Young wildlife champion Alex White is on a quest to get more people out enjoying nature. In this inspirational book, he and a host of well-known contributors reveal what got them into wildlife in the first place.
Alex White Books
Alex White crafts narratives that often explore the boundaries between the challenging and the subversive, valuing ambitious writing while also embracing sheer entertainment. Their stories frequently draw from a sense of place, whether set in a dystopian Southern American landscape or venturing into the vastness of space for treasure-hunting adventures.
In full colour, with over 750 images to enhance and clarify the concepts, this thought-provoking resource is for graphic designers, professors, and students.
Fulham Football Club
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
The book profiles significant figures in sports history, highlighting founding team members, post-war players, and modern legends from various sporting clubs and teams. It captures the contributions and legacies of these key players, showcasing their impact on the teams they represent. As part of The Men Who Made series, it offers a comprehensive look at the evolution of these sports and the personalities that shaped them.
In this new wide-screen space opera, humanity has met its match. An alien race of enormous robotic AI have destroyed most of humanity's outposts. But, on the eve of the Earth's destruction, a musician makes one last desperate attempt to reach out and convinces one of humanity's enemies to switch sides. Now, earth just might have a chance to survive... Expect giant robots, explosive battles and lots and lots of feelings in this queer space opera from Alex White. Praise for Alex White: 'A clever fusion of magic and sci-fi makes this book a total blast. I was hooked from page one.' V. E. Schwab on A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy
- 544 pages
- 20 hours of reading
The greatest dangers hide the brightest treasures in this bold, planet-hopping science fiction adventure series that blends the lightning-pace of The Fast and the Furious with the fun characters of Firefly.
The Worst of All Possible Worlds
- 528 pages
- 19 hours of reading
The greatest dangers hide the brightest treasures in this bold, planet-hopping science fiction adventure series that blends the lightning-pace of The Fast and the Furious with the fun characters of Firefly.
A guide to understanding and designing a publication's essential typographic elements. Organized by application --text, headlines, subheads, captions, etc. --Type in Use describes and illustrates the principles of designing pages with type and shows how the pros do it with carefully selected examples from a wide variety of current publications. It focuses on the standard type categories used in magazines, newsletters, and in-house documents; the principles can be applied to all print and electronic media. A chapter is devoted to the use of type on Web sites.
Alien: Into Charybdis
- 560 pages
- 20 hours of reading
The critically acclaimed author of Alien: The Cold Forge takes readers to a rogue colony where terror lurks in the tunnels of an abandoned Weyland-Yutani complex.
An all-new novel based on the landmark TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from the acclaimed author of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe! Jadzia Dax has been a friend to Etom Prit, the Trill Trade Commissioner, over two lifetimes. When Etom visits Deep Space Nine with the request to rein in his wayward granddaughter Nemi, Dax can hardly say no. It seems like an easy assignment: visit a resort casino while on shore leave, and then bring her old friend Nemi home. But upon arrival, Dax finds Nemi has changed over the years in terrifying ways…and the pursuit of the truth will plunge Dax headlong into a century’s worth of secrets and lies! ™, ®, & © 2021 CBS Studios, Inc. STAR TREK and related marks and logos are trademarks of CBS Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Thinking in type
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
With this visually stunning primer, designers will develop the skills and vision to produce truly innovative, eye-catching type design. All of the basics about type design are covered and in-depth information is provided on more advanced topics such as the differences between type applications, how typography creates identity, and what readers look for and respond to. Using more than 2,000 images from the 18th century up to the present day, this book can be used as a first exposure primer for students and as a reader for professionals.Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
