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|  | La France de Profil by Claude Roy, Paul Strand
In La France de Profil, Paul Strand's photographs combine with French author Claude Roy's commentary to capture the essence of rural life in postwar France. Like Strand's renowned books Time in New England and Un Paese, La France de Profil is a profound meditation on place. His portraits of the old and young evoke a sense of their character and history. The images of the narrow alleys, old tabacs, sidewalk cafes, and fields convey the textures and rhythms of French country life. Roy's collages -- made of clippings from small-town newspapers, along with his own wry, handwritten musings on the French mentality and mores -- complement Strand's photographs. Originally published in 1952 by La Guilde du Livre, Aperture is delighted to release the American edition of La France de Profil in its first English-language translation. Today, La France de Profil is not only a tribute to a way of life that still exists in the French countryside but a monument to the evocative power of skillfully synthesized pictures and text. AUTHOR: Claude Roy, Paul Strand
PUBLISHER: Aperture Foundation, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests 
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 | The Dieter's Guide to Weight Loss During Sex by Richard Smith
The classic diet plan from the 1970s, which bases calorie counts on sexual activity. AUTHOR: Richard Smith
PUBLISHER: Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | We Are Still Married by Garrison Keillor
A selection of Keillor`s writings for The New Yorker. AUTHOR: Garrison Keillor
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | Scrapbooking with Memory Makers by Kerry Arquette, Michele Gerbrandt
Family histories are all about keeping memories alive. And what better way to preserve those favorite moments, traditions, and family stories than in your own specially created scrapbook? Scrapbooking is the newest American hobby. There are no geographical or age boundaries: children from the age of five can learn to create their own scrapbooks; parents and grandparents can create scrapbooks for their children and grandchildren. Families can even create scrapbooks together. The current phenomenon of scrapbooking had a grassroots beginning and has spread rapidly throughout the country. Scrapbooking with Memory Makers RM offers ideas, inspirations, and techniques to create one-of-a-kind memory albums with the perfect combination of photos, design, and artwork. There is a place for every photo and an album for every occasion. Whatever the occasion, beautiful photo albums offer years of pleasure. This informative book by Michele Gerbrandt offers all the basics -- the tips, skills, and techniques to create magnificent scrapbook pages. More than twenty how-to photos demonstrate step-by-step techniques on selecting a theme, organizing the material, choosing photographs, cropping and matting the photographs, and creating a stylish page. Learn about acid-free paper and other archival quality materials. Learn the pros and cons of various album styles. Learn how to enhance your photographs with imaginative cropping, matting, borders, and placement on the page; learn how to create appealing captions. Approximately 100 scrapbook pages are shown in full color. Included in the kit are: special papers, markers, pens, templates with shapes and letters, photo mounts, rulers with decorative edgesand a cropping tool. AUTHOR: Kerry Arquette, Michele Gerbrandt
PUBLISHER: Levin, Hugh Lauter Associates
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Garfield Worldwide by Jim Davis
Description not available.A collection of cartoons featuring fat-cat Garfield and his friends John and Odie, up to their usual hijinks AUTHOR: Jim Davis
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | Ghost/Batgirl by Mike Kennedy, Ryan Benjamin
Description not available.Elisa Cameron as Ghost and Cassandra Cain as Batgirl reluctantly join forces, with the aid of Oracle, to stop both Malcolm Greymater, who is populating Arcadia with zombies, and Gotham's Two-Face, who plans to retrieve some of his dead henchman from Greymater's service. AUTHOR: Mike Kennedy, Ryan Benjamin
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor
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