Our Favorite Books

Art and Art reference favorites The Art of Photography at National Geographic - A widely spanning compilation of photographs from all over the world. Eames Design by John Neuhartand Marilyn Neuhart - Spectacular book about two great designers and thier projects. Picasso, the early years, 1881-1907 by Josep Palau i Fabre - Huge book with images of Picasso's early paintings and well-researched and written text. The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent by Carl Little - Beautiful watercolors. Winslow Homer Watercolors by Helen Cooper. Children's Books Eric Carle's Animals, Animals by Eric Carle - Fun and exciting painted paper cutout illustrations with creative poems for each animal big pages filled with great characters and lots of imagination! Blueberries for Sal (Picture Puffins) by Robert McCloskey - A sentimental favorite. Corduroy by Don Freeman. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barret, illustrations Ron Barret - A very, very unique story. Funny and interesting illustrations. Discover Rainforests by Lynne Hardie Baptista - A great learning book. Good photos and descriptions. Faithful Elephants : A True Story of Animals, People and War by Yukio Tschiya, translated Tomoko Tsuchiya Dykes, illustrated Ted Lewin - There's a very, very important lesson within the story. Beautiful watercolor illustrations too. Goodnight Moon (Board Book) by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd - This book is ingrained in our memories as a favorite bedtime book. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (Sandpiper Books) by Virginia Lee Burton. One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey. The Paper Crane (Reading Rainbow Book) by Molly Bang - A beautiful story and amazing paper cutout illustrations. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle. The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle. The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle. Business Favorites Best Practice - Ideas and Insights from the World's Foremost Business Thinkers Well written to. Change the World Without Taking Power: The Meaning of Revolution Today by John Holloway. Guerrilla Marketing : Secrets for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business (Guerrilla Marketing) by Jay Conrad Levinson - This book is still helping StartMotions daily. How To Form A Nonprofit Corporation by Anthony Mancuso - A great reference guide to beginning a nonprofit. Legal Guide For Starting & Running A Small Business by Fred S. Steingold - Covers every legal aspect regarding start-up and follow through for your potential business. Very informative. Lessons from Nature: Learning to Live Sustainably on the Earth by Daniel D. Chiras Meaningful Marketing: 100 Data-proven Truths And 402 Practical Ideas For Selling More With Less Effort by Doug Hall and Jeffrey Stamp - We're very interested in getting the best advertising bang for our buck, and this, along with gurrella marketing books are great tools for success. Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawkin and Amroy Lovins - The most concrete, step step vision of how well it could work if humans changed the way we work and think. Patent It Yourself by David Pressman - Everything you need to know about patenting, including examples. The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life by Richard Florida - How creative people are coming from under the cooperate cloak. An interesting read. Tax Savvy for Small Business: Year-Round Tax Strategies to Save You Money (Tax Savvy for Small Business) by Frederick W. Daily - A great reference for tax-time. Starting & Building A Nonprofit: A Practical Guide by Peri Pakroo - A thorough guide about how to start a nonprofit from the ground up, like StartMotions! The Ultimate Small Business Guide: A Resource for Startups and Growing Businesses (Ultimate Business Library) - My most referenced business book. Has every detail one needs concisely put into an easy to understand format. The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Running a Business : NEW: Use the Internet to jump-start your company; Find out where the money is... and ... ideas, from pet care to public relations; - A good guide for anyone on how to start from the ground up. Real life scenarios and good tips. Film, Animation 43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film: A Comprehensive Analysis of Film Finance by John W. Cones - A very good reference that allows you to see how the big guys do it. Animals in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge. The Animation Book - New Digital Edition by Kit Laybourne - A very very good review on making animated works in this day and age The Animator's Survival Kit - A manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas by Richard Williams - A great drawn guide on animation techniques and tips. The Animation Book : A Complete Guide to Animated Filmmaking--From Flip-Books to Sound Cartoons to 3- D Animation by Kit Laybourne, John Canemaker. Encyclopedia of Animation Techniques by Richard Taylor. The Filmmaker's Handbook : A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age, Completely Revised and Updated. by Steven Ascher, Edward Pincus The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation by Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas. Marketing & Selling Your Film Around the World: A Guide for Independent