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A Wedding in Haiti by Julia Alvarez Publisher Comments Julia Alvarez has been called "a one-woman cultural collision" by the Los Angeles Times Book Review, and that has never been truer than in this story about three of her most personal relationships — with her parents, with her husband, and with a... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden Publisher Comments A New York Times bestseller, the shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean political prison to have escaped and survived. North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent. It is also armed with nuclear weapons. Between... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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DNA USA: A Genetic Portrait of America by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments The best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve now turns his sights on the United States, one of the most genetically variegated countries in the world. From the blue-blooded pockets of old-WASP New England to the vast tribal lands of the Navajo... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Gnomes by Wil Huygen Synopsis In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of its publication, we're thrilled to reissue this phenomenal delight, which enjoyed 62 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. Fantasy and fun combine in this "real life" history.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Just My Type: A Book about Fonts by Simon Garfield Publisher Comments A delightfully inquisitive tour that explores the rich history and the subtle powers of fonts.and#160;Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product that we buy. But where do fonts... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hokusai: One-Hundred Poets by Peter Morse Synopsis The advice offered by the lively images from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries featured here is sometimes comically anachronistic, but is often evidence of a remarkably modern sophistication concerning balanced eating, sleeping, and exercising.... (read more) List Price $80.00 Your price: $49.00 Used - Hardcover
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Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles and Ted Orland Publisher Comments "This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially—statistically speaking—there aren't any people like that... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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All Woman and Springtime by Brandon W. Jones Publisher Comments Before she met Il-sun in an orphanage, Gi was a hollow husk of a girl, broken from growing up in one of North Korea 's forced-labor camps. A mathematical genius, she has learned to cope with pain by retreating into a realm of numbers and calculations, an... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Mammoth Book of Tattoos (Mammoth Book of) by Lal Hardy Publisher Comments This collection covers all styles of tattoos from bold tribal pieces, Chines characters, and hieroglyphs to delicate air-brushed designs. Included are striking images of tattoos ranging from all-over “body suits” to individual motifs.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery by Jesse Walter Fewkes Publisher Comments One of richest sources of pre-Columbian design from Sikyatki site: on vases, bowls, plates. Hundreds catalogued and analyzed: birds, animals, clouds, lightning, demon motifs. Source of rich, powerful designs. 564 illustrations, interpretative text.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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How Georgia Became O'Keeffe: Lessons on the Art of Living by Karen Karbo Publisher Comments Most people associate Georgia OKeeffe with New Mexico, painted cow skulls, and her flower paintings. She was revered for so long—born in 1887, died at age ninety-eight in 1986—that we forget how young, restless, passionate, searching,... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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How to Draw Animals by Jack Hamm Publisher Comments Simple, clear instructions for drawing animals with more than 1,000 step-by-step illustrations. Basic fundamentals for the beginner, new principles and techniques for the professional. A detailed guide for everyone who enjoys — or wants to enjoy... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Journey of the Imagination: The Art of James Christensen by James Christensen Publisher Comments Enter a world just a little left of reality. More than 65,000 copies in print.... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Shock of the New by Robert Hughes Publisher Comments A beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos.... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Trade Paper
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By Blood by Ellen Ullman Publisher Comments The award-winning writer returns with a major, absorbing, atmospheric novel that takes on the most dramatic and profoundly personal subject matter San Francisco in the 1970s. Free love has given way to radical feminism, psychedelic ecstasy to hard... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Wizards and Dragons Tattoo Flash [With CDROM] by Dover Publisher Comments Perfect for body art or for a host of arts and crafts projects, this mix of magical clip art offers nearly 120 different illustrations of spell-casting wizards and ferocious dragons. Drawn from cultures the world over, the images are both black-and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Creating Creatures of Fantasy and Imagination by Claudia Nice Publisher Comments Fantasy has its roots in reality A magical realm awaits you—an enchanted world of imaginary beings to inspire a treasure of your own extraordinary drawings and paintings. And your journey begins, oddly enough, with the ordinary things that surround... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Styles of Ornament by A Speltz Publisher Comments Largest collection of decorated artifacts, all in line; prehistoric, Egyptian, Islamic, Baroque, Victorian, other areas, times.... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Perspective Made Easy by Ernest R Norling Publisher Comments Perspective is easy; yet, surprisingly few artists know the simple rules that make it so. Now they can remedy that situation with this step-by-step book, the first devoted entirely to clarifying the laws of perspective. Using over 250 simple line... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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