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Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News
A Brad Schwartz - Hill and Wang, A division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. ©2015
Format: Print book
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On the evening of October 30, 1938, radio listeners across the United States heard a startling report of a meteor strike in the New Jersey countryside. With sirens blaring in the background, announcers in the field described mysterious creatures, terrifying war machines, and thick clouds... |
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We Rock!
Jason Hanley - Quarry Books
Format: Book
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Finally! A hip, fun and culturally relevant series of music appreciation books, perfect for modern music-loving families who want to take advantage of this era of exploding musical access! Get a personal guided tour through an amazing historical back-catalog of music that was previously... |
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Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing
SELWYN LEAMY - Laurence King Publishing
Format: Paperback
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This book demystifies the art and practice of drawing. Through fifty drawings by great masters past and present, the techniques and ideas behind their master sketches will put you on the path to making your own great drawings.The entries also feature exercises with step-by-step instructions... |
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Go Big or Go Home: The Journey Toward the Dream
Scotty McCreery - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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Platinum-award winning country music star Scotty McCreery shares his journey from North Carolina to American Idol and the top of the country music charts.American Idol was just a simple singing competition that seemed fun to audition for. Who knew what kind of doors it might open for a sixteen-year-old... |
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Classic Sketchbook: Cats: Secrets of Observational Drawing
Patricia Wynne - Rockport Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Whether scribbling out a quick sketch with minimal detail, or making a finished portrait where every silky hair and polished whisker stands out, the best cat artists can capture the very essence of feline-ness. How do they do it?Firsthand observation of cats will tell you a lot about the way they... |
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Artist's painting techniques
Dk Publishing. - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Artist's Painting Techniques is your practical guide to learning how to bring out your inner artist with a wide range of painting styles, whether you want to learn how to use acrylics, watercolors, or oil paints.With progression in mind, this master class will teach you the basic... |
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Introduction to Drawing the Human Body
Giovanni Civardi - Pgw
Format: Paperback
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In this technical guide, Civardi imparts a thorough and intelligent understanding of how to draw the human body. Written with clarity and enthusiasm, and using numerous examples of his own work as teaching aids, Civardi provides the reader with a firm grounding in observation, anatomy,... |
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Bon Jovi: The Story
Bryan Reesman - Sterling
Format: Print book
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With their catchy hooks, good looks, and irresistible pop-metal sound, Bon Jovi became one of the bestselling bands of all time. Bon Jovi: The Story is the first fully illustrated comprehensive book paying tribute to the mega-popular group from their beginning 30 years ago - when... |
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Hello, Is This Planet Earth?: My View from the International Space Station
Tim Peake - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 international bestseller: An astronaut's tour of our planet from the heavens, featuring 150 mesmerizing photographs (with commentary) from the International Space StationOne of Space.com's Best Space Photography Books! During his six-month mission to the International Space... |
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50 Years of Rolling Stone: The Music, Politics and People that Changed Our Culture
Rolling Stone. - Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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For the past fifty years, Rolling Stone has been a leading voice in journalism, cultural criticism, and - above all - music. This landmark book documents the magazine's rise to prominence as the voice of rock and roll and a leading showcase for era-defining photography. From the 1960s... |
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Painting Successful Watercolours from Photographs
Geoff Kersey - Search Press
Format: Print book
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Artists who work from photographic source material need to learn how to adapt and improve in order to create a successful painting. Geoff Kersey is a master of this way of working, and here he shows how it is done. Reference photographs, colour charts and preparatory sketches are shown... |
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Castles: Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain
Marc Morris - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of The Norman Conquest and A Great and Terrible King comes a sweeping and stunning history of the most magnificent castles in Britain. Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth, Marc Morris... |
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Harmonica For Dummies
Winslow Yerxa - For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Book
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Master the harmonica fast with this fun, easy guide Everybody loves the sound of a harmonica, and the thought of learning to play one is even more appealing. The instrument's portability, versatility, and affordability make it a great choice for those interested in learning how to produce... |
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Keyboard For Dummies
Jerry Kovarsky - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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The easy way to get keyed up on the keyboard Where Piano For Dummies helps budding musicians to master the black-and-white musical keyboard, Keyboard For Dummies helps them understand the possibilities that unfold when those black-and-whites are connected to state-of-the-art music technology.... |
