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Artists Under Hitler: Collaboration and Survival in Nazi Germany

Jonathan Petropoulos · Yale University Press; First Edition /First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

"What are we to make of those cultural figures, many with significant international reputations, who tried to find accommodation with the Nazi regime?" Jonathan Petropoulos asks in this exploration of some of the most acute moral questions of the Third Reich. In his nuanced analysis...
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Simple Songs - The Easiest Easy Piano Songs

Hal Leonard Corp. · Hal Leonard
Format: Musical score

Easy Piano Songbook. Play 50 of your favorite songs in the easiest of arrangements! Enjoy pop hits, Broadway showstoppers, movie themes, jazz standards, folk tunes, and classical melodies presented simply, with lyrics. Youll find something for everyone! Songs include Auld Lang Syne Beyond...
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Letters to His Family and Friends

T V Rimskai?a?-Korsakova · Amadeus
Pages: 440
Format: Book

(Amadeus) . Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov is one of Russia's great musical figures. Although largely self-taught, he became a professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and one of the famed "Mighty Handful" of Russian nationalist composers. Works like Scheherazade and Capriccio...
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Dirty Blvd.: The Life and Music of Lou Reed

Aidan Levy · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Lou Reed made it his mission to rub people the wrong way, whether it was with the noise rock he produced with the Velvet Underground in the late 1960s or his polarizing work with Metallica that would prove to be his swan song. On a personal level, too, he seemed to take pleasure in insulting...
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My Grandfather's Gallery: A Family Memoir of Art and War

Anne Sinclair · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A singular man in the history of modern art, betrayed by Vichy, is the subject of this riveting family memoirOn September 20, 1940, one of the most famous European art dealers disembarked in New York, one of hundreds of Jewish refugees fleeing Vichy France. Leaving behind his beloved Paris...
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Once Upon a Time in Shaolin: The Untold Story of Wu-Tang Clan's Million-Dollar Secret Album, the Devaluation of Music, and America's New Public Enemy No. 1

Cyrus Bozorgmehr · Flatiron Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of the world's most controversial album---a surreal tale of secret recordings, baffled customs agents, the world's most hallowed art institutions, and a villain of comic book proportions.In 2007, the innovative young Wu-Tang producer, Cilvaringz, took an incendiary idea...
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Whoniverse: An Unofficial Planet-by-Planet Guide to the World of the Doctor from Gallifrey to Skaro

Lance Parkin · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Doctor Who lovers, discover all there is to know about the travels of your favorite Time Lord, in all thirteen of his glorious incarnations. Fans will have their burning questions answered, including: What exactly is Trenzalore? Where did the Sontraans originate? Where was the Thousand-Day...
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The Art of Big Hero 6

Jessica Julius · Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Walt Disney Animation Studios' Big Hero 6 is the story of Hiro Hamada, a brilliant robotics prodigy who must foil a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo. This new title in our popular The Art of series, published to coincide with the movie's...
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Allen Klein: The Man Who Bailed Out the Beatles, Made the Stones, and Transformed Rock & Roll

Fred Goodman · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

The story of notorious manager Allen Klein, revealing new, behind-the-scenes details about some of the biggest rock bands in history Allen Klein was like no one the music industry had seen before. The hard-nosed business manager became infamous for allegedly catalyzing the Beatles'...
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Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs

Karl Buchberg · The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Format: Hardcover

Published in conjunction with the most comprehensive exhibition ever devoted to Henri Matisses paper cut-outs, made from the early 1940s until the artists death in 1954, this publication presents approximately 150 works in a groundbreaking reassessment of Matisses colorful and innovative...
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Legal Photography: A Complete Reference for Documenting Scenes, Situations, and Evidence for Civil Cases

Stan Sholik · Amherst Media
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

While the number of assignments available in many photographic specialties is decreasing, there are still relatively untapped growth areas for still photographers and videographers. One of these specialty fields is legal photography.Legal photography involves working closely with lawyers...
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Duel for the Crown: Affirmed, Alydar, and Racing's Greatest Rivalry

Linda Carroll · Gallery Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

From the moment they first galloped head-to-head in Saratoga Springs, the two chestnut colts showed they were the stuff of racing legend. Alydar, all muscle with a fearsome closing kick, was already the popular favorite to win the Kentucky Derby. Affirmed, deceptively laid-back streamlined...
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