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Really Easy Piano: Taylor Swift
Really Easy Piano: Taylor Swift features sheet music for 18 hit songs from the American starlet Taylor Swift.
This songbook includes hits such as 22, Everything Has Changed, I Knew You Were Trouble and many more.
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Rebel Moon: Wolf: Ex Nihilo: Cosmology & Technology: Creating a Galaxy: Worlds and Technology
The first of two official companion books for the Zack Snyder-directed Netflix films Rebel Moon taking an exclusive in-depth look at the worlds and technology, ships and armament.
From Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind 300, Man of Steel, and Army of the Dead, comes REBEL MOON, an epic science-fantasy event decades in the making. When a peaceful settlement on a moon in the furthest reaches of the universe finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisarius, Kora (Sofia Boutella), a mysterious stranger living among the villagers, becomes their best hope for survival. Tasked with finding trained fighters who will unite with her in making an impossible stand against the Mother World, Kora assembles a small band of warriors ― outsiders, insurgents, peasants and orphans of war from different worlds who share a common need for redemption and revenge. As the shadow of an entire Realm bears down on the unlikeliest of moons, a new army of heroes is formed.
Rebel Moon: Wolf: Ex Nihilo: Cosmology & Technology goes behind the scenes of these much-anticipated films to explore the planets, ships and technology of the galaxy. Bursting with exclusive on-set photography, concept art, storyboards by Zack Snyder, and more, accompanied by cast and crew interviews, the book takes an in-depth look at the making of the films.
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Redstone Diary 2024: The Family Diary
Curated by novelist Julian Barnes, the celebrated cult diary explores the mysteries and complexities of family bonds
The 2024 Redstone Diary opens a window on that most enigmatic part of our everyday lives: the family. It has been an essential subject for artists, writers, singers, therapists and psychoanalysts. Tolstoy wrote: “All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” But was he right? Perhaps Dodie Smith got closer to the truth when she wrote that the family was an octopus “from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.” Together or alone, we cannot escape the family.
These bonds are explored in a marvelous array of texts selected by Julian Barnes, from writers including Willa Cather, Marcel Proust, Virginia Woolf and Philip Roth.
Images feature still captures from home movies; photographs of Depression-era group prayer; psychological tests; and artworks such as Paula Rego’s disturbing imagery of fatherhood, Frida Kahlo’s reimagining of her genealogy and John Lennon’s lyrics to his absent mother.Read more
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Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between (Fashion Studies)
A revelatory look at the influential and enigmatic designer behind Comme des Garçons
The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handful of creators who are masters of their métier. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons is one of them. Widely recognized among her contemporaries as the most important and influential designer of the past forty years, she has, since her Paris debut in 1981, defined and transformed the aesthetics of our time. This lavishly illustrated publication examines Kawakubo’s fascination with interstitiality, or the space between boundaries. Existing within and between dualities―whether self/other, object/subject, art/fashion―Kawakubo’s work challenges the rigid divisions that have come to define received notions of identity and fashionability, inviting us to rethink fashion as a site of constant creation, re-creation, and, ultimately, hybridity. Featuring brilliant new photography, and thought-provoking texts by Andrew Bolton, this book expresses the conceptual and challenging aesthetic of this visionary designer. An insightful interview and illustrated chronology of Kawakubo’s career provide additional context.Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(05/04/17–09/04/17)Read more
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Relax with Flowers, A Coloring Book for Adults: An Escape with Color for Stress Relief and Peace: Relaxing Coloring Book For Adults With Flowers, … Senior, Teen and Children’s…
A RELAXING, ANXIETY AND STRESS-RELIEF BOTANICAL COLORING BOOK FOR CREATIVE ADULTS!Need to relax and unwind and leave the chaos of the world behind for a moment? We can help! Research has consistently shown that coloring offers tremendous therapeutic benefits for our mental and emotional states.
Let our coloring images relax and calm you with over 60 unique Mandala floral designs to explore. Perfect for easy beginners to experienced artists just looking for a way to calm their minds through beautiful, meditative coloring designs.
- Style: Every project is unique, so you are guaranteed imaginative and creative designs.
- Quality: Hand-designed with a high degree of detail and artistry.
- Single-Sided Pages: Each image is placed on a separate page to reduce color bleed.
- Create and Relax: While alleviating stress and anxiety, it also enhances cognitive functions and stabilizes emotions through meditative, relaxing actions.
- Perfect gift for anyone in your life for any occasion, especially flower lovers.
Perfect for seniors, adults, teens, kids, travel activities, relaxation moments, Mother’s Day, stockings, and more!
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- Adult, Teen, Senior and Children’s coloring book
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches
- 60 individual design projects
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Relaxing Christmas: Coloring Book for Adults with Santa Claus, Holiday Scenes, Festive Decorations, and More for Stress Relief and Relaxation
Enter a world of tranquility and holiday cheer with the Relaxing Christmas Coloring Book!
Within its delightful pages, you will discover a captivating collection of illustrations of the festive season. From Santa Claus, endearing reindeer, cheerful snowmen, sparkling Christmas trees, and delectable treats to serene winter landscapes, each page is adorned with enchanting imagery that embraces the spirit of the holidays.
Get into the festive spirit and embark on a delightful coloring journey that will fill your days with warmth, joy, and creativity!
This book features:
- 40 unique holiday illustrations
- Large-sized 8.5″ x 11” coloring pages
- Separately printed sheets to prevent bleed-through and allow for easy framing
- Hours of art therapy and relaxation
- An ideal Christmas gift for yourself, family members, and friends
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Relaxing Flowers: Coloring Book For Adults With Flower Patterns, Bouquets, Wreaths, Swirls, Decorations.
