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Everyday Chic: My Secrets for Entertaining, Organizing, and Decorating at Home

Molly Sims · Dey Street Books
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Molly Sims shares her secrets for effortless entertaining, feeding friends and family, and making your house a home - with just the right amount of her signature supermodel style. Once upon a time, Molly Sims was a single girl who stored cashmere sweaters...
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This Land: An American Portrait

Jack Spencer · University of Texas Press
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover

Jarred by the 9/11 attacks, photographer Jack Spencer set out in 2003 "in hopes of making a few 'sketches' of America in order to gain some clarity on what it meant to be living in this nation at this moment in time." Across thirteen years, forty-eight states, and eighty thousand...
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The Lyrics: Since 1962

Bob Dylan · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 961
Format: Print book

A beautiful, comprehensive volume of Dylan's lyrics, from the beginning of his career through the present day - with the songwriter's edits to dozens of songs, appearing here for the first time.Bob Dylan is one of the most important songwriters of our time, responsible for modern classics...
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Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, 1250-1743

Ross King · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 708
Format: Hardcover

This is the most comprehensive book on the paintings and frescoes of Florence ever undertaken, with nearly 2,000 beautifully reproduced artworks from the city's great museums and churches-produced in the same manner as BD&L's The Louvre and The Vatican.
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Digital Photography: An Introduction, 5th Edition

Tom Ang · DK
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Learn how to capture, enhance, and transform your digital photographs taken with any camera, from phones to DLSRs with renowned photographer and teacher Tom Ang.This comprehensive photography companion shows you everything you need to do to start taking exquisite photographs with digital...
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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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King of Jazz: Paul Whiteman's Technicolor Revue

James Layton · Media History Press
Pages: 303
Format: Print book

King of Jazz: Paul Whiteman's Technicolor Revue tells the story of the making, release, and restoration of Universal's 1930 Technicolor musical extravaganza King of Jazz. Authors James Layton and David Pierce have uncovered original artwork, studio production files, behind-the-scenes...
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Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter's Eye

Mary Morton · University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover

Though largely out of the public eye for more than a century, Gustave Caillebotte (1848-94) has come to be recognized as one of the most dynamic and original artists of the impressionist movement in Paris. His paintings are favorites of museum-goers, and recent restoration of his work has revealed...
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Audrey: The 50s

David Wills · HarperCollins
Pages: 231
Format: Print book

A stunning photographic compilation showcasing Audrey Hepburn's iconic career in the 1950s - the decade that solidified her place as one of the world's greatest stars in film and fashion.Devoted to her most influential decade, Audrey: The 50s brings together in one volume the allure...
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Dear Evan Hansen

Steven Levenson · Theatre Communications Group
Pages: 165
Format: Paperback

"The musical finds endless nuances in the relationships among its characters, and makes room for some leavening humor, too. . . . it should also appeal to just about anyone who has ever felt, at some point in life, that he or she was trapped 'on the outside looking in,' as one lyric...
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Pop Trash: The Amazing Art of Jason Mecier

Jason Mecier · Chronicle Books
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Artist Jason Mecier creates insanely detailed portraits of celebrities using trash, candy, and other items, crafting sculptural celebrations as beautiful as they are outrageous. Here is Amy Sedaris assembled from her own trash, David Bowie made out of cosmetics and feathers, Snoop Dogg...
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One World Trade Center: Biography of the Building

Judith Dupre · Little, Brown
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

The definitive book about One World Trade Center--the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere--by the author of the iconic and best-selling Skyscrapers.In hundreds of photographs, drawings, and plans-most never seen by the public-Judith Dupré chronicles the rise of America's most...
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The Complete Book of Drawing Projects

Barrington Barber · Sirius
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

In this drawing workbook, Barrington Barber presents 100 subjects for artists to try their hand at. Each drawing is broken down into four easy-to-follow steps plus a final, finished drawing, and concise captions describe the drawing process at each stage. Subjects range from objects around...
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View From Above: An Astronaut Photographs the World

TERRY VIRTS · National Geographic
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

This majestic National Geographic photography book offers a spectacular view of Earth from outer space, featuring aerial imagery taken from the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Terry Virts.Few people get the experience of seeing the world from outer space - and no one has taken...
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