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Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington
Terry Teachout · Gotham; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A major new biography of Duke Ellington from the acclaimed author of Pops A Life of Louis ArmstrongEdward Kennedy Duke Ellington was the greatest jazz composer of the twentieth centuryand an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom no one not even his closest friends claimed to understand... |
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5-Minute Sketching -- Architecture: Super-quick Techniques for Amazing Drawings
Liz Steel · Firefly Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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Sketching has become very popular. In more than 60 cities around the world, from New Jersey, San Diego, and Montreal to as far as Moscow and Australia, "sketch crawls" find artists drawing what they see. A new social network has emerged where these sketch artists meet for group... |
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How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City
Joan DeJean · St Martins Pr
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But in a mere century Paris would be transformed into the modern and mythic city we know... |
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The 1936-1937 Great Lakes Exposition
Brad Schwartz · Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Pages: 128
Format: Print book
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The Great Lakes Exposition was held in Cleveland during the summers of 1936 and 1937, drawing seven million visitors over its two-year run. The exposition was intended to observe the city's centennial anniversary and to celebrate the Great Lakes Region. It was also hoped that it would... |
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Why We March: Signs of Protest and Hope--Voices from the Women's March
ARTISAN. · Artisan
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
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On January 21, 2017, millions of people gathered worldwide for the Women's March, one of the largest demonstrations in political history. Together they raised their voices in hope, protest, and solidarity. This inspiring collection features 500 of the most eloquent, provocative, uplifting,... |
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The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend
Glenn Frankel · Bloomsbury USA; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches. She was raised by the tribe and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years after her capture, she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and restored to her white family, to die in misery... |
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The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Josh Kushins · ABRAMS
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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This book is a visual chronicle of the Lucasfilm art department's creation of new worlds, unforgettable characters, and newly imagined droids, vehicles, and weapons for the first movie in the Star Wars Story series - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. In the same format and style as Abrams'... |
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Otherworlds: Visions of Our Solar System
MICHAEL BENSON · HARRY N ABRAMS
Pages: 160
Format: Print book
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Otherworlds is a record of humanity's planetary exploration and a tribute to the stunning beauty of our solar system in spectacular high-resolution landscape images, processed by Michael Benson to capture how the planets would look if we could visit them and see them with our own eyes.... |
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Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings
James Crawford · Picador
Pages: 566
Format: Hardcover
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An inviting, fascinating compendium of twenty-one of history's most famous lost places, from the Tower of Babel to the Twin TowersBuildings are more like us than we realize. They can be born into wealth or poverty, enjoying every privilege or struggling to make ends meet. They have parents... |
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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
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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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CSNY: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Peter Doggett · Atria Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The first ever biography focused on the formative and highly influential early years of "rock's first supergroup" (Rolling Stone) Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - when they were the most successful, influential, and politically potent band in America - in honor of the fiftieth... |
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Star Trek Designing Starships Volume 2: Voyager and Beyond
Ben Robinson · Hero Collector
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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Explore the behind the scenes process to reveal the thinking - and the artwork - behind the creation of the most iconic ships in Star Trek's history!This book, which covers more than 30 ships including the U.S.S Voyager, Delta Flyer, V'ger, and the Enterprise-J, is packed with original... |
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Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records
Amanda Petrusich · Scribner; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of a quirky and important subculture: The world of 78rpm records and the insular community that celebrates them - by acclaimed music critic and author Amanda Petrusich, who contributes regularly to Pitchfork, The Oxford American, and The New York Times.Before MP3s, CDs,... |
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Kris Kristofferson: Country Highwayman
Mary G. Hurd · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 180
Format: Hardcover
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Kris Kristofferson: Country Highwayman, Mary G. Hurd surveys the life and works of this highly respected American songwriter. For many, Kristofferson's songs remain the gold standard of modern songwriters, and Kris Kristofferson follows the commitment to freedom of expression that has characterized... |
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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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