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¿Qué lleva a un director a escoger determinado guion? ¿Qué hay que hacer para mantener el ánimo de un actor o una actriz después de un montón de tomas de la misma escena? ¿Cómo se organiza una escena que implica a más de cien extras y tres vehículos que colisionan, en pleno centro de la ciudad? Así se hacen las películas es una exposición magistral de cómo son las cosas en el cine, que presenta el proceso paso a paso, con claridad, un estilo ameno y montones de anécdotas. Su autor ofrece las memorias de un profesional y una guía definitiva sobre el arte, la técnica y el negocio de la realización cinematográfica. Lumet recurre a su propia experiencia para contar, con entusiasmo y pasión, cómo del trabajo concienzudo y las decisiones acertadas resultan metros y metros de celuloide mágico.

La música andalusí, como género emanado de una civilización avanzada, y creado primordialmente, por un filósofo racionalista como lo era Avempace, goza de una coherencia inteligible en todos sus aspectos estructurales. Por dicha razón, el análisis filosófico del mismo se revela posible, y capaz de aportar no solo una visión racional de sus melodías y aspectos culturales, sino también el cómo tratarlos y a fín de gozar del mismo sin alterar su esencia. En Filosofía de la música andalusí, el célebre músico y musicólogo tetuaní Amin Chachoo realiza un recorrido histórico por la música andalusí, desde sus orígenes más remotos en el mundo árabe oriental y el mundo grecolatino occidental, hasta la era contemporánea. Un análisis de las melodías andalusíes en base a la filosofía de su autor, quién no solo define los estados de los seres y su devenir, sino también una cierta jerarquía de los intelectos que se revela estar en armonía con las diferentes dimensiones de la música andalusí, en sus vertientes estática y dinámica.

This “must-have tome . . . which pays homage to trailblazers as varied as Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton” (ELLE) invites readers into a way of living that is singularly joyous, distinctly feminine, and wildly interesting. The most exciting and vibrant women in America are the ones who stand out from the crowd. SHE pays tribute to: Revered activists like Gloria Steinem and Shirley Chisholm Classic fictional characters like Mary Richards and Carrie Bradshaw Treasured icons like Marilyn Monroe and Nina Simone Contemporary firebirds like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Dolly Parton With rich photography, spirited quotes and profiles, amusing anecdotes, words of wisdom, personal essays, and signature kate spade new york “she” statements, every page of SHE will inspire you to live your own interesting life to the fullest, every single day.

Learn the refined art of display and get an insider’s education in collecting from gallerist Jean Lin. Follow in her footsteps and tour the unique and beautiful homes of more than a dozen dedicated collectors. Whether you're starting a new collection or wish to display an existing one, each chapter offers inventive ideas for styling and displaying favorite objects, along with a primer on materials, studio visits with ceramicists, textile artists, and woodworkers, and wisdom from some of today’s most fascinating artists and makers.

Passionate about designing buildings and neighborhoods that quietly transform the urban environment, Torti Gallas is committed to improving cities, towns, and distressed communities throughout the United States and around the world. This fully illustrated book shows how they have combined the disciplines of architecture, planning, and urban design into a single practice, creating housing and mixed-use buildings that bring catalytic change to urban neighborhoods: the mixed-use apartment buildings, rowhouses, and single-family homes that comprise the fabric of a city. Their work hearkens back to a tradition that, before World War II, created some of the country’s finest neighborhoods, including Forest Hill Gardens in Queens, Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, and Russian Hill in San Francisco. Featuring 60 built projects, this book shows how Torti Gallas is dedicated to raising the level of this architecture to a new high.

Slim Aarons: Style showcases the photographs that both recorded and influenced the luminaries of the fashion world. This collectible volume features luscious early black-and-white fashion photography, as well as color portraits of the fashionable elite—like Jacqueline de Ribes, C.Z. Guest, Nan Kempner, and Marisa Berenson—and those that designed the clothes, such as Oscar de la Renta, Emilio Pucci, Mary McFadden, and Lilly Pulitzer. ​Featuring a number of never-before-seen images and detailed captions written by fashion historians, Slim Aarons: Style is a collection of the photographer’s most stylish work. Slim Aarons, at least according to the man himself, did not photograph fashion: “I didn’t do fashion. I did the people in their clothes that became the fashion.” But despite what he claimed, Aarons’s work is indelibly tied to fashion. Aarons’s incredibly influential photographs of high society and socialites being unambiguously themselves are still a source of inspiration for modern day style icons. This coffee table book is perfect for sharing, displaying, and gifting.