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Life
Keith Richards - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Ladies and gentlemen: Keith Richards.With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life.Now, at last,... |
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Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film
Patton Oswalt - Scribner
Format: Print book
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New York Times bestselling author, comedian, and actor Patton Oswalt shares his entertaining memoir about coming of age as a performer and writer in the late '90s while obsessively watching classic films at the legendary New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles.Between 1995 and 1999, Patton... |
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Looking for Lincoln: The Making of an American Icon
Philip B Kunhardt - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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An extensively researched, lavishly illustrated consideration of the myths, memories, and questions that gathered around our most beloved - and most enigmatic - president in the years between his assassination and the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922. Availing themselves of a vast... |
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Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
Charles R. Cross
Format: Paperback
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It has been twenty years since Kurt Cobain died by his own hand in April 1994; it was an act of will that typified his short, angry, inspired life. Veteran music journalist Charles R. Cross fuses his intimate knowledge of the Seattle music scene with his deep compassion for his subject... |
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The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BC - 1492 AD
Simon Schama - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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In this magnificently illustrated cultural history - the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews - Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish experience, tracing it across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World... |
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Stand Up Straight and Sing!
Jessye Norman - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Format: Print book
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One of America's most admired and decorated artists tells her amazing story, from her childhood in the South to the world's greatest stages.Jessye Norman is not only one of the world's most admired and beloved singers, she is an American icon whose life story is as moving and dramatic... |
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Elvis and Ginger: Elvis Presley's Fiancée and Last Love Finally Tells Her Story
Ginger Alden - Berkley
Format: Hardcover
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ELVIS PRESLEY'S FIANCE AND LAST LOVE FINALLY TELLS HER STORY "Elvis, you and I know the truth and unfortunately you're not here to set the record straight. With this book, I will try to..." Elvis Presley and Graceland were fixtures in the life of Ginger Alden, having been... |
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American Firefighter
PAUL MOBLEY - Welcome Books
Format: Hardcover
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A celebration of and tribute to our nation's courageous firefighters and first responders. Paul Mobley has taken his camera on the road again to photograph America's bravest citizens. In this collection of intimate and powerful photographic portraits, we get a glimpse of what... |
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John Lennon: The Life
Philip Norman - Ecco; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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Phillip Norman, whose 1981 classic Shout! is considered the definitive biography of The Beatles, returns with John Lennon: The Life. This New York Times bestseller is an intimate look at the troubled genius who—along with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr—changed... |
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Who Owns America's Past?: The Smithsonian and the Problem of History
Robert C. Post - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In 1994, when the National Air and Space Museum announced plans to display the Enola Gay, the B-29 sent to destroy Hiroshima with an atomic bomb, the ensuing political uproar left the museum's parent Smithsonian Institution entirely unprepared. As the largest such complex in the world,... |
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Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things Im Learning to Say
Kelly Corrigan - Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A story-driven collection of essays on the twelve powerful phrases we use to sustain our relationships, from the bestselling author of Glitter and Glue and The Middle Place "Kelly Corrigan takes on all the big, difficult questions here, with great warmth... |
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In-laws, Outlaws, and Granny Flats: Your Guide to Turning One House into Two Homes
Michael Litchfield - Taunton Press
Format: Book
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In response to tight times, a remarkably upbeat and widespread change is taking place in households across America. Homeowners are creating second dwelling units--often called in-law suites, mother-in-law apartments, or granny flats. Second units make a lot of sense. They're perfect... |
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Johnny Carson
Henry Bushkin - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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A revealing and incisive account of the King of Late Night at the height of his fame and power, by his lawyer, wingman, fixer, and closest confidant.From 1962 until 1992, Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show and permeated the American consciousness. In the '70s and '80s he was the country's... |
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John Wayne: The Life and Legend
