A behind-the-scenes fan guide to the Game of Thrones HBO series. Kim Renfro, entertainment correspondent for Insider and a huge GOT fan, goes deep into the show and the world of Westeros, from Winterfell to the White Walkers. Spanning every episode across all eight seasons, Kim Renfro explains scenes that don't follow Martin's books and sheds new light on the themes, storylines, character development, the meaning of the finale, and what fans can expect...

Glenn Gould was one of the most complex, brilliant artists of the 20th century, a musician famous for his bizarre habits and obsessions. But perhaps Gould's greatest obsession of all was with a Steinway concert grand, which he described as "a romance on three legs."

"In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans--and all movie lovers--could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he...

Explores such art topics as style, composition, color, and subject matter as they relate to twelve works by Monet.

Many readers know Lewis as an author of fiction and fantasy literature, including the Chronicles of Narnia and the Space Trilogy. Others know him for his books in apologetics, including Mere Christianity and The Problem of Pain. But few know him for his scholarly work as a professor of medieval and Renaissance literature. What shaped the mind of this great thinker? Jason Baxter argues that Lewis was deeply formed not only by the words of Scripture...

Explores such art topics as style, composition, color, and subject matter as they relate to twelve works by Rembrandt.

"Anderson's inβuences, his style, and the recurring themes of alienation, reinvention, ambition, and destiny that course through his movies are analyzed and supplemented by αrsthand interviews with Anderson's closest collaborators--including producer JoAnne Sellar, actor Vicky Krieps, and composer Jonny Greenwood--and illuminated by αlm stills, archival photos, original illustrations, and an appropriately psychedelic design aesthetic. Masterworks...

Illustrated with reproductions of his paintings, this book discusses the works of Monet, from his early artistic leanings to his accomplishments that would have a decisive influence on the modern art of the 20th century.

"Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he's given us glimpses before, with aphorisms and short essays and articles and in his speeches. But never before has an entire book been devoted to Kurt Vonnegut the teacher. Here is pretty much everything Vonnegut ever said or wrote having to do with the writing art and craft, altogether a healing, a nourishing expedition. McConnell has outfitted us for the...