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Watercolour Secrets
Jill Leman - Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Format: Paperback
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This beautiful book showcases the work of the members of the prestigious Royal Watercolour Society, including Ken Howard, Sonia Lawson and many other fine and well-known contemporary watercolour painters. Each artist discusses their inspiration and gives their best practical advice for working... |
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Architectural Drawing Course: Tools and Techniques for 2-D and 3-D Representation
MO ZELL - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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Create a foundation for your architectural designs and creative pursuits!Explore the new tools that are becoming more readily available in school, including 3-D printers, CNC mills, laser cutters, and other tools that are revolutionizing architectural drawing. Along the way, you'll learn... |
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Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner: Basic Lessons in Becoming a Good Painter
John Elliot - Echo Point Books & Media
Format: Print book
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If you are aspiring to the rank of professional oil pastel artist, look no further. Long neglected in the professional art world, oil pastels offer an unlimited palette of creative expression, with which no other medium can compare. Initially commissioned by Pablo Picasso, the oil pastel... |
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Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia
Fiona Ritchie - The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Hardcover
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Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United States. Many of these Scots-Irish immigrants made their way into the mountains of the southern Appalachian region. They brought... |
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The Complete Art of Tattooing
Erick Alayon - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Book
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This book contains 25+ years of professional Tattooing experience. Erick Alayon has been Tattoo professionally since 1988, no other tattooing instruction author can say that! This new volume contains Erick Alayon’s three previous best selling tattooing books plus a whole lot more!... |
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The Magic Pattern Book: Sew 6 Patterns into 36 Different Styles!
Amy Barickman - Workman Publishing Company; Pap/Cdr edition
Format: Book
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Home sewing is booming again. Inspired by sites like Etsy, Craftsy, Pinterest, and CreativeBug, by the continuing popularity of Project Runway and other fashion shows, and by the ever-growing DIY movement, there are more than 35 million sewists in America. Now, for this new generation that... |
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I'll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist
Betty Halbreich - Penguin Press; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition
Format: Hardcover
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Eighty-six-year-old Betty Halbreich is a true original. A tough broad who could have stepped straight out of Stephen Sondheim's repertoire, she has spent nearly forty years as the legendary personal shopper at Bergdorf Goodman, where she works with socialites, stars, and ordinary women... |
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Artist's Market 2018
Noel Rivera - North Light Books
Format: Paperback(Forty-third Edition)
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A successful art career at your fingertips Do you want to establish or expand a career for yourself in fine art, illustration, or design? Artist's Market 2018 is the must-have reference guide you need. Thousands of successful artists have relied on us to help develop their careers and navigate... |
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Obama: An Intimate Portrait
Pete Souza - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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This is the definitive visual biography of Barack Obama's historic presidency, captured in unprecedented detail by his White House photographer--and presented in an oversize, 12"x10" exquisitely produced format, and featuring a foreword from the President himself. |
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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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Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
HANNAH FRY - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A look inside the algorithms that are shaping our lives and the dilemmas they bring with them.If you were accused of a crime, who would you rather decide your sentence -- a mathematically consistent algorithm incapable of empathy or a compassionate human judge prone to bias and error? What... |
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Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records
Amanda Petrusich - Scribner; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of a quirky and important subculture: The world of 78rpm records and the insular community that celebrates them - by acclaimed music critic and author Amanda Petrusich, who contributes regularly to Pitchfork, The Oxford American, and The New York Times.Before MP3s, CDs,... |
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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 Enjoyment of Music
Kristine Forney - W. W. Norton & Company,
Format: Print book
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Setting the Standard. Raising the Bar. The Enjoyment of Music has been the most trusted introduction to music for more than five decades.The Enjoyment of Music continues to teach students how to listen and connect to any kind of music. After more than fifty years of successfully preparing... |
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Judith Scott: Bound and Unbound
Catherine Morris - Prestel
Format: Hardcover
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This fascinating and generously illustrated book offers an in-depth look at the art and life of Judith Scott, and accompanies the first major exhibition of her artworks in the U.S. Judith Scotts story has become widely known born with Down syndrome, and institutionalized for thirty years,... |
