An Object of Beauty
By: Steve Martin
3.77
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Lacey Yeager is young, captivating, and ambitious enough to take the NYC art world by storm. Groome…
Want to Read $ 9.99"she is nearing forty and not so easily forgiven as when her skin bloomed like roses."-Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty
"she is nearing forty and not so easily forgiven as when her skin bloomed like roses."-Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty
"she is nearing forty and not so easily forgiven as when her skin bloomed like roses."-Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty
"…when the person beside you is making you alert and keen and the idea of being with anyone else is not imaginable…"-Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty
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1. The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
By: Edmund de Waal
3.95
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The Ephrussis were a grand banking family, as rich and respected as the Rothschilds, who “burned li… read more
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- art
"The problem is that I am in the wrong century to burn things. I am the wrong generation to let it go."-Edmund de Waal, The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
"With languages, you can move from one social situation to another. With languages, you are at home anywhere."-Edmund de Waal, The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
"There are things in this world that the children hear, but whose sounds oscillate below an adult's sense of pitch."-Edmund de Waal, The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
"Does assimilation mean that they never came up against naked prejudice? Does it mean that you understood where the limits of your social world were and you stuck to them?"-Edmund de Waal, The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
2. An Object of Beauty
By: Steve Martin
3.77
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Lacey Yeager is young, captivating, and ambitious enough to take the NYC art world by storm. Groome… read more
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- adult fiction
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- art
- new york
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
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"she is nearing forty and not so easily forgiven as when her skin bloomed like roses."-Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty
"…when the person beside you is making you alert and keen and the idea of being with anyone else is not imaginable…"-Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty
"You want to know how I think art should be taught to children? Take them to a museum and say, 'This is art, and you can't do it."-Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty
"...a young man, Jamaican, perhaps, his head circled in a scarf with sunbleached dreadlocks on piled on top, looking like a plate of soft-shell crabs."-Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty
3. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
By: Betty Edwards
3.87
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
When Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was first published in 1979, it hit the New York Times … read more
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- art
"Over the last forty years, many educators, decision-makers, and even some parents have come to regard the arts as peripheral, and let’s face it, frivolous—especially the visual arts, with their conno…"-Betty Edwards, The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
4. The Natural Way to Draw
By: Kimon Nicolaides , None
4.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Great for the beginner and the expert, this book offers readers exercises to improve their work. read more
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- art
5. Good Faeries/Bad Faeries
By: Brian Froud , None
3.23
Format: 403 pages,
Since he illustrated the Faeries in 1978, Brian Froud has been fascinated by faery lore. Now, 20 ye… read more
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- art
- fiction
6. Faeries
By: Brian Froud , Alan Lee
0.00
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
Edited by David Larkin. Two talented artists explore the world of faeries in myths, legends, and fo… read more
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- art
7. Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature
By: Andy Goldsworthy
4.04
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Illustrates outdoor sculptures created with a range of natural materials, including snow, ice, leav… read more
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- art
- adult
8. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
By: Austin Kleon
3.97
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
You don't need to be a genius, you just need to be yourself. That's the message from Austin Kleon, … read more
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- art
9. Ways of Seeing
By: John Berger
3.24
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
John Berger's Classic Text on Art John Berger's Ways of Seeingis one of the most stimulating and th… read more
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- art
10. Leonardo's Notebooks
By: Leonardo da Vinci , H. Anna Suh
4.31
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An all-new, jewel-like, reader-friendly format gives new life to this relaunch of an international … read more
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- art
11. Imagine: How Creativity Works
By: Jonah Lehrer
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetin… read more
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- art
12. Griffin and Sabine (Griffin & Sabine #1)
By: Nick Bantock
3.85
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It all started with a mysterious and seemingly innocent postcard, but from that point nothing was t… read more
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- art
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13. Drawing from Memory
By: Allen Say
4.01
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist… read more
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- art
14. The Gashlycrumb Tinies (The Vinegar Works, #1)
By: Edward Gorey
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Gashlycrumb Tinies: or, After the Outing is an abecedarian book written by Edward Gorey that wa… read more
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- art
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15. Amphigorey (Amphigorey, #1)
By: Edward Gorey
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
The title of this deliciously creepy collection of Gorey's work stems from the word amphigory, mean… read more
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- art
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16. Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
By: Simon Garfield
3.89
Format: 440 pages,
What's your type? Suddenly everyone's obsessed with fonts. Whether you're enraged by Ikea's Verdana… read more
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17. Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
By: Roland Barthes , Richard Howard
4.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
A graceful, contemplative volume, Camera Lucidawas first published in 1979. Commenting on artists s… read more
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18. The Story of Art
By: E.H. Gombrich
3.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Renowned not only as the best concise introduction to art history, but also as a classic of art his… read more
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19. Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
By: Hayden Herrera
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Hailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frid… read more
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20. PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
By: Frank Warren
3.76
Format: 85 pages, Hardcover
New York TimesBestseller The project that captured a nation's imagination. The instructions were si… read more
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21. Clara and Mr. Tiffany
By: Susan Vreeland
3.96
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
Against the unforgettable backdrop of New York near the turn of the twentieth century, from the Gil… read more
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