Robert Rosenblum

More than 800 treasures of 19th- and early 20th-century art are reproduced in this book, which is in the same style as the successful Paintings in the Louvre. The author, an art historian, has selected and arranged the paintings, showing the breadth of the museum's collection.

Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

Illinois

Paintings in the Musee D'orsay

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Arthur Lubow

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

New Jersey

Portrait of a Photographer

The definitive biography of the beguiling Diane Arbus, one of the most influential and important photographers of the twentieth century, a brilliant and absorbing exposition that links the extraordinary arc of her life to her iconic photographs. Diane Arbus brings to life the full story of one of the greatest American artists of the twentieth century, a visionary who revolutionized photography and altered the course of contemporary art with her striking, now iconic images. Arbus comes startlingly to life on these pages, a strong-minded child of unnerving originality who grew into a formidable artist and forged an intimacy with her subjects that has inspired generations of artists. Arresting, unsettling, and poignant, her photographs stick in our minds. Why did these people fascinate her? And what was it about her that captivated them? It is impossible to understand the transfixing power of Arbus’s photographs without understanding her life story. Arthur Lubow draws on exclusive interviews with Arbus’s friends, lovers, and colleagues, on previously unknown letters, and on his own profound critical understanding of photography, to explore Arbus’s unique perspective. He deftly traces Arbus’s development from a wealthy, sexually precocious free spirit into first a successful New York fashion photographer, and then a singular artist who coaxed hidden truths from her subjects. Lubow reveals that Arbus’s profound need not only to see her subjects but to be seen by them drove her to forge unusually close bonds with these people, helping her discover the fantasies, pain, and heroism within each of them. Diane Arbus is the definitive biography of this unique, hugely influential artist. This magnificently absorbing, sensitive treatment of a singular personality brushes aside the clichés that have long surrounded Arbus and her work to capture a brilliant portrait of this seminal artist whose work has immeasurably shaped art and modern culture. Lubow’s Diane Arbus finally does justice to Arbus, and brings to life the story and art of one of the greatest American artists in history. Diane Arbus includes a 16-page black-and-white photo insert.

Diane Arbus

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

California

1st Edition

Untitled is the third volume of Diane Arbus's work and the only one devoted exclusively to a single project. The photographs were taken at residences for the mentally retarded between 1969 and 1971, in the last years of Arbus's life. Although she considered doing a book on the subject, the vast majority of these pictures remained unpublished prior to this volume. These photographs achieve a lyricism, an emotional purity that sets them apart from all her other accomplishments. "Finally what I've been searching for," she wrote at the time. The product of her consistently unflinching regard for reality as she found it, the images in this book have less in common with the documentary than with the mythic. Untitled may well be Arbus's most transcendent, most romantic vision. It is a celebration of the singularity and connectedness of each and every one of us. For Diane Arbus, this is what making pictures was all about. This is the first edition in which the image separations were created digitally; the files have been specially prepared by Robert J. Hennessey using prints by Neil Selkirk.

Diane Arbus: Untitled

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Art and Photography

Judy Blume

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Sometimes life in the Hatcher household is enough to make twelve-year-old Peter think about running away. His worst problem is still his younger brother, Fudge, who hasn't changed a bit since his crazy capers in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. If you ask Peter, Fudge is just an older — and bigger — pain. Then Peter learns that his mom is going to have a baby and the whole family is moving to Princeton for a year. It will be bad enough starting sixth grade in a strange place and going to the same school as Fudge. But Peter can imagine something even worse. How will he ever survive if the new baby is a carbon copy of Fudge?

Superfudge

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Oklahoma

Includes an excerpt from: Ramona's world.

Ramona Forever

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Florida

Blubber is a good name for her, the note from Wendy says about Linda. Jill crumples it up and leaves it on the corner of her desk. She doesn't want to think about Linda or her dumb report on the whale just now. Jill wants to think about Halloween.

But Robby grabs the note, and before Linda stops talking it has gone halfway around the room.

That's where it all starts. There's something about Linda that makes a lot of kids in her fifth-grade class want to see how far they can go -- but nobody, least of all Jill, expects the fun to end where it does.

A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year

Blubber

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Childhood Loves

H. P. Lovecraft

Neil Gaiman

Collects twenty-five of the Dream Cycle tales in one volume for the first time.

The Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft: Dreams of Terror and Death

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Peter Haining

A Treasury of Fear

A collection of scary Irish tales by various writers arranged in sections by story type.

Great Irish Tales of Horror

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New book with slight discoloration on cover (see photos)

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Colorado

Illustrated H P Lovecraft Pub Delayed Sept 2021

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Classic Horror

Whitley Strieber

New York

We are not alone. Millions of people are confronting aliens that authorities say do not exist. Whitley Strieber--author of the legendary, #1 bestselling bookCommunion, which details his own close encounters--now returns to the riddle of aliens withThe Grays.

A triumvirate of Grays, known as the Three Thieves, has occupied a small Kentucky town for decades--abducting its residents and manipulating fates and bloodlines in hopes of creating an ultra-intelligent human being. Nine-year-old Conner Callahan will face the ultimate terror as he struggles to understand who he has been bred to be and what he must do to save humanity.
Though the Grays have slowly begun to make themselves known, Colonel Michael Wilkes, the head of a select group of government and military officials that have been monitoring the aliens, will do anything in his power to keep them a secret. Wilkes will set in motion a sinister plan to ensure the survival of humanity,
but at what cost?

The fate of the human race lies with one woman, Lauren Glass. Her uncanny ability to communicate with the aliens and her relationship with the last remaining captive gray may be the only way to save humankind.

The Grays is a mind-bending journey behind the curtain of secrecy that surrounds the subject of aliens, written by the field's great master. If you've never so much as thought about the subject before, this book will make you think deeply, not only about the mystery of who the Grays are, but who exactly we are.

The Grays

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Montana

100 Years for Government Secrets, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups

Trained intelligence officer and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel looks at the evidence, unravels government accounts, and exposes misleading UFO research!

Does the U.S. government know more about UFO and alien life than it admits? Are eyewitnesses telling the truth? What does the historical record say? Former intelligence officer and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Kevin Randle takes an objective look at the evidence for alien life and UFOs and presents his findings in The UFO Dossier: 100 Years of Government Secrets, Conspiracies and Cover Ups. The author reviews the documents, scours government databases, and interviews witnesses, unearthing details on UFOs, mysterious crashes, sightings, encounters, and related phenomena.

The UFO Dossier presents plots, cover-ups, misleading statements, and documented connections to government intrigue--as well as hoaxes and problematic authentications. Following leads and digging into the files of the CIA, the FBI, the FAA, NASA, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and other U.S. government and international agencies, Randle lets the facts guide him. From a short history of UFO projects and the Condon Committee to the complete COMETA report and UFOs in the 21st century, investigations include

 * Asteroids, meteors, and UFOs (Tunguska, Battle of LA, Whitted Sighting
 * Photographs (McMinnville, Tremonton UFO Movie, Bear Mt. St. Park
 * Injuries by UFOs (Fort Itaipu; Cedar City, Utah; Leominster, MA
 * Lights in the Night Sky (Lubbock Lights, Belgium Triangle, New Jersey Lights
 * Scientists and UFOs (Agoura, CA; Artesia, NM; University of Brazil
 * And much, much more!
   
   An illuminating account from a leading UFO expert and an authority on the government's reporting on unexplained phenomena, The UFO Dossier: 100 Years of Government Secrets, Conspiracies and Cover Ups takes an objective look at the evidence for alien life and UFOs. This informative book also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness.

The UFO Dossier

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Alaska

Based upon the government cover-up of the presence of aliens on earth in 1947, this work follows Baltimore newspaperman Nick Duke as he investigates a lead given to him by the aged ex-CIA director, Wilfred Stone

Majestic

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Extraterrestrials and UFOs

Mary Engelbreit

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Georgia

Wearing the perfect fairy queen costume, with her friend Michael by her side, Ann Estelle is ready for a Halloween night on the town. And what a night it is—full of ghosts and mummies and witches and wizards, and lots of candy, of course. But Halloween can also be a little bit scary, as Ann Estelle discovers when she tries trick-or-treating at the spookiest house in town. It's awfully dark up there . . . and the pathway is awfully long. Will Ann Estelle be brave enough to ring the bell? Little trick-or-treaters will enjoy this Halloween outing that sparkles with Mary Engelbreit's signature wit and charm.