More information about our coloring book can be found on our n our author’s page on Amazon.
Flower coloring book for adults. 50 beautiful flower patterns in various arrangements. Perfect for beginners as well as advanced home artists who like peace and quiet accompanying coloring.
- Originality: All drawings are hand drawn and the models were real bouquets of flowers, which guarantees the uniqueness and originality of the work.
- Quality: Various designs, finished with attention to every detail, guarantee high quality of workmanship.
- Diversity Every project is different so it guarantees fantastic and creative play with colors.
- Single Sided Pages: Each image is placed on a separate page to reduce the problem of color bleeding. Such a solution is also perfect when we want to hang a given picture on the wall, or give a gift.
- Relax: Coloring book for adults with floral motifs is a great way to escape from any problems because you may enter the world of relaxing colors.Flower coloring pages are perfect for a great fun of relaxing coloring.
- Creativity Coloring stimulates creativity and stimulates out of the box thinking, leads to new original ideas and strengthens self-confidence.
- A great gift: A flower coloring book is a great gift for any person and for any occasion. It relaxes, strengthens the feeling of self-confidence and stimulates creativity.This adult coloring book is perfect for people who like flowers.
If you are just starting your adventure with coloring, check out our blog and learn how to color.
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- Adults coloring book
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches
- 50 individual projects.
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Relaxing Mandala Patterns Adult Coloring Book: Stress Relieving Mandala, Anxiety Relief Coloring Pages.
Relaxing coloring book with hand drawn mandala patterns. Wonderful and relaxing patterns will allow you to break away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and immerse yourself in the land of peace and relaxation.
50 different patterns drawn with attention to every detail, guarantee high quality,- Originality: All our coloring pages are drawn by hand, which ensures uniqueness and originality.
- Quality: Each project has been refined with attention to the smallest details, which ensures very high quality.
- Diversity: Every project is different. Which ensures great and creative fun with colors.
- Single sided pages: Each image is placed on a separate page.
- Relax: Coloring is a great way to get away from all problems and enter the world of colors.
- Creativity: Creating the world with your own colors creates a sense of independence and fosters creativity, improves self-esteem and builds self-confidence.
- A great gift: This coloring book is a great gift for anyone who needs a moment of peace and relaxation.
Specifications:
Premium soft cover
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches (21.59 x 27.94 cm)
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Remarkable Football Grounds: An illustrated guide to the world’s perfect soccer pitches – Shortlisted for 2023 Illustrated Sports Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the 2023 Illustrated Sports Book of the Year
Remarkable Football Grounds is a collection of some of the most memorable places to watch and play football around the world.
Ranging from the stellar stadiums of the Premier League to windswept islands in the Scottish Hebrides or the far-flung Pacific, including stadia that resemble flying saucers, a crocodile and an armadillo! Remarkable Football Grounds features a range of the oldest, biggest, highest, quirkiest and furthest flung stadia and the stories behind their existence. Italian Serie B team Venezia can be reached by canal, with moorings nearby; Bamburgh Castle football ground lies in the shadow of a Game of Thrones-scale fortress, while Estadio Silvestre is a full-size pitch on the roof of a building in Tenerife.
Some of the oldest, storied stadiums are here, including Anfield for Liverpool, Fulham, which has a tunnel under the pitch and the two Dundee football clubs, that have sizeable grounds, Tannadice and Dens Park, just 183 metres (200 yards) apart.
At the quirkier end of the scale, the Aveiro stadium in Portugal looks like a giant children’s playset, while in Gangwon, South Korea, the football pitch doubles as a ski jump landing area.
Many of the stadiums come with spectacular views. The Faroe Islands have produced some strong football teams in the past and many of their grounds are set in picture perfect landscapes. The same can be said of Norway’s Lofoten Islands where flat land is at a premium and the pitch sides are used for drying fish. In Slovakia, the Janosovka football pitch has a narrow gauge railway that runs between the pitch and the grandstand.
Others are located in some of the most dangerous parts of the world. Nobody loves the ‘away’ fixture at Coroico which entails tackling the ‘Death Road’.
Grounds include: the impressive new Qatari World Cup venues, Wembley Stadium, Camp Nou, Monaco, Old Trafford, Allianz Arena, Petrovsky (Zenit St.Petersburg), Trogir in Croatia, Longgang in China and the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
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Remedios Varo: Science Fictions
An exploration of the captivating work and mystical outlook of the modern artist Remedios Varo, focusing on her years in Mexico City
This publication offers a definitive look at the artistic practice of Remedios Varo (1908–1963) following her emigration from Spain to Mexico City in 1941. Her work from 1955 to 1963 made a lasting contribution to modern art and the legacy of Surrealism. In Remedios Varo: Science Fictions, fresh historical and material findings establish the integral relationship between Varo’s layered interests―in alchemy, architecture, magic, mysticism, philosophy, and science―and her beguiling technical approach to art making. Essays detail specific works’ complex stories and spectacular surfaces. An illustrated taxonomy of Varo’s artistic techniques, including automatic mark making as well as careful manipulation of materials and media, offers new insights into the artist’s craft. An illustrated inventory of a major portion of Varo’s library―published here for the first time―reveals the artist’s engagement with a wide range of subjects. Stunning new photography of many of her artworks are presented within a dynamic geometric design inspired by the artist’s work. Situating Varo as a woman working in midcentury Mexico City and living among a tight-knit community of local and émigré artists, poets, and thinkers, the catalogue illuminates the complex worldview that shaped her search for individual and collective transcendence.
Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago, in partnership with the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Renegade Snares: The Resistance And Resilience Of Drum & Bass: The Resistance And Resilience Of Drum & Bass
Renegade Snares is the definitive book on drum x26 bass music. Pieced together using original interviews conducted with all the scene s main players, it traces the history of jungle/drum x26 bass from its early roots in soundsystem culture and rave music right through to the present day. With its hyper-speed breakbeats, warping bass pressure, and vast spectrum of sounds, drum x26 bass quick spawned a whole new movement in youth culture. What began as an outlaw street reverberation from the inner cities of Britain developed into a Mercury-winning, chart-topping, world-conquering genre in just a few short years. The frontier-breaking sorcery that emanated from its foundational producers and DJs pushed new levels of sonic science into the music world, and it has influenced all other electronic music genres in assorted ways. From the shock of the new to a global phenomenon, drum x26 bass has morphed from frowned-upon marginalisation to establishment approval — and back again. A multicultural triumph, it is a story of resistance and resilience that takes in pioneers such as Goldie, Roni Size, Kemistry x26 Storm, Photek, Fabio x26 Grooverider, and many more renegade mavericks — even, at one point, David Bowie. With vivid descriptions of key tracks and a detailed lineage of the scene s development, Renegade Snares traces the genre s gestation while also examining its musical twists and turns, worldwide spread, and enduring popularity. And, ultimately, it asks: surely a genre of music with such a significant grounding in black music culture, developed by so many black pioneers in its formative years, could never be whitewashed . . . could it?Read more
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Renoir: His Life and Works in 500 Images: An Illustrated Exploration of the Artist, His Life and Context, with a Gallery of 300 of His Greatest Works
This fascinating new book looks in detail at Renoir’s influences, life and works. The first part begins examines his style; it covers Renoir’s techniques and training: painting copies at the Louvre; his time at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; meeting his muse, Lise Trehot; working with fellow impressionist artists and his struggles for recognition. The volume then investigates Renoir’s move away from Impressionism, his stay in Guernsey and also the changes to his personal life and the way in which these informed his work. It also documents his eventual success in the art world and considers the devastating series of illnesses and losses that blighted the end of Renoir’s long painting career. The second part of the book is a gallery of Renoir’s work in 300 glorious pictures, each accompanied by an in-depth analysis of its context within his life, his technique and his body of work as a whole.Read more
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Resilience for Actors (Psychology for Actors Series)
Life as an actor is full of setbacks. Discover proven psychology techniques to avoid damaging your mental health and sinking into despair.Building a successful acting career requires resilience.
Whether going to auditions, applying to drama school, or battling unemployment, you must be able to bounce back from setbacks and keep going.
Resilient actors benefit from the “familiarity effect:” the more industry professionals see you, the more they like you, and the more opportunities you get.
But how do you keep going despite repeated setbacks? How do you shake off the painful feelings that arise and get back in the game with a healthy mindset?
Encountering a setback changes your brain chemistry, which depletes your energy and affects your state of mind.
Repeated setbacks can have a cumulative effect, making it harder to bounce back and take on new challenges.
Fortunately, psychologists have studied these negative effects and developed a range of powerful techniques to avoid falling down this slippery slope.
Resilience for Actors distills these psychological insights specifically for actors using clear and jargon-free language.
Whether you got knocked back after delivering an amazing audition, or recently got fired from an acting job, this book provides you with the tools to bounce back and go after the next opportunity with optimism and enthusiasm.
Read this book and discover:
- How to deal with rejection in a positive way
- How to recover from disappointment
- How to stop the vicious cycle of despair
- Mindset hacks to turn failure into success
- Practical tools you can use straight away
Short enough to read in an afternoon, yet jam-packed with practical advice, Resilience for Actors will help you overcome any setback and find your inner strength.
Alexa Ispas holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Edinburgh. The books in her Psychology for Actors Series provide actors with proven psychology techniques to thrive and build a successful career.
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Respect for Acting: Expanded Version
The classic book on acting, in an attractive updated edition
Since its original publication in 1973, Uta Hagen’s Respect for Acting has remained a durable classic and a must-read for all students of acting. As an acting instructor at the Herbert Berghof Studio, Hagen helped to develop the talents of world-class actors like Robert DeNiro, Matthew Broderick, Gene Wilder, Amanda Peet, Austin Pendleton, Whoopi Goldberg, and more. In this book, Hagen offers an indispensable account of the techniques that professionals use to elevate their acting to an art form. This updated edition illuminates Hagen’s original text with a new foreword written by Katie Finneran, retaining the David Hyde Pierce foreword, along with added background on HB Studio―one of the original New York performing arts training and practice spaces―and an excerpt from Hagen’s autobiography SOURCES.
In working through this book, actors will learn physical, verbal, and emotional practice that empower them to connect their own self-concept to the characters they play. Specific, detailed exercises help actors learn to address a range of problems actors face, like maintaining immediacy and relevance, and developing the dimensions of a role over a long performance run. Respect for Acting is a book for actors and audiences who understand the need for truth in the creative process.
- Discover the acting book that has shaped professional theater performances for decades
- Learn the history and background of Herbert Berghof Studio, one of New York’s foremost acting schools
- Practice the craft of acting with concrete exercises and instruction on technique
- Delve into the deep questions that arise when actors truly inhabit the lives of their characters
Actors at all levels of their craft will love this stunning updated version of the essential Respect for Acting.
