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  Madonna

  An Intimate Biography

  by J. Randy Taraborrelli

  Madonna! Megastar. Lover. Mother. Opportunist. Chameleon. Role model. She's all of these things...and more. Yet, who is she, really? In Madonna: An Intimate Biography, author J. Randy Taraborrelli's scrupulously researched and completely balanced unauthorized biography of one of the world's most celebrated entertainers, the reader is allowed to draw his or her own conclusions. Indeed, the portrait... (more)
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  Courtney Love

  by Poppy Z. Brite

  Courtney Love. The girl with the most cake. The girl with the loudest mouth and the fiercest guitar. The girl of many talents -- not least among them the power to shock. Not since Madonna declared that she was like a virgin has someone in the public spotlight so consistently challenged the notion of what it means to be female -- and what it means to be well behaved. In Courtney Love: The Real Story, Poppy Z.... (more)
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  Letterhead & Logo Design 7

  by Sayles Graphic Design

  Now available in paperback, the 7th edition of Rockport’s best-selling Letterhead and Logo Design series features the innovative work of talented firms and artists around the world from Lewis Moberly in London to Stoltze Design in Boston to Blok Design in Toronto. The book highlights striking logo and letterhead designs that communicate a firm’s message through bold graphics, unexpected textures, brilliant colors,... (more)
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  LogoLounge 3: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers

  by Bill Gardner, Catharine M. Fishel

  New in Paperback! The third volume in the best-selling LogoLounge series provides 2,000 totally new logos from designers worldwide. This book, like the previous titles in the series, is compiled in association with...
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  Gene Kelly

  A Life of Dance and Dreams

  by Alvin Yudkoff

  In this candid biography, the beloved dancer, choreographer, actor, and director is depicted for the first time not just as the genius and star whom millions still watch with awe, but as the complex and difficult man his family, intimates, and colleagues knew. Documenting Kelly's astonishing gifts--his innovations in movie choreography in such films as An American in Paris and Singin' in the Rain--the book also... (more)
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  Logology

  Leather-bound on flexi-boards with blind-stamped designs and text front and back. 287 pp.Logology is a comprehensive and inspiring collection of logo design featuring two sections: Case Studies and the Logo Gallery. The case studies provide detail on how logos are used and developed in the market from conception to final product. They also explore different processes and consider the... (more)
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  Alexei Dmitriyevich Korolev: Book 1

  The Holy Thief

  by William Ryan

  It's Moscow, 1936 and Stalin's Great Terror is beginning. In a deconsecrated Church, a young woman is found dead, her mutilated body displayed on the altar for all to see. Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev, finally beginning to enjoy the benefits of his success with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Militia, is asked to investigate. But when he discovers that the victim is an American citizen, the... (more)
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  Behold the Beauty of the Lord

  by Henri J. M. Nouwen

  This is a book of meditations penned by famed Catholic writer Henri Nouwen, growing out of his contemplation of icons during sojourns at l'Arche, a community for people with mental handicaps in Trosly, France.
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  Prestel Icons

  Icons of Fashion

  The 20th Century

  by Gerda Buxbaum

  Now available in an attractively priced flexi edition, this best-selling book is an opulent and absorbing overview of the fashion world throughout the twentieth century. From Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Kenzo to Versace, grunge to haute couture, every period and major name in twentieth-century fashion is included in this comprehensive collection of fascinating photographs, drawings, and texts. Organized into... (more)
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  Best of Brochure Design 6

  by Cheryl Dangel Cullen

  Rockport’s Best of Brochure Design 6 features a standout collection of the most innovative brochure designs from artists around the world. Including work from top design firms such as Stoltze Design, Sagmeister, Inc., Gee + Chung, and Carbone Smolan Agency, this impressive volume covers the gamut of projects from corporate brochures and annual reports to product and service brochures, and from nonprofit and ... (more)
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  Rosa Parks (First Biographies)

  by Gini Holland, Rosa Parks, James Haskins

  Rosa Parks is best known for the day she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. Yet there is much more to her story than this one act of defiance. In this straightforward, compelling autobiography, Rosa Parks talks candidly about the civil rights movement and her active role in it. Her dedication is inspiring; her story is unforgettable. "The simplicity... (more)
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  The Best of Brochure Design 3

  by Wilson Harvey

  Includes more than two hundred examples of well-designed brochures. Credits reveal the paper, printing methods, design firms, and software choices for each brochure. Features sections: corporate, non-profit, self-promotional, institutional and educational brochures.
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  Letterhead + Logo Design 5 (Letterhead & Logo Design)

  The fifth volume in the Letterhead and Logo Design series is a remarkable collection of new and innovative letterheads and logos by today's top designers. Each of the designs successfully captures the personality of the businesses while still effectively and clearly communicating their identities. -Includes 300 letterhead and logo designs in a variety of formats: letterheads, envelopes, business cards, logos,... (more)
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  Web Form Design

  Filling in the Blanks

  by Luke Wroblewski

  Forms make or break the most crucial online interactions: checkout, registration, and any task requiring information entry. In Web Form Design, Luke Wroblewski draws on original research, his considerable experience at Yahoo! and eBay, and the perspectives of many of the field's leading designers to show you everything you need to know about designing effective and engaging web forms.
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  Men of Steel

  by Vir Sanghvi

  These are in-depth profiles of India s biggest business barons. These are the men who are powering new India s leap into the twenty-first century the faces behind the great Indian success story. You ll find them all here, the traditional big names of Indian industry: Ratan Tata and Kumar Mangalam Birla; the new gurus of information technology: Nandan Nilekani and Azim Premji; the wizards of the sunrise... (more)
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  Best of Brochure Design 9 (Best of Brochure Design)

  by Jason Godfrey

  Brochure design is a perennial in the world of marketing and graphic design, yet it can be challenging to execute successfully. This collection of the world's best brochure design offers hundreds of ideas, pages of inspiration, and armloads of advice for professional graphic designers and students alike. Using a clean, unfussy presentation, this book is a highly visual collection of ideas for everything from... (more)
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  Letterhead & Logo Design 4

  This fourth collection of the world's best letterhead and logo design showcases the most elemental--and popular--areas of graphic design today. Each featured letterhead and logo design was selected for its creativity and effectiveness: the volume as a whole presents a wealth of ideas for designers and clients. Designs for letterheads, business cards, envelopes, logos, and related stationary supplies are all... (more)
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  Dos Logos

  by N. Bourquin, Robert Klanten

  Almost three years after putting our worldwide bestseller Los Logos together, dgv announces its much-anticipated follow-up. Dos Logos presents extensive examples of contemporary logo design in even greater depth and charts new developments in the field. Done in the same format as the first volume, Dos Logos explores the exceptional visual language and stylistic approaches to logo creation by designers from... (more)
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  The Open Door: Entering the Sanctuary of Icons and Prayer (Pocket Faith Series, 4)

  by Frederica Mathewes-Green

  Unlike many books of meditations on icons, this book presents a unique opportunity for readers to visit an imaginary church and see icons "in action" throughout the year---to stand alongside worshipers for whom the use of icons is a natural part of their devotional lives. Reproductions of icons on the book jacket and in the inside text allow the reader to view the icons that would be found in a typical... (more)
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  Fresh Ideas in Letterhead and Business Card Design 4

  by Gail Deibler Finke, Lisa Buchanan

  This book presents 116 examples of the freshest letterheads and business cards from studios around the country and the world.