Scott Eyman - Simon & Schuster
Format: Book
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Drawing on interviews that author Scott Eyman conducted with John Wayne before his death and more than 100 interviews with the actor's family, co-stars, and close associates, this revelatory biography shows how both the facts and fictions about Wayne illuminate his singular life.John Wayne... |
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Wild Cats of the World
Luke Hunter - Bloomsbury Wildlife
Format: Hardcover
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From the rabbit-sized Black-footed Cat of southern Africa to bear-killing Amur tigers of the Russian Far East, the 38 members of the Cat Family include some of the world's most fascinating and magnificent species on earth. Supremely adapted for the kill, all cats are obligate carnivores;... |
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I'll Be Back Right After This: My Memoir
Pat O'Brien - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Best seller!Pat O'Brien was a skinny South Dakota kid with long hair, a rock and roll band, divorced parents and an alcoholic father. In all the familiar ways, he was on the road to nowhere until a professor, who envisioned his future as the household name he would... |
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Draw and Paint Super Cute Animals: 35 Step-by-Step Demonstrations
Jane Maday - North Light Books
Format: Paperback
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In her newest instructional book Jane Maday, queen of cuteness, teaches you how to draw cute animal friends with basic and timeless drawing techniques. After you've mastered pencil drawings from photo references, Jane will guide you through simple techniques for adding colored pencil,... |
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Let's Rock!: How 1950s America Created Elvis and the Rock and Roll Craze
Richard Aquila - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book
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Rock & roll was one of the most important cultural developments in post-World War II America, yet its origins are shrouded in myth and legend. Let's Rock! reclaims the lost history of rock & roll. Based on years of research, as well as interviews with Bo Diddley, Pat Boone,... |
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Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
Misty Copeland - Touchstone Books, published by Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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Determination meets dance in this memoir by the history-making ballerina.In this instant New York Times bestseller, Misty Copeland makes history, telling the story of her journey to become the first African-American principal ballerina at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. But when... |
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Life Magazine, March 11, 2014
Tony Scherman - LIFE Books
Format: Hardcover
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The editors who produced the hot-selling commemoratives of the Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison and the massive volume of Robert Whitaker's Beatles photography continue their vastly successful series of books on the Beatles by paying tribute to Sir Paul. He has been the world's... |
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Diary of a Player: How My Musical Heroes Made a Guitar Man Out of Me
Brad Paisley - Howard Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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This book is the very personal story of how Brad Paisley came of age as a musician and a man. Focusing on what it means to play the guitar and how he found his voice through a series of guitars, the book will also share what he has learned about life along the way. Beginning with his own very... |
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Music Performance: Vocals and Band
Christine Kohler - Rosen Pub Group
Format: Paperback
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With the popularity of Glee, many students are asking themselves, "How can I start a glee club at my school?" With this come other pertinent questions: how do you decide what songs to perform, how do you find singers and musicians who can put on a good performance, and many others.... |
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Designing Knitwear
Deborah Newton - Taunton Press; New edition edition
Format: Paperback
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If you dream of creating your own knitwear designs, master designer Deborah Newton shares the secrets shes learned over the years. Newton offers in-depth information on shaping and fitting, color and graphics, dressmaker details, finding design inspiration, creating textured fabrics, and more.... |
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Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph
Jan Swafford - Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover
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Jan Swaffords 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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Advanced Love
ARI SETH COHEN - Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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From the creator of the popular blog Advanced Style, photographer Ari Seth Cohen's Advanced Love collects affectionate portraits of subjects who prove that love is bound by neither the constraints of age or time. The book includes 40 profiles of inspiring couples from around the world,... |
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One World Trade Center: Biography of the Building
Judith Dupre - Little, Brown
Format: Print book
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The definitive book about One World Trade Center--the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere--by the author of the iconic and best-selling Skyscrapers.In hundreds of photographs, drawings, and plans-most never seen by the public-Judith Dupr chronicles the rise of America's most... |
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World War II: The Definitive Visual History