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Reverse Colouring Book for Adults: Draw what you see: 50 Creative and Relaxing Watercolour Images where you Draw the Lines (Reverse Colouring Books)
This book is filled with vibrant and colourful watercolour images based on various styles including:
Waves, Nature, Animals, Leaves, Seasons, Sealife, Trees, Landscapes, Flowers, Shapes and moreA reverse colouring book is a unique twist on the traditional colouring book. Instead of colouring in black-and-white images, the pages are already filled with vibrant watercolour images. All you need to do is use just one pen and draw around the colourful shapes, and create what ever you see personally as each person will see something different. With a reverse colouring book the possibilities are endless, making it a fun and engaging activity. It is also a great way to help relax and unwind from a busy day.
- 50 Stunning individual original watercolour designs
- Travel friendly as you only need 1 pen
- Helps promote mindfulness and relaxation
- Single sided pages to help minimize pen bleed through
- Makes a great gift for any adult or teen
- Durable paper
- Large 8.5×11 inch pages (A4)
- Hours of fun and less screen time
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RHS A Nation in Bloom: Celebrating the People, Plants & Places of the Royal Horticultural Society: Celebrating the People, Plants and Places of the Royal Horticultural Society
The RHS is the world’s largest gardening charity but what it does and why is little understood and rarely celebrated. From defining new gardening trends at the Chelsea Flower Show, to ranking the best dahlias to grow at the Wisley trial grounds, to inspiring communities with Britain in Bloom, educating children to grow and eat their veg through the Campaign for School Gardening, the RHS works tirelessly to improve the gardener’s lot.
With the use of evocative archive images and contemporary photos by award-winning Jason Ingram, this beautiful book explores the past, present and future of this most influential organisation by listening to the voices of those working today. From the thousands of volunteers in the society’s five unique gardens (Wisley in Surrey, Rosemoor in Devon, Hyde Hall in Essex, Harlow Carr in Yorkshire and new addition Bridgewater in Salford), to the one million visitors to its inspirational flower shows (including Chelsea, Hampton Court, Tatton Park, Cardiff, Wisley and Chatsworth); the society gives meaning to more than 475,000 members, millions of television viewers and visitors from around the world.
The RHS is the best of gardening, and this book presents the best of the RHS. Behind the scenes, access all areas, this book will give lasting pleasure to anyone who enjoys their garden.
We are anticipating a foreword by HRH Prince Charles who is a friend of the RHS.Read more
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RIBA Health and Safety Guide
To ensure chartered architects are reaching a high standard of health and safety knowledge and the life safety of building users, the RIBA has introduced an online test based on a comprehensive curriculum to test for competency. This guide is designed to improve industry understanding of issues in accordance with CDM Regulations and prepare architects for the health and safety test. It provides practitioners with the required knowledge regarding site safety, hazards and design risk management to discharge their professional services and legal duties competently and safely. The 2nd edition features an update to the content relating to design risk management and statue to reflect the changes proposed by the Act and the Regulations, as well as a review of the relationship between these and the existing regime under the CDM Regulations. It includes a new chapter that sets out some of the detail of duties under the Act and the Regulations, including practical examples of how designer/architects might discharge their duties as designers and lead designers, considering how it compares to existing duties under the CDM Regulations.
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RIBA Health and Safety Guide
To ensure chartered architects are reaching a high standard of health and safety knowledge and the life safety of building users, the RIBA has introduced an online test based on a comprehensive curriculum to test for competency. This guide is designed to improve industry understanding of issues in accordance with CDM Regulations and prepare architects for the health and safety test. It provides practitioners with the required knowledge regarding site safety, hazards and design risk management to discharge their professional services and legal duties competently and safely. The 2nd edition features an update to the content relating to design risk management and statue to reflect the changes proposed by the Act and the Regulations, as well as a review of the relationship between these and the existing regime under the CDM Regulations. It includes a new chapter that sets out some of the detail of duties under the Act and the Regulations, including practical examples of how designer/architects might discharge their duties as designers and lead designers, considering how it compares to existing duties under the CDM Regulations.
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Rick and Morty Wacky Waving Inflatable Mr. Meeseeks (RP Minis)
* SPECIFICATIONS: 18-inch waving Mr. Meeseeks with fan in base to make him dance, wiggle, and shake for when you remember that “existence is pain” (batteries not included)
* ILLUSTRATED MINI BOOK INCLUDED: Learn more about your Mr. Meeseeks with this 32-page tongue-in-cheek “user manual” complete with full color illustrations
* PERFECT GIFT FOR Rick & Morty FANS: Display on a shelf, desk, or bookcase and show off your love of Mr. Meeseeks
* OFFICIALLY LICENSED: Authentic Rick and Morty collectiblePLEASE NOTE: This product can be powered by a 9-volt battery or by a specific AC adapter. (Battery nor AC adapter included with purchase.) Please read and follow the instructions included in the box to ensure optimal performance.
If using a battery:
* A rechargable Ni-MH battery is recommended for best performance and is a more cost-effective alternative to a common Alkaline (single-use) battery.
* If using an Alkaline battery, it must be NEW. Refer to product information sheet included in box for recommended brands.
* DO NOT use a Carbon-Zinc battery (often labeled “Heavy-Duty”). This type of battery cannot produce enough power to operate the motor.
* To get the most life out of the battery, use in intervals no greater than 5 to 10 minutes. Operating in this manner will yield approximately 45 minutes of use.
* If your tube guy begins to get stuck in a downward position, it is time to replace the battery or recharge if using a rechargeable battery.If using an AC adapter, it must follow the below specifications:
* Input: AC 100-240V (50-60 Hz)
* Output: DC 9V (1A or 2A)RICK AND MORTY and all related characters and elements © & ™ Cartoon Network.