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My Old Dog: Rescued Pets with Remarkable Second Acts
Laura T. Coffey - New World Library
Format: Hardcover
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"No Dog Should Die Alone" was the attention-grabbing - and heart-stirring - headline of journalist Laura T. Coffey's TODAY show website story about photographer Lori Fusaro's work with senior shelter pets. While generally calm, easy, and already house-trained, these... |
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Impressionist Prints
Roger Passeron - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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First edition. 99 illustrations, 23 in color. The text begins with a general section on printmaking in France c. 1860, before considering, in a separate section, each artist and those of his or her works reproduced. 223 pages. cloth. folio. |
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Cats in Art
DESMOND MORRIS - Reaktion Books
Format: Hardcover
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The cat - that most graceful, stubborn, and agile of animals - has been a favorite subject of artists the world over from prehistory to the modern day. A spectacular 7,000-year-old engraving in Libya depicts a catfight. Figures modeled by the Babylonians remind us of their belief that the souls... |
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A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia
Sherryl Woods - MIRA
Format: Paperback
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Part memoir, part oral history, #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods gives us a rare and intimate look at Colonial Beach, Virginia.Rich in narrative history and local color, A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia is an homage to the town of Sherryl Woods's summers,... |
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The Art of Tinkering
Karen Wilkinson - Weldon Owen
Format: Hardcover
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This Is Not Your Average Art Book. Brought to you by the Exploratorium's Tinkering Studio, The Art of Tinkering is an unprecedented celebration of what it means to tinker: to take things apart, explore tools and materials, and build wondrous, wild art that's part science and part... |
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Basic Drawing Made Amazingly Easy
Christopher Hart - Watson-Guptill; Second edition
Format: Book
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The third title in a bestselling series, Basic Drawing Made Amazingly Easy is a complete drawing book for the beginning artist. Based on a series of lessons that begin with the five basic shapes circle, oval, square, cylinder, and rectangle combined with the five basic components of drawing... |
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Fresh Prints: 25 Easy and Enticing Printing Projects to Make at Home
Christine Leech - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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Introducing a new addition to Barron's charming and accessible Simple Makes series. Printing is not the first thing people think of when it comes to simple home projects. Here, craft queen Christine Leech proves that you don't need expensive equipment to create custom printed stationery,... |
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Los Lobos: Dream in Blue
Chris Morris - University of Texas Press
Format: Hardcover
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Los Lobos leaped into the national spotlight in 1987, when their cover of "La Bamba" became a No. 1 hit. But what looked like an overnight achievement to the band's new fans was actually a way station in a long musical journey that began in East Los Angeles in 1973 and is still... |
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Draw People in 15 Minutes
Jake Spicer - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Print book
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Yes, you can draw! And Draw People in 15 Minutes will show you how. By the time you finish this book you'll have all the skills and the confidence you need to sketch people on the move or on the couch.Professional art instructor Jake Spicer takes you through every aspect of drawing... |
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The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song
Ben Yagoda - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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From an acclaimed cultural critic, a narrative and social history of the Great American Songwriting era. Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But it's a bit less widely understood that in about 1950, this stream of great songs more or less dried up. All of a sudden, what came... |
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The Complete Guide to Figure Drawing for Comics and Graphic Novels
Dan Cooney - Barron's
Format: Print book
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Written for art students and beginners who want to illustrate for comics and graphic novels, this book provides a thorough grounding in drawing the human form. Explains how to pose and photograph models, and then use photos as reference for finished drawings Describes the essentials... |
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Ballet and Modern Dance: A Concise History
Jack Anderson - Princeton Book Company
Format: Paperback
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Now expanded and updated, this second edition of the original bestseller is an engaging interpretation of dance history - from the Ancient Greeks and European royal courts to the rise of the "American" ballet and the explosion of modern dance. Short profiles, an extensive bibliography,... |
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Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner
Claire Watson Garcia - Watson-Guptill
Format: Paperback
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Based upon the author's own successful workshops, Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner helps new artists create competent, often eloquent drawings. A series of progressive lessons demonstrates such essential skills as recording edges, creating dimension, adding accuracy, developing... |
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Songs of the 2000s: The New Decade Series with Online Play-Along Backing Tracks
Hal Leonard Corp. - Hal Leonard
Format: Musical score
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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) . The New Decade Series provides great synopses of the musical decades and lets you play the iconic songs along with optional orchestrated backing tracks that make you sound great! The audio is accessed online for download or streaming. The 2000s features... |
