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The Rolling Stones All the Songs The Story Behind Every Track

Philippe Margotin - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Format: Print book

Comprehensive visual history of the "World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band" as told through the recording of their monumental catalog, including 29 studio and 24 compilation albums, and more than a hundred singles. Since 1963, The Rolling Stones have been recording and touring,...
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Women Walking: Freedom, Adventure, Independence

Thomas Bleitner - Abbeville Press
Format: Hardcover

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The Watercolor Course You've Always Wanted: Guided Lessons for Beginners and Experienced Artists

Leslie Frontz - Watson-Guptill Publications
Format: Print book

A comprehensive and practical guide to watercolor painting from sought-after instructor and acclaimed artist Leslie Frontz that answers the two most common questions students at all levels want to know: What am I doing wrong? and How do I decide what to do instead? In the tradition...
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Journey

Austin Wintory - Sumthing Else Musicworks


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Daily show - the book : an oral history

Chris Smith - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book

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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The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Brain (Oxford Library of Psychology)

Michael H. Thaut - Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback

The study of music and the brain can be traced back to the work of Gall in the 18th century, continuing with John Hughlings Jackson, August Knoblauch, Richard Wallaschek, and others. These early researchers were interested in localizing musicality in the brain and learning more about how music...
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Spaceships: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined

Ron Miller - Smithsonian Books
Format: Print book

How have actual spaceships influenced the design of fictional ones like the Millenium Falcon and the Starship Enterprise? Did a fiction series in Collier's magazine really inspire us to create real-life space stations like Mir and the ISS? How have our depictions of space travel developed...
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Infinite Wonder: An Astronaut's Photographs from a Year in Space

Scott Kelly - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From the record-breaking astronaut, national hero, and best-selling author of Endurance, a breathtaking collection of photos documenting his journey on the International Space Station, the vastness of space, and the unparalleled beauty of our own home planet.One's perspective shifts...
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Beethoven's Symphonies: Nine Approaches to Art and Ideas

Martin Geck - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover

In the years spanning from 1800 to 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven completed nine symphonies, now considered among the greatest masterpieces of Western music. Yet despite the fact that this time period, located in the wake of the Enlightenment and at the peak of romanticism, was one of rich...
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Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War

J. Matthew Gallman - University of Georgia Press
Format: Hardcover

Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes...
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