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  We Love Katong

  Singapore Urban Sketchers

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  Directly facing Singapore’s seafront, the eastern neighbourhood of Katong has long inspired fierce pride and loyalty in its residents. Follow the artists from Urban Sketchers Singapore through the shophouse-lined streets of this former enclave of the Eurasian and Peranakan communities. 
   
  Marvel at the intricate details on each conserved shophouse, and the old-world charm of breezy terrace houses. Savour the mouth-watering cuisine, from the infamous Katong laksa, to kopi and kaya toast at Chin Mee Chin Confectionery, to fresh roasted chestnuts from a street vendor. Get a glimpse of Singapore’s past in the schools, religious sites and family-run businesses that have witnessed the sweeping tides of change over the years. 
   
  Capturing the neighbourhood by day and by night, We Love Katong is a timely volume that captures the area’s rich heritage, even as it welcomes new, modern establishments.

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  In Praise of Hands

  Victoria Charles, Henri Focilon

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  To speak about art is to evoke the hand of the creator who produced the work. It is to confer to its gestures the importance of thoughts and to explore their point of convergence on the canvas or the stone. With this text, Henri Focillon delivers one of the most beautiful odes to the hand and, simultaneously, to the talent of artists, studying Hokusai, Cézanne, and even Rodin. What do artists such as Rembrandt, David, Gauguin, and Hokusai have in common? A virtuosity of the hand, replies Henri Focillon. The viewer often forgets that behind the works, it is first and foremost a hand and its fingers which guide the paintbrush, the pen, or the stylus. Focillon’s text recalls the importance of this part of the body, in which the artist’s talent comes to life. Within his text, he grants the hand the recognition that it deserves.

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  Greatest Radio Shows Volume 8 -...

  Various Various

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  OASIS AUDIO CLASSIC RADIO SHOWCASE SERIES   Oasis Audio has gone into the vaults and dusted off the very earliest form of audio book, old time radio shows, for our listeners. Introduced episode by episode by Jim Engel, old time radio authority and board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, this series of classic radio shows is sure to have something for everyone. Celebrity casts and top-notch writers made the 1920s through the early 1950s, the golden era of radio. The series features seven exciting themes with 100 episodes in each. That is 700 classic radio programs in all.   Greatest Radio Shows   New to Old-time Radio? Join Oasis Audio for 100 radio shows from across all genres. Thrill to detective stories and mysteries, Dig your spurs in for some dusty trail western adventures, laugh until you cry with the kings and queens of radio comedy, sit on the edge of your seat for the greatest radio dramas. Be filled with nostalgia as you enjoy this unique collection of 100 of the all-time best radio shows. Volume 8 The New Adventures of Michael Shayne 1948 The Case of the Carnival KillerThe New Adventures of Nero Wolfe 1950_12_29 The Case of the Bashful BodyNight Beat 1950_11_The Black CatOur Miss Brooks 1949_09_11 School BoardPat Novak For Hire 1949_03_06 Fleet LadyThe Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show 1950_01_01 Concert StagePhilo Vance Detective 1949_06_21 Peacock Murder CaseQuiet Please 1948_08_09 The Thing on the Fourble BoardThe Red Skeleton Show 1941_11_11 Red Goes to the FightsRichard Diamond Private Detective 1949_12_17 The John Blackwell Case

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  The American Idea of Home -...

  Bernard Friedman

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  Over thirty leaders in American architecture discuss the most significant issues in the field today.“Home is an idea,” Meghan Daum writes in her foreword, “a story we tell ourselves about who we are and who and what we want closest in our midst.” In The American Idea of Home, documentary filmmaker Bernard Friedman interviews more than thirty leaders in the field of architecture about a constellation of ideas relating to housing and home. The interviewees include Pritzker Prize winners Thom Mayne, Richard Meier, and Robert Venturi; Pulitzer Prize winners Paul Goldberger and Tracy Kidder; American Institute of Architects head Robert Ivy; and legendary architects such as Denise Scott Brown, Charles Gwathmey, Kenneth Frampton, and Robert A. M. Stern. The American idea of home and the many types of housing that embody it launch lively, wide-ranging conversations about some of the most vital and important issues in architecture today. The topics that Friedman and his interviewees discuss illuminate five overarching themes: the functions and meanings of home; history, tradition, and change in residential architecture; activism, sustainability, and the environment; cities, suburbs, and regions; and technology, innovation, and materials. Friedman frames the interviews with an extended introduction that highlights these themes and helps readers appreciate the common concerns that underlie projects as disparate as Katrina cottages and Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian houses. Readers will come away from these thought-provoking interviews with an enhanced awareness of the “under the hood” kinds of design decisions that fundamentally shape our ideas of home and the dwellings in which we live.

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  Do Not Adjust Your Set - Volume 2

  Humphrey Barclay, Terry Jones,...

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  Do Not Adjust Your Set is a 60s comedy show comprised mostly of satirical sketches, often presented in a bizarre, surreal and disjointed manner- much like that of Monty Python, a succeeding show which several of the cast became part of. 
  An important Monty Python predecessor and arguably one of the finest children's sketch comedies ever produced, DNAYS is certainly something you do not want to miss... 
  This volume features a compilation of classic sketches from the show, including: 
  -King Lear-Musicians at Work-Family Grocer-Science for Sixth Forms-Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band-Monster Mash-Maternity Ward-On Guard-The Wonder of Words-Stool Pigeon-The Sound of Music-An Extraordinary Sight-Captain Fantastic-The Tartan Thistle Club

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  Game of Thrones: A Guide to...

  Myles McNutt

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  “The quintessential guide to the world of the HBO TV series . . . documents the entire history of Westeros throughout the eight seasons.” —Screen Rant   This remarkable volume celebrates and explores the complex stories, relationships, and world building in HBO’s Emmy Award–winning Game of Thrones series, from Season One through Season Eight. The book follows the story of Essos and southern Westeros, with fire-breathing dragons and clashing noble houses, and the story of northern Westeros, where the Night King leads his army of the dead across the icy landscape. Mapping bloodlines and battle lines, its hundreds of pages are filled with stunning photographs, original art, timelines, and charts newly created for this book. This definitive visual guide commemorates this momentous series and offers a must-have companion for every Game of Thrones fan.   “Dive deep into the lore and history of Westeros with this illustrated and annotated guide to all of the seven kingdoms and beyond. From character analyses to fun infographics, there’s a little something for everyone.” —TV Guide   ©2019 Home Box Office, Inc. All rights reserved. Game of Thrones and related trademarks are the property of Home Box Office, Inc.

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