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  • The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, & the Power of SeeingThe Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, & the Power of Seeing
    Simon & Schuster

    The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, & the Power of Seeing

    Damion Searls Hardcover | 15.3 x 3 x 23.4 cm | 416 pp Simon & Schuster | 2017 | 9781471130410  The Inkblots tells the captivating, untold story of Hermann Rorschach and his famous inkblot test, which has shaped our view of human personality and...
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  • Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures of Early Blues MusicQueer Blues: The Hidden Figures of Early Blues Music
    Omnibus Press

    Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures of Early Blues Music

    Darryl W. Bullock Hardcover | 15.88 x 3.56 x 23.5 cm | 368 pp Omnibus Press | 2023 | 9781913172527  This is the definitive account of the LGBTQ trailblazers of early blues and a fascinating consideration of the intersection between music and LGBTQ history, from...
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  • Simon Napier-Bell: Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom - Lessons from a Dissolute Life
    Unbound

    Simon Napier-Bell: Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom - Lessons from a Dissolute Life

    Simon Napier-Bell Hardcover | 16.51 x 3.81 x 24.13 cm | 336 pp Unbound | 2022 | 9781800181892  Simon Napier-Bell has been a composer, songwriter, record producer and author, but he is best known for having managed such artists as the Yardbirds, Marc Bolan, Japan and Wham!. Sour Mouth, Sweet...
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  • Hogarth: Life in ProgressHogarth: Life in Progress
    Profile Books

    Hogarth: Life in Progress

    Jacqueline Riding Softcover | 14 x 3.8 x 20.2 cm | 554 pp Profile Books | 2022 | 9781788163484  On a late spring night in 1732, a boisterous group of friends set out from their local pub. They are beginning a journey, a 'peregrination' that...
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  • Young Rembrandt: A BiographyYoung Rembrandt: A Biography
    W.W.Norton

    Young Rembrandt: A Biography

    Onno Blom Hardcover | 16.26 x 2.54 x 24.38 cm | 288 pp W. W. Norton | 2020 | 9780393531794 Like Shakespeare, Rembrandt van Rijn left us a world rich with his work but with few clues about his enigmatic life. How did a...
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  • Nineteenth-Century Women Artists: Sisters of the BrushNineteenth-Century Women Artists: Sisters of the Brush
    Unicorn Press

    Nineteenth-Century Women Artists: Sisters of the Brush

    Caroline Chapman Hardcover | 15.88 x 2.29 x 23.5 cm | 224 pp Unicorn | 2021 | 9781913491413 For much of the nineteenth century, women artists laboured under the same restrictions and taboos they had endured for centuries, and it was assumed that marriage and...
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  • Artistic Circles: The inspiring connections between the world's greatest artistsArtistic Circles: The inspiring connections between the world's greatest artists
    Frances Lincoln

    Artistic Circles: The inspiring connections between the world's greatest artists

    Susie Hodge & Sarah Papworth Hardcover | 14.73 x 2.16 x 20.7 cm | 192 pp Frances Lincoln | 2021 | 9780711255869 Artistic Circles introduces some of the most inspirational stories of friendship, love, creativity and shared passions in the world of art. Whether through teaching, as...
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  • The Story of Edvard Munch
    Arcadia Books

    The Story of Edvard Munch

    Ketil Bjørnstad Softcover | 13.02 x 2.86 x 20 cm | 416 pp Arcadia Books | 2005 | 9781900850940 A fascinating literary construction of the life of one of the world's most popular 19th century painters based on Munch's own diaries, notes and letters. His...
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  • Chuck Close: LifeChuck Close: Life
    Prestel

    Chuck Close: Life

    Christopher Finch Hardcover | 18.5 x 3.5 x 23.5 cm | 352 pp Prestel | 2010 | 9783791336770  For decades Chick Close's (1940-2021) larger-than-life and unflinchingly honest paintings of friends and family, and self-portraits have won admiration from a wide audience. Having reinvented portraiture...
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  • Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, TinaRemain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina
    St. Martin's Press

    Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina

    Chris Frantz Hardcover | 16.38 x 3.38 x 24.23 cm | 384 pp St. Martin's Press | 2020 | 9781250209221 One of the most dynamic groups of the ‘70s and ‘80s, Talking Heads, founded by drummer Chris Frantz, his girlfriend Tina Weymouth, and lead...
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  • Pandamonium!: How Not to Run a Record Label
    Nine Eight Books

