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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143127819Author Mary OliverFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 108gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 125mm *...

Ghostnotes: Music of the Unplayed is an extended photo essay with more than two hundred images that represent a mid-career retrospective of B+'s photography of hip-hop music and its influences. Taking its name from the unplayed sounds that exist between...

The author's writings on the subject of art, selected and edited by his wife Catherine Schuon, contains over 270 photographs - 200 color and 70 black and white. In this book, he then deals with the spiritual significance of the artistic productions of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857244242Author Ralf BockFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 2260g

From the Preface by Ted Gioia:All of these musicians fought their way back over the next decade, and their success in re-establishing themselves as important artists was perhaps the first signal, initially unrecognized as such, that a re-evaluation of...

In 1788, nearly fifteen-hundred people on eleven sailing ships came ashore at Port Jackson in Australia after a gruelling eight month journey from England. This collection of vessels later became known as the First Fleet, and those who sailed in them...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451498496Author Hugh EakinFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA Inc

Artists, musicians, actors, singers, designers and other creative individuals need to understand basic business concepts if they are to successfully pursue their chosen artistic profession. These skills have historically not been taught to creative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228204640Author Coloring BanditFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Coloring BanditPublisher Coloring BanditWeight(grams) 216g

This is the story of Kent's Garden Airfield, so called because of its location on an escarpment, overlooking Hythe and Romney Marsh. An airfield born out of necessity during the First World War. Following 1918 many record breaking flights began at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam) (Adult Nonfiction) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9780312674151Author Mara ShalhoupFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812977264Author DanteFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 132mm...

We tried 1,000 places. And included only the 30 best. 30 unforgettable experiences that capture the soul of New York. Every guide in the "Soul of" collection includes: - the 30 best experiences a city has to offer - interviews with those who...

Create perfectly-pieced 3" quilt blocks in a variety of themes - from hearts and flowers to airplanes and birthday cakes. Secure them inside your Carol Doak's Keepsake Frame Cards for gift-giving and artistic display. These blocks are also perfect to mix...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626860858Author Thomas PavitteFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Thunder Bay PressPublisher Thunder Bay PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 351mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780944350621Author Thomas R KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Friends United PressPublisher Friends United PressWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm)...

An expanded, comprehensively revised, and completely up-to-date new edition of the leading illustrated field guide to Europe's birdsSince it was first published, Birds of Europe has established itself as the definitive illustrated field guide to the...

The work of the French cultural critic Louis Marin (1931-1992) is of importance to scholars concerned with issues of representation. This text, first published in France in 1977, presents Marin's theories about the aims of painting in Europe in the 16th...

Armenia's most significant contemporary poet, Razmik Davoyan is one of a handful of names in Armenian literature which define not only an era, but go much further to embody an entire history. Davoyan's work reflects the experiences of an old nation, yet...

Perhaps the most imaginative writer on art in the sixteenth century, Giovan Paolo Lomazzo was also an ambitious painter, well-informed critic, and sarcastic wit: he proved a lively adversary for Vasari, Dolce, and even Aretino. His greatest contribution...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692034033Author Maureen Stott CztFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Tao of Tangling PublishingPublisher Tao of Tangling PublishingWeight(grams) 200g

Since its small screen debut in 1982, Macross has remained one of most influential mecha anime of all time. Longtime franchise illustrator Hidetaka Tenjin captures the high-flying action of the series' iconic "variable fighters" like no other artist...

Features interviews with 14 jazz players, including Art Farmer, Cecil Taylor, Clark Terry, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Thelonius Monk, Big Joe Turner and Archie Shepp. It provides portraits of the often troubled lives of the musicians who changed the shape of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781573223331Author Thich Nhat HanhFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Riverhead BooksPublisher Riverhead BooksWeight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244235833Author chris wadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

The first survey of more than fifty years of drawing by a legendary sculptor and draftswoman Lee Bontecou (b. 1931) established a significant reputation in the 1960s with pioneering sculptures and reliefs made of raw and expressionistic materials. Her...

With more than 100 inventive lists, charts, and timelines, The Big Bang Theory Book of Lists offers fans a creative way of looking at and celebrating the iconic and beloved early 2000s sitcom. Revisit some of your favorite moments, pairings, cameos, and...

In this masterful autobiography Cellini describes court life, his career as a Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith, and his views of his contemporaries, including Michelangelo.About the AuthorSir John Pope-Hennessy (1913-94) was one of the 20th century's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594481567Author Anita BarrowsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

"The Tres Riches Heures" is the most luxurious and most famous examples of manuscript illumination in late medieval Europe. Commissioned by the influential patron, Jean de Berry, in the early years of the fifteenth century, this masterpiece was executed...

Jesus said the soul is worth more than the world. The soul is the key to our lives, binding our heart, our mind, and our spirit together. Shouldn't you get pretty clear on exactly what the soul is? And how to care for it? Taken from John Ortberg's book...

An updated edition of the first - and still most authoritative - book on the legendary American iconoclast Twenty years ago, Phaidon published what has become the definitive study of Arkansas-born Jimmie Durham's career. This highly anticipated new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262562812Author Hal FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 953gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of the 2020 International Book & Pamphlet Competition.Book InformationISBN 9781912196432Author Sarah WimbushFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Smith|Doorstop...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592214389Author Bolaji CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 390g

Insects have captivated artists for centuries, as shown in their re-creations of them in gold, canvas, fabric, marble, wood, and other media. This book displays 39 contemporary artists' insect-centric works, showing the extent to which insects fascinate...

In California in the early '50s the Fender company introduced the world's first electric bass guitar. They couldn't have known known it then but the Precision Bass would start a revolution in the sound of popular music. This book explains how that...

An alluring portrait of three beautiful homes and the art and design objects that populate them Over a lifetime spent in London, New York, Los Angeles and points in between, collector Ronnie Sassoon has put together an unparalleled grouping of radical...

This book illuminates the original meanings of seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century mural paintings in Britain.At the time, these were called 'histories'. Throughout the eighteenth century, though, the term became directly associated with easel...

No Italian painter of this century has aroused so much comment, from eulogy to outright condemnation, as Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978). One of the initiators of surrealism, he is a key figure in modern art; his influence on later painters, particularly...