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Hal Leonard Piano for Kids: A Beginner's Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions

Jennifer Linn · Hal Leonard Corporation
Pages: 47
Format: Musical score

(Piano Method) . Piano for Kids is a fun, easy course that teaches children to play piano or keyboard faster than ever before. Popular songs such as: Let It Go, Beauty and the Beast, Over the Rainbow, Heart and Soul, We Will Rock You and more famous classical/folk tunes will keep kids motivated....
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Masterclass: Writing Comedy

Jonathan Shipley · Teach Yourself
Pages: 256
Format: eBook

"?Masterclass: Write Great Comedy will reveal to both beginners and experienced writers the distinctive features that mark out comedy from other forms of creative writing. Having identified these, it will help you then to unlock your inner anarchist, and explore the different elements...
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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...
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The Street Photographer's Manual

David Gibson · Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

A medium reliant on unexpected moments is now catapulted into the future with smart phones, digital technology, and specialty equipment Street photography has been around since the very first cameras were invented, producing some of the most poignant images of our time. Today, a wave of new technology...
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Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings

Anne-Marie S. Logan · Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format: Hardcover

Logan, Anne-Marie S., Rubens, Peter Paul, Plomp, Michiel
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Baltic: New and Old Recipes from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Simon Bajada · Hardie Grant
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Baltic showcases the unique culinary landscape of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Bringing the Baltic's answer to New Nordic to your kitchen, nearly seventy recipes celebrate this wholesome, creative and intensely seasonal cuisine. As well, stunning photography captures the colour and vibrancy...
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We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy

Caseen Gaines · Plume Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the wildly successful and beloved Back to the Future trilogy, just in time for the 30th anniversary Long before Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled through time in a flying DeLorean, director Robert Zemeckis, and his friend and writing partner Bob Gale,...
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Van Gogh and Music: A Symphony in Blue and Yellow

NATASCHA VELDHORST · Yale University Press
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover

"Ah! . . . to make of painting what the music of Berlioz and Wagner has been before us . . . a consolatory art for distressed hearts!" - Vincent van Gogh This engaging book is the first in-depth investigation of the influential role that music and sound played throughout Vincent...
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Modern Love Songs

Hal Leonard Corp. · Hal Leonard
Format: Book

PianoVocalGuitar Songbook. 27 recent hits, including Just a Kiss Lady Antebellum Just the Way You Are Bruno Mars Love Somebody Maroon 5 Marry Me Train No One Alicia Keys Ours Taylor Swift Stay Rihanna A Thousand Years Christina Perri Unconditionally Katy Perry Wanted Hunter Hayes...
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Movement for Actors

Nicole Potter · Allworth
Pages: 376
Format: Print book

In this updated rich resource for actors, renowned movement teachers and directors reveal the physical skills needed for the stage and the screen. Readers will gain remarkable insights into the physical skills and techniques used in a wide variety of performance styles through ready-to-use...
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Songs of the 1950s - The New Decade Series: E-Z Play Today Volume 365

Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. · Hal Leonard Corporation
Pages: 256
Format: Musical score

(E-Z Play Today) . Simplified E-Z Play Today versions of this collection of 100 of the biggest hits of the '50s. Songs include: Ain't That a Shame * All Shook Up * At the Hop * Be-Bop-A-Lula * Blue Suede Shoes * Blueberry Hill * Chantilly Lace * Come Go with Me * Don't Be Cruel...
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Pinterest Perfect!: Creative prompts & pin-worthy projects inspired by the artistic community of Pinterest

Jamielyn Nye · Walter Foster Publishing

Pinterest is one of the fastest-growing social media sites on the Internet -- especially among creative professionals and arts crafts enthusiasts. Beautifully designed to emulate the clean, elegant aesthetics of Pinterest that users recognize and love, Pinterest Perfect! features the artwork,...
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Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century

Nate Chinen · Pantheon
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From one of jazz's leading critics comes an invigorating, richly detailed portrait of the artists and events that have shaped the music of our time. Grounded in authority and brimming with style, here is the first book to take the measure of this exhilarating moment: a compelling argument...
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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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