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Zentangle A Journey in the Round - Paperback

$17.48

by Jeanne Paglio (Author)Zentangle designs geared to all who would enjoy learning this relaxing art form, this book includes step-by-step instructions for tangling. There is no wrong way to tangle. The book has spaces to add your own work.Author BiographyAs a certified Zentangle teacher, Jeanne Paglio has designed several tangling books geared to all who would enjoy learning this relaxing art form and begin their own Zentangle journey. With Zentangle, there are no mistakes, only possibilities...

Musts, Maybes, and Nevers: A Book About The Movies - Paperback

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by David V. Picker (Author)You've just bought your ticket to the 8:30 show. You are in your seat, and the coming attractions are over. Now, it's time for the feature, and this book is it. The author is uniquely qualified to tell you this story because he has personally lived the entire plot, and known every one of the characters. From James Bond to the Beatles, from Saturday Night Fever to Grease, from Daniel Day-Lewis to Dustin Hoffman, from Steve Martin to Cheech and Chong. As President of ...

The Taste of British South Asian Theatres: Aesthetics and Production - Paperback

$37.55

by Chandrika Patel (Author)The Taste of British South Asian Theatres: Aesthetics and Production offers critical analysis of eight British Asian performances, using an east-west approach of references and theories, the latter including the Rasa theory of the Natyashastra, Brecht's Gestus and semiotics, making a striking contribution to the understanding of one of the most outstanding examples of diasporic artistic activity in recent history. With illustrations, the productions discussed are Th...

The Legendary Uli Women of Nigeria: Their Life Stories in Signs, Symbols, and Motifs - Paperback

$98.68

by Robin Renee Sanders (Author)"Ambassador Sanders imaginatively combine phenomenology and ethnographic methods to shine light on a world treasure worthy of both scholarly exploration and cultural amplification. Her scholarship, a mixture of style and substance, voyeuristically grants us access to the lives of the legendary Uli women of Nigeria thus reinforcing the beauty and power of the blackness of the diaspora. Like the women in the stories she chronicles, this work is legendary." -- Dr. ...

Sham's Kitchen: A Perfect 10 - Paperback

$35.01

by Priyanka Rajendram (Author)Join the author on a Indian culinary journey as she learns, under her mother's guidance, the ins and outs of one-of-a-kind, homemade South Indian and Sri Lankan cuisine (with some modern twists ) that remind her of home. Experience the author's coming-of-age story as Singaporean-Indian mother and daughter wade through laughter and tears to find new meaning in their relationship amidst the cloves and cardamoms. If you are a mother, a chef, or a mother-chef, you wo...

Mughal Jewellery: A Sneak Peek of Jewellery Under Mughals - Paperback

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by Nafisa Ali Sayed (Author)"Mughal Jewellery, lets the reader explore the fascinating era of the jewellery making, where it reached its zenith. The book talks about the different techniques of ornamentation that were used to make the regal jewellery. In addition to this, brief information regarding the gems is also highlighted. The 'Navratna', that are still in vogue are talked about in the book, giving an insight to the reader regarding its significance."Author BiographyDr. Nafisa Ali Sayed...

Creating a Portrait in Sculpture: featuring George Washington sculptures created by Avard T. Fairbanks - Paperback

$39.15

by Avard T. Fairbanks (Author), Justin F. Fairbanks (Contribution by), Eugene F. Fairbanks (Author)This book will be of interest to George Washington scholars, and artists engaged in modeling portrait sculpture using clay or plasteline on armatures for casting. More than 150 photos showing each step of modeling process. Including chapters on human proportions for portrait artists, anatomy, and the process of marble sculpting. Including chapters on human proportions for portrait artists, anato...

Guerrilla Marketing for Artists: Build a Bulletproof Art Career to Thrive in Any Economy - Paperback

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by Barney Davey (Author)Guerrilla Marketing for Artists: How 100 Collectors Can Build a Bulletproof Art Career This book primarily is about these five things: 1.Defining what you want to achieve in your art career. 2.Learning techniques to build relationships where you can sell direct to collectors, both in person and online. 3.Determining which marketing tools are the best for your art career, and using them to gain maximum results. 4.Planning and executing effective, efficient marketing str...

