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Release Me: My Life, My Words

Olivia Longott · A Mass Paper
Format: Book

From the day she discovered she had a voice that could touch millions, Olivia Longott put in long, hard hours in the studio, trying to achieve her dreams of R&B superstardom. With such royal talents, she fully deserved the title she was given as First Lady of J, the legendary Clive Davis's...
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Indigenous Pop: Native American Music from Jazz to Hip Hop

Jeff Berglund · The University of Arizona Press
Pages: 250
Format: Print book

Popular music compels, it entertains, and it has the power to attract and move audiences. With that in mind, the editors of Indigenous Pop showcase the contributions of American Indian musicians to popular forms of music, including jazz, blues, country-western, rock and roll, reggae, punk,...
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Garden Design: A Book of Ideas

Heidi Howcroft · Firefly Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Author Marianne Majerus was one of three photographers for the seminal book by Prince Charles, HRH The Prince of Wales, Highgrove: A Garden Celebrated, published in 2014, which Camilla Swift of Gardens Illustrated praised for its photographs, "images so breathtaking I want to jump...
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The Boston Raphael: A Mysterious Painting, an Embattled Museum in an Era of Change, and a Daughter's Search for the Truth

Belinda Rathbone · David R Godine
Format: Hardcover

The riveting story of a museum director caught in a web of local and international intrigue while secretly pursuing a forgotten Renaissance painting-the Boston Raphael.On the eve of its centennial celebrations in December, 1969, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts announced the acquisition of an unknown...
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Commercial Photographer's Master Lighting Guide: Food, Architectural Interiors, Clothing, Jewelry, More

Robert Morrissey · Amherst Media, Inc.,
Pages: 127
Format: Paperback

From lighting glass objects to photographing models indoors and out, this handbook demonstrates how to effectively use and control light using a variety of traditional and unconventional lighting equipment. Written by award-winning photographer Robert Morrissey for both the professional...
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Malformed: Forgotten Brains of the Texas State Mental Hospital

Adam Voorhes · Power House Books
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Hidden away out of sight in a forgotten storage closet deep within the bowels of the University of Texas State Mental Hospital languished a forgotten, but unique and exceptional, collection of 100 extremely rare, malformed, or damaged human brains preserved in jars of formaldehyde.Decades...
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Contemporary Broadway Vocal Duets: 31 Songs from 19 Musicals

Hal Leonard Corp. · Hal Leonard
Pages: 239
Format: Musical score

(Vocal Collection) . Duets for various combinations of voices from The Addams Family * Aida * Avenue Q * Bring It On * Ghost the Musical * In the Heights * Legally Blonde * The Lion King * Little Women * Memphis * Monty Python's Spamalot * Newsies the Musical * Once * Shrek the Musical...
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The Art of Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City & Arkham Knight

Daniel Wallace · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

This book is the first official look behind the scenes of one of the most critically acclaimed and bestselling video-game franchises of all time. Collecting the best character sketches, concept art, background paintings, and more from all three of Rocksteady Studios' Arkham games - Arkham...
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Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty

Elizabeth Mitchell · Atlantic Monthly Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable monuments in the world, a powerful symbol of freedom and the American dream. For decades, the myth has persisted that the statue was a grand gift from France, but now Libertys Torch reveals how she was in fact the pet project of one quixotic...
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Manhattan Classic: New York's Finest Prewar Apartments

Geoffrey Lynch · Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Book

The Dakota. The Apthorp. The San Remo. The names of these legendary New York apartment buildings evoke images of marble-lined lobbies, uniformed doormen, and sunlit penthouses with sweeping Central Park views. Built from the 1880s through 1930s, classic prewar apartments were designed to lure...
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