How do you deal with a broken heart? Junk food? Excessive drinks? Dubious contracts with ancient gods? When it comes to Lauren Thomas, the queen of bad decisions, the answer is always the worst possible choice. She finds herself in a rare opportunity to have her broken heart patched up by the highest rated god of desire. The problem is, it's a contested title. Join us in this tale of gods and mortals, love lust and death and one woman's bad choice that starts it all with a simple bite on a golden apple.

An anthology of illustrated short stories (graphic novels) by an international group of artists who have worked together at Blue Sky Studios at various times.

Collected works by artist Max Ulichney.

Presents the concept art, scenery landscapes, and character designs of the video game.

In Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's monumental work, 'The Philosophy of Fine Art' (Vol. 1-3), readers are taken on a profound journey through the realm of art and aesthetics. Hegel's intricate exploration of the philosophy of art delves into the symbolic, classical, and romantic forms of art, providing a comprehensive analysis of the essence of beauty and artistic creation. His writing style is both eloquent and systematic, reflecting the philosophical rigor for which he is renowned. The book not only serves as a key text in the history of aesthetics but also offers valuable insights into the role of art in human culture and society. Hegel's work is essential for anyone interested in the intersection of philosophy and art. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, a prominent German philosopher of the 19th century, was deeply influenced by his predecessors such as Kant and Schelling. His philosophical background and intellectual curiosity led him to investigate the nature of art and aesthetics in his ambitious 'The Philosophy of Fine Art'. Hegel's keen analytical skills and profound understanding of metaphysics are evident throughout his exploration of art's inherent meaning and significance. For readers seeking a comprehensive and thought-provoking study of art and aesthetics, 'The Philosophy of Fine Art' by Hegel is a must-read. Whether you are a student of philosophy, a lover of art, or simply curious about the nature of beauty, this groundbreaking work offers a unique perspective on the role of art in shaping human experience and culture.

You've seen her art in the pages of Playboy Magazine and in dozens of other publications, on calendars, book covers, limited edition prints, greeting cards, and movie posters. Now, for the first time, Olivia's work has been compiled into one deluxe book. Included are over 100 drawings and paintings, many previously unpublished, spanning the past fifteen years.

"Pulp Art Book--the multi-media collaboration between photographer Neil Krug and model Joni Harbeck--has become a virtual sensation online, and is now the subject of the artists' first monograph. Pulp Art Book: Volume One is an LP-sized hardcover book, split into several vignettes ranging from a spaghetti western theme to a Bonnie and Clyde revival and to the struggles of a 1950s housewife. These series tell the story of each character, and will be expanded in subsequent volumes. The inspiration for the pulp theme comes from the artists' collective appreciation of societal life and the artistic expressions of the 1960s and 70s. Old LP jackets, Giallo posters, vintage book covers, and B-movie cinema themes have defined their taste for this project. Initially they set out to capture something simple and sexy; as the shoots progressed, however, natural story lines emerged. The resulting work captures the smell of those decades and expresses them in a fresh way."--

A new assembly language programming book from a well-loved master. Art of 64-bit Assembly Language capitalizes on the long-lived success of Hyde's seminal The Art of Assembly Language. Randall Hyde's The Art of Assembly Language has been the go-to book for learning assembly language for decades. Hyde's latest work, Art of 64-bit Assembly Language is the 64-bit version of this popular text. This book guides you through the maze of assembly language programming by showing how to write assembly code that mimics operations in High-Level Languages. This leverages your HLL knowledge to rapidly understand x86-64 assembly language. This new work uses the Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), the most popular x86-64 assembler today. Hyde covers the standard integer set, as well as the x87 FPU, SIMD parallel instructions, SIMD scalar instructions (including high-performance floating-point instructions), and MASM's very powerful macro facilities. You'll learn in detail: how to implement high-level language data and control structures in assembly language; how to write parallel algorithms using the SIMD (single-instruction, multiple-data) instructions on the x86-64; and how to write stand alone assembly programs and assembly code to link with HLL code. You'll also learn how to optimize certain algorithms in assembly to produce faster code.