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Legends & Lore of Cape Cod

Robin Smith-Johnson - The History Press
Format: Print book

Cape Cod has a rich tradition of local lore, stretching back to a time before the Pilgrims arrived. Ancient Wampanoag legends like Granny Squannit and Princess Scargo are as familiar as tales of pirates and explorers, including "Black Sam" Bellamy and Donald Baxter Macmillan....
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Pinterest Perfect!: Creative prompts & pin-worthy projects inspired by the artistic community of Pinterest

Jamielyn Nye - Walter Foster Publishing

Pinterest is one of the fastest-growing social media sites on the Internet -- especially among creative professionals and arts crafts enthusiasts. Beautifully designed to emulate the clean, elegant aesthetics of Pinterest that users recognize and love, Pinterest Perfect! features the artwork,...
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Discover Oil Painting: Easy Landscape Painting Techniques

Julie Gilbert Pollard - North Light Books
Format: Print book

You Can Paint With Oils! An easy and fun introduction to landscape painting.Discover Oil Painting is a complete course on painting landscapes in oils. This fun and easy guide is loaded with time-honored methods, techniques and tutorials along with ways to tweak those ideas to suit your...
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Big E, The

David Cecchi - Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Format: Paperback

The Eastern States Agricultural and Industrial Exposition was founded more than a century ago to promote the agricultural and industrial development of the eastern states. Held at the fairgrounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts, the inaugural event was the National Dairy Show in 1916,...
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Castles: Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain

Marc Morris - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

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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Music 4.0: A Survival Guide for Making Music in the Internet Age

Bobby Owsinski - Hal Leonard Books; 3 Revised edition
Format: Paperback

Featuring the latest music business and social media concepts as well as brand-new interviews with a variety of the industrys top movers and shakers, Music 4.0 A Survival Guide for Making Music in the Internet Age, Third Edition is a completely updated version of the previous best-selling...
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Sargent: The Watercolours

Richard Ormond - GILES
Format: Hardcover

John Singer Sargent's work in watercolor was unorthodox. He overturned traditional contemporary compositional standards and avoided the obviously picturesque, developing an audacious and sophisticated technique, an expression of his personal modern aesthetic. He ignored the celebrated...
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Experiencing Big Band Jazz: A Listener's Companion

Jeff Sultanof - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

The era of popular music from about 1917 onward saw an explosion of creative songwriting that converged with a new sound from reed, brass, and rhythm instruments. Jazz was born, and the musical sophistication that accompanied this original sound set the stage for the prominence of arrangers,...
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Monticello: The Official Guide to Thomas Jefferson's World

Charley Miller - National Geographic Books
Format: Print book

For the first time, Monticello has an official guidebook that reflects the unique statesman and inventor Thomas Jefferson, his home, and his world. Showcasing the recent restoration of the home and plantation, it features information about the slaves of Mulberry Row, as well as the state-of-the-art...
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A Time to Dance: American Country Dancing from Hornpipes to Hot Hash

Richard Nevell - Bauhan Pub

A Time to Dance: American Country Dancing trom Hornpipes to Hot Hash presents a well-documented history of American country dancing. Richard Nevell records American country dances as historical artifacts, as social expressions of rural and urban communities, as manifestations of democracy,...
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