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New Titles - Arts & Photography
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Wounded in Spirit: Advent Art and Meditations
Bannon, David · Paraclete Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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Christmas can be a time of joy but also of tears, memory and prayer. Celebration does not always come easily. In twenty-five illustrated daily readings we commune with Scripture and the wounded artists that gave the world masterpieces of hope: Gauguin, Tissot, Caravaggio, Tanner, Delacroix,... |
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I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers
De La Mare, Guinevere · Chronicle Books
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover
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For anyone who'd rather be reading than doing just about anything else, this book is the ultimate must-have. In this visual ode to all things bookish, readers will get lost in page after page of beautiful contemporary art, photography, and illustrations depicting the pleasures of books.... |
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Learn to Play the Ukulele, 2nd Edition: A Simple and Fun Guide For Beginners
Plant, Bill · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback
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With the help of this book and companion CD, anyone can learn to play the ukulele overnight! Inside Learn to Play the Ukulele:Learn how to hold and tune a ukulele correctlyLearn how to keep time and strumScales and chords including C major, G major, reading tablature, and bar chordsUkulele... |
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Gateway to New Orleans: Bayou St. John, 1708-2018
Irvin, Hillary
Format: Hardcover
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Gateway to New Orleans: Bayou St. John, 1708-2018 traces the history and architecture of the historic Faubourg St. John in New Orleans, from pre-colonial days through its evolution from a glorious semi-rural village into a popular suburban neighborhood. Published to commemorate the tricentennial... |
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Rock Art Handbook: Techniques and Projects for Painting, Coloring, and Transforming Stones
Sarles, Samantha · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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Rock art is showing up everywhere, and anyone can do it! Over 30 step-by-step tutorials make Rock Art Handbook your comprehensive rock art resource Covers various craft techniques for decorating rocks like dot painting, marbling, embellishments, and much more Use your favorite craft supplies... |
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1927: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of the Jazz Age's Greatest Year
Thomas S. Hischak · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover
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The first solo transatlantic flight. The release of the first talking picture. The invention of the jukebox. These are just a handful of milestones that occurred in one momentous year. In a decade of historic firsts, 1927 stands out as the peak year of the Roaring Twenties, a span of time... |
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Mardi Gras in Kodachrome
Cassady Jr, Charles · Arcadia Publishing
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
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America's greatest party and America's most colorful city, in all their shades, shimmer here in a never-before-published 1950-1960 collection of photographs taken at New Orleans's annual Mardi Gras. Photographer Ruth Ketcham chose the revolutionary Kodachrome slide film to capture... |
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Rock-and-Roll Woman: The 50 Fiercest Female Rockers
Ochs, Meredith · Sterling
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Celebrate the women who rock, with this fully illustrated tribute to 50 iconic female musicians and bands. Award-winning radio personality Meredith Ochs takes an insightful look at 50 rock icons who indelibly shook up the music scene, whether solo or in a band. Profiling women from the 1950s... |
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Fire in the Hole: The Spirit Work of Fi Yi Yi & Mandingo Warriors
Fi Yi Yi · University of New Orleans Press
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
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During Mardi Gras, spectators wait for the approach of the Mardi Gras Indians, a sublime spectacle of dancing, chanting, and gorgeous hand-sewn costumes. But rarely are they shown the human stories behind this unique New Orleans tradition. Told through a collective oral history, Fire In The Hole... |
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Duct Tape Engineer: The Book of Big, Bigger, and Epic Duct Tape Projects
Akiyama, Lance · Rockport Publishers
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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In Duct Tape Engineer--the book of Big, Bigger, and Epic Duct Tape Projects hands-on educator, master tinkerer, and author of Rubber Band Engineer, Lance Akiyama breaks away from table-top crafts and shows you how to design, sculpt, and build backpacks, kayaks, catapults, a queen-size bed,... |
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