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Mark Rothko: A Biography by James E. B. Breslin Publisher Comments A book of heroic dimensions, this is the first full-length biography of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century—a man as fascinating, difficult, and compelling as the paintings he produced. Drawing on exclusive access to Mark... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $35.00 New - Trade Paper 
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The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 by Molly Peacock Publisher Comments In 1772, upon the death of her second husband, Mary Delany arose from her grief, picked up a pair of scissors, and, at the age of seventy-two, created a new art form: mixed-media collage. Over the next decade, Mrs. Delany produced an astonishing 985... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper 
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Sisters the Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S Lovell Publisher Comments This is the Story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; the ethereally beautiful... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Chanel and Her World: Friends, Fashion, and Fame by Edmonde Charles-roux Publisher Comments When Jean Leymaries monograph on Coco Chanel was originally published in 1989, he was known primarily as a curator and modern art historian, both in his native France and abroad. Bringing his expertise to bear on one of the most famous (and often... (read more) Your price: $65.00 New - Hardcover
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Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane by Andrew Graham-dixon Publisher Comments For four hundred years Caravaggio's (1571-1610) staggering artistic achievements have thrilled viewers, yet his volatile personal trajectory-the murder of Ranuccio Tomasini, the doubt surrounding Caravaggio's sexuality, the chain of events that began... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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Woolgathering by Patti Smith Publisher Comments A great book about becoming an artist, Woolgathering tells of a youngster finding herself as she learns the noble vocation of woolgathering, "a worthy calling that seemed a good job for me." She discovers--often at night, often in nature--the pleasures... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Hardcover
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The Patagonian Hare: A Memoir by Claude Lanzmann Publisher Comments “Even if I lived a hundred lives, I still wouldnt be exhausted.” These words capture the intensity of the experiences of Claude Lanzmann, a man whose acts have always been a negation of resignation: a member of the Resistance at sixteen, a... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Show Me a Story: Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators by Leonard S. Marcus Publisher Comments In compelling interviews by the acclaimed Leonard S. Marcus, twenty-one top authors and illustrators reveal their inside stories on the art of creating picture books. Max and Mickey; Miss Nelson; Pack, Quack, and Mrs. Mallard; Pigeon; Sylvester; John... (read more) Your price: $22.99 New - Hardcover
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Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade by Justin Spring Publisher Comments Drawn from the secret, never-before-seen diaries, journals, and sexual records of the novelist, poet, and university professor Samuel M. Steward, Secret Historian is a sensational reconstruction of one of the more extraordinary hidden lives of the... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, a Lost Generation Love Story by Amanda Vaill Publisher Comments A revelatory life of Clover Adams, casting a lens on her iconic marriage to the historian Henry Adams and her fatal embrace of photography in her final months Clover, an inquisitive, loving, fiercely intelligent Boston Brahmin, married at twenty-eight... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter by Patricia Albers Publisher Comments “Gee, Joan, if only you were French and male and dead.” —New York art dealer to Joan Mitchell, the 1950s She was a steel heiress from the Midwest—Chicago and Lake Forest (her grandfather built Chicago’s bridges and worked for Andrew Carnegie... (read more) Your price: $21.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me by Ralph Steadman Publisher Comments A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice New York Post Required Reading "Enormously entertaining."—The Boston Globe "A pleasant surprise."—The Tampa Tribune "Bizarre and compelling."— Miami New Times "A must read."&... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis by Kim Todd Publisher Comments Today, an entomologist in a laboratory can gaze at a butterfly pupa with a microscope so powerful that the swirling cells on the pupas skin look like a galaxy. She can activate a single gene or knock it out. What she cant do is discover how the insect... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Secret Art of DR. Seuss by Dr. Seuss Publisher Comments These fabulous, whimsical paintings, created for his own pleasure and never shown to the public, show Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) in a whole new light. Depicting outlandish creatures in otherworldly settings, the paintings use a dazzling rainbow of hues... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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The Reawakening: The Companion Volume to Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi Publisher Comments First published in English in 1965, The Reawakening is Primo Levi's bestselling sequel to his classic memoir of the Holocaust, Survival in Auschwitz. The inspiring story of Levi's liberation from the German death camp in January 1945 by the Red Army, it... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted (Merloyd Lawrence Book) by Justin Martin Publisher Comments Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about. Best remembered for his landscape architecture, from New York's Central Park to Boston's Emerald Necklace to Stanford University's... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Hardcover
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David Hockney: The Biography, 1937-1975 by Christopher Simon Sykes Publisher Comments Drawing on exclusive and unprecedented access to David Hockney’s extensive archives, notebooks, and paintings, interviews with family, friends, and on Hockney himself, Christopher Simon Sykes provides a colorful and intimate portrait of one of the... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh Publisher Comments NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith galvanized readers with their astonishing Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, a book acclaimed for its miraculous research and overwhelming... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Provence by Martin Gayford Publisher Comments From October to December of 1888, Paul Gauguin shared a yellow house in the south of France with Vincent van Gogh. They were the odd couple of the art world -- one calm, the other volatile -- and the denouement of their living arrangement was explosive... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Off the Wall: A Portrait of Robert Rauschenberg by Calvin Tomkins Publisher Comments Calvin Tomkins first discovered the work of Robert Rauschenberg in the late 1950s, when he began to look seriously at contemporary art. While gazing at Rauschenberg's painting Double Feature, Tomkins felt compelled to make some kind of literal connection... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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