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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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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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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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