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Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyonce. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl.
Evelyn McDonnell - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover
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A stellar and unprecedented celebration of 104 musical artists, WOMEN WHO ROCK is the most complete, up-to-date history of the evolution, influence, and importance of women in music. A gorgeous gift book, it includes a stunning, specially commissioned, full-color illustrated portrait of every... |
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Idiot's Guides: Mixing Music
Michael Miller - Alpha Books
Format: Print book
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Idiot's Guides: Mixing Music breaks down all the complex jargon for beginners and discussing a blend of skillful principles and techniques that anyone can utilize when mixing. It covers all the fundamentals from the various mixing styles, the element of a mix and how to build one, the rules... |
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Acrylic: Seasons: Learn to paint the colors of the seasons step by step
David Lloyd Glover - Walter Foster Pub
Format: Print book
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With comprehensive instruction and artist tips and tricks, Acrylic: Seasons is the perfect resource for beginning acrylic artists. Acrylic: Seasons teaches aspiring artists everything they need to know to get started painting the different seasons in acrylic. From choosing paper and brushes... |
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Drawn from Life: Tips and Tricks for Contemporary Life Drawing
Helen Birch - Chronicle Books
Format: Paperback
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Drawn from Life offers bite-size lessons that will help anyone master the classic practice of life drawing. Over 100 pieces of art by contemporary artists illustrate fundamentals such as line, contour, and color, plus surprising and innovative techniques that will take your drawings to the next... |
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Shockoe Hill Cemetery: A Richmond Landmark History
Alyson L Taylor-White - History Press Library Editions
Format: Hardcover
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Established in 1822, Shockoe Hill Cemetery is the final resting place for many famous and infamous icons of Richmond. Most visited is the tomb of Chief Justice John Marshall, the longest-serving chief justice of the United States, who elevated the Supreme Court to equal standing with the executive... |
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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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Imagine A Forest: Designs and Inspirations for Enchanting Folk Art
Dinara Mirtalipova - Rock Point
Format: Print book
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Imagine A Forest explores the unique style of illustrator Dinara Mirtalipova, which is rooted in the rich traditions of Eastern European folklore. This design guide features instructions and tips on how to draw your own beautiful art in a modern folklore style. Create charming flowers,... |
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BACK TO THE LAB : hip hop home studios
- GINGKO PRESS
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Independent producers and DJs have been busy creating world class music in bedrooms, kitchens and garages for years. Meanwhile, photographer Raph Rashid has traveled the globe, gaining access to these inner sanctums, one by one. The tremendous variety of set-ups and layouts used by in-home... |
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Skinny Habits: The 6 Secrets of Thin People
Bob Harper - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Bob Harper lets us in on the secret behaviors of people who not only lose weight but keep the pounds off for good - and make it look easy. In Bob Harper's #1 New York Times bestselling book The Skinny Rules, the trusted trainer and coach of NBC's The Biggest Loser laid out the twenty... |
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Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock
Steven Hyden - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the critically acclaimed Your Favorite Band is Killing Me offers an eye-opening and frank assessment of the state of classic rock, assessing its past and future, the impact it has had, and what it's loss would mean to an industry, a culture, and a way of life.Since the late... |
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Idiot's Guides: Playing Guitar
David Hodge - ALPHA; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Learning to play the guitar has never been easier! Idiots Guides Playing Guitar begins with an introduction to different types of guitars and their parts, followed by helpful information on how to choose a guitar. Youll learn how to tune the guitar supplemented with online audio, how to correctly... |
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Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents
Pete Souza - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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From Pete Souza, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait, comes a potent commentary on the Presidency--and our country. As Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza spent more time alongside President Barack Obama than almost anyone... |
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The Advanced Photography Guide
David Taylor - DK
Format: Paperback
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Practical advice, equipment, and settings checklists, plus inspirational and instructive images for photographers with a basic technical grounding and level of experience who would like to take their digital photography skills and technique a step further.Featuring a comprehensive range... |
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Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop
Vikki Tobak - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover
