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AC/DC: Album by Album
Martin Popoff · Voyageur Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Formed in 1973, AC/DC became one of the most popular and bestselling bands in rock history with their no-frills approach to loud, heavy, and sweat-drenched blues-based rock music. This new book from prolific rock journalist Martin Popoff pays tribute to the band's discography by moderating... |
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John Wayne: The Life and Legend
Scott Eyman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 658
Format: Book
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Drawing on interviews that author Scott Eyman conducted with John Wayne before his death and more than 100 interviews with the actor's family, co-stars, and close associates, this revelatory biography shows how both the facts and fictions about Wayne illuminate his singular life.John Wayne... |
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Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis
Robert M. Edsel · W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestseller A poignant, fascinating story, bringing to life the soldier-scholars who saved Italys treasures.Evan Thomas, best-selling author of Ikes Bluff and Sea of Thunder When Hitlers armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankinds greatest cultural... |
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Underwater Puppies
Seth Casteel · Little, Brown
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author and photographer Seth Casteel's follow-up to the phenomenal Underwater Dogs -- now with puppies.The world fell in love with swimming canines in Seth Casteel's first book, Underwater Dogs. Now, in more than 80 previously unpublished portraits of underwater... |
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A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia
Sherryl Woods · MIRA
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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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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Army: An Illustrated History
Chester Hearn · Zenith Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Get the complete story on the largest, oldest, and longest-serving branch of the US military.From the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary to the "Coalition of the Willing" in today's Iraq War, the United States Army has fulfilled its solemn charge for the past... |
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Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar
Brad Tolinski · Doubleday Canada
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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By a pair of veteran music writers, an unprecedented history of the electric guitar, its explosive impact on music and culture, and the people who brought it to life For generations the electric guitar has been an international symbol of freedom, danger, rebellion, and hedonism. In Play... |
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Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyonce. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl.
Evelyn McDonnell · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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A stellar and unprecedented celebration of 104 musical artists, WOMEN WHO ROCK is the most complete, up-to-date history of the evolution, influence, and importance of women in music. A gorgeous gift book, it includes a stunning, specially commissioned, full-color illustrated portrait of every... |
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American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell
Deborah Solomon · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Welcome to Rockwell Land, writes Deborah Solomon in the introduction to this spirited and authoritative biography of the painter who provided twentieth-century America with a defining image of itself. As the star illustrator of The Saturday Evening Post for nearly half a century, Norman... |
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Smart Textiles for Designers: Inventing the Future of Fabrics
Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman · Laurence King Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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We are on the cusp of a revolution, where the intersection of technology, the human body, and everyday objects will become completely seamless. Smart textiles are a key part of this revolution.Smart Textiles for Designers introduces the different qualities and properties that can be embedded... |
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Music for Life: Music Participation and Quality of Life of Senior Citizens
C Victor Fung · Oxford University Press
Pages: 323
Format: Print book
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Music for Life: Music Participation and Quality of Life of Senior Citizens presents a fresh, new exploration of the impact of musical experiences on the quality of life of senior citizens, and charts a new direction in the facilitation of the musical lives of people of all ages. Authors... |
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Behind the Curtain: An Insider's View of Jay Leno's Tonight Show
Dave Berg · Pelican Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Jay Leno's Tonight Show comes alive in this book by insider Dave Berg, who spent 18 years as Jay's co-producer. There were always two shows: the one on stage and the one behind the curtain. This narrative weaves both together, featuring the show's most legendary moments, including... |
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