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The Actor Uncovered: A Life in Acting
Michael Howard · Allworth Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover |
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The Actor Uncovered is certainly not a set of rigid rules advocating one "method" or one singular "truth." Departing from the common guidebook format, Michael Howard uses a unique approach to teaching acting, reflecting on his own history and sharing his own experiences... |
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Dressing the Decades: Twentieth-Century Vintage Style
Emmanuelle Dirix · Yale University Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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An authoritative and visually stunning look at the fashion of the 20th century, Dressing the Decades examines in depth the origins of the most important luxury garments. Each sumptuously illustrated chapter features a detailed overview of a particular decade, including the historical... |
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Drawing Perspective: How to See It and How to Apply It
Matthew T Brehm · Barron's
Pages: 144
Format: Print book |
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Here's a hands-on guide to perspective that's for anyone who wants to draw or paint--in any genre or medium. It's partly about learning how to draw a set of straight lines that meet at a point, but it's not filled with lots of dull, dry theory (although it does explain how it all works)... |
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The First Signs: My Quest to Unlock the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols
Genevieve Von Petzinger · Atria Books
Pages: 307
Format: Print book |
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"One of the most significant works on our evolutionary ancestry since Richard Leakey's paradigm-shattering Origins, The First Signs is the first-ever exploration of the little-known geometric images that accompany most cave art around the world-- the first indications of symbolic meaning,... |
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Mandolin For Dummies
Don Julin · John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Pages: 377
Format: Paperback |
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The fun and easy way to learn to play the mandolin The newest addition to the highly successful Dummies instrument-instruction line, Mandolin For Dummies gives you easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction on learning to play the mandolin. Following the time-tested Dummies format, Mandolin... |
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The Grail Guitar: The Search for Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze Telecaster
Chris Adams · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover |
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In The Grail Guitar: The Search for Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze Telecaster, Chris Adams takes readers on a fascinating mystery tour to determine whether a Fender Telecaster bought secondhand in a London music store in 1973 was the one used by Jimi Hendrix to record "Purple Haze"... |
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Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, The Wall, and the Birth of the New Berlin
Paul Hockenos · The New Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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An exhilarating journey through the subcultures, occupied squats, and late-night scenes in the anarchic first few years of Berlin after the fall of the wallBerlin Calling is a gripping account of the 1989 "peaceful revolution" in East Germany that upended communism and the tumultuous... |
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5-Minute Sketching -- People: Super-quick Techniques for Amazing Drawings
Pete Scully · Firefly Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback |
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Sketching has become an extremely popular pastime. For example, on YouTube, "Tips to Draw Better in 6 Minutes" has 1.7 million views, and "How to Draw Better in 2 Minutes", has 2 million views. Every day, the website @SketchDailies tweets an "inspiration"... |
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5-Minute Sketching -- Architecture: Super-quick Techniques for Amazing Drawings
Liz Steel · Firefly Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback |
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Sketching has become very popular. In more than 60 cities around the world, from New Jersey, San Diego, and Montreal to as far as Moscow and Australia, "sketch crawls" find artists drawing what they see. A new social network has emerged where these sketch artists meet for group... |
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A Portrait of Bowie: A tribute to Bowie by his artistic collaborators and contemporaries
Brian Hiatt · Octopus Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover |
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This strikingly unique tribute to David Bowie includes a collection of 40 stunning visual portraits of the icon throughout his career, as well as written tributes by his artistic collaborators and contemporaries. Artists and musicians who worked with David Bowie during his lifetime - or who were... |
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