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Since its original publication in 1978, Delirious New York has attained mythic status. Back in print in a newly designed edition, this influential cultural, architectural, and social history of New York is even more popular, selling out its first printing on publication. Rem Koolhaas's celebration and analysis of New York depicts the city as a metaphor for the incredible variety of human behavior. At the end of the nineteenth century,...
4) Mau
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It is the first-ever, feature-length documentary about the design visionary Bruce Mau. The film explores his unlikely creative journey and ever-optimistic push to tackle the world's biggest problems with the design. Throughout his career, this creative dark horse has completed the transformation from world-class graphic designer to the designer of the world. He has gone from advising global brands like Coca-Cola and Disney to rethinking a 1000-year...
5) Green
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To celebrate the landmark album's 25th year anniversary, Rhino is releasing a two-disc deluxe edition that features the remastered original album accompanied by a disc of live performances taken from the penultimate show of R.E.M.'s 130-date Green World Tour. All 21 songs were recorded in Greensboro, North Carolina on November 10, 1989.
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The album is a collection of folk songs about aging, death, and loss. The music is both grand and epic, provided by layers of lush strings, interweaving acoustic instruments, and shimmering keyboards.
"***** Out of 5 ... classic."--Rolling Stone.
"**** Out of 5"--Q.
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"At Hemlock Heart Academy, science wiz Kazu Decker shows off his skills by creating a humanoid girl named Pandora. But in a world of monsters and mayhem, surviving high school is harder than getting good grades, and lessons often turn violent. Fortunately for them, Pandora's stoic nature and seemingly limitless strength, paired with Kazu's luck, knowledge and friends, get them out of trouble almost as often as they get mixed up in it! Science projects...
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"Settling into her new life as the Lady Woolsey, Alexia finds her days quite challenging. Whether it is a regiment of supernatural soldiers camped out on her front lawn or the demands of being the Queen's 'muhjah, ' there never seems to be a want of new hurdles to overcome. But when stories of supernaturals rendered normal by some unknown force begin cropping up, Alexia has a rather serious mystery on her hands. Can she root out the cause of this...
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"Condemned by society and her werewolf husband due to a pregnancy she cannot explain, Alexia Maccon-- preternatural, tea aficionado-- seeks an explanation for this 'infant inconvenience' so as to cleanse her sullied reputation and prove her fool of a husband wrong. Preternaturals are a rare breed and the only history of their kind lies in Italy with the Templars, a group that once partnered with preternaturals to hunt down werewolves and vampires....
11) A doll's house and other plays: with Pillars of the community, Ghosts and An enemy of the people
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This book contains four of Ibsen's most important plays in superb modern translations. With her assertion that she is "first and foremost a human being," rather than a wife, mother or fragile doll, Nora Helmer sent shockwaves throughout Europe when she appeared in Henrik Ibsen's greatest and most famous play, A Doll's House. Ibsen's follow-up, Ghosts, was no less radical, with its unrelenting investigation into religious hypocrisy, family secrets,...
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Vampire kisses volume 2
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Raven's romance with Alexander is heating up when his meddling half-vamp cousin, Claude, comes to town. Claude and his friends are looking for a stash of blood-filled vials that will turn them into full vampires. Raven and Alexander must figure out a way to outsmart Claude and his friends so they won't find the precious vials.