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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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iPhoneography Pro: Techniques For Taking Your iPhone Photography To The Next Level
Robert Morrissey - Amherst Media
Format: Paperback
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The iPhone is revolutionizing photography. Never before has a camera been so portable yet powerful, so versatile and ubiquitous. Yet, as this book shows, this amazing device has untapped potential for taking jaw-droppingly detailed, sharp, professional-quality images.In this book, commercial... |
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Jamie Wyeth
Jamie Wyeth - MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Format: Hardcover
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As famous, and sometimes famously controversial, as the three generations of Wyeth artists have been, the artistic vision of Jamie Wyeth (born 1946) , considered separate from the context of his family, remains surprisingly little known. This retrospective, the first in more than 30 years,... |
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Diane von Furstenberg: A Life Unwrapped
Gioia Diliberto - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping biography of one of the most influential and controversial legends of late twentieth-century fashion, an iconic designer whose colorful creations, including the "wrap dress," captured the modern feminist spirit.The daughter of a Holocaust survivor and wife of an Austrian... |
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Into Africa
Frans Lanting - Earth Aware Editions
Format: Hardcover
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Journey Into Africa through the lens of National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting, whose images have created an enduring vision of Africa's diverse landscapes and wildlife.Experience the wonders of wild Africa as seen through the eyes of master photographer Frans Lanting, whose... |
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The Art Abandonment Project: Create and Share Random Acts of Art
Michael deMeng - North Light Books
Format: Paperback
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Art sharing at its sneakiest!Art sharing at its sneakiest!The Art Abandonment Project is your guide to expressing yourself through random acts of art! Create something for the joy of making it, and then leave it for an unsuspecting person to find--be it on a shelf at the library, a park... |
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Stick Sketch School: Mastering the Art of the Stick Figure
Billy Attinger - Race Point Publishing
Format: Book
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Since Billy Attinger founded his company, Stick World, pop culture has exploded with stick figure art. Social media feeds and other online resources are the perfect home for this brand of simple, pithy, and (often) wickedly funny art. Stick figure images and messages are easily conveyed... |
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Ringo: With a Little Help
Michael Seth Starr - Backbeat Books
Format: Hardcover
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(Book) . Ringo: With a Little Help is the first in-depth biography of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, who kept the beat for an entire generation and who remains a rock icon over fifty years since the Beatles took the world by storm. With a Little Help traces the entire arc of Ringo's... |
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Bridges: A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans
Judith Dupre - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover
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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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Camille Pissarro
Joachim Pissarro - Harry N Abrams; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Impressionist artist Pissarro's great-grandson Joachim presents the diversity and charm of his ancestor's work in 205 color images and 149 black-and-white photographs. A fresh, engaging look at the genius of an artist ever receptive to new ideas. Size D. $75.00 after January 1, 1994. |
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The Pop Revolution
Alice Goldfarb Marquis - MFA Publications; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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"This book is a social history of Pop art, a group portrait of both the artists and the people who made some of them rich and famous in just a few years, while setting in motion the drastically altered way art has been marketed and appreciated-in the monetary and aesthetic sense-up... |
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Introduction to Drawing the Human Body
Giovanni Civardi - Pgw
Format: Paperback
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In this technical guide, Civardi imparts a thorough and intelligent understanding of how to draw the human body. Written with clarity and enthusiasm, and using numerous examples of his own work as teaching aids, Civardi provides the reader with a firm grounding in observation, anatomy,... |
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The Words and Music of Brian Wilson
Christian Matijas-Mecca - Praeger
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating study of Brian Wilson's creative career as a composer, producer, performer, and collaborator that addresses all aspects of Brian's five-decade-long music career through his creative methods and processes.* Presents the first complete and career-spanning biography... |
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Best Friends Forever: Christopher Hart's Draw Manga Now!