Alison Sturgeon - DK
Format: Print book
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World War II is divided into nine chronological chapters, each introduced by a general overview of the military and political situation. This is followed by a comprehensive timeline, covering events in all theaters of the war. The opening chapter analyzes the build-up of hostility in the years... |
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American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell
Deborah Solomon - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Welcome to Rockwell Land, writes Deborah Solomon in the introduction to this spirited and authoritative biography of the painter who provided twentieth-century America with a defining image of itself. As the star illustrator of The Saturday Evening Post for nearly half a century, Norman... |
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Small Apartments of the World
Alex Vidiella - Firefly Books
Format: Book
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A showcase of 30 world-class apartments for modern life in smaller spaces. Small in size but big on space, the 30 apartments shown in Small Apartments of the World provide a wealth of inspiration for architects, designers and homeowners. Addressing the desire (or necessity) to "live... |
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Building New Banjos for an Old-Time World
Richard Jones-Bamman - University of Illinois Press
Format: Hardcover
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Banjo music possesses a unique power to evoke a bucolic, simpler past. The artisans who build banjos for old-time music stand at an unusual crossroads "asked to meet the modern musician's needs while retaining the nostalgic qualities so fundamental to the banjo's sound and mystique.... |
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Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War
Mark Harris - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary wartime experience of five of Hollywood's most legendary directors, all of whom put their stamp on World War II and were changed forever by itIn Pictures at a Revolution, Mark Harris turned the story of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 into a landmark... |
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Harry Potter: The Wand Collection
INSIGHT EDITIONS. - Insight Editions
Format: Hardcover
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Discover the wands of your favorite Harry Potter characters.In the Harry Potter films, each wand is as unique as the witch or wizard who wields it. From Hermione Granger's elegant, vine-wrapped wand to the bone-inlaid wands of the Death Eaters, each was designed and crafted by the filmmakers... |
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Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records
Amanda Petrusich - Scribner; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of a quirky and important subculture: The world of 78rpm records and the insular community that celebrates them - by acclaimed music critic and author Amanda Petrusich, who contributes regularly to Pitchfork, The Oxford American, and The New York Times.Before MP3s, CDs,... |
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Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records
Amanda Petrusich - Scribner; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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A thoughtful, entertaining history of obsessed music collectors and their quest for rare early 78 rpm records Los Angeles Times, Do Not Sell at Any Price is a fascinating, complex story of preservation, loss, obsession, and art. Before MP3s, CDs, and cassette tapes, even before LPs or 45s,... |
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iPhone Artistry
Dan Burkholder - Pixiq; Original edition
Format: Print book
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There's no doubting how popular the iPhone is, or how impressive its imaging capabilities are--both with photos and video. That's why it's now the most popular camera on Flickr. iPhone Artistry shows users how their phone can be a powerful, fun, and serious photographic tool,... |
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Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker
Stanley Crouch - Harper; F First Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker is the first installment in the long-awaited portrait of one of the most talented and influential musicians of the twentieth century, from Stanley Crouch, one of the foremost authorities on jazz and culture in America.Throughout... |
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The Simpsons family history : a celebration of television's favorite family
Matt Groening - Abrams
Format: Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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So you think you know the Simpsons? Well, think again! The Simpsons Family History unravels 25 years of Simpsons facts and fun and presents them in a never-before-seen chronological format. Travel through time with Matt Groening as he pulls back the curtain and reveals the events that turned... |
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Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
William J. Mann - Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times BestsellerEdgar Award winner for Best Fact CrimeThe Day of the Locust meets The Devil in the White City and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in this juicy, untold Hollywood story an addictive true tale of ambition, scandal, intrigue, murder, and the creation of the modern... |
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Play On: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac: The Autobiography
Mick Fleetwood - Little Brown & Co
Format: Hardcover
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"After forty-six years of being on the road, this is the right time to look back in a way I've never done before: now and then. This is the story of my life in rock and roll -- and how the band that has meant everything to me came to define me. I'm looking forward to sharing... |
