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Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir
Toni Braxton · It Books Format: Hardcover |
In this heartfelt memoir, six-time Grammy Award-winning artist and star of WE TVs reality hitBraxton Family Values, Toni Braxton writes about her personal life decisions and their impact on her health, family and career.While Braxton appears to be living a gilded life—selling 60 million... |
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Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain
Charles R. Cross · It Books; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover |
In Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain, Charles R. Cross, author of the New York Times bestselling Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven, examines the legacy of the Nirvana front man and takes on the question: why does Kurt Cobain still matter so much, 20 years after his death?Kurt... |
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The Sartorialist: X
Scott Schuman · Penguin Books Pages: 511 Format: Print book |
The third beautiful book from the original street-style blog In The Sartorialist: X, Scott Schuman pays homage to the unique style found on sidewalks and streets, as well as off the beaten path. From its start ten years ago as a New York street-style blog, The Sartorialist has become... |
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The World According to Star Wars
Cass R Sunstein · Dey Street Books Pages: 223 Format: Print book |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER#1 Washington Post Bestseller There's Santa Claus, Shakespeare, Mickey Mouse, the Bible, and then there's Star Wars. Nothing quite compares to sitting down with a young child and hearing the sound of John Williams's score as those beloved golden letters fill the screen.... |
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Cool Nail Art: 30 Step-by-Step Designs to Rock Your Fingers and Toes
Hannah Lee · Fons & Porter Format: Book |
Creative nails are the best accessory! Hannah Lee, creator of the popular YouTube Channel Hannah Rox Nails, shares more than thirty new nail designs in Cool Nail Art. With tips on how to prep your manicure, clear step-by-step instructions and easy-to-use tools, you can create fabulous nail... |
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The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style
Nelson George · HarperCollins Publishers Pages: 236 Format: Hardcover |
An authoritative history of the groundbreaking syndicated television show that has become an icon of American pop culture, from acclaimed author and filmmaker Nelson George, "the most accomplished black music critic of his generation" (Washington Post Book World).When it debuted... |
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Music
DK Publishing · Dorling Kindersley Pages: 480 Format: Hardcover |
Produced in association with the Smithsonian and including images from The National Music Museum in South Dakota, Music: The Definitive Visual History guides readers through the progression of music since its prehistoric beginnings, discussing not just Western classical music, but music... |
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Sports Illustrated Basketball's Greatest
Editors of Sports Illustrated · Sports Illustrated Format: Hardcover |
Whos the greatest center of all time, Wilt Chamberlain or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? Where does Shaquille ONeal land in the rankings? Would you pick Tim Duncan or Charles Barkley as the better power forward? Whos your best Sixth Man? Where does LeBron James rank among small forwards? Sports... |
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How to be an Illustrator
Darrel Rees · Laurence King Pages: 167 Format: Paperback |
This book offers practical help and guidance to aspiring illustrators. All areas of the job are covered - how to create a portfolio; the most effective ways to approach would-be clients; how to prepare for meetings and negotiate contracts; and how to handle, deliver, and bill a job. There... |
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs
Greil Marcus · Yale University Press Format: Hardcover |
Selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 that embody rock and roll as a thing in itself--in the story each song tells, inhabits, and creates in its legacy. |
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Experiencing Leonard Bernstein: A Listener's Companion
Kenneth LaFave · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Hardcover |
Leonard Bernstein is a household name. Most know him for his classic musical reworking of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as Broadway’s West Side Story. But Bernstein accomplished so much more as a composer, and his body of work is both broad and varied. He composed ballets (Fancy... |
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Majestic Hollywood: The Greatest Films of 1939
Mark A. Vieira · Running Press Format: Print book |
1939 was a watershed year. The Great Depression was barely over; economics, politics, and culture braced for war. There was a lull before the storm and Hollywood, as if expecting to be judged by posterity, produced a portfolio of masterpieces. No year before or since has yielded so many... |
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Free to Make: How the Maker Movement is Changing Our Schools, Our Jobs, and Our Minds
Dale Dougherty · North Atlantic Books Pages: 250 Format: Print book |
Dale Dougherty, creator of MAKE: magazine and the Maker Faire, provides a guided tour of the international phenomenon known as the Maker Movement, a social revolution that is changing what gets made, how it's made, where it's made, and who makes it. Free to Make is a call to join... |
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Bricks and Mortals: Ten Great Buildings and the People They Made
Tom Wilkinson · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Format: Hardcover |
Longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2014 We don't just look at buildings: their facades, beautiful or ugly, conceal the spaces we inhabit. We are born, work, love and die in architecture. We buy and sell it, rent it and squat in it, create and destroy it. These aspects of buildings... |
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Visions of Earth: National Geographic Photographs of Beauty, Majesty, and Wonder
National Geographic · National Geographic; 1 edition Format: Hardcover |
Visions of Earth raises a curtain on the wonders of the world and thrills us with natures opulence and humanitys splendor. Each image alone exposes a nugget of our planets magnificence the totality of the collection goes beyond our imagination. Turning the pages, viewers are struck by the richness... |
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