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The art of comic book writing : the definitive guide to outlining, scripting, and pitching your sequential art stories

Mark Kneece · Watson-Guptill Publications
Pages: 184
Format: Print book

A practical guide for beginner and advanced comic book writers that outlines the steps needed to successfully craft a story for sequential art. With this latest book in the SCAD Creative Essentials series from the esteemed Savannah College of Art and Design, comics writer and instructor...
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On the Road with Janis Joplin

John Byrne Cooke · Berkley
Format: Hardcover

One of Parade's Top Ten Rock n' Roll ReadsAs a road manager and filmmaker, he helped run the Janis Joplin show - and record it for posterity. Now he reveals the never-before-told story of his years with the young woman from Port Arthur who would become the first female rock and roll...
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Softly, With Feeling: Joe Wilder and the Breaking of Barriers in American Music

Edward Berger · Temple University Press
Pages: 378
Format: Hardcover

"Joe Wilder set the table. His struggles made it easier for me and many others."--From the Foreword by Wynton Marsalis Trumpeter Joe Wilder is distinguished for his achievements in both the jazz and classical worlds. He was a founding member of the Symphony of the New World,...
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Rose Kennedy's Family Album: From the Fitzgerald Kennedy Private Collection, 1878-1946

Caroline Kennedy · Grand Central Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

A selection of more than 300 images--including family letters, personal ephemera, and captivating photographs--collected by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, many never seen before, featuring the beloved and revered Kennedy family: This remarkable history dates from 1878 through 1946--up to the aftermath...
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Interstellar: Beyond Time and Space

Mark Cotta Vaz · Running Press
Format: Hardcover

In his sci-fi epic Interstellar, Christopher Nolan takes on the infinite canvas of space to deliver a cutting-edge, emotionally charged adventure that will amaze audiences of all ages. Interstellar Beyond Time and Space documents the making of Nolans latest masterpiece in fascinating detail...
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Foundations in Comic Book Art: SCAD Creative Essentials

John Paul Lowe · Watson-Guptill
Format: Book

A comprehensive guide to creating and developing comic book and graphic novel art, from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) , one of the world's leaders in sequential arts instruction.Artists seeking a way to break into the exciting world of sequential art first need to master...
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The Bakersfield Sound: How a Generation of Displaced Okies Revolutionized American Music

Robert E Price · iUniverse
Pages: 275
Format: Print book

The aesthetic known as the Bakersfield Sound transformed country music, its hard edge a stark contrast to Nashville's stringed orchestras. It turned displaced Okies like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard into household names, and in the process created a widely felt influence on style, instrumentation,...
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Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood

William J. Mann · Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Times BestsellerEdgar Award winner for Best Fact CrimeThe Day of the Locust meets The Devil in the White City and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in this juicy, untold Hollywood story an addictive true tale of ambition, scandal, intrigue, murder, and the creation of the modern...
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Harry Potter: Magical Places from the Films: Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, and Beyond

Jody Revenson · Harper Design
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A comprehensive and delightful look at Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, The Burrow, Azkaban prison and all of the memorable places, both loved and feared, that brought the Harry Potter movies to life - a keepsake treasury bound in a debossed leatherette case and featuring a removable poster and interactive...
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Sustainable Residential Architecture

Ana Alvarez · Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover

A showcase of sustainable living in prefab, solar, mobile and modular houses. In this book, architect Ana Maria Alvarez presents an array of the world's best sustainable residential architecture. Studying houses in many countries, she provides photographs, floor plans and elevations,...
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