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Architectural Photography, 3rd Edition Composition, Capture, and Digital...

By Adrian Schulz Rocky Nook, $44.95, 296 pages, Format: Trade (5 / 5) This updated and expanded third edition, by architect and photographer Adrian Schulz, covers history, camera technology, shooting...

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Old Faithful: Dogs of a Certain Age

By Pete Thorne HarperCollins, $19.99, 144 pages, Format: Hard (5 / 5) The picture that accompanies this text shows a sweet fifteen and a half-year-old miniature poodle with large bright eyes and a gray...

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Game Art: Art from 40 Video Games and Interviews with Their Creators

By Matt Sainsbury No Starch Press, $39.95, 272pages, Format: Hard (0 / 5) Game Art is a collection of breathtaking art from 40 video games and interviews with their creators. Featuring major studios...

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A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings

By Dan Cruickshank Firefly Books, $39.95, 352 pages, Format: Hard (5 / 5) The modest dimensions of 100 Buildings place this book somewhere between two genres – popular survey and coffee table. What...

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Monet’s Trees: Paintings and Drawings by Claude Monet

By Ralph Skea Thames & Hudson, $19.95, 112 pages, Format: Hard (5 / 5) Monet’s paintings represent his impressions, his perceptions of the landscape and the trees as they appeared in the sunlight...

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The Dogist: Photographic Encounters with 1,000 Dogs 

By Elias Weiss Friedman Artisan Books, $24.95, 304 pages Format: Hard (5 / 5) Elias Weiss Friedman has the greatest job in the world: dog photographer. And The Dogist is a collection of these wonderful...

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Architectural Photography, 3rd Edition Composition, Capture, and Digital...

By Adrian Schulz Rocky Nook, $44.95, 296 pages, Format: Trade (5 / 5) This updated and expanded third edition, by architect and photographer Adrian Schulz, covers history, camera technology, shooting...

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Old Faithful: Dogs of a Certain Age

By Pete Thorne HarperCollins, $19.99, 144 pages, Format: Hard (5 / 5) The picture that accompanies this text shows a sweet fifteen and a half-year-old miniature poodle with large bright eyes and a gray...

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Game Art: Art from 40 Video Games and Interviews with Their Creators

By Matt Sainsbury No Starch Press, $39.95, 272pages, Format: Hard (0 / 5) Game Art is a collection of breathtaking art from 40 video games and interviews with their creators. Featuring major studios...

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A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings

By Dan Cruickshank Firefly Books, $39.95, 352 pages, Format: Hard (5 / 5) The modest dimensions of 100 Buildings place this book somewhere between two genres – popular survey and coffee table. What...

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Monet’s Trees: Paintings and Drawings by Claude Monet

By Ralph Skea Thames & Hudson, $19.95, 112 pages, Format: Hard (5 / 5) Monet’s paintings represent his impressions, his perceptions of the landscape and the trees as they appeared in the sunlight...

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The Dogist: Photographic Encounters with 1,000 Dogs 

By Elias Weiss Friedman Artisan Books, $24.95, 304 pages Format: Hard (5 / 5) Elias Weiss Friedman has the greatest job in the world: dog photographer. And The Dogist is a collection of these wonderful...

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Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir: With the lost photographs of David Attie

By Truman Capote $29.95, 112 pages, Format: Hard (5 / 5) Originally written for Holiday Magazine in 1959, Capote captured the essence of his Brooklyn Heights’ residency along with its iconic buildings...

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The Art of LEGO Scale Modeling

By Dennis Glaasker, Dennis Bosman No Starch Press, $29.95, 204 pages, Format: Hard (5 / 5) Building with LEGO is one thing. Recreating real-world vehicles is another. And matching vehicles to scale,...

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Beautiful LEGO: Wild!

By Mike Doyle No Starch Press, $24.95, 232 pages, Format: Trade (5 / 5) At this point, LEGO bricks have moved beyond toy and into cultural icon status. Professional designers and amateur master...

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The Guardian of Mercy: How an Extraordinary Painting by Caravaggio Changed an...

By Terence Ward Skyhorse Publishing, $24.99, 200 pages (5 / 5) Caravaggio’s most important work, The Seven Acts of Mercy, the altarpiece of the small church called the Pious Mount of Mercy serves as...

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In the Gardens of Impressionism

By Clare Willsdon Thames & Hudson, $29.95, 240 pages, Format: Trade (5 / 5) With the arrival of spring, the plants awaken and then entice us with their passionate reproductive colors and delight us...

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David’s Sling: A History of Democracy in Ten Works of Art

By Victoria C. Gardner Coates Encounter Books, $27.99, 368 pages, Format: Hard (4 / 5) Some works of art are instantly recognizable as examples of expertise and artistry, but very few people know the...

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – The Skyrim Library, Vol. II: Man, Mer, and...

By Bethesda Softworks Titan Books, $34.99, 232 pages, Format: Hard (5 / 5) Skyrim Library Vol. II: Man, Mer, and Beast, by Bethesda Softworks, like the first such compilation, gathers together the...

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Time Lapse Photography, Long Exposure & Other Tricks of Time: From Snapshots...

By John Carucci Peachpit Press, $34.99, 214 pages, Format: Trade (5 / 5) The title of this excellent book is somewhat misleading. Time Lapse Photography, Long Exposures & Other Tricks of Time...

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