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Dame Maggie Scott: A Life in Dance
Michelle Potter · Text Publishing Company ; Scoresby
Pages: 360
Format: Print book
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Scott was the first director of the Australian Ballet School, a dancer and teacher of immense vision. Born in Johannesburg in 1922, she traveled to Australia with Ballet Rambert in 1947. She became a major figure in Australian dance, founding the National Theatre Ballet and helping establish... |
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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
John Lahr · W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography and Finalist for the National Book Award. The definitive biography of Americas greatest playwright from the celebrated drama critic of The New Yorker.John Lahr has produced a theater biography like no other. Tennessee Williams... |
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The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
GUCCI MANE · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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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... |
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Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in Its Struggle to Be Understood
Grayson Perry · Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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Grayson Perry's book will overturn everything you thought you knew about "art"Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he's called this book Playing to the Gallery... |
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The Standing Rock Portraits: Sioux Photographed by Frank Bennett Fiske 1900-1915
Frank Bennett Fiske · Lannoo Publishers
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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* Amazing portrait photography of the Fort Yates Native Americans, and an astonishing historical document* First publication of the works of Frank Bennett FiskeThe Standing Rock Sioux of Fort Yates in the west of North Dakota have been frequently in the news recently because of the demonstrations... |
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Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power
Aaron Cohen · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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Curtis Mayfield. The Chi-Lites. Chaka Khan. Chicago's place in the history of soul music is rock solid. But for Chicagoans, soul music in its heyday from the 1960s to the 1980s was more than just a series of hits: it was a marker and a source of black empowerment. In Move On Up, Aaron... |
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A Bowl of Olives: On Food and Memory
Sara Midda · Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the international bestseller In and Out of the Garden and the wondrous sketchbook Sara Midda’s South of France comes a long-awaited treasure of a book. Drawn from the artist’s wealth of impressions and memories, it is a book for lovers of food and art and fine... |
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Draw Manga Faces for Expressive Characters: Learn to Draw More Than 900 Faces
Aya Hosoi · Impact
Pages: 175
Format: Print book
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Learn to draw the most expressive manga faces ever! Sure, drawing faces is one of the most challenging aspects of manga. But Draw Manga Faces for Expressive Characters is here to help! This fantastically comprehensive book includes more than 900 sample illustrations that... |
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I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain
Courtney Robertson · It Books
Format: Hardcover
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In I Didnt Come Here to Make Friends former Bachelor villain and season 16 winner Courtney Robertson shares her story of love and heartbreak, and the reality of appearing on reality TV. For the first time ever, a former Bachelor contestant takes us along on her journey to find love... |
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Van Gogh
Rainer Metzger · Taschen
Format: Hardcover
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Tortured talent The genius and the angst of an Expressionist master Vincent van Goghs story is one of the most ironic in art history. Today, he is celebrated the world over as one of the most important painters of all time, recognized with sell-out shows, feted museums, and record... |
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On Power
GENE SIMMONS · Dey Street Books
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
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Gene Simmons, KISS front-man, multi-hyphenate entrepreneur, and master of self-invention, shares his philosophy on power - how to attain it, how to keep it, and how to harness it as a driving force in business and in life. YOU CAN HAVE POWER. YOU DESERVE TO HAVE POWER. GENE... |
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