Ever wanted to draw manga but didn’t know where to start? This is the book for you! The textbook of choice at Tokyo Animation College–the leading school for manga artists in Japan, it covers all the basic information you need to get started on drawing manga with clear and easy-to-understand instructions.

• Which materials and tools are essential and how to use them
• How to draw characters and what proportions to use for bodies and faces
• Techniques for creating simple but effective special effects in ink and screen tone
• Easy-to-follow rules for drawing in different types of perspective
• How to use photographic material for backgrounds

Feng Shui for Your Apartment reveals the secret to turning your apartment, condominium, or dormitory into a home that attracts good luck, prosperity, and peace. By using feng shui, you’ll be living in harmony with the earth. You’ll feel more content, happier, and even healthier – by simply changing the position of some furniture, increasing the light in an otherwise gloomy corner, or practicing other feng shui remedies.

When Tusko the Elephant woke in his pen at the Lincoln Park Zoo on the morning of August 3, 1962, little did he know that he was about to become the test subject in an experiment to determine what happens to an elephant given a massive dose of LSD. In Elephants on Acid, Alex Boese reveals to readers the results of not only this scientific trial but of scores of other outrageous, amusing, and provocative experiments found in the files of modern science.

Why can’t people tickle themselves? Would the average dog summon help in an emergency? Will babies instinctually pick a well-balanced diet? Is it possible to restore life to the dead? Read Elephants on Acid and find out!

From the world’s most distinguished medievalist comes a lively and vivid account of the lords and ladies, saints and scholars, kings and peasants who shaped the history and culture of one of the richest and most misunderstood periods in history. In this full-color, landmark reference, Cantor and a team of scholars and experts explore the entire medieval world. From the Crusades to the Vikings, The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages contains 600 individual entries and over 200 illustrations from world-famous collections.

They thought it…we drew it! Action Philosophers details the lives and thoughts of history’s A-list brain trust in a hip and humorous fashion that proves that philosophy is not just the province of boring, twee-enveloped professors.

PLATO: Wrestling superstar of ancient Greect! NIETSCHE: The Ubermench! BODHIDHARMA: Grandmaster of Kung Fu! The inner contradictions of THOMAS JEFFERSON and AYN RAND! Hard-drinking, hard-loving ST. AUGUSTINE! Hit the couch with FREUD! Unlock the nconscious with CARL JUNG! Take the HEro’s Journey with JOSEPH CAMPBELL: Master of Mythology! They’re not just great thinkers – they make great comics!

This unique volume clearly demonstrates simple geometric techniques for making intricate knots, interlacements, spirals, Kells-type initials, human and animal figures in distinctive Celtic style. Features over 500 illustrations.

With topics ranging from watering and feeding to spirit and aesthetics, this is an all-in-one guide to the art of the bonsai. It features advice on looking for and raising trees; handling pests and diseases; using composts; potting; choosing containers; pruning the plants; and displaying them. A convenient A-Z guide covers virtually every species of indoor and outdoor tree.

As entertaining as it is practical, this comprehensive illustrated herb guide covers everything from herb gathering prayers and charms to signatures for fifty powerful herbs. Each herb is described in detail, with tips on growing, gathering, drying, and storing these marvelous plants, as well as their culinary virtues, cosmetic properties, medicinal merits, veterinary values, and household applications.

Along with thought-provoking bits of folk history and literary and spiritual references to herbs and nature, this directory includes step-by-step instructions on cooking with herbs and preparing herbal remedies, as well as gardening hints and seed-saving tips.

This book, with its 150 recipes culled from a lifetime of family meals and culinary instruction, is much more than a cookbook. It is a daughter’s tribute – a collection of personal memories of the philosophy and superstitions behind culinary traditions that have been passed down through her Cantonese family, in which each ingredient has its own singular importance, the preparation of a meal is part of the joy of life, and the proper creation of a dish can have a favorable influence on health and good fortune.

Each chapter begins with its own engaging story, offering insight into the Chinese beliefs that surround life-enhancing and spiritually calming meals. In addition, personal family photographs illustrate these stories and capture the spirit of China before the revolution, when young’s family lived in Canton, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.

The art of the code -code making and code breaking- remains shrouded in mystery and seems locked away in the murky realms of military intelligence, spies, and secret services. Yet codes affect virtually every area of our lives, providing security, protecting identity, and enabling us to connect via the Internet across global boundaries. This lavishly illustrated encyclopedia surveys the history and development of code making and code breaking in all areas of culture and society-from hieroglyphs and runes to DNA, the Zodiac Killer, The Da Vinci Code, graffiti, and beyond.

Beginning with the first codes, including those found in the natural world and among ancient peoples, the book casts a wide net, exploring secret societies, codes of war, codes of the underworld, commerce, human behavior, and civilization itself. Editor Paul Lunde and an extraordinary group of specialists have compiled the most comprehensive and complete collection of codes available.

Visually stunning and packed with fascinating details, The Book of Codes tells the complete story of codes at a time when they have become fundamentally important to our lives.