A Line of Sight: American Avant-Garde Film since 1965, by Paul Arthur. University of Minnesota

A Line of Sight: American Avant-Garde Film since 1965, by Paul Arthur. University of Minnesota Press/232 pp./$59.95 (hb), $19.95 (sb).

Acting Out: Invented Melodrama in Contemporary Photography, by Kathleen A. Edwards. University of Iowa Museum of Art/64 pp./price unavailable (sb) [exhibition catalog].

Akbar Nazemi: Unsent Dispatches from the Iranian Revolution, 1978-1979, by Asef Bayat, Nikki R. Keddie et. al. Presentation House Gallery/64 pp./$20.00 (sb).

Artists' Books International Directory. Atelier Vis-a-Vis/273 pp./[euro]38.00 (sb).

Basic Forms of Industrial Buildings, by Bernd and Hilla Becher, introductory essay by Susanne Lange. Schirmer/Mosel/144 pp./$34.95 (hb). [Hasselblad Award catalog].

Belonging: From Los Alamos to Vietnam, by Meridel Rubenstein, essays by James Crump, Lucy R. Lippard et. al. St. Ann's Press/192 pp./$65.00 (hb).

Black & White Photography: A Basic Manual, by Henry Horenstein. Little, Brown and Company/252 pp./$27.95 (sb).

Chris Marker: Memories of the Future, by Catherine Lupton. Reaktion Books/256 pp./$25.00 (sb).

The Complete Dictionary of Symbols, edited by Jack Tresidder. Chronicle Books/544 pp./$22.95 (sb).

Complete Writings 1959-1975, by Donald Judd. The Press of Nova Scotia, College of Art and Design and New York University Press/230 pp./$55.00 (sb).

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Crossroads: Avant-garde Film in Pittsburgh in the 1970s, by Robert A. Haller. Anthology Film Archives/110 pp./$7.00 (sb).

Earth-Mapping: Artists Reshaping Landscape, by Edward S. Casey. University of Minnesota Press/256 pp./$83.95 (hb), $27.95 (sb).

Edward S. Curtis: The Women, by Christopher Cardozo. Bulfinch Press/128 pp./$35.00 (hb).

Edward Weston: Life Work, by Edward Weston, essays by Sarah M. Lowe and Dody Weston Thompson. Lodima Press/252 pp./$150.00 (hb).

Euro Deco: Graphic Design Between the Wars, by Steven Heller and Lonise Fili. Chronicle Books/500 pp./$35.00 (hb).

Eyes of Memory: Photographs from the Archives of Herbert & Leni Sonnenfeld, by Leni Sonnenfeld, foreword by James E. Young. Yale University Press/144 pp./$50.00 (hb).

From Technological to Virtual Art, by Frank Popper. The MIT Press/478 pp./$45.00 (hb).

Gary Schneider: Portraits, by Deborah Martin Kao. Yale University Press/134 pp./$24.95 (sb).

Girl Director: A How-To Guide for the First-Time, Flat-Broke Film and Video Maker, by Andrea Richards, foreword by Allison Anders. Ten Speed Press/122 pp./$17.95 (sb).

Having Been Said: Writings & Interviews of Lawrence Weiner, 1968-2003, edited by Gerti Fietzek and Gregor Stemmrich. Hatje Cantz Publish crs/496 pp./$60.00 (sb).

Industrial Perspective: Photographs of the Gulf Coast, by Andrew Borowiec. The University of Chicago Press/128 pp./$50.00 (hb).

Institutions of American Democracy: The Press, edited by Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Oxford University Press/450 pp./$65.00 (hb).

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Interrogation Machine, by Alexei Monroe, foreword by Slavoj Zizek. The MIT Press/328 pp./$35.00 (hb).

Intersections: The Art of Anna Campbell Bliss, by Katherine Metcalf Nelson. Bliss Studio Publications/80 pp./$20.00 (sb).

Isaac Bashevis Singer and the Lower East Side, photographs by Bruce Davidson, contextual essay by Ilan Stavans. The University of Wisconsin Press/127 pp./$26.95 (sb).

Lee Miller: Portraits From a Life, by Richard Calvocoressi. Thames & Hudson/176 pp./$34.95 (sb).

Learning to Look at Modern Art, by Mary Acton. Routledge/334 pp./$58.00 (sb).

Libuna: A Gypsy's Life in Prague, by Iren Stehli. Scalo/252 pp./$58.00 (hb).

Magnum Soccer, introduction by Simon Kuper. Phaidon Press/184 pp./$16.95 (sb).

Many Are Called, by Walker Evans, introduction by James Agee, foreword by Lue Sante and afterword by Jeff L. Rosenheim. Yale University Press/208 pp./$40.00 (hb).

Michael A. Smith: A Visual Journey, by Michael A. Smith. Lodima Press/192 pp./$95.00 (hb).

Modern Art: A Critical Introduction, by Pam Meecham and Julie Sheldon. Routledge/354 pp./$34.95 (sb).

Mondino: Two Much, by Mondino. Schirmer Mosel/312 pp./price unavailable (hb).