    Pandamonium!: How Not to Run a Record Label

    Simon Williams Hardcover | 16.2 x 3.2 x 24 cm | 336 pp Nine Eight Books | 2022 | 9781788707282  As a one-time NME journalist, former Xfm radio presenter, toilet-circuit promoter and the founder of enduring homespun British record label Fierce Panda, Simon Williams has...
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  • Young Michelangelo: The Path To The SistineYoung Michelangelo: The Path To The Sistine
    Gerald Duckworth & Co

    Young Michelangelo: The Path To The Sistine

    John T. Spike Hardcover | 15.6 x 1.78 x 22.81 cm | 336 pp Gerald Duckworth & Co | 2011 | 9780715640661  This is a long-awaited and authoritative reinterpretation of the early life and career of arguably the greatest artist in history. Author John T....
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  • The Lionel Bart Story: Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'BeThe Lionel Bart Story: Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be
    Omnibus Press

    The Lionel Bart Story: Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be

    David Stafford & Caroline Stafford Hardcover | 24.1 x 2.8 x 16.7 cm | 288 pp Omnibus Press | 2011 | 9781849386616 Lionel Bart was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals, best known for creating the book, music and lyrics for Oliver!...
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  • Supreme GlamourSupreme Glamour
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    Thames & Hudson

    Supreme Glamour

    Hardcover | 20.32 x 2.79 x 31.24 cm | 240 pp Thames & Hudson | 2019 | 9780500022009  Supreme Glamour builds a complete picture of the charm and sophistication of The Supremes. With the assistance of her close personal friend Mark Bego, founding member Mary...
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  • Rauschenberg: Art and Life (Third Edition)Rauschenberg: Art and Life (Third Edition)
    Abrams

    Rauschenberg: Art and Life (Third Edition)

    Mary Lynn Kotz Hardcover | 25.4 x 3.8 x 26.7 cm | 368 pp Abrams | 2018 | 9781419729652 Rauschenberg is a richly impressive and highly readable portrait of the artist. The book shows the astonishing dexterity and range of Rauschenberg’s art even as an emerging artist,...
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  • Tony Sarg: Genius at Play - Adventures in Illustration, Puppetry, and Popular CultureTony Sarg: Genius at Play - Adventures in Illustration, Puppetry, and Popular Culture
    Abbeville Press

    Tony Sarg: Genius at Play - Adventures in Illustration, Puppetry, and Popular Culture

    Hardcover | 23.57 x 2.16 x 28.58 cm | 232 pp Abbeville Press | 2023 | 9780789214553 This is the first-ever book on the extraordinary career of Tony Sarg, founder of modern American puppetry and creator of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons.Tony Sarg...
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  • David Bowie (Lives of the Musicians)David Bowie (Lives of the Musicians)
    Laurence King

    David Bowie (Lives of the Musicians)

    Robert Dimery Hardcover | 12.7 x 1.91 x 19.05 cm | 160 pp Laurence King | 2021 | 9781786278005  As with all great pop stars, Bowie''s image changed with almost every new album release. This appetite for reinvention, both musically and visually, saw him dubbed...
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  • Access All Areas: A Backstage Pass Through 50 Years of Music And Culture
    White Rabbit

    Access All Areas: A Backstage Pass Through 50 Years of Music And Culture

    Barbara Charone Hardcover | 13.8 x 2.6 x 21.8 cm | 224 pp White Rabbit | 2022 | 9781474622257 The story of how a music-loving, budding journalist from a Chicago suburb became the defining music publicist of her generation, Access All Areas is a time capsule of...
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  • Serge Gainsbourg: A View from the ExteriorSerge Gainsbourg: A View from the Exterior
    Sanctuary Publishing

    Serge Gainsbourg: A View from the Exterior

    Alan Clayson Softcover | 12.9 x 19.8 cm | 244 pp Sanctuary Publishing | 2005 | 9781860746468 Serge Gainsbourg was famous - or infamous - for his 1969 hit Je T'Aime . . . Moi Non Plus, in which he and Jane Birkin simulated the sounds...
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  • The Stone Roses: War and PeaceThe Stone Roses: War and Peace
    Penguin

    The Stone Roses: War and Peace

    Simon Spence Softcover | 13 x 2.4 x 19.7 cm | 400 pp Penguin | 2013 | 9780241971970 From the Manchester backwaters to the worldwide 2012 tour, War and Peace lays bare the irresistible tale of the last of the great bands and the definitive story of...
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