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DIY Temporary Tattoos: Draw It, Print It, Ink It

Pepper Baldwin · Griffin
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Thinking about trying a brand-new look, but without the commitment? Here's all the info you need to design and create personalized temporary tattoos! Try out a design for a permanent tattoo, create a unique look for a special night out, design buzz-worthy wedding favors, or incentivize...
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Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History

Glen Berger · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

As one can imagine, writing a Broadway musical has its challenges. But it turns out there are challenges one can’t imagine when collaborating with two rock legends and a superstar director to stage the biggest, most expensive production in theater history. Song of Spider-Man is playwright...
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West Point History of World War II, Vol. 1

The United States Military Academy · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 339
Format: Print book

An outstanding new military history of the first half of World War II, featuring a rich array of images, exclusive graphics, superb new maps, and expert analysis commissioned by the United States Military Academy to teach the art of war to West Point cadets.Since 1836, United States Military...
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The Sketchbook Project World Tour

Steven Peterman · Princeton Architectural Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Destined to go down as one of the era's most astonishing global art projects, the Brooklyn Art Library's Sketchbook Project has, in less than a decade, amassed more than thirty thousand sketchbooks submitted by people of all ages and artistic abilities from more than 130 countries....
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Surviving Cissy: My Family Affair of Life in Hollywood

Kathy Garver · Taylor Trade Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Kathy Garver, the teenage heartthrob from the hit series Family Affair (1966-1971) , was no one-hit wonder, but a journeywoman actress who appeared in such classic films as Night of the Hunter and The Ten Commandments long before she became a television icon. This memoir is a recollection...
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Area 51 - Black Jets: A History of the Aircraft Developed at Groom Lake, America's Secret Aviation Base

Bill Yenne · Motorbooks Intl
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Area 51's most important military aviation developments are profiled in an illustrated format. When most of us think of Area 51, we think of aliens, UFOs, and controversial government cover-ups. It's easy to forget that, since the mid-1950s, the United States' famed extension...
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The Art of Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City & Arkham Knight

Daniel Wallace · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

This book is the first official look behind the scenes of one of the most critically acclaimed and bestselling video-game franchises of all time. Collecting the best character sketches, concept art, background paintings, and more from all three of Rocksteady Studios' Arkham games - Arkham...
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Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History

Michael Klastorin · Harper Design
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Great Scott! Go Back to the Future with Doc Brown and Marty McFly in this visually stunning look at the creation of one of the most beloved movie trilogies of all time.Few films have made an impact on popular culture like the Back to the Future trilogy. This deluxe, officially licensed...
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Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art

Julian Barnes · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

An extraordinary collection - hawk-eyed and understanding - from the Man Booker Prize-winning, best-selling author of The Sense of an Ending and Levels of Life. As Julian Barnes notes: "Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that great...
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Shining Star: Braving the Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire

Philip Bailey · Viking
Format: Hardcover

A revealing and heartfelt memoir from the lead singer of the legendary Earth, Wind & FireWith more than ninety million records sold and eight Grammy awards throughout its forty-year history, Earth, Wind & Fire has staked its claim as one of the most successful, influential, and beloved...
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Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs

Steve McCurry · Phaidon Press
Format: Hardcover

Steve McCurry's iconic images have made him one of the world's most popular photographers working today. Now, for the first time, he shares the stories behind stunning images taken from around the world throughout his extensive career.In the finest documentary tradition, Untold:...
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The Knot Outdoor Weddings

Carley Roney · Potter Style
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The romance of an outdoor wedding is undeniable. In any outdoor setting - beach or backyard, vineyard or mountaintop - the couple has unlimited opportunity to personalize their day and create unforgettable ambience. The 50 real weddings featured in The Knot Outdoor Weddings were inspired...
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Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre: A Biography of the Doors

Mick Wall · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Spanning the entire history of the Doors, this book will long remain the definitive biography of a band that forever changed popular music. But it's not the story you think you know. Yes, Jim Morrison died in Paris in 1971 - but not in a bathtub. The other Doors were saddened and shocked...
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Where Are the Women Architects?

Despina Stratigakos · Princeton University Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

For a century and a half, women have been proving their passion and talent for building and, in recent decades, their enrollment in architecture schools has soared. Yet the number of women working as architects remains stubbornly low, and the higher one looks in the profession, the scarcer...
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The Twentieth Century in 100 Moments

Akim; Rounds Heather Reinhardt
Format:  eBook : Document : English

Experience the twentieth century through the people and events that made headlines--a unique collection of voices, images, and unforgettable cultural touchstones. The Twentieth Century in 100 Moments: A Visual History groups and explains the most important events of the twentieth century...
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