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The Blues: A Visual History
Mike Evans - Sterling
Format: Hardcover
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Originating in the African-American communities of the Deep South in the late nineteenth century, the blues gave birth to jazz, R&B, rock, punk, and country. From the impassioned slide guitar of the Mississippi Delta, to the electric sounds of Chicago's street corners, to the improvised... |
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American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell
Danilo Eccher
Format: Print book
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Twentieth-century American society wittily and ironically portrayed by a great artist. ?Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), one of the most popular American artists of the past century, has often been regarded as a simple illustrator and had his work identified with the covers of the Saturday... |
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The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910
Esther Crain - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover
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The drama, expansion, mansions and wealth of New York City's transformative Gilded Age era, from 1870 to 1910, captured in a magnificently illustrated hardcover. |
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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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How to Listen to Jazz
Ted Gioia - Basic Books
Format: Paperback
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A "radiantly accomplished" music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz (Wall Street Journal) . In How to Listen to Jazz, award-winning music scholar Ted Gioia presents a lively introduction to one of Americas premier art forms. He tells us what... |
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Thinking about Video Games: Interviews with the Experts
David S. Heineman - Indiana University Press
Format: Print book
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The growth in popularity and complexity of video games has spurred new interest in how games are developed and in the research and technology behind them. David Heineman brings together some of the most iconic, influential, and interesting voices from across the gaming industry and asks... |
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Love Is Our Mission: Pope Francis in America
Catholic News Service - Franciscan Media
Format: Print book
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OFFICIAL COMMEMORATIVE EDITION Foreword by Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, president, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Drawn from the work of Catholic News Service photographers and journalists, this hardcover keepsake features full-color photography and thoughtful coverage of Pope... |
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The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built
Jack Viertel - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Print book
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For almost a century, Americans have been losing their hearts and losing their minds in an insatiable love affair with the American musical. It often begins in childhood in a darkened theater, grows into something more serious for high school actors, and reaches its passionate zenith when... |
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Jerry Dantzic: Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill
Jerry Dantzic - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid, intimate, and largely unseen photographic chronicle of one week in the life of jazz icon Billie Holiday In 1957, New York photojournalist Jerry Dantzic spent time with the iconic singer Billie Holiday during a week-long run of performances at the Newark, New Jersey, nightclub Sugar... |
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Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story
David Maraniss - Simon & Schuster, 2015. ©2015
Format: Print book
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"Elegiac and richly detailed...[Maraniss] succeeds with authoritative, adrenaline-laced flair...evocative." - Michiko Kakutani for The New York Times As David Maraniss captures it with power and affection, Detroit summed up America's path to music and prosperity that was already... |
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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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Central Park Trees and Landscapes: A Guide to New York City's Masterpiece
Edward Sibley Barnard - Columbia University Press
Format: Print book
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This is the ultimate field guide to the trees and landscapes of Central Park, with a lively, authoritative text and over 900 color photographs, botanical plates, and extraordinarily detailed maps. Under the direction of the Central Park Conservancy, the park's landscapes have been painstakingly... |
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Worlds Elsewhere: Journeys Around Shakespeare's Globe
Andrew Dickson - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book
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A book about how Shakespeare became fascinated with the world, and how the world became fascinated with Shakespeare - the first book of its kindThere are 83 copies of the First Folio in a vault beneath Capitol Hill, the world's largest collection. Well over 150 Indian movies are based... |
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We're All Infected: Essays on AMC's the Walking Dead and the Fate of the Human
Dawn Keetley - McFarland
Format: Book
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This edited collection brings together an introduction and 13 original scholarly essays on AMCs The Walking Dead. The essays in the first section address the pervasive bloodletting of the series What are the consequences of the series unremitting violence? Essays explore violence committed... |
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The White Road: Journey into an Obsession
Edmund de Waal - Farrar
Format: Print book
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An intimate narrative history of porcelain, structured around five journeys through landscapes where porcelain was dreamed about, fired, refined, collected, and coveted.Extraordinary new nonfiction, a gripping blend of history and memoir, by the author of the award-winning and bestselling... |
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe - Abrams
Format: Print book