Museum Highlights: The Writings of Andrea Fraser, edited by Alexander Alberro. The MIT Press/296 pp./$40.00 (hb).

My Place, by Glenn Busch, Bruce Connew et. al. Canterbury University Place/148 pp./$29.95 (sb).

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Natural Connections: Photographs by Paula Chamlee (accompanied by selections from her journals), essay by Estelle Jussim. Lodima Press/112 pp./$70.00 (hb).

The New Society for Universal Harmony, by Lenore Malen. Granary Books/144 pp./$29.95 (sb).

News Incorporated: Corporate Media Owner ship and Its Threat to Democracy, edited by Elliot D. Cohen, preface by Arthur Kent. Prometheus Books/319 pp./$26.00 (hb).

Passage: Europe, by Richard Copeland Miller, foreword by Philip Levine. Lodima Press/94 pp./$95.00 (hb).

Photographs by the Next Generation: Young Portfolio, Young Portfolio Acquisitions 2004. K* MOPA/138 pp./price unavailable (hb) [exhibition catalog].

Quantizing Effects: The Limited Art of Jim Campbell, essays by Steve Dietz and Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson. SITE Santa Fe/72 pp./price unavailable (sb) [exhibition catalog].

Quizzical Eye: The Photography of Rondal Partridge, edited by Elizabeth Partridge and Sally Stein. California Historical Society Press/144 pp./$21.95 (sb).

Reality and Fiction: Photography and Printmaking in the Work of Zvi Tolkovsky, introduction by Irena Gordon. Jerusalem Print Workshop/63 pp./price unavailable (sb) [exhibition catalog].

Rick Sammon's Digital Imaging Workshops: Step-by-Step Lessons on Editing with Adobe Photo shop Elements, by Rick Sammon, with tutorial CD-ROM. W.W. Norton & Company/320 pp./$45.00 (sb).

Screening the Gothic, by Lisa Hopkins. University of Texas Press/188 pp./$50.00 (hb), $19.95 (sb).

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Shades of Black: Assembling Black Arts in 1980s Britain, edited by David A. Bailey, Ian Baucom and Sonia Boyce. Duke University Press/340 pp./$29.95 (sb).

Shooting from the Hip: Photography, Masculinity, and Postwar America, by Patricia Vettel-Becker. University of Minnesota Press/272 pp./$59.95 (hb), $19.95 (sb).

Slide Show: Projected Images in Contemporary Art, by Darsie Alexander, essays by Charles Harrison and Robert Storr. The Baltimore Museum of Art & The Pennsylvania State University Press/192 pp./$29.95 (sb) [exhibition catalog].

So You Want to be in Show Business: A Hollywood Agent Shares the Secrets of Getting Ahead Without Getting Ripped Off, by Steve Stevens Sr. with John D. Cady. Cumberland House Publishing/127 pp./$14.95 (sb).

Sonoita Plain: Views from a Southwestern Grassland, by Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock, photographs by Stephen E. Strom. The University of Arizona Press/144 pp./$20.00 (sb).

Sowing Empire: Landscape and Colonization, by Jill H. Casid. University of Minnesota Press/312 pp./$74.95 (hb), $24.95 (sb).

Stelarc: The Monograph, edited by Marquard Smith, foreword by William Gibson. The MIT Press/263 pp./$30.00 (hb).

Tattoo: Bodies, Art, and Exchange in the Pacific and the West, edited by Nicholas Thomas, Anna Cole and Bronwen Douglas. Duke University Press/252 pp./$27.95 (sb).

Thomas Demand: Phototrophy, by Kunsthaus Bregenz. Schirmer/Mosel/128 pp./$79.95 (hb).

Thoughtful Interaction Design: A Design Perspective on Information Technology, by Jonas Lowgren and Erik Stolterman. The MIT Press/198 pp./$45.00 (hb).

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Uta Barth: White Blind (Bright Red), edited by Charles Stainback, essay by Jan Tumlir. SITE Santa Fe/60 pp./$30.00 (sb) [exhibition catalog].

U2 & I: The Photographs 1982-2004, by Anton Corbijn. Schirmer/Mosel/416 pp./$120.00 (hb).

Victor Regnault and the Advance of Photography: The Art of Avoiding Errors, by Laurie Dahlberg. Princeton University Press/208 pp./$75.00 (hb).

Visual Authorship: Creativity and Intentionality in Media, edited by Torben Grodal, Bente Larsen and Iben Thorving Laursen. Museum Tusculanum Press/272 pp./$38.00 (sb).

We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold, by Faith Ringgold. Duke University Press/304 pp./$24.95 (sb).

What Do Pictures Want?: The Lives and Loves of Images, by W.J.T. Mitchell. The University of Chicago Press/408 pp./$35.00 (sb).

What Women Watched: Daytime Television in the 1950s, by Marsha F. Cassidy. University of Texas Press/264 pp./$21.95 (sb), $55.00 (hb).

William Henry Jackson's "The Pioneer Photographer," by Bob Blair. Museum of New Mexico Press/210 pp./$39.95 (hb).

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