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Shaman
Shaman
by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Kim Stanley Robinson, the New York Times bestselling author of science fiction masterworks such as the Mars trilogy and 2312, has, on many occasions, imagined our future. Now, in Shaman, he brings our past to life as never before. There is Thorn, a... (read more)

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M. C. Escher Pop-Ups
M. C. Escher Pop-Ups
by Courtney Watson Mccarthy
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The mesmerizing work of Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher has fascinated viewers for more than seventy years. His illustrations constantly play with our perceptions of reality by layering multiple conflicting perspectives. Produced in association with... (read more)

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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
by Twyla Tharp
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All it takes to make creativity a part of your life is the willingness to make it a habit. It is the product of preparation and effort, and is within reach of everyone. Whether you are a painter, musician, businessperson, or simply an individual yearning... (read more)

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Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism
Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism
by Hal Foster
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In this groundbreaking and original work of scholarship, four of the most influential and provocative art historians of our time have come together to provide a comprehensive history of art in the twentieth century, an age when artists in the United... (read more)

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Collect Raindrops: The Seasons Gathered
Collect Raindrops: The Seasons Gathered
by Nikki McClure
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Artist McClures delicate images exude an optimism that revolves around community, sustenance, parenting, and appreciating both the urban and rural landscape through a visual language that is uniquely her own.... (read more)

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Van Gogh's Van Goghs: Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Van Gogh's Van Goghs: Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
by Richard Kendall
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Washington, DC -- Seventy paintings by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), the largest survey of his career outside The Netherlands in more than a quarter of a century, was on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, October 4, 1998 - January 3, 1999... (read more)

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The Artisan Jewish Deli at Home
The Artisan Jewish Deli at Home
by Nick Zukin and Michael Zusman
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If you don’t happen to live near one of the new wave of artisan-style Jewish delis that have sprung up around North America over the last few years, not to worry. With this book, the world of Jewish deli, in all its unsubtle splendor &mdash... (read more)

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Envisioning Information
Envisioning Information
by Edward R Tufte
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This book celebrates escapes from the flatlands of both paper and computer screen, showing superb displays of high-dimensional complex data. The most design-oriented of Edward Tufte's books, Envisioning Information shows maps, charts, scientific... (read more)

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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information 2nd Edition
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information 2nd Edition
by Edward R Tufte
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The classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. Theory and practice in the design of data graphics, 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise... (read more)

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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
by Julia Cameron
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The Artist's Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, millions of readers have found it to be an invaluable guide to living the artist's life. Still as vital today-or perhaps even more so-than it was when it was... (read more)

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In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods
In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods
by Matt Bell
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In this epic, mythical debut novel, a newly-wed couple escapes the busy confusion of their homeland for a distant and almost-uninhabited lakeshore. They plan to live there simply, to fish the lake, to trap the nearby woods, and build a house upon the... (read more)

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Puzzles about Art: An Aesthetics Casebook
Puzzles about Art: An Aesthetics Casebook
by Margaret P Battin
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The first casebook for use in courses in aesthetics, Puzzles about Art provides more than 180 real and hypothetical cases that illustrate important principles and theories in the philosophy of art. With 25 illustrations as well as concrete examples from... (read more)

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Zen of Seeing: Seeing/Drawing as Meditation
Zen of Seeing: Seeing/Drawing as Meditation
by Frederick Franck
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A Dutch artist offers his concept of seeing and drawing as a discipline by which the world may be rediscovered, a way of experiencing Zen.... (read more)

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All the Land to Hold Us
All the Land to Hold Us
by Rick Bass
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A strange and powerful landscape summons strange and powerful happenings. Rick Bass brings a lyrical lushness to the harsh backdrop of West Texas in his masterfully crafted fourth novel. All the Land to Hold Us is a sweeping tale of those who live on the... (read more)

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Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation
Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation
by Aisha Tyler
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self-inflicted wound (n): a spectacularly humiliating, and often hilarious, incident entirely of one's own making. see also: you did it to yourself. Have you ever made a decision you instantly regretted? Humiliated yourself in a room of your peers... (read more)

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Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature
Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature
by Andy Goldsworthy
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Using a seemingly endless range of natural materials, Goldsworthy creates sculpture in the open that manifests a sympathetic contact with the natural world. 120 full-color photographs.... (read more)

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The Principles of Uncertainty
The Principles of Uncertainty
by Maira Kalman
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Maira Kalman paints her highly personal worldview in this inimitable combination of image and text An irresistible invitation to experience life through a beloved artist?s psyche, The Principles of Uncertainty is a compilation of Maira Kalman?s New York... (read more)

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Rules for Writers with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA Updates
Rules for Writers with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA Updates
by Diana Hacker
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Click here to find out more about the 2009 MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates. Rules for Writers succeeds because it has always been grounded in classroom experience. By looking at her own students needs, Diana Hacker created an affordable... (read more)

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Vermeer
Vermeer
by Arthur K Wheelock
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Following the thrilling blockbuster exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., this book presents the complete works of the great Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). Oversize, fullpage colorplates of each of Vermeer's 35 known... (read more)

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If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother
If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother
by Julia Sweeney
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Julia Sweeney, the delightful former cast member of Saturday Night Live, takes readers into the depths of her family in this hilarious and unique parenting book. Since her time on Saturday Night Live, where she created the infamous androgynous character &... (read more)

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