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|  | Winning Horseplayer by Andrew Beyer
How to watch and learn from a horse race, using a simple notation system that reconstructs factors affecting a race. AUTHOR: Andrew Beyer
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests 
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 | The Quilting Bible
Part of the popular Singer Sewing Reference Library RM series, The Quilting Bible serves as a basic guide to quiltmaking and is now available in a softcover edition. Quilting enthusiasts will love its detailed color photographs, innovative quiltmaking ideas, and pages of ways to incorporate quilting patterns into sewing creations.
PUBLISHER: Creative Publishing International, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | 1791 by H. C. Landon
The last month of the year 1791 witnessed what H.C. Robbins Landon calls the greatest tragedy in the history of music : the premature death of the thirty-five-year-old Mozart. Surrounded by enigma and intrigue, allegations of poisoning, and sexual scandal, this event continues to grip the popular imagination today -- as was demonstrated by the astonishing success of the play and movie Amadeus. Curious and controversial as the circumstances of Mozart's death are, the truth has been obscured by accumulated layers of mythology. Drawing on his unrivaled knowledge of the sources, Professor Landon cuts through fantasy and mystification to present the facts -- including a substantial amount of unpublished information -- and reconstruct the moving story of the last year of Mozart's life. The composition of such works as the Requiem and the operas The Magic Flute and La clemenza di Tito is discussed in detail, and new light is thrown on Mozart's relations with the Freemasons and with Salieri, among others. AUTHOR: H. C. Landon
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story by Jan H. Brunvand
Description not available.An expert on the urban legend discusses such favorite myths as the Brain Drain, the Baby Roast, and many other supposedly true tales gathered from a friend of a friend. AUTHOR: Jan H. Brunvand
PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | Fifty Portrait Lighting Technique for Pictures that Sell by John Hart
I wrote this book because I felt that photographers needed a comprehensive text dealing with the very specialized area of lighting portrait photography. Other books seemed either too technical or too esoteric and difficult to follow. My aim was to make available to the serious photographer an attractive, easy-to-follow book on portrait lighting techniques that also conveyed my love of photography as an art. AUTHOR: John Hart
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Card & Magic Tricks
This encyclopedia features 83 ways to amaze and amuse with card tricks, along with 66 classic magic feats to entertain and confuse your friends. Learn the truly magical effects that will have your audience shaking their heads in disbelief and calling for more.
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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