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Humans of London
CATHY TEESDALE - Michael O'Mara
Format: Hardcover
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Capturing the inspiring, the moving, the surreal, and the everyday, Cathy Teesdale has made it her mission to celebrate the extraordinary diversity of life found on London's streets. Alongside her photos, she introduces us to some of the stories behind the faces, recounting fascinating... |
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Idiot's Guides: Drawing
David Williams - Alpha
Format: Paperback
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Learning to draw can be intimidating, but all you need is a good teacher. This step-by-step, project-based approach to learning the fundamentals of drawing teaches you in the easiest way possible. This all-new guide uses color to show the progression of strokes and techniques for completing... |
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Banjo: An Illustrated History
Bob Carlin - Backbeat Books
Format: Print book
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(Book) . The banjo is emblematic of American country music, and it is at the core of other important musical movements, including jazz and ragtime. The instrument has been adopted by many cultures and has been ingrained into many musical traditions, from Mento music in the Caribbean and dance... |
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Star, Branch, Spiral, Fan: Learn to Draw from Nature's Perfect Design Structures
Yellena James - Rockport Publishers
Format: Flexibound
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True beauty is found in nature, making this the perfect sketch book for your art inspiration!As if being responsible for dazzling sunsets and the aurora borealis were not enough, nature is also guardian to the universal principals of design. With mathematical perfection, its recurring structures... |
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Drawing for the Absolute Beginner: A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Drawing
Mark Willenbrink - North Light Books; 2007 or Later Printing edition
Format: Paperback
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This inspiring book makes drawing in a realistic style easier than you may think and more fun than you ever imagined!Authors Mark and Mary Willenbrink Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner cover it allfrom choosing materials and the correct way to hold your pencil, to expert advice on the tricky... |
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The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
PHIL SZOSTAK - Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens shattered box-office records as one of the highest-grossing films of all time, and its eagerly awaited sequel, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, is sure to do the same. Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, The Brothers Bloom,... |
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Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, The Wall, and the Birth of the New Berlin
Paul Hockenos - The New Press
Format: Print book
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An exhilarating journey through the subcultures, occupied squats, and late-night scenes in the anarchic first few years of Berlin after the fall of the wallBerlin Calling is a gripping account of the 1989 "peaceful revolution" in East Germany that upended communism and the tumultuous... |
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The Secret Lives of Color
Kassia St Clair - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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The unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-colored volume"Beautifully written . . . Full of anecdotes and fascinating research, this elegant compendium has all the answers." - NPR, Best Books of 2017The Secret Lives... |
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Animals (Drawing Masterclass)
Lucy Swinburne - Search Press
Format: Paperback
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This high-level drawing series showcases the work of renowned artists and shares their expertise so that those committed to excellent drawing can hone their skills, and beginners can find inspiration and detailed advice. Each title includes beautiful step-by-step projects and the materials... |
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The Lovings: An Intimate Portrait
Grey Villet - Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Print book
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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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Music Business For Dummies
Loren Weisman - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Start your music career off right with this fun guide to the music industry Music Business For Dummies explains the ins and outs of the music industry for artists and business people just starting out. You'll learn how file-sharing, streaming, and iTunes have transformed the industry,... |
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Impressionist and Modern Art: The A. Jerrold Perenchio Collection
Leah Rosenblatt Lehmbeck - Prestel
Format: Hardcover
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This book offers an overview of the promised gift of A. Jerrold Perenchio, a renowned philanthropist and art collector, that will transform the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's collection of 19th and 20th-century European art. The collection of former Univision CEO A. Jerrold Perenchio... |
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Beauty and the Beast: Viola
Alan Menken - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(Instrumental Play-Along) . 10 songs from the latest live action hit movie adaptation of the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast arranged for instrumentalists. Each book features online access to audio demonstration tracks for download or streaming to help you hear how the song should... |
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Draw Horses in 15 Minutes: Capture the beauty of the equine form
Diana Hand - Ilex
Format: Print book
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Continuing the success of the Draw in 15 Minutes series, horse artist Diana Hand shows you how to express your love of horses through drawing. In a series of tutorials, she describes every stage from finding your model and learning the basic skills of drawing to portraying the movement... |
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Daily show - the book : an oral history
