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Moby-Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page by Matt Kish Staff Pick In 2009, Matt Kish had an idea, a dream, a plan. Every day he would read a page from Moby-Dick, choose one passage, and then create an image based on the text — for all 552 pages! A year and a half later his epic quest came to an end, and Portland's... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty by Andrew Bolton Staff Pick "I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists. I have to force people to look at things." Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty offers a stunning retrospective of the late... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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Rat Girl: A Memoir by Kristin Hersh Staff Pick If you're a fan of Throwing Muses or Kristin Hersh, you must absolutely read this book. If you don't know her music, introduce yourself here to Hersh's writing. Her voice is unlike any other: hopeful, poetic, and brimming with razor-sharp intelligence... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Cook the Perfect Day by Nikki McClure Staff Pick Equal parts art book and recipe collection, this darling volume is everything you'd expect from the lovely Nikki McClure. Featuring her iconic paper-cut illustrations along with simple recipes, the artist's rendition of her "perfect food day" will... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Pictorial Webster's: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities by John M. Carrera Staff Pick This "visual dictionary of curiosities" is charming, quirky, and endlessly entertaining. (It's also very hard to put down.) Fascinating images reproduced from wood engravings illustrate words from albatross and abracadabra to zibeth and zodiac."... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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1000 Tattoos (Taschen 25) by Henk Schiffmacher Staff Pick If you're looking for the perfect tiny butterfly to grace your ankle, you won't find it here. Brimming with images that will inspire, impress, amuse, intrigue, and perhaps offend, 1000 Tattoos is not for the faint of heart. Then again, neither is getting... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $10.50 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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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: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer Staff Pick The young Lehrer's keen portraits make for a winning read. Using Woolf, Stravinsky, Cézanne, Whitman, and a handful of others, he shows how art has given us as much insight into the human mind as science has.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations by Leslie Cabarga Staff Pick List Price $27.99 Your price: $25.00 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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A Lifetime of Secrets: A Postsecret Book by Frank Warren Staff Pick Who doesn't love that feeling of looking through someone else's mail without the risk of getting caught? Here, Warren presents another collection of intimate confessions, shared secrets, and endless pleasure for voyeurs and students of the human... (read more) List Price $28.99 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Elliott Smith by Autumn De Wilde Staff Pick Fans and newcomers alike will be mesmerized by the ache and beauty of this remembrance of Portland's indelible songsmith, which combines photographs with interviews from those who were closest to him.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $13.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings by Yoko Ono Staff Pick Hand this book to any Yoko-hater and watch as the corners of their mouth tremble, resisting a disarmed smile. This work (originally published in 1970) is probably, properly, "Fluxist," though it takes that project even further from the gallery than any... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Art of Modern Rock: The Poster Explosion by Paul Grushkin and Dennis King Staff Pick The follow-up to The Art of Rock, this striking collection of modern rock posters demonstrates the innovation of today's designers on an international scale. Showcasing the finest pieces from an array of artists with an eclectic mix of styles, this... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $39.00 Used - Hardcover
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United States of Americana: Backyard Chickens, Burlesque Beauties, and Handmade Bitters: A Field Guide to the New American Roots Movement by Kurt B. Reighley Staff Pick If you make your own bitters, dream of owning some chickens, and know what it means to "put up" food, odds are you'll fall in love with Kurt B. Reighley's field guide to the new American roots movement. Covering music, fashion, grooming (welcome back... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The City: A Vision in Woodcuts by Frans Masereel Staff Pick For years, Frans Masereel's work has been difficult to get a hold of. Now, obscure and out-of-print titles like The City and The Passionate Journey are finally finding their way back into circulation through affordable Dover editions. Cited as the... (read more) Your price: $7.95 New - Trade Paper
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