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An inside look at the work of hip-hop photographers told through their most intimate diaries - their contact sheets. Featuring rare outtakes from over 100 photoshoots alongside interviews and essays from industry legends, Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop takes readers on a chronological... |
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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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Smart Textiles for Designers: Inventing the Future of Fabrics
Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman - Laurence King Publishing
Format: Print book
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We are on the cusp of a revolution, where the intersection of technology, the human body, and everyday objects will become completely seamless. Smart textiles are a key part of this revolution.Smart Textiles for Designers introduces the different qualities and properties that can be embedded... |
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Read This if You Want to Be Instagram Famous
Henry Carroll - Laurence King Publishing
Format: Paperback
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So you've got an Instagram account, you're posting pictures, but your follower count has flatlined. Read This If You Want to Be Instagram Famous holds the answers to fixing up your feed and finding thousands of new followers.Packed with the essential secrets of the hottest Instagrammers... |
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Drawing
Christine Allison - GMC Publications
Format: Paperback
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Drawing is not only a relaxing and enjoyable pastime, but also one of the original mindfulness techniques, being a great way to be in the moment and observe your surroundings. Despite the common assumption that the ability to draw is a skill you either possess or you don't, it can be readily... |
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149 Paintings You Really Need to See in North America:
Julian Porter - Dundurn
Format: Paperback
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Tour North America's greatest museums and galleries in the company of two incomparable guides. This lively companion highlights the essential paintings, by some of the world's greatest painters, from Giotto to Picasso, on display in North American museums and galleries. Julian Porter... |
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Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect
HENRY ADAMS - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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An insightful and essential new survey of Wyeth's entire career, situating the milestones of his art within the trajectory of 20th-century American life This major retrospective catalogue explores the impact of time and place on the work of beloved American painter Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)... |
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The Complete Guide to Connecting Audio, Video, and MIDI Equipment: Get the Most Out of Your Digital, Analog, and Electronic Music Setups
Jose "Chilitos" Valenzuela - Hal Leonard Books
Format: Book
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This one-of-a-kind handbook describes through photos, line diagrams, and step-by-step instructions how the average student, enthusiast, voice-over talent, editor, engineer, musician, and/or producer can easily connect any of the various types of analog or digital audio, video, and MIDI... |
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The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Comics: How
Comfort Love - Watson-Guptill
Format: Print book
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Take Control of Your Comics-Making Destiny Creating your own comic is easier than ever before. With advances in technology, the increased connectivity of social media, and the ever-increasing popularity of the comics medium, successful DIY comics publishing is within your reach. With The Complete... |
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More Songwriters on Songwriting
Paul Zollo - Da Capo Press
Format: Print book
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Twenty-five years after publishing his original groundbreaking collection of insight and advice from the greatest songwriters to ever grace the airwaves, Paul Zollo releases the much-anticipated follow-up volume. The sequel to the bestselling Songwriters on Songwriting features new, revealing... |
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Complete Photography: Understand Cameras to Take, Edit and Share Better Photo's
CHRIS GATCUM - Ilex Press
Format: Paperback
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This is the book for everyone who wants to take great photos but doesn't know where to begin. This fresh, accessible guide to photography covers everything from types of camera and photographic techniques to digital processing. With it, you'll learn how to compose a shot for visual... |
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Digital Photography For Dummies
Julie Adair King - For Dummies
Format: Print book
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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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The art of Beatrix Potter
Emily Zach - Chronicle Books LLC
Format: Print book
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Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth, this magnificent collection celebrates the artist behind The Tale of Peter Rabbit and numerous other beloved children's books. Brimming with famous images and rarely seen gems - ranging from character sketches and notebook... |
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Help Your Kids with Music
DK - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Paperback
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Help Your Kids with Music is a step-by-step visual guide to music theory. Help Your Kids with Music is the perfect primer to help students gain a solid foundation in music, no matter their age, skill level, or instrument. Help Your Kids with Music clearly explains key concepts in five step-by-step... |
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Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth.
