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Ballet: The Definitive Illustrated History

DK - DK
Format: Hardcover

This DK visual guide to ballet history goes beyond other ballet books, with beautiful photography that captures famous dancers and key stories.Discover more than 70 of the most famous ballet dances, from The Nutcracker and Swan Lake to The Rite of Spring. Learn the stories...
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This Is What a Librarian Looks Like: A Celebration of Libraries, Communities, and Access to Information

Kyle Cassidy - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Format: Print book

In 2014, author and photographer Kyle Cassidy published a photo essay on Slate.com called "This is What A Librarian Looks Like," a montage of portraits and a tribute to librarians. Since then, Cassidy has made it his mission to remind us of how essential librarians and libraries...
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Star Wars: Complete Locations

Curtis Saxton - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

Packed with more than 50 full-color, intricate cross-section artwork and 3-D maps, Star Wars: Complete Locations is an amazing visual guide into the incredible worlds and locations of a galaxy far, far away....From the towering skyscrapers of Coruscant to the terrifying technology of the Death...
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Visualizing The Beatles: A Complete Graphic History of the World's Favorite Band

JOHN PRING - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

Foreword by Rob SheffieldFilled with stunning full-color infographics, a unique, album-by-album visual history of the evolution of the Beatles that examines how their style, their sound, their instruments, their songs, their tours, and the world they inhabited transformed over the course...
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Guitar For Dummies

Mark Phillips - John Wiley
Format: Print book

Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition (9781119293354) was previously published as Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition (9781119151432) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product....
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Ultimate Exposure: All You Need to Know to Take Perfect Photos with any Camera

David Nightingale - Ilex Press
Format: Paperback

You don't need a book to take good photos any more; most (but not all) of the time your camera, or your phone, will handle things for you. But if you don't know what it's doing - you don't know how to expose photos - you can't join in the real fun of photography.With...
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Star Wars Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away

TIM LEONG - Chronicle Books
Format: Paperback

Graphic design guru Tim Leong presents Star Wars trivia in an all-new way - through playful pie charts, bar graphs, and other data-driven infographics. From a Venn diagram of Yoda's idiosyncrasies to an organizational chart of the Empire to a line graph of Grand Moff Tarkin's management...
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The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built

Jack Viertel - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: eBook

For almost a century, Americans have been losing their hearts and losing their minds in an insatiable love affair with the American musical. It often begins in childhood in a darkened theater, grows into something more serious for high school actors, and reaches its passionate zenith when...
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Language of the Spirit: An Introduction to Classical Music

Jan Swafford - Basic Books
Format: Print book

For many of us, classical music is something serious-something we study in school, something played by cultivated musicians at fancy gatherings. In Language of the Spirit, renowned music scholar Jan Swafford argues that we have it all wrong: classical music has something for everyone and is accessible...
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Bible Journaling Made Simple: An Art-Filled Journey for Creative Worship

Sandy Allnock - North Light Books
Format: Paperback

Draw closer to God and creatively unlock more of the Good Book! Your relationship with God is unique. Shouldn't your Bible reflect and celebrate that bond? In this introduction to Bible journaling, you'll discover meaningful ways to combine art, heart and scripture--from backgrounds...
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Bit by Bit: How Video Games Transformed Our World

Andrew Ervin - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

An acclaimed critic argues that video games are the most vital art form of our time Video games have seemingly taken over our lives. Whereas gamers once constituted a small and largely male subculture, today 67 percent of American households play video games. The average gamer is now thirty-four...
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The Complete Color Harmony, Pantone Edition: Expert Color Information for Professional Results

Leatrice Eiseman - Rockport Publishers
Format: Flexibound

The only color guide a designer will ever need; The Complete Color Harmony, Pantone Edition has been completely updated with Pantone colors and new text.The Complete Color Harmony: Pantone Edition is the latest in Rockport Publishers' best-selling Color series. This edition has been...
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Tangle Journey: Exploring the Far Reaches of Tangle Drawing, from simple strokes to color and mixed media

