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The Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water: Creating a Fairy Tale for Troubled Times
INSIGHT EDITIONS. - Insight Editions
Format: Hardcover
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Explore the art and making of Guillermo del Toro's new masterpiece, The Shape of Water, winner of the Venice Film Festival's top prize, the Golden Lion. From master storyteller Guillermo del Toro comes The Shape of Water--an other-worldly fairy tale set against the backdrop of the Cold... |
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Getting into Slide Guitar
Steve Dawson - Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Format: Paperback
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"Getting into Slide Guitar" covers slide for acoustic or electric guitar and focuses on open-G tuning. The book explains the concepts of technique, basic theory, improvising, harmonic and melodic concepts and provides many essential examples. Most of the context for the book is blues-based,... |
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How to Draw People: Step-by-Step Lessons for Figures and Poses
JEFF MELLEM - North Light Books
Format: Paperback
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The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Drawing Figures! To draw an anatomical figure, you don't need a stack of weighty anatomy books. Just take it step by step! In How to Draw People, author Jeff Mellem teaches beginning artists how to draw the human figure, from stick figure to anatomically... |
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Music Theory For Dummies
Michael Pilhofer - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Tune in to how music really works Whether you're a student, a performer, or simply a fan, this book makes music theory easy, providing you with a friendly guide to the concepts, artistry, and technical mastery that underlie the production of great music. You'll quickly become fluent... |
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The Honest Body Project: Real Stories and Untouched Portraits of Women & Motherhood
Natalie Mccain - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Stories that share and embrace women's joys, heartaches, and honest experiences. Only 4 percent of women around the world consider themselves to be beautiful, according to research done by Dove, and twenty million women suffer from significant eating disorders at some point in their... |
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The Art of Solo: A Star Wars Story
PHIL SZOSTAK - Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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The Art of Solo: A Star Wars Story reveals, for the first time, the design evolution of each new fantastical set, otherworldly machine, and unforgettable character in the film. Packed with hundreds of spectacular images, including production paintings, concept art and sketches, storyboards,... |
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First 50 Songs You Should Play on the Flute
Hal Leonard Corp. - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(Instrumental Folio) . If you've been playing flute for a little while, you are probably eager to learn some familiar songs. This book includes a wide variety of favorite songs, from pop hits and movie themes to classical melodies and folk songs, many of which originally featured... |
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The 11 Contracts That Every Artist, Songwriter, and Producer Should Know
Steve Gordon - Hal Leonard Books
Format: Print book
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(Book) . The 11 Contracts Every Artist, Songwriter, and Producer Should Know is an in-depth guide to help artists, songwriters, and producers navigate the tricky world of contract negotiations in the music industry. This book analyzes the most common, and important, contracts including... |
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The Big Book of Tiny Art: A modern, inspirational guide to the art of the miniature
Karen Libecap - Walter Foster Publishing
Format: Print book
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How small is small? In The Big Book of Tiny Art you'll discover a dynamic collection of miniature artwork, most no bigger than a large coin, covering a wide range of subjects, from animals and food to people and places. Showcasing painting and drawing, this inspirational guidebook provides... |
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Magnetic City: A Walking Companion to New York
Justin Davidson - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Paperback
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From New York magazine's architecture critic, a walking and reading guide to New York City - a historical, cultural, architectural, and personal approach to seven neighborhoods throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, including six essays that help us understand the evolution... |
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Learn to Play the Ukulele, 2nd Edition: A Simple and Fun Guide For Complete Beginners
Bill Plant - Fox Chapel Publishing
Format: Paperback
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With the help of this book and companion CD, anyone can learn to play the ukulele overnight! Inside Learn to Play the Ukulele:Learn how to hold and tune a ukulele correctlyLearn how to keep time and strumScales and chords including C major, G major, reading tablature, and bar chordsUkulele... |
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The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock
David Weigel - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The wildly entertaining story of progressive rock, the music that ruled the 1970s charts -- and has divided listeners ever since.The Show That Never Ends is the definitive story of the extraordinary rise and fall of progressive ("prog") rock. Epitomized by such classic, chart-topping... |
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Star, Branch, Spiral, Fan: Learn to Draw from Nature's Perfect Design Structures
Yellena James - Rockport Publishers
Format: Flexibound
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True beauty is found in nature, making this the perfect sketch book for your art inspiration!As if being responsible for dazzling sunsets and the aurora borealis were not enough, nature is also guardian to the universal principals of design. With mathematical perfection, its recurring structures... |
