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ADOLFO KAMINSKY: A FORGER'S LIFE
Written by Sarah Kaminsky
The gripping true story of a life-long forger working for the French Resistance and clandestine organizations, told to his daughter.
AMERICAN HEIRESS : THE WILD SAGA OF THE KIDNAPPING, CRIMES AND TRIAL OF PATTY HEARST
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
A National Bestseller From New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author of The Nine and The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J.
ANCIENT BREWS: REDISCOVERED AND RE-CREATED
Written by Patrick E. McGovern
Patrick E. McGovern--part modern scientist, part Indiana Jones--uncovers and re-creates the oldest alcoholic beverages ever found.
ANDY WARHOL: SEVEN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 1952-1959
Written by Reuel Golden
Warhol's classic 1950s illustrated books for just $200 In 1950s New York, before he became one of the most famous names of the 20th century, Andy Warhol was a skilled and successful commercial artist.
ARMANDO - BETWEEN KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING
Written by Antoon Melissen
This richly illustrated, 60-year survey links Dutch multimedia artist Armando Dirk von Doderweerd (born 1929), known as Armando, to major postwar developments in European art. Armando's painting, drawing and sculpture were part of the international artists network ZERO during the 1950s and 60s.
ARMCHAIR TRAVELLER'S HISTORY OF TOKYO
Written by Clements, Jonathan
With almost 39 million residents, Tokyo is now as much an icon of modernity as it is a city, with its neon-lit billboards, futuristic technology, and avant-garde fashion scene.
ARMIES OF DELIVERANCE: A NEW HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR
Written by Varon, Elizabeth R
Loyal Americans marched off to war in 1861 not to conquer the South but to liberate it. So argues Elizabeth R. Varon in Armies of Deliverance, a sweeping narrative of the Civil War and a bold new interpretation of Union and Confederate war aims.
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Written by Berry, Mark
The most radical and divisive composer of the twentieth century, Arnold Schoenberg remains a hero to many, and a villain to many others. In this refreshingly balanced biography, Mark Berry tells the story of Schoenberg's remarkable life and work, situating his tale within the wider symphony of nineteenth- and twentieth-century history.
AVANT-GARDE AS METHOD: VKHUTEMAS AND THE PEDAGOGY OF SPACE, 1920-1930
Written by Bokov, Anna
Throughout the 1920s and '30s, the Higher Art and Technical Studios in Moscow, more commonly known as Vkhutemas, adopted what it called the "objective method" to facilitate instruction on a mass scale. The school was the first to implement mass art and technology education, which was seen as essential to the Soviet Union's dominant modernist paradigm.
AWAY GAME: THE EPIC SEARCH FOR SOCCER'S NEXT SUPERSTARS
Written by Sebastian Abbot
The gripping story of a group of boys discovered in what may be the largest talent search in sports history.
BAKE: BREADS, CAKES, CROISSANTS, KOUIGN AMANNS, MACARONS, SCONES, TARTS
Classic French baking with a twist from one of America's rising star chefs. Drawing on Rory Macdonald's Michelin-starred experience, Bake takes the reader from early morning croissants to late night desserts. Macdonald reveals the secrets behind his renowned cakes and baked treats, which have earned him a place in the top 10 pastry chefs in the U.S. (Dessert Professional).
BEST DUTCH BOOK DESIGNS 2017
Met een historie die teruggaat tot 1926 is de jaarlijkse uitverkiezing door een vakjury van de Nederlandse Best Verzorgde Boeken de oudste van Europa. De wat ouderwetse term 'best verzorgd' is altijd gehandhaafd in het bewustzijn dat de jury?s in de eerste plaats boeken uitverkiezen en niet alleen boekontwerpen.
BIRDS OF NEW YORK CITY
Written by Cal Vornberger
Many marvelous species of bird call New York's boroughs home, though it takes a keen eye to spot them. Birds of New York City is the culmination of years of work from photographer Cal Vornberger.
BLIND SPOT
Written by Teju Cole
When it comes to Teju Cole, the unexpected is not unfamiliar: He's an acclaimed novelist, an influential essayist, and an internationally exhibited photographer. In Blind Spot, readers follow Cole's inimitable artistic vision into the visual realm as he continues to refine the voice, eye, and intellectual obsessions that earned him such acclaim for Open City.
BOOK OF BEASTS: THE BESTIARY IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
Written by Elizabeth Morrison
A celebration of the visual contributions of the bestiary--one of the most popular types of illuminated books during the Middle Ages--and an exploration of its lasting legacy.
BUILT UP TOWARDS THE LIGHT: JOHN PAWSON´S REDESIGN OF THE MORITZKIRCHE IN AUGSBURG
Written by Stotzer, Sabine
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CAMO MANIA: NEW DISRUPTIVE PATTERNS IN DESIGN
Written by Viction Workshop
No longer relegated solely to drab or muted earthtones, camouflage is undergoing a renaissance as designers experiment with new patterns and color palettes to create fresh and unexpected results for a variety of applications. With traditional elements or new figurative or abstract iconography and in every color of the rainbow, from black and white to the primaries, day-glo colors and pastels.
CARLO MOLLINO: ARCHITECT AND STORYTELLER
Written by Sabatino, Michelangelo
Italian architect and designer Carlo Mollino (1905-73) is known to many for his furniture designs. Although none of Mollino's designs were mass-produced, they command high prices among collectors of twentieth-century furniture and are part of the collections of major design museums.
CELLO SUITES: J. S. BACH, PABLO CASALS, AND THE SEARCH FOR A BAROQUE MASTERPIECE
Written by Eric Siblin
Introduces Johann Sebastian Bach's "Cello Suites," discussing how the composition was lost in the eighteenth century and discovered by Pablo Casals in the late nineteenth century, and some of the historical questions remaining about the piece.
CHARDIN AND REMBRANDT
Written by Marcel Proust
"Only a petty mind, an artist who at most speaks and dresses as such, looks solely for people in whom he recognizes the harmonious proportions of allegorical figures.
CHRISTMAS CAROL: LITTLE MASTER DICKENS
Written by Jennifer Adams
Introduces colors using characters, places, and events from Charles Dickens's "A Christmas carol." On board pages.
CITY OF LIGHT, CITY OF POISON: MURDER, MAGIC, AND THE FIRST POLICE CHIEF OF PARIS
Written by Holly Tucker
Appointed to conquer the crime capital of the world, the first Paris police chief faces an epidemic of murder."
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH HUMANKIND: A PALEOANTHROPOLOGIST INVESTIGATES OUR EVOLVING SPECIES
Written by Sang-Hee Lee
In this captivating bestseller, Korea's first paleoanthropologist offers fresh insights into humanity's dawn and evolution.
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