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Barron's Educational Ser., 2003. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. For art students and ambitious amateurs seeking to be watercolorists, practical advice is offered on materials, tools, painting basics, and specific techniques for painting different types of pictures. These tips follow a short history of the art form. This is the English translation of the Spanish title, Acuarela, published by Parramon Ediciones in Barcelona in 2000. (© Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Flammarion, 2003. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. In a pocket guide featuring many well-known works of "Gauguin the savage," famed for his escape to the South Seas, a Musée d'Orsay archivist traces the themes and evolution of his art and career. Distributed by Rizzoli. (©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Graphic Arts Center Publishing, 2006. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. This collection features a diverse group of color photos of Chicago, including well-known places such as the United Center, Wrigley Field, Navy Pier, the Chicago River, and downtown, and parks, cultural festivals, and houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, giving readers a general idea of the many sights of the city. There is no index or bibliography. (©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Arcade Publishing, Inc., 2006. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. This small book (5x7.5") contains a selection of notes and quotes from the famous notebooks. Arrangement is in 32 thematic sections pertaining to art techniques and philosophy as well as the natural world, machines, warfare, and morality, to name a few. Editor Dickens, whose credentials are not stated, provides an introductory essay. The book was originally published in the UK by Profile Books (2005). (©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland... more information

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The Lyons Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. "The Great Society has been shot down on the battlefields of Vietnam." (Martin Luther King, Jr.) "A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after." (Gloria Steinem) "Yabba dabba do!' (Fred Flintstone) The editor of The 1960s: American Popular Culture Through History and Woodstock: An Encyclopedia of the Music and Arts Fair compiles such quotes characterizing this decade's politics, social struggles,... more information

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Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Kerbel (political science, Villanova U.) and his contributors are convinced progressivism still has a chance in the US, provided it is well-organized, clear about its goals, and committed. In these 12 essays with an introduction by Kerbel and a foreword by Howard Dean, some of the new movers and shakers describe the decline of progressivism and the new reasons to restart it, the causes of the general elections of 2004, the gender gap, the valu... more information

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Watson-Guptill Pubns., 2005. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. ... more information

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Huntington Library Press, 2005. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Purcell surveys the extensive collection of Shakespeare's writings at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, emphasizing quarto copies of the plays published during his lifetime. She includes many illustrations from the Huntington's art and library collections, especially from a huge extra-illustrated set of Shakespeare's plays compiled by Thomas Turner in the mid-19th century. (©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Arte Público Press, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Bilingual poets Olgluín and Barbosa present Texas-born Chicano writer Paredes' (1915-1999) first volume of poems in Spanish with facing pages of English translation, sparse footnotes, and more extensive endnotes. They also provide a 40-page introduction, reproductions of texts and photographs, and a literary chronology. (©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Arte Público Press, 2003. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. A graduate of Harvard and Stanford, Sepúlveda now lives in San Antonio, Texas, where he is president and co-founder of a national management consulting group. His biography of Velásquez (1944-1988), founder of the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project during the mid-1970s, is based on the author's close personal relationship and exchanges with Velásquez during his final years, and over a dozen years of su... more information

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John Wiley & Sons, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Besides the usual-type tourist information for visiting the capital of Belgium and the charming medieval city of Bruges, Evans maps tours of Brussels tailored to those whose passion is art nouveau, gourmet food/chocolate, beer, or comic strips. The guide also includes the best neighborhood walks, one to three day excursions, and plastic-sleeved take-out map. Prices are given in euros only. (©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Potomac Books, Inc., 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Patton's penchant for bombast and pearl-handled revolvers is the stuff of legend, but he was classically educated and trained for command. Blumenson (late history, U. of Austin, Texas, etc.), who wrote extensively on Patton, and journalist Hymel concentrate on the general's background, his endeavors in the field and his methods of making command decisions. They describe his childhood and youth in a distinguished family, his education at the... more information

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Potomac Books, Inc., 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Patton's penchant for bombast and pearl-handled revolvers is the stuff of legend, but he was classically educated and trained for command. Blumenson (late history, U. of Austin, Texas, etc.), who wrote extensively on Patton, and journalist Hymel concentrate on the general's background, his endeavors in the field and his methods of making command decisions. They describe his childhood and youth in a distinguished family, his education at the... more information

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Caitlin Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This book tells the story of men called "Canyon Cats" who worked on whitewater freighters in British Columbia, focusing on the Grand Canyon of the Upper Fraser River during the period of 1862-1921. Boudreau draws from newspapers, books, magazines, and historical quarterlies to describe the navigation of waterways, specific steamers, those who were lost, and the impact of the railroad. Boudreau is the author of Mountains, Campfires & Memorie... more information

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Heyday Books, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The author is one of the founders of the Windcall Resident Program, a Montana-based organization founded to aid social justice activists in coping with the problem of burnout. In this volume, she describes the founding and ongoing work at Windcall and, in the final third of the text, presents profiles of seven activists who have experienced residency there. (©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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U. of Georgia Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Hummer observes the workings of music, art, race, politics on the poetic conscience and the practice of poetry in this collection of eight essays. Focusing on the tensions between the body politic and the body poetic, Hummer describes the suicide and dismissal of Vachal Lindsay, the crush of societal censorship and the differences between obscenity and secrecy, the war and peace of craft and consciousness, his identity and his South, the smothering... more information

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Caitlin Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This book tells the story of men called "Canyon Cats" who worked on whitewater freighters in British Columbia, focusing on the Grand Canyon of the Upper Fraser River during the period of 1862-1921. Boudreau draws from newspapers, books, magazines, and historical quarterlies to describe the navigation of waterways, specific steamers, those who were lost, and the impact of the railroad. Boudreau is the author of Mountains, Campfires & Memorie... more information

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Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Although Holstege (medical toxicology, emergency medicine and pediatrics, U. of Virginia) and Turkington (former writer and editor for Duke U. Medical Center) deliver the alarming news that anything from art supplies to a yew tree can poison a child, they mitigate that news with detailed information about what steps to take to prevent or to remedy poisoning from these many causes. The guide includes photographs of poisonous plants and creat... more information

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National Geographic Society, 2007. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. From the famous to the infamous, from the virtuous to the notorious, from Thomas Jefferson to Madonna, historian Axelrod profiles key figures in American politics, arts, science, business, religion, and popular culture in this 5.5x7" reference. The brief profiles are arranged alphabetically, about three to a page, and describe each person's major contributions. The book's scope begins centuries before there was a United States ... more information

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AMACOM, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Corresponding to the ongoing trend of making money using , this book focuses on inventory sources and suggests tips for deciding on and finding products, cost-effectiveness, inventory management software, supplier-retailer relationships, shipping methods including drop shipping, consignment, and various sources for finding products such as trade markets and organizations, manufacturers, wholesalers, inventory services, closeouts, directories, picking, local sou... more information

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