Aimed at encouraging creativity, discovery and inspiration, this title includes techniques that can be used to enhance any layout. Featuring more than 750 layouts in a visual gallery with descriptive information, it also provides a look at what goes into an effective layout design.

Maddie is determined to uncover the untold story about the town's sordid past — her past. As a child, Maddie lost everything, and now she's back at the scene of the scandal — a local establishment that's always belonged to the Hennessys — determined to uncover the truth, and nothing is going to stand in her way. Especially not a black-haired, blue-eyed Hennessy. Everyone in Truly knows that the Hennessy men are irresistible, and the current owner, Mick, is no exception. His late father was a skirt-chasing heartbreaker who ended up causing disaster for two families. So far, Mick's managed to keep the ladies in line, but when he claps eyes on Maddie, with her luscious curves and tempting lips, he can't resist getting tangled up with her. But Maddie is keeping secrets, not the least of which is her true reason for being in town. And when Mick discovers what‘s really going on, there is going to be a whole lot of trouble in Truly.

Features material from established and emerging major designers and is filled with hundreds of examples that are forging new graphic ground across a complete range of visual media. This book also contains a visual index for quick reference and designers` contact details.

This holiday, spend quality time with family and loved ones — living and dead... There's no place like home for the horrordays — unless you'd prefer a romantic midnight walk through a ghost-infested graveyard... or a haunted house candlelight dinner with the sexy vampire of your dreams. The (black) magical season is here — and whether it's a solstice séance gone demonically wrong with the incomparable Kim Harrison, a grossly misshapen Christmas with the remarkable Lynsay Sands, a blood-chilling-and-spilling New Year's with the wonderful Marjorie M. Liu, or a super-powered Thanksgiving with the phenomenal Vicki Pettersson, one thing is for certain: in the able hands of these exceptional dark side explorers, the holidays are going to be deliciously hellish!

Jack Welch knows how to win. During his forty-year career at General Electric, he led the company to year-after-year success around the globe, in multiple markets, against brutal competition. His honest, be-the-best style of management became the gold standard in business, with his relentless focus on people, teamwork, and profits. And now he has written a book that clearly lays out the answers to the most difficult questions people face both on and off the job. Winning is destined to become the bible of business for generations to come. Anyone who has a passion for success will find Welch's optimistic, no excuses, get-it-done mind-set riveting. Packed with personal anecdotes and written in Jacks distinctive no b.s. voice, Winning offers deep insights, original thinking, and solutions to nuts-and-bolts problems that will change forever the way people think about work.

«Letterheads might be thought of as a passe business need with the omnipresence of email communication. On the contrary, they have taken on new importance! Because letterheads are mailed less frequently, each one has the opportunity to have a greater impact on the reader than it would have in the pre-internet era. Letterheads are a vitally-important part of a company's corporate identity. The challenge for the designer is to create a letterhead (or letterhead set) that will make a positive impression, appropriate for the firm's personality and corporate culture. «The Big Book of Letterheads» contains over 330 examples of letterhead designs. Each one was specifically chosen for its visual interest and the positive statement it makes about the business it represents. Use «The Big Book of Letterheads» as a reference and start creating well-designed, powerful pieces of communication.»

«The Creativity series displays the best and brightest in advertising and design work from creative professionals around the world. «Creativity 36» features more than 1,000 colour photographs and illustrations and covers dozens of categories in both the consumer and trade markets, including advertisements, posters, billboards, brochures, catalogs, calendars, promotional items, corporate identity manuals, magazine covers, web sites, and much more. Creative professionals looking for inspiration, or anyone with an interest in quality graphic design, will find «Creativity 36» an invaluable resource.»

«150 Best Loft Ideas» offers a glimpse into innovative modern living spaces that reflect the changing views on designing, building, and living in a contemporary home. Featuring diverse styles and different trends, «150 Best Loft Ideas» provides an inspirational source of ideas for those active in the field of design or interested in contemporary residential architecture.»

The new novel that fans of the bestselling author have been waiting for, about three sexy, powerful career women who will do anything to stay at the top of their fields.

«Night Watch» and «Day Watch», the first two books in this remarkable series, established Sergei Lukyanenko as a breathtakingly bold talent. Part fantasy, part vampire story, and part detective potboiler, this is the most successful science fiction series of all time in Russia and a true international sensation. In America, Fox Searchlight released the film adaptation of «Night Watch» to rapturous reviews, and adaptations of the next two books are in production. In «Twilight Watch», the Others face their greatest threat yet. A renegade Other, his identity as yet unknown, has absconded with a fabled spell-book of untold power and appears bent on attacking the entire earth. Now forces of the Light and the Dark — the Night Watch and the Day Watch — must cooperate to stop him. Anton, the hero from «Night Watch», is back, but when the culprit turns out to be none other than his partner, the race against time becomes more urgent than ever. In a world where reality and magic commingle, and where different degrees of existence are layered one atop the other, nothing is ever quite what it seems.»