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Painting Zoo Animals on Rocks
Lin Wellford - North Light Books
Format: Paperback
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Listen to the call of the wild!Bring home the excitement and wonder of exotic creatures from all over the world with Painting Zoo Animals on Rocks. Renowned artist Lin Wellford gives easy-to-follow directions for creating your very own rock menagerie.You'll learn everything you need... |
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Drawing and Painting: The Complete Artist's Handbook
Gabriel Martín i Roig - Sterling
Format: Print book
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With more than 800 full-color images and hundreds of step-by-step illustrations, this is an absolutely comprehensive guide to drawing and painting. Beginning as well as more advanced artists will find invaluable instruction on traditional and contemporary techniques, materials, and styles.... |
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Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism
Thomas David Brothers - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive account of Louis Armstrong -- his life and legacy -- during the most creative period of his career. Nearly 100 years after bursting onto Chicago's music scene under the tutelage of Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong is recognized as one of the most influential artists... |
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Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth
John Szwed - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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Published in celebration of Holiday's centenary, the first biography to focus on the singer's extraordinary musical talentWhen Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia's studios in November 1933, it marked the beginning of what is arguably the most remarkable and influential career... |
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs
Greil Marcus - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 that embody rock and roll as a thing in itself--in the story each song tells, inhabits, and creates in its legacy. |
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When They Were Boys: The True Story of the Beatles' Rise to the Top
Larry Kane - Running Press; 1 edition
Format: Book
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This is the story of the Beatles’ harrowing rise to fame: focusing on that seven-year stretch from the time the boys met as teenagers to early 1964, when the Fab Four made their momentous first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. From the boys’ humble beginnings in Liverpool,... |
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My House of Memories: An Autobiography
Merle Haggard - It Books
Format: Paperback
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In this riveting personal story, award-winning,bestselling country musicrecording artist Merle Haggard takesyou on a tour through his house ofmemories, offering a fascinating lookinside his turbulent yet successful life.Merle reveals the true stories about hisbirth and troubled upbringing... |
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World War II Day By Day
Antony Shaw - Chartwell Books
Format: Print book
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The hardcover reference titles in the Day by Day series examine the evolution of wars in a chronological timeline, from the first skirmish to the last battle and everything in between. These books are a historical companion to each major war in the nineteenth and twentieth century. The fate... |
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The Guerrilla Guide To Moviemaking
C.R. Bell - Guerrilla Films
Format: Paperback
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In The Guerrilla Guide to Moviemaking, C. R. Bell's twenty years experience as a cinematographer merge with his delightful cartooning style and clear prose, providing a valuable guide to educators and the self-taught alike, offering unique bite-sized lessons to help beginning filmmakers... |
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Love for Sale: Pop Music in America
David Hajdu - Farrar
Format: Print book
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A personal, idiosyncratic history of popular music that also may well be definitive, from the revered music criticDavid Hajdu begins Love for Sale, his personal history of recorded pop music, in an unexpected place--not with nostalgic reminiscences of the 45s of his youth but with the sheet-music... |
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Art on Skin: Tattoos, Style, and the Human Canvas
Nancy Hajeski - Skyhorse Publishing; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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A celebration of all things tattoo, this visually appealing wealth of tattoo knowledge will have you running for the nearest tattoo artist. The twenty-first century has seen a boom in tattooing, with millions of American's - 23 percent of them - boasting ink on their body. This popular... |
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Ballet: The Definitive Illustrated History
DK - DK
Format: Hardcover
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This DK visual guide to ballet history goes beyond other ballet books, with beautiful photography that captures famous dancers and key stories.Discover more than 70 of the most famous ballet dances, from The Nutcracker and Swan Lake to The Rite of Spring. Learn the stories... |
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World War I: The Definitive Visual History
R.G. Grant - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Hardcover
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2014 marks the centennial of the start of World War I - DK will mark the occasion with the publication of World War I: The Definitive Visual Guide, a vividly illustrated, in-depth account of the Great War. Written by historian R. G. Grant, and created by DK's award-winning editorial... |
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The Public Library: A Photographic Essay
Robert Dawson - Chronicle Books Llc
Format: Hardcover
