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David Zwirner Gallery
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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In the last 50 years, art criticism has flourished as never before. Moving from niche to mainstream, it is now widely taught at universities, practiced in newspapers, magazines and online, and has become the subject of debate by readers, writers and artists worldwide. Equal parts oral history and analysis of craft, What it Means to Write About Art offers an unprecedented overview of American art writing. Jarrett Earnest's wide-ranging conversations...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning historians, diplomats, music legends and sports giants explore the grand American experiment in democracy, culture, innovation and ideas, revealing the setbacks, suffering, invention, ingenuity, and social movements that continue to shape our vision of what America is and what it can be.
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English
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Nineteen brilliantly led conversations with a sterling roster of natural and social scientists, shedding new light on their ideas, discoveries and lives. How does Jane Goodall s relationship with her dog Rusty inform her thinking about our relationship to other species? Which time and place would Jared Diamond most prefer to live in, in light of his work on the role of chance in history? What does driving a sports car have to do with Steven Weinberg's...
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English
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Based on interviews with hundreds of displaced Syrians conducted over four years across the Middle East and Europe, We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled is a breathtaking mosaic of first-hand testimonials from the frontlines. Some of the testimonies are several pages long, eloquent narratives that could stand alone as short stories; others are only a few sentences, poetic and aphoristic. Together, they cohere into an unforgettable chronicle that is...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
No one knows comedy like Judd Apatow. From interviewing the biggest comics of the day for his high school radio show to performing stand-up in L.A. dive bars with his roommate Adam Sandler, to writing and directing Knocked Up and producing Freaks and Geeks, Apatow has always lived, breathed, and dreamed comedy. In this all-new collection of interviews, the sequel to the New York Times bestselling Sick in the Head, Apatow sits down with comedy icons...
Publisher
Flatiron Film
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Featuring an uncut and never-before-seen interview at the Clinton Correctional Facility, 'Tupac Shakur, uncensored and uncut : the lost prison tapes' presents a raw look into Tupac's world, as the rapper riffs on topics ranging from his involvement with gang life to prisons in America to his relationship with his mother. What emerges is a moving self-portrait of an artist who sees himself as fundamentally misunderstood: he may have diagnosed thug...
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Series
Henry Huggins volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Henry adopts Ribsy, a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Created from more than forty hours of intimate conversations with Sean O’Hagan, it is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave’s own words, of what really drives his life and creativity.
The book examines questions of faith, art, music, freedom, grief, and love. It draws candidly on Cave’s life, from his early childhood to the present day, his loves, his work ethic, and his dramatic transformation in recent years.
From a place of considered...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Hand-picking the keenest insights and funniest exchanges from eighty-four episodes of the groundbreaking streaming series, this carefully curated book offers excerpts from casual yet intimate conversations with the funniest people alive and behind-the-scenes photos and anecdotes.
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Publisher
ReganBooks
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
What do Henry Kissinger, Jack Welch, Condoleezza Rice, and Jon Bon Jovi have in common? They have all reached the top of their respective professions, and they all credit sports for teaching them the lessons that were fundamental to their success. In his years spent interviewing and profiling celebrities, politicians, and top businesspeople, popular sportscaster and Fox & Friends cohost Brian Kilmeade has discovered that nearly everyone shares a love...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Presents a timely examination of the future of the Catholic Church that urges believers to build a bridge between generations, explaining that God has the energy, spontaneity, and motivation to rally necessary changes throughout today's conflicted world.
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English
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"I'm British, so I'm medically dead inside, but even I can't help but open up whenever I talk to Marc. He uses his honestly like a scalpel, cutting himself open in front of anyone he's talking to, and in doing so, invites you to do the same."--John Oliver Each week over a million and a half listeners tune into WTF with Marc Maron to hear Marc and a guest do something remarkable: talk. Waiting for the Punch Waiting for the Punch is a book to be read...
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English
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This volume offers readers a concise and accessible introduction to the ideas of Noam Chomsky, described by the New York Time as "arguably the most important intellectual alive."
In these recent, wide-ranging interviews, conducted for Truthout by C. J. Polychroniou, Chomsky discusses his views on the "war on terror" and the rise of neoliberalism, the refugee crisis and cracks in the European Union, prospects for a just peace in Israel/Palestine,...
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Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
A travs de la conversacion entre Oprah Winfrey y el Dr. Perry, en este libro descubrirs cmo lo que nos sucede en la primera infancia tiene una gran influencia sobre la persona adulta en que nos convertimos. Tambion comprenders que las adversidades que experimentamos impactan en nuestra salud fsica y emocional y qu dice la ciencia sobre los patrones de comportamiento que nos cuesta tanto entender. Este libro te ofrece una nueva perspectiva para interpretar...
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