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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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So You Want to Sing for a Lifetime: A Guide for Performers
Brenda Smith - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Singing can be a healthy, invigorating activity for people of every age, and participating in this fully athletic exercise remains enjoyable through each season of life if the singer and singing teacher adjust expectations regarding tone quality, range, agility, and stamina. Brenda Smith... |
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Music Law: How to Run Your Band's Business
Richard Stim - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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If you belong to a band and love the art of your job, but sing the blues when it comes to the business side, you need Music Law. Composed by musician and lawyer Richard Stim, the book explains how to: find the right manager buy, insure and maintain equipment get gigs and get paid tour... |
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La La Land: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Justin Hurwitz - Hal Leonard
Format: Musical score
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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) . Written and directed by Damien Chazelle, La La Land tells the story of Mia Emma Stone , an aspiring actress, and Sebastian Ryan Gosling , a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking... |
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Fewer, Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects
GLENN ADAMSON - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. Curator and scholar Glenn Adamson opens Fewer, Better Things by contrasting his beloved childhood teddy bear to the smartphones... |
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Trimper's Rides
Monica Thrash - Arcadia Pub
Format: Book
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No trip to Ocean City, Maryland, is complete without a visit to Trimper's Rides. The unforgettable bright lights, carousel music, and elated screams from riders on the Tidal Wave are cherished memories for generations who return to the park annually. The evolution and success of Trimper's... |
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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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First 50 Songs You Should Play on the Trombone
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(Instrumental Folio) . If you've been playing trombone for a little while, you are probably eager to learn some familiar songs. This book includes a wide variety of favorite songs, from pop hits and movie themes to classical melodies and folk songs, many of which originally featured... |
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Joe Bonamassa: Guitar Play-Along Volume 152
Joe Bonamassa - Cherry Lane Music Company ; Milwaukee
Format: Musical score
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(Guitar Play-Along) . The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the online audio to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included... |
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A Mouth Is Always Muzzled: Six Dissidents, Five Continents, and the Art of Resistance
Natalie Hopkinson - The New Press
Format: Hardcover
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As people consider how to respond to a resurgence of racist, xenophobic populism, A Mouth Is Always Muzzled tells an extraordinary story of the ways art brings hope in perilous times. Weaving disparate topics from sugar and British colonialism to attacks on free speech and Facebook activism... |
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The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Josh Kushins - ABRAMS
Format: Print book
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This book is a visual chronicle of the Lucasfilm art department's creation of new worlds, unforgettable characters, and newly imagined droids, vehicles, and weapons for the first movie in the Star Wars Story series - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. In the same format and style as Abrams'... |
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Artist Toolbox: Color: A practical guide to color and its uses in art
Elizabeth T Gilbert - Walter Foster Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Artist Toolbox: Color explains how color captures mood and helps communicate meaning, as well as how to use color to create personal, expressive works of art. In Artist Toolbox: Color, painters will learn how to create impactful work with an understanding of basic color theory. Topics include... |
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Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner, Revised: 15th Anniversary Edition
Claire Watson Garcia - Watson-Guptill
Format: Paperback
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This revised 15th anniversary edition of the bestselling beginning drawing book updates art and text examples to include new student pieces, up-to-date materials, and additional sections on drawing in 3D and travel sketching, along with refreshed and contemporary design.. Based on author... |
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Love for Sale: Pop Music in America
David Hajdu - Farrar
Format: Print book
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A personal, idiosyncratic history of popular music that also may well be definitive, from the revered music criticDavid Hajdu begins Love for Sale, his personal history of recorded pop music, in an unexpected place--not with nostalgic reminiscences of the 45s of his youth but with the sheet-music... |
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Ultimate Exposure: All You Need to Know to Take Perfect Photos with any Camera
David Nightingale - Ilex Press
Format: Paperback
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You don't need a book to take good photos any more; most (but not all) of the time your camera, or your phone, will handle things for you. But if you don't know what it's doing - you don't know how to expose photos - you can't join in the real fun of photography.With... |
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Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams-the Early Years, 1903-1940
Gary Giddins - Back Bay Books
Format: Paperback