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Maps of the Disney Parks: Charting 60 Years from California to Shanghai - Hardcover

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by Vanessa Hunt (Author)This deluxe Disney atlas is bursting with gorgeous park maps from around the work and across the six decades It all started with a map. . . . Maps of the Disney Parks are more than just atlases used by guests to find their way to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. They are snapshots of a place and time, relics treasured by collectors, and gorgeous pieces of artwork. In fact, it was a map (imagined by Walt Disney and drawn by Herbert Ryman) that was used to sell the idea of...

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by Minh Lê (Author), Isabel Roxas (Illustrator), Isabel Roxas (Cover Design by)A hilarious story about not spoiling the end of the story -- selected as a Best book of 2016 by NPR, Betsy Bird/School Library Journal, the Nerdy Book Club, and others. When our young hero settles in to read, the last thing he wants is for some noisy animals to ruin the ending of his book. But ruin it they do. And as it turns out, the boy is quickly approaching a surprise ending of his own Maybe he should have lis...

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The Bush Garden: Essays on the Canadian Imagination - Paperback

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by Northrop Frye (Author), Lisa Moore (Introduction by)Originally published in 1971, The Bush Garden features Northrop Frye's timeless essays on Canadian literature and painting, and an introduction by bestselling author Lisa Moore.In this cogent collection of essays written between 1943 and 1969, formidable literary critic and theorist Northrop Frye explores the Canadian imagination through the lens of the country's artistic output: prose, poetry, and paintings. Frye offers insightful commen...

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Not One of These Poems Is about You - Paperback

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by Teva Harrison (Author)From Teva Harrison, the award-winning author and illustrator of In-Between Days, comes a powerful work of poetry and art in which she continues to explore what it means to live with metastatic breast cancer.In this remarkable, frank, and gut-wrenching mix of words and images, Teva continues on her journey, grappling with what it means to live with metastatic breast cancer. She plunges deep into her inner world, shadowing the progression of the disease. Reality takes o...

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Yesterday's Tomorrow: Disney's Magical Mid-Century - Hardcover

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by Don Hahn (Author)Academy Award-winning filmmaker Don Hahn paints the incredible story of Walt Disney and his artists who influenced mid-century style and design with their modernist approach to films, books, architecture, and urban planning.Yesterday's Tomorrow is a valentine to an era of optimism, relaxed lifestyle, and innovative design; a large-format, general audience book, illustrated with rarely seen art and photography of the mid-20th century reflecting the unique style that Walt an...

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Walt Disney's Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks - Hardcover

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by Don Iwerks (Author)Disney Legend Ub Iwerks is most-often remembered as theanimator who worked directly with Walt Disney and first animated Mickey Mouseand Minnie Mouse, but as this new deluxe volume by Ub's son Disney Legend DonIwerks reveals, he was so much more. . . . he was Walt's ultimate inventor Gorgeous never-before-published photographs and fascinatingpersonal memories celebrate the half-a-century career of Ub, a self-taughtanimator who became an exceptional draftsman, prolific inn...

Line of Thought: An Art Collection by PeterDraws - Paperback

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by Peter Deligdisch (Author)The Essential Collection of artwork by Peter 'Draws' Deligdisch. Included are scans of his personal 'doodle book' and various other pieces he has completed over the past couple of years. Look through it, get inspired, and create something of your own. Number of Pages: 74 Dimensions: 0.15 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: August 23, 2013

A Study in Sherlock: 13 Years of Sherlock Holmes Artwork 2000-2013 - Paperback

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by Bret M. Herholz (Author)13 years of illustrations, comic art and set design by artist/author Bret M. Herholz (Diary of the Black Widow/Sherlock Holmes) based on greatest detective that never lived: Sherlock Holmes. This book also contains a few unpublished or yet-to-be published collaborations with Sherlock Holmes authors Lyndsay Faye (Dust and Shadow), R. Lee Shackleford (Holmes & Watson) and Bert Coules (221B Baker Street/Holmes for BBC Radio).Author BiographyIllustrator, scriptwrite...

