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Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity

Felicia Day - Gallery Books
Format: Paperback

An instant New York Times bestseller In Embrace Your Weird, New York Times bestselling author, producer, actress, TV writer, and award-winning web series creator, Felicia Day takes you on a journey to find, rekindle, or expand your creative passions. Including Felicia's...
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The Poetics of Distortion: Panoramic Photographs of the San Francisco Bay Area

Thomas R. Schiff - GOFF BOOKS
Format: Hardcover

Thomas R. Schiff's vivid panoramic photographs capture the iconic buildings and landscapes of San Francisco and the Bay Area in new and surprising ways. From the Golden Gate Bridge to Coit Tower, they offer a refreshing perspective on familiar places and reveal unexpected treasures...
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The Beginners Photography Guide: The Ultimate Step-by-Step Manual for Getting the Most from Your Digital Camera

Chris Gatcum - DK
Format: Paperback

All you need is a digital camera and this bestselling book to unlock your full potential as a photographer!. This handbook will help you improve your skills, give you a fresh perspective on how to approach a shoot, and which equipment will work best. If you have a burst of inspiration and ideas...
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Drawing for the Beginning Artist: Practical techniques for mastering light and shadow in graphite and charcoal

Gabriel Martin - Walter Foster Pub
Format: Print book

Master the art of light and shadow, and create beautiful works of art in graphite pencil.Discover the basic tools and techniques necessary for creating realistic, expressive drawings in graphite pencil. Learn to "see" a subject through the eyes of an artist, first understanding...
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SPIKE

Spike Lee - Chronicle Chroma
Format: Hardcover

Spike Lee is a world-renowned, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, a cultural icon, and one of the most prominent voices on race and racism for more than three decades. His prolific career has included over 35 films, including his directorial debut She's Gotta Have It (1986) , his seminal...
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Conscious Crafts: Quilting: 20 mindful makes to reconnect head, heart & hands

Elli Beaven - Leaping Hare Press
Format: Hardcover

Making is mindfulness made practical, and quilting is a renowned and rewarding craft. Drawing on the traditions of hand quilting, Elli has created , ranging from simple coasters, bags and cushions to quilts and curtains. She shares the and shows for different projects, as well as mending...
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Beyond the Face: New Perspectives on Portraiture

Wendy Wick Reaves - GILES
Format: Hardcover

Is there more to portraiture than eyes meeting eyes? Beyond the Face: New Perspectives on Portraiture presents sixteen essays by leading scholars who explore the subtle means by which artists -- and subjects -- convey a sense of identity and reveal historical context. Examining a wide range...
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A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen

Liel Leibovitz - W W Norton & Co Inc
Format: Hardcover

Brings to life a passionate poet-turned-musician and what compels him and his work. Why is it that Leonard Cohen receives the sort of reverence we reserve for a precious few living artists? Why are his songs, three or four decades after their original release, suddenly gracing the charts,...
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Entangled Life: The Illustrated Edition: How Fungi Make Our Worlds

Merlin Sheldrake - Random House
Format: Hardcover

Merlin Sheldrake's New York Times bestseller, Entangled Life, is now a lavish visual journey into the hidden lives of fungi.. When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight yet make...
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Leonardo da Vinci: The 100 Milestones

Martin Kemp - Sterling
Format: Hardcover

To commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death, world-renowned da Vinci expert Martin Kemp explores 100 of the master's milestones in art, science, engineering, architecture, anatomy, and more. Leonardo da Vinci was born in the small Tuscan town of Vinci in April 1452....
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