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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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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
John Lahr - W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography and Finalist for the National Book Award. The definitive biography of Americas greatest playwright from the celebrated drama critic of The New Yorker.John Lahr has produced a theater biography like no other. Tennessee Williams... |
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Who Did It First?: Great Rock and Roll Cover Songs and Their Original Artists
Bob Leszczak - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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“Everybody has to start somewhere. Businessmen start on the ground floor and try to work their way up the corporate ladder. Baseball players bide their time in the minor leagues wishing for an opportunity to move up and play in the majors. Musical compositions aren’t very different... |
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The First Signs: My Quest to Unlock the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols
Genevieve Von Petzinger - Atria Books
Format: Print book
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"One of the most significant works on our evolutionary ancestry since Richard Leakey's paradigm-shattering Origins, The First Signs is the first-ever exploration of the little-known geometric images that accompany most cave art around the world-- the first indications of symbolic meaning,... |
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A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen
David Hockney - Harry N Abrams
Format: Print book
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A picture, says David Hockney, is the only way that we can communicate what we see. Here, in a collaboration with art critic Martin Gayford, he explores the many ways that artists have pictured the world, sharing sparkling insights and ideas that will delight every art lover and art maker.... |
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Service: Platon
Platon - Prestel Verlag
Format: Print book
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In this powerful, evocative, and moving collection of images -- many never-before published -- Platon, one of the most acclaimed contemporary photographers, focuses on the effects of war on soldiers and their families. Having created over 25 Time magazine covers and succeeding Richard Avedon... |
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Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
William J. Mann - Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times BestsellerEdgar Award winner for Best Fact CrimeThe Day of the Locust meets The Devil in the White City and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in this juicy, untold Hollywood story an addictive true tale of ambition, scandal, intrigue, murder, and the creation of the modern... |
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The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
Anthony M. Amore - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication and forgery, and with good reason. Art scams are increasingly convincing and involve incredible sums of money. The cons... |
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