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(P/B) SELECTED POEMS
Richly varied in mood and content, 31 poems include convivial song-like poems, love poems, travel poems, humorous and satiric poems. Included are "She Walks in Beauty," "The Prisoner of Chillon," "The Vision of Judgment," many more, plus excerpts from "Don Juan, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" and "Manfred," Explanatory footnotes. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) HOW TO DRAW MANGA
Learn to create cool characters in the style of manga, the Japanese cartooning craze. This easy-to-follow guide takes you from the basic shapes that serve as building blocks to dynamic finished figures. An introductory section covers artists' materials and explains the techniques behind illustrating faces, body types, and movement. Additional chapters provide two-color, step-by-step directions for drawing an assortment of wide-eyed teenage heroes, monstrous villains, and supernatural animals - 25 in all. A concluding chapter offers suggest...
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(P/B) BARTLEBY AND BENITO CERENO
Herman Melville towers among American writers not only for his powerful novels, but also for the stirring novellas and short stories that flowed from his pen. Two of the most admired of these - "Bartleby" and "Benito Cereno" - first appeared as magazine pieces and were then published in 1856 as part of a collection of short stories entitled The Piazza Tales. "Bartleby" (also known as "Bartleby the Scrivener") is an intriguing moral allegory set in the business world of mid-19th-century New York. A strange, enigmatic man employed as a clerk...
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(P/B) UNE SEMAINE DE BONTE
This is the legendary collage masterpieces of Max Ernst (b. 1891), one of the leading figures of the surrealistic movement and among the most original artists of the 20th century. From old catalog and pulp novel illustrations, Ernst produced this series of 182 bizarre and darkly humorous collage scenes of classic dreams and erotic fantasies which seem mysteriously to lure the unconscious into view: Stern, proper-looking women sprout giant sets of wings, serpents appear in the drawing -room and bed chamber, a baron has the head of a lion, a...
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(P/B) POE ILLUSTRATED
In his brief and troubled life, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was as haunted by tragedy and loss as he was plagued by poverty, illness, and alcoholism. Poe's personal misfortunes doubtless influenced the dark romanticism of his work. Obsessed with death, decay, and madness, he created compelling narratives of characters trapped in perverse situations. The profound influence of his stories and poetry extends not only to world literature but also to the visual arts. This outstanding collection, selected and edited by Jeff A. Menges, features sco...
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(P/B) PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
"The Weavers," a landmark of class-conscious art, which depicts, in a series of prints, the plight of the worker and his age-long struggle to better his lot. "Death as a Friend," showing a man greeting his death as an old friend, with a hysterical mixture of joy and terror. "The People," in which a mother shields her offspring from phantoms of hate, poverty, and ignorance - and symbolizes woman as creator, begetter of the human race, link between past and future. These works represent the recurrent themes which most characterize the work o...
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MONDAY OR TUESDAY
One of the most distinguished critics and innovative authors of the twentieth century, Virginia Woolf published two novels before this collection appeared in 1921. However, it was these early stories that first earned her a reputation as a writer with "the liveliest imagination and most delicate style of her time." Influenced by Joyce, Proust, and the theories of William James, Bergson, and Freud, she strove to write a new fiction that emphasized the continuous flow of consciousness, time's passage as both a series of sequential moments an...
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(P/B) BOOKIES
Crochet your own bookmarks - but not just any bookmarks! These fun and unusual animal characters are Bookies, and they'll not only help you keep your place while reading but will also attract admiring attention. And you can proudly say that you made them yourself! Full-color photos and clear instructions show you how easy it is to create 17 kooky creatures, from Freddy Frog and Selma Snake to Filomena Fox and Ellie the Unicorn. Make them all! You can keep your Bookies for yourself or give them away as unique handmade gifts. (From the publi...
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(P/B) JAPANDEMONIUM ILLUSTRATED
Japanese folklore abounds with bizarre creatures collectively referred to as the yokai ― the ancestors of the monsters populating Japanese film, literature, manga, and anime. Artist Toriyama Sekien (1712-88) was the first to compile illustrated encyclopedias detailing the appearances and habits of these creepy-crawlies from myth and folklore. Ever since their debut over two centuries ago, the encyclopedias have inspired generations of Japanese artists. Japandemonium Illustrated represents the very first time they have ever been available i...
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(P/B) MY LITTLE CROCHETED CHRISTMAS
Add a little handmade warmth to Christmas with these charming crocheted decorations, toys, and charms. The projects include tree ornaments, a cuddly fox and animal Santas, a mouse quartet, a tabletop nativity set, finger puppets, gingerbread "hearts," and many other delightful ornaments. These projects are suitable for crocheters at every level of experience - a How-To section explains the basic techniques, so even beginners can whip up many of these items. Each features detailed instructions and full-color photos of the completed piece. T...
