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Holy Land

A Suburban Memoir

By: D. J. Waldie

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Describing childhood in suburban California, a poignant portrait of growing up in the grid of tract houses and carefully measured streets illustrates the good, the bad, and the difficulties found in being ordinary.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393327280

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9780393327281

Close to Home

An American Album

By: D. J. Waldie

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Close to Home

An American Album

By: D. J. Waldie

A Siamese cat beneath a clotheslinethree women with linked arms standing on the front lawna man drying his hands on a dish towel in front of the kitchen stove. These scenes are part of Close to Home and the accompanying the Getty Museum exhibition held from October 12, 2004 to January 16, 2005, which celebrate snapshots--"found" photographs by anonymous photographers--that capture everyday life in all of its joy, banality, and mystery. Taken between 1930 and the mid-1960s, these photographs, most of them in black-and-white, create an unpretentious portrait of suburban American life by untrained photographers whose images can be unexpectedly lyrical and moving. Complementing the photographs is an essay by noted Southern California writer D. J. Waldie. The snapshot, Waldie writes, "depending on who's doing the looking, is horrifying, hilarious, pointless, or suffused with yearning." Waldie speculates on the meanings and implications of the snapshots in this book and of snapshots generally, which he sees as expressions of "the hunger of memory.

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Getty Publications

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0892367717

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9780892367719

Holy Land

A Suburban Memoir

By: D. J. Waldie

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Close to Home

An American Album

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An American Album

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Ed Ruscha and the Great American West

By: Karin Breuer,D.J. Waldie,Ed Ruscha

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Ed Ruscha and the Great American West

By: Karin Breuer,D.J. Waldie,Ed Ruscha

The renowned artist Ed Ruscha was born in Nebraska, grew up in Oklahoma, and has lived and worked in Southern California since the late 1950s. Beginning in 1956, road trips across the American Southwest furnished a conceptual trove of themes and motifs that he mined throughout his career. The everyday landscapes of the West, especially as experienced from the automobileÑgas stations, billboards, building facades, parking lots, and long stretches of roadwayÑare the primary motifs of his often deadpan and instantly recognizable paintings and works on paper, as well as his influential artist books such as Twentysix Gasoline Stations and All the Buildings on the Sunset Strip. His iconic word imagesÑdeclaring Adios, Rodeo, Wheels over Indian Trails, and Honey . . . I Twisted through More Damn Traffic to Get HereÑfurther underscore a contemporary Western sensibility. RuschaÕs interest in what the real West has becomeÑand HollywoodÕs version of itÑplays out across his oeuvre. The cinematic sources of his subject matter can be seen in his silhouette pictures, which often appear to be grainy stills from old Hollywood movies. They feature images of the contemporary West, such as parking lots and swimming pools, but also of its historical past: covered wagons, buffalo, teepees, and howling coyotes. Featuring essays by Karin Breuer and D.J. Waldie, plus a fascinating interview with the artist conducted by Kerry Brougher, this stunning catalogue, produced in close collaboration with the Ruscha studio, offers the first full exploration of the painterÕs lifelong fascination with the romantic concept and modern reality of the evolving American West. Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Exhibition dates: de Young, San Francisco: July 16ÐOctober 9, 2016

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246

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Univ of California Press

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0520290690

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9780520290693

Lead Manufacturing in Britain

A History

By: D. J. Rowe

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Lead Manufacturing in Britain

A History

By: D. J. Rowe

Originally published in 1983. Extensive research into the archives of the lead industry has culminated in this comprehensive and fascinating account of the industry from the earliest times to the 1980’s. It traces the origins of the various types of lead manufacturing and the nineteenth-century expansion of the industry. The technological changes within the industry are traced in detail, and an appraisal of modern industry and its future prospects concluded this definitive and very readable history of the lead industry.

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631

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Routledge

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1351623001

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9781351623001

Common Place

The American Motel

By: Bruce Bégout,D. J. Waldie

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Common Place

The American Motel

By: Bruce Bégout,D. J. Waldie

A relatively old legacy of the twentieth century, the motel thus foreshadowed, unbeknownst to itself, a new type of urban existence. With it was born the society of permanent mobilitiy and perpetual transit, a world of freeways and gas stations, traveling salesmen and massive seasonal migrations, outsourcing and spatial homogenizing, constant and reflexive house-moving; in short the itch to move.

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Seismicity Editions

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0979617782

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9780979617782

Beauty and the Beats

Memoirs of a Female Dj

By: DJ Shy,Michael Robert Hartman

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Beauty and the Beats

Memoirs of a Female Dj

By: DJ Shy,Michael Robert Hartman

This memoir narrates the story of a Korean-American woman who overcame challenges to become the first female DJ at Americas #1 radio station. Without a DJ, theres no music; without music, theres no party. The right music can make or break a party; promoters, club owners, and stars alike know this. In this memoir, successful turntablist DJ Shy narrates the story of how she became a sought-after DJ and the first female on-air mixer at the No. 1 radio station in America, 102.7 KIIS FM in Los Angeles. Beauty and the Beats tells how this small-town girl from Pennsylvania made it to the big time in California. Shy describes how she a poor, nave, Asian girl from a broken home overcame her lifes challenges and the discrimination in the male-dominated music industry to thrive. From surviving a drive-by shooting and eluding midnight stalkers to being cheated on her paychecks, she shares her story and shows how she remained positive throughout her journey. Providing a sneak peek into the music and entertainment industry, Beauty and the Beats provides motivation and inspiration to encourage teenagers to make sound career choices and follow their dreams to achieve happiness and success.

