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Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edward Hardwicke, Edward Raleigh, John Gielgud, John Whitaker
This classic collection consists of the early mysteries featuring the unflappable Sherlock Holmes and his trustworthy assistant, Dr. Watson.

AUTHOR: Arthur Conan Doyle, Edward Hardwicke, Edward Raleigh, John Gielgud, John Whitaker
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

The Art of Drawing by Willy Pogany
One of the most popular drawing guides ever published, The Art of Drawing has been an informative and thorough guide to several generations of aspiring artists. For fifty years, Willy Pogany has given the main principles of drawing in a simple, constructive way. By following the sequences laid out in the lessons, students quickly master the art of drawing. As a further aid, Pogany gives a complete anatomical description of the body for each section, including a list of all bones and a description of the muscles and their uses. The Art of Drawing provides a complete drawing system and includes hundreds of illustrations.

AUTHOR: Willy Pogany
PUBLISHER: Madison Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

The Death of Comedy by Erich Segal
This study of comedic theater considers the genre from the Ancient Greek stage to its modern manifestation as the Theater of the Absurd, considering along the way work by Marlowe, Shakespeare, Molihre, Shaw, Beckett, and many others.

AUTHOR: Erich Segal
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Movie Magic by Robin Cross
Readers get a real-life behind-the-scenes look into the world of moviemaking. The book explains how cameras work, special effects are created, and sets designed. It teaches readers what a screenwriter, a storyboard artist, a production designer, and the other people in the credits do. Readers also discover the magic that goes into making science fiction and horror movies, Westerns and musicals, comedies and adventures. Full color.

AUTHOR: Robin Cross
PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Classic America by Wendell Garrett
One of today's foremost authorities on American antiques presents a profusely illustrated book on America's Federal style. These private and public homes--including Monticello, the White House, the Gardner Pingree House, and the Windsor House--with Hepplewhite, Sheraton, and Duncan Phyfe furnishings in period settings, appear just as they might have looked 200 years ago. 180 color illustrations.

AUTHOR: Wendell Garrett
PUBLISHER: Universe Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Antony and Cleopatra by Barbara A. Mowatt, Paul Werstine
The play that scholars see as a forerunner of the less comedies that followed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona remains one of the early Shakespeare finest achievements. A romp between two Veronese friends of this title, this classic romantic parody leaps to life. In Antony and Cleopatra, a grand drama of love and war, Shakespeare presents one of his greatest female characters -- the beautiful and cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The New Folger Library editions feature introductions to Shakespeare's language, illustrations from the Folger collection, scene-by-scene plot summaries, and explanatory notes. Exhibiting a profound concern for stimulating a popular interest in the Elizabethan period, the esteemed and accessible Folger Library Shakespeare editions are favored by teachers, students, and scholars alike.

AUTHOR: Barbara A. Mowatt, Paul Werstine
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture