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|  | The Braided Rug Book by Caroline Cleaveland, Deborah Morganthal, Norma Sturges
Braided rugs have been a part of pioneer life since the 1830s, and now they're making a comeback as a popular craft. Follow the simple instructions and practice your skills with the three projects featured here: the oval, the circle, and the heart. Other color-filled plans show you how to braid 16 more beautiful rugs. By varying the color schemes and rug sizes there's no limit to your creativity. You only need a few inexpensive gadgets plus your usual sewing equipment. All the necessary techniques are here, including counting rows, the T-start, continuous braiding, twice-overs, changing colors, lacing, skipping, rattailing, and butting. Start with a small welcome rug or a bright little rug for the nursery, and progress to magnificent scalloped hearth and living-room rugs, circular rugs for round dining tables, hallway runners, star-shaped rugs, a whimsical piglet, a giant whale, and delightful reproductions of Shaker and Amish designs. There's even a gallery of gorgeous award-winning designs by the contemporary rug braiders, as well as plans for building your own braiding stand. AUTHOR: Caroline Cleaveland, Deborah Morganthal, Norma Sturges
PUBLISHER: Lark Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Sensational Scarfs by Carole Straley
With photos, line drawings, and step-by-step instructions, Sensational Scarfs shows 44 different ways to wear a scarf--with a suit or with jeans, as a belt, or over a bathing suit. Also included are tips for building a scarf wardrobe and for keeping scarfs looking their best. AUTHOR: Carole Straley
PUBLISHER: Random House Value Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Art in Vienna, 1898-1918 by Peter Vergo
The artistic stagnation of Vienna at the end of the nineteenth century was rudely shaken by the artists of the Secession. Their works at first shocked a conservative public; but their successive exhibitions, their magazine Ver Sacrum, and their application to the applied arts and architecture soon brought them an enthusiastic following and wealthy patronage. This third edition, with over 60 new colour plates, brilliantly traces the course of this development, of the Wiener Werkstatte that followed, and the individual works of the artists concerned. Klimt, Kokoschka and Schiele were the leading figures in the fine arts; Wagner, Olbrich, Loos and Hoffmann in architecture and the applied arts. In other fields Mahler, Freud and Schnitzler were influencing the avant-garde. The author quotes extensively from the writings, many of them not previously published in English, of contemporary reviewers, critics and the artists themselves. He has eye-witness accounts of the exhibitions, the opening of the Secession building, the work in progress on the Palais Stoclet and the Kabarett Fledermaus. The result is a fascinating documentary study of the successes and failures, hopes and fears of the members of an artistic movement which is much admired today. AUTHOR: Peter Vergo
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The Japanese Film by Akira Kurosawa, Donald Richie, Joseph L. Anderson
Tracing the development of the Japanese cinema from 1896 (when the first Kinetoscope was imported) through the golden ages of film in Japan up to today, this work reveals the once flourishing film industry and the continuing unique art of the Japanese film. AUTHOR: Akira Kurosawa, Donald Richie, Joseph L. Anderson
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Martin Scorcese by Andy Dougan
Martin Scorsese is one of the elite band of filmmakers whose originality and craftsmanship has influenced a generation of film directors. His collaborations with Robert De Niro and skill in telling stories set him apart as one of the all-time original directors. Andy Dougan has interviewed Scorsese many times and has talked to the stars who have appeared in his movies to create an inside look at the making of his movies. In addition, and for the first time, Variety, the bible of the movie business, has permitted the unabridged reviews for all Scorsese`s movies, including a full list of credits for each film, to be reproduced together creating a unique reference source. AUTHOR: Andy Dougan
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Total Request Live
Description not available.Presents a behind-the-scenes look at the popular MTV music program, looking at how the show was created, the hosts, and the musical guests.
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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