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The Stud Book
The Stud Book
by Monica Drake
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A sharp-edged satire of contemporary motherhood from a comic novelist on the rise. In the hip haven of Portland, Oregon, a pack of unsteady but loyal friends asks what it means to bring babies into an already crowded world. Sarah studies animal behavior... (read more)

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Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists
Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists
by Lisa E Farrington
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Hailed as "a captivating and thorough study of a long-ignored aspect of America's art history" (CHOICE), Creating Their Own Image offers the first comprehensive history of African-American women artists, spanning from slavery to the Harlem Renaissance... (read more)

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The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern
The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern
by Carol Strickland
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Like music, art is a universal language. Although looking at works of art is a pleasurable enough experience, to appreciate them fully requires certain skills and knowledge. --Carol Strickland, from the introduction to The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash... (read more)

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Egon Schiele: The Leopold Collection
Egon Schiele: The Leopold Collection
by Egon Schiele
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The Leopold Museum in Vienna is a Mecca for devotees of Egon Schiele as it houses the world's largest permanent collection of the artist's works. Comprising works from 1905 to 1918, the year of Schiele's death, this book features large-scale... (read more)

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Vertigo: A Century of Multimedia Art, from Futurism to the Web
Vertigo: A Century of Multimedia Art, from Futurism to the Web
by Germano Celant
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Vertigo seeks to document the surge of multimedia art driven by the advent of new technologies, including works produced by great names in art such as Balla, Warhol, Beuys, Anselm Kiefer, Nam June Paik, and Laurie Anderson.... (read more)

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This Is How: Surviving What You Think You Can't
This Is How: Surviving What You Think You Can't
by Augusten Burroughs
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running With Scissors comes a groundbreaking book by Augusten Burroughs that explores how to survive what you think you can't. If you're fat and fail every diet, if you're thin but can't get... (read more)

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John Baldessari: Brick Bldg, Lg Windows W/Xlent Views, Partially Furnished, Renowned Architect
John Baldessari: Brick Bldg, Lg Windows W/Xlent Views, Partially Furnished, Renowned Architect
by Martin Hentschel
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Commissioned to produce an installation for Mies van der Rohe's Museum Haus Lange, John Baldessari decided to rub the building up the wrong way with humorous interventions.... (read more)

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Floating World Japan in the Edo Period
Floating World Japan in the Edo Period
by John Reeve
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A special selection of beautiful images drawn from Ukiyo-e prints, screens and paintings in the British Museum's world famous collection. *Also appeared in March Buyer's Notes*... (read more)

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Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
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From Edvard Munch to Chris Ofili, French painter Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) has exerted a profound influence on artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Gauguin began as an Impressionist, contributing major works to the movement's groundbreaking... (read more)

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The Conference of the Birds
The Conference of the Birds
by Peter Sis
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Celebrated children's book author and illustrator Peter Sís creates his first book for adults, a beautiful and uplifting adaptation of the classic twelfth-century Sufi epic poem, The Conference of the Birds. In The Conference of the Birds... (read more)

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Albertus Seba: Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (Taschen 25)
Albertus Seba: Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (Taschen 25)
by Irmgard Musch and Jes Rust and Rainer Willmann
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Albertus Seba's Cabinet of Curiosities is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though scientists of his era often collected natural specimens for research... (read more)

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Birds: Mini Archive with DVD
Birds: Mini Archive with DVD
by Georges Louis Leclerc De Buffon
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This lovely book showcases the delicate copper engravings of birds created by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon (1707-88), for his masterpiece work Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. The glorious birds... (read more)

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Complete Printmaker
Complete Printmaker
by John Ross
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The most comprehensive up-to-date guide to printmaking on the market today, the revised, expanded, fully illustrated edition of this classic, containing 40 color plates and 600 black-and-white illustrations, covers every aspect of fine printing.... (read more)

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Chagall: A Biography
Chagall: A Biography
by Jackie Wullschlager
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“When Matisse dies,” Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s, “Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what color really is.” As a pioneer of modernism and one of the greatest figurative artists of the twentieth century,... (read more)

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Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color
Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color
by Leatrice Eiseman
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Use the Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color to make your color choices credible, predictable and effective. Filled with hundreds of color combinations and illustrations, this book is based on color consultant Leatrice Eiseman's popular seminars on... (read more)

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Anatomy Drawing School: Animal
Anatomy Drawing School: Animal
by Andras Szunyoghy
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The Anatomy Drawing School recognizes the prominent role of the anatomy for the fine arts. The familiar high quality of the illustrations and anatomic content joins with the Flexcover and the handy LCT-Format into two new, high value volumes, which... (read more)

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How to Read a Painting: Lessons from the Old Masters
How to Read a Painting: Lessons from the Old Masters
by Patrick De Rynck
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How does an artists interpretation of historical events alter our understanding of them? Kings, queens, presidents, and generals from Alexander the Great to Theodore Roosevelt have commissioned paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs of major... (read more)

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Creative Type: A Sourcebook of Classic and Contemporary Letterforms
Creative Type: A Sourcebook of Classic and Contemporary Letterforms
by Cees W De Jong
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The digital era has entirely transformed the world of typography. This elegant and easy-to-use book provides a comprehensively illustrated record of developments in the field, clearly setting them in their historical context and forming an essential... (read more)

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In the Face of Presumptions: Essays, Speeches, & Incidental Writings
In the Face of Presumptions: Essays, Speeches, & Incidental Writings
by Barry Moser
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Moser has illustrated a wide range of adult and children's books, most recently . The 22 pieces gathered here do not reveal his theory of art or religious beliefs, but speak of living the life he has being the person he is. One of them is a gallery of... (read more)

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The Art of Todd Bratrud: Seen Unknown
The Art of Todd Bratrud: Seen Unknown
by Wins
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The release of these two Seen Unknown titles marks the beginning of a new MBP series, edited by Winston Tseng, art director for Enjoi Skateboards. Tseng has worked with some of today’s most genre-defying visual artists and designers whose work... (read more)

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