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Visualizing The Beatles: A Complete Graphic History of the World's Favorite Band

JOHN PRING - Dey Street Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Foreword by Rob SheffieldFilled with stunning full-color infographics, a unique, album-by-album visual history of the evolution of the Beatles that examines how their style, their sound, their instruments, their songs, their tours, and the world they inhabited transformed over the course...
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Bridges: A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans

Judith Dupre - Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

From the best-selling author of Skyscrapers comes the much-anticipated revised edition of her magnificent chronological tour of the world's most significant and eye-popping spans, now in color and bigger than ever. This visual history of the world''s landmark bridges is thoroughly...
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Victor Horta: The Architect of Art Nouveau

DAVID DERNIE - Thames & Hudson
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

An expertly written and exquisitely photographed study of the buildings of Victor Horta, a central figure of Art Nouveau whose work was fundamental to modernist architectureIn the decade following the success of his design for the Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1893, Victor Horta, the creator...
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Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity

Felicia Day - Gallery Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

An instant New York Times bestseller

In Embrace Your Weird, New York Times bestselling author, producer, actress, TV writer, and award-winning web series creator, Felicia Day takes you on a journey to find, rekindle, or expand your creative passions.

Including...
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101 Textures in Graphite & Charcoal: Practical drawing techniques for rendering a variety of surfaces & textures

Steven Pearce - Walter Foster Pub
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

A must-have resource for graphite and charcoal artists of all skill levels. Accurately rendering surfaces and textures is one of the most challenging aspects of working with graphite pencil and charcoal. 101 Textures in Graphite & Charcoal provides artists with step-by-step instructions...
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The Ballet Lover's Companion

Zoe Anderson - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

This engaging book is a welcome guide to the most successful and loved ballets seen on the stage today. Dance writer and critic Zoe Anderson focuses on 140 ballets, a core international repertory that encompasses works from the ethereal world of romantic ballet to the edgy, muscular works...
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Strokes Of Genius 8: Expressive Texture

Rachel Rubin Wolf - North Light
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Inspiration fresh from the studios of 131 master artists! A celebration of creative drawing, the Strokes of Genius series showcases standout work from today's top artists. This 8th volume focuses on how artists use texture to bring life and depth to subjects ranging from soulful portraits...
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Capturing Music: The Story of Notation

Thomas Forrest Kelly - W. W. Norton & Company; Har/Com edition
Format: Hardcover

An entertaining history of how musicians learned to record music for all time, filled with art that sings. In today's digital landscape, we have the luxury of experiencing music anytime, anywhere. But before this instant accessibility and dizzying array of formats -- before CDs, the eight-track...
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The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols

Genevieve Von Petzinger - Atria Books
Pages: 307
Format: Print book

"If you love mysteries, you'll love this book. Genevieve von Petzinger acts as guide and sleuth in this fascinating, accessible, and fast-paced exploration of Ice Age artists and the evocative cave paintings they left behind" (Virginia Morell, author of Animal Wise and Ancestral...
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Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest

Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib - University of Texas Press
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

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...

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