The only biographer to approach Garland's life with suspicion and intelligence and restores to her a certain dignity called reality. A handsome book filled with fresh pictures. NY Times Book Review

Rainbow: The stormy life of Judy Garland

Christopher Finch

Biographies & Memoirs

Ballantine

A behind-the-scenes look at The Muppet Show details every stage of planning and production and introduces Jim Henson and his inventive crew

Of Muppets and Men: The Making of the Muppet Show

Humor & Entertainment

Alfred.A. Knopf

This full color collection includes Rockwell's most famous paintings, many of which appeared on Saturday Evening Post covers, depicting everyday concerns of American life

102 Favorite Paintings by Norman Rockwell

NORMAN ROCKWELL

Crown

Physical description; 255p : ill, ports ; 27cm. Subjects; Garland, Judy. American cinema films - Acting - Garland, Judy - Biographies. Cinema films - Acting - Garland, Judy - Biographies.

Rainbow: Stormy Life of Judy Garland

Michael Joseph, Ltd.

Of Muppets and Men: Making of the Muppet Show

The story of Walt Disney and the company he built based entirely on the creations of his extraordinary imagination. It covers Walt's early career, including Mickey Mouse's 1928 debut in "Steamboat Willie", all of the animated feature films from "Snow White" to "Fantasia 2000", live action films, and the theme parks such as Disneyland. The author was granted access to archives and people, interviewing hundreds of Disney staff members past and present, from chairman Michael Eisner, to the animators, to the imagineers who design the theme parks. Illustrations include concept art, background paintings, film stills and views of theme park attractions, all selected in consultation with the artists and animators themselves. This book has been revised and updated to include all major projects since the last edition, including "Toy Story 2", "Tarzan" and "Fantasia 2000".

The Art of Walt Disney : From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms

Virgin Books

Artwork from Disney's new animated film--in all stages, from conceptual to finished--is accompanied by a narrative that retells the story of the film and an afterword that reveals the inspiration behind the art

The Art of The Lion King

Children's Books

Hyperion

The author sifts through history for evidence of the influence of capital markets on everyday life, from Greek marketplace and medieval fairs to the evolution of the stock market and the modern computerized trading system, using hundreds of illustrations to showcase the power of the market.

In the Market: The Illustrated History of the Financial Markets

Business & Money

Economics

Abbeville Pr

There are few more satisfying sights on a city street than a well-stocked newsstand, hung with a hundred or more magazines and periodicals, each competing for the attention of the potential customer. The American magazine cover enjoyed a Golden Age during the period that opened with the high speed color press, and ended when subscription sales grew to paramount importance. Dozens of gifted artists - from J. C. Leyendecker to John Held - made their reputations in this field. None of them, however, achieved the immense and sustained popular success enjoyed by Norman Rockwell. At the outset of his career, Rockwell was not the most likely candidate for long-term celebrity; he was just one of many skillful illustrators working within the conventions of the day. But there was something tenacious about his vision, and something uncanny about his access to the well-springs of public taste. Although technically he was an academic painter, he had the eye of a photographer and, as he became a mature artist, he used this eye to give us a picture of America that was familiar - astonishingly so - and at the same time unique. It seemed familiar because it was everyone's dream of America; and it was unique because only Rockwell managed to bring it to life with such authority. This was, perhaps, an America that never existed, and never could, but it was an America that the public wanted to exist. And Rockwell put it together from elements that were there for everyone to see, so that he was able to give it the look of documentary reality. He held up a friendly mirror to the society he lived in, and Americans have looked into this glass and seen themselves as warm, decent, hard-working citizens of a country bountiful enough to accommodate their boundless optimism. Rockwell helped preserve American myths, but, more than that, he recreated them and made them palatable for new generations. His function was to reassure people, to remind them of old values in times of rapid change.

Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine Covers

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Easton Press

Making of the "Dark Crystal"

An Owl Book/Henry Holt and Company

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