Chronicle Books

This tres chic Parisian flexi journal features scenes of the city of lights illustrated by Petit Collage.

The most covetable patterns of the moment, as decided by fashion forecasters and the hottest runway trends adorn these purse-perfect journals, available only while supplies last.

A book of 16 die-cut cardstock stencils, each a positive message for people to stealthily spread the love wherever they go. Stencils will include: You are perfect! You inspire me every day, See the beauty here, You are my sunshine, If you're waiting for a sign, this is it, Have a dandy day, I'm proud of you and Take the scenic route.

HBO's Game of Thrones reigns as cable's highest-rated series. This official companion book gives fans new ways to enter this fictional world and discover more about the beloved (and reviled) characters and the electrifying plotlines. Hundreds of set photos, production and costume designs, storyboards, and insider stories reveal how the show's creators translated George R. R. Martin's best-selling fantasy series into the world of Westeros. Featuring interviews with key actors and crew members that capture the best scripted and unscripted moments from the first two seasons, as well as a preface by George R. R. Martin, this special volume, bound in a lavishly debossed padded cover, offers exclusive access to this unprecedented television series.

If you're a dinosaur, all of your friends are dead. If you're a pirate, all of your friends have scurvy. If you're a tree, all of your friends are end tables. Each page of this laugh-out-loud illustrated humor book showcases the downside of being everything from a clown to a cassette tape to a zombie. Cute and dark all at once, this hilarious children's book for adults teaches valuable lessons about life while exploring each cartoon character's unique grievance and wide-eyed predicament. From the sock whose only friends have gone missing to the houseplant whose friends are being slowly killed by irresponsible plant owners (like you), All My Friends Are Dead presents a delightful primer for laughing at the inevitable.

Die-cut along its edge to mimic the shape of a lucky cat, this adorable journal will bring much fortune and prosperity!

Die-cut along its edge to mimic the shape of a matryoshka doll, this gotta-have-it journal features Suzy Ultman s candy-colored take on the classic Russian keepsake. Added bonus: the ribbon page marker features a mini Masha doll!

These adorable Lucky Cat notecards are the perfect way to share prosperity and fortune with friends and loved ones. Easy to fold and stand up, these paper figurines will bring good luck to any desktop.

Anne Taintor's combination of classic '40s and '50s images with sharp, modern wit make for the perfect birthday book and postcards for sassy females of any age. Her work is very recognizable and already hot in specialty boutiques nationwide. Another Day in Paradise: Following the success of Anne Taintor's I Feel A Sin Coming On, comes her witty postcards on domestic life — Just Another Day in Paradise. It pairs with the book, I'm Becoming My Mother.

How does one thank someone for a delicious homemade batch of brains? It's easy to share the gore and mayhem with these ultraviolent postcards, featuring illustrations from the best-selling «Pride and Prejudice and Zombies» book.

Yoshitomo Nara is one of the most influential contemporary artists in Japan and worldwide. His awe-inspiring paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photos feature a mischievous cast of children and their larger-than-life pets. With a graphic style influenced by Japanese anime, poetry, graffiti, and punk rock, Nara's artwork touches the hearts of all of his audiences. Hardcover.

Shakespeare's sonnets are revered the world over for perfectly capturing the torments and joys of love, unrequited or otherwise, in just fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. Twenty-nine of the bard's most romantic sonnets are included in this beautiful hardcover, all of them lovingly illustrated by the talented Caitlin Keegan. Pretty and contemporary, the illustrations tastefully accentuate the depth of sentiment in each sonnet. A brilliant sun rises over the 17th Sonnet ('Shall I Compare thee to a summer's day?') and a graceful animal adorns the 19th Sonnet ('Devouring time, blunt thou the lion's paws'). Available just in time for Valentine's Day but appropriate for any spontaneous expression of love, this is an ideal, sophisticated gift for the legions of Shakespeare fans.

In this irresistibly funny follow-up to the breakout bestseller Darth Vader and Son, Vader, Sith Lord and leader of the Galactic Empire, now faces the trials, joys and mood swings of raising his rebellious teenage daughter; Princess Leia. Smart and sweetly funny illustrations by artist Jeffrey Brown give classic Star Wars moments a twist by bringing these two galactic adversaries together under one roof. From teaching Leia how to fly a TIE fighter, to regulating the time she spends talking with friends via R2-D2's hologram, to making sure Leia doesn't leave the house wearing only the metal bra and a slinky skirt from Return of the Jedi, Vader's parenting skills are put hilariously to the test.

