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American Titan: Searching for John Wayne
American Titan: Searching for John Wayne

Marc Eliot · Dey Street Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

From the veteran New York Times bestselling biographer comes a major, in-depth look at one of the most enduring American icons of all time, "the Duke," John Wayne.As he did in his bestselling biographies of Jimmy Stewart and Clint Eastwood, acclaimed Hollywood biographer Marc...
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Turner: The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J.M.W. Turner
Turner: The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J.M.W. Turner

Franny Moyle · Viking
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

The extraordinary life of J. M. W Turner, one of Britain's most admired, misunderstood and celebrated artists J. M. W. Turner is Britain's most famous landscape painter. Yet beyond his artistic achievements, little is known of the man himself and the events of his life: the tragic...
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The Complete Beatles Songs: The Stories Behind Every Track Written by the Fab Four
The Complete Beatles Songs: The Stories Behind Every Track Written by the Fab Four

Steve Turner · Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

A lavishly illustrated, rollicking account of the real people and events that inspired the Beatles songs, now fully updated and revised by renowned Beatles expert and music journalist Steve Turner—the definitive analysis of the music and influences of the worlds most successful and popular...
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Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future--the Definitive Biography of U2
Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future--the Definitive Biography of U2

Eamon Dunphy · Warner Books
Pages: 319
Format: Book

U2 has always been a band shrouded in mystery. Now, for the first time ever, comes a painstakingly detailed and honest account of the remarkable band from Ireland whose political, spiritual and personal music has touched the hearts and minds of its countless fans.
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Bricks and Mortals: Ten Great Buildings and the People They Made
Bricks and Mortals: Ten Great Buildings and the People They Made

Tom Wilkinson · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardcover

Longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2014 We don't just look at buildings: their facades, beautiful or ugly, conceal the spaces we inhabit. We are born, work, love and die in architecture. We buy and sell it, rent it and squat in it, create and destroy it. These aspects of buildings...
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Alice Neel: Painter of Modern Life
Alice Neel: Painter of Modern Life

Jeremy Lewison · Mercatorfonds ;
Pages: 239
Format: Print book

This groundbreaking book re-evaluates the work of Alice Neel, one of the most renowned American portrait painters of the 20th century This insightful catalogue examines anew the full range of Alice Neel's (1900-1984) celebrated paintings of people, still life, and cityscapes. Featuring...
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Photography: The Definitive Visual History
Photography: The Definitive Visual History

Tom Ang · Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
Format: Hardcover

This is the definitive visual history, from the dawn of photography to the digital age. Photography is a beautiful lavishly illustrated reference book tracing the history of photography from its origins in the 1800s to the global phenomenon of digital photography. Photography celebrates...
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The Ultimate Christmas Fake Book: for Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Electronic Keyboard & All "C" Instruments
The Ultimate Christmas Fake Book: for Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Electronic Keyboard & All "C" Instruments

Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation · Hal Leonard ,
Pages: 232
Format: Musical score

(Fake Book). The 6th edition of this bestseller features over 270 traditional and contemporary Christmas hits! Includes the melody line, lyrics and chords for: Blue Christmas * The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) * Christmas Time Is Here * Do You Hear What I Hear * Feliz...
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The World of PostSecret
The World of PostSecret

Frank Warren · William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

New York Times BestsellerAn addictive collection of new full-color postcard secrets and app secrets from the author of the smash the 1 New York Times bestselling PostSecret books—with more secrets than any previous PostSecret book!A decade ago, Frank Warren began a community art project...
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Gardens of Frank Lloyd Wright
Gardens of Frank Lloyd Wright

Derek Fell · Frances Lincoln; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Best known for his strikingly modern structures, Frank Lloyd Wright was also a highly influential landscape designer. The Gardens of Frank Lloyd Wright is the first book in full color to focus on Wright’s four most famous residential landscapes: his first home and studio in Oak Park,...
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Why I March: Images from The Women's March Around the World
Why I March: Images from The Women's March Around the World

Abrams Books · ABRAMS
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

On January 21, 2017, five million people in 82 countries and on all seven continents stood up with one voice. The Women's March began with one cause, women's rights, but quickly became a movement around the many issues that were hotly debated during the 2016 U.S. presidential race - immigration,...
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Counting Down Southern Rock: The 100 Best Songs
Counting Down Southern Rock: The 100 Best Songs

C Eric Banister · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 190
Format: Print book

When Southern rock acts like the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynrd stormed American concert stages, detractors immediately came to the fore declaring the genre to be little more than a marketing gimmick. But those on stage themselves would have called its appearance not only inevitable...
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Clipart & Dynamic Designs for Libraries & Media Centers, Vol. 1: Books & Basics
Clipart & Dynamic Designs for Libraries & Media Centers, Vol. 1: Books & Basics

Judy Gay Matthews · Libraries Unlimited
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback

Gathers drawings that can be used to create flyers, newsletters, announcements, bookmarks, display lettering, and bulletin boards.
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Jackson Pollock:An American Saga
Jackson Pollock:An American Saga

Steven W Naifeh · C.N. Potter
Pages: 934
Format: Book

Based on family letters and documents, lengthy interviews with his widow, Lee Krasner, as well as his psychologists and psychoanalysts, this book explodes the myths surrounding his death in 1956. 12 color and 175 black-and-white photos and reproductions.
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