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Richard WagnerMit den Augen seiner Hunde betrachtet
Schwäne, Riesenwürmer. Auch Pferde. Hunde aber hat Richard Wagner nie auf die Bühne gebracht. Und doch waren sie seine treuesten Begleiter. Oder müsste man sagen: Richard Wagner war der treueste Begleiter seiner Hunde?? Niemand kannte den Komponisten besser als Robber, Peps, Pohl und die anderen. Höchste Zeit, ihre Meinung zu hören. Kerstin Decker begegnet ihrem Gegenstand mit bewun…
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RadiantThe Life and Line of Keith Haring
SOON TO BE A TV SERIES WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ANDREW HAIGH New York Times Book Critics Favorite Book of the Year · Washington Post Notable Book of the Year Its all here:the grade school Walt Disney and Dr. Seuss; the adolescent acid trips; the fondness for Post-it notes and flying saucers; the long tails of Dubuffet and Burroughs; the encounters with Madonna, Warhol, and one game-changer of…
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The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer
This classic text presents the life, times, and works of Albrecht Dürer. Through the skill and immense knowledge of Erwin Panofsky, the reader is dazzled not only by Dürer the artist but also Dürer in a wide array of other roles, including mathematician and scientific thinker. Originally published in 1943 in two volumes, The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer met with such wide popular and scho…
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Jack KentThe Wit, Whimsy, and Wisdom of a Comic Storyteller
Jack Kent (1920–1985) had two distinct and successful careers: newspaper cartoonist and author of children's books. For each of these he drew upon different aspects of his personality and life experiences. From 1950 to 1965 he wrote and drew King Aroo, a nationally syndicated comic strip beloved by fans for its combination of absurdity, fantasy, wordplay, and wit. The strip's DNA was comprise…
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My Life in JewelryA Memoir
"How a female artisan became the Arab world’s top jewelry designer"—CNBC  on Azza Fahmy The inspiring personal story of an exceptional female artist and entrepreneur who overcame great obstacles to become one of the most recognized jewelers in the Arab world and an international luxury brand In the Egypt of the 1970s, a young Azza Fahmy set …
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Howard Cruse
Howard Cruse tells the life story of one of the most important figures in LGBTQ+ comics. A preacher's kid from Alabama who became "the godfather of queer comics," Cruse (1944–2019) was a groundbreaking underground cartoonist, a wicked satirist, an LGBTQ+ activist, and a mentor to a vast network of queer comics artists. His comic strip Wendel, published in The Advocate throughout the 1980s, is…
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Hell on Color, Sweet on SongJacob Wrey Mould and the Artful Beauty of Central…
WINNER, VICTORIAN SOCIETY IN AMERICA BOOK AWARD WINNER, 2024 PUBLICATION PRIZE, FRIENDS OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICTS Reveals new and previously unknown biographical material about an important figure in nineteenth-century American architecture and music. Jacob Wrey Mould is not a name that readily comes to mind when we think of New York City architecture. Yet he was one-third of …
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Immer weiter, Gastarbeiter!Vom Bauernjungen zum RTL-Kult-autohändler und Bal…
Dragan lädt Euch ein, auf eine Reise durch sein Leben. Begleitet das in Lukar (Dalmatien) geborene und in Köln aufgewachsene Unikat von der Geburt an über diverse Stationen seines Lebens. Ob Aufregendes, Lustiges oder Trauriges, Dragans Leben wurde durch viele Facetten geprägt, die er mit Euch in seinem Buch "Immer weiter, Gastarbeiter Vom Bauernjungen zum RTL-Kult-Autohändler und Ballerma…
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Peter Gabriel - Die exklusive BiografieDie exklusive Biografie
Der Autor Daryl Easlea hat stundenlange Interviews mit Wegbegleitern, Musikern, Helfern und Vertrauten geführt, um zum Herzen und zur Seele Peter Gabriels, seiner Musik und seines komplexen Lebens vorzudringen. Viele Fotos aus allen Schaffensphasen bereichern dieses Buch. Die Resultat ist die einzigartige Biografie eines außergewöhnlichen Künstlers.
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Lou Reed - TransformerDie exklusive Biografie
Lou Reed war der Rockmusik seiner Zeit weit voraus. Er war ein führender Kopf der Gegenkultur, des "Undergrounds". Gemeinsam mit John Cale, Sterling Morrison und Moe Tucker gründete er 1965 The Velvet Underground. Das erste Album der Band, The Velvet Underground & Nico, dessen Cover mit der berühmten Banane Andy Warhol gestaltete, gilt als Meilenstein der Rockgeschichte. 1972 startete Lou Re…
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