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ROOTS, RADICALS AND ROCKERS
BILLY BRAGG · Faber & Faber
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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"A remarkable history of skiffle.... Bragg impresses throughout with engaging prose and painstaking research. He further enlivens the text with personal insights and witty asides that give the material a unique cast few professional writers would dare.... an accomplished work."... |
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Chuck D Presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History
Chuck D · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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A comprehensive, chronological survey of rap and hip hop from 1973 to the present by Chuck D, arguably the most influential rapper in the world.In the more than 40 years since the days of DJ Kool Herc and "Rapper's Delight," hip hop and rap have become a billion-dollar worldwide... |
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This Land: An American Portrait
Jack Spencer · University of Texas Press
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover
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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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Victoria
Helen Rappaport · Harper Design
Pages: 300
Format: Print book
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The official companion to the Masterpiece presentation on PBS, Victoria delves into the private writings of the young Queen Victoria, painting a vivid picture of the personal life of one of England's greatest monarchs. From the producers of Poldark and Endeavour, ITV's Victoria follows... |
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Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing
SELWYN LEAMY · Laurence King Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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This book demystifies the art and practice of drawing. Through fifty drawings by great masters past and present, the techniques and ideas behind their master sketches will put you on the path to making your own great drawings.The entries also feature exercises with step-by-step instructions... |
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Counting Down the Beatles: Their 100 Finest Songs
Jim Beviglia · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 218
Format: Hardcover
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The Beatles loom large over the musical landscape even now that nearly a half-century has passed since the four men from Liverpool played their last notes together. While the story of their stunning rise and brief but brilliant time together on top of the pop music world is undoubtedly... |
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Cabaret FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Broadway and Cinema Classic
June Skinner Sawyers · Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
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(FAQ) . The book features chapters on Jean Ross and Christopher Isherwood the real people behind the singular characters of Sally Bowles and Clifford Bradshaw/Brian Roberts and includes background information on the original source material, Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin stories and the first... |
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100 Songs
Bob Dylan · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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"Dylan remains the rare singer whose work is worth reading on the page. His words are consistently funny, alive to the sound of language, and of course appealingly cryptic." - The New York Times Book Review A new collection of Bob Dylan's most essential lyrics - one hundred songs... |
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Ungrateful Mammals
Dave Eggers · Abrams
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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Eggers is one of the most notable writers of his generation, recognized for such bestsellÂing and critically acclaimed books as A Hologram for the King, What Is the What, and The Circle. Before he embarked on his writing career, Eggers was classically trained as a draftsman and painter.... |
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Folk Art Fusion: A contemporary exploration of a traditional, time-treasured art form
Heather Galler · Walter Foster Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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Discover how to create colorful, contemporary folk art with a modern twist! Folk Art Fusion explores the colorful combination of art styles present in modern folk art paintings. Learn how traditional folk art continues to influence today's painters, and discover how to create contemporary... |
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Shakespeare's Ear: Dark, Strange, and Fascinating Tales from the World of Theater
Tim Rayborn · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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Shakespeare's Ear presents dark and sometimes funny pieces of fact and folklore that bedevil the mostly unknown history of theater. All manner of skullduggery, from revenge to murder, from affairs to persecution, proves that the drama off-stage was just as intense as any portrayed on it. The stories... |
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Junk Type: Typography - Lettering - Badges - Logos
Bill Rose · Universe
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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A graphic compendium of vintage American design and typography. Junk Type is a project driven by the passion of one man to document a disappearing aspect of American culture. Bill Rose - aka Recapturist - is a photographer and designer who has spent the last decade traveling across America... |
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Expressive Flower Painting: Simple Mixed Media Techniques for Bold Beautiful Blooms
LYNN WHIPPLE · Quarry Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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Let your creativity bloom with Expressive Flower Painting!Flowers are one of the most common and beloved subjects for artists. And for new artists, it's almost always one of the first things someone tries to paint--center, petals, stem, voila! The painting exercises and the process shown... |
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Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney's Animation
MINDY JOHNSON · Disney Editions
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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From the earliest origins of animated imagery, the colorful link between paper and screen was created by legions of female artists working on the slick surface of celluloid sheets. With calligraphic precision and Rembrandtesque mastery, these women painstakingly brought pencil drawings... |
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A Day with Claude Monet in Giverny
ADRIEN GOETZ · Flammarion
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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This beautiful slipcased volume offers an intimate tour inside Monet's home and through the idyllic Giverny garden that inspired his most iconic paintings. Monet first spotted the village of Giverny from the window of a train and then relocated to the rural haven outside Paris in 1883.... |
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