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  Fifth Avenue 5 AM - Audrey...

  Sam Wasson

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  Audrey Hepburn is an icon like no other, yet the image many of us have of Audrey—dainty, immaculate—is anything but true to life. Here, for the first time, Sam Wasson presents the woman behind the little black dress that rocked the nation in 1961. The first complete account of the making of Breakfast at Tiffany's, Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. reveals little-known facts about the cinema classic: Truman Capote desperately wanted Marilyn Monroe for the leading role; director Blake Edwards filmed multiple endings; Hepburn herself felt very conflicted about balancing the roles of mother and movie star. With a colorful cast of characters including Truman Capote, Edith Head, Givenchy, ""Moon River"" composer Henry Mancini, and, of course, Hepburn herself, Wasson immerses us in the America of the late fifties before Woodstock and birth control, when a not-so-virginal girl by the name of Holly Golightly raised eyebrows across the country, changing fashion, film, and sex for good. Indeed, cultural touchstones like Sex and the City owe a debt of gratitude to Breakfast at Tiffany's.  
  In this meticulously researched gem of a book, Wasson delivers us from the penthouses of the Upper East Side to the pools of Beverly Hills, presenting Breakfast at Tiffany's as we have never seen it before—through the eyes of those who made it. Written with delicious prose and considerable wit, Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. shines new light on a beloved film and its incomparable star.

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  Clever Girl - Jurassic Park

  Hannah McGregor

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  A smart and incisive exploration of everyone’s favorite dinosaur movie and the female dinosaurs who embody what it means to be angry, monstrous, and free
  		 
  The Jurassic Park series is one of the most famous and profitable cinematic experiences of all time, with an entire generation of people who have never known life without these CGI dinosaurs. But while the movie spectacle broke film and merchandising records, pioneered special effects, and made Jeff Goldblum into an unlikely sex symbol, it has also been re-envisioned as a classic of queer feminist storytelling.
  		 
  In Clever Girl, Hannah McGregor argues that the female-only dinosaurs of Jurassic Park are stand-ins for monstrous women, engineered by men to be intelligent, violent, and adaptive, and whose chaos resists the systems designed to control them. As they run wild through their prison, a profit-driven theme park, they destroy the men and structures who mistakenly believed in their own colonialist and capitalist power, showing the audience what it means to be angry, monstrous, and free. The velociraptors were not just jump scares for children, but also revelatory and predatory symbols of feminist rage. Clever girls, indeed.
  		 
  About the Pop Classics Series
  		 
  Short books that pack a big punch, Pop Classics offer intelligent, fun, and accessible arguments about why a particular pop phenomenon matters.

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  Feng Shui

  R. Chi

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  Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice that has been around for thousands of years. And which involves art and science. The practice relies on the laws of heaven and earth to help people balance their energies or chi within a space, to help them become and stay healthy and to receive good fortune.

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  Queer Arrangements - Billy...

  Lisa Barg

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  Winner of the 2024 Philip Brett Award, sponsored by the LGBTQ Study Group of the American Musicological Society (AMS)The legacy of Black queer composer, arranger, and pianist Billy Strayhorn (1915–1967) hovers at the edge of canonical jazz narratives. Queer Arrangements explores the ways in which Strayhorn's identity as an openly gay Black jazz musician shaped his career, including the creative roles he could assume and the dynamics between himself and his collaborators, most famously Duke Ellington, but also iconic singers such as Lena Horne and Ella Fitzgerald. This new portrait of Strayhorn combines critical, historically-situated close readings of selected recordings, scores, and performances with biography and cultural theory to pursue alternative interpretive jazz possibilities, Black queer historical routes, and sounds. By looking at jazz history through the instrument(s) of Strayhorn's queer arrangements, this book sheds new light on his music and on jazz collaboration at midcentury.

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  Mastering 2D Animation...

  Virversity Online Courses

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  Mastering 2D Animation Principles is a comprehensive course designed to equip students with essential skills used by professional animators. This hands-on training helps learners create lifelike, expressive animations that captivate audiences and tell compelling stories. Whether you're a beginner or refining your abilities, this workshop guides you through foundational concepts and advanced practices to elevate your craft. 
   
  Explore core techniques: learn the 12 principles of animation to create fluid, believable character motion; develop skills in walk cycles, facial expressions, and lip syncing; master scene composition with background and foreground interaction; and gain proficiency in technical tools like rigging, tweening, and keyframing. Work on a final project to apply your knowledge and receive expert critique. 
   
  The program blends classic principles with hands-on software training, starting with an introduction to the history and basics of 2D animation. Dive into key concepts such as squash and stretch, anticipation, timing, and exaggeration. Learn character animation techniques like straight ahead and pose-to-pose, and enhance storytelling through facial expressions and dialogue synchronization. 
   
  The course also covers scene composition and effects animation—like smoke and fire—to enrich your sequences. Technical skills with popular animation software streamline workflows and produce professional-quality animations. 
   
  By the end, complete a final animated project integrating all techniques learned, supported by feedback for refinement. Graduates gain confidence to apply animation principles, create compelling characters, and manage complex animations, transforming into skilled animators ready to bring creative visions to life.

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  Florida's New Deal Parks and...

  Keri Watson

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  Author Keri Watson guides readers on a tour through New Deal era Sunshine State parks and post office murals. Even before the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, the Florida economy was depressed from two major hurricanes, a citrus export embargo, and the collapse of the real estate market. Florida desperately needed the relief promised by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal and actively participated in and benefited from a number of federally sponsored initiatives during the Great Depression. These programs were aimed at what the president termed "Relief, Recovery, and Reform," and they impacted every sector of society from banking and farming to art and architecture. This collection offers a detailed look at the state parks and post offices built in Florida between 1931 and 1946. Looking at Florida's Depression-era parks and post offices in concert elucidates the ways in which the natural and built environments work together to constitute the cultural landscape and provides insight into the role of the federal government in Florida's construction as an exotic and tropical paradise.

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