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Fat Cat Art: Famous Masterpieces Improved by a Ginger Cat with Attitude
Fat Cat Art: Famous Masterpieces Improved by a Ginger Cat with Attitude

Svetlana Petrova · Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin,
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

"It's official. That thing that classic art has been missing is a chubby reclining kitty." - The Huffington PostInternet meme meets classical art in Svetlana Petrova's brilliant Fat Cat Art. Featuring her twenty-two-pound, ginger-colored cat Zarathustra superimposed onto...
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LIFE D-Day: Remembering the Battle that Won the War - 70 Years Later
LIFE D-Day: Remembering the Battle that Won the War - 70 Years Later

The Editors of LIFE · Life; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Probably the most famous combat photographs ever made were those taken on the beach in Normandy during the D-Day invasions by Robert Capa, shooting for LIFE and going in with the first wave. The saga of those images has been told before and will be again in this commemorative book: How Capa...
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The Illustrated Book of Sayings: Curious Expressions from Around the World
The Illustrated Book of Sayings: Curious Expressions from Around the World

Ella Frances Sanders · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

From the New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Translation comes this charming illustrated collection of more than fifty expressions from around the globe that explore the nuances of language. From the hilarious and romantic to the philosophical and literal, the idioms, proverbs,...
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Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait
Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait

Kendra Bean · Running Press
Format: Hardcover

Vivien Leigh’s mystique was a combination of staggering beauty, glamour, romance, and genuine talent displayed in her Oscar-winning performances in Gone With the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire. For more than thirty years, her name alone sold out theaters and cinemas the world over,...
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Woman-Powered Farm: Manual for a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle from Homestead to Field
Woman-Powered Farm: Manual for a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle from Homestead to Field

Audrey Levatino · Countryman Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book

To go-to guide for women who want to be part of the farming revolution.Women are leading the new farming revolution in America. Much of the impetus to move back to the land, raise our own food, and connect with our agricultural past is being driven by women. They raise sheep for wool, harvest...
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Luke Skywalker Can't Read: And Other Geeky Truths
Luke Skywalker Can't Read: And Other Geeky Truths

Ryan Britt · Plume Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

"Ryan Britt is . . . the Virgil you want to guide you through the inferno of geekery." - Lev Grossman, author of the bestselling Magician's trilogy Pop Culture and sci-fi guru Ryan Britt has never met a monster, alien, wizard, or superhero that didn't need further analysis....
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Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop
Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop

Marc Myers · Grove Press
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Every great song has a story that needs to be told. In Anatomy of a Song, based on the ongoing Wall Street Journal column, writer and music historian Marc Myers brings to life five decades of music through forty-five transformative songs and oral-history interviews with the artists who created...
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Life on Mar's: Creating Casual Luxury
Life on Mar's: Creating Casual Luxury

Mar Jennings · Midpoint Trade Books Inc
Pages: 151
Format: Print book

"Casual Luxury is the cure for all design dilemmas. My six principles will work in your home regardless of its size, your personal style, and in any room. Casual Luxury has no boundaries." Emmy-nominated TV Host, Lifestyle Expert and best-selling author Mar Jennings is known...
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U2: Past, Present, Future
U2: Past, Present, Future

Ernesto Assante · White Star Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

U2 remains deeply rooted in tradition while still looking toward the future and pushing boundaries. Follow this popular Irish band from its formation and early years through the release of its milestone albums and arena-packed shows. Explore, also, the challenges raised by the group's...
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You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman
You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman

Mike Thomas · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Beloved TV comedic actor Phil Hartman is best known for his eight brilliant seasons on Saturday Night Live, where his versatility and comedic timing resulted in some of the funniest and most famous sketches in the television show's history. Besides his hilarious impersonations of Phil...
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Play On: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac: The Autobiography
Play On: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac: The Autobiography

Mick Fleetwood · Little Brown & Co
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"After forty-six years of being on the road, this is the right time to look back in a way I've never done before: now and then. This is the story of my life in rock and roll -- and how the band that has meant everything to me came to define me. I'm looking forward to sharing...
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The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation
The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation

Jonathan Clements · Stone Bridge Press
Pages: 1160
Format: Hardcover - Revised Ed.

"Impressive, exhaustive, labyrinthine, and obsessive - The Anime Encyclopedia is an astonishing piece of work." - Neil GaimanOver one thousand new entries . . . over four thousand updates . . . over one million words. . .This third edition of the landmark reference work has six additional...
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Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words
Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words

Malka Marom · ECW Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

When singer, musician, and broadcast journalist Malka Marom had the opportunity to interview Joni Mitchell in 1973, she was eager to reconnect with the performer she'd first met late one night in 1966 at a Yorkville coffeehouse. More conversations followed over the next four decades...
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The Sound of Music Companion
The Sound of Music Companion

Laurence Maslon · Universe
Format: Hardcover

The definitive book on the world's most beloved musical, The Sound of Music Companion charts the incredible and enduring story of Maria von Trapp and her story over the last hundred years - from Maria's birth in Vienna in 1905 to the 50th anniversary of the film's release in 2015....
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Foundations in Comic Book Art: SCAD Creative Essentials
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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