BEVERLY BOND - Atria / 37 INK
Format: Hardcover
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From the founder of the mentoring organization and awards show Black Girls Rock! comes an inspiring and beautifully-designed tribute to the achievements and contributions of black women around the world, featuring moving entries from icons like Kerry Washington, Angela Davis, Misty... |
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A Perfectly Good Guitar: Musicians on Their Favorite Instruments
Chuck Holley - University of Texas Press
Format: Hardcover
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Ask guitar players about their instruments, and you're likely to get a story - where the guitar came from, or what makes it unique, or why the player will never part with it. Most guitarists have strong feelings about their primary tool, and some are downright passionate about their axes.... |
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings
FRANK ZOLLNER - TASCHEN
Format: Hardcover
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Stroke of Genius The complete painted oeuvre of Leonardo da Vinci The paintings of a renaissance master Inventor, painter, sculptor, scientist, architect, and engineer Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was nothing short of a quintessential Renaissance genius. No other artist of his generation... |
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Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen
Bill Bentley - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
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In December 2015, the Smithsonian called on rock and roll lovers around the world to collect photos and stories of their favorite moments in music. Fans dug through attics, basements, closets, shoeboxes, digital cameras, and photo albums to post great rock shots to rockandroll.si.edu.... |
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Watercolor Fairy Art: How to Bring Your Fairy Realm Art to Life
Sara Burrier - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Book
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Watercolor paint has a life of its own. The colors blossom and bloom on the page. They mix and bleed, dance and shimmer, some showing through, some sinking back into the hollows of the paper. What better medium for capturing the magical and enchanting world of fairies? Here, illustrator... |
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Why I March: Images from The Women's March Around the World
Abrams Books - Abrams Image
Format: Paperback
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New York Times BestsellerIndiebound BestsellerThe Washington Post BestsellerSan Francisco Chronicle Bestseller On January 21, 2017, five million people in 82 countries and on all seven continents stood up with one voice. The Women's March began with one cause,... |
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Painting with Light: Lighting & Photoshop Techniques for Photographers, 2nd Ed
Eric Curry - Amherst Media
Format: Print book
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Throw your preconceptions about light-painting out the window and prepare for a creative journey that will revolutionize your photography. Light painting is a classic photography technique that involves selectively illuminating sections of a dark subject by moving a light source (like a flashlight)... |
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Chuck D Presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History
Chuck D - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover
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A comprehensive, chronological survey of rap and hip hop from 1973 to the present by Chuck D, arguably the most influential rapper in the world.In the more than 40 years since the days of DJ Kool Herc and "Rapper's Delight," hip hop and rap have become a billion-dollar worldwide... |
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GoPro Cameras For Dummies
John Carucci - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book
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Capture the action with your GoProThe world moves fast and you need a fast-moving camera if you want to capture your life on-the-go. The GoPro serves that need. This small but powerful camera is easy to hold, wear, or mount to capture video of high-speed adventures or leisurely strolls.... |
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Train: The Definitive Visual History
DK Publishing - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Featuring amazing images of trains, virtual tours of engines, and profiles of key innovators, designers, and engineers, Train: The Definitive Visual History traces the history of the railroad and the role of trains, from the first steam engines to today's high speed bullet trains.... |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Howard Hibbard - Harper & Row
Format: Hardcover
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A tour of the great museum's outstanding collections of paintings, sculpture, furniture, antiquities, porcelain, and faience is accompanied by accounts of the museum's early history and its great collectors and directors --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition... |
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The Rihanna Book
Rihanna - Phaidon Press
Format: Hardcover
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"It's a piece of art that I am really proud of..." - Rihanna"The book is a rollicking and sumptuous autobiography, told largely with intimate images." - VogueRihanna invites you into her world with this stunning visual autobiography.From her Barbados childhood to her worldwide... |
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Drawing Dimension - Shading Techniques: A Shading Guide for Teachers and Students
HOLMES V CATHERINE - Library Tales Publishing, Incorporated
Format: Paperback
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Shading is one of the easiest ways of adding depth, contrast, character, and movement to your drawings. By controlling pencil pressure and stroke, understanding light and having knowledge of blending techniques, an artist can enhance their work and offer the wow factor needed to produce... |
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Absolutely on Music: Conversations
Seiji Ozawa - Vintage
Format: Paperback
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A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In Absolutely on Music, internationally Haruki Murakami sits down with his friend Seiji Ozawa, the revered... |
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Fashion Designers A-Z
TASCHEN GmbH - TASCHEN
Format: Hardcover
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Fashion MasterclassDefining design of the 20th and 21st centuries From Azzedine Alaa, Cristbal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, a century's worth of fashion greats from the permanent collection of The Museum at the Fashion... |
