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Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers: 2016 Edition Version 2015.5

Martin Evening · Focal Press
Pages: 736
Format: Print book

Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers by Photoshop hall-of-famer and acclaimed digital imaging professional Martin Evening has been revamped to include detailed instruction for all of the updates to Photoshop CC on Adobe s Creative Cloud, including significant new features, such as Select...
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2005 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market

Mary Cox · Writers Digest Books; Revised edition
Format: Paperback

Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market is the essential resource for getting work sold, commissioned, published, and shown - launching the careers of countless artists through the years. The 2005 edition provides readers with: 2500 updated market listings and industry contacts,...
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Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir

Toni Braxton · It Books
Format: Hardcover

In this heartfelt memoir, six-time Grammy Award-winning artist and star of WE TVs reality hitBraxton Family Values, Toni Braxton writes about her personal life decisions and their impact on her health, family and career.While Braxton appears to be living a gilded life—selling 60 million...
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Artist's painting techniques

Dk Publishing. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Artist's Painting Techniques is your practical guide to learning how to bring out your inner artist with a wide range of painting styles, whether you want to learn how to use acrylics, watercolors, or oil paints.With progression in mind, this master class will teach you the basic principles...
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Daniel Radcliffe: The Biography

Sue Blackhall · John Blake
Format: Hardcover

The true story of the Half-Blood Prince who has become a fullblooded actor and level-headed young adult Danielle Radcliffe went from shy schoolboy to the worlds most famous boy wizard overnight. Just 10 when he won the iconic role of Harry Potter, Daniel has often had to beat his own demons...
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Mastering Light: Classic Techniques for Expressive Portrait Photography

Curley Marshall · Amherst Media
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Portrait lighting is an art form, a lost science. There are not many books for photographer on the market today that simplify portrait lighting. So, how do you master the light for consistent, predictable results, indoors and outdoors? In this guide, award-winning photographer Curley Marshall...
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Madeline Kahn: Being the Music, A Life

William V. Madison · University Press of Mississippi
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Best known for her Oscar-nominated roles in the smash hits Paper Moon and Blazing Saddles, Madeline Kahn (1942-1999) was one of the most popular comedians of her time--and one of the least understood. In private, she was as reserved and refined as her characters were bold and bawdy. Almost...
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Brigitte Bardot: The Life, the Legend, the Movies

Ginette Vincendeau · Carlton Books
Format: Hardcover

When Brigitte Bardot appeared in Roger Vadim's And God Created Woman in 1957, her beauty set the world alight. But Bardot was more than just a sex symbol: she was a daring actress who worked with some of cinema's most-revered directors, including Jean-Luc Godard and Louis Malle....
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Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film

Patton Oswalt · Scribner
Pages: 222
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author, comedian, and actor Patton Oswalt shares his entertaining memoir about coming of age as a performer and writer in the late '90s while obsessively watching classic films at the legendary New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles.Between 1995 and 1999, Patton Oswalt...
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Aircraft: The Definitive Visual History

Dorling Kindersley Inc. · DK
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the first prototypes of flying machines to today's supersonic jets, the history and roles of aircraft are explored in this beautifully illustrated guide. Aviation enthusiasts of all stripes and ages will welcome learning more about key brands and big players from yesterday and today...
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Destruction Was My Beatrice: Dada and the Unmaking of the Twentieth Century

Jed Rasula · Basic Books (AZ)
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

In 1916, as World War I raged around them, a group of bohemians gathered at a small cabaret in Zurich, Switzerland. After decorating the walls with art by Picasso and other avant-garde artists, they embarked on a series of extravagant performances. Three readers simultaneously recited a poem...
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Explore Mixed Media Collage: Innovative Layering Techniques

Kristen Robinson · North Light Books
Format: Book

Collage Inspiration, Ideas and New Techniques!Inside Explore Mixed Media Collage, authors Kristen Robinson and Ruth Rae transform timeless and classic techniques into fresh, trendy artwork. You will learn not only which techniques to use and how to best combine them, but youll also follow...
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Creating Symmetry: The Artful Mathematics of Wallpaper Patterns

Frank A. Farris · Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

This lavishly illustrated book provides a hands-on, step-by-step introduction to the intriguing mathematics of symmetry. Instead of breaking up patterns into blocks--a sort of potato-stamp method--Frank Farris offers a completely new waveform approach that enables you to create an endless...
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