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Shoot from the Heart: Successful Filmmaking from a Sundance Rebel

Diane Bell · Michael Wiese Productions
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback

If you dream of making a movie but don't know where to start or you're afraid that your film will end up being yet another unseen indie, this is the book for you.Based on the real-life experiences of Sundance award-winning screenwriter/director Diane Bell, SHOOT FROM THE HEART will...
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Burning Desire - Jimi Hendrix: The Jimi Hendrix Experience through the Lens of Ed Caraeff

Ed Caraeff · Acc Art Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

* Rare and unseen photos of Jimi Hendrix including 100 black-and-white and color images including the greatest rock-and-roll image of all time: Hendrix burning his guitar on-stage at the Monterey International Pop Music Festival* Exclusive backstage shots* Immortalizes Hendrix's...
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The Voice Exercise Book: A Guide to Healthy and Effective Voice Use

Jeannette Nelson · Nick Hern Books
Pages: 172
Format: Paperback

The Head of Voice at the National Theatre shares the voice exercises she uses with many of Britain's leading actors.
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A Mad Love: An Introduction to Opera

Vivien Schweitzer · Basic Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century
There are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera-and few that are as daunting for newcomers. A Mad Love offers a spirited and indispensable tour of opera's eclectic past and present, beginning...
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Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon

Maxine Gordon · University of California Press
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover

Sophisticated Giant presents the life and legacy of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon (1923-1990) , one of the major innovators of modern jazz. In a context of biography, history, and memoir, Maxine Gordon has completed the book that her late husband began, weaving his "solo"...
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The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece

Jay Scarfone · Lyons Press
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover

The Road to Oz is a complete retelling of how The Wizard of Oz was influenced and created, and attained its iconic status. The new volume by Jay Scarfone and William Stillman will reflect recent research and much more through newly discovered period interviews, media resources of the era,...
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Beginning Pastel: Tips & techniques for learning to draw & paint in pastel

PAUL PIGRAM · WALTER FOSTER PUB
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Beginning Pastel is the perfect resource for artists just getting started in this colorful medium.Beginning Pastel guides beginning artists through an exploration of pastel techniques and step-by-step projects for a comprehensive and approachable overview of this colorful medium. From choosing...
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Everybody Had an Ocean: Music and Mayhem in 1960s Los Angeles

William McKeen · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Los Angeles in the 1960s gave the world some of the greatest music in rock 'n' roll history: "California Dreamin'" by the Mamas and the Papas, "Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds, and "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys, a song that magnificently summarized the joy and beauty...
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Leonardo: A Mind in Motion

Juliana Barone · British Library Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Written by leading Leonardo experts from London and Florence, and accompanying a major British Library exhibition, this fascinating new book reveals the central importance of motion in Leonardo's art and thought. Large-scale reproductions of Leonardo's handwritten notes include...
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The Ultimate Guide to Vinyl and More: All You Need to Know About Collecting Essential Music, from Cylinders and CDs to LPs and Tapes

DAVE THOMPSON · Backbeat Books
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

(Book) . An in-depth and comprehensive guide to and history of music collecting, The Ultimate Guide to Vinyl and More traces the hobby from its beginnings over a century ago. The book features informative and entertaining sections on every significant format in which recorded music has been...
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Celestial Bodies: How to Look at Ballet

Laura Jacobs · Basic Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A distinguished dance critic offers an enchanting introduction to the art of balletAs much as we may enjoy Swan Lake or The Nutcracker, for many of us ballet is a foreign language. It communicates through movement, not words, and its history lies almost entirely abroad-in Russia, Italy,...
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Annie Leibovitz: Photographs, 1970-1990

Annie Leibovitz · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover

From Personal Private Collection. 1991 First Edition stated. Has no creases or marks on cover, spine as 1 dent on spine. Binding is good and tight, pages are clean and intact, No shelve wear on cover. No writing inside book. DJ has bumps on corners and 1 tear on front & 1 on back at top of spine....
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