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Beyonc in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism
Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley - University of Texas Press
Format: Paperback
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Making headlines when it was launched in 2015, Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley's undergraduate course "Beyonc Feminism, Rihanna Womanism" has inspired students from all walks of life. In Beyonc in Formation, Tinsley now takes her rich observations beyond the classroom, using the blockbuster... |
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Sketching People: An Urban Sketchers Manual to Drawing Figures and Faces
Lynne Chapman - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback
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The best resource to learn how to draw peopleDelve into the world of artistic expression with Sketching People: An Urban Sketchers Manual to Drawing Figures and Faces. This captivating guide provides insightful techniques to help budding and experienced artists capture the human figure... |
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Biographic Bowie
Liz Flavell - Ammonite Press
Format: Hardcover
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Many people know that David Bowie (1947-2016) was an iconic singer, songwriter and actor, whose lyrics, performances and ever-changing persona were at the heart of pop culture for over five decades. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he smoked 80 cigarettes a day, acted in 27 films,... |
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Pink Floyd All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
Philippe Margotin - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover
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The newest addition to the best-selling All the Songs series details the unique recording history of Pink Floyd, one of the world's most commercially successful and influential rock bands.Since 1965, Pink Floyd been recording sonically experimental and philosophical music, selling more... |
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David Busch's Nikon D7500 Guide to Digital SLR Photography
David D Busch - Rocky Nook
Format: Paperback
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David Busch's Nikon D7500 Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the Nikon D7500 camera. Built around the same 20.9 megapixel sensor as the D500, this mid-level Nikon model has BlueTooth and Wi-Fi wireless control with the SnapBridge... |
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Let's Go (So We Can Get Back) : A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
JEFF TWEEDY - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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The singer, guitarist, and songwriter, best known for this work with Wilco, opens up about his past, his songs, the music, and the people that have inspired him.Few bands have inspired as much devotion as the Chicago rock band Wilco, and it's thanks, in large part, to the band's singer,... |
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Vanishing Landmarks of Georgia: Gristmills & Covered Bridges
Joseph Kovarik - John F. Blair, Publisher
Format: Paperback
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Historic landmarks are often the victims in our fast-paced rush toward new development. Two iconic structures that conjure up memories of a simpler time are the gristmill and the covered bridge. An 1876 report from the Georgia Department of Agriculture stated that there were over 1200 water-powered... |
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Unpacking the Archive
John Desmond - The Museum of Modern Art
Format: Hardcover
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Unpacking Wright's archive of more than two million objects, on the 150th anniversary of the master architect's birthPublished for a major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this catalog reveals new perspectives on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, a designer so prolific and familiar... |
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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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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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How to See: Looking, Talking, and Thinking about Art
David Salle - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Book
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A master class in contemporary art by one of the preeminent painters of our time.How does art work? How does it move us, inform us, challenge us? Internationally renowned painter David Salle's incisive essay collection illuminates the work of many of the most influential artists... |
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Live Burls: Poaching the Redwoods
Kirk Crippens - Schilt Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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?A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great or beautiful cathedral.? ? Theodore RooseveltIn 2013, an alarming number of Redwood National Park redwood trees were shorn of their knobby protrusions, called burls. The trees were disfigured by thieves aiming... |
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GRAPHITE 4: Concept Drawing | Illustration | Urban Sketching
3DTOTAL PUBLISHING. - 3dtotal Publishing
Format: Paperback
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GRAPHITE is a high-end quarterly magazine bringing readers over 100 pages of beautiful and inspiring drawings, sketches, interviews, and tutorials in an elegant periodical format. Each issue combines eclectic, exciting artwork with informative guides and personal insights from industry... |
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Painting Without Paint: Landscapes with your tablet
Matthew Palmer - Search Press
Format: Hardcover
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The feel of painting on the tablet screen is surprisingly similar to traditional painting. Tablet art is addictive. You can produce a painting using no water, no paint and creating no mess - its great!. . Matthew Palmer demystifies tablet painting so that you can create beautiful landscapes... |
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Storytelling Portrait Photography: How to Document the Lives of Children and Families
Paula Ferazzi Swift - Amherst Media
Format: Paperback
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Photojournalists are trained to scout important events, capture mood and emotion, predict peak action, and create images that, in an instant, tell a compelling and memorable story. In this book, award-winning photojournalist Paula Ferazzi Swift (from Framingham, MA) shows readers how she adapted... |
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Visions from the Upside Down: Stranger Things Artbook