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A gorgeous visual celebration of America's public libraries including 150 photos, plus essays by Bill Moyers, Ann Patchett, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, and many more.Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to a public library: the unmistakable musty scent,... |
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Last Chain On Billie: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top
Carol Bradley - St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Against the backdrop of a glittering but brutal circus world, Carol Bradleys Last Chain on Billie charts the history of elephants in America, the inspiring story of the Elephant Sanctuary and the spellbinding tale of a resilient elephant who defied the system even as she struggled to conquer... |
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Victoria
Helen Rappaport - Harper Design
Format: Print book
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The official companion to the Masterpiece presentation on PBS, Victoria delves into the private writings of the young Queen Victoria, painting a vivid picture of the personal life of one of England's greatest monarchs. From the producers of Poldark and Endeavour, ITV's Victoria follows... |
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Strings Attached: One Tough Teacher and the Gift of Great Expectations
Joanne Lipman - Hyperion; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover
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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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Appalachia USA: Photographs, 1968-2009
Builder Levy - David R. Godine, Publisher
Format: Print book
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This book is an intense artistic exploration of a significant yet little understood and often overlooked region of the United States.Despite the promise of alternative energy, coal still fuels most of our power plants and steel mills. The story of its extraction, and of the people who live,... |
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Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story
Rick Bragg - Harper; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times BestsellerThe greatest Southern storyteller of our time, New York Times bestselling author Rick Bragg, tracks down the greatest rock and roller of all time, Jerry Lee Lewis - and gets his own story, from the source, for the very first time.A monumental figure on the American... |
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Painting Houses, Cottages and Towns on Rocks
Lin Wellford - North Light Books
Format: Paperback
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Transform ordinary rocks into amazing little houses and cottages. You don't have to be an artist to experience the fun of this simple yet exciting craft. Lin Wellford revitalized the art of painting on rocks, and her imaginative and innovative use of rocks and stones as art material continues... |
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Flags of Our Fathers
James Bradley - Bantam
Format: Hardcover
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In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come... |
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Roots Music in America: Collected Writings of Joe Wilson
Joe Wilson - Univ Tennessee Press
Format: Paperback
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Joe Wilson served for twenty-eight years as executive director of the National Folk Festival and National Council for Traditional Arts. Throughout his impressive career, Wilson wrote extensively and colorfully about many facets of vernacular music in North America, including works on major... |
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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Pantheon Graphic Library)
Marjane Satrapi - Pantheon
Format: Paperback
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The fascinating continuation of the best-selling Persepolis, "one of the freshest and most original memoirs of our day" (Los Angeles Times) .Marjane Satrapi dazzles with her heartrending graphic memoir about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. . In 1984, Marjane... |
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Homeplace: A Southern Town, a Country Legend, and the Last Days of a Mountaintop Honky-Tonk
John Lingan - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate account of country music, social change, and a vanishing way of life as a Shenandoah town collides with the twenty-first century Winchester, Virginia is an emblematic American town. When John Lingan first traveled there, it was to seek out Jim McCoy: local honky-tonk owner and the DJ who first... |
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Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste
Nolan Gasser - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the chief architect of the Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind, body, and upbringing influence the music you love.Everyone loves music. But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful... |
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From Scratch: Inside the Food Network
Allen Salkin - Putnam Adult
Format: Hardcover
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An Entertainment Weekly Best Tell-All of 2013! “Allen Salkin shows how the sausage really gets made at the Food Network in From Scratch, a behind-the-scenes history liberally spiced with gossip and unsavory tidbits.”—Entertainment Weekly “A detailed look at the network... |
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No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead
Peter Richardson - St. Martin's Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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For almost three decades, the Grateful Dead was America's most popular touring band. No Simple Highway is the first book to ask the simple question of why--and attempt to answer it. Drawing on new research, interviews, and a fresh supply of material from the Grateful Dead archives,... |
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