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From Bing Crosby's early days in college minstrel shows and vaudeville, to his first hit recordings, from his 11 year triumph as star of America's most popular radio show, to his first success in Hollywood, Gary Giddins provides a detailed study of the rise of this American star. |
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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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First 50 Songs You Should Play on the Accordion
Gary Meisner - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(Accordion) . If you're new to the accordion, you are probably eager to learn some songs. This book provides 50 simplified arrangements of must-know popular standards, folk songs and show tunes, including: All of Me * Beer Barrel Polka * Carnival of Venice * Edelweiss * Hava Nagila... |
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First 50 Songs You Should Play on the Trumpet
Hal Leonard Corp. - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(Instrumental Folio) . If you've been playing trumpet for a little while, you are probably eager to learn some familiar songs. This book includes a wide variety of favorite songs, from pop hits and movie themes to classical melodies and folk songs, many of which originally featured... |
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Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib - University of Texas Press
Format: Paperback
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How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces such as The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders. Seventeen years after their last album, they resurrected themselves with... |
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1,500 Stretches: The Complete Guide to Flexibility and Movement
Hollis Liebman - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover
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1,500 Stretches--the follow-up book to the New York Times bestseller 2,100 Asanas-- compiles all stretching poses in one place, organized by body part, with stunning photographs, easy-to-follow steps, and the health benefits of each pose. Does your lower back ache from sitting all day?... |
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Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of Historys Greatest Buildings
James Crawford - Picador
Format: Hardcover
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An inviting, fascinating compendium of twenty-one of historys most famous lost places, from the Tower of Babel to the Twin TowersBuildings are more like us than we realize. They can be born into wealth or poverty, enjoying every privilege or struggling to make ends meet. They have parents... |
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Military Atlas of Air Warfare
Alexander Swanston - Chartwell Books
Format: Hardcover
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MILITARY HISTORY. "The Military Atlas of Air Warfare" is a highly illustrated and accessible account of the development of aerial warfare, from the first skirmishes over the Western Front in World War I to today's hi-tech netcentric aerial battlespace. Developing from unpowered... |
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Revolutionary Delaware: Independence in the First State
Kim Rogers Burdick - History Press
Format: Print book
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In 1776, Delaware declared independence from both England and Pennsylvania. Originally known as the Three Lower Counties of Pennsylvania, the First State was instrumental in the fight to form a new republic. The Marquis de Lafayette, Nathanael Greene and George Washington all made trips... |
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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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Kids: Photos to Brighten Your Day
TRACY SWEENEY - Amherst Media
Format: Paperback
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Award-winning photographer Tracy Sweeney presents a joyous celebration of children. The author has artfully crafted a collection of whimsical images of children in play and reverie. Join her in exploring the magical world of childhood. Tracy brings her education experience as a classroom... |
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The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution
Bryan Shih - Nation Books
Format: Print book
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October 2016 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, an organization that remains one of the most misunderstood of the twentieth century. But beyond the labels of "extremist" and "violent" that have marked the party, and behind charismatic... |
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Photoshop Elements 2019 For Dummies
Barbara Obermeier - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Turn blah photos into dazzling imagesPhotoshop Elements offers enough of the power you'll find in full Photoshop to make both basic and artistic edits to your photos. Photoshop Elements 2019 For Dummies helps you learn how to use Photoshop Elements to take your shots to stunning... |
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Painting Party: Acrylic Painting for Beginners
Anna Bartlett - North Light Books
Format: Print book
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Shiny happy paintings you can complete in an evening! Simply follow the steps to fun, beautiful paintings! Anna Bartlett has led hundreds of enthusiastic new painters through paint-alongs in her studio. It's a fun, stress-free way to experience the joy of painting while completing an original... |
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Second City Sinners: True Crime from Historic Chicago's Deadly Streets
Jon Seidel - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover
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Countless criminals have made their mark on Chicago and the surrounding communities. Chicago Sun-Times journalist Jon Seidel takes readers back in time to the days when H. H. Holmes lurked in his "Murder Castle" and guys named Al Capone and John Dillinger ruled the underworld.... |
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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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Artist's Drawing Techniques