Netflix - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover
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In celebration of the runaway hit Netflix series Stranger Things, Printed In Blood is proud to present the latest release in their ongoing series of artbooks. In celebration of the runaway hit Netflix series Stranger Things, Printed In Blood is proud to present the latest... |
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The Hubble Cosmos: 25 Years of New Vistas in Space
David H. Devorkin - National Geographic Society
Format: Hardcover
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To celebrate NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and its 25 years of accomplishments, let The Hubble Cosmos fill your mind with big ideas, brilliant imagery, and a new understanding of the universe in which we live. Relive key moments in the monumental Hubble story, from launch through major... |
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This Land: An American Portrait
Jack Spencer - University of Texas Press
Format: Hardcover
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Jarred by the 9/11 attacks, photographer Jack Spencer set out in 2003 "in hopes of making a few 'sketches' of America in order to gain some clarity on what it meant to be living in this nation at this moment in time." Across thirteen years, forty-eight states, and eighty thousand... |
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Think Big Paint Small: Oil Painting Easier, Faster and Better
Joyce Washor - North Light
Format: Print book
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Discover the pleasures of creating big art on a small canvas! There are plenty of reasons to paint small. Smaller canvases allow you to enjoy everything you love about oil painting with less expense, less mess, less space and less time. What could be better?Think Big Paint Small (previously... |
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Quick & Lively Urban Sketching
Klaus Meier-Pauken - Search Press Ltd
Format: Print book
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Written by architect and art teacher Klaus Meier-Pauken, an expert in urban sketching, this book teaches the reader to create quick, animated drawings that are full of life and expression. Whether the reader is looking to discover their own sketching style, or to build on existing knowledge,... |
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Ordinary to Elegant: Transforming Photographs Into Digital Paintings
Helen Yancy - Amherst Media
Format: Paperback
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Award-winning photographer and digital artist Helen Yancy (Plymouth, MI) is renowned for her ability to transform portraits and landscape images into works of fine art. In this book, she provides an in-depth look at the techniques photographers can use to make initial image enhancements... |
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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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Picasso Portraits
Elizabeth Cowling - National Portrait Gallery
Format: Print book
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Picasso's portraits are matched to his fluctuating social circles in this look at the maestro's evolutionFrom the beginning of his career until its end, Pablo Picasso's prime subject was the human figure, and portraiture remained a favorite genre for the artist. Picasso's... |
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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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May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem
Imani Perry - The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Hardcover
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The twin acts of singing and fighting for freedom have been inseparable in African American history. May We Forever Stand tells an essential part of that story. With lyrics penned by James Weldon Johnson and music composed by his brother Rosamond, "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was embraced... |
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If You Are Bored With WATERCOLOR Read This Book
Veronica Ballart Lilja - Ilex Press
Format: Paperback
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You know all about watercolor, don't you? The perfect medium for tasteful landscapes, light seascapes and delicate still-lifes. Conventional, easy to manage, inoffensive but a little boring? Wrong! In this book you'll discover a host of innovative techniques that will open your... |
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Ed Sheeran - Divide
Ed Sheeran - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) . This third studio album release from Ed Sheeran topped the Billboard 200 album charts upon its March 2017 release, led by the singles "Castle on the Hill" and "Shape of You." Our matching folio includes these two hits, plus 14 others:... |
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The Art of Painting Animals on Rocks
Lin Wellford - North Light Books; 1st ed edition
Format: Paperback
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Wellford shows how to turn humble stones into charming "rock pets." This hands-on, easy-to-follow book offers a menagerie of fun projects. |
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The Journey: The Fine Art of Traveling by Train
Sven Ehmann - Gestalten
Format: Hardcover
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Train trips are classic yet very of the moment. Whether a quick escape through the Alps or a getaway from coast to coast lasting several days, this book takes its readers for a ride through beautiful routes on the most exceptional trains with the best interiors. Trains have always been... |
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Absolute Beginners Electronic Drums: The Complete Guide to Playing Electronic Drums
Noam Lederman - Wise Publications
Format: Print book
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(Drum Instruction) . This book has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you play your eletronic drums. Step-by-step pictures take you from the first day exercises to playing along with backing tracks! In one great book you get: a look-and-learn... |
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Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America
Laurence Maslon - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The music of Broadway is one of America's most unique and popular calling cards. In Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America, author Laurence Maslon tells the story of how the most beloved songs of the American Musical Theater made their way from the Theater District... |
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Elegy Landscapes: Constable and Turner and the Intimate Sublime