Christopher Hart - Watson-Guptill
Format: Paperback
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Focusing on the dramatic character friendships and sometimes rivalries that are central to any manga narrative, Best Friends Forever teaches readers how to draw characters at slumber parties, school, and parties together, as well as combining character types that complement each other.... |
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One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band
Alan Paul - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Best seller!One Way Out is the powerful biography of The Allman Brothers Band, an oral history written with the band's participation and filled with original, never-before-published interviews as well as personal letters and correspondence. This is the most in-depth... |
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Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel
Sherill Tippins - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The next best thing to having a room key to the Chelsea Hotel during each of its famousand infamousdecades The Chelsea Hotel, since its founding by a visionary French architect in 1884, has been an icon of American invention a cultural dynamo and haven for the counterculture, all in one astonishing... |
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Pocket Museum: Ancient Egypt
Campbell Price - Thames & Hudson
Format: Paperback
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A detailed exploration of 200 Ancient Egyptian objects from museums around the world, gathered here into one handy, pocket-sized guideThis magnificently illustrated book brings together 200 of the finest and most significant Ancient Egyptian treasures and artifacts preserved in museums... |
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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
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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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Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater
Eddie Shapiro - Oxford University Press, 2014.
Format: Print book
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In Nothing Like a Dame, theater journalist Eddie Shapiro opens a jewelry box full of glittering surprises, through in-depth conversations with twenty leading women of Broadway. He carefully selected Tony Award-winning stars who have spent the majority of their careers in theater, leaving... |
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Bach's Major Vocal Works: Music, Drama, Liturgy
Markus Rathey - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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Every year, Johann Sebastian Bach's major vocal works are performed to mark liturgical milestones in the Christian calendar. Written by a renowned Bach scholar, this concise and accessible book provides an introduction to the music and cultural contexts of the composer's most beloved... |
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The Simpsons family history : a celebration of television's favorite family
Matt Groening - Abrams
Format: Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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So you think you know the Simpsons? Well, think again! The Simpsons Family History unravels 25 years of Simpsons facts and fun and presents them in a never-before-seen chronological format. Travel through time with Matt Groening as he pulls back the curtain and reveals the events that turned... |
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Egon Schiele's Women
Jane Kallir - Prestel USA
Format: Hardcover
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During his brief yet prolific career, Egon Schiele created hundreds of drawings, watercolors, and oil paintings of the women in his life. His work is generally regarded as expressionistic, emotional, intense, autobiographical, and highly sexual. In this elegant and beautifully illustrated... |
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The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Comics: How
Comfort Love - Watson-Guptill
Format: Print book
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Take Control of Your Comics-Making Destiny Creating your own comic is easier than ever before. With advances in technology, the increased connectivity of social media, and the ever-increasing popularity of the comics medium, successful DIY comics publishing is within your reach. With The Complete... |
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LAPD '53
James Ellroy - Harry N. Abrams; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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James Ellroy, the undisputed master of crime writing, has teamed up with the Los Angeles Police Museum to present a stunning text on 1953 LA. While combing the museum's photo archives, Ellroy discovered that the year featured a wide array of stark and unusual imagery - and he has written... |
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100 Best Beatles Songs an Informed Fan's Guide
Stephen J Spignesi - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Format: Print book
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"In this book, Stephen J Spignesi and Michael Lewis had the daunting task of selecting the top 100 Beatles songs and ranking them in order from 1 to 100." Each song includes info about why it made the top 100, what the song is about, trivia & facts about the song and its recording... |
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Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry
Adriaan E Waiboer - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A landmark exploration of the engaging network of relationships among genre painters of the Dutch Golden Age The genre painting of the Dutch Golden Age between 1650 and 1675 ranks among the highest pinnacles of Western European art. The virtuosity of these works, as this book demonstrates,... |
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Artists Unframed: Snapshots from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art
Merry A. Foresta - Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Hardcover
