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How to Play Rock Rhythm Guitar: Book with Online Video Lessons

Brooke St James · Hal Leonard
Pages: 47
Format: Musical score

(Guitar Educational) . Learn to play like Jimmy Page, Malcolm Young, Keith Richards, Eddie Van Halen, John Sykes, and other guitar masters! Providing the vital backbone for countless songs, the rhythm guitarist plays a crucial role in rock music. This book guides you through the essential...
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Fairy House: How to Make Amazing Fairy Furniture, Miniatures, and More from Natural Materials

Mike Schramer · Familius LLC
Pages: 190
Format: Print book

Fairy House is a fascinating adventure into the making of miniscule kingdoms of the fairytale realm from objects found in nature. Through more than 350 clear, detailed, full-color photographs and understandable yet whimsical guidance, the reader will learn to fashion intricate, tiny cups...
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Splash 16 - The Best Of Watercolor: Exploring Texture

Rachel Rubin Wolf · North Light Books
Format: Hardcover

100 top artists share the tricks behind their textures!Have you ever stood fascinated before a painting, wondering, "How did they do that?" In this 16th book in the ever-popular Splash series, 100 of today's top watercolor artists share the techniques behind the remarkable...
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Mom in the Movies: The Iconic Screen Mothers You Love

Turner Classic Movies Inc. · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 231
Format: Hardcover

Turner Classic Movies and film historian Richard Corliss present Mom in the Movies: The Iconic Screen Mothers You Love (and a Few You Love to Hate) , the definitive, fully illustrated book that shares the many ways Hollywood has celebrated, vilified and otherwise memorialized dear old Mom.With...
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The Woman I Wanted to Be

Diane von Furstenberg · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

One of the most influential, admired, and colorful women of our time: fashion designer and philanthropist Diane von Furstenberg tells the most personal stories from her life, about family, love, beauty and business: "It's so good, you'll want to take notes" (People) .Diane...
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The Acrylic Painter: Tools and Techniques for the Most Versatile Medium

James Van Patten · Watson-Guptill Publications
Pages: 165
Format: Print book

A complete course on acrylic painting for beginners and experienced artists that covers classic approaches and new innovations Embraced for versatility, quick-drying properties, and non-toxicity, no medium offers a wider range of effects forcreating highly expressive art than acrylics....
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Absolute Beginners: Bass Guitar - Omnibus Edition

Phil Mulford · Music Sales Ltd
Pages: 86
Format: Print book

This Omnibus Edition contains the complete Absolute Beginners Bass course in one complete and convenient package! The Absolute Beginners method has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you pick up your bass guitar. This edition also features a unique...
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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town

Beth Macy · Little Brown & Co
Format: Hardcover

The instant New York Times bestseller about one man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrating the greatness of American business.The Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. Run by the same powerful Virginia family for generations,...
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The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits

MIHAELA NOROC · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Based on the author's online photography project, this stunning collection features portraits of 500 women from more than 50 countries, accompanied by revelatory captions that capture their personal stories. Since 2013 photographer Mihaela Noroc has traveled the world with her backpack...
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Playing for their lives : the global El sistema movement for social change through music

Tricia Tunstall · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

An eye-opening view of the unprecedented global spread of El Sistema -- intensive music education that disrupts the cycles of poverty.In some of the bleakest corners of the world, an unprecedented movement is taking root. From the favelas of Brazil to the Maori villages in New Zealand,...
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Landscape painting of the 19th century

Marco Valsecchi · New York Graphic Society; 1ST edition
Pages: 387
Format: Hardcover

55 color, 281 black and white illustrations. [From front jacket flap] From Constable's fresh look at nature to the climactic studies of Cezanne, the 19th century was a great age of landscape painting. This beautiful book surveys the century's remarkable range of landscape expression in the works...
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Leningrad: Siege and Symphony: The Story of the Great City Terrorized by Stalin, Starved by Hitler, Immortalized by Shostakovich

Brian Moynahan · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 542
Format: Hardcover

Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier, the Germans had begun their blockade of the city. Already many thousands had died...
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Living in Style: Inspiration and Advice for Everyday Glamour

Rachel Zoe · Life & Style
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Rachel Zoe is an unparalleled fixture in the fashion world known for her unique take on effortless glamour. The designer, stylist, and editor is celebrated for shaping the images of Oscar-winning actresses and creating collections that embody her modern and sophisticated look. Now she wants...
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