Collected here for the first time are the beautiful and exotic paintings of Clare Rojas. One of the San Francisco Bay Area's most beloved art stars, Rojas is often associated with the Beautiful Losers artists and the Mission School art movement that includes artists Barry McGee, Chris Johanson, and Ed Templeton. Influenced by craft, folk art, and the beauty and wisdom of the garden, her work weaves together flowers, plants, animals, and various folk figures to create mysterious narratives. Through the language of flowers-delicate yet resilient, powerful yet flexible-Rojas tells enchanting stories with color.

Everyone loves Boo! His fluffy head, shaved body, and teddy bear-like persona are irresistibly adorable. With nearly a million Facebook fans, Boo is poised to make it big. This cuter-than-words book features exclusive new photographs of Boo doing all his favourite things: lounging around, playing with friends, exploring the whole wide world, and making those signature puppy-dog eyes.

Between the classic films of Walt Disney and the televised animation revolution of the 1960s was a critical decade in animation design. Amid Amidi, publisher of the influential «Animation Blast» magazine and Cartoon Brew blog charts the evolution of the modern style in animation, which abandoned the preferred «lifelike» anthopomorphic look for a more sophisticated and often abstract approach. In this way, animation design of the time has much in common with the modern movements in painting and graphic design. Gathering hundreds of rare and forgotten sketches, model boards, cels, and film stills, «Cartoon Modern» is a thoroughly researched, eye-popping, and delightful account of perhaps the most critical era of animation design.

From a photo collage that imparts 'It's your day!' to a letterpress print advising 'Work hard and be nice to people', the messages in this book are as positive as the art is fresh.

This is a nonfiction graphic novel of scenes in the kitchen and restaurants of Alain Passard, the three-Michelin-starred French chef of L'Arpege in Paris. The book is part portrait of a master chef, part inside look at his creative process, and part humorous riff on fine dining by an outside observer. In France, this book sold 25,000 copies in 2 months.

From the authors of popular bi-coastal street fashion blog Street Fashion Style, this hip how-to reference is the ultimate guide for shooting street style photography. In breezy, accessible text, street fashion insiders Dyanna Dawson and J.T. Tran reveal tips and techniques on everything from choosing on-the-go camera equipment, to approaching and styling subjects, to composing and lighting an incredible shot--all illustrated in tons of example shots from both New York and San Francisco.

The Amazing Story Generator creates 1,728,000 different story prompts! This flipbook for writers and other creative types allows users to randomly mix and match three different elements to generate a unique story idea. With hundreds of settings, characters and plots to mix and match, the possibilities are endless. Packed with colourful, wacky and engaging prompts, this is the perfect tool for jumpstarting fresh new short stories, novels, scripts, screenplays and 'improv' sessions.

Celebrating this scientific beauty of vintage educational charts, this collection of 100 postcard prints is divided into four categories; anatomy, botany, zoology and miscellany. Perfect for decor and correspondence. We are also publishing the Art of Instruction: Notebook Collection.

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of DC Comics, these 100 unique postcards feature the incredible art of DC's comic book covers from the 1930s through the 1980's.

This is an innovative sticker book that gives children the chance to become artists themselves! This one-of-a-kind sticker book is filled with amazing works of abstract art. Kids can place the reusable vinyl stickers of eyes, fins, teeth, tentacles, and more onto the enclosed 'Friend Finder,' and move it around the artwork to find the right place for each sticker. Then they simply transfer the stickers onto the art to create their very own crazy critters, from fish and sharks to lobsters and seahorses or anything else that can be found — or imagined! — under the sea. There's no limit to the zany sea scenes they can create. And when they're done, they can peel off the stickers and turn the book sideways or upside down to uncover a whole new set of possibilities.

This work features a great new top-flipping notebook format. The cover features photographs depicting weird and wonderful machines from the Computer History Museum in California. With an assortment of esoteric graph-papers inside, and even some pages designed to look like the old green-and-white dot matrix printer paper, this is geeking out at its best.