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Tucked away among the letters, diaries, and other ephemera in the Smithsonian's archives lies a trove of rarely seen snapshots of some of the twentieth century's most celebrated artists. Unlike the familiar official portraits and genius-at-work shots, these humble snaps capture... |
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Perspective Sketching: Freehand and Digital Drawing Techniques for Artists & Designers
Jorge Paricio - Rockport Publishers; Ill edition
Format: Book
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Go beyond the horizon with Perspective Sketching. This book offers a command of the basic principles of perspective that is essential to creating dynamic, plausible compositions. With a user-friendly approach, this step-by-step guide will help you master the basics like scale drawing, contour... |
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The Trip: Andy Warhol's Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure
Deborah Davis - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Strapless and Guest of Honor, a book about a little-known road trip Andy Warhol took from New York to LA in 1963, and how that journey - and the numerous artists and celebrities he encountered - profoundly influenced his life and art.In 1963, up-and-coming artist Andy... |
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100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design
Steven Heller - Laurence King Publishers
Format: Paperback
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New in the "100 Ideas that Changed..." series, this book demonstrates how ideas influenced and defined graphic design, and how those ideas have manifested themselves in objects of design. The 100 entries, arranged broadly in chronological order, range from technical (overprinting,... |
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Art Nouveau: 50 Works Of Art You Should Know
Susie Hodge - Prestel
Format: Hardcover
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A new edition to Prestels popular 50s series, this collection of the finest examples of Art Nouveau shows how the movement impacted every artistic discipline. The heyday of the Art Nouveau style was relatively short,spanning the decades immediately before and after 1900.However it was a tremendously... |
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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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Fiddle For Dummies, Book + Online Video and Audio Instruction
Michael Sanchez - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Learn to play the fiddle? Easy. Tackling a new instrument can be intimidating, but with this easy-to-use guide, you'll have no trouble at all! From selecting, tuning, and caring for your fiddle to mastering various music styles, Fiddle For Dummies walks you step-by-step through everything... |
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Democratic Art: The New Deal's Influence on American Culture
Sharon Ann Musher - University of Chicago Press, 2015. 2015
Format: Print book
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Throughout the Great Recession American artists and public art endowments have had to fight for government support to keep themselves afloat. It wasn't always this way. At its height in 1935, the New Deal devoted $27 million - roughly $461 million today - to supporting tens of thousands... |
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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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Sculpting in Copper
J E Pratt - A. & C. Black
Format: Print book
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Metalworking in copper is an ancient and rewarding art. Used by human beings for more than 4,000 years, this long-lasting, widely available and very forgiving material lends itself to the creation of beautiful figurative sculptures, as well as abstract forms. In this book, lifelong sculptor... |
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Canon EOS Rebel T6/1300D For Dummies
Julie Adair King - For Dummies
Format: Print book
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Get up to speed on your camera's settings Shoot with auto mode or explore manual settings Discover the keys to better images The fast way to better photos Get ready to start taking photos worth bragging about. Your Canon EOS Rebel T6/1300D offers major photography power along with... |
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Romantic Prairie Style
Fifi O'Neill - CICO Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Romantic Prairie Style embraces simple pleasures, comfort and the long-cherished ideals of natural beauty, simplicity and harmony with the earth. It's a style that says 'home' wherever you may be because, more than anything else, it's a mindset: gentle but strong, welcoming... |
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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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Why We March: Signs of Protest and Hope--Voices from the Women's March
ARTISAN. - Artisan
Format: Paperback
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On January 21, 2017, millions of people gathered worldwide for the Women's March, one of the largest demonstrations in political history. Together they raised their voices in hope, protest, and solidarity. This inspiring collection features 500 of the most eloquent, provocative, uplifting,... |
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First 50 Songs You Should Play on Acoustic Guitar
Hal Leonard Corp. - Hal Leonard
Format: Print book
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(Guitar Collection) . If you're new to the guitar, you are probably eager to learn some songs. This book provides a combo of tab, chords, and lyrics for the most popular songs beginning guitarists want to play on the acoustic guitar. Includes: Against the Wind * Barely Breathing * Boulevard... |
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Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time
Ray Padgett - Sterling Ethos
Format: Hardcover
