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Lives of the Artists
A John Macrae/Holt Paperbacks Book
A John Macrae/Holt Paperbacks Book
“Brilliantly illuminating . . . This latter-day Vasari puts his dry wit and keen eye to work in fashioning enduring portraits of ten contemporary-art stars,...
The Animator's Survival Kit--Revised Edition
Faber and Faber, Inc.
A Manual of Methods, Principles and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators
Faber and Faber, Inc.
The definitive book on animation, from the Academy Award-winning animator behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Animation is one of the hottest areas of...
Beautiful Pigs
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
Potraits of Champion Breeds
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
This little piggy went to market, and this little piggy went to the catwalk ... And what wonderful models our porcine friends turned out to be! The result is...
The Simpsons
Faber and Faber, Inc.
An Uncensored, Unauthorized History
Faber and Faber, Inc.
The Simpsons is one of the most successful shows to ever run on television. From its first moment on air, the series's rich characters, subversive themes, and...
One Million Mandalas
St. Martin's Griffin
For You to Create, Print, and Color
St. Martin's Griffin
Mandalas are one of the most popular aids to meditation, with people worldwide finding enlightenment through the simple task of bringing a sparse outline to...
Loot
Times Books
The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World
Times Books
“Fast-paced and compelling . . . Waxman has an array of wondrous tales to tell . . . Considerable, admirable, and totally absorbing.”—The Boston Globe
For the...
How Fiction Works
Picador
Picador
In the tradition of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic...
Design Your Life
St. Martin's Griffin
The Pleasures and Perils of Everyday Things
St. Martin's Griffin
Design Your Life is a series of irreverent and realistic snapshots about objects and how we interact with them. By leading design thinker Ellen Lupton and her...
The Photographer
First Second
Into War-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders
First Second
In 1986, Afghanistan was torn apart by a war with the Soviet Union. This graphic novel/photo-journal is a record of one reporter’s arduous and dangerous...
The Great Funk
Sarah Crichton Books
Styles of the Shaggy, Sexy, Shameless 1970s
Sarah Crichton Books
Avocado kitchens! Shag rugs! Dacron leisure suits! Earth shoes!
At long last, the author of the beloved celebration of 1950s and ’60s design Populuxe turns...
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On Photography
Picador
Picador
Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism.
One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, On Photography first appeared in 1977...
Suburban Nation
North Point Press
The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
North Point Press
A manifesto by America's most controversial and celebrated town planners, proposing an alternative model for community design.
There is a growing movement...
The Painted Word
Picador
Picador
"America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek) trains his satirical eye on Modern Art in this "masterpiece" (The Washington Post)
Wolfe's style has never been...
What People Wore When
St. Martin's Griffin
A Complete Illustrated History of Costume from Ancient Times to the Nineteenth Century for Every Level of Society
St. Martin's Griffin
What People Wore When combines the studies of two classic nineteenth-century illustrators Auguste Racinet and Friedrich Hottenroth for the first time. Their...
The Animator's Survival Kit
Faber and Faber, Inc.
A Manual of Methods, Principles and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators
Faber and Faber, Inc.
The definitive book on animation, from the Academy Award-winning animator behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Animation is one of the hottest areas of...
Camera Lucida
Hill and Wang
Reflections on Photography
Hill and Wang
This personal, wide-ranging, and contemplative volume--and the last book Barthes published--finds the author applying his influential perceptiveness and...
Coltrane
Picador
The Story of a Sound
Picador
John Coltrane left an indelible mark on the world, but what was the essence of his achievement that makes him so prized forty years after his death? What were...
The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture
Holt Paperbacks
Holt Paperbacks
Architectural historian Rachel Carley offers a richly detailed guide to 500 years of American home design. More than 600 precisely detailed illustrations show...
Betty Page Confidential
St. Martin's Griffin
St. Martin's Griffin
Curvaceous, friendly and wholesome-looking, Playboy pinup Betty Page was the perfect compliment to the still-innocent fantasies of young men during the...
How to Draw Animals
Cortina
Famous Artists School, Step-By-Step Method
Cortina
This book introduces you to an exciting approach to animal drawing. It was especially created by a group of America's most eminent artists who have...
Subway Art
Holt Paperbacks
Holt Paperbacks
Two gifted photographers have documented every aspect of this extraordinary urban subculture, complete with 239 full-color photographs.
The Monster Show
Faber and Faber, Inc.
A Cultural History of Horror
Faber and Faber, Inc.
Illuminating the dark side of the American century, The Monster Show uncovers the surprising links between horror entertainment and the great social crises of...
Jackie
St. Martin's Griffin
Her Life in Pictures
St. Martin's Griffin
A legendary life shown in rare, mostly never before published photographsArguably the most famous woman of the century, certainly one of its most photographed,...
How to Draw the Human Figure
Cortina
Famous Artists School, Step-by-Step Method
Cortina
This book introduces you to an exciting approach to figure drawing. It was especially created by a group of America's most eminent artists who have...
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