Jason Simmons Books

The Designer's Desktop Manual explores, topic by topic, the essential technical aspects of key areas of print and screen-based design--type and typography; color; imaging; layout; and printing, from the most basic, introductory techniques and principles, to more advanced preactices, via step-by-step projects and inspirational examples. This in depth guide offers insight into the technological issues and step-by-step skills needed to bring design to a professional standard. Readers will also find historical background on key topics, allowing them to put up-to-date techniques into context with the evolution of design.

Surviving in a small lifeboat after their sloop is sunk by pilot whales, Lorenzo and Karen face not only the challenges of the ocean but also the tension of their troubled marriage. With Karen harboring fears of her husband's intentions, their struggle for survival becomes a psychological battle. As they navigate the elements and their fraught relationship over sixty-seven days, they must decide whether to reconcile or succumb to their darker instincts. The ordeal tests the limits of trust and survival, raising questions about love and betrayal in extreme circumstances.