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A Mouth Is Always Muzzled: Six Dissidents, Five Continents, and the Art of Resistance
Natalie Hopkinson · The New Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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As people consider how to respond to a resurgence of racist, xenophobic populism, A Mouth Is Always Muzzled tells an extraordinary story of the ways art brings hope in perilous times. Weaving disparate topics from sugar and British colonialism to attacks on free speech and Facebook activism... |
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Women of Will: Following the Feminine in Shakespeare's Plays
Tina Packer · Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the country's foremost experts on Shakespeare and theatre arts, actor, director, and master teacher Tina Packer offers an exploration - fierce, funny, fearless - of the women of Shakespeare's plays. A profound, and profoundly illuminating, book that gives us the playwright's... |
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Legendary Locals of Latrobe
Joseph A. Comm · Arcadia Publishing
Format: Print book
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Located at the base of the rolling hills of the Laurel Highlands, Latrobe is best known as the birthplace of childrens television pioneer Fred Rogers and golf legend Arnold Palmer. It is the home of Rolling Rock Beer, Pittsburgh Steelers training camp, and St. Vincent College. Latrobe has also... |
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Pearl Harbor Air Raid: The Japanese Attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet, December 7, 1941
Nicholas Veronico · Stackpole Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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Just in time for 75th anniversary commemorations of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, this latest addition offers a complete visual history of the attack, its aftermath, and the salvage efforts that followed. Over 300 photos - including many never before seen images of the salvage operation... |
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God Laughed: Sources of Jewish Humor
Hershey H. Friedman · Transaction Publishers
Format: Book
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Humor has had a profound effect on the way the Jewish people see the world, and has sustained them through millennia of hardships and suffering. God Laughed reviews, organizes, and categorizes the humor of the ancient Jewish texts—the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, and Midrash—in... |
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Strings Attached
Joanne Lipman · Hachette Books
Format: Print book
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STRINGS ATTACHED is a powerful memoir about resilience in the face of unspeakable tragedy, an inspiring and poignant tale of how one man transformed his own heartache into a legacy of joy for his students.His students knew Jerry Kupchynsky as "Mr. K" - the fierce, foot-stomping... |
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Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower: Artists' Books and the Natural World
Elisabeth R Fairman · Yale Univ. Press
Pages: 147
Format: Print book
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Highlighting an enduring interest in natural history from the 16th century to the present, this gorgeous book explores depictions of the natural world, from centuries-old manuscripts to contemporary artists' books. It examines the scientific pursuits in the 18th and 19th centuries that... |
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The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz
Chris Barsanti · Visible Ink Press; Second Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Once upon a time, science fiction was only in the future. It was the stuff of drive-ins and cheap double-bills. Then, with the ever-increasing rush of new, society-altering technologies, science fiction pushed its way to the present, and it busted out of the genre ghetto of science fiction... |
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The String Instrument Owner's Handbook
Michael J. Pagliaro · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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In The String Instrument Owner's Guide, Michael Pagliaro surveys the complete "ownership life cycle" of bowed string instruments. A touchstone work for uninitiated and advanced players, The String Instrument Owner's Guide provides a roadmap for every step of the owning... |
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The Little White Lies Guide to Making Your Own Movie: In 39 Steps
Little White Lies · Laurence King Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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Whether you're posting a clip on Facebook, making a presentation video, introducing yourself to others online, or just sending out a greeting to friends, today everyone is filmmaker.This book cuts away the jargon to offer a highly accessible, no-fuss guide to getting the best results... |
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Peacock & Vine: On William Morris and Mariano Fortuny
A S Byatt · Knopf
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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This ravishing book opens a window into the lives, designs, and passions of Mariano Fortuny and William Morris, two remarkable artists who themselves are passions of the writer A. S. Byatt. Born a generation apart in the mid-1800s, Fortuny and Morris were seeming opposites: Fortuny a Spanish... |
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