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The Shock of the New by Robert Hughes Staff Pick I know nothing about the visual arts so you can be assured anything I say I've stolen from Hughes's The Shock of the New. A distillation of his eight-part BBC/Time-Life television series, the book details the genesis of modern painting, sculpture, and... (read more) List Price $79.70 Your price: $32.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Walton Ford: Pancha Tantra by Bill Buford Staff Pick Awesome. Think John James Audubon prints in a more twisted and dark light. The title Pancha Tantra refers to an ancient Indian animal folktale book thought to be a precursor to Aesop's Fables. This has lots of sly wit and offhand comments interwoven with... (read more) Your price: $69.95 Used - Hardcover
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Print Workshop: Hand-Printing Techniques and Truly Original Projects by Christine Schmidt Staff Pick From Christine Schmidt, founder of Yellow Owl Workshop, comes a down-to-earth guide for creating sweet, homespun prints on all manner of surfaces, using simple, budget-friendly materials. (Yay, potato stamp!)... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Dreaming of Dior (10 Edition) by Charlotte Smith Staff Pick Dreaming of Dior is one of the most engaging fashion books I've seen in years. It's filled with full-page illustrations based on Doris Darnell's extensive clothing collection, and each illustration comes with the factual story of the real woman who wore... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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Lotta Prints: How to Print with Anything, from Potatoes to Linoleum by Lotta Jansdotter Staff Pick Another charmer from Lotta Jansdotter, Lotta Prints covers all the details you need to start embellishing your surfaces (fabric, paper, walls, etc.) with a variety of craft processes. I'm a big fan of potato printing, as recipients of my Christmas... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Testament: The Life and Art of Frank Frazetta by Frank Frazetta Staff Pick The third entry in the Frazetta trilogy, edited by Arnie and Cathy Fenner, Testament is not to be missed. Filled with the famous monsters, vixens, and warriors that Frazetta will always be remembered for, Testament lives up to its name.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren Staff Pick In the movie, In the Mood for Love, Tony Leung whispers his most secret thoughts into a hole in the ruined temple of Angkor Wat. In Bethlehem, pilgrims write out their prayers and wishes and stuff them into tiny cracks between the bricks at the Western... (read more) List Price $28.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired by Francine Prose Staff Pick In nine mini-biographies Prose finds the qualities in each woman that defines her as a muse. Elegantly written. Fascinatingly unique.... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr Staff Pick The mysterious fate of a lost masterpiece, an art restorer's obsession, and Caravaggio's troubled life are the focus of this riveting work of history.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Over Thirty Years of Conversations With Robert Irwin (Rev 09 Edition) by Lawrence Weschler Staff Pick This book taught me so much about the value of slowness, in art-making and in perception itself. Its subject isn't really Irwin's art products or his technical processes. Instead, Weschler brilliantly arranges the surrounding biographical and... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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You Are Here by Katharine Harmon Staff Pick Maps are magical pieces of paper. Who doesn't love to pore over them and imagine traveling to New York, Paris, Amsterdam or even Weed, California? Maps are reassuring when you are lost, and they inspire you to dream when you're stagnant. Author Katherine... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists by A. V. Club Staff Pick The Onion can do little wrong, in my eyes, and this hilarious collection of pop-culture lists from the writers of the A. V. Club proves it once again. This book is perfect for anyone with a sense of humor who's ingested any pop culture in the last 30... (read more) List Price $20.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations by Leslie Cabarga Staff Pick List Price $27.99 Your price: $26.00 Used - Hardcover
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Soak, Wash, Rinse, Spin: Tolleson Design by Steven Tolleson Staff Pick List Price $45.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Charley Harper Birds and Words by Charley Harper Staff Pick Who knew birds could be so stylish? Charlie Harper's birds look like they just flew in from some future that was dreamed up in a 1960s living room. Also, the text is charming, hilarious, and weird enough for a double take.... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly Staff Pick This is one of my favorite books of the year! It is bursting with over 300 pages of full-color goofy, silly, weird, and wacky comic strips for kids, from the 1930s through the 1960s. Rediscover Pogo, Uncle Wiggly, Donald Duck, Dennis the Menace, and... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $16.98 Sale - Hardcover
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S, M, L, XL: Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large by Rem Koolhaas Staff Pick There are some books that will make you into a genius as soon as you turn back the title page, and S, M, L, XL by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas is certainly one of them. Once you get the hang of things, the book is a remarkable and inspiring read... (read more) List Price $85.00 Your price: $55.00 Used - Hardcover
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Tattoo Machine: Tall Tales, True Stories, and My Life in Ink by Jeff Johnson Staff Pick A memoir like no other: entertaining, wise, heartbreaking, frightening, and, of course, hilariously bizarro. Johnson shares his stories with us, stirring them into the brilliant blood bath that is Tattoo Machine. I highly recommend this book.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Chris Ware (Monographics) by Daniel Raeburn Staff Pick Similar in sentiment to artist Joseph Cornell's three-dimensional work, Chris Ware's drawings and sculpture remind me of enchanting collections of objects lost and found. In this new monograph, Daniel Raeburn closely examine's Ware's work methods and... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Firecrackers: The Art and History by Warren Dotz Staff Pick List Price $19.95 Your price: $18.75 New - Trade Paper
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