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From the creator of the popular website covermesongs.com comes the perfect book for music fans: the inside stories behind 20 iconic cover songs and the artists who turned them into classics. A great cover only makes a song stronger. Jimi Hendrixs version of Bob Dylans "All Along... |
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100 Greatest American Plays
THOMAS S HISCHAK - ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Format: Print book
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Theatre in America has had a rich history - from the first performance on the Lewis Hallam Troupe in September of 1752 to the lively shows of modern Broadway. Over the last few centuries significant works have been produced, including Abie's Irish Rose, Long Day's Journey into Night,... |
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Experiencing the Rolling Stones: A Listener's Companion
David Malvinni - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book
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Experiencing the Rolling Stones: A Listener's Companion looks at the Stones' music from the inside out. Along the journey, Malvinni places individual songs and entire albums within the transformative era of the '60s, focusing on how the Rolling Stones integrated African American... |
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Artful Alphabets: 55 Inspiring Hand Lettering Techniques and Ideas
JOANNE SHARPE - North Light Books
Format: Paperback
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Create uniquely artful words with secrets from Joanne Sharpe! Joanne Sharpe--author of the popular book The Art of Whimsical Lettering--has gathered together 55 of her favorite hand-drawn alphabets for this light-hearted collection. Follow simple illustrated steps to replicate each... |
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How To Write Songs On Guitar - Revised
Rikky Rooksby - Backbeat Books
Format: Paperback
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(Book). So you want to write songs, and you want to write them on guitar. This is the book that shows you exactly how. Taking tips and tricks from classic songwriters, from Bob Dylan to the Beatles to Tori Amos, How to Write Songs on Guitar takes you through the four main elements of a song... |
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Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains
Mark Blake - Victoria & Albert Museum
Format: Hardcover
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Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains celebrates 50 years of one of the greatest bands of all time. Lavishly illustrated throughout with material from the band's archive, including never-before-seen photographs, ephemera, and more, this book examines what makes Pink Floyd unique, from the mythology... |
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Film Firsts: The 25 Movies That Created Contemporary American Cinema
Ethan Alter - Praeger,
Format: Print book
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Since the mid-1970s, American cinema has gone through enormous changes, such as the birth of the modern summer blockbuster, the rise of the independent film industry, ongoing technological advancements in special effects, and the ever-evolving models for film distribution. Written by a professional... |
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Monster Book of Manga Drawing: 150 Step-by-Step Projects for Beginners
David Okum - Impact
Format: Paperback
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It's the most mammoth book of manga drawing EVER!If there's one key to drawing manga, it's GO BIG--starting with this humongous book of step-by-step instruction and inspiration.Compiled from nearly 10 years of best-selling books by David Okum, these pages are teeming with the most... |
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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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Pop Art
Tilman Osterwold - Taschen
Format: Print book
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Soup cans and Whaam! The makers and shapers of Pop Art Peaking in the 1960s, Pop Art began as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogation of modern society, consumer culture, and the role of the artist and artwork.Pop artists primary... |
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Richard Wagner: A Life in Music
Martin Geck - University Of Chicago Press; Tra edition
Format: Book
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Best known for the challenging four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung, Richard Wagner (1813–83) was a conductor, librettist, theater director, and essayist, in addition to being the composer of some of the most enduring operatic works in history, such as The Flying Dutchman, Tannhäuser,... |
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Get Started in Writing and Illustrating a Children's Book
Lucy Courtenay - Teach Yourself
Format: Print book
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Do you have an irresistible idea for a children's book, with pictures? Get Started in Writing and Illustrating A Children's Book is designed for anyone who wants to write in this genre of fiction, whatever the category or age range. Designed to build confidence and help fire up creativity,... |
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Guitar Amps and Effects For Dummies
Dave Hunter - For Dummies
Format: Book
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Learn the secrets to achieving your ultimate sound Whether amateur or pro, guitarists live for the ultimate sound. Guitar Amps & Effects For Dummies provides the information and instruction you need to discover that sound and make it your own! Written in the characteristically easy-to-read... |
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The Mammoth Book of Madonna
Michelle Morgan - Running Press
Format: Print book
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Reviews, interviews, commentary, and Madonna's own words shed new light on her videos, books, tours, fashion, charity work and other aspects of her life. |
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Minh Husler: The Fusion of Flora and Art
Minh Häusler - Hirmer
Format: Book
