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Send Something Beautiful: Fold, pull, print, cut, and turn paper into collectible keepsakes and memorable mail

Emily Hogarth · Walter Foster Publishing
Format: Book

In a digital age where apps, social media, and mobile devices rule our daily lives, the desire to send - and receive - personalized cards and gifts has never been more appealing. Send Something Beautiful allows individuals to break away from the chaotic world and engage in creating something...
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Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical

Christopher Trumbo · University Press of Kentucky
Format: Hardcover

James Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee. Refusing to answer questions about his prior involvement with the Communist...
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Body of Art

Phaidon Monica Kjellman-ChapinRobert ShaneDavid Trigg Phaidon · Phaidon Press, 2015.
Pages: 440
Format: Print book

The first book to celebrate the beautiful and provocative ways artists have represented, scrutinized and utilized the body over centuries.Body of Art is the first book to explore the various ways the human body has been both an inspiration and a medium for artists over hundreds of thousands...
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We Were Going to Change the World: Interviews with Women from the 1970s and 1980s Southern California Punk Rock Scene

Stacy Shotsberger Russo · Santa Monica Press
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback

The punk rock scene of the 1970s and '80s in Southern California is widely acknowledged as one of the most vibrant, creative periods in all of rock and roll history. And while several excellent books have done a commendable job of covering and examining the artists who contributed to the music...
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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons

DAVID A BOSSERT · Disney Editions
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was created in 1927 by Walt Disney and his team through twenty-six cartoon shorts. Not without fits and starts, the series and its impish title character were an instant hit with audiences. At the end of that initial run, Walt lost the contract to Oswald, which prompted...
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The Contemporaries: Travels in the 21st-Century Art World

Roger White · Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

Its been nearly a century since Marcel Duchamp exhibited a urinal and called it art. Since then, painting has been declared dead several times over, and contemporary art has now expanded to include just about any object, action, or event dance routines, slideshows, functional hair salons,...
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100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater

Sarah Ruhl · Faber & Faber
Format: Hardcover

Sarah Ruhl is a mother of three and one of America's best-known playwrights. She has written a stunningly original book of essays whose concerns range from the most minimal and personal subjects to the most encompassing matters of art and culture. The titles themselves speak to the volume's...
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Concrete

Leonard Koren · Phaidon Press
Pages: 375
Format: Hardcover

A visual exploration of the world's most extraordinary and inspiring concrete architecture - in a stylish and compact format."Yes, concrete can be cold and imposing - but as the structures in the book attest, it can also be colourful, playful, and delicate." - Wall Street...
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First 50 Pop Hits You Should Play on the Piano

Hal Leonard Corp. · Hal Leonard
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

(Easy Piano Songbook) . 50 recent popular hits simply arranged to get beginning pianists started playing their favorite songs. Includes: All of Me * Brave * City of Stars * Foolish Games * Goodbye My Lover * How to Save a Life * I'm Yours * Just Give Me a Reason * Let It Go * My Immortal...
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Disney Villains: Delightfully Evil: The Creation • The Inspiration • The Fascination

Jen Darcy · Disney Editions
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

The greatest heroes must face the greatest villains. For decades, Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Animation Studios animated features have offered up some of the most iconic and malevolent villains. Disney Villains: Delightfully Evil showcases rare concept art and photographs and explores...
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Modern Art at the Border of Mind and Brain

Jonathan Fineberg · University of Nebraska Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Human beings have made images continuously for more than thirty thousand years. The oldest known cave paintings are between six and ten times older than the first forms of written language. Images help us organize our thoughts and represent them in our memory. We make images, Jonathan Fineberg...
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Dancing Through It: My Journey in the Ballet

Jenifer Ringer · Viking
Format: Hardcover

A behind-the-curtains look at the rarefied world of classical ballet from a principal dancer at the New York City BalletIn her charming and self-effacing voice, Jenifer Ringer covers the highs and lows of what it’s like to make it to the top in the exclusive, competitive ballet world....
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