Hubert Lewis the Artist: His Life, Family and Work - Paperback

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by Kim E. Lawler (Author)Hubert Lewis left Wales as a teen for steel work in the US. He followed his passion for painting and drawing to become a late 19th-early 20 century American artist in Pennsylvania. Kim Lawler discovered her great-grandfather's art was still sold through online auctions and in antique shops, but it wasn't always attributed to Hubert Lewis. Kim sets the record straight to preserve the legacy of her great-grandfather's work. Over 100 photos including at least 85 color ph...

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Cut!: How Lotte Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation - Hardcover

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by C. E. Winters (Author), Matt Schu (Illustrator)Long before Walt Disney, a young woman revolutionized the landscape of animation using light, a pair of scissors, and her imagination. From acclaimed author C. E. Winters and debut illustrator Matt Schu, STEM meets the arts in this engaging nonfiction picture book biography about Lotte Reiniger. Cut! is an exceptional choice for classrooms and for fans of Hidden Figures, I Dissent, and the Questioneers books. In the 1920s, when young women had...

Rhapsody In Blue On Canvas: Kansas City Old Jazz Clubs & Joints illustrated in Art & Music - Paperback

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by Sheron y. Smith (Illustrator), Don W. Smith (Author)Famous Kansas City night clubs portrayed in original acrylic paintings on blue canvas along with original piano sheet music of the sounds of the golden era of jazz during the 1930's, 40's, 50's and 60's. The famous Kansas City night clubs illustrated in this book are: Mardi Gras, Deluxe Night Club, The Hey Hey Club, House Of Swing, Papa's Place, The Wiggle Inn, The Blue Room, Harlem Club, Dante Inferno, The Chesterfield Club, Derby Tavern...

how to draw pirates - english edition: how to draw pirates. this drawing book contains 32 pages that will teach you how to draw how to draw pirates. t - Paperback

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by Amit Offir (Author)How to draw pirates step by step.This drawing book will teach you how to draw all you need to know about drawing pirates.The author and illustrator Amit Offir and cartoonist will teach you to how to draw and succeed in a short time even if you don't know how to draw at all everybody can draw and now you can too A unique technique that will give you great drawing tools and lead you to success.Recommended for age 6 and all ages (for adults as well)In this practical guide y...

Tough Guy: Humphrey Bogart in His Own Words and in the Words of Those Who Knew Him - Paperback

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by Michael Turback (Author)Whatever the "something special' is that constitutes a man's man and an actor's actor, he had it - and in abundance. Raised by a genteel East Coast family with a doctor father and a well-known artist mother, Humphrey DeForest Bogart emerged from a minor theatrical career in the 1920s to become one of Hollywood's most distinctive leading men, typically cast as smart, playful, courageous, tough, occasionally reckless characters who lived in a world of dames, mugs, and...

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How to Draw Dragons, Trolls, and Other Dangerous Monsters - Hardcover

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by Tom McGrath (Illustrator), Stefano Azzalin (Illustrator), Colin Howard (Illustrator)Creatures in fantastic tales have captured people's imaginations for hundreds of years. Now fantasy fans can bring their imaginations to life and discover their inner artist by learning to draw their favorite fantastic creatures. Simple, step-by-step instructions teach readers to draw dragons, trolls, giants, and several other dangerous monsters. Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.3 x 10 x 8.1 IN Illustrated...

