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Steve McCurry · Phaidon Press Limited
Pages: 207
Format: Print book

India explores the lives of everyday people in extraordinary settings through the lens of Steve McCurry, one of the most admired photographers working today. As featured on cnn.com.This new portfolio of emotive and beautiful photographs from India features 150 previously unpublished images...
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It Happened on Broadway: An Oral History of the Great White Way

Myrna Katz Frommer · Taylor Trade Publishing
Format: Kindle Edition

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The humorless ladies of border control : touring the punk underground from Belgrade to Ulaanbaatar

Franz Nicolay · New Press
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

In 2009, musician Franz Nicolay left his job in the Hold Steady, aka "the world's greatest bar band." Over the next five years, he crossed the world with a guitar in one hand, a banjo in the other, and an accordion on his back, playing the anarcho-leftist squats and DIY spaces...
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Painting Watercolour Sea & Sky the Easy Way

Terry Harrison · Search Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book

This book builds on the success of Terry Harrison's Sea & Sky in Watercolour, adding six new projects and plenty of new paintings. Terry's clear, no-nonsense advice takes the mystery out of painting clouds, clear skies, sunsets, foam bursts, breaking waves, rippled water, reflections,...
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The Art Nouveau Poster

Alain Weill · Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In July 1881, bill-posting became legal in Paris. The result was an explosion of creativity over three glorious decades recognised as the golden age of poster advertising, stirring together elements of new printing technology, William Morris' attempts to reconcile medieval artistry...
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The Color of Pixar

Tia Kratter · Chronicle Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Bold and beautiful, this volume presents hundreds of film stills from the Pixar archives in a glorious spectrum of color. Starting with bright white images and seamlessly flowing through the colors of the rainbow, it becomes crystal clear how each frame tells a story. Bound into a gorgeous...
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Collage, Paint, Draw: Explore Mixed Media Techniques and Materials

Sue Pelletier · North Light Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Collage, paint and draw to explore a new side of mixed-media art and go off the beaten path!Celebrate the day-to-day journey of life as you create imaginative mixed-media projects. In Collage, Paint Draw, you will learn how to use heart-felt images as a starting point to jump into the world...
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As Above, So Below: Art of the American Fraternal Society, 1850-1930

Lynne Adele · University of Texas Press, 2015.
Pages: 266
Format: Print book

"There's an inspiring and wacky solemnity in these organizations - high values reinforced through pageantry and performance in an ecumenical social setting - which deep down must also have been a whole lot of fun. Now it's as if that foundational Other America, that underpinning...
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Expressive Flower Painting: Simple Mixed Media Techniques for Bold Beautiful Blooms

LYNN WHIPPLE · Quarry Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Let your creativity bloom with Expressive Flower Painting!Flowers are one of the most common and beloved subjects for artists. And for new artists, it's almost always one of the first things someone tries to paint--center, petals, stem, voila! The painting exercises and the process shown...
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GoPro Cameras For Dummies

John Carucci · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Capture the action with your GoProThe world moves fast and you need a fast-moving camera if you want to capture your life on-the-go. The GoPro serves that need. This small but powerful camera is easy to hold, wear, or mount to capture video of high-speed adventures or leisurely strolls....
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Folk Art Fusion: A contemporary exploration of a traditional, time-treasured art form

Heather Galler · Walter Foster Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Discover how to create colorful, contemporary folk art with a modern twist! Folk Art Fusion explores the colorful combination of art styles present in modern folk art paintings. Learn how traditional folk art continues to influence today's painters, and discover how to create contemporary...
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Language of the Spirit: An Introduction to Classical Music

Jan Swafford · Basic Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

For many of us, classical music is something serious-something we study in school, something played by cultivated musicians at fancy gatherings. In Language of the Spirit, renowned music scholar Jan Swafford argues that we have it all wrong: classical music has something for everyone and is accessible...
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Another Little Piece of My Heart: My Life of Rock and Revolution in the '60s

Richard Goldstein · Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

"A deeply felt and largely compelling portrait of an age that indelibly marked everyone who took part in it. Indispensable for understanding the culture of the '60s and the music that was at its heart." - starred review, Kirkus ReviewsIn 1966, at the ripe age of 22, Richard...
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The New French Couture: Icons of Paris Fashion

Elyssa Dimant · HarperCollins US 2015.
Pages: 280
Format: Print book

With more than 175 color high-fashion photographs, this stunning, comprehensive, and authoritative handbook on modern French couture, covering the finest Parisian houses of couture - including Chanel, Dior, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, Lanvin, and more - and the creative directors who are redefining...
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