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Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time Lords

JUSTIN RICHARDS · HARPERDESIGN
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

THE book the Time Lords (including the Doctor) read when studying at the Academy, the full-color in-world history that pieces together the true story of Gallifrey from the many and contradictory accounts that survived the Last Great Time War.Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time Lords tells...
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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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The Organic Artist: Make Your Own Paint, Paper, Pigments, Prints and More from Nature

Nick Neddo · Quarry Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

It's time to go back to basics! If you're interested in art, but find that it's becoming an increasingly expensive hobby, The Organic Artist is just the book for you! It encourages us all to return to those days when art was made with all-natural materials, such as charcoal...
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Uproot: Travels in 21st-Century Music and Digital Culture

Jace Clayton · Farrar
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

In 2001, Jace Clayton was an unknown DJ who recorded a three-turntable, sixty-minute mix called Gold Teeth Thiefand put it online to share with his friends. Within months, the mix became an international calling card, whisking Clayton away to a sprawling, multi-tiered nightclub in Zagreb,...
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Blind Spot

Teju Cole · Random House
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

In this innovative synthesis of words and images, the award-winning author of Open City and photography critic for The New York Times Magazine combines two of his great passions. "To look is to see only a fraction of what one is looking at. Even in the most vigilant eye, there is a blind...
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Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters: Inside His Films, Notebooks, and Collections

Guillermo del Toro · Insight Editions Incredib
Pages: 152
Format: Print book

The perfect companion piece to an enthralling new exhibition on the visionary work and fervent imagination of director Guillermo del Toro.In 2016, a new exhibit on the work of visionary director Guillermo del Toro will begin at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) , before moving...
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Jazz: The Iconic Images of Ted Williams

Ted Williams · ACC Editions
Pages: 349
Format: Print book

A monumental publication, Jazz is the definitive look at nearly thirty years of jazz musicUnique access as the history of jazz unfoldedFrom the smoky backstage dressing rooms of New York and Chicago's pioneering jazz clubs to the acclaimed Jazz festivals that flourished to enthrall...
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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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Inge Morath: On Style

Inge Morath · Abrams
Pages: 287
Format: Print book

Witty, playful, and effortlessly chic, Inge Morath: On Style reveals the vital forms of fashion and self-expression that blossomed into existence in England, France, and the United States in the postwar decades. The book follows the photojournalist Inge Morath (1923-2002) through intimate...
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Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America

Janet Borgerson · The MIT Press
Pages: 440
Format: Hardcover

The sleek hi-fi console in a well-appointed midcentury American living room might have had a stack of albums by musicians like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, or Patti Page. It was just as likely to have had a selection of LPs from slightly different genres, with such titles as Cocktail...
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Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of XTC

Andy Partridge · Jawbone Press
Pages: 408
Format: Print book

Complicated Game offers a unique insight into the work of one of Britain's most original and influential songwriters--Andy Partridge. It is also an unprecedentedly revealing and instructive guide to how songs and records are made.Developed from a series of interviews conducted over...
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The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of the Master Forgers

Noah Charney · Phaidon Press
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover

The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of the Master Forgers explores the stories, dramas and human intrigues surrounding the world's most famous forgeries - investigating the motivations of the artists and criminals who have faked great works of art, and in doing so conned...
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Doodle Art and Lettering with Joanne Sharpe: Inspiration and Techniques for Personal Expression

Joanne Sharpe · North Light Books
Pages: 144
Format: Book

Discover the Joy of Doodle Arts and Lettering and Create Your Own Exuberant Art Energize your soul and soothe your spirit with the fun and colorful doodle and lettering techniques inside Doodle Arts and Lettering With Joanne Sharpe. Using her popular, playful style, Joanne is back with...
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Yves Saint Laurent

Roxanne Lowit · Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A dazzling portrait of Yves Saint Laurent and his world of fashion over the last twenty-five years of his career, by legendary pioneer of backstage fashion photography, Roxanne LowitYves Saint Laurent is a name synonymous with style, elegance, and high fashion. When he came on the scene...
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