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Classic Sketchbook: Cats: Secrets of Observational Drawing
Patricia Wynne - Rockport Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Whether scribbling out a quick sketch with minimal detail, or making a finished portrait where every silky hair and polished whisker stands out, the best cat artists can capture the very essence of feline-ness. How do they do it?Firsthand observation of cats will tell you a lot about the way they... |
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Eminent Hipsters
Donald Fagen - Viking Adult
Format: Hardcover
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A witty revealing sharply written work of memoir and criticism by the cofounder of Steely DanMusician and songwriter Donald Fagen presents a group of vivid set pieces in his entertaining debut as an author from portraits of the cultural figures and currents that shaped him as a youth to an account... |
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Wear No Evil: How to Change the World with Your Wardrobe
Greta Eagan - Running Press,
Format: Paperback
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Have you ever wondered, "How can I inherently do good while looking good?" Wear No Evil has the answer, and is the timely handbook for navigating both fashion and ethics. It is the style guide with sustainability built in that we've all been waiting for. As a consumer, you regain... |
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Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
Charles R. Cross - Hyperion; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover
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It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still very much alive for his fans everywhere. Charles R. Cross vividly recounts the life of Hendrix, from his difficult childhood and adolescence in Seattle through his incredible rise to celebrity... |
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The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression
Bruce Barnbaum - Rocky Nook; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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This is an updated and newly revised edition of the classic book The Art of Photography (originally published in 1994), which has often been described as the most readable, understandable, and complete textbook on photography. With well over 100 beautiful photographic illustrations in both... |
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A Man Called Harris: The Life of Richard Harris
Anthony Galvin - The History Press
Format: Print book
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Richard Harris was a giant who oozed charisma on screen; offscreen, however, he was troubled and addicted to every pleasure life could offer. Coming from a repressed Irish Catholic background, he was forced by a teenage illness to abandon his beloved rugby, but not his macho appetites.... |
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Raising Musical Kids: A Guide for Parents
Robert A. Cutietta - Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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Does music make kids smarter At what age should a child begin music lessons Where should you purchase an instrument What should parents expect from a childs teachers and lessons How can you get kids to practice Raising Musical Kids answers these and many other questions as it guides parents... |
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Annie Leibovitz at Work
Annie Leibovitz - Phaidon Press
Format: Hardcover
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Annie Leibovitz, our most celebrated living photographer, explains how her pictures are madeLeibovitz addresses young photographers and readers interested in what photographers do, but any reader interested in contemporary history will be fascinated by her account of one of the richest... |
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The Art of How to Train Your Dragon
Tracey Miller-Zarneke - Newmarket Press
Format: Hardcover
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This official illustrated tie-in book showcases over 350 spectacular images from the DreamWorks Animation feature film, based on Cressida Cowell's popular children's book.How to Train Your Dragon is the story of a scrawny teenaged Viking, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, who lives... |
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Digital SLR Photography All-in-One For Dummies
Robert Correll - For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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The bestselling guide to DSLR photography - now updated for the latest technology and tools! This new edition gets you up to "shutter speed" on the latest camera technologies, including the new consumer-targeted full-frame models and pro-features that are now incorporated in consumer-focused... |
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Dangerous Rhythm: Why Movie Musicals Matter
Richard Barrios - Oxford University Press, USA
Format: Hardcover
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Singin' in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Camelot--love them or love to hate them, movie musicals have been a major part of all our lives. They're so glitzy and catchy that it seems impossible that they could have ever gone any other way. But the ease in which they unfold on the screen... |
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365 Style
Nicky Hilton - Harlequin
Format: Print book
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From red carpets and runways to front row at Fashion Week, designer and muse Nicky Hilton has earned her reputation as a style icon. Exposed to the top tier of the fashion industry from childhood, in this style guide Hilton reveals tips and tricks of the trade she has learned along the way.... |
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Exploring Colonial Williamsburg from A to Z
CHRIS KINSLEY - The History Press
Format: Hardcover
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Explore the grounds of Colonial Williamsburg with this unique seek-and-find alphabet book offering beautiful photographs with hidden animals on every page. Discover everything from sheep pastures and underground ice houses to walled gardens and winding hedge mazes. Included are fun facts... |
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One Leg Too Few: The Adventures of Peter Cook & Dudley Moore
William Cook - Random House UK
Format: Hardcover
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The first full-length dual biography of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, and the first to be written with the consent and cooperation of both of their estates Thisis a book about an extraordinary relationship a friendship, a partnershipalmost, at times, a marriage. Like a lot of marriages it ended... |
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Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America
Laurence Maslon - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The music of Broadway is one of America's most unique and popular calling cards. In Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America, author Laurence Maslon tells the story of how the most beloved songs of the American Musical Theater made their way from the Theater District... |
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Taking the Lead: Lessons from a Life in Motion
Derek Hough - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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Derek Hough, the dashing Emmy Award-winning fan favorite, and only five-time champion of the hit ABC reality show Dancing With the Stars, tells the inspiring story of his life and career, and shares insider tips of how he transforms his celebrity dance partners into confident, charismatic... |
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Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life
George Brant Bridgman - Sterling
Format: Paperback
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Bridgman's classic, essential guide - with more than 1,000 drawings and 22 expert lessons on mastering the human figure from every angle - is now completely redesigned!Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life combines six well-known books by celebrated artist and lecturer... |
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Exiles and Emigres
Stephanie Barron - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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Commemorates the exhibition |
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Play Guitar in 10 Easy Lessons: A simple, structured approach to learning guitar
Jon B - Hamlyn
Format: Book
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This clearly illustrated guide shows you all you need to get started playing the guitar, from getting to know the instrument, posture and reading tablature to playing advance chord extensions, scales and arpeggios. By the end of these 10 lessons you will be able to play chords and scales,... |
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Quiz Kids: The Radio Program with the Smartest Children in America, 1940-1953
Martin A. Gardner - McFarland & Company
Format: Paperback
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""Quiz Kids" was a network radio program aired from 1940 to 1953 featuring smart children answering difficult questions submitted by listeners throughout America. "Quiz Kids" thrived during this period spanning a time from home delivery of milk by horse and wagon... |
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This Business of Songwriting: Revised 2nd Edition
Jason Blume - HarpethHills Press
Format: Book
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Writing great songs is not enough To make money songwriters need a firm realistic grasp of how songs generate income and how the songwriting business works This Business of Songwriting is the first book to demystify the process of doing business as a songwriter Author Jason Blume is a songwriter... |
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The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion
Jason Bailey - Voyageur Press
Format: Hardcover
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A complete look at the extensive, ageless, unparalleled filmography of Woody Allen. Writer, actor, director, comedian, author, and musician, Woody Allen is one of the most culturally and cinematically influential filmmakers of all time. His films - he has over 45 writing and directing credits... |
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The Joy of Acrylic Painting: Expressive Painting Techniques for Beginners
Annie OBrien Gonzales - North Light Books
Format: Paperback
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Now is the time to pursue creative fulfillment! Annie OBrien Gonzales felt a passion for art from an early age. But not until 30 years later--after raising a family and working "a real job"--did she get serious about painting. Along the way, she experienced the pleasures and the pitfalls... |
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The Smartphone Photography Guide: Shoot*Edit*Experiment*Share
Peter Cope - Carlton Books
Format: Paperback
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Make the most of your smartphone camera with this enlarged, updated edition of the handy guide to creating brilliant photos and videos! Smartphones have put powerful cameras, literally, in our pockets and encouraged us to document our lives in ever-increasing detail. But do we realize... |
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Grand Opera: The Story of the Met
Charles Affron - University of California Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The Metropolitan has stood among the grandest of opera companies since its birth in 1883. Tracing the offstage/onstage workings of this famed New York institution, Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron tell how the Met became and remains a powerful actor on the global cultural scene. In this... |
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iPhone: The Missing Manual: The book that should have been in the box
David Pogue - O'Reilly Media
Format: Paperback
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The iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR aren't just faster and more powerful than ever - they're also better at all of the things you use an iPhone for. With the latest edition of this bestselling guide, you get a funny, gorgeously illustrated guide to the tips, shortcuts, and workarounds... |
