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John Wayne: The Life and Legend

Scott Eyman · Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Pages: 658
Format: Hardcover

John Wayne was one of Hollywood's most famous and most successful actors, but he was more than that. He became a symbol of America itself. He epitomized the Western film, which for many people epitomized America. He identified with conservative political causes from the early 1930s...
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Foundations in Comic Book Art: SCAD Creative Essentials

John Paul Lowe · Watson-Guptill

A comprehensive guide to creating and developing comic book and graphic novel art, from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) , one of the world's leaders in sequential arts instruction.Artists seeking a way to break into the exciting world of sequential art first need to master...
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Chickens

Ernest Goh · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Flaunting their high-fashion plumage, chickens strut and pose like runway models for photographer Ernest Goh. These birds, with their all-too-human expressions, are both funny and poignant, as if they are commenting on our own foibles. From the proud Serama of Malaysia to the delightfully...
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Modern Wedding Songs

Hal Leonard Corp. · Hal Leonard; 1 edition

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). 27 contemporary wedding requests, including: All of Me * Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not * God Gave Me You * I Choose You * Lost in This Moment * Love Someone * Marry Me * Marry You * Only You Can Love Me This Way * A Thousand Years * Who You Love * You and Me * You Are the Best...
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Just Us Girls: 48 Creative Art Projects for Mothers and Daughters to Do Together

Cindy Ann Ganaden · Quarry
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Explore and nurture your mother-daughter bond and create a keepsake that you'll cherish forever with Just Us Girls. This highly-illustrated craft and activity book includes 48 heartfelt, earth-friendly projects to make together. These projects include making: dolls, press books, wreaths,...
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Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft

Peter Held · University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

The Arizona State University Art Museum is renowned for its extensive and notable craft collection and features international acquisitions in wood, ceramic, and fiber. This book, edited by the museum's curators, uses the ASU collection to explore the idea of craft within a critical context,...
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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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