yang yang mempunyai cita-cita ialah negara yang memiliki masa hadapan yang positif. Seseorang yang mempunyai cita-cita berkemungkinan mempunyai masa hadapan yang cerah. Pada penghujung tahun 2012, api cita-cita rakyat China sekali lagi disemarakkan. Setiausaha Agung Parti Komunis China yang baharu, Encik...

Sewing techniques are sometimes overlooked in the design process but acquiring these skills can be transformational. The ability to turn a two-dimensional design into its three-dimensional realization comes from having mastered basic sewing techniques. Sewing Techniques simplifies the often complex techniques that lie behind this process by arming designers with the precise...

With The Fashion Design Toolkit you'll learn how tried-and-tested techniques like gathers, pleats, tucks, and twists can help you adapt patterns and create your own original garment designs. Tracy Jennings walks you through 18 patterning tactics to inspire fresh ideas, demonstrating how embracing pattern drafting skills can lead to innovative and effective...

Through ten detailed case studies on groundbreaking brands like Vivienne Westwood, Vera Wang, Levi's®, and The Gap Inc., Fashion Brand Stories shows how fashion retailers and designers use storytelling to establish and maintain relationships with their customers.These entertaining case studies explore the evolution of each brand as a cultural entity with its...

Users want simple designs, but they also crave performance. More performance means more complexity. How can designers, inventors, and product managers handle this trade-off? How can they create designs that are quick to process as well as meaningful, unique, and memorable in an age characterized by constant information overload?The answer...

This new edition of a classic work offers a concise introduction to the sociology of fashion, and demystifies the workings of the fashion system. From the origins of fashion studies and the difference between clothing and fashion, through to an examination of 21st century subcultures, and the impact of the...

Delve into the art of menswear illustration and learn what it takes to create professional, praiseworthy fashion sketches.With over 300 color examples, illustrator and educator Lamont O'Neal uses a mixture of watercolor, marker, pencil and digital tools to help you master fundamentals such as anatomy and proportion. Later chapters focus...

Discover the tools required to pursue your career in cosmetics marketing. Through an in-depth analysis of this fast-growing and complex industry, Cosmetics Marketing: Strategy and Innovation in the Beauty Industry provides thought-provoking, industry-led exercises and case studies to demonstrate the role of aesthetics, authentic communication, emerging technologies, cultural trends, and...

Over 50 years Anwar Ibrahim was a Malay nationalist student, a motor of Islamic activism, a co-opted rising star in government, an ‘anointed successor’ to the premiership, a persecuted reformist, and a revitalized Opposition Leader. He disdained comfortable irrelevance to rouse indignant masses against the regimes of five prime ministers....

J.J. Pizzuto's Fabric Science Swatch Kit, 12th Edition reinforces the study of textiles for students in courses such as Fashion Design, Fashion Business, Merchandising, Fashion Retailing, Interior Design, Textile Surface Design, Textile and Apparel Product Development, and Textile Production Management. The kit contains 114 (2"x 3") fabric samples, a fabric key,...

This seminal text demystifies all the terminology around working with textiles today, providing definitions of processes, techniques, features, and even some historical terms that you need to know. The dictionary now includes coverage of sustainability, smart materials and biobased textiles, intelligent and 3D manufacturing, new technologies, and processes. Entries cover...

A personal code for prosperity and plentySome people seem to find money so easy. Easy to make, easy to hold on to, and easy to grow. The rest of us just find it easy to spend.Is it all luck, or is there something rich people know or do that we...

Join the fermentation revolution--Japanese style!"The benefits loom large: fermented foods are anti-diabetic, anti-hypertensive, and antioxidant…and are swarming with vitamins." --Discover magazineThis comprehensive do-it-yourself home fermentation guide centers on the amazing superfoods at the heart of the healthy Japanese diet. Author and fermentation expert Hiroko Shirasaki starts with easy preparations for shio...

This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Chinese fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a vibrant literary culture.Chinese Myths and Legends is a delightful collection of seven classic Chinese stories that make for great reading adventures. From the stories of Pan Gu and Nu Wo, creators of the world, to Bai Su-Tzin, a...

"More than half of the baskets documented will become historical relics once this generation of artisans has gone."Determined to prevent the traditional weaving skills of her homeland being lost forever, Jennifer spent many years visiting the kampungs (villages) of Sabah, formerly North Borneo. During this time, she studied the lifestyles...

Buku ini menghimpunkan terjemahan baru untuk lebih 20 esei nukilan penulis Inggeris terkemuka George Orwell (1903-1950). Beliau bukan sahaja novelis yang berpengaruh (1984 dan Animal Farm) tapi mengembangkan tema-tema yang sama dalam pelbagai esei yang terbit dalam akhbar dan majalah untuk bacaan massa.Antara topik yang diutarakan adalah politik kolonialisme, bahasa,...

“I can be your practice makes perfect.”ASHVIN didn’t mean to join the Penang State Synchronized Swimming team. He didn’t mean to go viral when he jumped into that pool and danced with that girl. It all started as a dare to ask his crush to prom, but all it takes...

An inside account of the multi-billion pound world of private equity and a masterclass on the art of deal-making. The Dealmaker is a frank and honest account of how a severely dyslexic child who struggled at school went on to graduate from Oxford and become a serial entrepreneur. It describes...