Queen of Halloween

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Missouri

Cooking for Family and Friends

A collection of more than one hundred easy-to-make recipes with menu ideas, instructions for special-event cooking, and tips on setting an elegant table.

Queen of the Kitchen Cookbook

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Louisiana

Friends--new or old, young or just young at-heart--celebrate each other through the fun-filled illustrations and appreciative thoughts in Mary Englebreit's Pals.

Pals

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Favorite Artists

Troy Taylor

Amanda Woomer

Pennsylvania

Outlawed. Controlled. Stigmatized. The voices and stories of sex workers have been silenced for centuries. They've been called "fallen women" and "soiled doves," judged for their loose moral standards. And yet, despite countless governments' and religions' best efforts to put an end to prostitution, it's not only survived... it has thrived. From ancient temples to the beds of kings and popes, Wild West saloons, and the brothels of Storyville, prostitution is at its core about survival. And some stories survive better than others. Participate in a champagne toast in the brothel museum at the Red Onion Saloon in Skagway, Alaska. Enjoy a slice of Ghost Pie above Portland's infamous Shanghai Tunnels. Dare to spend the night in the Lady in Red Suite at the Mizpah Hotel. Explore eleven haunted bars, hotels, cafés, inns, and pubs across America and Britain and get to know the women of negotiable affections still haunting them. Please note that this book contains details and images of graphic nudity and violence. Discretion is advised.

Harlots and Hauntings

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Wisconsin

In the tradition of Spruce's popular books, Vampires and Werewolves, Ghosts explores paranormal creatures in all their guises - from vengeful spirits to lost souls to mysterious apparitions. Through lore, legend and real-life accounts, learn what makes the dead so restless - and so utterly entrancing.

Ghosts

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Randy McNutt

Ohio

Ohio's Haunted Landscapes

Twons come and towns go. Travelers sometimes have to move in the fourth dimension. Randy McNutt takes us on an eccentriv travel trip to dozens of Ohio ghost twons, uncovering tattooed chickens, legendary daredevils, swamopghosts, milkmen who delivered milk and whiskey, and a della who bit off his mother-in-law's ear. Handsome pen and ink illustrations.

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Ghosts and Paranormal

Kentucky

A classic tale of terror and grotesquerie by the original master of horror H. P. Lovecraft proclaimed his Dunwich Horror "so fiendish" that his editor at Weird Tales "may not dare to print it." The editor, fortunately, knew a good thing when he saw it. One of the core Cthulhu stories, The Dunwich Horror introduces us to the grim village of Dunwich, where each member of the Whateley family is more grotesque than the other. There's the grandfather, a mad old sorcerer; Lavinia, the deformed, albino woman; and Wilbur, a disgusting specimen who reaches full manhood in less than a decade. And above all, there's the mysterious presence in the farmhouse, unseen but horrifying, which seems to be growing . . . Wilbur tracks down an original edition of the Necronomicon and breaks into a library to steal it. But his reward eludes him: he gets caught, and the result is death by guard dog. Meanwhile, left unattended, the monster at the Whateley house keeps expanding, until the farmhouse explodes and the beast is unleashed to terrorize the poor, aggrieved village of Dunwich. As chilling today as it was upon its publication in 1929, The Dunwich Horror is a horrifying masterwork by the man Stephen King called "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."

The Dunwich Horror

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Horror Fiction

The Doors

The Doors are inextricably linked to '60s counterculture. Taking their name from Aldous Huxley's monograph The Doors of Perception, the group followed Jim Morrison's dark poetic vision to massive commercial success, making The Doors one of the best-selling bands of all time. This folio contains 20 classic songs, fully transcribed for guitar in notation and TAB. Also included is an in-depth foreword by Jimmy Brown of Guitar World magazine, who writes about guitarist Robby Krieger's integral contributions to the band's sound. Titles: Back Door Man * Break on Through (To the Other Side) * The End * Five to One * Hello, I Love You * L.A. Woman * Light My Fire * Love Her Madly * Love Me Two Times * Love Street * People Are Strange * Riders on the Storm * Roadhouse Blues * Soul Kitchen * Strange Days * Touch Me * Twentieth Century Fox * Waiting for the Sun * The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) * When the Music's Over.

