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Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop: Characters

Charlie Bowater · 3DTotal Publishing
Format: Print book

Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting: Characters is a comprehensive guide for artists wishing to create convincing and detailed characters. It features established artists such as Charlie Bowater (concept artist at Atomhawk) and Derek Stenning (freelance concept artist and illustrator,...
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Harry Potter: The Wand Collection

INSIGHT EDITIONS. · Insight Editions
Pages: 154
Format: Hardcover

Discover the wands of your favorite Harry Potter characters.In the Harry Potter films, each wand is as unique as the witch or wizard who wields it. From Hermione Granger's elegant, vine-wrapped wand to the bone-inlaid wands of the Death Eaters, each was designed and crafted by the filmmakers...
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Cool nail art

Hannah Lee · Fons & Porter
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

"Hannah Lee, creator of the YouTube Channel Hannah Rox Nails, shares more than thirty new nail designs in 'Cool Nail Art'. With tips on how to prep your manicure, clear step-by-step instructions and easy-to-use tools, you can create fabulous nail art designs in your own home."--Back...
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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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Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

Herbie Hancock · Viking; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our timeIn Herbie Hancock the legendary jazz musician and composer reflects on a life and a thriving career that has spanned seven decades. A true innovator, Hancock has had an enormous influence on both acoustic...
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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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A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia

Sherryl Woods · MIRA
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Part memoir, part oral history, #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods gives us a rare and intimate look at Colonial Beach, Virginia.

Rich in narrative history and local color, A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia is an homage to the town of Sherryl Woods's...
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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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Victoria

Helen Rappaport · Harper Design
Pages: 300
Format: Print book

The official companion to the Masterpiece presentation on PBS, Victoria delves into the private writings of the young Queen Victoria, painting a vivid picture of the personal life of one of England's greatest monarchs.

From the producers of Poldark and Endeavour, ITV's Victoria...

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Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

Eric Klinenberg · Crown
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our fractured society.

We are living in a time of deep divisions. Americans are sorting themselves along racial, religious, and cultural lines, leading to a level of polarization that the country...
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Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity

Felicia Day · Gallery Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

An instant New York Times bestseller

In Embrace Your Weird, New York Times bestselling author, producer, actress, TV writer, and award-winning web series creator, Felicia Day takes you on a journey to find, rekindle, or expand your creative passions.

Including...
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Simple Christmas Carols: The Easiest Easy Piano Songs

Hal Leonard Corp. · Hal Leonard
Pages: 98
Format: Paperback

(Easy Piano Songbook) . Play 50 classic carols in the easiest of arrangements, presented simply, with lyrics. Includes: Away in a Manger * Deck the Hall * The First Noel * Go, Tell It on the Mountain * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * It Came upon the Midnight Clear * Jingle Bells * O Holy...
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Queen Bey: A Celebration of the Power and Creativity of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

Veronica Chambers · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

From the editor of the bestselling anthology The Meaning of Michelle, a celebration of one of the greatest stars of our time

The Ultimate Beyonce Collectible

Beyoncé. Her name conjures more than music, it has come to be synonymous with beauty, glamour, power,...

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Harry Potter: The Artifact Vault

Jody Revenson · Harper Design
Pages: 207
Format: Print book

Throughout the making of the eight Harry Potter movies, designers and craftspeople were tasked with creating fabulous chocolate-fantasy feasts, flying brooms, enchanted maps, and much more, in addition to numerous magical items necessary in a wizard's everyday life - for example, newspapers...

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Doctor Who: The Whoniverse: The Untold History of Space and Time

Justin Richards · Harperdesign
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Complete with full-color illustrations, maps, charts, and artifacts, the definitive, essential companion to the Doctor's world - and many more.Doctor Who: The Whoniverse is a never-before-seen history of the Human Race - from the formation of the Earth around the Racnoss eggs, and the creation...
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