Van Gogh and the Artists He Loved
By: Steven Naifeh
4.48
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The compelling story of how Vincent van Gogh developed his audacious, iconic style by immersing him…
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1. The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington
By: Leonora Carrington , Kathryn Davis , Kathrine Talbot
4.16
Format: 1342 pages, Paperback
Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was a master of the macabre, of gorgeo… read more
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- art
2. The Sea, the Sea
By: Iris Murdoch , Mary Kinzie
3.66
Format: 341 pages, Paperback
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an is… read more
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3. In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art
By: Sue Roe
3.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A lively and deeply researched group biography of the figures who transformed the world of art in b… read more
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4. Guerre
By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
3.79
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Parmi les manuscrits de Louis-Ferdinand Céline récemment retrouvés figurait une liasse de deux cent… read more
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"A tant d’années passées le souvenir des choses, bien précisément, c’est un effort. Ce que les gens ont dit c’est presque tourné des mensonges. Faut se méfier. C’est putain le passé, ça fond dans la r…"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre
"J’ai bien dû rester là encore une partie de la nuit suivante. Toute l’oreille à gauche était collée par terre avec du sang, la bouche aussi. Entre les deux y avait un bruit immense. J’ai dormi dans c…"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre
5. Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery)
By: Marcia Muller
3.57
Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition
In this twisting mystery in a New York Times bestselling series, pranks escalate into a deadly sche… read more
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6. Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
By: Laura Cumming
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laura Cumming “combines first-rate art history with deeply felt m… read more
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- art
- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
"It is such a long journey out, this one, from where we came; this life, our life, the journey between the first and last shores."-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"We see pictures in time and place. We cannot see them otherwise. They are fragments of our lives, moments of existence that may be as unremarkable as rain or as startling as a clap of thunder. Whatev…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"I cannot get enough of Dutch art. You can turn to this other world -- and it is a picture world as no other, a whole society visualised through time and place, seasons and generations, moment by mome…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
"Fabritius is thirty-two, and I was the same age when I first wrote about his self-portrait. He and I remain the same age whenever we meet. He is dead, I am still alive, so the existential maths [sic]…"-Laura Cumming, Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
7. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- history
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
8. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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- art
- nonfiction
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
9. Novelist as a Vocation
By: Haruki Murakami
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author’s own novels. Haruki Mura… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"writing novels is, to my way of thinking, basically a very uncool enterprise"-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"La experiencia nos enseña a los escritores lo duro que es seguir siendo escritor."-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta"-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta."-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
10. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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- art
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
11. The Lyrics
By: Paul McCartney
4.59
Format: 960 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Washington Post Notable Book Excerpted in The New Yorker A work of… read more
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- art
- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
12. The Heart in Winter
By: Kevin Barry
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more
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- historical
"... the morning was starkly lit under a migraine - white and vast opening sky."-Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter
13. Lightning Strikes the Silence (Lane Winslow #11)
By: Iona Whishaw
4.39
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
Beginning with a bang, the latest mystery in the series Publishers Weekly calls “highly entertainin… read more
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- historical
14. Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
By: Joseph Luzzi
3.77
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
Some five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created works of uneart… read more
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- art
- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
15. George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle
By: Philip Norman
3.91
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From the premiere Beatles biographer—author of the New York Times bestseller John The Life and the… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
16. Mrs Van Gogh
By: Caroline Cauchi
3.83
Format: 481 pages, Kindle Edition
She’s been painted out of history…until now Who tells her story? In 1890, Vincent Van Gogh di… read more
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- art
- historical
17. Last Light: How Six Great Artists Made Old Age a Time of Triumph
By: Richard Lacayo
4.06
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
One of the nation’s top art critics shows how six great artists made old age a time of triumph by p… read more
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- art
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
18. Winslow Homer: American Passage
By: William R. Cross
4.13
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
The definitive life of the painter who forged American identity visually, in art and illustration, … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
19. Van Gogh and the Artists He Loved
By: Steven Naifeh
4.48
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The compelling story of how Vincent van Gogh developed his audacious, iconic style by immersing him… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- art and photography
- nonfiction
20. Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
By: William E. Wallace
4.11
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of Michelangelo's final decades--and his transformation into one of the greatest a… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
21. Van Gogh's Finale: Auvers and the Artist's Rise to Fame
By: Martin Bailey
4.55
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A captivating and definitive account of the final days of Van Gogh's life and the incredible story … read more
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- nonfiction
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