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Woodstock Live: 50 Years

Julien Bitoun · Cassell
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

A complete chronological account of Woodstock, hour by hour, performance by performance. Released to coincide with its 50th anniversary and with a foreword by festival co-founder, Michael Lang. Foreword by Woodstock co-founder, Michael Lang.3 days. 33 concerts. 2 deaths. 2 births. 500,000...
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The Joy of Photography

Eastman Kodak Company Staff · Addison-Wesley
Pages: 302
Format: Paperback

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Ray Bolger: More than a Scarecrow

Holly Van Leuven · Oxford University Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Best remembered for his role as the Scarecrow in the 1939 MGM musical The Wizard of Oz, Ray Bolger led a rich and extraordinary career in the decade before and more than four decades after the creation of the film. Ray Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow is the first biography of this classic...
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How to Build a Boat: A Father, His Daughter, and the Unsailed Sea

Jonathan Gornall · Scribner
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Part ode to building something with one's hands in the modern age, part celebration of the beauty and function of boats, and part moving father-daughter story, How to Build a Boat is a bold adventure.Once an essential skill, the ability to build a clinker boat, first innovated by the Vikings,...
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NYC Walks: Guide to New Architecture

John Hill · Prestel
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

The first-ever walking tour guide of New York City's stunning contemporary architecture showcases the most intriguing new buildings in the city.It can be hard to keep up with New York City's surge of cutting-edge architecture since the turn of the millennium. This portable, easy-to-use...
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Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897–1922

Margaret Sartor · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover

Self-taught photographer Hugh Mangum was born in 1877 in Durham, North Carolina, as its burgeoning tobacco economy put the frontier-like boomtown on the map. As an itinerant portraitist working primarily in North Carolina and Virginia during the rise of Jim Crow, Mangum welcomed into his temporary...
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Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste

Nolan Gasser · Flatiron Books
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover

From the chief architect of the Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind, body, and upbringing influence the music you love.Everyone loves music. But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful...
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The Ultimate History of the '80s Teen Movie: Fast Times at Ridgemont High ~ Sixteen Candles ~ Revenge of the Nerds ~ The Karate Kid ~ The Breakfast ... Poets Society ~ and Everything in Between

James King · Diversion Books
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback

A trip back to the era of troubled teens and awesome soundtracks; of Reagan, rap, and Ridgemont High; of MTV, VHS, and "Axel F"; of outsiders, lost boys, and dead poets; of Bill and Ted, Brooke Shields, and the Brat Pack; of three Porky's flicks, two Coreys, and one summer...
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Eating the Sun: Small Musings on a Vast Universe

Ella Frances Sanders · Penguin Books
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

A beautifully illustrated exploration of the principles, laws, and wonders that rule our universe, our world, and our daily lives, from the New York Times bestselling creator of Lost in TranslationHave you ever found yourself wondering what we might have in common with stars, or why the Moon...
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