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  Félix Vallotton (1865-1925)

  Nathalia Brodskaïa

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  Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) was active at the turn of the century. Although he is best known for his striking and elegantly composed Japanese-inspired woodblock prints, Vallotton was also a skilled painter, creating works that arrestingly combined technical perfection with emotional realism. This seminal text provides readers with a fascinating assessment of the career of this revolutionary artist.

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  Practical Dreamers -...

  Mike Hoolboom

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  ‘The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.’ – Man Ray
   
  Welcome to the world of fringe movies. Here, artists have been busy putting queer shoulders to the wheels, or bending light to talk about First Nations rights (and making it funny, to boot), or demonstrating how a personality can be taken apart and put back together, all during a ten-minute movie which might take years to make.
   
  In Practical Dreamers, twenty-seven artists dish about how they get it done and why it matters. The conversations are personal, up close and jargon free, smart without smarting.
   
  Mike Hoolboom talks footage recycling with Alessa Cohene (Supposed To) and Jubal Brown (Life Is Pornography); investigates the documentaries of Donigan Cumming (My Dinner With Weegee); looks at the Middle East with Jayce Salloum (This Is Not Beirut); discusses identity with queer Asian avatars Richard Fung (Dirty Laundry), Midi Onodera (The Displaced View) and Ho Tam (The Yellow Pages), and First Nations vets Kent Monkman (Blood River) and Shelley Niro (Honey Moccasin); and addresses the visions of Peter Mettler (Gambling, Gods and LSD).

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  Funny Weather - Art in an Emergency

  Olivia Laing

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  "One of the finest writers of the new non-fiction" (Harper's Bazaar) explores the role of art in the tumultuous twenty-first century.In the age of Trump and Brexit, every crisis is instantly overridden by the next. The turbulent political weather of the twenty-first century generates anxiety and makes it difficult to know how to react. Olivia Laing makes a brilliant, inspiring case for why art matters more than ever, as a force of both resistance and repair. Art, she argues, changes how we see the world. It gives us X-ray vision. It reveals inequalities and offers fertile new ways of living.Funny Weather brings together a career's worth of Laing's writing about art and culture, and their role in our political and emotional lives. She profiles Jean-Michel Basquiat and Georgia O'Keeffe, interviews Hilary Mantel and Ali Smith, writes love letters to David Bowie and Wolfgang Tillmans, and explores loneliness and technology, women and alcohol, sex and the body. With characteristic originality and compassion, Funny Weather celebrates art as an antidote to a terrifying political moment.

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  Why Marry?

  Jesse Lynch Williams

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  Why Marry? is a comedy, which "tells the truth about marriage". We find a family in the throes of proving the morality of marriage to a New Age Woman. Can the family defend marriage to this self-supporting girl? Will she be convinced that marriage is the ultimate sacredness of a relationship or will she hold to her perception that marriage is the basis of separating two lovers."Why Marry?" won the first Pulitzer Prize for Drama. (Summary by Linette Geisel) Cast:Narrator- Elizabeth KlettJesse Lynch Williams - Elizabeth KlettA most estimable lady - EzwaBachelor's niece - Diana MajlingerJEAN, the host's younger sister, who has been brought up to be married and nothing else - Arielle LipshawREX, an unmarried neighbor, who has not been brought up to be anything but rich - John FrickerLUCY, the hostess, who is trying her best to be "just an old-fashioned wife" in a new-fashioned home - KatineUNCLE EVERETT, a Judge, who belongs to the older generation and yet understands the new—and believes in divorce - Algy PugCOUSIN THEODORE, a clergyman and yet a human being, who believes in everything—except divorce - SamanemJOHN, who owns the house and almost every one in it—and does not believe in divorce - Marty KrisHELEN, the host's other sister, whom every one wants to marry, but who doesn't want to marry any one - AvailleERNEST, a scientist, who believes in neither divorce nor marriage but makes a great discovery - Matthew ReeceTHE BUTLER - David LawrenceAudio edited by Linette Geisel

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  Work from Home - A Complete...

  Mark J. Cooper

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  Are you tired of commuting to work every day and spending hours in traffic?  
  Do you want to have the freedom to work from the comfort of your own home? If so, then this audiobook is for you. 
  "Work From Home: A Complete Guide, Step by Step To Turn Your Computer In a Money Machine" is the ultimate guide to starting a successful home-based business. Whether you want to start your own online store, become a freelance writer or designer, or launch your own consulting business, this audiobook has everything you need to get started. 
  Here are some of the key points covered in this audiobook:Learn how to set up your home office for maximum productivityDiscover the best online platforms to find freelance work and build a portfolioExplore different business models, such as dropshipping and affiliate marketing, and determine which one is right for youUnderstand the legal and financial aspects of running a home-based businessLearn how to market your business and attract clients 
  With "Work From Home", you'll have the tools and knowledge to turn your computer into a money-making machine. No more long commutes, no more office politics, and no more strict schedules. You'll have the freedom to work when and where you want, all while making a great income. 
  Take the first step towards a better work-life balance and get your copy of "Work From Home" today!

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  Don’t Call It Hair Metal - Art...

  Seana Kelly

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  A love letter to the hard-rocking, but often snubbed, music of the era of excess: the 1980s
  		 
  There may be no more joyous iteration in all of music than 1980s hard rock. It was an era where the musical and cultural ideals of rebellion and freedom of the great rock ’n’ roll of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s were taken to dizzying heights of neon excess. Attention to songcraft, showmanship, and musical virtuosity (especially in the realm of the electric guitar) were at an all-time high, and radio and MTV were delivering the goods en masse to the corn-fed children of America and beyond.
  		 
  Time hasn’t always been kind to artists of that gold and platinum era, but Don’t Call It Hair Metal analyzes the sonic evolution, musical diversity, and artistic intention of ’80s commercial hard rock through interviews with members of such hard rock luminaries as Twisted Sister, Def Leppard, Poison, Whitesnake, Ratt, Skid Row, Quiet Riot, Guns N’ Roses, Dokken, Mr. Big, and others.

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