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112

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iUniverse

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1462001106

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9781462001101

The Keys

A Memoir

By: DJ Khaled

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The Keys

A Memoir

By: DJ Khaled

From Snapchat sensation, business mogul, and recording artist DJ Khaled, the book They don't want you to read reveals his major keys to success. - Stay away from They - Don’t ever play yourself - Secure the bag - Respect the code - Glorify your success - Don’t deny the heat - Keep two rooms cooking at the same time - Win, win, win no matter what

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226

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Crown Archetype

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0451497589

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9780451497581

Two Turntables & a Mixer

Behind the Sounds of Ugk

By: Dj Bird of Ugk,Denziela Dorsey

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Two Turntables & a Mixer

Behind the Sounds of Ugk

By: Dj Bird of Ugk,Denziela Dorsey

Two-Turntables & a Mixer reunite the UGK posse, revealing untold moments of the platinum, hip-hop traiblazer's personal journey while detailing the history of UGK's beginnings. Daniel Grogan, a.k.a DJ Bird, a prolific sound maker, mixologist, and stage DJ, is a turntable legend and one of the original founding members of the southern hip-hop rap sensation. The group's music has topped the Billboard 200 and received notoriety as the award-winning Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album. In addition, their songs have been featured on various movie song tracks. DJ Bird invites his readers aboard his mystical musical life of keeping it Trill (true and real) with UGK. Bound together by brotherhood and the love for hip-hop and southern rap music. DJ Bird details intimate accounts of his life with his music associates revealing untold stories of UGKs road to becoming established as world hit-makers. Born with a bigger vision that Port Arthur, Texas could ever contain, DJ Bird and the UGK brotherhood set out to put Texas on a musical map. Gripped by personal setbacks and the tragic loss of his dearest friend and brother Pimp C (Chad L. Butler); Bird had a bound determination to overcome his personal demons of cocaine and alcohol addiction. DJ Bird still triumphs. Shoveled by the devastation of two powerful hurricanes Ike and Harvey, DJ Bird teaches his reader, how to make a powerful come back. The devil doesn't sleep, so I want either, protect yourself, and always do the right thing. I have stayed true to that promise even until now, in music and the DJ World. My greatest platform in this life is located behind a set of turntables and a mixing board. Because of my dedication to my craft, you can still find me in all the Texas turn-up spot. UGK 4 Life.

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Xulon Press

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1545647763

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9781545647769

The Keys

They Don't Want You to Read This Book

By: DJ Khaled

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The Keys

They Don't Want You to Read This Book

By: DJ Khaled

From Snapchat sensation, business mogul, and recording artist DJ Khaled, the book They don't want you to read reveals his major keys to success. - Stay away from They - Don't ever play yourself - Secure the bag - Respect the code - Glorify your success - Don't deny the heat - Keep two rooms cooking at the same time - Win, win, win no matter what

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Random House

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0593078233

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9780593078235

The Champagne Life

By: World Famous Dj K-luv

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The Champagne Life

By: World Famous Dj K-luv

Entertainment's industry leaders portray a "rags to riches" phenomenon that suggests that those who become successful simply transition from the sidewalk to the Bentley overnight. Hip-Hop culture celebrates the luxurious lifestyle but often ignores the journey of making it to the top. The Champagne Life is the often humorous and ironic, incredibly true story of Kobie Randolph, his alter ego, "The World Famous DJ K-LUV" and his road to breaking into the entertainment industry. The Champagne Life allows its readers to walk in the shoes of Kobie Randolph as a 15-year-old high school student with a big imagination, and high ambitions of becoming a successful party promoter. Through his college experiences at Tennessee State University, he is able to share the road map to building an event-marketing empire and explains how his constant hustle takes him places and positions him in situations unimaginable. The Champagne Life highlights the relationships Kobie has established with the entertainment industry's elite and the sacrifices he undertook to establish them. Kobie has brushed shoulders with the likes of: Diddy, Lil Wayne, T.I., Russell Simmons, Taraji P. Henson, Meagan Good and Beyonce Knowles-Carter just to name a few. Take the journey with Kobie Randolph as he shares the true story on how he made his dreams become a reality by opening his very own star-studded nightclub in 2010 at the young age of 22 - making him the youngest nightclub owner in America. Through hard work, ambition and a big imagination, Kobie tells his true life story on how he makes it to The Champagne Life.

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1462019056

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9781462019052

The Perfect Gangster

From the Streets to the Hip-hop Industry

By: DJ Necterr

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The Perfect Gangster

From the Streets to the Hip-hop Industry

By: DJ Necterr

The extraordinary, sometimes violent, life of DJ Necterr is chronicled in hisautobiography--a journey from the deadly streets of Chicago to the top of thehip hop industry.

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0615394477

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Holy Land

Holy Land

Close to Home

Close to Home

Holy Land

Holy Land

Close to Home

Close to Home

Ed Ruscha and the Great American West

Ed Ruscha and the Great American West

Lead Manufacturing in Britain

Lead Manufacturing in Britain

Common Place

Common Place

Beauty and the Beats

Beauty and the Beats

The Keys

The Keys

Two Turntables & a Mixer

Two Turntables & a Mixer

The Keys

The Keys

The Champagne Life

The Champagne Life

The Perfect Gangster

The Perfect Gangster

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