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The Book of Trees: Visualizing Branches of Knowledge

Manuel Lima - Princeton Architectural Press, 2014.
Format: Print book

Our critically acclaimed bestseller Visual Complexity was the first in-depth examination of the burgeoning field of information visualization. Particularly noteworthy are the numerous historical examples of past efforts to make sense of complex systems of information. In this new companion...
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Glamour, Gidgets, and the Girl Next Door: Television's Iconic Women from the 50s, 60s, and 70s

Herbie J Pilato - Taylor Trade Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Glamour, Gidgets, and the Girl Next Door is the latest creation from entertainment biographer and pop culture consultant Herbie J Pilato. Based on exclusive celebrity interviews, this book runs the gamut of female television legends, from the iconic Mary Tyler Moore to the stars of the original...
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Miracle Dogs: Rescue Stories

Liz Stavrinides - St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

78 million dogs live as pets in the USA. These are the lucky ones. Five to seven million companion animals enter shelters every year, and more than half are euthanized due to the lack of space. Miracle Dogs celebrates and honors the rescuers and the dogs whose lives they've saved. It features...
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Vatican: All the Paintings: The Complete Collection of Old Masters, Plus More than 300 Sculptures, Maps, Tapestries, and other Artifacts

Anja Grebe - Black Dog & Leventhal; Slp Har/Dv edition
Format: Hardcover

In the same style, manner, and format as The Louvre All the Paintings Black Dog Leventhal, 2011, every Old Master painting on display in the Vatican, as well as hundreds of additional masterpieces and treasures in the papal collection, is included in this deluxe slipcased volume with companion...
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The Art of Chinese Calligraphy: The essential stroke by stroke guide to making over 300 beautiful characters

Yat-Ming Cathy Ho - Chartwell Books
Format: Print book

Practice the ancient art of Chinese calligraphy with this step-by-step guide to rendering more than 300 individual characters for use in arts, crafts and design projects. With characters as beautifully decorative as they are meaningful, this elegant script can be used to embellish just...
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Edible Plants: A Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of North America

Jimmy Fike - Red Lightning Books
Format: Hardcover

For over a decade, artist Jimmy Fike traveled across the continental United States in an epic effort to photograph wild edible flora. Edible Plants is the culmination of that journey, featuring over 100 photographs that Fike has selectively colorized to highlight the comestible part of the plant....
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Never a Dull Moment: 1971--The Year That Rock Exploded

David Hepworth - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book

A rollicking look at 1971 - the busiest, most innovative and resonant year of the 70s, defined by the musical arrival of such stars as David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Joni MitchellOn New Year's Eve, 1970, Paul McCartney told his lawyers to issue the writ at the High Court...
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Language of the Spirit: An Introduction to Classical Music

Jan Swafford - Basic Books
Format: Print book

For many of us, classical music is something serious-something we study in school, something played by cultivated musicians at fancy gatherings. In Language of the Spirit, renowned music scholar Jan Swafford argues that we have it all wrong: classical music has something for everyone and is accessible...
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Kandinsky: A Retrospective

Angela Lampe - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

This spectacular five-decade survey of paintings, drawings, and prints by Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) includes more than 100 works drawn primarily from the outstanding collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Milwaukee Art Museum. The comprehensive catalogue traces...
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