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Try your hand at drawing and bring out your inner artist as you discover your own unique style. Create your own masterpieces with projects for both beginners and experienced artists.A practical guide to learning how to draw with pencils, charcoal, pens, and pastels, Artist's Drawing... |
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National Geographic Night Vision: Magical Photographs of Life After Dark
Susan Tyler Hitchcock - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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Celebrate the beauty of the world after dark - from starlit skies and glowing city streets to exquisite nocturnal creatures and the wonders that emerge after sunset - with this amazing new book from National Geographic.The world is a different place after dark, and this magnificent photography... |
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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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Moving Together: Making and Theorizing Contemporary Dance
Laermans. - Valiz
Format: Book
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Moving Together examines contemporary dance from both a theoretical and a practical perspective, with interactions between the two. The author analyses three important tendencies in contemporary dance: "pure" dance, dance theatre, and (self-) reflexive dance. He proposes a theoretical,... |
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How to Play Ukulele: A Complete Guide for Beginners
Dan Scanlan - Adams Media
Format: Paperback
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Learn to play the ukulele with this beginner's guide that features information about basic techniques, tools, and music knowledge.What do George Clooney, Zooey Deschanel, Ryan Gosling and James Franco all have in common? Answer: they all play the ukulele and now, with this easy step-by-step... |
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Digital Photography Through the Year, 2nd Edition
Tom Ang - Dk Publishing, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Digital Photography Through the Year is your essential companion to capturing the most beautiful moments of every season. Updated to include all the latest technological developments and creative trends, this guide is packed with practical explanations of key techniques and tips and tricks... |
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How to Draw: Farm Animals In Simple Steps
SUSIE HODGE - Search Press(UK)
Format: Paperback
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Learn to draw 20 different, charming farm animals from scratch in a few easy steps. Learn how to draw all kinds of farm animals using this fun and easy step-by-step method. Starting with simple shapes, Susie Hodge shows you how easy it is to develop circles, rectangles, squares and ovals... |
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Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
Mark Godfrey - D.A.P./Tate
Format: Hardcover
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African American art in the era of Malcolm X and the Black PanthersIn the period of radical change that was 1963-83, young black artists at the beginning of their careers confronted difficult questions about art, politics and racial identity. How to make art that would stand as innovative,... |
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Stoned Beyond Belief
Action Bronson - Abrams Image
Format: Hardcover
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Rapper, chef, and television star Action Bronson is a marijuana superhero, both its champion and devoted consumer, and Stoned Beyond Belief is the ultimate love letter to the world's most magical plant: weed. This is an exploration of every corner of the pot galaxy, from highly scientific... |
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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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The Artist's Guide to Drawing Manga
Ben Krefta - Arcturus Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Manga is one of the most popular art genres around. Aspiring artists always want a fresh array of reference artwork to try out for themselves or simply give them inspiration. This new book, by master-manga artist Ben Krefta, features exciting new characters and step-by-step projects, including... |
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101 Movie Hits for Violin
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. - Hal Leonard Corporation
Format: Musical score
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(Instrumental Folio) . Solo instrumentalists will love this collection of 101 film favorites, including: Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) * Beauty and the Beast * Can't Help Falling in Love * Chariots of Fire * Danger Zone * Don't You (Forget About Me) * Endless Love * Eye of the Tiger... |
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Beginner's Guide to Botanical Flower Painting
Michael Lakin - Search Press
Format: Paperback
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Clean, fresh and precise botanical artwork is within your grasp, with Michael Lakin's clear and simple approach.Michael Lakin, known for his wonderful traditional botanical art, teaches you how to recreate the beauty of nature from first principles. Using Michael's six-stage process,... |
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Dear Evan Hansen: Music Minus One Vocal
Benj Pasek - Music Minus One
Format: Paperback
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(Music Minus One) . The winner of six Tony Awards , including Best Original Score and Best Musical, Dear Evan Hansen has struck a remarkable chord with audiences and critics everywhere. With advanced ticket sales in excess of $20 million and its soundtrack debut at #8 on the Top 200 Album... |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber - Unmasked: The Platinum Collection
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(P/V/G Composer Collection) . Andrew Lloyd Webber turns 70 in March 2018, and this incredible compilation is being released the same month in commemoration of his remarkable 50-year career of composing classic Broadway musicals and contemporary works. Our matching folio features 39 tracks... |
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The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together
Adam Nayman - Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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From such cult hits as Raising Arizona (1987) and The Big Lebowski (1998) to major critical darlings Fargo (1996) , No Country for Old Men (2007) , and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) , Ethan and Joel Coen have cultivated a bleakly comical, instantly recognizable voice in modern... |
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That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde
Daryl Sanders - Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound is the definitive treatment of Bob Dylan's magnum opus, Blonde on Blonde, not only providing the most extensive account of the sessions that produced the trailblazing album, but also setting the record straight on much of the misinformation that... |
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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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Vietnam: A New History
Christopher E Goscha - Basic Books
Format: Print book
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In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells the full history of the events that created the modern state of Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day. Generations of emperors, rebels, priests, and colonizers left complicated legacies in this remarkable country. Periods of Chinese, French, and Japanese... |
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Guitar For Dummies
Mark Phillips - John Wiley
Format: Print book
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Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition (9781119293354) was previously published as Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition (9781119151432) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product.... |
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Pop Classics: Harmonica Play-Along Volume 8 Bk/Online Audio
Hal Leonard Corp. - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(Harmonica Play-Along) . The Harmonica Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the notation, listen to the online audio to hear how the harmonica should sound, and then play along with a professional band using the separate backing tracks.... |
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Game of Thrones: The Noble Houses of Westeros: Seasons 1-5
Running Press - Running Press Book Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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You Win or You Die.In the seven kingdoms of Westeros, an intricate and perilous game is being played out among its participants, the great and noble houses. Alliances are formed, wars are waged, kings are murdered, and new monarchs are crowned.Game of Thrones: The Noble Houses of Westeros... |
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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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Timeless Journeys: Travels to the World's Legendary Places
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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From Machu Picchu to the Pyramids of Giza and beyond, this travel-lover's delight takes readers on a breathtaking visual journey to the world's most historic wonderlands. Pack your bags for an extraordinary adventure with National Geographic to the places that have captivated our imaginations... |
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Music Law in the Digital Age: Copyright Essentials for Today's Music Business
ALLEN BARGFREDE - Berklee Press
Format: Paperback
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(Berklee Press) . With the free-form exchange of music files and musical ideas online, understanding copyright laws has become essential to career success in the new music marketplace. This cutting-edge, plain-language guide shows you how copyright law drives the contemporary music industry.... |
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Experiencing Schumann: A Listener's Companion
Donald Sanders - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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During his lifetime and for at least a century after his death, Robert Schumann and his music were commonly misunderstood. His long struggle with mental illness was well known, and as a result some of the most original and innovative features of his work were often dismissed as bizarre... |
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Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 20052016
Annie Leibovitz - Phaidon Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this new collection from Annie Leibovitz, one of the most influential photographers of our time, iconic portraits sit side by side never-before-published photographs. Afterword by Annie Leibovitz.Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 2005-2016 is the photographer's follow-up to her two landmark... |
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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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The Visual History of Type
Paul McNeil - Laurence King Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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The Visual History of Type is a comprehensive, detailed survey of the major typefaces produced since the advent of printing with movable type in the mid-fifteenth century to the present day. Arranged chronologically to provide context, more than 320 typefaces are displayed in the form of their... |
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Jean Haines Atmospheric Flowers in Watercolour
Jean Haines - Search Press
Format: Hardcover
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If you want to breathe energy and atmosphere into your flower painting, this is the book for you.If you want to breathe energy and atmosphere into your flower painting, this is the book for you.World-renowned artist Jean Haines invites you into her garden studio to learn her techniques... |
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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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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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The Lyrics: 1961-2020
Bob Dylan - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
A beautiful, comprehensive volume of Dylans lyrics, from the beginning of his career through the present day - with the songwriters edits to dozens of songs, appearing here for the first time.
