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Naptime with Joey

Laura Izumikawa · Gallery Books
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

From viral Instagram sensation, lifestyle photographer, and mommy blogger Laura Izumikawa (@LauraIz) comes Naptime with Joey, a ridiculously delightful photo book of her now internet-famous daughter dressed up in various pop culture costumes - a perfect gift for new parents everywhere.Lights,...
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Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Mabel Wilson · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 142
Format: Print book

Rising on the National Mall next to the Washington Monument, the National Museum of African American History and Culture is a tiered bronze beacon inviting everyone to learn about the richness and diversity of the African American experience and how it helped shape this nation. Begin with...
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Strong Is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves

Kate T. Parker · Workman Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Girls being fearless. Girls being silly. Girls being wild, stubborn, and proud. Girls whose faces are smeared with dirt and lit up with joy. So simple and yet so powerful, Strong Is the New Pretty celebrates, through more than 175 memorable photographs, the strength and spirit of girls...
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Drawing Cute Birds in Colored Pencil

Ai Akikusa · Quarry Books
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Learn how to draw your favorite feathered friends!It's one thing to watch birds fly around outside your window. It's another thing to be able to draw the cutest ones! Drawing Cute Birds in Colored Pencil offers simple step-by-step drawing instructions that help you to learn how to draw...
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Joe Bonamassa - Blues Of Desperation

Joe Bonamassa · Hal Leonard
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

(Guitar Recorded Versions) . All 11 songs from the 2016 album release by this popular modern blues guitarist in standard notation and tab. Includes: Blues of Desperation * Distant Lonesome Train * Drive * How Deep This River Runs * Livin' Easy * Mountain Climbing * No Good Place for the Lonely...
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Art Without Waste: 500 Upcycled & Earth-Friendly Designs

Patty K Wongpakdee · Rockport Publishers
Format: Book

Art Without Waste features 500 upcycled and Earth-friendly designs from cutting-edge designers, illustrators and artists around the world. With a broad scope of alternative uses for discarded items, such as bottle caps, gas cans, and skateboards, the designs featured in this book also explore...
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Go Big or Go Home: The Journey Toward the Dream

Scotty Mccreery · Zondervan
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

It was just a simple singing competition that would be fun to audition for. Who knew what kind of doors it might open for a sixteen-year-old from Garner, North Carolina. Go Big or Go Home is the story of a kid with country songs in his soul. The special thing with Scotty McCreery, however,...
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Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth: Inside the Creation of a Modern Fairy Tale

Mark Cotta Vaz · Harper Design
Pages: 153
Format: Print book

Discover the dark secrets of Guillermo del Toro's masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth, in this thrilling exploration of the film's creation.Released in 2006, Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth was hailed as a dark, thrilling masterpiece and announced the filmmaker as a major...
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TV

Alan Sepinwall · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

Is The Wire better than Breaking Bad? Is Cheers better than Seinfeld? What's the best high school show ever made? Why did Moonlighting really fall apart? Was the Arrested Development Netflix season brilliant or terrible?For twenty years-since they shared a TV column at Tony Soprano's hometown...
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Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music

ANN POWERS · Dey Street Books
Pages: 418
Format: Hardcover

In this sweeping history of popular music in the United States, NPR's acclaimed music critic examines how popular music shapes fundamental American ideas and beliefs, allowing us to communicate difficult emotions and truths about our most fraught social issues, most notably sex and race.In...
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Labyrinth : the ultimate visual history

Paula M Block · Insight Editions Incredib
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

"Labyrinth: The Ultimate Visual History" is the definitive thirtieth-anniversary exploration of the beloved Jim Henson classic, featuring rare artwork, interviews, and on-set photos. Three decades after its release, "Labyrinth, " starring Jennifer Connelly and David...
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Bridges: A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans

Judith Dupre · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

From the best-selling author of Skyscrapers comes the much-anticipated revised edition of her magnificent chronological tour of the world's most significant and eye-popping spans, now in color and bigger than ever. This visual history of the world''s landmark bridges is thoroughly...
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India

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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Artist's painting techniques

Dk Publishing. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Artist's Painting Techniques is your practical guide to learning how to bring out your inner artist with a wide range of painting styles, whether you want to learn how to use acrylics, watercolors, or oil paints.With progression in mind, this master class will teach you the basic principles...
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A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia

Sherryl Woods · MIRA
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Part memoir, part oral history, #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods gives us a rare and intimate look at Colonial Beach, Virginia.Rich in narrative history and local color, A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia is an homage to the town of Sherryl Woods's summers,...
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Menswear Illustration

Richard Kilroy · Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Print book

The first book devoted to the most versatile and creative talents in contemporary men’s fashion illustration The global interest in menswear has exploded in recent years as the discerning man, whatever his style, looks to express himself through fashion. As a result the industry...
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Maestros and Their Music: The Art and Alchemy of Conducting

John Mauceri · Knopf
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

An exuberant, uniquely accessible, beautifully illustrated look inside the enigmatic art and craft of conducting, from a celebrated conductor whose international career has spanned half a century. John Mauceri brings a lifetime of experience to bear in an unprecedented, hugely informative,...
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