Art

Books that showcase particular types of art.

The Philosophy of Modern Song
Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger
A Book of Days
Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night
Holding Space: Life and Love Through a Queer Lens
The Paper Dolls of Zelda Fitzgerald
Mesozoic Art: Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Animals in Art
Kobiety z obrazów. Polki
Looking to Sea: Britain Through the Eyes of its Artists
Art Hiding in Paris: An Illustrated Guide to the Secret Masterpieces of the City of Light
Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
Attribution
The Color of Ice
Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
Within These Gilded Halls
  • Wild Kingdom by Anne Rouen
    Wild Kingdom
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    Release date: Dec 09, 2022
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    Giveaway dates: Dec 17 - Dec 30, 2022

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  • Mostly Plant-Based by Mia Syn
    Mostly Plant-Based: 100 Delicious Plant-Forward Recipes Using 10 Ingredients or Less
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    Release date: Dec 13, 2022
    With 100 recipes and a 21-day meal plan, registered dietician Mia Syn helps you say goodbye to extreme dieting for life and unlock the secret to eatin ...more
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 6936 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Dec 15 - Dec 30, 2022

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  • Letters to Sis by Cesare Giannetti
    Letters to Sis
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    Release date: May 17, 2015
    Both a tribute to the author's sister, and his years in the US army in Germany, Middle East, and Bosnia. A touching, funny, and interesting story. ...more
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  • A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)
    Now Is Not the Time to Panic
    The Cloisters
    Horse
    Portrait of an Unknown Woman (Gabriel Allon, #22)
    Still Life
    Over My Dead Body (Detective William Warwick, #4)
    The Singing Trees
    The Magnolia Palace
    The Venice Sketchbook
    Mouth to Mouth
    It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth
    Big Panda & Tiny Dragon - Special Edition
    Portrait of a Thief
    Nothing Ventured (Detective William Warwick, #1)
    The Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George Orwell
    Works of Pure Genius
    678 books — 768 voters
    Black Butler, Vol. 1 by Yana TobosoPandora Hearts 1巻 by Jun MochizukiFruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki TakayaA Bride's Story, Vol. 1 by Kaoru MoriSailor Moon, Vol. 1 by Naoko Takeuchi
    Best Manga Art
    298 books — 300 voters

    Pure by Jennifer L. ArmentroutHalf-Blood by Jennifer L. ArmentroutOf Poseidon by Anna BanksSilence by Becca FitzpatrickStarcrossed by Josephine Angelini
    Breathtaking Book Covers
    340 books — 332 voters
    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootQuiet by Susan CainFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
    Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
    1,549 books — 1,187 voters

    Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. VaughanNimona by N.D. StevensonLumberjanes, Vol. 1 by N.D. StevensonThe Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth by Kurtis J. WiebeMs. Marvel, Vol. 2 by G. Willow Wilson
    Best Graphic Novels 2015
    141 books — 371 voters
    Witch in the Woods by Taylor Ann BunkerStarshine by G.S. JennsenHeart of Oak by David        CookSelf-Publishing In the Eye of the Storm by Karl WigginsHere There Be Dragons by Michelle O'Leary
    Best Cover Art - Indie/Self-Published
    225 books — 275 voters

    Ways of Seeing
    The Story of Art
    The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
    Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
    Wall and Piece
    The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
    Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
    Girl with a Pearl Earring
    The Art Book
    The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
    Concerning the Spiritual in Art
    Seven Days in the Art World
    The Goldfinch
    History of Beauty
    On Photography

    Rainbow Rowell
    “ Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something. ...more ”
    ― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

    Robert A. Heinlein
    “ Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see the old woman she will become. A better artist can look at an old woman and see the pretty girl that she used to be. But a great artist-a master-and that is what Auguste Rodin was-can look at an old woman, protray her exactly as she is...and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be...and more than that, he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armadillo, or even you, see that t ...more ”
    ― Robert Heinlein

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