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When Broadway Went to Hollywood
Ethan Mordden - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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When films like The Jazz Singer started to integrate synchronized music, in the late 1920s many ambitious songwriting pioneers of the Great White Way - George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and Lorenz Hart, among many others - were enticed westward by Hollywood studios'... |
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Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era
Jason Baumann - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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More than one hundred vivid photographs of the LGBT revolution -- and its public and intimate moments in the 1960s and 70s -- that lit a fire still burning today.A ragtag group of women protesting behind a police line in the rain. A face in a crowd holding a sign that says, "Hi Mom,... |
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THE EASY MOVIE FAKE BOOK: 100 SONGS IN THE KEY OF C
Hal Leonard Music Books - HAL LEONARD CORPORATION; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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(Easy Fake Book). 100 songs from the silver screen in larger-than-usual fake book notation and all in the key of C. Songs include: Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) * Alfie * Beauty and the Beast * Born Free * Breaking Free * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * The Candy Man * Diamonds... |
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Gardenlust: A Botanical Tour of the World's Best New Gardens
CHRISTOPHER WOODS - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover
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A steep hillside garden in Singapore. A garden defined by shape and light in Marrakech. A haunting tree museum in Switzerland. These are just a few of the outstanding gardens featured in Gardenlust, a sumptuous exploration of the world's best new gardens. Intrepid plant expert Christopher... |
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France is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child
Katherine Pratt - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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From the coauthor of My Life in France, a revealing collection of photographs taken by Paul Child that document his and Julia Child's years in France Through intimate and compelling photographs taken by her husband Paul Child, a gifted photographer, France is a Feast documents how Julia... |
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Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste
Nolan Gasser - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the chief architect of the Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind, body, and upbringing influence the music you love.Everyone loves music. But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful... |
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Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art
Mary Gabriel - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The rich, revealing, and thrilling story of five women whose lives and painting propelled a revolution in modern artSet amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exhilarating chronicle... |
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Henry VI Part 1
William Shakespeare - Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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Henry VI, Part 1 is an uncompromising celebration of early English nationalism that contrasts the English with the French, portrayed here as effeminate and scheming. A boy king, Henry VI, is on the English throne, and the indomitable Talbot leads the English cause in France. Joan La Pucelle... |
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Digital Photography For Dummies
Julie Adair King - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Photographers! Your guide is here! The demand for high-quality photographs is higher than ever. Whether you're building your influencer rating online, capturing the moments of a child's life, or are looking for ways to improve your skills, photography know-how is a must-have skill. Digital... |
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Treasures of Asian Art: The Asia Society Museum Collection
Denise Patry Leidy - Prestel
Format: Hardcover
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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Asia Society in New York, this elegant book explores the breadth and depth of the venerable museum's collection of traditional and contemporary Asian art. Reflected in the holdings of Asia Society, this book shows how contemporary artists from Asia... |
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