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Hank : the short life and long country road of hank williams

Mark Ribowsky - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

A heartbreaking and unforgettable portrait of country music's founding father.After he died in the backseat of a Cadillac at the age of twenty-nine, Hank Williams?a frail, flawed man who had become country music's most compelling and popular star?instantly morphed into its first tragic...
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Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste

Nolan Gasser - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

From the chief architect of the Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind, body, and upbringing influence the music you love.Everyone loves music. But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful...
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Quicksand

Janet Dailey
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Janet Dailey's latest Champions novel tells the rugged, romantic story of an Arizona family ranch in trouble, as the Champion sisters fight to keep their legacy bull-rearing operation strong, going head-to-head - and heart to heart - with some of the toughest...
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Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices

Kristin Hass - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

A field guide to the memorials, museums, and practices that commemorate white supremacy in the United States - and how to reimagine a more deeply shared cultural infrastructure for the futureCultural infrastructure has been designed to maintain structures of inequality, and while it doesn't...
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Cómo dibujar letras a mano: Dibuja, Estampa, Pinta (Spanish Edition)

Max Marlborough - EDICIONES OBELISCO S.L.
Format: Paperback

Cómo dibujar letras a mano es una guía creativa para dibujar y pintar alfabetos. Muestra cómo una variedad de instrumentos, técnicas y medios pueden utilizarse para crear letras que prácticamente saltan de la página. Cómo dibujar letras a mano te enseña a dibujar letras que van desde...
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Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of The Rock Stars

DAVID HEPWORTH - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

An elegy to the age of the Rock Star, featuring Chuck Berry, Elvis, Madonna, Bowie, Prince, and more, uncommon people whose lives were transformed by rock and who, in turn, shaped our cultureRecklessness, thy name is rock.The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed....
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The New Generation of Tattoo Artists

A?kos Ba?nfalvi - Wilkinson Press
Format: Print book

Despite tattooing's ancient origins, each generation brings something new to this much celebrated art form. This book brings you 16 of the best tattoo artists from all around the world, including the U.S., Hungary, England, Ireland, Germany, Romania, Poland, France and China. The names...
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The 12-Hour Art Expert: Everything You Need to Know about Art in a Dozen Masterpieces

NOAH CHARNEY - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Interested in art but feel under-informed? Curious but afraid you might not "get" it? Already a fan and wishing to immerse yourself in a fun, engaging, informative and informed read that will refresh and top up your Art History 101 and Introduction to Art courses from college?...
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