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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Working stiffs	Michael L Carlebach	"The tintype, patented in 1856, was a cheap, fast, easy-to-make, practically indestructible type of photograph that became enormously popular among the working class in the late nineteenth century. F…	OL12036054W
Rainer Maria Rilke, life and work in pictures	Ingeborg Schnack	Now Rilke's own life and work makes great demands on the receptivity, the empathy, the sensitivity of his readers; even his contemporaries were only hesitantly willing to receive his work. Chronologi…	OL1307357W
Emil Nolde	Manfred Reuther,Emil Nolde,Jolanthe Nolde,Barnett Newman	The book, its title a reference to a characterization that his artist friend Paul Klee bestowed on Nolde, is published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Emil Nolde' at Zentrum Paul Klee and includes…	OL1392435W
The picture of Morty & Ray	Daniel Manus Pinkwater	Inspired by a movie plot, Morty and Ray paint pictures of each other and then do mean things at school to see if their portraits will become ugly.	OL15287922W
Palmetto Portraits Project	Medical University of South Carolina	The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), in partnership with the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston have developed a multi-year collaboration called the Palmett…	OL15297558W
him too..?? Oz Almog's Concise Index Judeorum	Oz Almog	The sound of genuine surprise in Almog’s title Him too..?? is one that is often echoed in social conversations and one which references the use of the Jewish face as a subject for racist, anthropolog…	OL15297827W
Reading Writers Reading	Danielle Schaub	In candid text, accompanied by intimate photographs, 164 Canadian, Québécois and Franco-Canadian writers personally reflect on the transformative experiences of reading. With unguarded images, Daniel…	OL15306938W
Original and best picture of Abraham Lincoln	George B. Ayres	Introductory statement by George B. Ayers, followed by extracts from testimonial letters.	OL15643387W
We came from Vietnam	Muriel Stanek	Text and black-and-white photographs describe the efforts of a Vietnamese refugee family to adjust to life in Chicago.	OL15758474W
Intended consequences	Jonathan Torgovnik	The portraits and testimonies featured in 'Intended Consequences' offer intensely personal accounts of survivors' experiences of the genocide in Rwanda, as well as their conflicted feelings about rai…	OL15895096W
India's great masters	Raghu Rai	Portraits of twelve eminent Indian musicians.	OL15910457W
Willa Cather	Bernice Slote,Lucia Woods	Biographical account of her personal and literary career. Includes 3 Pictorial essays.	OL16071537W
Bob Dylan	Ty Silkman	Gathers together some of the finest images of Bob Dylan held by Rex Features, Britain's leading independent photographic press agency and picture library.	OL16464491W
Dawoud Bey	Dawoud Bey,Matthew S. Witkovsky,Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts	"In 1979, when African-American photographer Dawoud Bey showed twenty-five photographs at the Studio Museum in Harlem under the heading Harlem U.S.A., the exhibition offered a young artist's vision o…	OL16558449W
Collecting, Curating, and Researching Writers' Libraries A Handbook	Richard W. Oram	Academic collection practices in recent years have extended to the private libraries of notable individual authors. As a consequence, book historians have become more interested in the study of prove…	OL17075163W
The Steinway Collection	James Huneker	In this historic volume, beautiful color paintings by prominent American artists and eloquent prose portraits by the renowned performing arts critic James Huneker celebrate the lives and work of some…	OL17318750W
John Wayne The Legend And The Man	Patricia Howard,Ron Howard	Summary:The book celebrates the Duke's life and legacy through film stills, backstage photos, and snapshots, ranging from his cinematic masterpieces to a surprising variety of early career, leading-m…	OL17508837W
Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830	Timothy Clark,Akiko Yano,C. Andrew Gerstle	Kabuki Heroes is about collective participation in urban culture - on the stage, in poetry salons, in art studios and in fan clubs. Focusing on the culture of Kabuki theatre in Osaka and Kyoto, it il…	OL17721477W
No better friend	Elke Gazzara	"No Better Friend offers a unique collection of intimate essays by celebrities about the dogs who have touched their lives, giving us the inside scoop on the bond between owner and dog, defined not b…	OL17904629W
Particular Voices	Robert Giard	In 1985, photographer Robert Giard set out to create an archive of portraits of gay and lesbian writers from across the United States. His intention was to present visible evidence of their presence …	OL3349109W