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Adobe InDesign CC Classroom in a Book

Kelly Kordes Anton · Adobe Press
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe InDesign choose Adobe InDesign CC Classroom in a Book (2019 release) from Adobe Press. The 15 project-based step-by-step lessons show users the key techniques for working in InDesign. Designers...
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Walk This Way: Run-DMC, Aerosmith, and the Song that Changed American Music Forever

Geoff Edgers · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Washington Post staff writer Geoff Edgers takes a deep dive into the story behind "Walk This Way," Aerosmith and Run-DMC's legendary, groundbreaking mashup that forever changed music. The early 1980s were an exciting time for music. Hair metal bands were selling out stadiums,...
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Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World

Neil Gaiman · William Morrow
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

A stunning and timely creative call-to-arms combining four extraordinary written pieces by Neil Gaiman illustrated with the striking four-color artwork of Chris Riddell."The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before." - Neil GaimanDrawn...
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Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book

Andrew Faulkner · Adobe Press
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop choose Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2019 release) from Adobe Press. The 15 project-based lessons show key step-by-step techniques for working in Photoshop, including how to correct,...
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Appetite for Definition: An A-Z Guide to Rock Genres

Ian King · Harper Perennial
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback

Part reference book, part history, and part road map to the connectivity of popular music, this book is a must for all rock 'n' roll fans as it brings together a compilation of over two hundred genres of rock music - an entertaining, enlightening, knotty family tree of America's...
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Photoshop for Lightroom Users

Scott Kelby · New Riders
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Anyone who uses Adobe's Lightroom for image management, editing, and workflow knows it's amazing software -- and with each new version, it gets even better. But there comes a time in every photographer's life when they want to do things Lightroom still can't do. When you need...
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Versailles

Colin Jones · Basic Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The vivid story of the creation, renovation, and enduring legacy of the most famous building in France: the palace of VersaillesNothing represents the glorious and fraught history of France quite like the Palace of Versailles. Made famous by the absolutist king Louis XIV, Versailles became...
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The Enthusiast's Guide to iPhone Photography: 63 Photographic Principles You Need to Know

Seán Duggan · Rocky Nook
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

If you're a passionate photographer and you're ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast's Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you're diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast's Guides are designed to help...
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Akira Kurosawa: A Viewer's Guide

Eric San Juan · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover

The career of acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa spanned more than five decades, during which he directed more than thirty movies, many of them indisputable classics: Rashomon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo, among others. During the height of his creative...
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How to Play the Ukulele: The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide

Terry Burrows · Arcturus Publishing Limited
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

Easy to understand and use, this excellent guide to playing the ukulele has everything you need to get started. Beginning with a brief introduction describing what the ukulele is and how it evolved, the book takes you through the basics of understanding the instrument, how to create chords...
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