Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art
By: Michael Shnayerson
3.91
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A behind-the-scenes look at the egomaniacs, geniuses, and canny promoters who shaped the world of m…
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1. The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
By: Rich Cohen
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A legendary tale, both true and astonishing, from the author of Israel is Real and Sweet and LowWhe… read more
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2. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
By: Annie Jacobsen
3.69
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
The explosive story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York… read more
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3. This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral — plus plenty of valet parking! — in America’s Gilded Capital
By: Mark Leibovich
3.80
Format: 242 pages,
'The great thing about Washington is no matter how many elections you lose, how many times you're i… read more
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4. Seven Days in the Art World
By: Sarah Thornton
3.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
Named one of the best art books of 2008 by The New York Timesand The Sunday Times[London]: "An inde… read more
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5. World Order
By: Henry Kissinger
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Henry Kissinger offers in World Ordera deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and gl… read more
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6. The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
By: None
4.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a… read more
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7. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
By: Susan Magsamen
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brai… read more
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8. Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
By: Bianca Bosker
4.16
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey—thi… read more
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"Art Lovers pitied me: They said I lacked "Visual literacy", which they swore was downright dangerous in a world so saturated with pictures."-Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
9. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
By: Rob Copeland
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio… read more
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10. The Story of Art Without Men
By: Katy Hessel
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before th… read more
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11. Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955
By: Harald Jähner
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Germany, 1945: a country in ruins. Cities have been reduced to rubble and more than half of the pop… read more
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12. The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation
By: Cory Doctorow
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A detailed disassembly manual for people who want to dismantle Big Tech When the tech platforms … read more
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13. The 6 Habits of Growth
By: Brendon Burchard
4.01
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 5 hours and 4 minutes The world’s leading high-performance coach and multiple … read more
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14. How to Be an Artist
By: Jerry Saltz
3.94
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
"Inspiration leaps off the pages from Jerry Saltz's new book on creativity. . . . This book is for … read more
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"Bad art teaches you as much as good art, maybe more."-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
"Surely, your crappy art can fake out twelve stupid people. I've seen it done with one or two."-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
"For now, make something, learn something, and move on. Or you’ll be buried waist-deep in the big muddy of perfectionism."-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
"But doubt is a sign of faith: it tests and humbles you, allows newness into your life. Best of all, doubt banishes the stifling effect of certainty. Certainty kills curiosity and change."-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
15. Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?
By: Linda Nochlin
4.33
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
"Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" is a 1971 essay by American art historian Linda Nochl… read more
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16. Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America
By: Hugh Eakin
4.36
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A riveting story of how dueling ambitions and the power of prodigy made America the cultural center… read more
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17. Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art
By: Michael Shnayerson
3.91
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A behind-the-scenes look at the egomaniacs, geniuses, and canny promoters who shaped the world of m… read more
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18. Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art
By: Mary Gabriel
4.52
Format: 944 pages, Hardcover
Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and… read more
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19. ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History
By: Jennifer Dasal
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it be… read more
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20. A Visible Man: A Memoir
By: Edward Enninful
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From one of our culture's most important changemakers, a memoir of breaking barriers. When Edwar… read more
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21. Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light, 100 Art Writings 1988-2018
By: Peter Schjeldahl
4.41
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
Hot Cold Heavy Light collects 100 writings—some long, some short—that taken together forma group po… read more
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