| Fashion climbing: A memoir with photographs by Bill CunninghamWhat it is: a charming posthumous memoir from New York Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham that captures his idiosyncratic, uncompromising style.
Want a taste? "I never go down the street or enter a room without automatically deciding what the woman should wear."
Don't miss: irreverent anecdotes of Cunningham's antics, including the time he sneaked into the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to see Queen Elizabeth. |
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| 1,000 books to read before you die: A life-changing list by James MustichWhat it is: an enthusiastic, genre-hopping tome of must-read books that includes concise annotations and insightful commentary for each selected title.
Featuring: recommended reading lists such as "Books to Read in a Sitting," "Offbeat Escapes," and "A Long Climb, but What a View."
Read it for: the additions (and omissions!) that are sure to spark bibliophile debates. |
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Television series of the 1990s: Essential facts and quirky details
by Vincent Terrace
In the 1990s the big three networks were being challenged by upstarts FOX and the WB for viewer loyalty. Alongside must-see stalwarts like Frasier, Friends, and Seinfeld, the new networks introduced pop culture touchstones like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X-Files. Such shows not only made household names of their stars, but also thrived in syndication and some even graduated to the big screen. In that decade, shows such as ER, Everybody Loves Raymond, and Northern Exposure were vying for awards while programmes like Beverly Hills, 90210 and Home Improvement drew in millions of viewers each week. Even after these shows departed the airwaves, they live on in syndication and on DVDs, entertaining many generations of viewers.
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Sky runner: Finding strength, happiness, and balance in your running
by Emelie Forsberg
In Sky runner, Emelie shares her experiences:- - Using intervals, uphill and downhill training, and more to maintain peak physical condition.
- Incorporating both yoga and strength exercises into her daily training routines. - Growing her own food and creating her own recipes to nourish body and soul. - Physically and mentally recovering from injury. - Finding balance in her life as a professional, extreme-sport athlete. - Sustaining both motivation and passion in her sport and her life.
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Miles & me
by Quincy Troupe
An intimate story of Miles Davis, the man, the musician, and his friendship with the young journalist and poet Quincy Troupe--soon to be a major motion picture.
Poet, activist and journalist Quincy Troupe's candid account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an engrossing chronicle of the author's own artistic and personal growth. Miles and Me describes in intimate detail the sometimes harrowing processes of Davis's spectacular creativity and the joys and travails Davis's passionate and contradictory temperament posed to the two men's friendship. Miles and Me shows how Miles Davis, both as an artist and as a black man, influenced Troupe and whole generations of Americans while forever changing the face of jazz.
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| Minecraft: The unlikely tale of Markus "Notch" Persson and the game that changed everything by Daniel Goldberg and Linus Larsson Who it's about: Swedish video game developer Markus Persson, who overcame a childhood rife with family dysfunction to fulfill his lifelong dream of creating his own games.
Who it's for: Video game programmers, fans of Minecraft, and readers who enjoy inspirational success stories will want to give this moving biography a try. |
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Invent your own computer games with Python
by Al Sweigart
Begin by building classic games like Hangman, Guess the Number, and Tic-Tac-Toe, and then work your way up to more advanced games, like a text-based treasure hunting game and an animated collision-dodging game with sound effects. Along the way, you’ll learn key programming and math concepts that will help you take your game programming to the next level.
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| Death by video game: Danger, pleasure, and obsession on the virtual frontline by Simon ParkinWhat it is: a thought-provoking, evenhanded examination of gaming culture and its effect on players.
Why you might like it: Simon Parkin presents examples both sobering (a 23-year-old gamer's death after 23 hours of play) and hopeful (a man who developed a game to cope with his son's cancer diagnosis), offering nuance to ongoing debates about video games' impact.
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Crash override: How Gamergate (nearly) destroyed my life and how we can win the fight against online hate
by Zoë Quinn
In 2014, video game designer Zoë Quinn was the target of an ex-boyfriend's revenge campaign that spiralled wildly from accusations of unethical behaviour to hate mail, death threats, and other forms of online (and IRL) abuse. This harassment -- which targeted several other women in the video game industry -- came to be known as Gamergate, and while Quinn started hiding her location, she refused to stay silent. In her book, Quinn outlines her efforts to find justice, describes the legal system's weaknesses when it comes to online abuse, and talks about the victims' advocacy group she founded. She also provides practical steps for creating a safe internet culture.
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The art of Horizon Zero Dawn
by Paul Davies
Published to coincide with the new IP from Guerilla Games, a beautifully illustrated volume includes over 300 images, sketches and concept art that chronicle the adventures of Aloy, an outcast and hunter who, in order to find her true place in the world, must combat the great robotic creatures of the land and uncover the mysteries of a lost civilization.
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