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Picturing Children

Marian Wright Edelman · D Giles Limited 2016.
Pages: 64

Volume four in the Double Exposure series features a diverse selection of photographs of children: spontaneous records of intimate family moments, playtime, and communal activities, as well as posed portraits. Photographers include Henry Clay Anderson, Wayne F. Miller, Joe Schwartz, Jamel...
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Why the Romantics Matter

Peter Gay · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

With his usual wit and élan, esteemed historian Peter Gay enters the contentious, long-standing debates over the romantic period. Here, in this concise and inviting volume, he reformulates the definition of romanticism and provides a fresh account of the immense achievements of romantic...
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The Model's Bible

R C Lane · RC Lane
Pages: 111
Format: Print book

The Model's Bible is a straight forward insider's guide on how to break into and more importantly, succeed in creating a lucrative career as a model in the fashion industry today. The Model's Bible will help you develop a strategic plan to get you signed with an agency and begin...
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Age of bowie

Paul Morley · Gallery Books
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

Author and industry insider Paul Morley explores the musical and cultural legacies left behind by "The Man Who Fell to Earth."Respected arts commentator and author Paul Morley, an artistic advisor to the curators of the highly successful retrospective exhibition David Bowie is for the Victoria...
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Matthias Buchinger: "The Greatest German Living": By Ricky Jay Whose Peregrinations in Search of the "Little Man of Nuremberg" are Herein Revealed

Ricky Jay · Siglio
Pages: 150
Format: Print book

Matthias Buchinger (1674-1739) performed on more than a half-dozen musical instruments, some of his own invention. He exhibited trick shots with pistols, swords and bowling. He danced the hornpipe and deceived audiences with his skill in magic. He was a remarkable calligrapher specializing...
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In the Name of Gucci: A Memoir

Patricia Gucci · Crown Pub
Pages: 304
Format: Book

The gripping family drama and never-before-told love story surrounding the rise and fall of the late Aldo Gucci, the man responsible for making the legendary fashion label the powerhouse it is today, as told by his daughter. Patricia Gucci was born a secret: the lovechild whose birth could...
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Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession

Ian Bostridge · Knopf; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

An exploration of the worlds most famous and challenging song cycle, Schuberts Winter Journey Winterreise, by a leading interpreter of the work, who teases out the themes—literary, historical, psychological—that weave through the twenty-four songs that make up this legendary masterpiece.Completed...
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Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap

Scarface · It Books
Pages: 223
Format: Print book

From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Houston, and how he rose to the top-and ushered in a new generation of rap dominance. ?Scarface is the celebrated rapper whose hits include...
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Hear My Sad Story: The True Tales That Inspired "Stagolee," "John Henry," and Other Traditional American Folk Songs

Richard Polenberg · Cornell University Press
Pages: 293
Format: Print book

Read an excerpt and listen to the songs featured in the book at http://folksonghistory.com/In 2015, Bob Dylan said, "I learned lyrics and how to write them from listening to folk songs. And I played them, and I met other people that played them, back when nobody was doing it. Sang...
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Talk That Music Talk

Bruce Sunpie Barnes · University of New Orleans Press; Pap/Cdr edition
Format: Hardcover

Learning to play by ear is a unique part of becoming a musician in New Orleans. This life history and photography project explores the traditional methods of teaching brass band music in the city that gave birth to jazz. Through in-depth interviews, the bands, social and pleasure clubs,...
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Picture This: How Pictures Work

Molly Bang · Chronicle
Pages: 152

Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise is now revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary. Bang's powerful ideas - about how the visual composition of images works to engage the emotions, and how the elements of an artwork can give it the power to tell a story...
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