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(P/B) THE PRACTICE OF TEMPERA PAINTING
Tempera painting, the method in which colors are mixed with some binding material other than oil (primarily egg yolk), is the earliest type of painting known to man. The wall paintings of ancient Egypt and Babylon are tempera, as are many of the paintings of Giotto, Lippi, Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto, and many other masters. But in spite of the time-proven excellence of this technique - which boasts many clear advantages over oil paint - it does not receive the degree of attention from modern painters that it deserves. Part of ...
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(P/B) THE MASTER KEY SYSTEM
One of the greatest personal development books ever written and a foundation of the self-help genre, The Master Key System explains how to harness the power of thought in order to achieve your goals and cultivate your talents and skills. Established as a correspondence course in 1912 and published in book form in 1916, this bestseller forms the original course in New Thought, promising such benefits as advances in mental development and improvements in health and finances. Its timeless teachings employ the law of attraction and creative vi...
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(P/B) THE KNOW-HOW OF CARTOONING
This classic guide by a master animator and cartoonist - and long time Disney artist - is now available for the first time since its original publication in 1946. Author Ken Hultgren instructs by example in a guide that's suitable for beginners and advanced students alike. The comprehensive range of instruction covers features and expressions, animals, foreshortening, perspective, lettering, caricature, animation, and various other aspects of cartooning. All subjects include step-by-step guides, several examples, and helpful hints and sugg...
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(P/B) THE CLASSIC TRADITION OF HAIKU
A highly distilled form of Japanese poetry, haiku consists of seventeen syllables, usually divided among three lines. Though brief, they tell a story or paint a vivid picture, leaving it to the reader to draw out the meanings and complete them in the mind's eye. Haiku often contains a hidden dualism (near and far, then and now, etc.) and has a seasonal tie-in, as well as specific word-images that reveal deeper layers in each poem. This unique collection spans over 400 years (1488-1902) of haiku history by the greatest masters: Basho, Issa,...
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DRAWINGS OF ALBRECHT DURER
Originally published in Munich in 1914, this selection of Albrecht Diirer's finest drawings by the great art historian Heinrich Wolfflin has long been regarded as a basic book in the arts. It has gone through many editions in Europe, even though this is its first appearance in English. Professor Wolfflin selected eighty-one drawings by the Master both for their individual interest and for the light they cast on Durer's artistic growth and evolution. They begin with the self-portrait Durer drew at the age of thirteen (1484) and end with his...
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(P/B) GREEK GODS AND GODDESSES
The deities of ancient Greece are central characters in a body of mythical narratives that were at the heart of a civilization that lasted many centuries. These characters and stories represent imaginatively the Greeks' understanding of nature, psychology, and their own history. They also include strange and spectacular tales of love and lust, war and peace, heroism and vengeance, supernatural feats and superhuman weaknesses - which may explain their appeal to poets, prose writers, and artists over time, right up to the present day: a stoc...
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(P/B) THE GREAT GATSBY FASHION PAPER DOLLS
Bring the Roaring Twenties to life with this collectible paper doll book based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Dress the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and beautiful debutante Daisy Buchanan in an elegant and glamorous wardrobe, like saucy flapper dresses and jeweled headbands for Daisy and opulent attire for Jay - including his famous pink suit. Additional dolls and outfits based on characters Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson, Nick Carraway and Tom Buchanan are also included, as well as a backdrop featuring a luxurious mansion la...
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(P/B) THE MAGICIAN'S WIFE
Spanning multiple decades and continents, this phantasmagorical epic is the result of a unique collaboration between an award-winning American author and the famous French illustrator of Alexandro Jodorowsky's Bouncer series. Writer Jerome Charyn and artist Francois Boucq combine their talents to recount a surrealistic tale about the wife of a philandering magician and her struggles with terrifying demons, both real and imaginary. Originally published as La Femme du magicien, The Magician's Wife was awarded the 1986 Prix Alfred (Angouleme...
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(P/B) MY BEST MATHEMATICAL AND LOGIC PUZZLES
Over a period of 25 years as author of the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American, Martin Gardner devoted a column every six months or so to short math problems or puzzles. He was especially careful to present new and unfamiliar puzzles that had not been included in such classic collections as those by Sam Loyd and Henry Dudeney. Later, these puzzles were published in book collections, incorporating reader feedback on alternate solutions or interesting generalizations. The present volume contains a rich selection of 70 of the be...
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(P/B) COMPOSITION IN ART
A painting's technique, color, and perspective may all be excellent, yet the painting will fail unless its composition succeeds. Composition is the harmonious arranging of the component parts of a work of art into a unified whole. Henry Poore examines the works of old masters and moderns in this book and uses these examples to explain the principles of compositions in art. All the paintings that the author analyzes are illustrated in the text - 166 illustrations, including 9 in full color. Thirty-two diagrams by the author accompany his te...
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