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Right at Home: How Good Design Is Good for the Mind: An Interior Design Book
The design expert and Emmy-nominated TV host of Netflix’s Queer Eye shows you how to set up your space so that it takes care of you. Learn how to follow your happiness to find your style, optimize the function of every room, organize your space, and so much more.The way your home makes you feel matters. After all, it’s your ultimate safe space and needs to be able to host your most intimate conversations and memorable celebrations. So setting it up for comfort, style, and authenticity is essential to your self-care. In Right at Home, Bobby shows you how designing your space, no matter what size home you have, has an impact that’s immediate, visceral, and undeniable. Learn how to:
– Articulate what makes you happy so you can land on a design that reflects your truest style
– Prioritize function and comfort so your space works for you (and not the other way around)
– Know what to let go of and what to repurpose so that every room stays organized
– Engage all your senses with texture, contrast, scent, and soundso you can stay in the present
– Understand the emotional impact of color and confidently pick patterns, palettes, and color pops
– Maximize lighting (both natural and artificial) to support a positive mental state
– Boost your mood by bringing plants and nature into your designRight at Home demonstrates that good design can aid mental wellness and helps us achieve a new sense of happiness within the home. With gorgeous photographs of beautifully styled rooms and Bobby’s tried-and-true tips, this is the definitive guide to designing a modern home.
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RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born
One of the “Big Five” studios of Hollywood’s golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from King Kong and Citizen Kane to the Astaire-Rogers musicals. But its own story also provides a fascinating case study of film industry management during one of the most vexing periods in American social history. RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan is Born offers a vivid history of a thirty-year roller coaster of unstable finances, management battles, and artistic gambles. Richard Jewell has used unparalleled access to studio documents generally unavailable to scholars to produce the first business history of RKO, exploring its decision-making processes and illuminating the complex interplay between art and commerce during the heyday of the studio system. Behind the blockbuster films and the glamorous stars, the story of RKO often contained more drama than any of the movies it ever produced.Read more
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ROA Codex
- The complete ‘codex’ of one of the greatest street art artists in the world
- Includes text by art critic Lucy Lippard and philosopher Johan Braeckman
- Works are found on walls around the world, and in travelling exhibitions
“Although the street art is generally conveyed in a very natural matter, even his dead animal paintings seem at peace.” – Streetartbio.com “Detached from the artist’s identity, his detailed, illustrative animal paintings have brought him back to the world. With local species of animals as his main focus, ROA inevitably starts a dialogue about human interaction with nature and the environment, whether it is painting on the walls of a museum or in an abandoned rural factory.” – Hi Fructose – The New Contemporary Magazine
“One of the most influential acts of street art around the world.” – The Huffington Post
Fascinated by nature, the anonymous muralist and street artist ROA is inspired by the beauty of its non-human inhabitants. With great attention to detail, ROA draws over-sized black and white creatures of endemic or endangered species on buildings around the world, from Moscow to Mexico City, and from Los Angeles to London. His subjects are frequently survivors; scavengers, rodents, and unusual animals that thrive in their particular milieu.
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Robert De Niro at Work: From Screenplay to Screen Performance (Palgrave Studies in Screenwriting)
Robert De Niro at Work is the first critical study to examine how Robert de Niro, perhaps the finest screen actor of his generation, works with screenplays to imagine, prepare and denote his performance. In categorising the various ways in which De Niro works with a screenplay, this book will re-examine the relationship between actor and text. This book considers the screenplay as above all a working document and a material object, present at every stage of the filmmaking process. The working screenplay goes through various iterations in development and exists in many versions on set, each adapted and personalised for the specific use of the individual and their role. As the archive reveals, nobody works more closely with the script than the actor, and no actor works more on a script than De Niro.
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Robert Motherwell: Pure Painting
An intensely intellectual painter, Robert Motherwell is renowned for his distinctive Abstract Expressionist style. The seminal artist permeated his gestural works with an expressionism and austerity reflective of the human psyche; at the same time his oeuvre addressed political and humanitarian themes. Robert Motherwell: Pure Painting is an in-depth exploration of his artistic practice. Leading art scholars examine the American artist’s turn from Surrealism to abstraction and analyze the major series that developed over his fifty-year career. The catalogue studies the dialogue between Motherwell’s art and the nineteenth-century French painting tradition, investigates his relationship to Spanish techniques and processes, with an emphasis on their underlying political significance, and delves into Motherwell’s use of ochre pigment, with its evocation of both deep geological time and avant-garde practices.Read more
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Robin
‘This well-written page-turner is the definitive biography of the genius of Robin Williams, whose life redefines the highs and lows of the American dream’ – Steve Martin
‘Tenderly written . . . frequently hilarious’ – Sunday Times
From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork & Mindy and his Academy Award-winning performance in Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams was a singularly innovative and beloved entertainer. He often came across as a man possessed, holding forth on culture and politics while mixing in personal revelations – all with mercurial, tongue-twisting intensity as he inhabited and shed one character after another with lightning speed.
But as Dave Itzkoff shows in this revelatory biography, Williams’s comic brilliance masked a deep well of conflicting emotions and self-doubt, which he drew upon in his comedy and in celebrated films like Dead Poets Society; Good Morning, Vietnam; The Fisher King; Aladdin; and Mrs Doubtfire, where he showcased his limitless gift for improvisation to bring to life a wide range of characters. And in Good Will Hunting he gave an intense and controlled performance that revealed the true range of his talent.
