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The Christmas Accordion Songbook

Gary Meisner · Hal Leonard Corp
Pages: 71
Format: Paperback

(Accordion). 20 popular holiday songs arranged for accordion and featured in this collection, including: All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth * Caroling, Caroling * Do You Hear What I Hear * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * I Wonder As I Wander * The Little Drummer Boy * Mary,...
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What Is Left Behind: Stories From Estate Sales

Norm Diamond · Daylight Books
Pages: 111
Format: Hardcover

Norm Diamond has visited countless estate sales, photographing objects that evoke sadness, humor, and ironic commentary on our cultural history. The articles defy conventional expectations: a science project from 1939, a century-old letter from a rejected lover, and a complete collection...
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Paul Ramirez Jonas: Public Trust

Paul Ramirez Jonas · APC
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

Public Trust explores the interactive artwork of the same name by Brooklyn-based artist Paul Ramirez Jonas (born 1965) , delving into Ramirez Jonas' interest in public spaces, language as contract and the liminal space between fiction, lies and truth.
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Fantasy Creatures in Clay: Techniques for Sculpting Dragons, Griffins and More

Emily Coleman · IMPACT

Sculpt fascinating creatures!Explore the world of clay and learn to create the dramatically beautiful forms of some of the most fearsome and awe-inspiring creatures your imagination can conjure. Ranging from ferocious dragons to regal griffins to magnificent underwater beasts--they're...
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History of International Fashion

Didier Grumbach · Interlink Pub Group
Format: Hardcover

First English translation of critically-acclaimed book opens the door to the fascinating universe of fashion. This book is not just a history of fashion from the early days of the creation of dressmaking fashion to the development of ready-to-wear manufacturing and the global enterprise...
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Masked: The Life of Anna Leonowens, Schoolmistress at the Court of Siam

Alfred Habegger · University of Wisconsin Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A brave British widow goes to Siam andby dint of her principled and indomitable characterinspires that despotic nation to abolish slavery and absolute rule this appealing legend first took shape after the Civil War when Anna Leonowens came to America from Bangkok and succeeded in becoming...
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BAM: Next Wave Festival

SUSAN YUNG · Print Matters Productions, Inc.
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival, founded in 1983 by impresario Harvey Lichtenstein, gathered performances in which genres mixed and traditions were upended. Events held in downtown lofts were given larger venues at BAM. Choreographers, directors, artists and musicians...
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The Art of We Happy Few

Compulsion Games · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

The official art book to the game! Two-hundred pages of mind-bending art and insightful creator commentary exploring the conceptualization and execution of We Happy Few!October, 1964. The City of Wellington Wells is all that's left of England after the German invasion and four years...
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How to Draw and Paint Fantasy Combat: A Step-by-Step Guide to Epic Combat Scenes

Matt Stawicki · Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback

One of the hallmarks of fantasy art is incredible combat scenes. Epic battles beneath thundery skies, hand-to-hand combat between good and evil, the lone warrior facing a monstrous foe ... this is what fantasy is all about! For artists, the amount of detail and movement needed to make these...
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The Belgians: An Unexpected Fashion Story

Nele Bernheim · Hatje Cantz Publishers
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover

Surreal, avant-garde and explicit are three keywords that are commonly associated with Belgian fashion. This exhibition catalogue gives a unique historic overview of Belgian fashion, starting with the legendary Antwerp Six--including Dries van Noten, Walter Van Beirendonck and Ann Demeulemeester--and...
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Hide and Seek: The Architecture of Cabins and Hideouts

Sofia Borges · Gestalten
Format: Hardcover

Our longing for simplicity, clarity, and relaxation often leads us into nature. Hide and Seek showcases the most beautiful places for satisfying this longing. More and more people are yearning to live in harmony with nature. Yet they don't want to give up their homes in the city or make...
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