Beckah Krahula - Quarry Books
Format: Print book

Find the next step in your zentangle journey, with even more step-by-step techniques and beautiful inspirational drawings! An exciting and in-depth follow up to One Zentangle A Day, Beckah Krahula guides you along with her sure-footed instruction and beautiful examples as she shows you how to take...
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Squire's Warren Junior Military Band

Janne Hurrelbrink-Bias - Arcadia Publishing
Format: Paperback

Squire's Warren Junior Military Band had an emotional appeal that endeared it to audiences of all ages. Considered one of northeastern Ohio's richest artistic assets, the band's members, who hailed from the entire region, were filled with pride, tradition, patriotism, and a sense...
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Historic Theaters of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley

Sean T Posey - The History Press
Format: Paperback

From the days of the gaslit opera houses through the era of the drive-in, the Mahoning Valley's theatrical culture has thrived. The finest theaters in northeastern Ohio rose with the manufacturing might of the Steel Valley. The Warner brothers, who started their careers in Youngstown,...
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The Secret Lives of Color

Kassia St Clair - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover

The unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-colored volume"Beautifully written . . . Full of anecdotes and fascinating research, this elegant compendium has all the answers." - NPR, Best Books of 2017The Secret Lives...
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Prince: Before the Rain

Allen Beaulieu - Minnesota Historical Society Press
Format: Hardcover

Photographer Allen Beaulieu worked with Prince from the late 1970s into the early '80s, capturing the musician's progression from rising star to his ultimate purple superstardom. Always at Prince's side with camera in hand, Beaulieu helped Prince carry forward his vision with...
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Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing

SELWYN LEAMY - Laurence King Publishing
Format: Paperback

This book demystifies the art and practice of drawing. Through fifty drawings by great masters past and present, the techniques and ideas behind their master sketches will put you on the path to making your own great drawings.The entries also feature exercises with step-by-step instructions...
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The World Atlas of Street Fashion

Caroline Cox - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

An extensively researched and generously illustrated volume offering a striking and diverse portrait of street style in cities and cultures around the world Since the early 20th century, city sidewalks have become runways where idiosyncratic modes of dressing are presented, consumed, and exported....
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A Celebration of Animation: The 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters in Television History

Marty Gitlin - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover

Few morose thoughts permeate the brain when Yosemite Sam calls Bugs Bunny a "long-eared galut" or a frustrated Homer Simpson blurts out his famous catch-word, "D'oh!" A Celebration of Animation explores the best-of-the-best cartoon characters from the 1920s to the 21st...
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Abandoned Ohio: Ghost Towns, Cemeteries, Schools, and More

Glenn Morris - America Through Time
Format: Paperback

Founded by Glenn Morris in 2012, the Ohio Ghost Town Exploration Co. researches, explores, and promotes the preservation of the coolest ghost towns and historic locations in Ohio. The group also goes on several road trips every year to discover what's physically left of them. Ohio is packed...
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How to Play Guitar: Acoustic and Electric - Learn to Play Like a Rock Hero

Future Publishing Limited - Carlton Books
Format: Hardcover

Why play air guitar when this step-by-step guide will make you a REAL guitar hero? Rock it out with one of the world's most popular instruments: the guitar. Featuring hundreds of diagrams and exercises, this practical and very contemporary guide teaches you how to play, read music,...
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Guitar Chord Handbook: Over 500 illustrated chords for Rock, Blues, Soul, Country, Jazz, & Classical

PHIL CAPONE - Chartwell Books
Format: Hardcover

Over 500 illustrated chords are covered for Rock, Blues, Soul, Country, Jazz and Classical music. This compact dictionary is designed to fit in your bag and is completed with fingering diagrams for each chord and photographs showing how each one is played. Over 360,000 copies sold worldwide.This...
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Beauty And The Beast

Various Artists - ‎Walt Disney Records
Format: Audio CD

Disneys "Beauty and the Beast" is a live-action re-telling of the animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs. Includes...
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Artist's painting techniques