Bob Dylan is one of the most important songwriters of our time,... |
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Signs of Hope: Messages from Subway Therapy
Matthew "Levee" Chavez - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply moving and inspiring collection of notes from the most expressive wall in the world.In the days and weeks after the 2016 presidential election, Matthew Chavez showed up in the subway with stacks of brightly colored sticky notes. "Express yourself," he told passersby.... |
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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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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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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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Prefabulous Small Houses
Sheri Koones - Taunton Press
Format: Hardcover
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Prefab home construction has come into its own. Prefabricated homes used to be considered inferior to houses built on site, but not anymore. In Prefabulous Small Houses, best-selling author Sheri Koones presents 32 stunning prefabricated homes from around North America. 250 beautiful... |
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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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First 50 Songs You Should Play on Mandolin
Fred Sokolow - Hal Leonard Corporation
Format: Musical score
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(Mandolin) . A fantastic collection of 50 accessible, must-know favorites for the beginner who's learned enough to start playing popular songs! This book features melody, lyrics, and chord diagrams. Includes: Amazing Grace * Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain * Crazy * Cripple Creek * Folsom... |
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Complete Pleats: Pleating Techniques for Fashion, Architecture and Design
Paul Jackson - Laurence King
Format: Print book
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Paul Jackson's major new title Complete Pleats is the most comprehensive book about pleating on the market. It explains how pleating systems can be stretched, compressed, flared, skewed, multiplied and mirrored, showing how from simple ideas, a huge number of original pleat forms can be created.... |
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Celestial Bodies: How to Look at Ballet
Laura Jacobs - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A distinguished dance critic offers an enchanting introduction to the art of balletAs much as we may enjoy Swan Lake or The Nutcracker, for many of us ballet is a foreign language. It communicates through movement, not words, and its history lies almost entirely abroad-in Russia, Italy,... |
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The Scentual Garden: Exploring the World of Botanical Fragrance
Ken Druse - Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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A complete illustrated survey of fragrance in the garden by America's leading garden writer Popular garden writer Ken Druse offers a complete survey of fragrance in the garden, in a major work filled with new knowledge. He arranges both familiar and unusual garden plants, shrubs, and trees... |
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Bresson on Bresson: Interviews, 1943-1983
Robert Bresson - New York Review Books
Format: Print book
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One of the most influential directors in the history of French cinema, Robert Bresson never strayed from his iconoclastic ways, insisting on the use of nonprofessional actors, shunning the "advances" of Cinerama and CinemaScope (and the work of most of his predecessors and peers)... |
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How to Draw Dogs and Puppies: A Complete Guide for Beginners
J C Amberlyn - The Monacelli Press
Format: Print book
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ART AND DOGS COME TOGETHER IN THIS RICHLY ILLUSTRATED, IN-DEPTH GUIDE TO CREATING CHARMING PORTRAITS OF DOGS BIG AND SMALLHow to Draw Dogs and Puppies continues a rich tradition of dogs in art. In this step-by-step guide to drawing over 100 different breeds and mixed breeds of dogs... |
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A Pentatonix Christmas Deluxe
Pentatonix - RCA Records
Format: Audio CD
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Deluxe edition. 2017 holiday release. In just six years, Pentatonix has sold more than 6.4 million albums (in total consumption) in the U.S. alone. They have won three Grammy Awards, received a Daytime Emmy nomination and performed for hundreds of thousands of fans at their sold-out shows... |
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A Mad Love: An Introduction to Opera
Vivien Schweitzer - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first centuryThere are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera-and few that are as daunting for newcomers. A Mad Love offers a spirited and indispensable tour of opera's eclectic past and present, beginning... |
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The urban sketchbook : urban sketches, a personal account
Sergi CaÌmara - Barron's
Format: Print book
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Sketching is an artistic form of expression that has been practiced by countless creative people since time immemorial. In the past, it was not considered "artwork" in itself, but an intimate look at the artist's surroundings that might be utilized to study, learn, and grow. The... |
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Zayn
Random House. - Delacorte
Format: Print book
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The first and only official book from ZAYN. Global superstar ZAYN shares a photographic journey of his life since leaving One Direction. ZAYN opens up with this collection of thoughts, inspiration, and never-before-seen personal photographs. After five years of massive success with One Direction,... |
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Take Stock Photography that Sells: Earn a living doing what you love
Dale Wilson - Ilex Press
Format: Paperback
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A guide to the essentials of stock photography; picking agencies, creating metadata, and shooting buyer-friendly images.Web-based stock photography has become one of the biggest income streams for photographers around the world, and has democratised the process, making it easy for just... |
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The Birth of a Nation: Nat Turner and the Making of a Movement
Nate Parker - 37 Ink
Format: Print book
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This official tie-in to the highly acclaimed film, The Birth of a Nation, surveys the history and legacy of Nat Turner, the leader of one of the most renowned slave rebellions on American soil, while also exploring Turner's relevance to contemporary dialogues on race relations.Based... |
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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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Moana: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hal Leonard
Format: Musical score
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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) . This sweeping, CG-animated feature film about an adventurous teenager who is inspired to leave the safety and security of her island on a daring journey to save her people with a little help from a demigod features original songs by Hamilton 's Lin-Manuel... |
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New Eco Homes: New Ideas for Sustainable Living
Manel Couto GutieÌrrez - Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015.
