 | The Halloween
Edition October 2011 |
| Dear ASD, With Halloween just around the corner, we all like a little scare. I got one on the way to work the other morning when a wheel cover flew off a car in front of me and slammed into my fender before knocking off my side mirror. That will get your heart pumping! Here's hoping your weekend has been filled with scares of the fun kind ... haunted houses, scary movies and trick-or-treaters. And the Motorbooks 45th anniversary sale. The only thing scary about the sale is that it ends Monday. Through midnight CT October 31, 2011, spend more than $45 on any order and receive $10 off. Just use promo code CAKE11 when you place your order. Because we're proud of our Motorbooks imprint, we're extending this offer to all Qbookshop customers! To put you in the Halloween spirit, take a look at some of our favorite "scary" books from across Qbookshop. No matter what your interest, you'll find books to feed your passion there. |
| Carved-Panel Hearses
|  What better form of transportation for Halloween than a hearse? But not just any hearse will do. A classic carved-panel model will provide true holiday style.
In 1933 the Sayers & Scovill Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, and The Eureka Co. of Rock Falls, Illinois, introduced a daring new departure in funeral car design. This stunning, semi-streamlined new hearse design featured richly-carved imitation drapery panels - complete with folds, fringes, tassels and tieback cords - on the sides and rear of the car. The story of the hearse is told in words and pictures in Carved-Panel Hearses: An Illustrated History 1933-1948. |
Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film
|  Whether you consider the Alien movie series to be science fiction or horror, you can't deny that it's scary.
For more than 30 years, audiences have been simultaneously captivated and appalled as the spaceship Nostromo is invaded and its crew stalked by a terrifying parasitic creature. From the gore of the infant alien bursting from Kane's chest to the mounting claustrophobia as Ripley discovers the monster has followed her into the escape shuttle, Alien is a chilling masterpiece.
Now Voyageur Press has published Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film. The book opens a portal into the making of this legendary film, tracing its path from embryonic concept to fully fledged box office phenomenon.
Featured are director Ridley Scott's own annotated storyboards, Polaroids and script pages; the elegant but disturbing concept artwork of H.R. Giger; sketches and construction blueprints for the Nostromo; costume designs by Moebius; a treasure trove of never-before-seen photographs of the cast and crew; and ten meticulously reproduced artifacts, enclosed in vellum envelopes, for readers to remove and examine more closely.
Fully authorized and illustrated throughout, Alien Vault is the ultimate tribute to a movie that changed cinema forever. |
How to Draw Zombies
|  If you prefer zombies and drawing to scary space creatures and movies, How to Draw Zombies, from another of our publishers, Walter Foster, is for you.
From the pages of great literature to Hollywood movies, zombies are appearing everywhere. Now aspiring artists can bring them to life, so to speak, by learning to render them with pencil, paint, and digital image-editing software.
This comprehensive book gets into all the gory details, such as creating bloodshot eyes, forming robust brows, and imitating the look of pale, dead flesh. How to Draw Zombies also features 15 step-by-step projects that guide artists from initial sketches to finished works of art, including a Voodoo Queen, a gothic zombie, and even a zombie romance. |
The 150 Healthiest Comfort Foods on Earth
|  After you've carved your jack-o-lantern and are looking to put the meat of the pumpkin to some good use, try this pumpkin pancake recipe from The 150 Healthiest Comfort Foods on Earth.
This is just one of the delicious recipes from this Fair Winds Press book that will make you feel good about satisfying your craving for comfort food! You can now savor the taste and healthiness of warm, delicious, and comforting classics including mac 'n cheese, lasagna, chicken nuggets, potato skins, and shepherd's pie, thanks to acclaimed nutritionist Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., and whole foods chef Jeannette Bessinger, C.H.H.C. The two transform 150 comfort food favorites into good-for-you dishes without sacrificing an ounce of taste. The result? Delicious new classics such as: Fresh Phyllo Chicken Pot Pie; Higher-Protein, Lower-Cal Creamy Fettuccini Alfredo; Whole-Grain Home-Grilled Pizza; Satisfying Real-Food Pumpkin Pancakes; Lower-Cal Loaded Potato Skins; and Grass-Fed Italian Feta Meatballs in Tomato Sauce. Your taste buds-and your health-will thank you! |
Fix It!
|  Finally, if your scare (like mine) is a real one that requires a little DIY repair work, Fix It! How to Repair Automotive Dents, Scratches, Tears and Stains from Motorbooks is the best investment you can make. This book is a complete guide for any car or truck owner who wants their ride to look, feel, and smell like it did the day they bought it. Years of commuting to work and family vacations will take its toll on a car. Coffee spills, paint scratches and fades, hoods and fenders acquire dents and rust, and smells linger in the upholstery and ventilation. It all adds up to a car that's not as fun to drive as it used to be and maybe even embarrassing. Whether breathing new life into your reliable ride or getting it ready to sell, you can solve these problems with a few basic tools and products, and the right instruction on how to use them. Fix It! How to Repair Automotive Dents, Scratches, Tears and Stains provides step-by-step projects anyone at any skill level can accomplish to help keep their car looking its best. From buffing a scratch to popping a dent, doing it yourself has never been easier.
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