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Tone Vigeland: Jewelry - Objects - Sculpture

Petra Hölscher - Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt
Format: Hardcover

* The first well-founded and richly ilustrated presentation of Tone Vigeland's art jewellery and sculpture for over fifteen years* Spanning 50 years of creative work by one of Norway's most outstanding artists* Accompanies a retrospective at Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum,...
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Paradise Is Now: Palm Trees in Art

Bret Easton Ellis - Hatje Cantz
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating history of the palm in Western art, and the role it plays today in fashion, social media and ecological preservationFor more than 2,000 years, palm trees have been extraordinarily popular in both the East and the West. Regardless of continent, religion or culture, they symbolize...
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Arabic-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary

Inc Dorling Kindersley - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

Now comes with a free companion audio app that allows readers to scan the pages to hear words spoken in both Arabic and English.Newly revised and updated, the Arabic-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is a quick and intuitive way to learn and recall everyday words in Arabic.Introducing...
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Emmanuel Georges: America Rewind

Emmanuel Georges - Hatje Cantz
Format: Hardcover

Traveling across the US, the French photographer Emmanuel Georges went in search of the remains of the American dream. Using a large-format camera and a documentary-style approach, Georges expresses a finely tuned feeling for the poetry unique to these places. The result is a kind of photographic...
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Russian-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary

Dk. - Dk Publishing, 2016.
Format: Print book

Russian-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary of DK's bestselling series makes language learning accessible by using photographs to put the everyday vocabulary of the modern world into context.A thematic organization of more than 10,000 fully illustrated terms labeled in both Russian...
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Sol LeWitt: Between the Lines

Sol Lewitt - Koenig Books
Format: Paperback

Looking at a considerable range of works spanning the entire career of Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) -- from seven of his famous Wall Drawings to sculptures such as Complex Form and Inverted Spiraling Tower, and including the photo-series Autobiography -- this book explores the deeply intertwined...
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Enraptured by Color: Printmaking in Late 19th-Century France

Laurence Schmidlin - Scheidegger and Spiess
Format: Paperback

In late nineteenth-century France, more than a century after the introduction of color in printmaking, color became a major factor in the market success of lithography and other printmaking techniques. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Muse Jenisch Vevey, Enraptured by Color...
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American Sabor: Latinos and Latinas in US Popular Music / Latinos y latinas en la musica popular estadounidense

Marisol Berríos-Miranda - University of Washington Press
Format: Paperback

Evoking the pleasures of music as well as food, the word sabor signifies a rich essence that makes our mouths water or makes our bodies want to move. American Sabor traces the substantial musical contributions of Latinas and Latinos in American popular music between World War II and the present...
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LaFosse & Alexander's Essential Book of Origami: The Complete Guide for Everyone

Michael G Lafosse - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Print book

This comprehensive origami book contains 16 easy lessons - each revealing a different aspect of the paper folding magic that is origami!World-renowned origami artists Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander share their wisdom and expertise in this complete introduction to the world...
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Italian English Bilingual Visual Dictionary

Dorling Kindersley, Inc. - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

Now comes with a free companion audio app that allows readers to scan the pages to hear words spoken in both Italian and English.Newly revised and updated, the Italian-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is a quick and intuitive way to learn and recall everyday words in Italian.Introducing...
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Matisse-Godon New York-Tahiti: Architecture of Dreams

Patrice Deparpe - Silvana Editorale
Format: Paperback

In 2017, the Muse Dpartemental Matisse in Le Cateau-Cambrsis invited French painter Alain Godon (born 1964) to create work in dialogue with that of Henri Matisse; this volume documents Godon's response to the theme of travel in Matisse's oeuvre. A pop-up postcard is included.
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French English Bilingual Visual Dictionary

Inc Dorling Kindersley - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

Now comes with a free companion audio app that allows readers to scan the pages to hear words spoken in both French and English.Newly revised and updated, the French-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is a quick and intuitive way to learn and recall everyday words in French.Introducing...
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Collins Italian Concise Dictionary, 7th Edition: Completely Updated and Revised

HarperCollins Publishers - Collins Reference
Format: Paperback

A handy and affordable quick reference guide for everyday Italian. The clear layout allows for fast and easy access when you most need it. Ideal for use on the go, at home, in the office, classroom or on holiday. Over 40,000 words and phrases and 80,000 translations.Designed for all those...
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The Story of Hebrew

Lewis Glinert - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

This book explores the extraordinary hold that Hebrew has had on Jews and Christians, who have invested it with a symbolic power far beyond that of any other language in history. Preserved by the Jews across two millennia, Hebrew endured long after it ceased to be a mother tongue, resulting...
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Singing in Brazilian Portuguese

Marcia Porter - RL
Format: Paperback

Singing in Brazilian Portuguese: A Guide to Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire makes Brazilian modinhas and canes accessible to singers through an overview of the history of the language and music, brief biographies of major composers, and a sampling of selected texts transliterated into...
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Reading & Writing Chinese Traditional Character Edition: A Comprehensive Guide to the Chinese Writing System

William McNaughton - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Print book

This is a compete and easy-to-use guide for reading and writing traditional Chinese characters.Reading and Writing Chinese has been the leading text for foreign students and teachers of the Chinese writing system since it was first published. This completely revised edition draws on the lessons...
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School spirit

Findaway World, LLC. - Findaway World
Format: Computer file

"Students will review familiar subjects and learn new information as they prepare for the year ahead with these interactive games, activities, and quizzes. Ideal to keep students learning all summer long. Improve vocabulary and spelling; Practice middle school math concepts; Study...
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Spanish English Bilingual Visual Dictionary

Inc Dorling Kindersley - Dk Publishing
Format: Paperback

Newly revised and updated, the Spanish-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is a quick and intuitive way to learn and recall everyday words in Spanish. The Spanish-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary introduces a range of useful current vocabulary in thematic order, using full-color photographs...
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Hindi English Bilingual Visual Dictionary

Dorling Kindersley Inc. - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

Hindi-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary makes language-learning accessible by using photographs to put the everyday vocabulary of the modern world into context.A thematic organization of more than 10,000 fully illustrated terms labeled in both Hindi and English, and comprehensive two-way...
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Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary

Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath - Indiana University Press
Format: Print book

Containing nearly 50,000 entries and 33,000 subentries, the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary emphasizes Yiddish as a living language that is spoken in many places around the world. The late Mordkhe Schaechter collected and researched spoken and literary Yiddish in all its varieties...
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German English Bilingual Visual Dictionary

Dorling Kindersley, Inc. - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

Now comes with a free companion audio app that allows readers to scan the pages to hear words spoken in both German and English.Newly revised and updated, the German-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is a quick and intuitive way to learn and recall everyday words in German.Introduces...
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Paper Collage Chinese Style: .

Zhu Liqun Paper Arts Museum. - Shanghai Book Traders
Format: Print book

This beautifully illustrated guide to Chinese paper collage art demonstrates the techniques and philosophy behind this creative and fun art form.Paper collage art has a special charm. It can be as exquisite as oil painting or as freehand (xieyi) as ink wash painting. A paper collage art is a perfect...
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Homer

Barbara Graziosi - Oxford Univ Press
Format: Print book

Homer's mythological tales of war and homecoming, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are considered to be two of the most influential works in the history of Western literature. Yet their author, 'the greatest poet that ever lived' is something of a mystery. By the 6th century BCE,...
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