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Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was one of the foundational figures of American modernism and a pioneering woman in the arts. Widely celebrated and recognized for her flower paintings and Southwest landscapes, O'Keeffe is revealed in full in this new book. With superb plates of more... |
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Venice: A Travel Guide to Murano Glass, Carnival Masks, Gondolas, Lace, Paper & More
Laura Morelli - Authentic Arts Publishing
Format: Print book
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Going to Venice, Italy? Dont buy anything in Venice until you read this book! If youre traveling to Venice, Italy, you want to go home with a special souvenir a piece of Murano glass, a work of Burano lace, a carnival mask, or one of the citys famous luxury fabrics. But selecting which... |
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Hyper Nature
Philippe Martin - Firefly Books, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Philippe Martin revolutionized digital nature photography by "stacking" images. To take one photograph, he will shoot a subject hundreds of times, stack the images into a composite, and then clean up the composite image pixel by pixel. The result is a "quasi-3D" photograph... |
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Hand Drawn Lettering: Draw Paint Print
Mark Bergin - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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Unleash your creativity with this book that encourages readers to explore new ideas, nurture originality, and create unique forms of lettering. You'll find:32 pages of instructions, and another 96 pages of alphabet samples for practicePointers on techniques and the use of colorTips on materials... |
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The Essential Humphrey Bogart
Constantine Santas - Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Many film fans consider Humphrey Bogart the ultimate star of Hollywood's golden era. He rose from supporting roles in the early 1930s to become a superstar by the end of the decade. Bogart appeared in more classic films than just about any other actor in American cinema. In addition... |
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Joan Mir?: I Work Like a Gardener
Joan Miró - Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Hardcover
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In 1958, artist Joan Mir and critic Yvon Taillandier sat down for an in-depth discussion on Mir's life and work. Their conversation, one of the most illuminating and insightful looks into Mir's philosophy and creative process, was first published in a limited edition of seventy five copies... |
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Women Who Read Are Dangerous
Stefan Bollmann - Abbeville Press, 2016.
Format: Print book
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What is it about a woman reading that has captivated hundreds of artists over the centuries? Stefan Bollmann's Women Who Read Are Dangerous explores this popular subject in more than 70 artworks - drawings, paintings, photographs, and prints - by iconic artists such as Henri Matisse,... |
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West Point History of World War II, Vol. 2
United States Military Academy. - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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The definitive, must-have military history of World War II - spanning 1942 until the end of the war - packed with the same expert analysis, exclusive tactical maps, unique graphics, and historical images used by The United States Military Academy at West Point to teach the art of war to its own cadets.Since... |
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J. M. W. Turner: Painting Set Free
David Blayney Brown - J. Paul Getty Museum; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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When the prolific British painter Joseph Mallord William Turner 17751851 died at the age of 76, his contemporaries held a generally negative view of his recent work, describing it as indulgent, eccentric, and even repulsive. But over the past century, a number of curators and critics have... |
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Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums
The The Economist - Economist
Format: Print book
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In this exuberant celebration of the world's museums, great and small, revered writers like Ann Patchett, Julian Barnes, Neil Gaiman, and more tell us about their favorite museums, including the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York, the Muse Rodin in Paris, and Tate Modern in London.... |
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Mysteries of the Mall: And Other Essays
Witold Rybczynski - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Format: Print book
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A deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homesIn Mysteries of the Mall, Witold Rybczynski, the author of How Architecture Works, casts a seasoned critical eye on the modern scene. His subject is nothing less than the broad setting of our metropolitan... |
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Home
Ellen DeGeneres - Grand Central Life & Style
Format: Print book
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Ellen DeGeneres has bought and renovated nearly a dozen homes over the last twenty-five years, and describes her real-estate and decorating adventures as "an education." She has long cared deeply about design: "I think I wanted to be an interior designer when I was thirteen." |
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Show and Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes
Ken Bloom - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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Did you know that Frank Sinatra was nearly considered for the original production of Fiddler on the Roof? Or that Jerome Robbins never choreographed the famous "Dance at the Gym" in West Side Story? Or that Lin-Manuel Miranda called out an audience member on Twitter for texting... |
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National Geographic The National Parks: An Illustrated History
Kim Heacox - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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An inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of Americas National Parks, this volume is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Showcasing the very best of National Geographics photographs, combined with an expertly told... |
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Frida Kahlo: The Gisle Freund Photographs
GiseÌ?le Freund - Abrams, 2014. ©2014
Format: Print book
