HACKER SAFE certified sites prevent over 99.9% of hacker crime.
Taras Grescoe Read the INK Q&A with Taras Grescoe and save 30% on Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood.

Bottomfeeder $17.49
Hardcover Add to Cart



 

Up Till Now: The Autobiography Painting Boats and Harbours
Hardcover
by William Shatner
Trade Paper
by Anthony Flemming
Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction Drawings on Writing
Trade Paper
by David Johnston and Scott Gibson
Trade Paper
by Serge (edt) Onnen

History and Criticism

Annotated Mona Lisa 2ND Edition
by Carol Strickland

Publisher Comments
This second edition of Carol Strickland's The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern offers an illustrated tutorial of prehistoric to post-modern art from cave paintings to video art installations to digital... (read more)
 
Your Price $22.95
(New - Trade Paper)
check for used and sale copies

Artists

The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me
by Ralph Steadman

Publisher Comments
In the spring of 1970, artist Ralph Steadman went to America in search of work and found more than he bargained for when he met Hunter S. Thompson at the Kentucky Derby. Their remarkable collaboration resulted in the now-legendary Gonzo Journalism, which... (read more)
 
List Price $15.00
Your Price $7.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)
check for used copies

Theory and Criticism

Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
by David Bayles and Ted Orland

Publisher Comments
"This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art notmade by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially-statistically speaking-there aren'tany people like that. Geniuses get made once-... (read more)
 
List Price $12.95
Your Price $8.95
(Used - Trade Paper)
check for new and sale copies

General

The Architecture of Happiness
by Alain de Botton

Publisher Comments
The Achitecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations. One of the great but often unmentioned causes of... (read more)
 
Your Price $16.95
(New - Trade Paper)
check for used and sale copies

Sale Books

Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
by Charles R Cross

Recommended
by our staff
Powells.com Staff Pick
Published to coincide with the thirty-fifth anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, Room Full of Mirrors gives full voice to the music that continues to enthrall each successive generation of rock fans. Hendrix's colorful, tumultuous life is brilliantly... (read more)
 
List Price $14.95
Your Price $7.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)
check for used copies

Creativity

Artists Way
by Julia Cameron

Synopsis
This work provides a 12-week course that guides the reader through the process of recovering their creative self. It aims to dispel the "I'm not talented enough" conditioning that tends to hamper the creativity of many people.... (read more)
 
Your Price $8.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)
check for used copies

Ornament and Pattern

The Complete Pattern Library: With a CD Containing 100 Classic Patterns You Can Color, Alter, Scale, and Print with CDROM
by Keith Hagan

Publisher Comments
With this fabulous book-and-CD combination, anyone can produce personalized gift wraps and stationery; generate original templates for stencils, needlework, and stained-glass art; and create stunning designs for a huge variety of uses. All that is needed... (read more)
 
List Price $19.95
Your Price $9.98
(Sale - Hardcvr W/comp Media)
check for used copies

Design History

Too Late to Resist: Steamy Clinches from the Pulp Classics
by Prion Pulp Postcards

Publisher Comments
The 1950s and early 1960s were the heyday of the Pulp novel. The cover artists were masters of the art of titillation and this book features a series of illustrations of the clinch, the erotic embrace, or the promise of its imminent occurence. She was... (read more)
 
Your Price $5.98
(Sale - Miscellaneous)
check for used copies

Miscellaneous Techniques

Black Velvet Masterpieces: Highlights from the Collection of the Velveteria Museum
by Caren Anderson and Carl Baldwin

Publisher Comments
Though beloved by millions around the world, black velvet paintings have too long been relegated to the shadowy backrooms of art history. Black Velvet Masterpieces celebrates the best and worst of this kitschy yet sought-after artform, showcasing the... (read more)
 
Your Price $19.95
(Sale - Hardcover)
check for used copies

ENTER to WIN!
Sign up for email updates from Powells.com, and you could win $250 in books! You may unsubscribe at any time.



Powells.com is proud to be the official bookseller of the Electronic Privacy and Information Center. Read about our privacy policy here.
Sale Books

Figuring the Word: Essays on Books, Writing and Visual Poetics Figuring the Word: Essays on Books, Writing and Visual Poetics
by Johanna Drucker

Synopsis
Johanna Drucker is among the foremost authorities on the history of alphabets, writing, artists' books, and visual poetry. This book is a compendium of Drucker's thought -- yet rather than anthologize from her numerous published books, Figuring the Word... (read more)
 
Your Price $24.95
(New - Trade Paper)

Browse more featured Sale titles

Used Books

The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa
by Michael Kimmelman

Publisher Comments
In his widely acclaimed national bestseller The Accidental Masterpiece, Michael Kimmelman climbs mountains, treks into the desert, and even nearly drowns as he pursues arts truths. He explains that great artists like Bonnard and Chardinbut also obscure... (read more)
 
Your Price $15.00
(Used - Trade Paper)

Browse more featured Used titles

Themes In Art

Alchemy & Mysticism (25th)
by Alexander Roob

Publisher Comments
A fantastic journey through the history of esoteric lore: the great work of the alchemists (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition) The Hermetic Museum takes its readers on a magical mystery tour spanning an arc from the mediaeval cosmogram and... (read more)
 
Your Price $12.95
(Used - Flexible)
check for new and sale copies

Erotic Art

1000 Nudes: A History of Erotic Photography from 1839-1939
by Uwe Scheid and Hans-Michael Koetzle

Publisher Comments
This book offers a cross-section of the history of nude photography, ranging from the earliest nude daguerrotypes and ethnographic nude photographs to experimental nude photography. All the pictures shown are taken from the late Uwe Scheid’s collection,... (read more)
 
Your Price $12.99
(Sale - Flexible)
check for used copies

Latin American

Primal Arts: Americas - Australia
by Geoffroy Schneiter

Synopsis
Exploring the similarities between these lost cultures, Primal Arts II illuminates their lives, revealing how these people worked with nature and created and used various objects that, today, are considered great works of art. Linking previously... (read more)
 
List Price $39.95
Your Price $9.98
(Sale - Hardcover)
check for used copies

Cartooning

Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz
by Charles M Schulz and Chip Kidd

Publisher Comments
This beautiful album will dazzle fans of Charles M. Schulz and his art, providing an unprecedented look at the work of the most brilliant and beloved cartoonist of the twentieth century. Here is the whole gang–Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy... (read more)
 
Your Price $12.95
(Used - Hardcover)
check for new and sale copies

Graphics

Universal Principles of Design
by William Lidwell and Kritina Holden and Jill Butler

Publisher Comments
Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Because no one can be an expert on everything,... (read more)
 
Your Price $40.00
(New - Trade Paper)
check for used and sale copies

How To

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
by Steven Pressfield

Recommended
by independent booksellers by our staff
Powells.com Staff Pick
Someone finally tells it like it is — you can write that book, you can paint that picture, you can live your dreams. But first you've got to shatter the Resistance that's got you stymied, and that takes (you won't want to hear this) work.... (read more)
 
Your Price $12.95
(New - Trade Paper)
check for used and sale copies