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The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution
Bryan Shih · Nation Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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October 2016 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, an organization that remains one of the most misunderstood of the twentieth century. But beyond the labels of "extremist" and "violent" that have marked the party, and behind charismatic... |
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A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen
Liel Leibovitz · W W Norton & Co Inc
Pages: 281
Format: Hardcover
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Brings to life a passionate poet-turned-musician and what compels him and his work. Why is it that Leonard Cohen receives the sort of reverence we reserve for a precious few living artists? Why are his songs, three or four decades after their original release, suddenly gracing the charts,... |
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Of Arms and Artists: The American Revolution Through Painters' Eyes
Paul J Staiti · Bloomsbury
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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The images accompanying the founding of the United States--of honored Founders, dramatic battle scenes, and seminal moments--gave visual shape to Revolutionary events and symbolized an entirely new concept of leadership and government. Since then they have endured as indispensable icons,... |
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Spaceships: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined
Ron Miller · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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How have actual spaceships influenced the design of fictional ones like the Millenium Falcon and the Starship Enterprise? Did a fiction series in Collier's magazine really inspire us to create real-life space stations like Mir and the ISS? How have our depictions of space travel developed... |
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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" to 45,000... |
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Marijuana: A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition
David E. Newton · ABC-CLIO
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover
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This single-volume resource provides sound, up-to-date information and authoritative resources for research on the controversial topics of the use of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes and the effects of marijuana use on society.* Provides readers with an in-depth understanding... |
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Capturing Music: The Story of Notation
Thomas Forrest Kelly · W. W. Norton & Company; Har/Com edition
Format: Hardcover
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An entertaining history of how musicians learned to record music for all time, filled with art that sings. In today's digital landscape, we have the luxury of experiencing music anytime, anywhere. But before this instant accessibility and dizzying array of formats -- before CDs, the eight-track... |
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Castles: Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain
Marc Morris · Pegasus Books
Pages: 262
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of The Norman Conquest and A Great and Terrible King comes a sweeping and stunning history of the most magnificent castles in Britain. Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth, Marc Morris... |
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Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar
Brad Tolinski · Doubleday Canada
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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By a pair of veteran music writers, an unprecedented history of the electric guitar, its explosive impact on music and culture, and the people who brought it to life For generations the electric guitar has been an international symbol of freedom, danger, rebellion, and hedonism. In Play... |
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Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-first Century
Simon Reynolds · Dey Street Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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From the acclaimed author of Rip It Up and Start Again and Retromania - "the foremost popular music critic of this era (Times Literary Supplement) - comes the definitive cultural history of glam and glitter rock, celebrating its outlandish fashion and outrageous stars, including David... |
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Hamilton: The Revolution
Lin-Manuel Miranda · Grand Central Pub.
Pages: 287
Format: Print book
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Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for DramaLin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best... |
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Architecture at the End of the Earth: Photographing the Russian North
William Craft Brumfield · Duke University Press Books
Format: Hardcover
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Carpeted in boreal forests, dotted with lakes, cut by rivers, and straddling the Arctic Circle, the region surrounding the White Sea, which is known as the Russian North, is sparsely populated and immensely isolated. It is also the home to architectural marvels, as many of the original... |
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Alfred Sisley: Impressionist Master
Mary Anne Stevens · Editions Hazan, Paris
Pages: 191
Format: Hardcover
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Born in Paris to British parents, Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) abandoned his business studies early on in order to pursue training as a landscape artist and has become admired for his characteristic subtlety and highly restrained approach to painting. This beautiful publication offers an overdue... |
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