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Drawing for Everyone: Classic and Creative Fundamentals
Bruce Waldman · Peter Pauper Press
Format: Book
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"With many 'how to draw' books published every year, Drawing for Everyone stands out as one of the very few that could earn a place on the bookshelves of artists and nonartists alike as 'essential.'" --Peter Dabbene, Foreword Reviews "This accessible and practical... |
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A History of Photography in Fifty Cameras
Michael Pritchard · Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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A History of Photography in Fifty Cameras explores the 180-year story of perhaps the most widely used device ever built. It covers cameras in all forms, revealing the origins and development of each model and tracing the stories of the photographers who used and popularized them. Illustrated... |
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On the Road with Janis Joplin
John Byrne Cooke · Berkley
Format: Hardcover
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One of Parade's Top Ten Rock n' Roll ReadsAs a road manager and filmmaker, he helped run the Janis Joplin show - and record it for posterity. Now he reveals the never-before-told story of his years with the young woman from Port Arthur who would become the first female rock and roll... |
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Roadshow!: The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s
Matthew Kennedy · Oxford University Press US
Pages: 307
Format: Hardcover
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Full-page newspaper ads announced the date. Reserved seats went on sale at premium prices. Audience members dressed up and arrived early to peruse the program during the overture that preceded the curtain's rise. And when the show began, it was--a rather disappointing film musical.In... |
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Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain
Charles R. Cross · It Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain, Charles R. Cross, author of the New York Times bestselling Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven, examines the legacy of the Nirvana front man and takes on the question: why does Kurt Cobain still matter so much, 20 years after his death?Kurt... |
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Stand Up Straight and Sing!
Jessye Norman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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One of America's most admired and decorated artists tells her amazing story, from her childhood in the South to the world's greatest stages.Jessye Norman is not only one of the world's most admired and beloved singers, she is an American icon whose life story is as moving and dramatic... |
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The Photoshop Elements 12 Book for Digital Photographers
Scott Kelby · Pearson P T R
Pages: 427
Format: Paperback
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Adobe's Photoshop Elements is America's #1 selling consumer photo editing software, and this updated book - covering both Windows and Mac - breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that's never been done before: It cuts through the bull and shows exactly... |
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Portrait Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots
Erik Valind · Peachpit Press; 1 edition
Format: Book
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In Portrait Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots, author and photographer Erik Valind shows you how to get the best shots of your subjects–whether you’re in a studio or outdoors, at a family get-together, or at a formal event. Starting with the fundamentals of portrait... |
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Listen Out Loud: A Life In Music--Managing Mccartney, Madonna, And Michael Jackson
Ron Weisner · Lyons Press
Pages: 243
Format: Hardcover
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Even hardcore music fans don't know the name Ron Weisner . . . but they should. A high-powered manager for over four decades, Ron worked alongside Madonna, Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, Gladys Knight, Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, and, most notably, Michael Jackson. He saw the King... |
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Fresh Prints: 25 Easy and Enticing Printing Projects to Make at Home
Christine Leech · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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Introducing a new addition to Barron's charming and accessible Simple Makes series. Printing is not the first thing people think of when it comes to simple home projects. Here, craft queen Christine Leech proves that you don't need expensive equipment to create custom printed stationery,... |
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Edgar Degas: Drawings and Pastels
Christopher Lloyd · J. Paul Getty Museum, 2014.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Edgar Degas (1834 -1917) was one of the outstanding draftsmen of the nineteenth century, and drawing was not only a central tenet of his art but also essential to his existence. Through an examination of his drawings and pastels, this book reveals the development of Degas's style as well... |
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One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band
Alan Paul · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 438
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Best seller!One Way Out is the powerful biography of The Allman Brothers Band, an oral history written with the band's participation and filled with original, never-before-published interviews as well as personal letters and correspondence. This is the most in-depth... |
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