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- Spielberg., HBO Documentary Films presents a Pentimento production ; produced by Emma Pildes, Jessica Levin ; produced & directed by Susan Lacy, Widescreen
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- Yu Hua ping zhuan, Hong Zhigang zhu
- Astral weeks, a secret history of 1968, Ryan H. Walsh
- The roots of rap, 16 bars on the 4 pillars of hip-hop, by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison Jr
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- Picasso and the painting that shocked the world, Miles J. Unger
- Wonder Woman, the war years 1941-1945, by Roy Thomas
- How music works, David Byrne
- Native Americans in the movies, portrayals from silent films to the present, Michael Hilger
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- Why I like this story, edited by Jackson R. Bryer
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- The secret life of the American musical, how classic Broadway shows are built, Jack Viertel
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- The age of the crisis of man, thought and fiction in America, 1933-1973, Mark Greif
- The DC comics encyclopedia, the definitive guide to the characters of the DC universe, text by Alan Cowsill, Alex Irvine, Steve Korte, Matt Manning, Stephen (Win) Wiacek, Sven Wilson ; additional text by Scott Beatty, Robert Greenberger, Phil Jiminez, Nick Jones, Dan Wallace
- Meet me in Atlantis, my obsessive quest to find the sunken city, Mark Adams
- Paradise lost, a life of F. Scott Fitzgerald, David S. Brown
- The forgotten creed, Christianity's original struggle against bigotry, slavery, and sexism, Stephen J. Patterson
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- Jasper Johns, pictures within pictures 1980-2015, Fiona Donovan
- Wild things, the joy of reading children's literature as an adult, Bruce Handy
- Thug notes, a street-smart guide to classic literature, Sparky Sweets, PhD
- What is rock and roll?, by Jim O'Connor ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Andrea del Sarto, the Renaissance workshop in action, Julian Brooks with Denise Allen and Xavier F. Salomon ; with essays by Alessandro Cecchi, Dominique Cordellier, Marzia Faietti, Yvonne Szafran and Sue Ann Chui, Sanne Wellen, and a contribution by Marcia Steele
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- Fifteen spirituals that will change your life, Henry L. Carrigan, Jr
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