STANLEY PLUMLY - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping look at the lives and work of two important English Romantic painters, from a Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning author.Renowned poet Stanley Plumly, who has been praised for his "obsessive, intricate, intimate and brilliant" (Washington Post) nonfiction, explores... |
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Texture in Colored Pencil: Techniques for Capturing Soft Realism
Kullberg Ann. - North Light
Format: Print book
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Create beautifully textured details in colored pencil--it's easier than you think! New in paperback! In Texture in Colored Pencil (formerly known as Capturing Soft Realism in Colored Pencil) , learn to render lovely background and foreground elements in your colored pencil artwork with... |
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Eyes over the World: The Most Spectacular Drone Photography
Dirk Dallas
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A stunning collection of images offering an unexpected look at our Earth from the wildly popular "From Where I Drone" Instagram account.A vertiginous overhead view of a Tokyo city street grid, set aglow with nighttime lights. Aerial shots of whales in the turquoi |
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Manga Mania Universe: The Massive Book of Drawing Manga (Drawing With Christopher Hart)
Christopher Hart - Drawing with Christopher Hart
Format: Flexibound
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With more than 250 characters across all the popular genres, this is the big, must-have book for every aspiring manga artist! Drawing on the mega-success of Christopher Harts Manga Mania series, Manga Mania Universe combines curated content from each of his previous Manga Mania books... |
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Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America's 59 National Parks
Q.T. Luong - Cameron & Co
Format: Print book
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It is said that a photograph helped launch the national parks. After Congress viewed photos of Yosemite, President Lincoln was moved to sign a bill that paved the way for the U.S. National Park Service, which was founded in 1916 and is now celebrating its centennial. In Treasured Lands:... |
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David Busch's Canon EOS 6D Mark II Guide to Digital SLR Photography
David D Busch - Rocky Nook
Format: Paperback
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David Busch's Canon EOS 6D Mark II Guide to Digital SLR Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the long-awaited Canon EOS 6D Mark II camera, the company's most affordable full-frame camera. This upgraded 26.2 megapixel model features an enhanced... |
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Make Trouble
John Waters - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Print book
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From an icon of popular culture, here is inspiring advice for artists, graduates, and anyone seeking happiness and success on their own terms. When John Waters delivered his gleefully subversive advice to the graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design, the speech went viral, in part... |
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The Planets: Photographs from the Archives of NASA
Anthony Casillo - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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This magnificent volume offers a rich visual tour of the planets in our solar system. More than 200 breathtaking photographs from the archives of NASA are paired with extended captions detailing the science behind some of our cosmic neighborhood's most extraordinary phenomena. Images of newly... |
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Hamilton - 10 Selections from the Hit Musical: Music Minus One Vocals
Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hal Leonard
Format: Musical score
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(Music Minus One) . 10 selections from the Tony Award-winning musical are presented in this book which includes the lyrics, vocal line and chord labels for each song, plus online audio tracks featuring authentic-sounding re-creations of the original Broadway orchestrations. Songs include:... |
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Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 18971922
Margaret Sartor - The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Hardcover
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Self-taught photographer Hugh Mangum was born in 1877 in Durham, North Carolina, as its burgeoning tobacco economy put the frontier-like boomtown on the map. As an itinerant portraitist working primarily in North Carolina and Virginia during the rise of Jim Crow, Mangum welcomed into his temporary... |
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Learn to Draw Star Wars: Learn to draw favorite characters, including Darth Vader, Han Solo, and Luke Skywalker, in graphite pencil
Walter Foster Creative Team - Walter Foster Publishing
Format: Paperback
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars came to theaters. Ever since, this beloved franchise has been delighting audiences with great characters, epic adventures, and unforgettable moments. Whether it's Luke storming the Death Star in his X-wing starfighter or Jabba the Hutt... |
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Obama: An Intimate Portrait
Pete Souza - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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This is the definitive visual biography of Barack Obama's historic presidency, captured in unprecedented detail by his White House photographer--and presented in an oversize, 12"x10" exquisitely produced format, and featuring a foreword from the President himself. |
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Photographing Motherhood: How to Document the Lives of Women and Their Families
Caitlin Domanico - Amherst Media
Format: Print book
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Caitlin Domanico and Jade Beall have a tremendous talent for creating captivating and meaning-rich images that highlight the various stages of motherhood. In this book, the pair teaches readers efficient and effective posing, lighting, and composition techniques that will bring out the best... |
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Woman Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives
Holly Gleason - University of Texas Press
Format: Hardcover
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Full-tilt, hardcore, down-home, and groundbreaking, the women of country music speak volumes with every song. From Maybelle Carter to Dolly Parton, k.d. lang to Taylor Swift - these artists provided pivot points, truths, and doses of courage for women writers at every stage of their lives.... |
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