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Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
Eric Jay Dolin · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 448
Format: Print book
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In a work rich in maritime lore and brimming with original historical detail, Eric Jay Dolin, the best-selling author of Leviathan, presents an epic history of American lighthouses, telling the story of America through the prism of its beloved coastal sentinels.Set against the backdrop... |
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Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph
Jan Swafford · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 1077
Format: Book
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Jan Swafford's biographies of Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven peels away layers of legend to get to the living, breathing human being... |
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Cat Lady Chic
Diane Lovejoy · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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The term “Cat Lady” can evoke the image of an unfashionable, unkempt, and slightly unhinged spinster hoarding multiple cats. Cat Lady Chic serves as the antidote to this unflattering point of view, celebrating the Cat Lady with a compilation of artful, playful, and sophisticated... |
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Ghosts of Good Times: Louisiana Dance Halls Past and Present
Philip Gould · University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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Ghosts of Good Times: South Louisiana Dance Halls Past and Present examines a world of Cajun dance halls, Zydeco clubs, Chitlin Circuit R&B night clubs, Swamp-Pop Honkytonks and other venues that at one time were prevalent throughout the region. Photographs by Philip Gould blend architectural... |
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The Encyclopedia of Drawing Techniques
Hazel Harrison · Search Press(UK)
Pages: 160
Format: Print book
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Detailed photographic sequences explore pencil, charcoal, pen and technical pen techniques, including shading, building up, blending, hatching, highlighting, stippling and more. Colored pencils, chalks, pastels, and pen and ink are also covered with inspirational pictures across a full... |
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Women Photographers: From Julia Margaret Cameron to Cindy Sherman
Boris Friedewald · Prestel
Format: Hardcover
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This thorough and accessible introduction to the greatest women photographers from the 19th century to today features the most important works of 55 artists, along with in-depth biographical and critical assessments. Since the inception of photography as an art form nearly 200 years ago,... |
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The Ansel Adams Wilderness
Peter Essick · National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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In this exquisitely photographed and affordable keepsake book, esteemed National Geographic photographer Peter Essick pays tribute to Ansel Adams and the craggy California Sierra Nevada wilderness area named in his honor. Like Adams, Essick aims to instill respect for the awesome yet fragile... |
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Cosby: His Life and Times
Mark Whitaker · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, it is a frank, fun and fascinating account of his life and historic legacy. Far from the gentle worlds... |
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Red-Blooded American Male: Photographs
Robert Trachtenberg · AmPhoto Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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A collection of 100 inspired and surprising portraits of celebrities and everymen alike from the award-winning photographer Robert Trachtenberg.Paul Rudd checking out the merchandise . . . Jimmy Kimmel playing dress up . . . Jack Black getting a one-of-a-kind pedicure . . . Elon Musk unveiling... |
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The Lion Guard: Music from the Disney Junior Series Soundtrack
Christopher Willis · Hal Leonard
Pages: 100
Format: Print book
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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) . 14 songs from the soundtrack to this television series from Disney Junior. Our folio includes four pages of adorable color artwork from the series plus piano/vocal/guitar arrangements of: A Beautiful Day * Call of the Guard (The Lion Guard Theme) * Here... |
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Vietnam: A New History
Christopher E Goscha · Basic Books
Pages: 592
Format: Print book
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In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells the full history of the events that created the modern state of Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day. Generations of emperors, rebels, priests, and colonizers left complicated legacies in this remarkable country. Periods of Chinese, French, and Japanese... |
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Dear Data
Giorgia Lupi · Princeton Architectural
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Equal parts mail art, data visualization, and affectionate correspondence, Dear Data celebrates "the infinitesimal, incomplete, imperfect, yet exquisitely human details of life," in the words of Maria Popova (Brain Pickings) , who introduces this charming and graphically powerful... |
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