Chris Smith - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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The complete, uncensored history of the award-winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as told by its correspondents, writers, and host. For almost seventeen years, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brilliantly redefined the borders between television comedy, political... |
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Songs of the 1940s: The New Decade Series with Online Play-Along Backing Tracks
Hal Leonard Corp. - Hal Leonard
Format: Musical score
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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) . A valuable collection of 100 of the biggest hits from this exciting musical era complete with access to orchestrated backing tracks so you can play them via streaming or download and sound like a pro. Songs include: At Last * Be Careful, It's My Heart... |
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Washington: A History of Our National City
Tom Lewis - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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On January 24, 1791, President George Washington chose the site for the young nation's capital: ten miles square, it stretched from the highest point of navigation on the Potomac River, and encompassed the ports of Georgetown and Alexandria. From the moment the federal government moved... |
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Moana: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(Easy Piano Songbook) . 7 selections arranged for easy piano from Disney's big 2016 release featuring songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda. Songs include: How Far I'll Go * I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) * Know Who You Are * Shiny * We Know the Way * Where You Are * You're Welcome.... |
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Designing Brand Identity: An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team
Alina Wheeler - Wiley; 4 edition
Format: Print book
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A revised new edition of the bestselling toolkit for creating, building, and maintaining a strong brandFrom research and analysis through brand strategy, design development through application design, and identity standards through launch and governance, Designing Brand Identity, Fourth... |
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Songs of the 1970s: The New Decade Series with Online Play-Along Backing Tracks
Hal Leonard Corp. - Hal Leonard
Format: Musical score
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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) . This songbook features over 90 quintessential hits from the 1970s arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames and also including great optional orchestrated backing tracks for play-along fun. You access the tracks online for streaming or download.... |
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Improbable Libraries: A Visual Journey to the World's Most Unusual Libraries
Alex Johnson - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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How do you use your local library? Does it arrive at your door on the back of an elephant? Can it float down the river to you? Or does it occupy a phone booth by the side of the road? Public libraries are a cornerstone of modern civilization, yet like the books in them, libraries face an uncertain... |
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Ukulele
David Hodge - ALPHA; Pap/Com edition
Format: Paperback
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While other books get caught up in the novelty of the ukulele-how to accessorize them, who the best ukulele players are, etc…, this book covers in crystal clear detail everything beginners need to know to enjoy playing this tiny, four-stringed instrument. From strumming and finger... |
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Rock Art!: Painting and Crafting with the Humble Pebble
Denise Scicluna - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Print book
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Great uses for rocks: throwing, skipping, kicking ... how about painting? Rock painting is one of the oldest forms of artistic expression known to man. The varied surfaces, shapes, and sizes of rocks also make them perfect for crafts. From brooches to bookends, paperweights to place cards,... |
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Songs of the 1990s: The New Decade Series with Online Play-Along Backing Tracks
Hal Leonard Corp. - Hal Leonard
Format: Musical score
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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) . 81 of the decade's best arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames and including great orchestrated backing tracks so you can play and sound like a pro. You access the tracks online for streaming or download. Songs include: Angel * Barely... |
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Bop Apocalypse: Jazz, Race, the Beats, and Drugs
Martin Torgoff - Da Capo
Format: Print book
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Bop Apocalypse, a narrative history from master storyteller Martin Torgoff, details the rise of early drug culture in America by weaving together the disparate elements that formed this new segment of the American fabric.Channeling his decades of writing experience, Torgoff connects the birth... |
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Songs of the 1980s: The New Decade Series with Online Play-Along Backing Tracks
Hal Leonard Corp. - Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Format: Hardcover
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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) . This songbook doubles as a time capsule, preserving over 80 of the '80s best arranged for P/V/G with great orchestrated backing tracks so you can play and sound like a pro. You access the tracks online for streaming or download. Songs include: Addicted... |
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Banjo For Dummies: Book + Online Video and Audio Instruction
Bill Evans - For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Print book
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Play your way to banjo-playing expertise Traditionally associated with country, folk, and bluegrass music, the banjo is accessible to anyone with the patience and willpower to learn it. This second edition of Banjo For Dummies does the rest of the work for you with updated practice lessons,... |
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Anywhere, Anytime Art: Crayon: An artist's colorful guide to drawing on the go!
