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Leading Ladies: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio EraSexy, stylish, and powerful from Lillian Gish to Katharine Hepburn, Myrna Loy to Lauren Bacall, Jean Harlow to Grace Kelly, each of the legendary actresses featured in this book left an indelible mark in film history and define roles for women on and off the screen. Produced by Turner Classic Movies, this playful and definitive guide to fifty unforgettable actresses mirrors the focus of a month-long film festival on the channel. The life and accomplishments of each actress is celebrated in an in... |
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The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on MediaBenjamin’s famous “Work of Art” essay sets out his boldest thoughts—on media and on culture in general—in their most realized form, while retaining an edge that gets under the skin of everyone who reads it. In this essay the visual arts of the machine age morph into literature and theory and then back again to images, gestures, and thought. This essay, however, is only the beginning of a vast collection of writings that the editors have assembled to demonstrate what was revolutio... |
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Rick Sammon's Exploring the Light: Making the Very Best In-Camera ExposuresHow to capture and control light to make the best digital photographs.Light is the essence of photography. Follow master photographer Rick Sammon at dawn in Kenya or nighttime in Miami as he demonstrates how to achieve the best composition with the available light, which camera settings are best suited to existing conditions, and how to obtain the best exposures in challenging situations. Sammon shows how to make photographs instead of just taking them, providing the tools necessary to take arti... |
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Eltonography: A Life in Pictures Sir Elton JohnSpanning four decades chronicling the public and private journeys of a man voted as one of the 50 greatest artists of all time. With over 30 albums and an endless production line of singles that rank amongst the 20th century's greatest classics, he has accumulated 5 Grammys, 11 Ivor Novellas and an Oscar. Terry O'Neill's camera has chronicled the careers of the greatest names in show business, from Frank Sinatra and The Beatles to Hollywood stars.... |
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Grateful Dead 365In 1965, the Grateful Dead came to life in the heart of San Francisco’s hippie counterculture. Founding members Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, Phil Lesh, and Bill Kreutzmann (and soon after, Mickey Hart) created a unique blend of improvisational rock, folk, blues, and psychedelia, and the Dead went on to become one of the greatest jam bands of all time, releasing more than ten studio albums and touring constantly for legions of Deadheads. In Grateful Dead 365, five decade... |
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The Meaning Of LifeIt's an age-old question that has stumped the great minds of history: What is the meaning of life? In his hilarious and uplifting style, best-selling author Bradley Trevor Greive finally provides the answer: Figure out what you love and do it.Illustrated with playful photographs of animals, BTG's insightful prose again hits his target straight on. He muses about why we're here and our greater purpose in the grand scheme of things. His informal style provides a refreshing counterpoint to what has... |
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Neil Leifer: Ballet in the Dirt: The Golden Age of BaseballThis superb collection of 60s and 70s baseball images commemorates the sport's finest moments via the lens of legendary sports photographer Neil Leifer Featuring over 300 photos, the book is divided into four chapters: The Game; the Heroes-like Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, and pitcher Sandy Koufax; the Rivalry (infamously, between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox and the Giants and Dodgers); and the World Series championship.... |
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Paul Fusco: RFKPaul Fusco: RFK, published during the fortieth anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, is the long-awaited follow-up to Fusco's acclaimed RFK Funeral Train, a body of work heralded as a contemporary classic. This historical new publication features more than 70 never-before-seen images, many selected from the untapped treasure trove of slides that comprise the Library of Congress' Look Magazine Collection. As a staff photographer for Look magazine in 1968, Fusco was commissioned to doc... |
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Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in CinemaOffers user-friendly knowledge and stimulating exercises to help compose story, develop characters and create emotion through skillful creation of the sound track.... |
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book
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