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Another History of the Children's Picture Book: From Soviet Lithuania to India
GIEDRE JANKEVICIUTE · Tara Books
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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This book calls for a re-imagining of global picture book history: with the former Soviet Union at the centre of this narrative web. The result of an unusual collaboration between India and Lithuania, the book looks at two different global impacts of the Soviet picture book enterprise.... |
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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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The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s
Sarah Coffin · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Pages: 379
Format: Hardcover
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An exhilarating look at Art Deco design in 1920s America, using jazz as its unifying metaphor Capturing the dynamic pulse of the era's jazz music, this lavishly illustrated publication explores American taste and style during the golden age of the 1920s. Following the destructive years... |
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Grace Kelly: Hollywood Dream Girl
JAY JORGENSEN · Dey Street Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive visual biography of Grace Kelly's unforgettable Hollywood career, chronicled in 400 extraordinary black-and white and color photographs, including many never-before-seen."Mr. Hitchcock taught me everything about cinema. It was thanks to him that I understood that murder... |
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Hemingway's Havana: A Reflection of the Writer's Life in Cuba
Robert Wheeler · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Ernest Hemingway lived in Cuba for more than two decades, longer than anywhere else. He bought a home -- naming it the Finca Vigia -- with his third wife, Martha Gellhorn and wrote his masterpiece The Old Man and the Sea there. In Cuba, Papa Hemingway found a sense of serenity and enrichment... |
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Gainsborough: A Portrait
James Hamilton · Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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** Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times, Sunday Times and Observer **'Compulsively readable - the pages seem to turn themselves' John Carey, Sunday Times 'Brings one of the very greatest [artists] vividly to life' Literary Review Thomas Gainsborough lived as if electricity... |
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Ukulele for Beginners: How to Play Ukulele in Easy-to-Follow Steps
WILL GROVE-WHITE · Cassell
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
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This is the definitive guide to the ukulele: learn how to play, the history of the uke, chords to learn, songs to strum, beginner and advanced techniques, famous pluckers and much, much more... This all-encompassing guide is written by Will Grove-White, a member of the world-renowned... |
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US Open: 50 Years of Championship Tennis
United States Tennis Association · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Timed to coincide with the US Open's 50th anniversary, this exquisitely produced book celebrates the most electrifying event in tennis. All of the key moments and unforgettable personalities from the competition's 50-year history are brought to life by vibrant, exclusive photography. This... |
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Painting with Bob Ross: Learn to paint in oil step by step!
WALTER FOSTER CREATIVE TEAM. · Walter Foster Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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Painting with Bob Ross - with artwork created by Bob Ross himself - introduces artists and Bob Ross fans to the basics of painting landscapes with his specially formulated oil paints, brushes, basecoats, and other tools. Everyone will enjoy Painting with Bob Ross, as his "happy accidents"... |
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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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London in Paint
Lee Cheshire · Tate Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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London is one of the world's most popular cities, and its hustle and bustle, changing landscape, and infinite sights have provided a rich subject for many artists. Their representations are fascinatingly diverse. From recognizable views of the River Thames, St. Paul's, and Tower... |
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I Love My Selfie
Ilan Stavans · Duke University Press
Pages: 152
Format: Print book
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What explains our current obsession with selfies? In I Love My Selfie noted cultural critic Ilan Stavans explores the selfie's historical and cultural roots by discussing everything from Greek mythology and Shakespeare to Andy Warhol, James Franco, and Pope Francis. He sees selfies... |
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