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Ikebana means "living flowers." This literal meaning discloses a form of artistic expression in which the natural beauty of the flowers and blossoms unfolds in conversation with the artist's powerful formal language. Fundamental to the art form is a close and contemplative... |
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Earth and Space: Photographs from the Archives of NASA
Nirmala Nataraj - Chronicle Books,
Format: Print book
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Take a tour of the universe with this breathtaking collection of photographs from the archives of NASA. Astonishing images of Earth from above, the phenomena of our solar system, and the celestial bodies of deep space will captivate readers and photography lovers with an interest in science,... |
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When Broadway Went to Hollywood
Ethan Mordden - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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When films like The Jazz Singer started to integrate synchronized music, in the late 1920s many ambitious songwriting pioneers of the Great White Way - George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and Lorenz Hart, among many others - were enticed westward by Hollywood studios'... |
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I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain
Courtney Robertson - It Books
Format: Hardcover
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InI Didnt Come Here to Make FriendsformerBachelorvillain and season 16 winner Courtney Robertson shares her story of love and heartbreak, and the reality of appearing on reality TV.For the first time ever, a formerBachelorcontestant takes us along on her journey to find love and reveals... |
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Chinese Landscape Painting Techniques for Watercolor
Lian Quan Zhen - North Light Books
Format: Print book
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Minimum stroke - maximum effectLearn how to make each brushstroke count when painting classically beautiful landscapes using a combination of traditional and modern watercolor techniques.Master artist and teacher Lian Quan Zhen shows how to blend Eastern and Western art theories, materials... |
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Widow Basquiat: A Love Story
Jennifer Clement - Broadway Books
Format: eBook
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The beautifully written, deeply affecting story of Jean-Michel Basquiat's partner, her past, and their life together New York City in the 1980s was a mesmerizing, wild place. A hotbed for hip hop, underground culture, and unmatched creative energy, it spawned some of the most significant... |
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How to Rap 2: Advanced Flow and Delivery Techniques
Paul Edwards - Chicago Review Press
Format: Book
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This sequel to How to Rap breaks down and examines techniques that have not previously been explained—such as triplets, flams, lazy tails, and breaking rhyme patterns. Based on interviews with hip-hop’s most innovative artists and groups, including Tech N9ne, Crooked I, Pharcyde,... |
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Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!: My Adventures in The Alice Cooper Group
Dennis Dunaway - Thomas Dunne Books, 2015.
Format: Print book
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"Before the world heard of KISS, the New York Dolls, Marilyn Manson, or Ozzy Osbourne, there was Alice Cooper, the original shock-rock band." -Rock and Roll Hall of FameAs teenagers in Phoenix, Dennis Dunaway, bassist and co-songwriter for the Alice Cooper group, and lead singer... |
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The Beatles: Six Days that Changed the World. February 1964
Bill Eppridge - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover
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Astonishing, richly spontaneous, and almost entirely unpublished images of the Beatles' historic first trip to the United States, as chronicled by an award-winning photographer given unique access to their tour. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Beatles'... |
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The Actor as Storyteller: An Introduction to Acting
Bruce Miller - Limelight; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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(Book). The Actor as Storyteller is intended for serious beginning actors. It opens with an overview, explaining the differences between theater and its hybrid mediums, the part an actor plays in each of those mediums. It moves on to the acting craft itself, with a special emphasis on analysis... |
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Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples
Jeff Todd Titon - Schirmer
Format: Paperback
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An exciting introduction to the diversity of musical cultures including Africa, North and South America, Eastern Europe, India, Indonesia, and Japan, this text conveys the fascination and the excitement associated with ethnomusicology through in-depth case studies written by those who have... |
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Coastal Living Beach House Style: Designing Spaces That Bring the Beach to You
Editors of Coastal Living Magazine - Oxmoor House; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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This treasure trove of decorating inspiration showcases coastal homes from the shores of New England down to Key West and the Caribbean. It explores the unique design of seaside homes along the rugged coastline of the Pacific Northwest down to the sunny beaches of Southern California, letting... |
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A Poet's Dublin
Eavan Boland - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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Juxtaposing verse and image, A Poet's Dublin is a study of origin and influence from "a major Irish poet" (Edward Hirsch) . Written over years, the transcendent and moving poems in A Poet's Dublin seek out shadows and impressions of a powerful, historic city, studying... |
