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After the death of her father, street photographer Cordelia takes a summer gig at a cozy cottage on Ireland's Inishmore Island where she meets Niall O'Connor, a grumpy Irish chef, and the more their paths cross, the more they make each other's lives hell until their hatred turns into undeniable attraction.
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"Julia White is struggling: her bartending job isn't cutting it and her first book has sold hardly any copies. She's broke, barely able to make ends meet while drowning in her late mother's medical bills and reeling after a one-night stand with her ex-boyfriend, who's now completely ghosted her. Enter Johnathan Aster, world-renowned photographer, with a proposal: he has a never-before-seen photograph of a woman falling from a train bridge, clutching...
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"A Pictorial History" offers a compelling visual journey through the aftermath of nature's wrath, focusing on the profound impact of a hurricane on a river and its surrounding landscape. Through imagery and insightful commentary, this book vividly captures the transformation of the serene riverbanks and the imposing presence of the dam in the wake of the storm's fury.
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Subtitled "The Photographic Eye of Jack E. Thompson, Reflections Through A Special Lens is a tribute to the author's late father. Jack Thompson was a well-known photographer and newspaper editor in Parry Sound, Ontario. The author, Stephen Thompson, has assembled 50 of his father's black and white photographs of the rocks, clouds, trees, wind and water, and some birds, insects and plants, of the Parry Sound area on Georgian Bay. The photos of this...
5) Texas BBQ
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To Texans, barbecue is elemental. Succulent, savory, perfumed with smoke and spice, it transcends the term "comfort food." It's downright heavenly, and it's also a staff of Texas life. Like a dust storm or a downpour, barbecue is a force of Texas nature, a stalwart tie to the state's cultural and culinary history. Though the word is often shortened to "BBQ," the tradition of barbecue stands Texas-tall. Photographer Wyatt McSpadden has spent some twenty...
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This beautiful volume celebrates one of the twentieth century's most important photographers, Dorothea Lange. Led off by an authoritative biographical essay by Elizabeth Partridge (Lange's goddaughter), the book goes on to showcase Lange's work in over a hundred glorious plates. Dorothea Lange is the only career-spanning monograph of this major photographer's oeuvre in print, and features images ranging from her iconic Depression-era photograph Migrant...
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How a generation of women artists is transforming photography with analogue techniques.
Beginning in the 1990s, a series of major artists imagined the expansion of photography, intensifying its ideas and effects while abandoning many of its former medium constraints. Simultaneous with this development in contemporary art, however, photography was moving toward total digitalization.
Lateness and Longing presents the first account of a...
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Countless mothers of brides and grooms have asked Peggy Post for a wedding planner just for them. Here it is! Whether you're helping a little or a lot, or-like most moms-are serving as combination coach, diplomat, and troubleshooter, this planner is packed with useful ideas, including:
• Planning lists especially for moms
• Questions to ask before hiring wedding professionals
• Times when a mother's tactful advice is most helpful
• A Resources...
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Berna González Harbour firma una deslumbrante narración biográfica sobre el artista que mejor supo retratar nuestro país: Francisco de Goya
Mientras Goya pintaba su presente, también retrataba el nuestro. Por ello es considerado el padre de la modernidad. Precursor y visionario, el pintor aragonés escaló hasta la más alta cima del arte para reflejar lo más grandioso y lo más abyecto de su tiempo, capítulos que hoy regresan como las...
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Karel Holemans guardó secretos toda su vida, incluso a su familia. En esta biografía, su hijo desvela la fascinante historia de su padre: agente secreto, espía doble, pintor y héroe de los templarios.
Karel Holemans fue un pintor flamenco que soñaba con la independencia de Flandes. Espió en España durante la Guerra Civil, en el lado republicano. En la invasión nazi de Bélgica trabajó como espía doble. O tal vez triple. Fue agente de la...
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Born into chaos and trauma, God showed me grace at every turn. I would go to prison twice before I began to build the life God wanted for me, inlcuding a window tint franchise. This book tells of many trials I faced and how I overcame every obstacle. If you need a faith builder, this is it.
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In The Cruel Radiance, Susie Linfield challenges the idea that photographs of political violence exploit their subjects and pander to the voyeuristic tendencies of their viewers. Instead she argues passionately that looking at such images-and learning to see the people in them-is an ethically and politically necessary act that connects us to our modern history of violence and probes the human capacity for cruelty. Grappling with critics from Walter...
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In this biography, the author of the acclaimed Caravaggio examines the relationships that shaped Michelangelo's first thirty years.
In this compelling account, renowned art historian John Spike paints a vivid portrait of one of the world's greatest artists and the places and people, Lorenzo de' Medici, Leonardo, Machiavelli, that inspired and defined his early life and career. Spike's masterful text probes the thinking, evolution, and desires of...
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A Great Gay Book: Stories of Growth, Belonging & Other Queer Possibilities is a gorgeously designed collection of art, essays, short fiction, poetry, interviews, profiles, and photography from the archives of the beloved queer magazine Hello Mr., as well as new material from many of today's biggest LGBTQ+ creatives.
Hello Mr. was founded by Ryan Fitzgibbon in 2012. Over its ten-issue lifespan, the groundbreaking indie magazine became the first...
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Gay artist George Quaintance (1902-1957) had a diverse and colorful career. After attending art school with Georgia O'Keeffe and Alexander Calder, he joined a vaudeville troupe and traveled the country. His troupe, The Collegiates, was known for acrobatics and athleticism, and it was the opening act for Sophie Tucker's farewell performance. George went on to study ballet and various forms of modern dance, both choreographing and starring in theatrical...
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A biography of a Victorian-era woman who grew up as the daughter of novelist Charles Dickens-and found a creative career of her own. Katey Dickens was born into a house of turbulent celebrity and grew up surrounded by fascinating, famous, and infamous people. From a very young age, she knew her vocation was to be an artist. Lucinda Hawksley charts the life of a celebrated portrait painter who redefines our preconceptions about Victorian women. Living...
19) Every Bend
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In Every Bend, Gail Butensky's photography from a variety of colorful venues is on display, as are intimate photos the artist shot outside of the music scene that she has documented for decades. This collection of photographs sequenced by Butensky to resemble a road trip with diary entries for each encampment that is presented here. A fascinating journey and a feast for the eyes.
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Considéré dans ce texte: Quiruvilca, Pérou. Bev Oda et sa «nouvelle meilleure amie». L'or, l'argent et le sous-développement. Barrick Gold. L'aide internationale comme peacekeeper. L'ACDI, la RSE, le MAECD et deux-trois autres sigles sympathiques. L'acceptation sociale des exploitations minières. Le gout du cochon d'Inde grillé.