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Shopping for the Real You: Ten Essential Steps to the Perfect Wardrobe

Andrea Pflaumer · One Step Productions
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback

Have you ever wanted a personal stylist at your fingertips? Andrea Pflaumer's Shopping for the Real You helps you find the perfect one - right in the mirror! For more than 20 years Andrea has studied the fundamental principles of clothing selection from the world's top color and style...
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Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents

Pete Souza · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The new book by Pete Souza, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait Shade is a portrait in contrasts, telling the tale of two presidencies through a series of powerful visual juxtapositions--with Pete Souza's unforgettable images of President Obama given...
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Slowhand: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton

PHILIP NORMAN · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Shout!, comes the definitive biography of Eric Clapton, a Rock legend whose life story is as remarkable as his music, which transformed the sound of a generation.For half a century Eric Clapton has been acknowledged to be one of music's greatest virtuosos,...
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A Star Is Born

LORNA LUFT · Running Press Adult
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and daughter of Judy Garland tells the story of A Star Is Born -- at once the crowning achievement and greatest disappointment in her mother's legendary career. This is a vivid account of a film classic's production, loss, and reclamation.A Star...
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Wasn't That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the Soul of America

Jesse Jarnow · Da Capo Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic untold story of the Weavers, the hit-making folk-pop quartet destroyed with the aid of the United States government--and who changed the world, anyway Following a series of top 10 hits that became instant American standards, the Weavers dissolved at the height of their fame....
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Lotta Jansdotter Paper, Pattern, Play

Lotta Jansdotter · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

A lifelong artist, Lotta Jansdotter has been creating patterns and motifs for fun since childhood and professionally since 1996. Her organic, playful, and timeless designs have appeared on everything from sewing and quilting fabrics to rugs, bedsheets, baby gear, dishes, and more. For Paper,...
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Painting Imaginary Flowers: Beautiful Blooms and Abstract Patterns in Mixed Media

Sandrine Pelissier · North Light Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Discover a fresh, fun approach to painting unique flowers! Forgo reference photos and discover a more organic and joyful way of painting! With its friendly step-by-step format, Painting Imaginary Flowers features a simple, three-stage approach to creating flowers only you can make...Drop...
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Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art

Mary Gabriel · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 568
Format: Hardcover

The rich, revealing, and thrilling story of five women whose lives and painting propelled a revolution in modern artSet amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exhilarating chronicle of five...
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Meet You in Atlantic City: Travels in Springsteens New Jersey

James Pettifer · Interlink Pub Group
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

An insightful cultural history that will appeal to fans of rock music and new jersey. Bruce SpringsteenThe Bosshas towered over the rock world since he shot to international fame with Born to Run and other classics in the early 1970s. He has always been an outspoken advocate of his home...
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Learn to Play the Ukulele, 2nd Edition: A Simple and Fun Guide For Beginners

Bill Plant · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

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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