Robin by Dave Itzkoff shows how Williams struggled mightily with addiction and depression – topics he discussed openly while performing and during interviews – and with a debilitating condition at the end of his life that affected him in ways his fans never knew. Drawing on more than a hundred original interviews with family, friends and colleagues, as well as extensive archival research, Robin is a fresh and original look at a man whose work touched so many lives.
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‘[Itzkoff] has written a book about the truth and the pain that lies in comedy, and the price paid by a sensitive soul’ – Amy Poehler
‘An amazing read’ – Patton Oswalt
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RoboCop Rogue City Complete Guide : Best Tips, Tricks, Strategies and much more
Welcome to our RoboCop Rogue City walkthroughRoboCop Rogue City is the most faithful video game adaptation of the Sci-Fi movie series. But it actually goes above and beyond when it comes to just simply shooting bad and walking like RoboCop should. The game is actually a lot deeper than it has any business of being. At least in terms of gameplay.
In this guide, I’ll tell you advanced tips I’ve learned after playing the game for over 50 hours. There are some things I expected to be the case but there were some aspects of the game that did catch me off guard.
Are you ready to dive into the world of “RoboCop: Rogue City”? If you’re new to the game or looking to enhance your experience in the dystopian landscape of Old Detroit, you’re in the right place. “RoboCop: Rogue City” introduces unique gameplay mechanics, particularly in controlling the iconic RoboCop. To assist you in navigating these nuances, we’ve compiled a comprehensive guide filled with valuable tips and tricks.Read more
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Rock ‘N’ Film: Cinema’s Dance With Popular Music
For two decades after the mid-1950s, biracial popular music played a fundamental role in progressive social movements on both sides of the Atlantic. Balancing rock’s capacity for utopian popular cultural empowerment with its usefulness for the capitalist media industries, Rock ‘N’ Film explores how the music’s contradictory potentials were reproduced in various kinds of cinema, including major studio productions, minor studios’ exploitation projects, independent documentaries, and the avant-garde.
These include Rock Around the Clock and other 1950s jukebox musicals; the films Elvis made before being drafted, especially King Creole, as well as the formulaic comedies in which Hollywood abused his genius in the 1960s; early documentaries such as The T.A.M.I. Show that presented James Brown and the Rolling Stones as the core of a black-white, US-UK cultural commonality; A Hard Day’s Night that marked the British Invasion; Dont Look Back, Monterey Pop, Woodstock, and other Direct Cinema documentaries about the music of the counterculture; and avant-garde films about the Rolling Stones by Jean-Luc Godard, Kenneth Anger, and Robert Frank.
After the turn of the decade, notably Gimme Shelter, in which the Stones appeared to be complicit in the Hells Angels’ murder of a young black man, 1960s’ music-and films about it-reverted to separate black and white traditions based respectively on soul and country. These produced blaxploitation and Lady Sings the Blues on the one hand, and bigoted representations of Southern culture in Nashville on the other. Ending with the deaths of their stars, both films implied that rock ‘n’ roll had died or even, as David Bowie proclaimed, that it had committed suicide. But in his documentary about Bowie, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, D.A. Pennebaker triumphantly re-affirmed the community of musicians and fans in glam rock.
In analyzing this history, David E. James adapts the methodology of histories of the classic film musical to show how the rock ‘n’ roll film both displaced and recreated it.
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Rock Covers
Album art is indelibly linked to our collective musical memories; when you think of your favorite albums, you picture the covers. Many photographers, illustrators, and art directors have become celebrities from their album artworks―the best examples of which will go down in history as permanent fixtures in popular culture.
Paying tribute to this art form, Rock Covers brings you a compilation of more than 750 remarkable album covers, from legendary to rare record releases. Artists as varied as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Iron Maiden, and Sonic Youth are gathered together in celebration of the cover art that defined their albums and their cult status. Each cover is accompanied by a fact sheet listing the art director, photographer or illustrator, year, label, and more, while nearly 250 records that marked particular turning points for a band, an artist, or the music genre, are highlighted with short descriptions.
This far-reaching catalog of visualized rock is contextualized with insider interviews with five professionals who shaped the history of rock, and by top-10 record lists from ten leading rock collectors.
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Rock: 101 Iconic Rock, Heavy Metal & Hard Rock Albums
The 1970s was the era when the great heavy metal pioneers laid down the blueprint for everything that was to come after, forefathers like Black Sabbath and Deep Purple dominated. But as metal began to take hold in the mainstream – and then began to diversify – bands such as Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Metallica and Mötley Crüe made their presence felt among new fans, and it continues to evolve today with bands like Clutch and Ghost.Providing an extensive overview of the music and the stories behind each album, this inclusive reference chronicles the history and development of heavy metal, including sub-movements such as death metal, rap-rock, grunge, industrial rock, grindcore, nu metal, and stoner rock, illustrated with iconic album covers and archive photographs.
Essential reading for metal heads and hard rock fans everywhere.
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Rockett St George Extraordinary Interiors In Colour
In Extraordinary Interiors In Colour, self-confessed colour addicts Jane Rockett and Lucy St George follow on from their best-selling first book by tackling the topic of choosing colour for the home.
