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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...
 
 
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane

GUCCI MANE · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"As wild, unpredictable, and fascinating as the man himself. " - Complex
"A cautionary tale that ends in triumph." - GQ
"A revelation and a welcome addition to hip-hop's literary legacy." - All...
 
 
Country Music Broke My Brain: A Behind-the-Microphone Peek at Nashville's Famous and Fabulous Stars

Gerry House · Benbella Books
Pages: 327
Format: Hardcover

Nashville is filled with stars and lovers and writers and dreamers. Nashville is also teeming with lunatics and grifters and dip wads and moochers. Gerry House fits easily into at least half of those categories. Someone would probably have to be brain-damaged or really damn talented to try to entertain...
 
 
The Ansel Adams Guide: Basic Techniques of Photography - Book 1

John Paul Schaefer · Ansel Adams
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

A comprehensive and accessible guide to photography. It covers cameras and lenses, the specifics of black-and-white and color photography. field trips. All aspects of photography are thoroughly presented in a clear, readable manner.
 
 
Taking the Lead: Lessons from a Life in Motion

Derek Hough · William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Derek Hough, the dashing Emmy Award-winning fan favorite, and only five-time champion of the hit ABC reality show Dancing With the Stars, tells the inspiring story of his life and career, and shares insider tips of how he transforms his celebrity dance partners into confident, charismatic...
 
 
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé

Bob Stanley · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

An addictively readable, encyclopedic history of pop music in chapters as short and adrenaline-fueled as the best pop songs themselves. As much fun to argue with as to quote, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! is a monumental work of musical history, tracing the story of pop music through individual songs,...
 
 
Daily show - the book : an oral history

Chris Smith · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 459
Format: Print book

The complete, uncensored history of the award-winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as told by its correspondents, writers, and host.

For almost seventeen years, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brilliantly redefined the borders between television comedy,...
 
 
Man Ray, the Photographic Image

Man Ray · Barrons Educational Series Inc; 1st U.S. ed edition
Format: Hardcover

Book is in fine condition with a fine dust jacket in a protective mylar cover. Bound in black with white lettering to spine. A very tight, bright, clean copy. First U.S. edition. 227 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Photography; ISBN: 0812053745. ISBN/EAN: 9780812053746....
 
 
Five Years Ahead of My Time: Garage Rock from the 1950s to the Present

Seth Bovey · Reaktion Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Five Years Ahead of My Time: Garage Rock from the 1950s to the Present tells of a musical phenomenon whose continuing influence on global popular culture is immeasurable.

The story begins in 1950s America, when classic rock 'n' roll was reaching middle age, and teenaged musicians...
 
 
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...
 
 
Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years

Mark Lewisohn · Crown Archetype; First U. S. Edition First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Tune In is the first volume of All These Years—a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy by the world's leading Beatles historian. Mark Lewisohn uses his unprecedented archival access and hundreds of new interviews to construct the full story of the lives and work...
 
 
Plain Simple Useful: The Essence of Conran Style

Terence Conran · Conran Octopus
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Terence Conran has always believed that objects - and surroundings - that are plain, simple and useful are the key to easy living. By being practical and performing well over time, they are as much the antidote to superficial styling as they are to the shoddy and second-rate. Applied to the home...
 
 
Figure Drawing Master Class: Lessons in Life Drawing

Dan Gheno · North Light Books
Format: Hardcover

How to draw like the masters!With Figure Drawing Master Class, you will discover the secrets to creating masterful figure drawings through examples of Old Master drawings, as well as Dan Gheno's own beautiful drawings, demonstrations and diagrams.This take-home course covers everything...
 
 
Piero's Light: In Search of Piero della Francesca: A Renaissance Painter and the Revolution in Art, Science, and Religion

Larry Witham · Pegasus Books
Pages: 354
Format: Print book

In the tradition of The Swerve and Galileo's Daughter, Piero's Light reveals how art, religion and science came together at the dawn of the modern world in the paintings of one remarkable artist
 
 
A Life of Picasso, Volume I: 1881-1906

John Richardson · Random House; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

This first volume of the definitive four-volume biography by one of the world's leading Picasso experts. This first volume takes Picasso from his earliest years in Catalonia through his beginning as an artist to his discovery of Cubism and his involvement with the artistic and literary...