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Adobe Lightroom Classic CC Classroom in a Book

John Evans · Adobe Press
Pages: 408
Format: Paperback

Digital photographers, amateur or pro, who seek the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC choose Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC Classroom in a Book from Adobe Press. The 11 project-based step-by-step lessons in this book show users...
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Photoshop Elements 13: The Missing Manual

Barbara Brundage · O'Reilly Media; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Photoshop Elements 13 looks sharper, performs better, and has more sophisticated photo-editing and slideshow features than previous versions—but knowing which tools to use when can be confusing. The new edition of this bestselling book removes the guesswork. With candid, jargon-free...
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Help Your Kids with Music

DK · DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Help Your Kids with Music is a step-by-step visual guide to music theory. Help Your Kids with Music is the perfect primer to help students gain a solid foundation in music, no matter their age, skill level, or instrument. Help Your Kids with Music clearly explains key concepts in five step-by-step...
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How to Draw Grimm's Dark Tales, Fables & Folklore

Merrie DeStefano · Walter Foster Library
Format: Book

Featuring your favorite Grimm fairytale characters, including Red Riding Hood, Prince Charming, Godfather Death, the Robber Bridegroom, and many more!,
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How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise

Chris Taylor · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

In 1973, a young filmmaker named George Lucas scribbled some notes for a far-fetched space-fantasy epic. Some forty years and 37 billion later, Star Warsrelated products outnumber human beings, a growing stormtrooper army spans the globe, and Jediism has become a religion in its own right....
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5-Minute Sketching -- Landscapes: Super-quick Techniques for Amazing Drawings

Virginia Hein · Firefly Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

A comprehensive guide to quick sketching of landscapes. The interest in quick sketching is evident in the popularity of tutorial videos on YouTube. Some of the most popular are Tips to Draw Better in 6 Minutes (1.4 million views) and How to Draw Better in 2 Minutes (2.5 million views)...
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The Ugly Renaissance: Sex, Greed, Violence and Depravity in an Age of Beauty

Alexander Lee · Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating and counterintuitive portrait of the sordid, hidden world behind the dazzling artwork of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, and more Renowned as a period of cultural rebirth and artistic innovation, the Renaissance is cloaked in a unique aura of beauty and brilliance....
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Manga Crash Course: Drawing Manga Characters and Scenes from Start to Finish

Mina "Mistiqarts" Petrovic · Impact
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Everything you need to start drawing manga!In the jam-packed pages of Manga Crash Course, popular YouTube artist Mina "Mistiqarts" Petrovic shares with you all the techniques you need to create not just manga figures and faces, but full characters and scenes. After learning the basics...
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Official Movie Guide

Brian Sibley · Mariner Books
Format: Book

As The Hobbit movie trilogy moves toward a spectacular climax, experience first-hand how the epic filmmaking battle was won through exclusive interviews with director Peter Jackson, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett Christopher Lee, together with principal filmmakers and new cast,...
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Animal Stars: Behind the Scenes with Your Favorite Animal Actors

Allen Anderson · New World Library
Format: Hardcover

When cameras roll and directors call, “Action,” some of the most dependable, funniest, and most enthusiastic actors stand poised on four legs, with ears alert. From Joey in War Horse to the wolves in Game of Thrones, what we see on screen is the result of meticulous preparation...
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Disney Favorites: The Phillip Keveren Series

Phillip Keveren · Hal Leonard
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

(Big Note Songbook) . Ten great songs masterfully arranged by Phillip Keveren for Big-Note Piano, including: Circle of Life * Ever Ever After * Hot Dog! * How Far I'll Go * I See the Light * Les Poissons * Let It Go * Remember Me (Lullaby) * You've Got a Friend in Me * Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.
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Another Side of Bob Dylan: A Personal History on the Road and off the Tracks

Victor Maymudes · St. Martin's Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A Los Angeles Times Best seller!August 2014 marks 50 years since Bob Dylan released his fourth album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. Recorded in one night, in the middle of a turbulent year in his life, the music marked a departure from Dylans socially-conscious folk songs and began his evolution...
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The Simpsons family history : a celebration of television's favorite family

Matt Groening · Abrams
Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats

So you think you know the Simpsons? Well, think again! The Simpsons Family History unravels 25 years of Simpsons facts and fun and presents them in a never-before-seen chronological format. Travel through time with Matt Groening as he pulls back the curtain and reveals the events that turned...
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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh

John Lahr · W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography and Finalist for the National Book Award. The definitive biography of Americas greatest playwright from the celebrated drama critic of The New Yorker.John Lahr has produced a theater biography like no other. Tennessee Williams...
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A Middle-earth Traveler: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor

John Howe · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

A Middle-earth Traveler is an illustrated guide to J.R.R. Tolkien's most famous creation, with lavish art showing the many locations and characters the author described in his classic novels, along with notes on their importance to the world.A Middle-earth Traveler presents a walking...
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