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Why You Love Music: From Mozart to Metallica--The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds
John Powell · Little
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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A delightful journey through the psychology and science of music, WHY YOU LOVE MUSIC is the perfect book for anyone who loves a tune.Music plays a hugely important role in our emotional, intellectual, and even physical lives. It impacts the ways we work, relax, behave, and feel. It can make... |
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A Time to Dance: American Country Dancing from Hornpipes to Hot Hash
Richard Nevell · Bauhan Pub
Pages: 266
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A Time to Dance: American Country Dancing trom Hornpipes to Hot Hash presents a well-documented history of American country dancing. Richard Nevell records American country dances as historical artifacts, as social expressions of rural and urban communities, as manifestations of democracy,... |
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33 Artists in 3 Acts
Sarah Thornton · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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This compelling narrative goes behind the scenes with the world's most important living artists to humanize and demystify contemporary art.The best-selling author of Seven Days in the Art World now tells the story of the artists themselves -- how they move through the world, command... |
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The Ansel Adams Wilderness
Peter Essick · National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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In this exquisitely photographed and affordable keepsake book, esteemed National Geographic photographer Peter Essick pays tribute to Ansel Adams and the craggy California Sierra Nevada wilderness area named in his honor. Like Adams, Essick aims to instill respect for the awesome yet fragile... |
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Unseen London
Mark Daly · Frances Lincoln Publisher
Pages: 304
Format: Book
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Peter Dazeley has gained access to the hidden interiors of some of London's most iconic buildings, from Tower Bridge to Battersea Power Station, Big Ben to the Old Bailey. His photographs of these buildings - some derelict, but many still working - are astonishing. Here is a collection... |
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Building the Successful Theater Company
Lisa Mulcahy · Allworth Press
Pages: 257
Format: Print book
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What makes a theater company successful? Lisa Mulcahy poses the question to leaders from nineteen of the country's most diverse and vital theater companies from the recent past and present, and offers answers in Building the Successful Theater Company. Producers, stage managers, directors... |
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John Singer Sargent: Watercolors
Erica Hirshler · MFA Publications/Brooklyn Museum
Format: Print book
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John Singer Sargent's approach to watercolor was unconventional. Going beyond turn-of-the-century standards for carefully delineated and composed landscapes filled with transparent washes, his confidently bold, dense strokes and loosely defined forms startled critics and fellow practitioners... |
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Learn Drawing Quickly
Sharon Finmark · B T Batsford Ltd
Pages: 112
Format: Print book
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A drawing can be a sketch, a study, a visual diary of your holiday, or just sheer creative pleasure - and learning to draw is quicker and easier than you think. This practical, concise guide encourages beginners with simple exercises and instruction in basic shapes and mark-making using... |
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Urban Sketching: The Complete Guide to Techniques
Thomas Thorspecken · Barron's Educational Series
Format: Book
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While most sketching guides leave the artist with static bowls of fruit and flower vases to develop their skill, Urban Sketching takes its inspiration from the living, breathing world around us! Contents include the nuts and bolts of sketching and drawing as well as a range of techniques... |
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Songs of the 1930s - The New Decade Series: E-Z Play Today Volume 363
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation · Hal Leonard Corporation
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback
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(E-Z Play Today) . Simplified E-Z Play Today versions of this collection of 100 of the biggest hits of the '30s. Songs include: April in Paris * Blue Moon * Caravan * Dancing in the Dark * Embraceable You * A Foggy Day (In London Town) * Georgia on My Mind * The Glory of Love * How Deep... |
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Peggy Seeger: A Life of Music, Love, and Politics
JEAN R FREEDMAN · UNIV OF ILLINOIS Press
Pages: 392
Format: Print book
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Born into folk music's first family, Peggy Seeger has blazed her own trail artistically and personally. Jean Freedman draws on a wealth of research and conversations with Seeger to tell the life story of one of music's most charismatic performers and tireless advocates. Here is the story... |
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The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal
Kathleen Smith · Perigee
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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Are You a Fangirl? * Do you survive boring classes or meetings by imagining your favorite TV couple making out? * Have you posted a lengthy diatribe on the Internet defending a fictional character? * Have you gotten carsick from reading fan fiction on your smartphone?... |
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