| Common Sense
| Presents the text with annotations of "the single most influential political pamphlet ever published in America."
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| Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoy [illustrated, high-level formatting]
| Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. Tolstoy clashed with its editor Mikhail Katkov over issues that arose in the final installment; therefore, the novel's first complete appearance was in book form.Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a "trifling romance of high life", Fyodor Dostoevsky declared it to be "flawless as a work of art". His opinion was sha...More
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| The Call of the Wild (Classics Illustrated (New York, N.Y.), No. 10.)
| Taken from a kindly owner, Buck is forced into the perilous life of a sled dog in the treacherous Yukon Territory during the Klondike gold rush. Presented in comic book format.
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| The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
| An Economist Book of the Year Costa Book Award Winner for Biography Galaxy National Book Award Winner (New Writer of the Year Award)Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots—which are then sold, collected, and handed on—he has a particular sense of the secret lives of objects. When he inherited a collection of 264 tiny Japanese wood and ivory carvings, called netsuke, he wanted to know who had touched and held them...More
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| The Danger Artist (Kindle Single) (GQ Books)
| The artist Ai Weiwei -- photographer, architect, gambler, orchestrator of installations, organizer of happenings, troublemaker and tweeter -- is one of China's most outspoken dissidents. He has continually tested the bounds of free speech and in the Spring of 2011, Beijing officials took the dare. Since June, he has remained under virtual house arrest, forbidden from blogging, tweeting and giving interviews to the foreign press. That did not stop GQ's Wyatt Mason from trying to pay him a visit.
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| Gitanjali
| Gitanjali is an important collection of prose by Rabindranath Tagore, being a key Indian poet, author and of course Nobel Peace Prize winner. Individuals who are intestered in eastern poetry should embrace this book as it was written with eastern philosophy in mind. Tagore has long been known as an important author of works related to eastern philosophical beliefs, and has written an excellent collection of poetry which is featured in this publication.
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| Design of Everyday Things, The
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| Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
| Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-grandaughter of Iran's last emperor, Satrapi bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. ...More
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| Tristram Shandy
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| Cure Your Democracy: The Infection, Spread and Treatment of Contagious Opinions
| There's an epidemic sweeping across America but no one's taking it seriously. The infected look like normal Americans, at first, but then they open their mouths and foreign words leap out known only to inhabitants of their special nation: left coaster, mama grizzly, Obamacare, drill baby drill; or neocon, glass ceiling, teabagger, I didn't inhale. Drop the word "multiculturalism" and half of them will have an immediate allergy-like reaction. Their faces will turn red with fever as they glide aw...More
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| Pictures Every Child Should Know a Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People
| The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Painting; Painters; Art; Art / General; Art / Criticism; Art / History / General; Art / European; Art / Individual Artist; Art / Techniques / Painting;
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| The Prince
| Here is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor The Prince even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince . . . a king . . . a president. When, in 1512, Machiavelli was removed from his post in his beloved Florence, he resolved to set down a treatise on leadership that was practical, not idealistic. In The Prince he envisioned would be unencumbered by ordinary ethical and m...More
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| The Art of Urban Sketching: Drawing On Location Around The World
| The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. Authored by the founder of the nonprofit organization Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), this beautiful, 320-page volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long historical tradition and how it is being practiced today. With profiles of leading practitioners and discussions of the benefits of working in...More
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| Fleurs Du Mal (French Edition)
| Preface par Henry Frichet
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| Batman: Long Halloween (Batman)
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| Mastering Manga with Mark Crilley: 30 drawing lessons from the creator of Akiko
| It's THE book on manga from YouTube's most popular art instruction Guru! There's more to manga than big, shiny eyes and funky hair. In these action-packed pages, graphic novelist Mark Crilley shows you step-by-step how to achieve an authentic manga style—from drawing faces and figures to laying out awesome, high-drama spreads. You'll learn how a few basic lines will help you place facial features in their proper locations and simple tricks for getting body proportions right. Plus, you'...More
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| Zen Culture
| Zen History, Zen, Haiku, Ceramics, Archery, Landscape Garden, Stone Garden, Ink Landscape Scroll, Zen Architecture, Sword, Katana, No Theater, Noh Theater, Japanese Tea Ceremony, Flower arranging, Ikebana, Zen Ceramic Art, Raku, Shino, Ryoanji-ji “Highly recommended”The Center for Asian Studies“A connoisseur”NYC-FM“Hoover provides an excellent introduction to the aesthetics of Japanese culture”Kirkus Reviews
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| THE LIGHT FANTASTIC: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL (DISCWORLD NOVELS)
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| Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
| "This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially—statistically speaking—there aren't any people like that. Geniuses get made once-a-century or so, yet good art gets made all the time, so to equate the making of art with the workings of genius removes this intimately human activity to a strangely unreachable and unknowable place. For all practical purpos...More
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| Wall and Piece
| Banksy, Britain's now-legendary "guerilla" street artist, has painted the walls, streets, and bridges of towns and cities throughout the world. Not only did he smuggle his pieces into four of New York City's major art museums, he's also "hung" his work at London's Tate Gallery and adorned Israel's West Bank barrier with satirical images. Banksy's identity remains unknown, but his work is unmistakable—with prints selling for as much as $45,000.
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