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Rethinking Andrew Wyeth
Katie Robinson Edwards · University of California Press
Format: Hardcover
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Andrew Wyeth is one of the best loved and most widely recognized artists in American history, yet for much of his career he was reviled by the art world’s critical elite. Rethinking Andrew Wyeth reevaluates Wyeth and his place in American art, trying to reconcile these two opposing... |
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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
John Lahr · W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography and Finalist for the National Book Award. The definitive biography of Americas greatest playwright from the celebrated drama critic of The New Yorker.John Lahr has produced a theater biography like no other. Tennessee Williams... |
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Nothing Is Lost: Selected Essays
Ingrid Sischy · Knopf
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover
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From the late editor, writer, and critic, one of the great chroniclers of the art, fashion, and celebrity scenes: an expansive collection of thirty-five essays that offer an intimate look into the worlds of some of the most important and well-known artists, designers, and actors of our time.
For... |
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Girl in a Band: A Memoir
Kim Gordon · Dey Street Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story - a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty... |
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Showstoppers!: The Surprising Backstage Stories of Broadway's Most Remarkable Songs
Gerald Nachman · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 408
Format: Paperback
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When Robert Preston shouted Ya got trouble in River City, when Carol Channing glided down a gilded staircase while waiters serenaded her with Hello, Dolly , when Barbra Streisand defied us to rain on her parade inFunny Girl, audiences were instantly enchanted. After such indelible moments,... |
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Sting and The Police: Walking in Their Footsteps
Aaron J West · Rowman & Littlefield,
Pages: 162
Format: Print book
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During the 1980s, when pop icons like Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, and U2 reigned supreme, many regarded The Police as the biggest band in the world. Yet after only five albums - and at the peak of their popularity - The Police disbanded and Sting began a solo career that... |
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The Jewelry Recipe Book: Transforming Ordinary Materials into Stylish and Distinctive Earrings, Bracelets, Necklaces, and Pins
Nancy Soriano · Artisan Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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The Jewelry Recipe Book takes materials available at large craft stores (as well as specialty shops and artisan shops on Etsy) - beads, shrink plastic, leather, lace, pearls, sequins, polymer clay, yarn, and pinecones, to name a few - and transforms them into one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry.... |
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Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars
Camille Paglia · Pantheon; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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WIth full-color illustrations throughoutFrom the best-selling author of Sexual Personae and Break, Blow, Burn and one of our most acclaimed cultural critics, here is an enthralling journey through Western art’s defining moments, from the ancient Egyptian tomb of Queen Nefertari to George... |
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The Ballet Lover's Companion
Zoe Anderson · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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This engaging book is a welcome guide to the most successful and loved ballets seen on the stage today. Dance writer and critic Zoe Anderson focuses on 140 ballets, a core international repertory that encompasses works from the ethereal world of romantic ballet to the edgy, muscular works... |
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The Lyrics: Since 1962
Bob Dylan · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 961
Format: Print book
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A beautiful, comprehensive volume of Dylan's lyrics, from the beginning of his career through the present day - with the songwriter's edits to dozens of songs, appearing here for the first time.
Bob Dylan is one of the most important songwriters of our time, responsible for modern... |
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Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
Misty Copeland · Touchstone Books, published by Simon & Schuster
Pages: 278
Format: Print book
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Determination meets dance in this memoir by the history-making ballerina.In this instant New York Times bestseller, Misty Copeland makes history, telling the story of her journey to become the first African-American principal ballerina at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. But when... |
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Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s
Tom Doyle · Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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An illuminating look at the most tumultuous decade in the life of a rock icon—the only McCartney biography in decades based on firsthand interviews with the ex-Beatle himself. As the 1970s began, the Beatles ended, leaving Paul McCartney to face the new decade with only his wife Linda... |
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