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Draw Your Day: An Inspiring Guide to Keeping a Sketch Journal

Samantha Dion Baker · Watson-Guptill
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

An instructive guide to creating an illustrated journal based on artist and Instagram sensation Samantha Dion Baker's unique creative process, featuring information on materials, creative inspiration and instruction, prompts, and helpful tips and tricks.Samantha Dion Baker is a widely...
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Best Bear Ever!: A Little Year of Liz Climo

LIZ CLIMO · Running Press Adult
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

Fans have fallen in love with Liz Climo's charmingly quirky animal kingdom, which was first featured in The Little World of Liz Climo--and then followed up with Lobster is the Best Medicine. Best Bear Ever! follows main characters Bear and Rabbit through the seasons, as they go on adventures,...
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Make It, Wear It: Wearable Electronics for Makers, Crafters, and Cosplayers

Sahrye Cohen · McGraw-Hill Education TAB
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Create your own stylish, electronics-based wearables -- for all experience levels!This fun TAB guide shows you how to dream up, design, and assemble fashion-forward wearable electronics, garments, and accessories in no time. Make It, Wear It: Wearable Electronics for Makers, Crafters and Cosplayers...
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Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning

Elizabeth Partridge · Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

This beautiful volume celebrates one of the twentieth centurys most important photographers, Dorothea Lange. Led off by an authoritative biographical essay by Elizabeth Partridge Langes goddaughter, the book goes on to showcase Langes work in over a hundred glorious plates. Dorothea Lange...
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Hitchcock's Stars: Alfred Hitchcock and the Hollywood Studio System

Lesley L. Coffin · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Although he was a visual stylist who once referred to actors as cattle, Alfred Hitchcock also had a remarkable talent for innovative and creative casting choices. The director launched the careers of several actors and completely changed the trajectory of others, many of whom created some...
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Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV

Brian Stelter · Grand Central Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Like Bill Carter chronicling the late night wars in his classic The Late Shift, star New York Times reporter Brian Stelter reveals all the dish and dirt behind the polite smiles and perky demeanors of morning television in his much-anticipated...TOP OF THE MORNINGWhen America wakes up with...
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A View from A Broad

Bette Midler · Simon & Schuster; Updated edition
Format: Hardcover

With her brassy voice and bold performances making the world finally pay attention, she needs no introduction. Grammy award–winning singer, Academy Award–nominee, Broadway star of her critically acclaimed one-woman show and beloved actress in The Rose, Beaches and Down and Out in Beverly...
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Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses: Roger Corman: King of the B Movie

Chris Nashawaty · Harry N. Abrams; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

  Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses is an outrageously rollicking account of the life and career of Roger Corman—one of the most prolific and successful independent producers, directors, and writers of all time, and self-proclaimed king of the B movie. As told...
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What If...?: The Architecture and Design of David Rockwell

David Rockwell · Metropolis Books
Format: Hardcover

Widely admired for his sophistication, creativity and exuberance, David Rockwell is one of the leading architects, interiors architects and set designers working today. For over 30 years, he has explored his desire to imagine new worlds, to tell stories and to engage with others. This interest...
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Stone Harbor Revisited

Donna Van Horn · Arcadia Publishing
Pages: 127
Format: Print book

In 1722, Seven Mile Beach, covered in red cedar and holly, bayberry bushes and beach plums, was acquired by the Leaming family, who used it for grazing and whaling. Long undeveloped, the southern portion of the island was sold to the South Jersey Realty Company in 1907. The Risley brothers...
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Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences

Matthew Christopher · Jonglez Publishing; 1st Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Throughout the ages, mankind has been fascinated by the ruins of previous societies. The desire to gain a greater understanding of our past has driven archaeologists, artists, and scholars from across the world to study the vestiges of lifestyles that have vanished in an attempt to capture...
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Artist's Toolbox: Color: A practical guide to color and its uses in art

Alicia Vannoy Call · Walter Foster Publishing
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Discover the key concepts of color theory for beginning artists.The Artist's Toolbox series provides easy-to-use reference guides for beginning and aspiring artists. While many instructional art books gloss over important concepts, focusing instead on how to replicate a piece of art,...
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A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power

Paul Fischer · Flatiron Books
Pages: 353
Format: Print book

"The 1978 abductions of the South Korean actress Choi-Eun-hee and her ex-husband, the director Shin Sang-ok, in Hong Kong is the true crime at the center of Paul Fischer's gripping and surprisingly timely new book." -The New York TimesBefore becoming the world's most notorious...
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Star Wars: Complete Locations

Curtis Saxton · Dk Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Packed with more than 50 full-color, intricate cross-section artwork and 3-D maps, Star Wars™: Complete Locations is an amazing visual guide into the incredible worlds and locations of a galaxy far, far away....From the towering skyscrapers of Coruscant to the terrifying technology of the Death...
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Modern Watercolor: A playful and contemporary exploration of watercolor painting

KRISTIN VAN LEUVEN · Walter Foster Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

It's time to get your feet wet with watercolors! This dynamic and inspirational guide will set you down a path of exploration as you learn to play with watercolors. You will learn to effectively use basic techniques and principles to create beautiful, expressive works of art.In Modern...
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