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The Stud Book by Monica Drake Publisher Comments A sharp-edged satire of contemporary motherhood from a comic novelist on the rise. In the hip haven of Portland, Oregon, a pack of unsteady but loyal friends asks what it means to bring babies into an already crowded world. Sarah studies animal behavior... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Point Your Face at This: Drawings by Demetri Martin Publisher Comments The New York Times bestselling author and comedian is back in a smaller, softer format. In his first book, This Is a Book, Demetri Martin introduced fans and readers to his unique brand of long-form humor writing. Now Demetri returns with an eclectic... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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. 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 come... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ways of Seeing by John Berger Publisher Comments John Berger’s Classic Text on Art John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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More Peas, Thank You by Sarah Matheny Publisher Comments More of the recipeas you love There's no gimmick here. You really can teach your family to love their veggies. That the best foods don't come with a special prize inside. That health doesn't come in a package or have a nutrition label. ... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $42.00 Used - Hardcover
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Visual Explanations : Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative (97 Edition) by Edward R. Tufte Book News Annotation Tufte's (statistical evidence and information design, Yale U.) third book on displaying information that began with the now classic The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1983). Whereas the first considered the display of numbers and the... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist by Stephen Rogers Peck Publisher Comments Stephen Rogers Peck's Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist remains unsurpassed as a manual for students. It includes sections on bones, muscles, surface anatomy, proportion, equilibrium, and locomotion. Other unique features are sections on the types of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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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The Boys of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard Publisher Comments Jo Ann Beard grew up amid a tightly knit clan of mothers, aunts, sisters, and girlfriends. Her steadfast family and its culture of women somehow made the prospect of dangerous neighborhood boys, friendly barflies, and potential romance all the more... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Art Deco (World of Art) by Alastair Duncan Publisher Comments Examples are given of art deco furniture, textiles, ironwork, lighting, silver, glass, ceramics, sculpture, graphics, posters, books, jewellery, and architecture.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Pen & Ink by Stephanie Donnelly Publisher Comments Good penning and inking comes with knowledge and practice, and this book enlists famous pros to share their wisdom. Includes step-by-step instructions by these industry giants to help budding artists master their craft.... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ransom of Russian Art (94 Edition) by John Mcphee Publisher Comments In the 1960s and 1970s, an American professor of Soviet economics forayed on his own in the Soviet Union, bought the work of underground “unofficial” artists, and brought it out himself or arranged to have it illegally shipped to the United... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self 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—... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Uncle Shelby's Abz Book by Shel Silverstein Publisher Comments The notorious early Silverstein classic you WON'T want your children to read. I is for Ink Ink is black and wet. Ink is fun. What can you do with ink? What rhymes with ink? "D - R - __ - __ - __ ."... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Unstrung Harp by Edward Gorey Publisher Comments On November 18th of alternate years Mr Earbrass begins writing 'his new novel.' Weeks ago he chose its title at random from a list of them he keeps in a little green note-book. It being tea-time of the 17th, he is alarmed not to have thought of a plot to... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Brion Gysin: Here to Go: Interviews and Texts (Solar Books - Solar Lit Directives) by Terry Wilson Publisher Comments Brion Gysin is a legend. As an artist, author, filmmaker, and the long-term collaborator of William S. Burroughs, Gysin helped to develop the so-called Beat aesthetic from the beginning, influencing one of the most important American art movements of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Conference of the Birds by Peter Sis Publisher Comments Celebrated children's book author and illustrator Peter Sís creates his first book for adults, a beautiful and uplifting adaptation of the classic twelfth-century Sufi epic poem, The Conference of the Birds. In The Conference of the Birds... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $11.98 Used - Hardcover
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The Art of Painting Animals on Rocks by Lin Wellford Publisher Comments This book holds a mountain of fun for rock artists of all ages With the instructions inside, creating these critters is as easy as picking up a... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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