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2014 Songwriter's Market

James Duncan · Writer's Digest Books; Thirty-seventh Edition edition
Format: Paperback

The Most Trusted Guide to Songwriting SuccessWe live in a golden age of DIY artistry, and songwriters and musicians are no strangers to pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, or guitar straps, and blazing a trail toward their own success. Songwriter's Market has been there with...
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Gustave Moreau: History Painting, Spirituality, and Symbolism

Peter Cooke · Yale University Press
Pages: 252
Format: Book

The acclaimed French painter Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) strove to renew history painting by creating epic art in a nonacademic manner. In this thought-provoking book, Peter Cooke explains how Moreau essentially created pictorial Symbolism through his novel approach to the genre of history...
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Architecture of the Roman Empire: An Introductory Study v. 1

William Lloyd MacDonald · Yale University Press
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover


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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra · Universal Music Enterprises


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Being John Lennon: A Restless Life

Ray Connolly · Pegasus Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

An intimate yet unsparing biography of one of the greatest and most mythologized musicians of the twentieth century.

What was it like to be John Lennon? What was it like to be the castoff child, the clown at school, and the middle-class suburban boy who pretended to be a working-class...

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Gaudi

Ignasi De Sola-Morales · Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

This book concerns Gaudi's architecture. Apart from the elaborate text, it contains 175 illustrations, among these are colour photos, sketches, drawings and ground- plans.
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The Lovings: An Intimate Portrait

Grey Villet · Princeton Architectural Press
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

The Lovings: An Intimate Portrait documents the extraordinary love story of Mildred and Richard Loving. The Lovings presents Grey Villet's stunning photo-essay in its entirety for the first time and reveals with striking intensity and clarity the powerful bond of a couple that helped...
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Beauty And The Beast Soundtrack

Various Artists · Walt Disney Records
Format: Audio CD


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Imagine A Forest: Designs and Inspirations for Enchanting Folk Art

Dinara Mirtalipova · Rock Point
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Imagine A Forest explores the unique style of illustrator Dinara Mirtalipova, which is rooted in the rich traditions of Eastern European folklore. This design guide features instructions and tips on how to draw your own beautiful art in a modern folklore style. Create charming flowers,...
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Man Ray Portraits

Terence Pepper · Yale University Press
Format: Book

The artist May Ray (1890–1976) initially taught himself photography in order to reproduce his own works of art, but it became one of his preferred mediums. As a contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements in Paris during the 1920s, Man Ray was perfectly placed to make defining...
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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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Smart Phone Smart Photography: Simple techniques for taking incredible pictures with iPhone and Android

Jo Bradford · CICO Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Maximize your potential to get the shots you want with this guide to photography for both Apple and Android phones. There's a saying in the photography world that the best camera for the job is the one you have with you when a photo opportunity arises. Thanks to the boom in camera-phone...
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Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis

Lea Van Der Vinde · Prestel
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Housed in a splendid 17th-century palace in The Hague, the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis is home to some of the world's most beloved paintings--including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring--and has become a destination for art enthusiasts from around the world. This engaging,...
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Jerome Robbins: A Life in Dance

WENDY LESSER · Yale University Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

A lively and inspired biography celebrating the centennial of this master choreographer, dancer, and stage director Jerome Robbins (1918-1998) was born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz and grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey, where his Russian-Jewish immigrant parents owned the Comfort Corset Company....
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Migrating Colors

Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts · JEBCA Editions
Pages: 142
Format: Hardcover


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