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Robert Rauschenberg: Phaidon Focus
Catherine Craft - Phaidon Press
Format: Hardcover
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The work of Robert Rauschenberg has had a profound impact on avant-garde art from the 1950s onwards. A pioneer of multimedia are, this book explores his experimentations from his Combines (works melding painting and sculpture) , prints, silkscreen paintings to his use of technology and his collaborations... |
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Alexander McQueen: Unseen
Robert Fairer - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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Never-before-seen photos of McQueen's brilliantly creative world from an exclusive backstage photographer Alexander McQueen, the iconic designer whose untimely death in 2010 left the fashion world reeling and fans worldwide clamoring for more, fused immense creativity, audacity, and a hauntingly... |
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Composed: A Memoir
Rosanne Cash - Viking Adult; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A candid and moving memoir from the critically acclaimed singer and songwriter For thirty years as a musician, Rosanne Cash has enjoyed both critical and commercial success, releasing a series of albums that are as notable for their lyrical intelligence as for their musical excellence.... |
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Ukulele Crazy!: Everything You Need to Know About the Ukulele and How to Play It
Mike Evans - Anova Books
Format: Hardcover
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A quirky, fun, and practical guide to learning all that you need to learn about one of musics most beloved instruments, from its history to songs to learnWith a rich history spanning back to Portugal and not Hawaii, as everyone thinks the ukulele is currently going through an incredibly... |
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Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in Its Struggle to Be Understood
Grayson Perry - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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Grayson Perry's book will overturn everything you thought you knew about "art"Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he's called this book Playing to the Gallery... |
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All That Jazz: The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago
Ethan Mordden - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In 1975, the Broadway musical Chicago brought together a host of memes and myths - the gleefully subversive character of American musical comedy, the reckless glamour of the big-city newspaper, the mad decade of the 1920s, the work of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon (two of the greatest talents... |
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Movies of the 70s
Jurgen Muller - TASCHEN
Format: Hardcover
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The Birth of the Blockbuster How the prodigies of the 1970s revolutionized cinema The 1970s: that magical era betwixt the swinging 60s and the decadent 80s, the epoch of leisure suits and Afros, the age of disco music and platform shoes. As war raged on in Vietnam and the cold war continued... |
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Novel Interiors: Living in Enchanted Rooms Inspired by Literature
Lisa Borgnes Giramonti - Potter Style
Format: Hardcover
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For those who have ever lost themselves in the stylish worlds of novels like Sense and Sensibility, The Age of Innocence, Wuthering Heights, The Picture of Dorian Gray and countless others,this design book embraces the fantasy of time and place, showing you how to bring some of those elements... |
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Becoming a Graphic and Digital Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design
Steven Heller - Wiley; 5 edition
Format: Print book
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Begin your graphic design career now, with the guidance of industry experts Becoming a Graphic and Digital Designer is a single source guide to the myriad of options available to those pursuing a graphic design career. With an emphasis on portfolio requirements and job opportunities, this... |
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Upstyle Your Furniture: Techniques and Creative Inspiration to Style Your Home
Stephanie Jones - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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Owning one-of-a-kind, bespoke furniture is no longer a privilege of the wealthy or the realm of professional designers. Upstyle Your Furniture shows the rest of us how easy it is to create custom pieces of furniture with a bit of imagination and easy-to-find materials. Why spend a fortune... |
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Maximizing Profits: A Practical Guide for Portrait Photographers
Lori Nordstrom
Format: Print book
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If you've got great camera skills and want to take the plunge and make your passion a career, you'll need to build a solid business foundation from which your passion and creativity can take flight. If you're like most artists, the business side of things seems a bit dry - and it may be something... |
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Concrete Concept: Brutalist Buildings Around the World
Christopher Beanland - Frances Lincoln
Format: Print book
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Concrete Concept takes architecture admirers on a tour of the world's most impressive, celebrated and controversial Brutalist buildings. Featuring 50 international examples (built between the 1950s to 1970s) , it skips from one country to the next to illustrate why utilitarian concrete... |
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Arduino for Musicians: A Complete Guide to Arduino and Teensy Microcontrollers