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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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Life with my Father Glen Campbell
Debby Campbell - The Overlook Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Glen Campbell began his musical career as the recording session guitar player to many of the 1960s biggest stars including Sonny Cher, the Mamas The Papas, The Beach Boys, and Elvis Presley. He transitioned to film with John Wayne in 1969s True Grit, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination.... |
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Unnatural Selection
Katrina Van Grouw - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A lavishly illustrated look at how evolution plays out in selective breedingUnnatural Selection is a stunningly illustrated book about selective breeding--the ongoing transformation of animals at the hand of man. More important, it's a book about selective breeding on a far, far grander... |
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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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Another Side of Bob Dylan: A Personal History on the Road and off the Tracks
Victor Maymudes - St. Martin's Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A Los Angeles Times Best seller!August 2014 marks 50 years since Bob Dylan released his fourth album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. Recorded in one night, in the middle of a turbulent year in his life, the music marked a departure from Dylans socially-conscious folk songs and began his evolution... |
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One World Trade Center: Biography of the Building
Judith Dupre - Little, Brown
Format: Print book
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The definitive book about One World Trade Center--the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere--by the author of the iconic and best-selling Skyscrapers.In hundreds of photographs, drawings, and plans-most never seen by the public-Judith Dupr chronicles the rise of America's most... |
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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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Stardom Happens: Nurturing Your Child in the Entertainment Business
Candy Bennici - Morgan James Pub.
Format: Print book
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"Clean your room, do your homework, and dodge the paparazzi." Have you ever wondered what life would be like raising a successful child actor? Stardom Happens gives you all the information you need to help your child get into the business and have a positive experience while... |
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé
Bob Stanley - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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An addictively readable, encyclopedic history of pop music in chapters as short and adrenaline-fueled as the best pop songs themselves. As much fun to argue with as to quote, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! is a monumental work of musical history, tracing the story of pop music through individual songs,... |
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Cosplay World
Brian Ashcraft - Prestel
Format: Print book
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Filled with striking images of costume play from around the world, this definitive look at the global phenomenon known as "cosplay" examines its evolution from the fringes of society to the spotlight of modern culture. For over 100 years, men and women around the world have been... |
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This Is Not a Photo Opportunity: The Street Art of Banksy
Martin Bull - PM Press
Format: Print book
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This Is Not a Photo Opportunity is a street-level, full-color showcase of some of Banksy's most innovative pieces ever. Banksy, Britain's now-legendary "guerilla" street artist, has painted the walls, streets, and bridges of towns and cities throughout the world. Once... |
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Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story
Rick Bragg - Harper; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times BestsellerThe greatest Southern storyteller of our time, New York Times bestselling author Rick Bragg, tracks down the greatest rock and roller of all time, Jerry Lee Lewis - and gets his own story, from the source, for the very first time.A monumental figure on the American... |
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Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury
Lesley-Ann Jones - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover
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Revealing and intimate, based on more than 100 interviews with key figures in his life, this is the definitive biography of Queen front man Freddie Mercury, one of pop music's best-loved and most complex figures.A revealing, intimate look at the man who would be Queen. As lead vocalist... |
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Dancing With Myself
Billy Idol - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover
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In this original memoir following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution, the iconic superstar tells the real story behind the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that he is famous for. A member of the punk rock revolution whose music... |
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Foursome: Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury
Carolyn Burke - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four artists whose strong personalities, passionate feelings, and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and profoundly influenced the very shape of twentieth-century art.New York, 1921: Alfred Stieglitz,... |
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Wild Wild Westerners
Tom Weaver - BearManor Media
Format: Book
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A posse of Hollywood's wild Westerners recall their dusty adventures (and misadventures) with John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Burt Lancaster, Tim Holt, James Arness, Richard Boone, Chuck Connors, Charles Starrett, Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Alan Ladd, Rock Hudson, Lon Chaney, Jr., Nick Adams,... |