Monika Forsberg - Walter Foster Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Anyone can draw and paint, anywhere and at any time! Anywhere, Anytime Art: Crayon allows artists of all skill levels to create beautiful, spontaneous artwork inspired by their surroundings, no matter where they are! Discover how to work with crayon, master basic strokes and drawing techniques,... |
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ROOTS, RADICALS AND ROCKERS
BILLY BRAGG - Faber & Faber
Format: Hardcover
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"A remarkable history of skiffle.... Bragg impresses throughout with engaging prose and painstaking research. He further enlivens the text with personal insights and witty asides that give the material a unique cast few professional writers would dare.... an accomplished work."... |
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The Actor Uncovered: A Life in Acting
Michael Howard - Allworth Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Actor Uncovered is certainly not a set of rigid rules advocating one "method" or one singular "truth." Departing from the common guidebook format, Michael Howard uses a unique approach to teaching acting, reflecting on his own history and sharing his own experiences... |
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You Can Teach Yourself Drums
James Morton - Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Format: Paperback
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Drumming made accessible for the complete beginner! This easy to follow book teaches basic drum set percussion concepts progressively. If you stick with it, you will have a good foundation upon which to further build your musicianship. Four learning tracks are presented in the book: Technique... |
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Magnetic City: A Walking Companion to New York
Justin Davidson - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Paperback
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From New York magazine's architecture critic, a walking and reading guide to New York City - a historical, cultural, architectural, and personal approach to seven neighborhoods throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, including six essays that help us understand the evolution... |
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Everybody Had an Ocean: Music and Mayhem in 1960s Los Angeles
William McKeen - Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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Los Angeles in the 1960s gave the world some of the greatest music in rock 'n' roll history: "California Dreamin'" by the Mamas and the Papas, "Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds, and "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys, a song that magnificently summarized the joy and beauty... |
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The Route 66 Encyclopedia
Jim Hinckley - Voyageur Press
Format: Print book
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An encyclopedia with a twist, The Route 66 Encyclopedia presents alphabetical entries on Route 66 history, landmarks, personalities, and culture, from Bobby Troup s anthem Route 66 to The Grapes of Wrath to the Wigwam Motel, illustrated with over 1, 000 old and new, color and black-and-white... |
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Evenings at the Opera - An Exploration of the Basic Repertoire
Jeffrey Alan Langford - Amadeus Press
Format: Book
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(Amadeus) . Evenings at the Opera: An Exploration of the Basic Repertoire is a collection of essays based on Jeffery Langford's lectures at the Manhattan School of Music and inspired by his pre-performance talks at the Metropolitan Opera Guild. It presents a unique view of the stylistic... |
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Songs of the 1960s: The New Decade Series with Online Play-Along Backing Tracks
Hal Leonard Corp. - Hal Leonard
Format: Musical score
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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) . 101 songs that defined the 1960s with all its revolutions in music and pop culture. The book includes optional orchestrated backing tracks for each song so you can sound like a pro. You access the tracks online for streaming or download. Songs include: All You Need... |
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Free to Make: How the Maker Movement is Changing Our Schools, Our Jobs, and Our Minds
Dale Dougherty - North Atlantic Books
Format: Print book
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Dale Dougherty, creator of MAKE: magazine and the Maker Faire, provides a guided tour of the international phenomenon known as the Maker Movement, a social revolution that is changing what gets made, how it's made, where it's made, and who makes it. Free to Make is a call to join... |
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Learn to Play Harmonica: Illustrated Techniques for Blues, Rock, Country, and Jazz
SANDY WELTMAN - Chartwell Books
Format: Paperback
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There's something about a harmonica that brings a smile to anyone's face, and Learn to Play Harmonica gives you everything you need to learn to play this fantastic instrument. This all-inclusive instructional guide come with a 200-page instructional booklet and a 10-hold, diatonic... |
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We'll Have Manhattan: The Early Work of Rodgers & Hart
Dominic Symonds - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart are one of the defining duos of musical theater, contributing dozens of classic songs to the Great American Songbook and working together on over 40 shows before Hart's death. With hit after hit on both Broadway and the West End, they produced many of the celebrated... |
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Justice League: The Art of the Film
ABBIE BERNSTEIN - Titan Books
Format: Hardcover
