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Through the eyes of two award-winning musicians who travelled along its rural routes, an engaging exploration of the 1970s hillbilly chitlin' circuit that ran from shaded pockets of Appalachia to Nashville's doorstep, unexpectedly sparking country music's big boom in the 1980s before morphing into modern Americana.

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An insightful new resource that looks at the rise of American hip hop as a series of distinct regional events, with essays covering the growth of hip hop culture in specific cities across the nation.

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Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer played a crucial role in bringing opera back to life as a contemporary art form. This is a story, at once heroic, comic, and unnerving, of men and women making history and of their different conceptions of what history is and what it means to makes it.

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"A collection of paintings, drawings, and sketches by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai from the Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art"--

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A wholly original way of looking at Tupac Shakur that will thrill those who already love the artist and enlighten those who want to understand him

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"A critical primer on the film, photography, and theoretical writings of Hollis Frampton"--

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"A comprehensive study of the changing attitudes of America in the 1950s as reflected by the films of that decade"--

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Photographed using late 1940s sheet Kodachrome - a film stock that remains legendary for its tonal range, color accuracy, and detail, this book presents a gallery of hundreds of full-color photos of the stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. It features Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, among others.

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Just in time for Pride Month promotions, this book is a first-of-its-kind in-depth exploration of LGBTQ+ representation from the dawn of cinema through today, from noted film critic Alonso Duralde and Turner Classic Movies.

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From the Turner Classic Movies Library: Film and history buffs alike will enjoy this engrossing story of Hollywood's involvement in World War II, as it's never before been told.

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"A guide to the horror movie genre for people too afraid to watch horror movies, including plot summaries and key scene descriptions for twenty-five influential films, as well as analysis of each film's role in the genre and in pop culture"--

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An illustrated guide to the Baby Boomer Generation.

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A practical and visual guide to hand-lettering from renowned design studio House Industries, covering the history, methods and techniques of lettering.

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"A modern guide to home improvement that will help you create a dynamic, comfortable space that supports your life and the way you want to live"--

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Presents interpretations of some of our most important films - from the work of Pedro Almodovar to "Brokeback Mountain", "United 93" and "World Trade Center", "300", "Troy", and "The Hours" - that have sparked debate and changed the way we watch movies.

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The basics of the profession and practice of architecture, presented in illustrated A-Z form.

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Noir is just as powerful in comics as it is in films: dark angles, shadowy, high contrast images, moody lighting, an anti-hero that struggles with moral conflicts. This work walks the reader step-by-step through layout, thumbnails, staging the action and working with actual scripts. It also contains the twenty-two page original graphic novel.

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Gamers, get ready to level up with How to Draw Video Games! From helpful sidekicks to 8-bit aliens and block-style beasts, the video game galaxy is an epic and endless world of battle-ready bosses, spewing lava levels and handyman heroes with the courage to save the day--all you need to do is draw them.