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WWE RAW: The First 25 Years

DEAN MILLER · DK
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

All the best moments of WWE RAWAn anniversary edition covering 25 years of WWE's flagship entertainment event, packed with all the highlights, amazing photography, and fascinating facts. From the very first show in January 1993 to January 2018, all the memorable moments, key matches,...
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The Mermaid Handbook: An Alluring Treasury of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects

CAROLYN TURGEON · Harper Design
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Answer the enchanting siren call of the mermaid with this comprehensive, lavishly illustrated and intricately designed one-of-a-kind lifestyle compendium from the editor in chief of Faerie Magazine and author of The Faerie Handbook and globally published novel Mermaid, packed with lore,...
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Monet and Architecture

Richard Thomson · National Gallery London
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

The first book to focus on Monet's work through his representation of architecture In an innovative approach, Richard Thomson considers Claude Monet's paintings of buildings in their environment, offering a reappraisal of an artist more often associated with landscapes, seascapes,...
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Print, Pattern, Sew: Block-Printing Basics Simple Sewing Projects for an Inspired Wardrobe

Jen Hewett · Roost Books
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Create bold block prints for a completely custom wardrobe--print fabrics, customize patterns, and sew garments that truly express your own style.This book offers: * Clear how-to instructions for carving motifs from soft blocks, plus 13 designs to get you started * A guide to printing...
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50 Impressionist Paintings You Should Know

INES JANET ENGELMANN · Prestel
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Now available in a new edition, this array of masterpieces by the luminaries of the Impressionist movement is the next best thing to viewing them in person.No artistic education is complete without a healthy dose of Impressionism. Here fifty of the most important works from the early nineteenth...
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How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers

SHARON ROSE · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

For anyone curious about the nuts and bolts of human ingenuity, How Things Are Made is a fascinating exploration of the process behind the manufacture of everyday items.What are bulletproof vests made of? How do manufacturers get lipstick into the tube? How many layers are there in an iPhone...
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Muscle Car Barn Finds: Rusty Road Runners, Abandoned AMXs, Crusty Camaros and More!

Ryan Brutt · Motorbooks
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

It's no secret among car collectors and enthusiast that the pursuit of "lost" cars is what drives many gearheads. Finding an abandoned, restorable car is one of the most common dreams among collectors and a touchstone for the hobby. Top shows like the Pebble Beach Concours...
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Drive: The Definitive History of Driving

Giles Chapman · DK
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

Charting the 130-years from the arrival of horseless carriages to the advent of driverless vehicles, celebrate the automobile and the romance of the open road.Beginning with the development of the first vehicles powered by an internal combustion engine, Drive explores the early glamour...
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The Fashion Designer's Textile Directory: A Guide to Fabrics' Properties, Characteristics, and Garment-Design Potential

GAIL BAUGH · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Here's the fabric and textile directory that fashion designers have been longing for! This book will help you find the fabrics that suit the affects you want to achieve, show you how the fabric will perform, and recommend ways of using it. This new edition has information that is key to industry...
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The Collage Ideas Book

ALANNAH MOORE · Ilex Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Collage allows your creativity to run riot. It lets you juxtapose disparate elements, styles and media against each other and create something entirely novel, bizarre, arresting, beautiful, ironic or unsettling. Old and new can be fused together; digital and handproduced can be combined....
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