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Mount Rainier's Historic Inns and Lodges
JEFF ANDERSON - Arcadia Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Presiding over the Puget Sound region, Mount Rainier has lured adventurers and entrepreneurs to its slopes since the earliest settlers. Visitors rode packhorses or hiked miles to tent "hotels" at Theosophy Ridge, Indian Henry's Hunting Ground, and Ohanapecosh. James Longmire... |
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The Archaeology of Hollywood: Traces of the Golden Age
Paul G Bahn - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Print book
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The Golden Age of Hollywood, dating to the hazy depths of the early 20th Century, was an era of movie stars worshipped by the masses and despotic studio moguls issuing decrees from poolside divans ... but despite the world-wide reach of the movie industry, little more than memories of that... |
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Just Us Girls: 48 Creative Art Projects for Mothers and Daughters to Do Together
Cindy Ann Ganaden - Quarry
Format: Paperback
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Explore and nurture your mother-daughter bond and create a keepsake that you'll cherish forever with Just Us Girls. This highly-illustrated craft and activity book includes 48 heartfelt, earth-friendly projects to make together. These projects include making: dolls, press books, wreaths,... |
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Be in a Treehouse: Design / Construction / Inspiration
Pete Nelson - ABRAMS
Format: Hardcover
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Pete Nelson, the world's best-known treehouse designer and builder, wants to put readers in trees - his motto is, "get 'er done, so you can BE in a TREE." His new book is a comprehensive source of inspiration and practical information about treehouse design and construction.... |
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The Encyclopedia of Drawing Techniques
Hazel Harrison - Search Press(UK)
Format: Print book
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Detailed photographic sequences explore pencil, charcoal, pen and technical pen techniques, including shading, building up, blending, hatching, highlighting, stippling and more. Colored pencils, chalks, pastels, and pen and ink are also covered with inspirational pictures across a full... |
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Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life & Cars
Neil Young - Blue Rider Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Neil Young's first memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, was an international bestseller and critical sensation. The Wall Street Journal wrote that it was "terrific: modest, honest, funny and frequently moving," while The New York Times found it "as charismatically off the wall... |
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Forgotten Foster Park
Gwen Alferes - Arcadia Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Surrounded by steeply sloped hillsides, Foster Park was a tiny rural community that took shape during the oil boom of the 1920s. It was situated at a bend on Highway 33 adjacent to Foster Memorial Park, for which it was named. Among the 50 or so homes was a thriving business district that... |
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Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty
Elizabeth Mitchell - Atlantic Monthly Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable monuments in the world, a powerful symbol of freedom and the American dream. For decades, the myth has persisted that the statue was a grand gift from France, but now Libertys Torch reveals how she was in fact the pet project of one quixotic... |
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Contracts for the Film & Television Industry, 3rd Edition
Mark Litwak - Silman-James Press; 3 Expanded edition
Format: Paperback
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Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Contracts for the Film & Television IndustryAuthor: Litwak, MarkPublisher: Silman-James PrPublication Date: 2012/06/01Number of Pages: 483Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress: 2012016011 |
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Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism
Whitney Chadwick - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating examination of the ambitions and friendships of a talented group of midcentury women artistsFarewell to the Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious, and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose backgrounds were often quite... |
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Pet and Horse Photography for Everybody: Secrets From a Pro
Nicole Begley - Amherst Media
Format: Paperback
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People never tire of viewing photos of animals, and the market for pet portraiture is hot. If you love animals and photography, pet portraiture is the perfect marriage of your passions.Whether you are interested in starting your own pet photography business or are an enthusiast who wants... |
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Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano
Dana Thomas - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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More than two decades ago, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen arrived on the fashions scene when the business was in an artistic and economic rut. Both wanted to revolutionize fashion in a way no one had in decades. They shook the establishment out of its bourgeois, minimalist stupor with... |
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The Complete Book of Les Misrables
Edward Behr - Arcade Publishing
Format: Paperback
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After opening on October 5, 1985, Les Misrables remains the world's longest running and most beloved musical. Productions have played in 319 cities across forty-two countries, it has won more than a hundred major theatre awards, including an Olivier, Tony, and Grammy, and it has seen... |
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Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain
Danny Goldberg - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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On the twenty-fifth anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death comes a new perspective on one of the most compelling icons of our time - and the only book written by someone who knew himIn early 1991, top music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from... |
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Walt Disney & Recollections of the Disney Studios: 1955-1980
Charles Tranberg - BearManor Media
Format: Book
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Walt Disney was a pioneer in the art of animation but by the mid-fifties due to the increasing costs of producing animated films, Disney began to specialize in producing live-action films. The films explored in this book include such classics as Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Pollyanna, The Absent-Minded... |
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David Bellamy's Winter Landscapes: in Watercolour
David Bellamy - Search Press
Format: Print book
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Watercolour landscape expert and renowned author, David Bellamy, has a particular liking for winter subjects, since the landscape at this time is not overwhelmed with green. Here he shares his expertise in capturing winter scenes, from how to wrap up and do rapid outdoor sketches to capturing... |
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Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury
Lesley-Ann Jones - Touchstone; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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Revealing and intimate, based on more than 100 interviews with key figures in his life, this is the definitive biography of Queen front man Freddie Mercury, one of pop music’s best-loved and most complex figures.A revealing, intimate look at the man who would be Queen. As lead vocalist... |
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Urban Sketching: The Complete Guide to Techniques
Thomas Thorspecken - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Book
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While most sketching guides leave the artist with static bowls of fruit and flower vases to develop their skill, Urban Sketching takes its inspiration from the living, breathing world around us! Contents include the nuts and bolts of sketching and drawing as well as a range of techniques... |
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Love in the Elephant Tent: How Running Away with the Circus Brought Me Home
Kathleen Cremonesi - ECW Press
Format: Hardcover
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If you live life without a net, what happens when you fall?Kathleen Cremonesi knew early on she wanted to be different. Determined to avoid following in her mother's footsteps to an ill-fated marriage, Kathleen left Oregon in her early 20s to travel across Europe. On a whim, this former... |
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Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical
Christopher Trumbo - University Press of Kentucky
Format: Hardcover
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James Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee. Refusing to answer questions about his prior involvement with the Communist... |
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Girl in a Band: A Memoir
Kim Gordon - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book
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Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her storya memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty... |
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I'll Be Back Right After This: My Memoir
Pat O'Brien - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Best seller!Pat O'Brien was a skinny South Dakota kid with long hair, a rock and roll band, divorced parents and an alcoholic father. In all the familiar ways, he was on the road to nowhere until a professor, who envisioned his future as the household name he would... |
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George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door
Graeme Thomson - The Overlook Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive new biography of the most enigmatic Beatle As a Beatle, Harrison underwent a bewilderingly compressed early adulthood, buffeted by unprecedented levels of fame and success. The notoriously shy performer mostly ceded the spotlight to his more flamboyant bandmates John, Paul,... |
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American Jukebox: A Photographic Journey
Christopher Felver - Indiana University Press
Format: Hardcover
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American Jukebox profiles the spirit and heartbeat of our American musical heritage. Christopher Felver has collected over 240 photographs from tours and encounters with musicians over the past 25 years. From Doc Watson to John Cage and Mavis Staples to Sonny Rollins, this collection celebrates... |
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So You Want to Sing Music Theater: A Guide for Professionals
Karen Hall - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback
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In some ways, the successor of vaudeville and an extension of the opera and operetta, the stage musical has evolved into a worldwide juggernaut. Musicals are staged not only across the globe but are offered in a variety of settings, from the high school stage and major theater to the big screen.... |
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iMovie: The Missing Manual: 2014 release, covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and 2.0 for iOS
David Pogue - O'Reilly Media; 1 edition
Format: Book
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This edition covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and iMovie 2.0 for iOS.iMovie's sophisticated tools make it easier than ever to turn raw footage into sleek, entertaining movies - once you understand how to harness its features. Experts David Pogue and Aaron Miller give you hands-on advice and step-by-step... |
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Television's Top 100: The Most-Watched American Broadcasts, 1960-2010
Wesley Hyatt - McFarland & Co.
