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The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1: 1920-1963
Ed Ward · Flatiron Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Ed Ward covers the first half of the history of rock & roll in this sweeping and definitive narrative -- from the 1920s, when the music of rambling medicine shows mingled with the songs of vaudeville and minstrel acts to create the very early sounds of country and rhythm and blues,... |
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Why I March: Images from The Women's March Around the World
Abrams Books · Abrams Image
Pages: 173
Format: Paperback
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New York Times BestsellerIndiebound BestsellerThe Washington Post BestsellerSan Francisco Chronicle Bestseller On January 21, 2017, five million people in 82 countries and on all seven continents stood up with one voice. The Women's March began with one cause, women's rights, but quickly... |
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Star Trek: Ships of the Line
Doug Drexler · Pocket Books/Star Trek; 2 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In celebration of one of science fiction's most beloved franchises, an updated edition of the acclaimed Ships of the Line hardcover collection.They dared to risk it all in a skiff of reeds or leather, on a ship of wood or steel, knowing the only thing between them and certain death... |
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Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot
Masha Gessen · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback
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The heroic story of Pussy Riot, who resurrected the power of truth in a society built on liesOn February 21, 2012, five young women entered the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. In neon-colored dresses, tights, and balaclavas, they performed a "punk prayer" beseeching... |
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America Dancing: From the Cakewalk to the Moonwalk
Megan Pugh · Yale University Press
Pages: 398
Format: Print book
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The history of American dance reflects the nation's tangled culture. Dancers from wildly different backgrounds learned, imitated, and stole from one another. Audiences everywhere embraced the result as deeply American. Using the stories of tapper Bill "Bojangles" Robinson,... |
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Metal Cats
Alexandra Crockett · powerHouse Books
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
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Skulls and Siamese. Corpse paint and Persians. Baphomet, pentagrams, blood, and tabbies! Metal Cats combines two amazing subjects: the extreme personalities of the hardcore metal music scene and their adorable kitties. These incredibly cute and fluffy felines have been photographed with... |
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Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History
Rhonda K. Garelick · Random House
Format: Hardcover
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NATIONAL BESTSELLERCertain lives are at once so exceptional, and yet so in step with their historical moments, that they illuminate cultural forces far beyond the scope of a single person. Such is the case with Coco Chanel, whose life offers one of the most fascinating tales of the twentieth... |
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Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism
Thomas David Brothers · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 594
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive account of Louis Armstrong -- his life and legacy -- during the most creative period of his career. Nearly 100 years after bursting onto Chicago's music scene under the tutelage of Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong is recognized as one of the most influential artists... |
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Surviving Cissy: My Family Affair of Life in Hollywood
Kathy Garver · Taylor Trade Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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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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Digital Handmade: Craftsmanship and the New Industrial Revolution
Lucy Johnston · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A dazzling survey of designers who fuse digital fabrication techniques with traditional craftsmanship and handwork While the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century diminished the role of the craftsperson in the manufacturing process, the digital revolution has had a less devastating... |
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The New Colored Pencil: Create Luminous Works with Innovative Materials and Techniques
Kristy Ann Kutch · Watson-Guptill Publications
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
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Start coloring, relieve stress, and learn to create radiant, original works of art using colored pencils, wax pastels, and watercolor pencils.Add vibrancy to your coloring creations with instruction from best-selling author and teacher Kristy Kutch as she guides you through recommendations... |
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Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years
Mark Lewisohn · Crown Archetype; First U. S. Edition First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Tune In is the first volume of All These Years—a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy by the world's leading Beatles historian. Mark Lewisohn uses his unprecedented archival access and hundreds of new interviews to construct the full story of the lives and work... |
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Improbable Libraries: A Visual Journey to the World's Most Unusual Libraries
Alex Johnson · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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How do you use your local library? Does it arrive at your door on the back of an elephant? Can it float down the river to you? Or does it occupy a phone booth by the side of the road? Public libraries are a cornerstone of modern civilization, yet like the books in them, libraries face an uncertain... |
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