Brent Edstrom - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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Arduino, Teensy, and related microcontrollers provide a virtually limitless range of creative opportunities for musicians and hobbyists who are interested in exploring "do it yourself" technologies. Given the relative ease of use and low cost of the Arduino platform, electronic... |
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Mom in the Movies: The Iconic Screen Mothers You Love
Turner Classic Movies Inc. - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Turner Classic Movies and film historian Richard Corliss present Mom in the Movies: The Iconic Screen Mothers You Love (and a Few You Love to Hate) , the definitive, fully illustrated book that shares the many ways Hollywood has celebrated, vilified and otherwise memorialized dear old Mom.With... |
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Craft-a-Doodle: 75 Creative Exercises from 18 Artists
Jenny Doh - Lark Crafts
Format: Book
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Using a simple doodle as a starting point, 18 artists take you on an inspirational, crafty journey! Filled with inventive prompts designed to fuel the imagination, these 75 exercises motivate crafters to pick up a pencil, brush, or marker, and explore their artistic voice. From quick “try... |
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The Westerns and War Films of John Ford
Sue Matheson - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book
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Responsible for some of the greatest films of the 20th century - The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and The Quiet Man among others - John Ford was best known for motion pictures that defined the American West and the face of wartime military. A Hollywood celebrity, Ford lived... |
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Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever 2016
Gale - Gale Group; 2016 edition
Format: Print book
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Containing the most extensive listing of movies available on video - more than 27,000 in all - and a multitude of cross-referencing within its seven primary indexes and two guides, each new edition includes 1,000 new movies, expanded indexing, a fresh new introduction and more of the beloved... |
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The Art of DreamWorks Animation: Celebrating 20 Years of Art
Ramin Zahed - Harry N. Abrams; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen, DreamWorks Animation instantly became a world-renowned animation studio with blockbuster franchises including Shrek, Madagascar, and Kung Fu Panda. Though its earliest films, such as The Prince of Egypt, feature... |
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Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone
Marky Ramone - Simon & Schuster Australia
Format: Print book
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The inside story behind one of the most revered bands in music history during the early days of punk rock in New York, from legendary drummer Marky Ramone.Rolling Stone ranked the Ramones at #26 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time." They received a Grammy... |
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Photography: The 50 Most Influential Photographers of All Time
Chris Dickie - Barron's Educational Series; 1.2.2010 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In addition to profiling the most important photographers of past and present, this book presents a capsule history of photography and explores significant trends and developments in the field. Brief biographies with identifying photos include Matthew Brady, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker... |
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Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations
Mark Ribowsky - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The first and only definitive biography of legendary Motown group, the TemptationsThe Temptations are an incomparable soul group, with dozens of chart-topping hits such as My Girl and Papa Was a Rollin Stone. From the sharp suits, stylish choreography, and distinctive vocals that epitomized... |
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Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof
Alisa Solomon - Metropolitan Books; 1 edition
Format: Book
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A sparkling and eye-opening history of the Broadway musical that changed the worldIn the half-century since its premiere Fiddler on the Roof has had an astonishing global impact Beloved by audiences the world over performed from rural high schools to grand state theaters Fiddler is a supremely... |
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LA Babe: The Real Women of Los Angeles 1975-1988
Moshe Brakha - Universe
Format: Hardcover
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A collection of previously unpublished photo- graphs of the crazy, sexy celebrities and other cool women of '70s and '80s Los Angeles, from Beverly Hills to Venice Beach to the Sunset Strip. Photographer Moshe Brakha's acidly crisp, other- worldly photographs evoke a certain... |
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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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Muscle Cars An Illustrated Guide
Craig Cheetham - Chartwell Books
Format: Print book
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Muscle Cars: An Illustrated Guide contains comprehensive coverage of more than 75 of America's greatest muscle cars, from the classic 1960s Pontiac GTO to the 21st century Ford Mustang Cobra. No muscle car throughout the past 100 years is left out of this gorgeous collectible book.... |
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Lighthouses of the World
Lisa Purcell - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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From ancient times until the present, lighthouses have symbolized safety, homecoming, and the seafaring way of life. Lighthouses of the World provides gorgeous full-color photos showcasing lighthouses from around the world. From the Barnegat Lighthouse on Long Beach Island, to the ancient... |
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Stand Up Straight and Sing!
