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The first authorized biography of this iconic twentieth-century artist, illustrated with classic artworks, rare notebook sketches and candid family photos.

Set in the hotbed of the segregated South, Colorblind explores the discrimination that an elderly African-American sixth-grade teacher and her physically challenged Caucasian student encounter at the hands of two schoolyard bullies.

Times Square, 1986: the home of New York's red light district where strip clubs, porno theatres and petty crime prevails. When a chance encounter for Peepbooth worker Roxy Bell leads to the brutal murder of a public access pornographer, the erotic performer and her punk rock ex-partner Nick Zero soon find themselves under fire.

Featuring 10 projects all introducing a different techniqueClear step-by-step instructions and simple projects perfect for beginnersProjects all accompanied by illustrations and photographs

A practical operating guide for achieving breakthrough levels of performance

In this age of marketing complexity, some marketers have risen above the fray and are accelerating the results of their digital marketing campaigns. They have a complete view of the market and their place in it, and have developed strategies and plans that work. They are not confused at all about the types of campaigns that are available, and they have complete confidence in the ads, messages, offers, and content they are producing. Most marke...

The step-by-step manual to smashing your clients' money blocks.

There's nothing quite like a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie or slice of cake, but who wants an entire batch of sweets when only one or two people are around to eat them? Well, now have your bite-size treats and eat them too! Gone are the days of throwing out leftover cake and brownies. Try making one of these portion-friendly desserts instead, with recipes like: Cheesecake Bites Coconut Chocolate Macaroons Rocky Road Cake Flourless Choco...

Whether you're preparing for a romantic night in, cooking for you and a friend, or just don't feel like packing up leftovers, these quick and easy meals for two are sure to make dinner a whole lot easier. You'll never sacrifice flavor for convenience when whipping up these simple salads, starters, and main dishes. The fast and flavorful recipes include: Taco Salad with Fresh Corn Honey Buffalo Chicken Wings BBQ Pork Chops Vegetable Fried Rice...

For over 25 years, Thomas G. West has been a leading advocate for the importance of visual thinking, visual technologies and the creative potential of individuals with dyslexia and other learning differences. In this new book, he investigates how different kinds of brains and different ways of thinking can help to make discoveries and solve problems in innovative and unexpected ways. West focuses on what he has learned over the years from a gr...

Jack McCann is a high-stakes Wall Street trader who sneaks into his office early one morning to try and clear out his things and get out of dodge, he knows he's in trouble, deep legal trouble, a fact highlighted by the urgent phone calls from his boss. Outside his office window, Jack hears a booming sound, and then the worst thing imaginable. He works in the World Trade Center, and it is September 11, 2001.His wife in Connecticut, Diane, is vi...

In 1961, a thief broke into the National Gallery in London and committed the most sensational art heist in British history. He stole the museum's much prized painting, The Duke of Wellington by Francisco Goya. Despite unprecedented international attention and an unflagging investigation, the case was not solved for four years, and even then, only because the culprit came forward voluntarily. Kempton Bunton, an elderly gentleman, claimed he exe...

The playground of the rich and the beautiful, downtown New York's nightlife spectacles and power of self-invention incubated pop icons from Andy Warhol to Lady Gaga. NYU sociologist Victor P. Corona sought a new education, where night classes held in galleries, nightclubs, bars, apartments, stoops, and all-night diners taught him about love, loss, and the living possibilities of identity. Transforming himself from dowdy professor to glitzy clu...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER An NPR Best Book of 2017 A Bellatrist Book Club Pick for July 2017 The Paris Review Staff Pick 1 of 12 Great New Books to Bring to the Beach This Summer (The Huffington Post) 1 of 9 Books to Read This Summer (W and Elle) 1 of 10 Titles to Pick Up Now (O Magazine) 1 of 6 Smarter-But Not Quite Guilt-Free-Beach Reads (VICE) "This novel is studded with sharp observations . . . Babitz's talent for the brilliant line, honed to ...

1 of 100 Best Books of 2017 (San Francisco Chronicle) One of 2017's Best Fiction Books (Kirkus) "Sharp observations about motherhood and womanhood . . . Audacious, confident, smart, seductive." -The New York Times Book Review Pages for Her is the story of two women, Flannery and Anne, each at a personal turning point, and the circumstances that lead to their reunion. Twenty years after their brief but passionate affair, chronicled in Sylvia B...

Fair Foods is an illustrated cookbook featuring the recipes of the most popular and offbeat food served at state and county fairs across the USA.Packed with 120 original recipes created by award-winning chef, best-selling author, and renowned educator George Geary, Fair Foods includes such state and county fair classics as Texas Maple Bacon Donuts, The World's Gooiest Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting, Aztec Hot Chocolate, Witch's Brew...

Each lively page in this See My State ABC book highlights a unique aspect of Florida's beauty and culture. For each letter, a short poem describes the pictured word. The book's eye-popping design and educational content will hold the child's interest throughout countless readings. Full color.

The Royal Naval Commandos had one of the most dangerous and the most important tasks of any in World War II - they were first on to the invasion beaches and they were the last to leave. Formed in 1941 as the Royal Naval Beach Parties, many lost their lives in the Dieppe raid. After Dieppe they became fully fledged fighting commandos with their legendary Fairbairn Sykes commando knives, organized into units from a commando through to the all Ca...

This book puts forward a comprehensive criminology of disaster by drawing - and building - upon existing theories which attempt to explain disaster crime. Although antisocial behaviour in disasters has long been viewed as a rarity, the authors present ample evidence that a variety of crime occurs in the wake of disaster. Frailing and Harper's explorations of property crime, interpersonal violence and fraud during disaster reveal the importance...

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