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[2024]
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494 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"A stunning life of the iconic American artist, Keith Haring, by the acclaimed biographer Brad Gooch. In the 1980s, the subways of New York City were covered with art. In the stations, black matte sheets were pasted over outdated ads, and unsigned chalk drawings often popped up on these blank spaces. These temporary chalk drawings numbered in the thousands and became synonymous with a city as diverse as it was at war with itself, ravaged by poverty...
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2024.
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English
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Best known for playing loner rebel Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills 90210, Luke Perry was fifty-two years old when he died of a stroke in 2019. There have been other deaths of 90's stars, but this one hit different. Gen X was reminded of their own inescapable mortality, and robbed of an exciting career resurgence for one of their most cherished icons, with recent roles in the hit series Riverdale and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time In Hollywood bringing...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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xxii, 384 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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English
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"Jon Schueler, an American abstract Expressionist painter, came to painting late in life, taking his first classes in Los Angeles after he had already married and begun a family. But under teachers Clyfford Still and Richard Diebenkorn at the California School of Fine Arts, he quickly discovered a talent and a love for painting that compelled him to move to New York, where he began to define and perfect his artistic vision. An early protégé of Leo...
4) The gardener of Lashkar Gah: a true story of the Afghans who risked everything to fight the Taliban
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xii, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"The 20-year war fought by the US and its allies in Afghanistan is the longest war of the 21st century. It brought opportunity and tragedy for those who were forced to live through it. The abrupt withdrawal of British and American troops in 2021, in what may come to be regarded as one of the worst foreign policy failures of the past hundred years, precipitated the swift recapture of the country by the Taliban. With the withdrawal came upheaval and...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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xiii, 363 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"Journey boasts an undeniable position at the top of rock 'n' roll superstardom. This is the story of their remarkable career-from formation in San Francisco and meteoric rise to disintegration and astonishing return. Incorporating exclusive interviews with members of the band, this biography provides a definitive and thrilling ride"--
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Pub. Date
2024.
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276 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
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English
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As a young girl growing up in Houston, Margaret Juhae Lee never heard about her grandfather, Lee Chul Ha. His history was lost in early twentieth-century Korea, and guarded by Margaret's grandmother, who Chul Ha left widowed in 1936 with two young sons. To his surviving family, Lee Chul Ha was a criminal, and his granddaughter was determined to figure out why. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History chronicles Chul Ha's untold story. Combining investigative...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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64 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"This collection features 25 inspiring tales of neurodivergent artists, athletes, innovators, and more. Read about how these women and girls thought creatively, achieved their dreams, and advocated for the rights of neurodivergent people everywhere. Walk the runway with Madeline Stuart, the first professional model with Down syndrome. Steal the scene with Salma Hayek, the award-winning actor with dyslexia. Learn how journalist and TV host Lisa Ling...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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495 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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Chronicles the life of the creator of one of America's most stunning museums-an American original whose own life was remade by art; includes archival photos of her world, museum and the art she collected.
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2024.
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312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"It's not so long ago that a woman's expressed interest in other realms would have ruined her reputation, or even killed her. And yet spiritualism, in various incarnations, has influenced numerous men - including lauded modernist artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich and Paul Klee - without repercussion. The fact that so many radical women artists of their generation - and earlier - also drank deeply from the same spiritual...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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viii, 484 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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V. S. Pritchett called her "a genius." Gore Vidal described her as a "beloved novelist of singular brilliance... Of all the Southern writers, she is the most apt to endure..." And Tennessee Williams said, "The only real writer the South ever turned out, was Carson." She was born Lula Carson Smith in Columbus, Georgia. Her dream was to become a concert pianist, though she'd been writing since she was sixteen and the influence of music was evident throughout...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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277 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"The blazing rock opera of the greatest drummer of all-time, Jim Gordon, from the legendary Wrecking Crew to redefining rock on the Seventies' biggest hits and outrageous tours, and ultimately to the most shocking crime in rock history--a story of musical genius, uncontrollable madness, and the big fill. Jim Gordon was the greatest rock drummer of all-time. Just ask the world-famous musicians who played with him--John Lennon, George Harrison, Eric...
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[2023]
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xxix, 821 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
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English
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A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers.
"Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture. What Bond represents about ideas of masculinity, the British national psyche and global politics has shifted over time, as has the interpretation of the life of his author. But Fleming himself...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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xxiv, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"The first definitive exploration of the role of the twenty-first century First Lady, painting a comprehensive portrait of Jill Biden and the evolution of the First Lady's role from ceremonial figurehead to political operative--from a White House correspondent for The New York Times. Since the Clinton era, tectonic shifts in media, politics, and pop culture have all redefined expectations of First Ladies, even as the boundaries set upon them have...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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484 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the pinnacle of American culture in 1959, told through the journey of three towering artists-Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans-who came together to create the most famous and bestselling jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue. The myth of the 60s depends on the 1950s being the before times of conformity, segregation, straightness-The Lonely Crowd...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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xx, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"In Baseball Heaven, bestselling baseball author Peter Golenbock returns with the sequel to his highly praised Whispers of the Gods, bringing to life more baseball legends through timeless interviews"--
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Pub. Date
2024.
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xxxiv, 398 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, genealogical tables ; 23 cm
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English
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Queen Elizabeth I is renowned for her hugely successful reign that makes her, perhaps, the most celebrated monarch in English history. But what of the trials she faced in her challenging early life? Her status as a princess didn't last long--when she was less than three years old, her mother--the infamous Anne Boleyn--was brutally beheaded and Elizabeth was relegated to the title of bastard. After losing several stepmothers, she then faced predatory...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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xvii, 458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim her place in cinema history"--
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Pub. Date
2024.
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xix, 405 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : photographs (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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The McLaughlin twins were trailblazing female photographers, celebrated in their time as stars in their respective fields, but have largely been forgotten since. Here, in Double Click, author Carol Kino provides us with a fascinating window into the golden era of magazine photography and the first young women's publications, bringing these two brilliant women and their remarkable accomplishments to vivid life.
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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viii, 327 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"From the moment she first enchanted the world as a youthful princess, Queen Elizabeth II found a unique place in American hearts-and she also played an unprecedented role in forging transatlantic ties. Over her seventy-year reign, she developed extraordinary and varied personal bonds with thirteen U.S. presidents-Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, both Bush Sr. and Jr., Clinton, Obama, Trump, and Biden-that other diplomats...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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xvi, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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With Muse of Fire, Michael Korda takes a novel approach to World War I by telling its history through the lives of the soldier-poets whose verses memorialize the war's unimaginable horrors. He begins with Rupert Brooke and the halcyon days before violence engulfed his generation--destroying the self-contented world of Edwardian England--and ends with the tragic death of Wilfred Owen, killed only days before the armistice brought an end to a war that...
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