Such is their passion for colour that Jane and Lucy launched the Rockett St George paint range in August 2018 sophisticated, earthy shades that work perfectly together. This new book allows them to explore the world of colour and reveal their inspirations – travel, hotels and restaurants, Instagram, the natural world and vintage design. Starting at the beginning, Jane and Lucy investigate colour theory before plunging into the history of colour and how it affects our emotions. Next, they take a look at the natural world and explore what colour means in different cultures around the globe. They then tackle the million-dollar question – which colours should you choose? A final chapter explores inventive ways to decorate with colour, from bold blocking to brave use of contrasting hues. Each chapter is interspersed with a real-life home that exemplifies the Rockett St George style. If you want maximum impact when updating an interior, there’s no better way to achieve it than with bold, clever and creative use of colour.
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Rockett St George Extraordinary Interiors In Colour, Extraordinary Interiors 2 Books Collection Set By Jane Rockett and Lucy St George
Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively:Rockett St George Extraordinary Interiors In Colour, Extraordinary Interiors 2 Books Collection Set By Jane Rockett and Lucy St George:
Rockett St George Extraordinary Interiors In Colour:
Such is their passion for colour that Jane and Lucy launched the Rockett St George paint range in August 2018 sophisticated, earthy shades that work perfectly together. This new book allows them to explore the world of colour and reveal their inspirations – travel, hotels and restaurants, Instagram, the natural world and vintage design. Starting at the beginning, Jane and Lucy investigate colour theory before plunging into the history of colour and how it affects our emotions. Next, they take a look at the natural world and explore what colour means in different cultures around the globe. They then tackle the million-dollar question – which colours should you choose?Rockett St George Extraordinary Interiors:
In this, their first book, Jane and Lucy share their insights and expertise when it comes to creating magical, inviting and imaginative interiors. Friendly and down to earth, they reveal how to create a home that reflects your personality, interests and passions so it truly makes you feel ‘at home’. Jane and Lucy start at the very beginning, taking the reader by the hand and offering sound advice on making the right style choices. They go on to discuss finding inspiration, analysing a space, choosing paint colours and wallpapers, arranging and styling furniture, finding the right lighting, showing off treasures and making style statements that will stop others in their tracks.Read more
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Rockett St George: Extraordinary Interiors: Show-stopping looks for unique interiors
Self-acknowledged ‘design junkies’ Lucy St George and Jane Rockett launched their online interiors store in 2007. Ten years on, Rockett St George has revitalized the interiors market with their quirky, glamorous and distinctive collections. On offer is is a treasure trove of oddities and curiosities produced by designers and manufacturers around the world and a million miles away from mass produced chain-store products.
In this, their first book, Jane and Lucy share their insights and expertise when it comes to creating magical, inviting and imaginative interiors. Friendly and down to earth, they reveal how to create a home that reflects your personality, interests and passions so it truly makes you feel ‘at home’. Jane and Lucy start at the very beginning, taking the reader by the hand and offering sound advice on making the right style choices. They go on to discuss finding inspiration, analysing a space, choosing paint colours and wallpapers, arranging and styling furniture, finding the right lighting, showing off treasures and making style statements that will stop others in their tracks. Illustrated with real-life homes, Extraordinary Interiors helps the reader to navigate the sea of choices out there when it comes to decorating, all with a dash of humour and a light-hearted approach that makes interior decorating fun.
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Rockschool Acoustic Grade 1
The 2019 Acoustic syllabus is a refreshed approach to acoustic guitar. The syllabus features six tracks for each grade that have been meticulously benchmarked to support students as they learn the instrument. At each grade two of the pieces ask the students to perform without backing track, exploring the sound and resonance of their instrument. The remaining tracks are session style backing tracks that include vocal accompaniment. We have also included the vocal melody lines in the grade books for students who sing and play at the same time.> Rockschool Acoustic Grade 1 is for students who have been learning between six months to one year and have masteredthe key basic skills.> 6 new arrangements of iconic rock, pop, and contemporary music tracks from classic and contemporary artists A diverse selection of contemporary music ever seen in a syllabus making the Grades accessible to everyone without precluding any musical tastes Fact Files: band and artist background information with recommended listening Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every track Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online All the essential music theory and technique you need to pass your examsRead more
£14.60Rockschool Acoustic Grade 1
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Rockschool Acoustic Grade 2
Rockschool Acoustic Grade 2 is for students who have been learning approximately one year to eighteen months and have established the key basic skills along with solid basic techniques.> The 2019 Acoustic syllabus is a refreshed approach to acoustic guitar. The syllabus features six tracks for each grade that have been meticulously benchmarked to support students as they learn the instrument. At each grade two of the pieces ask the students to perform without backing track, exploring the sound and resonance of their instrument. The remaining tracks are session style backing tracks that include vocal accompaniment. We’ve also included the vocal melody lines in the gradebooks for students who sing and play at the same time.> 6 new arrangements of iconic rock, pop, and contemporary music tracks from classic and contemporary artists A diverse selection of contemporary music ever seen in a syllabus making the Grades accessible to everyone without precluding any musical tastes Fact Files: band and artist background information with recommended listening Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every track Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online All the essential music theory and technique you need to pass your examsRead more
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Rockschool Acoustic Guitar Debut
Rockschool Acoustic Debut is for candidates who have been learning a short time and have learnt the basic skills.
The 2019 Acoustic syllabus is a refreshed approach to acoustic guitar. The syllabus features six tracks for each grade that have been meticulously benchmarked to support students as they learn the instrument. At each grade two of the pieces ask the students to perform without backing track, exploring the sound and resonance of their instrument. The remaining tracks are session style backing tracks that include vocal accompaniment. We’ve also included the vocal melody lines in the grade books for students who sing and play at the same time.
