Product Description: This incredible book houses a collection of 100 swipeable layouts that readers can use to create their own pieces--everything from newsletters and ads to letterheads and brochures. An invaluable introductory section reviews the core techniques for creating layouts...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The only successful European impresarios in mid-nineteenth century Mexican Texas—men authorized to bring immigrants to settle the vast spaces of Mexico's northern territories—were Irish. On their land grants, Irish settlers founded Refugio and San Patricio and went on to take active roles in the economic and political development of Texas...read more

Product Description: This invaluable series offers simple and practical insights into the field of web design. Each book gives absolutely unrivaled coverage of a specific aspect of computer work, with surefire techniques that will save hours of work and make the job simpler...read more

More than four hundred photographs and illustrations highlight a complete guide to working with digital photographs, offering step-by-step instructions on how to enhance, organize, share, store, and show off one's digital photographs; how to use image manipulation software; how to create a digital scrapbook; and more. 10,000 first printing.

Product Description: Simple step-by-step instructions guide and accompanying pc/Mac. Compatible CD will help you create cards, invitations, announcements, & calendars. And use your own photo's.

Product Description: Good graphic design relies on a simple, fundamental concept: the grid. With the invisible, unifying structure they provide, grids bring consistency and visual harmony to multi-page or multi-screen documents. The Designer's Toolkit is the first book to streamline the use of this critical tool, providing a fast-track way for both experienced and amateur designers to identify and employ the best grid for the job...read more

Product Description: This indispensable resource is the first and only book to include thousands of ready-to-use color swatches and palettes in multiple file formats for both print and digital applications. This entry in the Designer's Toolkit series is a straightforward and accessible guide for both designers and non-designers, in a unique format combining ready-made design elements on CD with practical advice on real-world application...read more

Product Description: Finding the perfect font is tricky, and in an increasingly digital age, the options seem endless. This handy volume takes the mystery out of font selection by displaying the entire alphabet and numerals for 1000 unique typefaces, making it easy for designers—or anyone who works with type—to find the perfect face for any job...read more

Product Description: Presents a study that challenges the rhetoric of the city and the slum. This title demonstrates how the municipal politics of Bath, in the field of sanitary provision, was shaped by competing attitudes to the poor of the Avon Street district.

Product Description: This book of new research will challenge the traditional narratives of Irish migration, the stories of oppression and exile that form an essential part of the existing literature. It will argue that most of the migrants were not forced by circumstances to leave their country but looked forward to a better life abroad...read more