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Digital Photography For Dummies

Julie Adair King · For Dummies
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Your fun guide to digital photography with any device Whether you're shooting with an inexpensive point-and-shoot camera, a smartphone or tablet, a high-priced contraption, or one of those new-fangled action cameras, it's possible to take your digital photos from good to great by applying...
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A Brush with the Real: Figurative Painting Today

Margherita Dessanay · Laurence King Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Why painting today? In the digital age, with its powers of instant recall and infinite reproduction, why are we witnessing an unprecedented revival of figurative painting? A Brush with the Real presents a survey of key contemporary artists who have each embraced painting and are working...
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World War II From Above: An Aerial View of the Global Conflict

Jeremy Harwood · Zenith Press

In World War II From Above, historian Jeremy Harwood profiles the fascinating story, unknown to many, of the battle waged by Allies and Axis spies in the skies to obtain accurate aerial intelligence during World War II. This book features dozens of eye-catching aerial reconnaissance photographs...
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The Lovings: An Intimate Portrait

Grey Villet · Princeton Architectural Press
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

The Lovings: An Intimate Portrait documents the extraordinary love story of Mildred and Richard Loving. The Lovings presents Grey Villet's stunning photo-essay in its entirety for the first time and reveals with striking intensity and clarity the powerful bond of a couple that helped...
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Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions of the 1930s

Ms. Patricia Mears · Yale University Press
Format: Book

Despite the dire financial environment of the 1930s, this decade gave rise to great technical and aesthetic innovations in fashion. This handsomely illustrated book is the first to analyze important developments in both men’s and women’s fashions of that time. Select experts...
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Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph

Jan Swafford · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 1077
Format: Book

Jan Swafford's biographies of Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven peels away layers of legend to get to the living, breathing human being...
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Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

Herbie Hancock · Viking; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our timeIn Herbie Hancock the legendary jazz musician and composer reflects on a life and a thriving career that has spanned seven decades. A true innovator, Hancock has had an enormous influence on both acoustic...
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The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion

Jason Bailey · Voyageur Press
Format: Hardcover

A complete look at the extensive, ageless, unparalleled filmography of Woody Allen. Writer, actor, director, comedian, author, and musician, Woody Allen is one of the most culturally and cinematically influential filmmakers of all time. His films - he has over 45 writing and directing credits...
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Burglar's guide to the city.

Geoff Manaugh · Farrar
Pages: 304
Format: Book

Encompassing nearly 2,000 years of heists and tunnel jobs, break-ins and escapes, A Burglar's Guide to the City offers an unexpected blueprint to the criminal possibilities in the world all around us. You'll never see the city the same way again.At the core of A Burglar's Guide to the City...
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The Blues Fake Book

Hal Leonard Corp. · Hal Leonard
Pages: 408
Format: Plastic Comb

(Fake Book) . The most comprehensive single-volume blues publication ever, with songs spanning the entire history of the genre. Every major blues artist is well-represented, including Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, B.B. King, Billie Holiday, Leadbelly, Alberta Hunter, Willie Dixon,...
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Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone – 125 Years of Pop Music

Peter Doggett · Random House UK
Pages: 736
Format: Paperback

Ambitious and groundbreaking, Electric Shock tells the story of popular music, from the birth of recording in the 1890s to the digital age, from the first pop superstars of the twentieth century to the omnipresence of music in our lives, in hit singles, ringtones and on Spotify. Over that...
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Style Me Vintage: Hair: Easy Step-by-Step Techniques for Creating Classic Hairstyles

Belinda Hay · Pavilion
Format: Hardcover

Whether the aim is to look like Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, or Brigitte Bardot, this retro-gorgeous tome provides everything needed to create authentic hairdos Filled with step-by-step instructions, tips, techniques, and detailed photographs, this resource to recreating hairstyles...
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Painting Without Paint: Landscapes with your tablet

Matthew Palmer · Search Press
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Popular and innovative artist Matthew Palmer's new book shows you just how easy it is to produce fantastic landscapes on your tablet. Using clear, no-nonsense instruction and plenty of helpful, practical advice, you will quickly learn everything you need, from preparing your colors to adding...
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Hand Drawn Lettering: Draw Paint Print

Mark Bergin · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 127
Format: Paperback

Unleash your creativity with this book that encourages readers to explore new ideas, nurture originality, and create unique forms of lettering. You'll find:32 pages of instructions, and another 96 pages of alphabet samples for practicePointers on techniques and the use of colorTips on materials...
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John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes 1908–1913: The Complete Paintings, Volume VIII

Richard Ormond · Paul Mellon Centre BA
Format: Hardcover

After John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) determined to curtail his internationally successful portrait practice, he had more freedom to paint where and what he wanted.  Volume VIII of the John Singer Sargent catalogue raisonné transports us to the artist’s most beloved...
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