«This Washington novel is authored by Kristin Gore, the daughter of former vice president Al Gore. «Sammy's Hill», her first novel, is set near Daddy's old stomping grounds. Its heroine, hardworking, lovestruck Samantha Joyce, earns her daily bread as the domestic policy adviser to a reformist senator. Political scandals and rumors of sexual infidelity loom large in this educated romp through the political swamps of the Potomac.»

Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl is back.and so is his cunning enemy from Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, Opal Koboi. At the start of the fourth adventure, Artemis has returned to his unlawful ways. He's in Berlin, preparing to steal a famous impressionist painting from a German bank. He has no idea that his old rival, Opal, has escaped from prison by cloning herself. She's left her double behind in jail and, now free, is exacting her revenge on all those who put her there, including Artemis.

«Lighting is an integral component of interior design and architecture. The keys to creating exceptional luminous environments is revealed in Lighting Spaces. Thirty of the world’s top lighting designers and consultants showcase their finest accomplishments in this volume. The selected examples illustrate how high quality, thoughtful design can be the visual cornerstone of a successful project. In over 500 beautifully-reproduced photographs you will see how light can establish moods and manipulate attitudes, reinforce feelings and heighten excitement. A full range of high quality, inventive and brilliant lighting design projects are shown including hotels, restaurants, retail, corporate, public, residential, exteriors, houses of worship, performing arts and entertainment facilities, museums, landscape... and so much more. Lighting Spaces is a «must-have» title for anyone seeking innovative and imaginative solutions to their architectural lighting problems.»

The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Iris and Ruby.

This is the ultimate business how-to book by the icon of American business and one of the worlds most revered and respected leaders, Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric. Jack Welch knows how to win. During his 40-year career at General Electric, he led the company to year-after-year success around the globe, in multiple markets, against brutal competition. His honest, be-the-best style of management became the gold standard in business, with his relentless focus on people, teamwork and profits. Since Jack retired in 2001 as Chairman and CEO of GE, he has travelled the world, speaking to more than 250,000 people and answering their questions on dozens of wide-ranging topics. Inspired by his audiences and their hunger for straightforward guidance, Jack has written both a philosophical and pragmatic book, which is destined to become the bible of business for generations to come. It clearly lays out the answers to the most difficult questions people face both on and off the job. Jacks objective is to speak to people at every level of an org nization, in companies large and small. His goal is to help everyone who has a passion for success, from assistants to project managers to senior executives. Winning is devoted to the real stuff of work, looking both inside the company, from leadership to picking winners to making change happen, and outside the company, at competition, strategy and mergers. And, it focuses on managing your career — from finding the right job to achieving work-life balance. Jacks optimistic, no excuses, get-it-done mind-set is riveting. Packed with personal anecdotes and written in his distinctive no-nonsense voice, Winning offers deep insights, original thinking and solutions to nuts-and-bolts problems that will change the way people think about work.

Part of the Global Corporate Identity series, which is a useful reference for businesspersons. This volume showcases some of the best corporate designs in the categories of logos, letterheads, package design, complete identity programs, corporate identity manuals, signage and environmental graphics, and corporate brochures.

«Presents an easy-to-follow system that the author developed to create effective colour patterns, that provide colour combinations without placing those combinations in context. «An Eye for Color» shows how to build your own color index by «dissecting» a gorgeous selection of works used by master painters, graphic designers, fashion and furniture designers and craftsmenandndash; all selected for their exceptional use of color. In addition, the book's compact design and irresistibly chunky format will make it useful and attractive to designers, artists, students, professionals, or anyone trying to find attractive color combinations.»

Solzhenitsyn's gripping epic masterpiece, the searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression, in one abridged volume, authorized by the author.

As Inspector Jefe Javier Falcon investigates a faceless corpse unearthed on a municipal dump, Seville is rocked by a massive explosion. An apartment block is destroyed, and when it`s discovered that its basement housed a mosque everybody's terrorist fears are confirmed.

«This is a breathtaking collection of reflections from one of the worlds best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho. In this riveting collection of thoughts and stories, Paulo Coelho, the author of «The Alchemist», offers his personal reflections on a wide range of subjects from archery and music to elegance, travelling and the nature of good and evil. An old woman explains to her grandson how a mere pencil can show him the path to happiness! It features: instructions on how to climb a mountain that reveal the secret to making your dreams a reality; the story of Ghengis Khan and the Falcon that teaches about the folly of anger — and the art of friendship; and a pianist who performs an example in fulfilling your destiny.»