Format: Print book
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Remember the finales of M*A*S*H, Cheers and Seinfeld? Do you know who shot J.R. on Dallas? This entertaining survey recounts these and other memorable events that generated some of American television's biggest audiences when they were first telecast from 1960 to the present. Here you will... |
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Andy WarholFrom A to B and Back Again
Donna De Salvo - Whitney Museum of American Art
Format: Hardcover
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A unique 360degree view of an incomparable 20th-century American artist One of the most emulated and significant figures in modern art, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) rose to fame in the 1960s with his iconic Pop pieces. Warhol expanded the boundaries by which art is defined and created groundbreaking... |
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Acrylic Painting For Dummies
Colette Pitcher - Wiley
Format: Paperback
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Learn to: Utilize acrylics to produce different looks and textures Improve your technique with four-color, hands-on instruction Complete full-scale projects Discover your inner artist Create gorgeous paintings with this fun and easy guide to acrylics! Always wanted to paint... |
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Gardenlust: A Botanical Tour of the World's Best New Gardens
CHRISTOPHER WOODS - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover
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A steep hillside garden in Singapore. A garden defined by shape and light in Marrakech. A haunting tree museum in Switzerland. These are just a few of the outstanding gardens featured in Gardenlust, a sumptuous exploration of the world's best new gardens. Intrepid plant expert Christopher... |
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Investigating Heroes: Essays on Truth, Justice and Quality TV
David Simmons - McFarland
Format: Book
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Premiering in September of 2006, the weekly NBC television series Heroes was an immediate commercial and critical hit, lasting four successful seasons. Heroes follows a group of interrelated characters who discover they have superhuman powers, with each successive episode exploring how these... |
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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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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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Alaska: A Visual Tour of America's Great Land
Bob Devine - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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An amazing tour through its history, culture and landscape, Alaskas stunning imagery and informative text makes it the perfect book for those who dream of visiting the 49th state and those who want to celebrate its singular beauty and expansive history.From the lush rainforests of the Inside... |
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs
Greil Marcus - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 that embody rock and roll as a thing in itself--in the story each song tells, inhabits, and creates in its legacy. |
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A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women
Siri Hustvedt - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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A compelling and radical collection of essays on art, feminism, neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy from prize-winning novelist Siri Hustvedt, the acclaimed author of The Blazing World and What I Loved.Siri Husvedt has always been fascinated by biology and how human perception... |
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The Sagrada Familia: The Astonishing Story of Gaudí’s Unfinished Masterpiece
Gijsvan Hensbergen - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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An illuminating biography of one of the most famous--and most famously unfinished--buildings in the world, the Sagrada Familia of Barcelona.The scaffolding-cloaked spires of Antoni Gaudís masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia, dominate the Barcelona skyline and draw in millions of visitors... |
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The Movie Book
DK - DK
Format: Hardcover
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The Movie Book, the latest in DK's award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained series, profiles 100 of the best movies ever made throughout the world.From classic 1930s film noir and Hollywood romance to international art-house and 21st-century sci-fi, The Movie Book brings the world's... |
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Harry Potter: The Artifact Vault
Jody Revenson - Harper Design
Format: Print book
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Throughout the making of the eight Harry Potter movies, designers and craftspeople were tasked with creating fabulous chocolate-fantasy feasts, flying brooms, enchanted maps, and much more, in addition to numerous magical items necessary in a wizard's everyday life - for example, newspapers... |
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Stardom Happens: Nurturing Your Child in the Entertainment Business
Candy Bennici - Morgan James Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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“Clean your room, do your homework, and dodge the paparazzi.” Have you ever wondered what life would be like raising a successful child actor? Stardom Happens gives you all the information you need to help your child get into the business and have a positive experience while... |
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Picturing Apollo 11: Rare Views and Undiscovered Moments
J. L. Pickering - University Press of Florida
Format: Hardcover
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Picturing Apollo 11 is an unprecedented photographic history of the space mission that defined an era. Through a wealth of unpublicized and recently discovered images, this book presents new and rarely-seen views of the people, places, and events involved in the pioneering first... |
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The Past in Visual Culture: Essays on Memory, Nostalgia and the Media
Jilly Boyce Kay - McFarland
Format: Paperback
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In recent years digital technology has made available an inconceivably vast archive of old media. Images of the past--accessed with the touch of a finger--are now intertwined with those of the present, raising questions about how visual culture affects our relationship with history and memory.... |
