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Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life
Charles Jardine · Hachette Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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With over 100 movies and two Academy Awards to his credit over six decades, Hollywood legend Michael Caine shares the wisdom, stories, insight, and skills that life has taught him in his remarkable career--and now his 85th year. One of our best-loved actors Michael Caine has starred in a huge... |
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Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World
Neil Gaiman · William Morrow
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
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A stunning and timely creative call-to-arms combining four extraordinary written pieces by Neil Gaiman illustrated with the striking four-color artwork of Chris Riddell."The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before." - Neil GaimanDrawn... |
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Beyoncé in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism
Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley · University of Texas Press
Pages: 216
Format: eBook
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Making headlines when it was launched in 2015, Omise'eke Tinsley's undergraduate course "Beyoncé Feminism, Rihanna Womanism" has inspired students from all walks of life. In Beyoncé in Formation, Tinsley now takes her rich observations beyond the classroom, using the blockbuster... |
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The Art of Looking: How to Read Modern and Contemporary Art
Lance Esplund · Basic Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A veteran art critic helps us make sense of modern and contemporary art A hand-signed porcelain urinal. An abstract drip painting. A silent 700 hour performance. Art has changed since the days of Giotto, Michelangelo, and even Picasso--and many of us are perplexed. Do modern and contemporary... |
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Let's Go
JEFF TWEEDY · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The singer, guitarist, and songwriter, best known for this work with Wilco, opens up about his past, his songs, the music, and the people that have inspired him.Few bands have inspired as much devotion as the Chicago rock band Wilco, and it's thanks, in large part, to the band's... |
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Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents
Pete Souza · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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The new book by Pete Souza, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait Shade is a portrait in contrasts, telling the tale of two presidencies through a series of powerful visual juxtapositions--with Pete Souza's unforgettable images of President Obama given... |
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50 Designers You Should Know
Claudia Hellmann · Prestel
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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Now available in a new edition, this book offers a stunning visual history of 100 years of design. Designers have shaped our modern age, whether it's the chair we're sitting in, the computer we're reading on, or the house we're living in. Design is everywhere, and this volume... |
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Meet You in Atlantic City: Travels in Springsteens New Jersey
James Pettifer · Interlink Pub Group
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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An insightful cultural history that will appeal to fans of rock music and new jersey. Bruce SpringsteenThe Bosshas towered over the rock world since he shot to international fame with Born to Run and other classics in the early 1970s. He has always been an outspoken advocate of his home... |
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Scenic Construction for the Stage: Key Skills for Carpenters
Mark Tweed · Crowood Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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This book details the progression from interpeting design, model boxes and drawings, to material selection, fabrication and finishing. It also includes advice for developing accuracy, finish and consistency; tool selection and sharpening; CDM, Health and Safety; practical workshop mathematics... |
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Women Who Write Are Dangerous
STEFAN BOLLMANN · Abbeville Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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A sequel to the best-selling Women Who Read Are Dangerous, presenting portraits and profiles of fearless women writers past and presentWriting has not always been considered a suitable career for women. Indeed, it was once common for women authors to adopt a masculine pseudonym in order... |
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