Dk Publishing. - DK
Format: Hardcover

Artist's Painting Techniques is your practical guide to learning how to bring out your inner artist with a wide range of painting styles, whether you want to learn how to use acrylics, watercolors, or oil paints.With progression in mind, this master class will teach you the basic...
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Japanese Tattoos: History * Culture * Design

Brian Ashcraft - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback

Thinking of getting a Japanese-style tattoo? Want to avoid a permanent mistake? "Japanese Tattoos" is an insider's look at the world of Japanese "irezumi" (tattoos) . "Japanese Tattoos" explains the imagery featured in Japanese tattoos so that readers can avoid...
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Rockferry

Duffy - Mercury
Format: Audio CD

Product Description 2008 debut album from the Welsh singer/songwriter (not to be confused with Stephen Duffy, who released albums in the '90s under the name Duffy) . Welsh songbird, Duffy, came to the attention of Rough Trade Management in 2004....
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National Geographic The National Parks: An Illustrated History

Kim Heacox - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

An inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of Americas National Parks, this volume is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Showcasing the very best of National Geographics photographs, combined with an expertly told...
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Ohio in Photographs: A Portrait of the Buckeye State

Ian Adams - Ohio University Press
Format: Print book

Showcasing the work of two of the state's leading landscape photographers, Ohio in Photographs presents a rich array of places and people, from serene hiking trails and Dayton's Huffman Prairie to shining downtown riverscapes and the riotous colors and figures of an unconventional...
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Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyonce. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl.

Evelyn McDonnell - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover

A stellar and unprecedented celebration of 104 musical artists, WOMEN WHO ROCK is the most complete, up-to-date history of the evolution, influence, and importance of women in music. A gorgeous gift book, it includes a stunning, specially commissioned, full-color illustrated portrait of every...
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Pearl Harbor: 75 Years Later: A Day of Infamy and Its Legacy

The Editors of LIFE - Life
Format: Print book

The editors at LIFE vigorously carry on the traditions of excellence in photography, in journalism, and in telling the story of our country and our world which began with LIFE magazine in 1936 by founding editor and publisher, Henry R. Luce. They have published books on a broad range of subjects,...
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John Lennon: The Life

Philip Norman - HarperAudio
Format: Hardcover

Philip Norman turns his formidable talent to the Beatle for whom belonging to the worlds most beloved pop group was never enough. Drawing on previously untapped sources, and with unprecedented access to all the major characters, here is the definitive portrait of John Lennon. This biography...
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Egypt: People, Gods & Pharaohs

Rose-Marie Hagen - Taschen, 2015.
Format: Print book

Everyday life in the Egypt of the Pharaohs: From Cheops, Ramses and Tutankhamun to the world of labourers and craftsmen
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Lessons in Realistic Watercolor: A Contemporary Approach to Painting People and Places in the Classical Tradition

Mario Andres Robinson - The Monacelli Press
Format: Print book

In the tradition of American painters such as Andrew Wyeth, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, and John Singer Sargent, Mario Andres Robinson shows us how to create beautiful, timeless, classical watercolor paintings through the use of simple, yet sophisticated, contemporary techniques every...
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The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi

PHIL SZOSTAK - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Star Wars: The Force Awakens shattered box-office records as one of the highest-grossing films of all time, and its eagerly awaited sequel, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, is sure to do the same. Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, The Brothers Bloom,...
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Guts: The Anatomy of The Walking Dead

PAUL VIGNA - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

In this first and only guide to AMC's exceptional hit series The Walking Dead, the Wall Street Journal's Walking Dead columnist celebrates the show, its storylines, characters, and development, and examines its popularity and cultural resonance.From its first episode, The Walking...
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Harry Potter: The Artifact Vault

Jody Revenson - Harper Design
Format: Print book

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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Magic Eye II: Now You See it

N.E. Thing Enterprises. - Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format: Hardcover

You need to see it to believe it! Exercise your eyes and imagination with 29 new mind-bending 3D illusions. 2D illustrations will magically morph before your eyes to reveal what is secretly hidden in 3D. The images will not simply appear to be 3D, they will become 3D! Viewing instructions...
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