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Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson Publisher Comments 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) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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M. C. Escher Pop-Ups by Courtney Watson Mccarthy Publisher Comments 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) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism by Hal Foster Publisher Comments 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) List Price $90.00 Your price: $29.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Collect Raindrops: The Seasons Gathered by Nikki McClure Publisher Comments 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) List Price $32.50 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Van Gogh's Van Goghs: Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam by Richard Kendall Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Artisan Jewish Deli at Home by Nick Zukin and Michael Zusman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $27.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Envisioning Information by Edward R Tufte Publisher Comments 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) List Price $48.00 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information 2nd Edition by Edward R Tufte Publisher Comments 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) List Price $40.00 Your price: $26.00 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: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell Publisher Comments 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) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Puzzles about Art: An Aesthetics Casebook by Margaret P Battin Publisher Comments 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) List Price $33.75 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Zen of Seeing: Seeing/Drawing as Meditation by Frederick Franck Publisher Comments 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) List Price $22.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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All the Land to Hold Us by Rick Bass Publisher Comments 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) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation by Aisha Tyler Publisher Comments 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) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature by Andy Goldsworthy Publisher Comments 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) List Price $60.00 Your price: $29.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Principles of Uncertainty by Maira Kalman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $29.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rules for Writers with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA Updates by Diana Hacker Publisher Comments 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) List Price $44.25 Your price: $6.95 Used - Spiral/comb
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Vermeer by Arthur K Wheelock Publisher Comments 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) List Price $22.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother by Julia Sweeney Publisher Comments 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) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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