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In 1950, photographer Gisle Freund embarked on a two-week trip to Mexico, but she wouldn't leave until two years later. There she met the legendary couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Welcomed into their home, she immersed herself in their private lives and the cultural and artistic... |
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The Clint Eastwood Westerns
James L. Neibaur - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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While the western was a staple of cinema for many decades, the form began to fade as its greatest star, John Wayne, made fewer films of distinction toward the end of his career. In the mid-1960s, the genre was redefined by a handful of directors, including Don Siegel and Italian filmmaker... |
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David Bellamy's Winter Landscapes: in Watercolour
David Bellamy - Search Press
Format: Print book
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Watercolour landscape expert and renowned author, David Bellamy, has a particular liking for winter subjects, since the landscape at this time is not overwhelmed with green. Here he shares his expertise in capturing winter scenes, from how to wrap up and do rapid outdoor sketches to capturing... |
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Digital Photographer's Handbook, 6th Edition
Tom Ang - DK
Format: Paperback
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Tom Ang's Digital Photographer's Handbook, 6th Edition is your ultimate guide to learning how to capture, enhance, and transform your photographs. This best-selling manual outlines key core techniques that every photographer needs to learn, building toward a series of projects you can use to practice... |
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TV
Alan Sepinwall - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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Is The Wire better than Breaking Bad? Is Cheers better than Seinfeld? What's the best high school show ever made? Why did Moonlighting really fall apart? Was the Arrested Development Netflix season brilliant or terrible?For twenty years-since they... |
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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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Activestills: Photography as Protest in Palestine/Israel
Vered Maimon - Pluto Press (UK)
Format: Print book
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In 2005, a group of photographers took a stand alongside the people of the small town of Bil'in, and documented their fight to stop the Israeli government building the infamous West Bank Barrier. Inspired by what they had seen in Bil'in, the group went on to form Activestills, a collective... |
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The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
Anthony M. Amore - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication and forgery, and with good reason. Art scams are increasingly convincing and involve incredible sums of money. The cons... |
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The National Parks: An American Legacy
Ian Shive - Earth Aware Editions, 2015.
Format: Print book
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From the cascading waterfalls of Yosemite to the unique geothermal features of Yellowstone, the U.S. national parks are among the most breathtaking destinations in the world. Founded to preserve such natural beauty for posterity, the national parks represent one of America's crowning... |
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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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5-Minute Sketching -- Architecture: Super-quick Techniques for Amazing Drawings
Liz Steel - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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Sketching has become very popular. In more than 60 cities around the world, from New Jersey, San Diego, and Montreal to as far as Moscow and Australia, "sketch crawls" find artists drawing what they see. A new social network has emerged where these sketch artists meet for group... |
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Living Bird: 100 Years of Listening to Nature
Gerrit Vyn - Mountaineers Books
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERForeword by Barbara KingsolverOver 250 images by acclaimed wildlife photographer Gerrit VynEssays by Jared Diamond, John W. Fitzpatrick, Lyanda Lynn Haupt, and Scott Weidensaul The Living Bird explores the relationship between birds and people through over 250 images... |
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Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style
Cintra Wilson - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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As the former New York Times Critical Shopper, and voted one of Fashionista's 50 Most Influential People in New York Fashion, Cintra Wilson knows something about clothes. And in Fear and Clothing, she imparts her no-holds-barred, totally outrageous, astute, and hilarious wisdom to the reader.Wilson... |
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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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Brass Valley: The Fall of an American Industry
Emery Roth - Schiffer Publishing
Format: Print book
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In this ode to Connecticut's Naugatuck River Valley, vibrant photos and moving poetry relate the region's legendary industrial history and ponder its legacy. The story begins in 1802, when two metalworking families joined forces to manufacture brass. Business soared during the War of 1812... |
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Hubble's Universe: Greatest Discoveries and Latest Images
Terence Dickinson - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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Praise for the first edition: "Superbly well produced. Any engagement with this 'cosmic portfolio,' from picture gazing to deep reading, is grandly rewarded." --BOOKLIST [starred review] "The book's precise descriptions and captions brilliantly complement the 300 full-color... |
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Degas to Picasso: Creating Modernism in France
Colin Harrison - Ashmolean Museum
Format: Paperback
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- Investigates the evolution of Modernism in French art c. 1800 and 1940- Previously unpublished material, with many of the works being shown for the first time in the UKThe rise of Modernism, from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, was played out with particular... |
