Too Far from Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space

Chris Jones

Biographies & Memoirs

Vintage Books USA

Falling Hard

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

Yellow Jersey Press

Every picture has the "wow-factor". Here, familiar objects from the natural world are revealed in a whole new light in this series of very close-up photographs, accompanied by informative text from specialists at the Natural History Museum. Enter another universe, in which insects become mini-monsters and pollen grains are dramatic sculptural objects. Images include animal skin, insects, pollen grains and parasites at extreme magnifications. SEM (scanning electron microscope) photography is a powerful tool for scientific investigation and the images it produces are often compelling and visually attractive. It is increasingly becoming recognized as an art form in its own right, with dedicated exhibitions and awards for SEM photography.

Close-Up

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

The Natural History Museum

From Poop To Gold: The Marketing Magic of Harmon Brothers

Harmon Brothers

The best-selling low-budget filmmaker's bible in the UK has now, at long last, been totally revamped for the American market. The two authors have interviewed hundreds of film industry insiders, resulting in, without doubt, the most comprehensive, entertaining, information-packed book available in America on how to produce a low-budget movie. 
The book has 3 main sections: Anatomy of a Movie, Case Studies, and The Toolkit. Anatomy of a Movie features in-depth, candid interviews with a huge cast of people already working in the film industry - from script readers to bank managers; from casting directors to costume providers; and from sound mixers to negative cutters. Case Studies tells the stories of a selection of low-budget movies, and how they were made. These include Chris and Genevieve's own films, as well as international successes like The Blair Witch Project and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The Toolkit is an amazing resource for new filmmakers, incorporating a huge range of sample legal contracts and agreements, as well as templates for production forms like locations checklists, shooting schedules, and call sheets.

The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook (All New American Edition)

Humor & Entertainment

Genevieve Jolliffe

Movies

Continuum

Award-winning ONE VINTAGE, an elegant volume bound in natural cork, tells the story of one year of farming wine grapes in a small Santa Barbara County vineyard. In words and photographs, the author reveals the everyday reality of work on the farm, from pruning to harvest. Through her personal reflections, Jones illuminates that reality, exploring the connection between the seasons of the vineyard and the great cycle of life.

ONE VINTAGE: A Year in the Vineyard by Chris Jones (2009) Hardcover

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Beverages & Wine

Sage Hill Publishing

Transformed

Marty Cagan

John Moore

Lea Hickman

Christian Idiodi

wiley

Offering a range of real world examples that put the models and frameworks into perspective, this title is packed with diverse examples and problems. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject of corporate finance.

Corporate Finance

Business & Money

Finance

Cengage Learning EMEA

In a world increasingly ruled by numbers and algorithms, award-winning journalist Chris Jones makes a compelling case for a more personal approach to analytical thinking&#8203;. The Eye Test is a necessary course correction, a call for a more balanced, personal approach to problem-solving. Award-winning journalist Chris Jones makes the case for the human element--for what smart, practiced, devoted people can bring to situations that have proved resistant to analytics. Jones shares what he's learned from an army of extraordinary talents, including some of the best doctors, executives, athletes, meteorologists, magicians, designers, astrophysicists, and detectives in the world. There are lessons in their mastery. Of course, there is a place for numbers in decision-making. No baseball player should be judged by his jawline. But the analytics revolution sparked by Michael Lewis's Moneyball now threatens to replace one kind of absurdity with another. We have developed a blind faith in the machine, the way a driver overly reliant on his GPS might be led off the edge of a cliff. Not all statistical analysis is sound. Algorithms aren't infallible, and spreadsheets aren't testaments. Trust in them too much, and they risk becoming instruments of destruction rather than understanding. Worse, data's supremacy in our daily lives has led to a dangerous strain of anti-expertise: the belief that every problem is a math problem, and anyone given access to the right information will find the right answer. That taste doesn't matter, experience doesn't matter, creativity doesn't matter. That we can't believe our eyes, no matter how much they've seen. The Eye Test serves as a reminder that if beauty is less of a virtue in the age of analytics, a good eye still is. This book is a celebration of our greatest beholders--and an absorbing, inspiring guide for how you might become one, too.

The Eye Test: A Case for Human Creativity in the Age of Analytics

Management & Leadership

Hachette B and Blackstone Publishing

The Greatest DIY Tips in the World (The Greatest Tips in the World)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Brian Lee

Home Improvement & Design

The Greatest in the World Limited

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