History & Criticism
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Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future from the Stanford D.School
$35.00 Add to cartA powerful guide to why even the most well-intentioned innovations go haywire, and the surprising ways we can change course to create a more positive future, by two celebrated experts working at the i… [more below]
- Series: Stanford D.School Library
- Author: Doorley, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1984858181
- Language: English
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Art Popular Culture and the Classical Ideal in the 1930s A Study of Roman Scandals and Christopher Strong: Includes the Unfinished Autobiography of Do
$45.00 Read moreDr. David Soren examines Art, Popular Culture and the Classical Ideal in the 1930s in this beautifully illustrated book. The book takes an in-depth look at Roman Scandals and Christopher Strong and, a
- Author: Soren, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 138
- Publish Date: November 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1936168049
- Language: English
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Journey to Mexico
$34.00 Add to cartOn 10 January 1936, the poet, actor, and dramatic theorist, Antonin Artaud departed Europe on a journey to Mexico that would take him from the streets, cafés, and lecture halls of Mexico City to the … [more below]
- Author: Artaud, Antonin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 532
- Publish Date: March 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1940625645
- Language: English
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The Hobbit Encyclopedia
$40.00 Read moreDelve into Middle-earth, decipher the Dwarves’ alphabet and more, with this indispensable and comprehensive guide to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.
This wide-ranging encyclopedia covers all the characte- Author: Bador, Damien
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0711288984
- Language: English
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Dream Machines: Electronic Music in Britain from Doctor Who to Acid House
$36.99 Add to cartAn expansive and illuminating account of the development of electronic music, told with passionate enthusiasm by Matthew Collin, the critically-acclaimed author of Altered State and Rave On.
Dream Mach
- Author: Collin, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1913172554
- Language: English
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House of Psychotic Women: Expanded Edition: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films
$39.95 Read moreHOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN has attained canonical status, having ushered in a new way of writing about film. Kier-La Janisse’s acclaimed book is an autobiographical exploration of female neurosis in hor… [more below]
- Author: Janisse, Kier-La
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 01 2024
- ISBN10: 191305134X
- Language: English
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Zeppo: The Reluctant Marx Brother
$34.95 Add to cart“Marx Brothers authority Bader has done a remarkable job successfully uncovering the story of the unknown brother, revealing a genuinely complex character. This book is revelatory not just about Zeppo
- Author: Bader, Robert S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1493087967
- Language: English
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Starring Joan Crawford: The Films, the Fantasy, and the Modern Relevance of a Silver Screen Icon
$45.00 Read moreJoan Crawford: the name has an enduring fascination. Forty-five years after her death, Crawford remains a familiar icon in pop culture and the entertainment world. Certainly the camp bathos of Mommie
- Author: Bernstein, Samuel Garza
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1493074458
- Language: English
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On Creating Things Aesthetic
$16.00 Read moreThis is a
pared-down, demystified overview of the mental operations involved with
creating things aesthetic, i.e., art, design, and the like. It is a
disarmingly clearheaded and unsentimental look at the… [more below]- Author: Koren, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1734914319
- Language: English
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And the Roots of Rhythm Remain
$50.00 Add to cartFrom the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illumina
- Series: ZE #6
- Author: Boyd, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 916
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 9798988670025
- Language: English
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Grace & Grit: A History of Ballet in Minnesota
$34.95 Read moreA complete history of ballet in Minnesota by a professional dancer and creative force in the Twin Cities artistic community
The names are iconic and familiar to anyone in Minnesota with an interest in
- Author: Finnegan, Georgia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1736102133
- Language: English
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Erased: An Actor of Color’s Journey Through the Heyday of Hollywood
$24.99 Add to cartMaximus Wyld had his heyday in 1940s-50s Hollywood. Of mixed race Black, Chinese and Native American descent, he was “the actor with a thousand faces”, essentially interpreting ethnic roles: Indian ch… [more below]
- Author: Phang, Loo Hui
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 168112338X
- Language: English
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Dreams: The Many Lives of Fleetwood Mac
$29.95 Add to cartAn illuminating deep-dive into everything Fleetwood Mac–the songs, the rivalries, the successes, and the failures–Dreams evokes the band’s entire musical catalog as well as the complex human drama a… [more below]
- Author: Blake, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367322
- Language: English
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Moguls: The Lives and Times of Hollywood Film Pioneers Nicholas and Joseph Schenck
$28.00 Read moreThe sensational, lurid, and wickedly entertaining true story of the brothers who invented Hollywood to become the godfathers of cinema – movie moguls Nicholas and Joseph Schenck – studded with glamoro… [more below]
- Author: Benson, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0806543086
- Language: English
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Here: Where the Black Designers Are
$27.50 Add to cartCelebrated designer, writer, activist, and educator Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller’s memoir of a life in advocacy and her journey to answer the question “Where are the Black designers?”
Cheryl D. Holmes-Mill- Author: Holmes-Miller, Cheryl D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1797225723
- Language: English
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Background Artist: The Life and Work of Tyrus Wong
$34.95 Read moreYou might not know the name Tyrus Wong, but you probably know some of the images he created, including scenes from the beloved Disney classic Bambi. Yet when he came to this country as a child, Tyrus
- Author: Fang, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: October 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1978838417
- Language: English
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The Complete Commercial Artist: Making Modern Design in Japan, 1928-1930
$60.00 Read moreA revelatory, beautifully produced compendium of the influential Japanese commercial design journal, with posters, billboards, shop window displays and more
From 1928 to 1930, Tokyo publisher Ars issue
- Author: Weisenfeld, Gennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1736863347
- Language: English
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Millennial Nasties: Analyzing a Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence
$25.32 Add to cartTorture porn, shock-for-shock’s sake, violence that doesn’t serve the plot, and characters you hate – what was going on in the 2000s in horror cinema? And why were audiences hungry for it? Millennial
- Author: Powers-Schaub, Ariel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1960721534
- Language: English
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The Cavalry Trilogy: John Ford, John Wayne, and the Making of Three Classic Westerns
$27.95 Add to cartThe Cavalry Trilogy captures the genesis of Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950), from pre-production to theatrical releases. Along the way, readers learn why For
- Author: Blake, Michael F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1493077066
- Language: English
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Making a Bridge Too Far
$29.95 Add to cartA Bridge Too Far, released in 1977, was the last epic WWII movie made in the Hollywood studio system. Its ambitious goal: to recreate the Allied plan Operation Market-Garden in September 1944. The pla… [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1735273899
- Language: English