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Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents
Pete Souza - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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From Pete Souza, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait, comes a potent commentary on the Presidency--and our country. As Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza spent more time alongside President Barack Obama than almost anyone... |
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Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th edition
Henry M. III Robert - Da Capo Press; 11th Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Robert’s Rules of Order is the book on parliamentary procedure for parliamentarians and anyone involved in an organization, association, club, or group and the authoritative guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings and assemblies. This newly revised edition is the only... |
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Retronaut: The Photographic Time Machine
Chris Wild - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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"An emporium of retro treasure...from shocking sculptures of the 1700s, to Kodachrome snaps of 1950s Piccadilly Circus, to biblical scenes captured by Google Earth. Rather than nostalgia or folly, the aim is enlightenment, wonder and the pleasure of weirdness." --The Guardian... |
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Strange Material: Storytelling through Textiles
Leanne Prain - Arsenal Pulp Press
Format: Print book
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Strange Material explores the relationship between handmade textiles and storytelling.Through text, the act of weaving a tale or dropping a thread takes on new meaning for those who previously have seen textiles - quilts, blankets, articles of clothing, and more - only as functional objects.... |
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Terra Maxima: The Records of Humankind
Wolfgang Kunth - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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The greatest achievements of humankind in one stunning volume. From the most widely used languages and scripts, to the great religious communities, to the giant structures and the technological successes of the modern age -- this volume offers a fascinating overview of the records and achievements... |
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Mark Rothko: Toward the Light in the Chapel
Annie Cohen-Solal - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Mark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, was born in the Jewish Pale of Settlement in 1903. He immigrated to the United States at age ten, taking with him his Talmudic education and his memories of pogroms and persecutions in Russia. His integration into American... |
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Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film
Patton Oswalt - Scribner Book Company
Format: Paperback
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The instant New York Times bestseller from author, comedian and actor Patton Oswalt, a "heartfelt and hilarious" (USA TODAY) memoir about coming of age as a performer during the late 1990s while obsessively watching classic films at a legendary theater in Los Angeles.... |
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Down By the Sea: Draw and Paint with Watercolor, Acrylic, Pen & Ink
Claudia Nice - North Light Books
Format: Paperback
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Nobody captures seascapes quite like Claudia Nice. In this guide, she shares her approach to creating dynamic watercolor compositions textured with pen & ink, acrylics and gouache. More than 60 step-by-step demos, simple enough for beginners, teach how to create all sorts of beach scenery,... |
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Television Introductions: Narrated TV Program Openings since 1949
Vincent Terrace - Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2014.
Format: Print book
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Since the beginning of network television, many shows have been preceded by an announcement or theme song that served various purposes. In the 1950s and '60s, it was common for announcers to declare that a program had been "brought to you by" a sponsor who paid for the privilege... |
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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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Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain
Alan Light - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the former senior editor of Rolling Stone and author of The Holy or the Broken, called "thoughtful and illuminating" by The New York Times, a new book on the unlikely coming-to-be of Prince's now legendary album.Purple Rain is a song, an album, and a film - each one a commercial... |
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Vintage Knit: 25 Knitting and Crochet Patterns Refashioned for Today
Marine Malak - Laurence King Pub
Format: Print book
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Vintage Knit offers lovers of retro style 25 beautiful knitting patterns from the 1940s and 1950s, regraded to fit modern sizes (small, medium, and large) and to knit with yarns easily available today. A short introduction describes each garment and suggests how to style it, followed... |
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Assembling the Dinosaur: Fossil Hunters, Tycoons, and the Making of a Spectacle
Lukas Rieppel - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A lively account of how dinosaurs became a symbol of American power and prosperity and gripped the popular imagination during the Gilded Age, when their fossil remains were collected and displayed in museums financed by North Americas wealthiest business tycoons.. Although dinosaur fossils... |
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Movie Stunts & Special Effects: A Comprehensive Guide to Planning and Execution
Andrew Lane - Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Book
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Throughout film history, one of the fundamental fantasies portrayed on screen has been the kind of physical action few of us could ever experience in real life. The image of an 'every man' engaged in hand-to-hand, mortal combat, defending his family or even the world population... |
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