Format: Print book
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A stunning, full-color showcase of the latest innovations in sustainable architecture and eco-friendly design, featuring thirty-five diverse homes.Today's architects, designers, building craftsman, and homeowners are becoming more environmentally conscious, choosing eco-friendly living... |
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The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock
David Weigel - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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The wildly entertaining story of progressive rock, the music that ruled the 1970s charts -- and has divided listeners ever since.The Show That Never Ends is the definitive story of the extraordinary rise and fall of progressive ("prog") rock. Epitomized by such classic, chart-topping... |
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The Dark Crystal: The Ultimate Visual History
CASEEN GAINES - Insight Editions
Format: Hardcover
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Dark Crystal: The Ultimate Visual History is the definitive collection of rare artwork, interviews, and on-set photos from the beloved Jim Henson fantasy classic.A true masterpiece brought to life by the ingenious puppetry and peerless storytelling of Jim Henson, Dark Crystal is revered... |
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Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World
Wade Graham - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed landscape designer, historian and author of American Eden, a lively, unique, and accessible cultural history of modern cities - from suburbs, downtown districts, and exurban sprawl, to shopping malls and "sustainable" developments - that allows us to view them... |
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Everyday Chic: My Secrets for Entertaining, Organizing, and Decorating at Home
Molly Sims - Dey Street Books
Format: Paperback
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New York Times bestselling author Molly Sims shares her secrets for effortless entertaining, feeding friends and family, and making your house a home - with just the right amount of her signature supermodel style. Once upon a time, Molly Sims was a single girl who stored cashmere sweaters... |
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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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Galapagos: A Traveler's Introduction
WAYNE LYNCH - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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In 1979, the Galapagos Islands was one of the earliest World Heritage Sites to be selected by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) , a designation intended to protect and preserve sites of cultural and natural heritage around the world. Today, there... |
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Life Is Like a Musical: How to Live, Love, and Lead Like a Star
Tim Federle - Running Press
Format: Hardcover
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A Self-Help Guide--with Jazz Hands! Life is Like a Musical features 50 wry, witty tips on getting ahead in life and love--all learned in the showbiz trenches. "Hilarious, wise, and one-of-a-kind. This book is so damn brilliant I'm surprised it didn't already exist." -- Sarah... |
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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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Music
DK Publishing - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Paperback
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Music: The Definitive Visual History is a comprehensive guide to the history of music, from opera to electronica, and is now available in paperback.Produced in association with the Smithsonian and including images from The National Music Museum in South Dakota, Music: The Definitive Visual... |
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Simple Songs: The Easiest Easy Drum Songbook Ever
Hal Leonard Corp. - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(Drum Book) . 50 popular songs are presented in this collection of authentic, simple drum transcriptions, including: Another One Bites the Dust (Queen) * Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) * Creep (Radiohead) * Day Tripper (Beatles) * Eye of the Tiger (Survivor) * Fight for Your... |
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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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First 50 Songs You Should Fingerpick On Guitar
Hal Leonard Corp. - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(Guitar Collection) . Do you feel you've learned enough fingerstyle technique to start playing some real tunes? If so, this is the book for you. 50 must-know songs, including: Blackbird * The Boxer * Dust in the Wind * Fire and Rain * Greensleeves * Hell Hound on My Trail * Is There... |
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Gorillas in the Wild: A Visual Essay
Joe McDonald - Amherst Media
Format: Paperback
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In this beautifully illustrated book, author Joe McDonald presents a wealth of knowledge pertaining to the natural history of mountain gorillas, one of the world's most endangered great apes. The volume includes over 170 photos from Joe, his wife, Mary Ann, and a third contributor -- plus... |
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