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|  | Burning with Desire by Geoffrey Batchen
In an 1828 letter to his partner, Nicephore Niepce, Louis Daguerre wrote, I am burning with desire to see your experiments from nature. In this book Geoffrey Batchen analyzes the desire to photograph as it emerged within the philosophical and scientific milieus that preceded the actual invention of photography. Recent accounts of photography's identity tend to divide between the postmodern view that all identity is determined by context and a formalist effort to define the fundamental characteristics of photography as a medium. Batchen critiques both approaches by way of a detailed discussion of photography's conception in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He examines the output of the various nominees for first photographer, then incorporates this information into a mode of historical criticism informed by the work of Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida. The result is a way of thinking about photography that persuasively accords with the medium's undeniable conceptual, political, and historical complexity. AUTHOR: Geoffrey Batchen
PUBLISHER: MIT Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests 
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 | In the Modern Style
Description not available.Two hundred and seventy photographs and illustrations introduce readers to twentieth-century style furniture while providing detailed instructions for building knockoffs pieces. Original.
PUBLISHER: Taunton Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | James & the Giant Peach by Joy Peskin, Lane Smith, Lucy Dahl, Quentin Blake, Richard R. George
After being orphaned at the age of 4, James Henry Trotter goes to live with his only other relatives, the horrific Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge. The aunts force James to do all the work around the house, never give him treats, and refuse to let him play with other children. One day a mysterious stranger gives James some magical crystals, which James accidentally drops underneath a dormant peach tree. By the next morning, the tree has sprouted a peach as big as a house. When James investigates, he finds the giant peach inhabited by friendly talking insects, who help James leave behind his dreary life with his aunts forever. AUTHOR: Joy Peskin, Lane Smith, Lucy Dahl, Quentin Blake, Richard R. George
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Winning Casino Craps by Edwin Silberstang
By the time you finish reading, you're going to know as much about craps as anyone who is involved with the game, and I include casino managers, pit bosses and dealers in this category. Not only that, but this book will reveal methods of play and strategies never before put into print. The purpose of this work is to transmit this knowledge to you, the reader, and to make you a winner. AUTHOR: Edwin Silberstang
PUBLISHER: McKay, David Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Jazz by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, LeVar Burton
This history of American jazz was published in conjunction with the PBS television series. Photographs of renowned musicians--including Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and Charlie Parker--are accompanied by commentary by famous contemporary personalities such as Wynton Marsalis, Gary Giddens, and Gerald Early. AUTHOR: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, LeVar Burton
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Argentina by Bonnifacio Del Carril, Cristina C. De Corral, Juan P. Queiroz, Thomas De Elia
Twenty-two country estates and working ranches of Argentina are presented here in extraordinary color photographs that show the private rooms, lush gardens, and surrounding landscapes of these magnificent architectural complexes. AUTHOR: Bonnifacio Del Carril, Cristina C. De Corral, Juan P. Queiroz, Thomas De Elia
PUBLISHER: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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