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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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There are many different methods to succeed in architecture, but they all need commitment to excellence, perseverance, and dedication. Aspiring architects frequently choose to seek a degree in architecture from a recognized institution through formal study. The first section of the book outlines the core knowledge, abilities, and skills that all architects should have. These include technical mastery of design software, architectural drafting, and...
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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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En este libro de la autora Maria Teresa Galdo (alias Mayte), podemos encontrar diversos capítulos los cuales son independientes unos de otros.
Sus elocuentes narraciones harán que los lectores disfruten cada capítulo de principio a fine. Estos narran, de una forma muy amena y senccilla, acontecimientos, historias y anécdotas basadas en experiencias acumuladas a través de una vida y del entorno en el cual se desarrolla.
La autora simpre...
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In 1959, Richard Bellamy was a witty, poetry-loving beatnik on the fringe of the New York art world who was drawn to artists impatient for change. By 1965, he was representing Mark di Suvero, was the first to show Andy Warhol's pop art, and pioneered the practice of "off-site" exhibitions and introduced the new genre of installation art. As a dealer, he helped discover and champion many of the innovative successors to the abstract expressionists,...
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Anecdotal, funny, frank, POPism is Warhol's personal view of the Pop phenomenon in New York in the 1960s.
A cultural storm swept through the 1960s-Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, underground movies-and at its center sat a bemused young artist with silver hair: Andy Warhol. Andy knew everybody (from the cultural commissioner of New York to drug-driven drag queens) and everybody knew Andy.
His studio, the Factory, was the place: where he created...
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Discover the epic life of Gerda Taro, the brave photographer who captured the Spanish Civil War. 'Gerda Taro, the Final Shot' will transport you to the trenches and fiery streets, where courage and determination intertwine with the power of a camera.With captivating illustrations and a vibrant narrative, this graphic novel will immerse you in the harsh reality of war and the soul of an exceptional woman. Join Gerda Taro on her journey and be inspired...
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The visionary writer Iain Sinclair turns his sights to the Beat Generation in America in his most epic journey yet
"How best to describe Iain Sinclair?" asks Robert Macfarlane in The Guardian. "A literary mud-larker and tip-picker? A Travelodge tramp (his phrase)? A middle-class dropout with a gift for bullshit (also his phrase)? A toxicologist of the twenty-first-century landscape? A historian of countercultures and occulted pasts? An intemperate...
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"Souvenirs & confidences - Volume II" est un ensemble de réactions au sujet de l'acharnement de la star Claude François et de ses relations avec ses paires du milieu artistique. De nombreuses opinions ont été émises sur le surnommé « Cloclo », aussi bien de son vivant qu'après sa disparition, provenant d'une variété de personnalités. Certaines l'adulaient, d'autres le méprisaient. Durant sa carrière, l'artiste a démontré une éthique...
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"A child's garden of vices, My Booky Wook is also a relentless ride with a comic mind clearly at the wheel.... The bloke can write. He rhapsodizes about heroin better than anyone since Jim Carroll. With the flick of his enviable pen, he can summarize childhood thus: 'My very first utterance in life was not a single word, but a sentence. It was, 'Don't do that.'... Russell Brand has a compelling story." - New York Times Book Review
The gleeful and...
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"Skhan - Tribulations d'un artiste engagé et underground" est un témoignage biographique relatif aux 40 ans de carrière d'un musicien français connu de l'underground et des milieux indépendants du second millénaire. Il dévoile les arcanes de l'industrie musicale, les coulisses du métier et des concerts, le tout agrémenté de nombreuses anecdotes fascinantes tirées de son journal de bord. Il s'agit ainsi d'un guide riche en enseignements...
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The complete last essays of acclaimed writer Peter Schjeldahl, the great New Yorker art critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist.
Foreword by Steve Martin
Introduction by Jarrett Earnest
When the New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl published his widely read autobiographical essay "The Art of Dying" in December 2019, he reported that he had lung cancer and his oncologist had given him six months to live, but his experimental treatment was...
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