Filmmakers by John Durie - A detailed overview of distribution process, as well as helpful specifics. Masters of Animation by John Grant. Making a Winning Short : How to Write, Direct, Edit, and Produce a Short Film by Edmond Levy Matters of Light & Depth by Ross Lowell - A good reference if you're shooting your own film. Muybridge's Complete Human and Animal Locomotion: All 781 Plates from the 1887 Animal Locomotion: New Volume 3 (Reprint of original volumes 9-11) by Eadweard Muybridge. Producing, Financing, and Distributing Film : A Comprehensive Legal and Business Guide by Donald C. Farber, Paul A. Baumgarten, Mark Fleischer - Great comprehensive book on aspects of film production. The Ultimate Filmmaker's Guide to Short Films: Making It Big in Shorts by Kim Adelman Human Relations Artful Persuasion: How to Command Attention, Change Minds, and Influence People by Harry Mills - Very well-written and concise. Because of the content it could be bad if put in the hands of the wrong people. (No dishonest, dangerous, or greedy people click on this one, please) The Complete Guide to Getting a Grant : How to Turn Your Ideas Into Dollars by Laurie Blum - Excellent resource for the entire grant process. How To Talk So People Listen: The Real Key to Job Success by Sonya Hamlin - Very good read, especially useful when you're trying to make points regarding the environment! The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion Through the Art of Storytelling by Annette Simmons Miscellaneous Jump Start Your Brain by Doug Hall - A great way to make a dead brain active again! Screenprinting: The Complete Water-Based System by Robert Adam. A great guide to silscreening, is very environmentally concious as well! Nature/Environmental Favorites Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife by Don E. Wilson. This book has tons of animals, with descriptions, display photos, it shows the location of the animal and more. Africa's Animal Kingdom: A Visual Celebration by Kit Coppard - Unbelievable photographs and informative text. One of my top three animal/nature books. AquaGeisis - The Origin and Evolution of Life in the Sea by Richard Ellis - You can judge this book it's beautiful cover. Astonishing Animals : Extraordinary Creatures and the Fantastic Worlds They Inhabit by Tim Flannery. An illustrated book of some pretty astonishing animals! The Biodiverstiy Crisis - Loosing What Counts by Michael J. Novacek - A cause and effect book about specific instances. It shows what is happening in the environment as well as what is being done to stop it. Blue Planet DK Publishing. The Circle of life : Wildlife on the African Savannah by Anup Shah. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough, Michael Braungart The Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson - Very specific informative writing about how life has evolved and why. The Earth by Alberto Bertolazzi - The most gorgeous compilation of the natural landscape panoramically formatted photography we have ever seen. The Encyclopedia of World Wildlife by Mike and Peggy Briggs - Divided up region, this encyclopedia shows animals with big pictures and concise text. Energy Efficiency Manual: for everyone who uses energy, pays for utilities, designs and builds, is interested in energy conservation and the environment (Energy Efficiency Manual) by Donald R. Wulfinghoff A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals by Tim Flannery and Peter Schouten - This tasteful book has well-researched, illustrated versions of some (but not nearly all) extinct animals and the reasons behind their extinction's. Heal the Ocean : Solutions for Saving Our Seas by Rod Fujita. The Life of Birds by David Attenborough. Living Planet : Preserving Edens of the Earth The Life of Mammals by David Attenborough. The Living Wild by Art Wolfe The Living World by Teresa Farino - Beautiful Pictures, widely diverse, accurate writing. Mara-Serengeti: A Photographer's Paradise by Jonathan Scott National Geographic: The Wildlife Photographs by John G. Mitchell. Amazing and unique photography of animals, large images. by John G. Mitchell - This book has amazing closer looks at animals. Full page spreads of some of the most amazing photographs ever. Nature Encyclopedia - An A-Z Guide to Life on Earth - Many animals listed in encyclopedia form, with small illustrations. Penguins of the World by Wayne Lynch. Penguin Planet by Kevin Schafer. Portraits of the Rainforest by Adrian Forsyth, Photos Michael and Patricia Fogden - Great writing, smaller but beautiful photos. Save The Birds by Robert Bateman, Antony W. Diamond, Rodolf L. Schreiber. Serengeti: Natural Order on the African Plain by Mitsuaki Iwago. A collection of great photos. Sociobiology by Edward O. Wilson - Very scientific explanations of animals' behaviors, evolutions, everything. No photos, drawings instead. (Reference book) Tropical Rainforests of the World by Rupert O. Matthews - Huge pictures, good descriptions Untamed by Steve Bloom. This extra big book is full of beautiful animal photos from front to back. It's hard to tell if they have been fixed up in photoshop, and he grazes over altering the images in the introduction, but the photos, weather real or not, are beautiful and big. Wildlife Photographs by Mitssuaki Iwago. Another great animal photography book, this book spans the globe giving you a taste of many different animals. Front to back images.