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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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Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome
Shawn Levy - W W Norton
Format: Print book
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A romp through the worlds of film, fashion, and titillating journalism that made 1950s Rome the sexiest city on the planet. From the ashes of World War II, Rome was reborn as the epicenter of film, fashion, creative energy, tabloid media, and bold-faced libertinism that made "Italian"... |
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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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Draw Like the Masters: An Excellent Way to Learn from Those Who Have Much to Teach
Parramon. - Barron'S
Format: Print book
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Since the very first artists began creating masterpieces, students have been hoping to learn the secrets of their craft. Copying drawings by the masters was, is, and will continue to be a common practice among students of Fine Arts. Besides being an exercise of tremendous value and training,... |
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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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Andrew Wyeth: People and Places
Thomas Padon - Skira Rizzoli
Format: Paperback
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The major paintings of iconic American artist Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) presented together in an accessible volume. Andrew Wyeth is an essential introduction to the enduring masterworks of this profoundly popular American artist. Published on the occasion of the centennial of the artist's... |
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Orson Welles's Last Movie: The Making of The Other Side of the Wind
Josh Karp - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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In the summer of 1970 legendary but self-destructive director Orson Welles returned to Hollywood from years of self-imposed exile in Europe and decided it was time to make a comeback movie. Coincidentally it was the story of a legendary self-destructive director who returns to Hollywood... |
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Art in detail : 100 masterpieces.
Susie Hodge - W W Norton
Format: Print book : English
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A comprehensive yet accessible sourcebook for curators and amateurs alike that examines the finer points of 100 well-known works of artGreat paintings cannot be fully understood in a single encounter. Art lovers want to revisit and reconsider the masterpieces again and again throughout... |
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West Point History of World War II, Vol. 1 (2) (The West Point History of Warfare Series)
The United States Military Academy - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An outstanding new military history of the first half of World War II, featuring a rich array of images, exclusive graphics, superb new maps, and expert analysis commissioned by the United States Military Academy to teach the art of war to West Point cadets.. Since 1836, United States Military... |
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What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing
Brian Seibert - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Magisterial, revelatory, and-most suitably-entertaining, What the Eye Hears offers an authoritative account of the great American art of tap dancing. Brian Seibert, a dance critic for The New York Times, begins by exploring tap's origins as a hybrid of the jig and clog dancing from... |
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The Encyclopedia of Drawing Techniques
Hazel Harrison - Search Press(UK)
Format: Print book
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Detailed photographic sequences explore pencil, charcoal, pen and technical pen techniques, including shading, building up, blending, hatching, highlighting, stippling and more. Colored pencils, chalks, pastels, and pen and ink are also covered with inspirational pictures across a full... |
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The Rough Guide to Canada
Rough Guides. - Rough Guides
Format: Print book
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The Rough Guide to Canada is the ultimate guide to this vast and varied land.With plenty of recommendations for things to see and do, from Toronto and Montreal to Vancouver, and from the east coast to the far north, you'll discover all the best this country has to offer.This guide... |
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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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Sinatra: The Photographs
Andrew Howick - Harry N Abrams, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Few male stars in any medium carried a visual punch like Frank Sinatra. Photographs capture not only his ineffable sense of style, but also his aura of vulnerability, intensity, sexuality, and charm. Sinatra: The Photographs focuses on the decades after the war, when he towered over... |
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Art and NYC: A Complete Guide to New York City Art and Artists
Museyon - Museyon
Format: Print book
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Art NYC is an art-lover's guide to New York City that combines a crash course in 20th- and 21st-century art history with in-depth bios of ten celebrated New York City artists: Edward Hopper, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Yoko Ono, Mark Rothko, Jeff Koons, Donald Judd,... |
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High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic
Glenn Frankel - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Searchers, the revelatory story behind the classic movie High Noon and the toxic political climate in which it was created. It's one of the most revered movies of Hollywood's golden era. Starring screen legend Gary Cooper... |
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Washington's Monument: And the Fascinating History of the Obelisk
John Steele Gordon - Bloomsbury USA, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Conceived soon after the American Revolution ended, the great monument to George Washington was not finally completed until almost a century later; the great obelisk was finished in 1884, and remains the tallest stone structure in the world at 555 feet. The story behind its construction... |
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The High Line
James Corner Field Operations. - Phaidon, 2015.