The Pomegranate Tree and The Blue Jay: A poem - Paperback

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by Parvin Mavaneh (Author)Once upon a time, atop a tall green hill there lived a beautiful pomegranate tree. It bore beautiful red fruit and was a perfect place to make a home. But the tree was lonely and needed a friend to eat her fruit and stay near her to help keep her company on the lonely green hill. Then one day, a blue jay visits her, and she is never lonely again for now she has a new friend. Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.05 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: April 16, 2014

And the Healing Has Begun...: A Musical Journey Towards Peace in Northern Ireland - Hardcover

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by Katrin Pietzonka (Author)For anyone interested in Northern Ireland, it's history, it's culture, it's music.... finally here comes a book that offers a new approach into understanding the complex diversity that has shaped Northern Irish society and its people during the times of the Troubles and beyond. Like poems, songs, in their own right, should be recognised as historical documents. From Mickey McConnells Only our Rivers Run Free and Phil Coulter The Town I loved so Well to Tommy Sands ...

Soft Pastels...an exploration - Paperback

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by Vicki Neil Ross (Author)An introduction to the fine art medium of soft pastels. Collectors and artists alike will find much to enjoy from the historical paintings that date to the 18th century to today. Soft Pastels...an exploration gives basic information on the manufacture, use, care, framing, and popular brands available today. Available as download at www.Axully.com Number of Pages: 50 Dimensions: 0.13 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: August 10, 2013

Leonardo & Luca Pacioli the Evidence: New Rules New Shapes in the Manuscript of Luca Pacioli about chess - Paperback

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by Franco Rocco (Author)A few years ago a learned bibliophile, stumbled on a 500 years old manuscript hidden among the funds of an Italian library and recognized it as the handwritten draft of a mythical book, thought lost and for centuries, actively but vainly sought after. "DE LUDO SCACHORUM" lost opus of Luca Pacioli, Franciscan friar, father of modern accounting, friend, counsellor, teacher & contributor to the century's incomparable genius, Leonardo da Vinci. The booklet is mesmerizi...

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by Paul Wallis (Author)Creativity is one of humanity's greatest gifts. It's also very complex and can have unsuspected depths. Number of Pages: 112 Dimensions: 0.29 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 16, 2013

The Mona Lisa Myth: How new discoveries unlock the final mystery of the world's most famous painting - Paperback

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by Christopher Heath Brown (Author), Jean-Pierre Isbouts (Author)Following the announcement of another Mona Lisa portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, held in a Swiss bank vault for over 40 years, this book is the first to analyze the meaning of this astonishing discovery, and how it radically changes our understanding of the Mona Lisa in the Louvre. By tracing Leonardo's movements in Florence on an almost day-to-day basis, Drs. Isbouts and Brown are able to reconstruct the fascinating chronology of...

Make Your Own Comic Book: Comic Book Paper - Paperback

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by Carol Briggs (Author)Make Your Own Comic Book provides young cartoonists with 40 pages of blank comic book panels to fill with their own stories, characters, and illustrations. After the comic book is complete, you have your very own bound comic book created by you The only limit is the artist's imagination Also available: "Draw and Write Journal for Kids" (grades K-2) ISBN:1497375320 / ISBN-13: 978-1497375321 "Creative Writing Journal for Kids" (writing prompts for kids grades 4-6)...

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by Bill Phelan (Author)Since he was a small child Bill knew that all he really wanted to do in this world was to be an artist. The earliest serious influence in his art education was Ms. Parker in the 3rd grade. She inculcated that art must be somehow different and original, like a Christmas card drawn only with X's in different colored pencils. He attended the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum Saturday morning art class before graduating highschool in Ludlow Massachusetts. He learned to...

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by Lacey Belinda Smith (Author)Gustave Courbet: Exposed By Lacey Belinda Smith Number of Pages: 28 Dimensions: 0.07 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: September 26, 2013

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by Sourcebooks (Author)Tell Dad you love him by preparing the perfect special note for him! From movie nights to fun projects and adventures, you'll have a crafty gift for Dad for special occasions, and just because!With this coupon book children get to make their own gifts to hand out to dad throughout the year and especially to celebrate special occasions. 24 unique coupons that range in design from fill-in pages, ideas for fun projects and activities, to birthday cards. Loads of fun to com...