- 6 new arrangements of iconic rock, pop, and contemporary music tracks from classic and contemporary artists
- A diverse selection of contemporary music ever seen in a syllabus making the Grades accessible to everyone without precluding any musical tastes
- Fact Files: band and artist background information with recommended listening
- Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every track
- Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online
- All the essential music theory and technique you need to pass your exams
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Rockschool Drums Debut (2018)
Learn to play rock and pop with Rockschool. These specially written arrangements develop the skills and techniques you need to help you achieve your musical goals.>For Rockschool’s 2018-2024 Drums series, Rockschool have commissioned arrangements of titles reflecting popular music’s rich heritage in all its forms and have tailored each piece to make it exactly right for the grade. You can also use titles from Rockschool’s Classics series as part of the syllabus.>The arrangements have been written and performed by top session musicians who have worked with some of the biggest names in rock, metal and pop. The tracks were recorded at Real World’s acclaimed recordingstudios and feature live instruments and first rate performances for an unrivalled level of feel, authenticity and musicianship.>Featuring:>Coldplay – YellowEminem – My Name IsD’Angelo – Untitled (How Does It Feel)Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The BayPublic Enemy – Rebel Without A PauseCurtis Mayfield & The Impressions – People Get Ready6 Rockschool OriginalsPlus:>Band and artist fact files with recommended listeningIn-depth walkthroughs of every trackEasy-access downloadable audioExample tests and exercisesRead more
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Rockschool Drums Grade 1 (2018)
Learn to play rock and pop with Rockschool. These specially written arrangements develop the skills and techniques you need to help you achieve your musical goals.>For Rockschool’s 2018-2024 Drums series, Rockschool have commissioned arrangements of titles reflecting popular music’s rich heritage in all its forms and have tailored each piece to make it exactly right for the grade. You can also use titles from Rockschool’s Classics series as part of the syllabus.>The arrangements have been written and performed by top session musicians who have worked with some of the biggest names in rock, metal and pop. The tracks were recorded at Real World’s acclaimed recordingstudios and feature live instruments and first rate performances for an unrivalled level of feel, authenticity and musicianship.>Featuring:>Queen – I Want To Break FreeUsher – YeahWretch 32 – LiberationSam and Dave – Soul ManWilson Pickett – In The Midnight HourMichael Jackson – Billie Jean6 Rockschool OriginalsPlus:>Band and artist fact files with recommended listeningIn-depth walkthroughs of every trackEasy-access downloadable audioExample tests and exercisesRead more
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Rockschool Drums Grade 2 (2018)
Learn to play rock and pop with Rockschool. These specially written arrangements develop the skills and techniques you need to help you achieve your musical goals.>For Rockschool’s 2018-2024 Drums series, Rockschool have commissioned arrangements of titles reflecting popular music’s rich heritage in all its forms and have tailored each piece to make it exactly right for the grade. You can also use titles from Rockschool’s Classics series as part of the syllabus.>The arrangements have been written and performed by top session musicians who have worked with some of the biggest names in rock, metal and pop. The tracks were recorded at Real World’s acclaimed recordingstudios and feature live instruments and first rate performances for an unrivalled level of feel, authenticity and musicianship.>Featuring:>Drake – PassionfruitMarvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The GrapevineRay Charles – Georgia On My MindRod Stewart – Maggie MayBugzy Malone – Relegation RiddimREM – Losing My Religion6 Rockschool OriginalsPlus:>Band and artist fact files with recommended listeningIn-depth walkthroughs of every trackEasy-access downloadable audioExample tests and exercisesRead more
£15.50£18.00Rockschool Drums Grade 2 (2018)
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Rockschool Drums Grade 3 (2018)
Learn to play rock and pop with Rockschool. These specially written arrangements develop the skills and techniques you need to help you achieve your musical goals.>For Rockschool’s 2018-2024 Drums series, Rockschool have commissioned arrangements of titles reflecting popular music’s rich heritage in all its forms and have tailored each piece to make it exactly right for the grade. You can also use titles from Rockschool’s Classics series as part of the syllabus.>The arrangements have been written and performed by top session musicians who have worked with some of the biggest names in rock, metal and pop. The tracks were recorded at Real World’s acclaimed recordingstudios and feature live instruments and first rate performances for an unrivalled level of feel, authenticity and musicianship.>Featuring:>Santana – SmoothStormzy – StandardWild Cherry – Play That Funky MusicThe Sugarhill Gang – Rappers DelightVan Halen – You Really Got MeCameo – Word Up6 Rockschool OriginalsPlus:>Band and artist fact files with recommended listeningIn-depth walkthroughs of every trackEasy-access downloadable audioExample tests and exercisesRead more
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Rockschool Drums Grade 5 (2018)
Learn to play rock and pop with Rockschool. These specially written arrangements develop the skills and techniques you need to help you achieve your musical goals.>For Rockschool’s 2018-2024 Drums series, Rockschool have commissioned arrangements of titles reflecting popular music’s rich heritage in all its forms and have tailored each piece to make it exactly right for the grade. You can also use titles from Rockschool’s Classics series as part of the syllabus.>The arrangements have been written and performed by top session musicians who have worked with some of the biggest names in rock, metal and pop. The tracks were recorded at Real World’s acclaimed recordingstudios and feature live instruments and first rate performances for an unrivalled level of feel, authenticity and musicianship.>Featuring:>Toto – Hold The LineJay-Z – 4:44En Vogue – Don’t Let GoOtis Redding – Hard To HandleErykah Badu – Window SeatRicky Lee Jones – Chuck E’s In Love6 Rockschool OriginalsPlus:>Band and artist fact files with recommended listeningIn-depth walkthroughs of every trackEasy-access downloadable audioExample tests and exercisesRead more
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