Fabulous Jule Verne tale about a steam elephant (Steam punk anymore?) rampaging the jungles of India. Jerome Podwill cover.

Two works from the father of modern philosophy. In Discourse on Method, he formulated a scientific approach comprising four principles, including to accept only what reason recognizes as "clear and distinct." In Meditations, he explores the mind/body distinction, the nature of truth and error, the existence of God, and the essence of material things.

Take 90 basic colors, combine each in either ten or twenty different color schemes, and you have the basis for an extraordinary new design tool. With over 1,000 color combinations, this remarkable book takes the guesswork out of putting color together, provides new ideas for innovative color schemes, and more.

Designer's Guide to Color 2 addresses the personal and emotional aspects of color. Like the first volume of Designer's Guide to Color, this book combines 90 basic colors into more than 1,000 innovative color combinations. The first volume emphasized full-color combinations; this second volume emphasizes tints, pastels, and the many aspects of color tone.

Graphic presentations of over 1,000 color combinations in complex prints, patterns, paisleys, and plaids visually document the variety of effects produced by various color combinations in complicated designs. Full-color.

A veritable "dictionary of color," this compact guide provides an abundance of color schemes for tones in the same group as well as for those in different groups that go well together. Full-color illustrations.

Another in the bestselling Designer's Guide to Color collection, this indispensable reference contains extensive descriptions for creating colors that convey emotions or impressions, and acts as a guide for making up new ones. Ranging from earthy color combinations to cool metallic combinations and deep, vivid tones, Designer's Guide to Color 5 will be essential for designers or anyone making a color choice. Full color throughout.

• First published in 1971, used universally ever since
• Access to lessons from distinguished typographers around the world through Web site: designingwithtype.com
• "An excellent and useful introduction to the subject."—Milton Glaser

New information and new images make this perennial best-seller an even more valuable tool for anyone interested in learning about typography.

Michel Roux's desserts have made him famous throughout the world. For this glorious book, he has chosen ten of his favorite desserts, including Blackberry Clafoutis and Pear and Ginger Sabayon, to cook at home. Some are simple, some are challenging, and all designed to tempt almost everybody at the end of a meal.

"The Dhammapada" is a collection of aphorisms that illustrate the moral teachings of Buddha - the spiritual path to the supreme Truth. Probably compiled in the third century BCE, the verses are arranged according to theme, covering ideas such as self-possession, good and evil, watchfulness and endurance. Together they describe how an individual can attain the enlightenment of Nirvana, the supreme goal of Buddhism. The road to Nirvana, as illustrated in "The Dhammapada", is narrow and difficult to negotiate, but the reward of eternal life gives hope and determination to the traveller.

In Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson took science fiction to dazzling new levels. Now, in The Diamond Age, he delivers another stunning tale. Set in twenty-first century Shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a state-of-the-art interactive device falls into the hands of a street urchin named Nell. Her life-and the entire future of humanity-is about to be decoded and reprogrammed....

Illuminates the Russian writer's thoughts on madness, bureaucracy, and illusion in these five tales.

What does it mean to dream of running, playing an accordian, catching frogs, riding a stallion, eating honey, dying; or to see an eagle, apples, a tunnel, a shoemaker, or a field of growing wheat in your dreams?

This comprehensive and thorough study of dreams unravels the cloak of mystery surrounding these and hundreds of other mundane or strange items, happenings, places, people, and feelings encountered in the dream world to reveal what they mean in our lives — unhappiness, financial loss, eventual success, or danger.

Make contact with your inner self through this perfect bedside companion.