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Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015

Patti Smith · Ecco Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

To honor the fortieth anniversary of her seminal album Horses, a revised and updated version of the iconic artist's collected lyrics.This extraordinary collection from "rock and roll's poet laureate" is a testimony to the fierce passion and uncompromising originality of Patti...
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Bob Dylan: American Troubadour

Donald Brown · Scarecrow Press
Pages: 267
Format: Print book

Tempo: A Scarecrow Press Music Series of Rock, Pop, and Culture offers titles that explore rock and popular music through the lens of social and cultural history, revealing the dynamic relationship between musicians, music, and their milieu. Like other major art forms, rock and pop music...
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The Haight: Love, Rock, and Revolution

Joel Selvin , · Insight Editions
Format: Hardcover

Covering one of the most unforgettable moments in modern history—and including images of Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsburg, and more—The Haight is an indispensable gallery of legendary photographer Jim Marshall’s Sixties-era...
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Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels

Brian Michael Bendis · Watson-Guptill

Best-selling Marvel Comics writer Brian Michael Bendis reveals the comic book writing secrets behind his work on The Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man, All-New X-Men, and more.One of the most popular writers in modern comics, Brian Michael Bendis reveals the tools and techniques he and other...
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Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World

Michael Scott · Princeton University Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the omphalos--the center or navel--of the ancient world for more than 1000 years. Individuals, city leaders, and kings came from all over the Mediterranean and beyond to consult Delphis oracular priestess to set up monuments...
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The Simpsons family history : a celebration of television's favorite family

Matt Groening · Abrams
Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats

So you think you know the Simpsons? Well, think again! The Simpsons Family History unravels 25 years of Simpsons facts and fun and presents them in a never-before-seen chronological format. Travel through time with Matt Groening as he pulls back the curtain and reveals the events that turned...
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Perspective (Art Handbooks)

Ray Campbell Smith · Search Press; Reprint edition
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback

Matching quality instruction with convenience, the Art Handbooks series presents the respected lessons by talented art professionals in a small and transportable format. These tutorials teach techniques for a wide spectrum of artistic endeavors, from pencil drawing to oil painting, through...
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The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir

Vivian Gornick · Farrar
Pages: 175
Format: Print book

A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, AutobiographyA contentious, deeply moving ode to friendship, love, and urban life in the spirit of Fierce AttachmentsA memoir of self-discovery and the dilemma of connection in our time, The Odd Woman and the City explores the rhythms,...
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Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land

Sandy Tolan · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

It is an unlikely story. Ramzi Hussein Aburedwan, a child from a Palestinian refugee camp, confronts an occupying army, gets an education, masters an instrument, dreams of something much bigger than himself, and then, through his charisma and persistence, inspires scores of others to work...
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Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall

Will Ellsworth-Jones · St. Martin's Press; Reissue edition
Format: Hardcover

While hiding from the limelight, Banksy has made himself into one of the world’s best-known living artists. His pieces have fetched millions of dollars at prestigious auction houses. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his film Exit Through the Gift Shop. Once...
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