Texas

The Doors Guitar Tab Anthology

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Danny Sugarman

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Arizona

The Illustrated History

This book consists of magazine and newspaper articles, interviews, record reviews, excerpts from books, and other material related to the history of The Doors, to whose memory it is dedicated.This book consists of magazine and newspaper articles, interviews, record reviews, excerpts from books, and other material related to the history of The Doors, to whose memory it is dedicated.

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Arkansas

A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years

A fan from the moment the Doors' first album took over KMPX, the revolutionary FM rock & roll station in San Francisco, Greil Marcus saw the band many times at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom in 1967. Five years later it was all over. Forty years after the singer Jim Morrison was found dead in Paris and the group disbanded, one could drive from here to there, changing from one FM pop station to another, and be all but guaranteed to hear two, three, four Doors songs in an hour -- every hour. Whatever the demands in the music, they remained unsatisfied, in the largest sense unfinished, and absolutely alive. There have been many books on the Doors. This is the first to bypass their myth, their mystique, and the death cult of both Jim Morrison and the era he was made to personify, and focus solely on the music. It is a story untold; all these years later, it is a new story.

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Musicians and Celebrities

Raymond Buckland

Travelers' Stories, Spells and Healings

Weaving together lore, legend, and belief, Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic revives the spell-craft and healing wisdom of the Romani people. From hexes and healings to tea leaves and tarot, the circle of the family and the rituals of death, this enchanting volume will delight witches, folklorists, and history lovers alike. Learn the shuvani's secrets for love, craft a talisman for vitality, and cast the Gypsy Seven tarot spread. Join Buckland around the campfire, to hear stories of werewolves and vampires, mistaken identity, persecution, and perseverance. Learn how the gypsy people have for centuries used wisdom and enchantments to ensure good health, happy families, and heart's desire. Includes a glossary of Romani terms.

Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic

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Tonya A. Brown

North Carolina

A New Witch's Guide to History, Traditions, and Modern-Day Spells

Learn witchcraft and fine-tune your unique blend of magic with The Door to Witchcraft

Whether inciting a light curiosity or a passionate craving, witchcraft is a practice that you can adapt to fit your goals. The Door to Witchcraft shows you the wonders of magic and how you want to practice it. The book begins with an overview of its history, values, and beliefs. Once you have a solid foundation, learn how to tap into your powers and customize your magic practice. Finally, put your powers into action and start practicing spells.

Learn everything a beginner needs to know to practice magic, with:

 * An overview of witchcraft--learn what witchcraft is, including terminology, a brief history, and how it fits into the present day and your life.
 * An introduction to core belief systems and values--including nature and the environment, intuition and personal energy, and healing and helping others.
 * A guide to tap into your powers--including techniques to access your power, how to practice different methods of divination, and ways to develop psychic abilities and intuition.
 * A how-to primer on practicing witchcraft--including solitary vs. group spellwork; traditions, rituals, and ceremonies; calendars and cycles; songs, hymns, and chants; and clothing and tools.
 * A directory of spells--including love, health and healing, career, friends and family, spiritual work, and protection.

Walk through the door and into the world of witchcraft with this beginner's guide.

The Door to Witchcraft

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Paige Vanderbeck

Connecticut

A Practical Guide to Discovering the Magic of Plants, Herbs, Crystals, and Beyond

Learn to live the way of the green witch Green witchcraft is a school of witchcraft for those who want to live in harmony with the earth and its green things--and this book is your how-to guide. Open yourself up to everything from growing herbs and plants for magic and medicine, to honoring the spirits of trees and animals, and using crystals for power and healing. Put natural magic into practice, with spells and rituals that harness the natural, plentiful energy and power of herbs, plants, stones, crystals, wood, and more. Green Witchcraft makes it easy, with practical tips and instructions on everything from using honeysuckle to attract wealth, quartz to direct energy, and moonlight for cleansing your tools. Inside Green Witchcraft you'll find: Anyone can be a witch--Expand your witch library with this craft book that will empower both new witches and experienced practitioners. Creating a green space--Your home is a sanctuary. Learn how to arrange your space to serve as a place of green power and a source of your magical energy. Real witchcraft--Learn what words like "magic" and "energy" really mean to witches, and some of the common misconceptions about magic and the people who believe in it. Discover the power of the natural world with hands-on spells for green witches.

Green Witchcraft

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Witchcraft and Paganism

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