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TARDIS Eruditorum An Unofficial Critical History of Doctor Who Volume 3: Jon Pertwee    by Philip Sandifer
Price: $4.99 USD. 134260 words. Language: English. Published on April 3, 2013. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts.

A critical history of the Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who, starting with Spearhead From Space in 1970 and ending with Planet of Spiders in 1974.
Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior    by Thomas Hoisington
Price: $9.99 USD. 112590 words. Language: English. Published on January 18, 2013. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Architecture.

Translated for the first time into English, Kirichenko’s absorbing account brings to life the history of Russia’s largest church--its origins, conception, the fits and starts of its planning and construction, the life that developed in and around the Cathedral, its demise in the Soviet period--and its recent reincarnation.
Film and Photography on the Front Range    by Tim Blevins
Price: $5.99 USD. 101950 words. Language: English. Published by Pikes Peak Library District on January 10, 2013. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Artists.

Film and Photography on the Front Range will acquaint the reader with the stories of many photographers of this Colorado region. From the earliest Rocky Mountain daguerreotypist in 1851, landscape pioneers, portraitists, silent filmmakers, theater commercial producers, fine arts photographers, to photojournalists, you will discover a picturesque history of Colorado image making.
Animal Movies Guide    by Staci Layne Wilson
Price: $3.99 USD. 156090 words. Language: English. Published on December 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Entertainment » History & Criticism.

Designed especially for animal-loving movie buffs, this all-inclusive film reference contains 90 complete reviews of movies in which a primary character is an animal (genres include animated, western, horror, comedy, drama, and more). There are flash reviews and synopses of nearly 1,000 animal movies spanning from the 1920s to the present.
The Joffrey Ballet: Robert Joffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company    by Sasha Anawalt
Price: $4.99 USD. 164140 words. Language: English. Agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management on February 17, 2012. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts.

The Joffrey Ballet, acclaimed as a groundbreaking book when it was published, tells a story that was kept largely hidden from public view for many years. The company made ballets about beatniks, erotic multimedia goddesses, sea nymphs, clowns, slackers, radicals and jocks, thrilling audiences as much as it often outraged critics.
Ken Kirkby. A Painter’s Quest for Canada    by Goody Niosi
Price: $5.50 USD. 122050 words. Language: English. Published by Libros Libertad Publishing  on December 4, 2011. Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Artists.

When Ken Kirkby unveiled his painting, Isumataq in Parliament on March 28, 1992, he had to make do with a 25-foot model and the first four panels of the painting itself. The original, at 152' long and 12' high would not fit into the building. But even the model brought tears to the eyes of the 301 members of Parliament and senators gathered there.
The Divine Mistake    by Theresa Byrnes
Price: $4.99 USD. 106920 words. Language: English. Published on December 5, 2009. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

From Sydney, then the Aboriginal community of Yirrkala, then South America, then New York, the artist Theresa Byrnes experiments with Iyengar yoga, acupuncture, psychic massage, tantric sex and even bondage. And while moving into a wheelchair on July 27, 1996, was “one of the saddest days in my life,” Byrnes later concedes the greater mobility “liberated me from my awkwardness.”