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Black Is Beautiful: JET Beauties of the Week

LaMonte McLemore - powerHouse Books
Format: Hardcover

Famed 60s sunshine pop band 5th Dimension's LaMonte McLemore's additional enduring legacy is that of a photographer, contributing a weekly column "Beauty of the Week" to the renowned publication of African American pop culture, JET. Here, for the first time, is his personal...
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The Danse Macabre: Celebration and Survival in New Orleans

Cheryl Gerber - LSU Press
Format: Paperback

New Orleans is a city of contradictions: comic and tragic, sacred and secular, profound and profane; steeped heavily in tradition and religion yet drenched in decadence and debauchery. The Danse Macabre reveals the city's rebellious and humorous spirit, which celebrates life in the face...
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Abstract Embroidery: Slow stitching with texture, colour and creativity

Emily Botelho - Search Press
Format: Hardcover

From mini hoops to larger fabric canvas work, ideas to capture your natural surroundings abound in this stunning embroidery book. Get inspiration from Emily Botelho - the genius behind @saltstitches. Winner of the People's Choice Award Art Comp 2023 100 Kellogg Lane!. Drawing on her love...
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BOOK!

Jason Hendrickson - POW! Kids Books
Format: Hardcover

Young Readers take part in an interactive, humorous journey of twists and turns to the end of the book with Willard the octopus, his friend Mallard ...and a swarm of B's? The Narrator asks the Reader to flip, shake, and talk to BOOK! all while our interjecting animal friends keep the Reader...
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Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Philip Gefter - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning writer reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the provocative play, the groundbreaking film it became, and how two iconic stars changed the image of marriage forever.. From its debut in 1962, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was a wild success and a cultural...
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The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: The Complete Story of the World's Most Famous Artwork

Noah Charney - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

"Historian Charney tracks the eventful life of the Mona Lisa in this rollicking account.... The result is both a thrilling tale of true crime and a rigorous work of art history." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review. If you read one book on the Mona Lisa, let this be it. From...
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Eclipse: Our Sky's Most Dazzling Phenomenon

Kelsey Oseid - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

Discover the ancient myths and fascinating science of the world's most striking celestial phenomena - eclipses - in this educational, beautifully illustrated guide by the acclaimed author of What We See in the Stars.. Awe-inspiring, majestic, and always a little otherworldly, eclipses...
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