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December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died

Keith Elliot Greenberg · Backbeat Books
Format: Hardcover

In a breathtaking, minute-by-minute format, December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died follows the events leading to the horrible moment when Mark David Chapman calmly fired his Charter Arms .38 Special into the rock icon, realizing his perverse fantasy of attaining perennial notoriety....
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Her: Meditations on Being Female

Marjorie Salvaterra · Glitterati Inc
Pages: 136
Format: Print book

HER is a collection of photographic portrayals ofwomen that explores, in the tradition of Cindy Sherman, the roles of women inthe modern world. Photographer Marjorie Salvaterra, inspired in part by her ownexperiences as artist, wife, and mother, and by her travels, creates strikinglybeautiful...
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Perspective for the Beginning Artist: More than 40 techniques for understanding the principles of perspective

Walter Foster Creative Team. · Walter Foster Pub, 2016.
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

For an artist, the first step toward creating a realistic drawing is learning how to "see" a subject. Perspective is an essential tool for artists of every medium, helping to transfer the three-dimensional world onto a two-dimensional canvas. Beginning with a basic overview of how perspective...
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Digital Photography Masterclass

Tom Ang · DK ADULT; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

Featuring tutorials, image analyses, assignments, and step-by-step image manipulation exercises, Digital Photography Masterclass explains how to see the world with a photographers eyes. Stunning images and stylish design make this book a great tool for anyone looking to learn about the technical...
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Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music

Rob Young · Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback

A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of title In the late s with popular culture hurtling forward on the sounds of rock music some brave musicians looked back instead trying to recover the lost treasures of English roots music and update them for the new age The records of Fairport Convention...
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Batman Unauthorized: Vigilantes, Jokers, and Heroes in Gotham City

Alan J. Porter · Smart Pop
Format: Book

Batman Unauthorized explores Batman’s motivations and actions, as well as those of his foes. Batman is a creature of the night, more about vengeance than justice, more plagued by doubts than full of self-assurance, and more darkness than light. He has no superpowers, just skill, drive...
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The Stories They Tell: Artifacts from the National September 11 Memorial Museum

Alice M. Greenwald · Skira Rizzoli
Format: Print book

This poignant selection of artifacts—and their stories—from September 11 provides an official, lasting record of that day’s experience. In both text and photography, the story of September 11 is told through a selection of powerfully moving artifacts from the 9/11 museum’s...
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