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The Haight: Love, Rock, and Revolution

Joel Selvin · Insight Editions
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover

Covering one of the most unforgettable moments in modern history - and including striking images of twentieth-century icons such as Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsburg, Grace Slick, and more - The Haight is an indispensable gallery of legendary photographer...
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Make Build Create: Sculpture Projects for Children

Paula Briggs · Black Dog Publishing
Pages: 142
Format: Print book

A companion to the bestselling Drawing Projects for Children, Make Build Create is an easy to follow, beautifully illustrated collection of hands-on sculptural activities and projects for children.Children of all ages are encouraged to explore how they might transform a wide variety of natural...
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The art of Beatrix Potter

Emily Zach · Chronicle Books LLC
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth, this magnificent collection celebrates the artist behind The Tale of Peter Rabbit and numerous other beloved children's books. Brimming with famous images and rarely seen gems - ranging from character sketches and notebook...
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Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism

Thomas David Brothers · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 594
Format: Hardcover

The definitive account of Louis Armstrong -- his life and legacy -- during the most creative period of his career. Nearly 100 years after bursting onto Chicago's music scene under the tutelage of Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong is recognized as one of the most influential artists...
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Botero

TASCHEN GmbH · TASCHEN
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Bouncing Bodies Fernando Botero's fulsome and frolicking forms Fernando Botero is an artist with his own style. For more than six decades, the Colombian's "Boterismo" technique has captured collectors, institutions, and public spaces worldwide with a unique, fleshy, overblown...
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Dietrich: Style and Substance

Patrick O'Connor · Dutton Adult; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A look at the life and career of the actress presents more than 150 informal, off-screen photographs, many never before published, that chart her evolution from cabaret singer in the 1920s to screen legend. 10,000 first printing.
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The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History

Robin Givhan · Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

"It was a big deal when American fashion went to Versailles. Who better than Robin Givhan to tell this captivating story?" - Diane von FurstenbergOn November 28, 1973, the world's social elite gathered at the Palace of Versailles for an international fashion show. By the time...
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Disney Songs for Solo Violin & Piano

HAL LEONARD CORP. · HAL LEONARD
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

(Instrumental Solo) . 16 Disney favorites arranged especially for violin with piano accompaniment. Songs include: Baby Mine * Beauty and the Beast * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Chim Chim Cher-ee * Colors of the Wind * A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes * Feed the Birds * God Help the Outcasts...
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Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film

Mel Brooks · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 198
Format: Hardcover

Mel Brooks' own words telling all about the players, the filming, and studio antics during the production of this great comedy classic. The book is alive and teeming with hundreds of photos, original interviews, and hilarious commentary. Young Frankenstein was made with deep respect for the craft...
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Queen Bey: A Celebration of the Power and Creativity of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

Veronica Chambers · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

From the editor of the bestselling anthology The Meaning of Michelle, a celebration of one of the greatest stars of our timeThe Ultimate Beyonce Collectible Beyoncé. Her name conjures more than music, it has come to be synonymous with beauty, glamour, power, creativity, love, and romance....
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Timeless Journeys: Travels to the World's Legendary Places

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. · National Geographic
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From Machu Picchu to the Pyramids of Giza and beyond, this travel-lover's delight takes readers on a breathtaking visual journey to the world's most historic wonderlands. Pack your bags for an extraordinary adventure with National Geographic to the places that have captivated our imaginations...
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Country Floors' decorating with tiles

Rosalyn Siegel · Simon and Schuster
Pages: 158
Format: Hardcover

Red cloth hardcover with beautiful glossy dust jacket. 1989 158 beautiful glossy pages with pictures. 10.25x10.25x0.90 INSIDE THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL PICTURES WITH TILES PATTERN, EASY TO WORK.
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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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