Format: Print book
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The first-hand, behind-the-scenes account of the creative inspiration behind the High Line, the transformative public 'park in the sky' that has reshaped global perceptions of urban space - and become one of the most beloved and visited destinations in New York City.The first full documentation... |
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Becoming By Cindy Crawford: By Cindy Crawford with Katherine O' Leary
Cindy Crawford - Rizzoli, 2015.
Format: Print book
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International supermodel Cindy Crawford chronicles her life and career, sharing stories and lessons learned, and featuring her most memorable images in this New York Times bestseller. ?Cindy Crawford was the cornerstone of the golden age of the supermodel in the 1990s. She blazed a trail... |
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American Treasures: The Brandywine River Museum of Art
CHRISTINE PODMANICZKY - Skira Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover
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The first book to celebrate the dramatic Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, setting and renowned art collection of the Brandywine River Museum of Art and its historic homes, studios, and sites relating to three generations of the Wyeth family. The Brandywine River Museum of Art is home to one of the country's... |
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Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces
Carrie Stuart Parks - North Light Books
Format: Paperback
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Draw amazingly accurate portraits starting today!Even if you're an absolute beginner, you can render strikingly realistic faces and self-portraits! Instructor and FBI-trained artist Carrie Stuart Parks makes it simple with foolproof step-by-step instructions that are fun and easy to follow.... |
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Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art
Julian Barnes - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary collection - hawk-eyed and understanding - from the Man Booker Prize-winning, best-selling author of The Sense of an Ending and Levels of Life. As Julian Barnes notes: "Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that great... |
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The National Parks of the United States: A Photographic Journey
Andrew Thomas - Douglas & Mcintyre
Format: Print book
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A stunning photography book featuring all 59 U.S. National Parks, published to coincide with the National Parks Service's centennialThe National Parks of the United States is a stunning tribute to some of the most spectacular and diverse scenery in the world. From the peaks of Colorado... |
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Digital Photography Essentials
Tom Ang - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Print book
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Digital Photography Essentials is the authoritative guide to digital photography from bestselling author and photographer Tom Ang. Using beautiful images and jargon-free yet highly practical text, Digital Photography Essentials covers the basics of digital photography and explains different... |
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Audrey: The 50s
David Wills - HarperCollins
Format: Print book
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A stunning photographic compilation showcasing Audrey Hepburn's iconic career in the 1950s - the decade that solidified her place as one of the world's greatest stars in film and fashion.Devoted to her most influential decade, Audrey: The 50s brings together in one volume the allure... |
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Looking at Pictures
Robert Walser - CHRISTINE BURGIN/NEW DIRECTIONS
Format: Print book
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A special side of Robert Walser: his essays on art A beautiful and elegant collection, with gorgeous full-color art reproductions, Looking at Pictures presents a little-known side of the eccentric Swiss genius: his great writings on art. His essays consider Van Gogh, Cezanne, Rembrandt,... |
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Peacock & Vine: On William Morris and Mariano Fortuny
A S Byatt - Knopf
Format: Print book
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This ravishing book opens a window into the lives, designs, and passions of Mariano Fortuny and William Morris, two remarkable artists who themselves are passions of the writer A. S. Byatt. Born a generation apart in the mid-1800s, Fortuny and Morris were seeming opposites: Fortuny a Spanish... |
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