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Inspired by Superman's selfless act, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans - Aquaman, Cyborg, and The Flash - to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions. Packed with stunning concept art, sketches, costume detail, stills, and behind-the-scenes... |
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The Artist's Complete Guide to Drawing the Head
William L Maughan - Watson-Guptill
Format: Paperback
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In this innovative guide, master art instructor William Maughan demonstrates how to create a realistic human likeness by using the classic and highly accurate modeling technique of chiaroscuro (Italian for "light and dark") developed by Leonardo da Vinci during the High Renaissance.Maughan... |
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Mandolin For Dummies
Don Julin - John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Format: Paperback
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The fun and easy way to learn to play the mandolin The newest addition to the highly successful Dummies instrument-instruction line, Mandolin For Dummies gives you easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction on learning to play the mandolin. Following the time-tested Dummies format, Mandolin... |
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Photograph Wedding Details: A Guide to Documenting Jewelry, Cakes, Flowers, Décor, and More
Tiffany Wayne - Amherst Media
Format: Paperback
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The aesthetic details that the couple selects when they dream up their perfect wedding help to tell their love story. The couple devotes a great deal of time to selecting their rings, attire, shoes, flowers, food, cake/desserts, decor, and more. These objects help to welcome and comfort... |
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Drawing Perspective: How to See It and How to Apply It
Matthew T Brehm - Barron's
Format: Print book
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Here's a hands-on guide to perspective that's for anyone who wants to draw or paint--in any genre or medium. It's partly about learning how to draw a set of straight lines that meet at a point, but it's not filled with lots of dull, dry theory (although it does explain how it all works)... |
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A Field Guide to American Houses
Virginia Savage McAlester - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
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Now in paperback: the fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses.This... |
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Songs of the 1950s: The New Decade Series with Online Play-Along Backing Tracks
Hal Leonard Corp. - Hal Leonard Corporation
Format: Musical score
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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) . The 1950s brought a fresh energy to pop music and big changes started showing up on the charts and in the clubs. This book gathers 100 of the most influential and endearing songs and lets you play along with orchestrated backing tracks that make you sound... |
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Rothko: The Color Field Paintings
Mark Rothko - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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Mark Rothko's iconic paintings are some of the most profound works of twentieth-century Abstract Expressionism. This collection presents fifty large-scale artworks from the American master's color field period (1949-1970) alongside essays by Rothko's son, Christopher Rothko,... |
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The Beatles - Instrumental Play-Along: Tenor Sax
Beatles - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(Instrumental Play-Along) . 15 solo arrangements of huge hits by the Lads from Liverpool are included in this collection perfect for budding instrumentalists. It features online access to audio demonstration tracks for download or streaming to help you hear how the song should sound.... |
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The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal
Kathleen Smith - Perigee
Format: Print book
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Are You a Fangirl? * Do you survive boring classes or meetings by imagining your favorite TV couple making out? * Have you posted a lengthy diatribe on the Internet defending a fictional character? * Have you gotten carsick from reading fan fiction on your smartphone?... |
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The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
Stephon Alexander - Basic Books, 2016.
Format: Print book
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More than fifty years ago, John Coltrane drew the twelve musical notes in a circle and connected them by straight lines, forming a five-pointed star. Inspired by Einstein, Coltrane had put physics and geometry at the core of his music. Physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander returns... |
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The Best American Short Plays 2015-2016
William W. Demastes - Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Format: Paperback
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(Best American Short Plays) . For more than 70 years, The Best American Short Plays has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. From its inception, it has identified cutting-edge playwrights Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and others who have gone on to establish... |
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Classic Greek Masterpieces of Sculpture
Photini N Zaphiropoulou - Harry N Abrams
Format: Print book
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Greek sculpture was among the first art to communicate human emotions and to offer a more realistic portrait of the individual. By working in new materials and posing the body naturally, Greek sculptors established the foundation of a whole new art form. Classic Greek Masterpieces of Sculpture... |
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