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I Too Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100
Wil Haygood · Rizzoli Electa Pages: 248 Format: Hardcover
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One hundred years after the Harlem Renaissance emerged as a creative force at the close of World War I, I Too Sing America offers a major survey on the visual art and material culture of the groundbreaking movement.It illuminates multiple facets of the era--the lives of its people, the art,... |
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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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Southern Splendor: Saving Architectural Treasures of the Old South
Marc R Matrana · University Press of Mississippi Pages: 404 Format: Hardcover
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Few things evoke thoughts and memories of the past more than a house from a bygone era, and few places are identified and symbolized more by historic dwellings than the American South. Plantation houses built with columned porticos and wide porches, stout chimneys, large rooms, and sweeping... |
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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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Cats in Art
DESMOND MORRIS · Reaktion Books Pages: 224 Format: Hardcover
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The cat - that most graceful, stubborn, and agile of animals - has been a favorite subject of artists the world over from prehistory to the modern day. A spectacular 7,000-year-old engraving in Libya depicts a catfight. Figures modeled by the Babylonians remind us of their belief that the souls... |
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Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism
Whitney Chadwick · Thames & Hudson Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating examination of the ambitions and friendships of a talented group of midcentury women artistsFarewell to the Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious, and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose backgrounds were often quite... |
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On Power
GENE SIMMONS · Dey Street Books Pages: 128 Format: Hardcover
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Gene Simmons, KISS front-man, multi-hyphenate entrepreneur, and master of self-invention, shares his philosophy on power - how to attain it, how to keep it, and how to harness it as a driving force in business and in life.YOU CAN HAVE POWER.YOU DESERVE TO HAVE POWER.GENE SIMMONS IS HERE... |
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Art of Renaissance Rome: Artists and Patrons in the Eternal City
John Marciari · Laurence King Publishing Pages: 224 Format: Hardcover
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John Marciari tells the story of the monuments, artists, and patrons of Renaissance Rome in this compelling book. In no other city is the ancient world so palpably present, and nowhere else is the mission of the church so evident. At the same time as the humanists sought to preserve and recreate... |
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Dressing Barbie
Carol Spencer · Harper Design Pages: 160 Format: Hardcover
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A legendary fashion designer for Barbie shares the story of her adventures working behind-the-scenes at Mattel, and spotlights the creations that transformed the world's most famous doll into a style icon in this beautifully designed book - published in commemoration of Barbie's sixtieth... |
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The Story of The Face: The Magazine that Changed Culture
Paul Gorman · Thames & Hudson Pages: 352 Format: Paperback
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A landmark publication offering a definitive overview of one of the most influential transatlantic magazines produced in the 1980s and 1990sLaunched by NME editor and Smash Hits creator Nick Logan in 1980, The Face became an icon of "style culture," the benchmark for the latest... |
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Tomb Raider: The Art and Making of the Film
Sharon Gosling · Titan Books Pages: 171 Format: Hardcover
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From Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Tomb Raider follows the treacherous journey of a young Lara Croft as she takes her first steps toward becoming a global hero. Academy Award(TM) winner Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, The Danish Girl) stars in the lead role,... |
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The Art of Drawing: Create Stunning Artworks Step by Step
Vivienne Coleman Coleman · Arcturus Publishing Pages: 208 Format: Print book
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Suitable for beginners and more experienced artists, The Art of Drawing covers a complete range of subject matter, from basic exercises in line and tone, to still life, landscapes, animals and human portraits. At every stage, the reader will be shown the stages of drawing and be inspired... |
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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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Movie Songs for Ukulele
HAL LEONARD. · Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Format: Paperback
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(Ukulele) . 25 silver screen favorites are featured in this ukulele collection: City of Stars * Evermore * Ghostbusters * Hallelujah * I Will Always Love You * Mrs. Robinson * Theme from "New York, New York" * Over the Rainbow * Somewhere Out There * Twist and Shout * The Wind... |
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