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Название: Champions of Illusion: The Science Behind Mind-Boggling Images and Mystifying Brain Puzzles
Автор: Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik
Издательство: Scientific American
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 39 Мб
Язык: английский / English

In Champions of Illusion, Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik present a smorgasbord of mystifying images, many selected from their Best Illusion of the Year Contest. Whether it’s false motion, tricks of perspective, or shifting colors, Champions of Illusion is packed with adventures in visual perception. If you have ever found yourself face-to-face with an utterly bewildering illusion, you know the powerful effect such images have on the mind.

Название: Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision
Автор: David duChemin
Издательство: New Riders
Год: 2016
Формат: PDF, EPUB
Размер: 37 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Within the Frame (2009) received critical recognition for its humanity and practical teaching, and in this revision of his classic best-selling book, David duChemin encourages you to search for what matters to you and not give up until you convey it through your photography: “I’m chasing my vision, and you will chase yours in the places best suited to that. What’s important is that you chase that vision intentionally and with passion, refusing to let it be anything but yours and yours alone.”

Название: The Food & Wine Guide to Perfect Pairings: 150 Delicious Recipes Matched with the World's Most Popular Wines
Автор: The Editors of Food & Wine
Издательство: Food & Wine
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 34 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This guide to perfect pairings is the essential, must-have cookbook for wine lovers. With chapters arranged by the most popular wine types, this collection of outstanding recipes solves the What Do I Serve with This Wine? conundrum. You’ll find 15+ perfect dishes for each varietal—from Champagne and Chardonnay to Ros? and Cabernet Sauvignon. Enjoy Ina Garten’s Crusty Baked Shells and Cauliflower with your Pinot Noir or Francis Ford Coppola’s Pizza Vesuvio with the Works with a nice bottle of Cabernet.

Название: Nikon Speedlight Handbook: Flash Techniques for Digital Photographers
Автор: Stephanie Zettl
Издательство: Amherst Media
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 33 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Debunking the common misconception that a flash is only necessary in low-light situations, this guidebook provides professional instruction on how to properly direct and shape light in order to marshal mood, shape, texture, and color to make photographs more dynamic and visually interesting. Beginning with an introduction to the basic characteristics of light—the quality and diffusion of light, the direction of the light, and the color of the light—this work goes on to discuss aperture, shutter speed, and ISO and their relation to Nikon flash systems.

Название: History of Electric Cars
Автор: Nigel Burton
Издательство: Crowood
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 28 Мб
Язык: английский / English

One hundred years ago electric cars were the most popular automobiles in the world. In the late nineteenth century and at the start of the twentieth century, they outsold every other type of car. And yet, within a couple of decades of the start of the twentieth century, the electric car had vanished.

Название: Leonardo Da Vinci
Автор: Walter Isaacson
Издательство: Simon & Schuster
Год: 2017
Формат: AZW3, EPUB
Размер: 27 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The #1 New York Times bestseller

“A powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life...a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it.” —The New Yorker

“Vigorous, insightful.” —The Washington Post

“A masterpiece.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Название: C# Game Programming Cookbook for Unity 3D
Автор: Jeff W. Murray
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2014
Формат: PDF, EPUB
Размер: 25 Мб
Язык: английский / English

C# Game Programming Cookbook for Unity 3D presents a highly flexible core framework to create just about any type of game by plugging in different script components. Most scripts function within the game framework or in your own structures. The techniques and concepts discussed in the book give you a solid foundation in game development. The first ten chapters set up the flexible, reusable framework based in C# and suitable for all game types. The book also explains scripting of generic, reusable, and common functionality.

Название: Marvelous Transforming Toys
Автор: Jim Makowicki
Издательство: Taunton Press
Год: 2000
Формат: PDF
Размер: 23 Мб
Язык: английский / English

With this book, woodworkers can build any number of unique toys in six different categories: boats, trucks, houses, planes, vehicles, or ships. Each system uses easily made interchangeable components. An initial chapter discusses materials, tools, jigs for cutting small parts, and safety issues. The rest of the book contains scale drawings (with dimensions) and step-by-step instructions.

Название: Clinical Orthopaedic Rehabilitation: A Team Approach, 4th Edition
Автор: Charles E Giangarra MD and Robert C. Manske PT DPT SCS MEd ATC CSCS
Издательство: Elsevier
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF
Размер: 21 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Evidence suggests a direct correlation between the quality of postoperative orthopaedic rehabilitation and the effectiveness of the surgery. Clinical Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, 4th Edition, helps today’s orthopaedic teams apply the most effective, evidence-based protocols for maximizing return to function following common sports injuries and post-surgical conditions.

Название: Pie Love
Автор: Warren Brown
Издательство: Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 21 Мб
Язык: английский / English

In his fourth cookbook, Warren Brown takes on the illustrious pie. It was his love of apple pie as a child that sparked his interest in baking, and he has wanted to write this cookbook ever since he added pies to the menus in his CakeLove bakeries and saw his customers' enthusiastic responses. Brown answers every baker's questions about making the perfect pie and includes recipes that range from sweet to savory, mixing recipes for traditional fillings with fun, unique takes: blueberry maple pie, mango and strawberry tart, apple lasagna, shroom-ikopita, chicken potpie, Jamaican beef patties, and much more. Of course, piecrusts and cream pies are covered as well.