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The Weegee Guide to New York: Roaming the City with its Greatest Tabloid Photographer

Philomena Mariani · Prestel
Format: Hardcover

Take a walk with Weegee and discover New York City through the eyes of its most unflinching chronicler. During his storied career as the quintessential New York photojournalist, Weegee explored the citys least glamorous pockets, depicting brutal crimes, horrific accidents, tenement dwellers,...
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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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The House with Sixteen Handmade Doors: A Tale of Architectural Choice and Craftsmanship

Henry Petroski · W W Norton
Pages: 297
Format: Hardcover

An architectural whodunit that unlocks the secrets of a hand-built home. When Henry Petroski and his wife Catherine bought a charming but modest six-decades-old island retreat in coastal Maine, Petroski couldn't help but admire its unusual construction. An eminent expert on engineering,...
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I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the Music That Shaped the Civil Rights Era

Greg Kot · Scribner, 2014.
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback

"A biography that will send readers back to the music of Mavis and the Staple Singers with deepened appreciation and a renewed spirit of discovery" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) - from an acclaimed music journalist and author.This is the untold story of living legend Mavis...
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Gardens at First Light

Stacy Bass , · athome Books
Format: Hardcover

Celebrated garden photographer Stacy Bass has long called daybreak her true muse. For her second book, the award-winning artist went behind the gates of a dozen private gardens in the Northeast to capture these incredible landscapes in the most enchanting light of day. She’s curated...
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Picturing Wright: An Album from Frank Lloyd Wright's Photographer

Pedro E. Guerrero , · The Monacelli Press; Updated edition
Format: Hardcover

No photographer during renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s lifetime was granted as much personal and professional access as his official photographer, Pedro E. Guerrero, who spent 20 years shooting Wright’s work, his homes and many key moments in his life.   Picturing...
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Glamour, Gidgets, and the Girl Next Door: Television's Iconic Women from the 50s, 60s, and 70s

Herbie J Pilato · Taylor Trade Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Glamour, Gidgets, and the Girl Next Door is the latest creation from entertainment biographer and pop culture consultant Herbie J Pilato. Based on exclusive celebrity interviews, this book runs the gamut of female television legends, from Donna Douglas (who played Elly May Clampett on The Beverly...
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Leningrad: Siege and Symphony: The Story of the Great City Terrorized by Stalin, Starved by Hitler, Immortalized by Shostakovich

Brian Moynahan · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 542
Format: Hardcover

Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier, the Germans had begun their blockade of the city. Already many thousands...
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Craftsman Farms

Heather E. Stivison · Arcadia Publishing

Craftsman Farms was the country estate of the father of the American Arts and Crafts movement, Gustav Stickley. Though Stickley is credited with creating hundreds of home designs, this property contains the only home he designed and built for his own use. His rustic log house was built...
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