Jessye Norman - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Format: Print book
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One of America's most admired and decorated artists tells her amazing story, from her childhood in the South to the world's greatest stages.Jessye Norman is not only one of the world's most admired and beloved singers, she is an American icon whose life story is as moving and dramatic... |
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Flute For Dummies
Karen Evans Moratz - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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An excellent primer for those with little or no experience playing the fluteAlways wanted to play the flute? Are you a former flautist who wants to refresh your skills? Flute For Dummies is the guide for you. Following along with the book's accompanying CD, you will learn the nuances... |
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William Wyler: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Most Celebrated Director
Gabriel Miller - The University Press of Kentucky
Format: Hardcover
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During his forty-five-year career, William Wyler (1902--1981) pushed the boundaries of filmmaking with his gripping storylines and innovative depth-of-field cinematography. With a body of work that includes such memorable classics as Jezebel (1938), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Ben-Hur (1959),... |
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2014 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market
Mary Burzlaff Bostic - North Light Books; Pap/Psc edition
Format: Book
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Build a Successful Art Career!2014 Artists Graphic Designers Market is the must-have reference guide for any artist who wants to establish or expand a career in fine art, illustration or graphic design. Thousands of successful artists have relied on us to help develop their careers and navigate... |
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Warren Zevon: Desperado of Los Angeles
George Plasketes - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Warren Zevon was one of the most original songwriters to emerge from the prolific 1970s Los Angeles music scene. Beyond his most familiar song - the rollicking 1978 hit "Werewolves of London" - Zevon's smart, often satirical songbook is rich with cinematic, literary, and comic... |
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Asian Art
Michael Kerrigan - Flame Tree Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Over the centuries, the elegance of Asian art has been a source of fascination and inspiration for artists and art lovers worldwide. This beautifully illustrated book, returning after some time out of print explores the diversity of art and artefacts from around Asia, detailing the subjects,... |
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The Pinup Project
Graffito Books - Graffito Books
Format: Hardcover
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The first curated, reference survey of the state of pinup art among contemporary graphic artists, tattooists, and cartoonists With more than 100 artists taking part from the U.S., Europe, Australia, Japan, and China, this collection offers... |
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Guitar Exercises
Hemme Luttjeboer - ALPHA; Pap/Com edition
Format: Musical score
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The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Guitar Exercises provides new and experienced guitarists with practice you need to take your playing to the next level. Exercises designed to build strength, endurance, dexterity, and technique A wide variety including single note, string-to-string,... |
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Jasper Johns: Pictures within Pictures, 1980-2015
Fiona Donovan - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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A substantial new monograph on one of America's most significant artists, showcasing his paintings from the early 1980s to the presentIn the late 1970s, after the artist's explosive Pop Art beginnings and a period of abstraction, representational objects made their way back into... |
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Let's Go (So We Can Get Back) : A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
JEFF TWEEDY - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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The singer, guitarist, and songwriter, best known for this work with Wilco, opens up about his past, his songs, the music, and the people that have inspired him.Few bands have inspired as much devotion as the Chicago rock band Wilco, and it's thanks, in large part, to the band's singer,... |
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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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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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On Story - Screenwriters and Their Craft
Austin Film Festival - University of Texas Press
Format: Paperback
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Austin Film Festival (AFF) is the first organization of its kind to focus on the writer’s creative contribution to film. Its annual Film Festival and Conference offers screenings, panels, workshops, and roundtable discussions that help new writers and filmmakers connect with mentors... |
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Toward a Zero Energy Home: A Complete Guide to Energy Self-Sufficiency at Home
David Johnston - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback
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A Zero Energy Home (ZEH) – a home that produces as much energy as it consumes – is an idea whose time has come! Authors David Johnston and Scott Gibson (Green from the Ground Up) explore the design and construction of self-sufficient houses from start to finish. They make the case... |
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New Street Art
Claude Crommelin - ACC Art Books
Format: Print book
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Documents 150 street artists actively producing work right nowPhotographs by renowned photographer ClaudelondonIncludes new artists as well as some better known street artists, such as Banksy, Invader, and StikStreet art is part of every cityscape. By street art, we mean the crazy and wonderful... |
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