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1	A Cat with a Fiddle more books like this by Lydia Adamson add to wishlist The sixth installment of this charming series finds Alice Nestleton in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse in rural Massachusetts. A catsitting job turns into the search for a dangerously deceptive murderer when a handsome pianist turns up dead. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The 100 Best Art Towns in America more books like this by John Villani add to wishlist see all copies from $7.00! new only from $12.52!
3	Forests of the Heart more books like this by Charles de Lint add to wishlist At the fingers of the fictional Canadian city of Newford, an isolated group of eccentrics find themselves plagued by ghosts and spirits--some Native American and some who came along for the ride when the first wooden ships landed in the New World. see all copies from $2.49! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce in the Postindustrial City more books like this by Richard D Lloyd add to wishlist A common sight in American cities today is the local bohemia, filled with hipsters, funky stores, picturesque dive bars, and aspiring artists. Yet not so long ago, these sorts of districts were relatively rare, and one had to travel to San Francisco or Greenwich Village to experience bohemia in all its glory. The last two decades, however, has ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $29.55! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Studios by the Sea: Artists of Long Island's East End more books like this by Bob Colacello, Jonathan Becker (Photographer) add to wishlist "Vanity Fair" correspondent Colacello and photographer Becker go inside the renovated barns, split-shingled cottages, and minimalist mansions of the modern-day artist colony that is Long Island's East End. 200 full-color photos. see all copies from $19.51! new only from $19.60! \| first editions
6	de Kooning's Bicycle: Artists and Writers in the Hamptons more books like this by Robert Long add to wishlist Some of the 20th century's most important artists and writers lived and worked on the east end of Long Island years before it assumed its alternate identity as the Hamptons. The homes they made there, and the effect on their work, is the subject of these searching, lyrical vignettes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Palladio more books like this by Jonathan Dee add to wishlist Mal Osbourne is the founder of Palladio, an unorthodox ad agency in Virginia. His assistant, John Wheelwright, moves to Virginia to work for the agency. When John's old flame, a femme fatale named Molly, comes to town with her new boyfriend, Mal falls quickly in love with her, and matters aren't improved by the fact that Molly's boyfriend is a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Monhegan: The Artists' Island more books like this by Jane Curtis, Will Curtis, Frank Lieberman add to wishlist In this lavishly illustrated book, the authors have gathered a fascinating selection from 148 artists, some relatively unknown, others due for rediscovery, and many whose work is respected worldwide, such as Rockwell Kent, George Bellows, Edward Hopper, the Wyeths (N.C., Andrew, and Jamie), and Robert Henri. see all copies from $12.97! new only from $77.76! \| first editions
9	Mabel's Santa Fe and Taos: Bohemian Legends (1900-1950) more books like this by Elmo Baca add to wishlist Mabel's Santa Fe and Taos is a remembrance of the bohemian years of New Mexico's artist colonies, recalling an era and lifestyle that has profoundly influenced our own post-modern world. New Mexico's mountain communities of Santa Fe and Taos offered American versions of Paris, allowing creative people an alternative haven to Paris. The startling ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $25.00! \| first editions
10	Case of the Creative Crime more books like this by Carolyn Keene add to wishlist After Rhoda Benton, the director of an arts colony on Pennington estate, is threatened, Nancy and Bess search for the perpetrator. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.99! \| first editions
11 view cover	Lady with a Laptop more books like this by D M Thomas add to wishlist The acclaimed author of THE WHITE HOTEL and EATING PAVLOVA offers a deliciously comic novel of the literary life. "Marvelous . . . This bitingly satirical and wickedly bawdy . . . novel questions the tenuous lines between fact and fiction, the very nature of artifice". San Francisco CHRONICLE. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	O' Artful Death more books like this by Sarah Stewart Taylor add to wishlist Sweeney St George is a Boston art historian specialising in grave stones. When she examines the gravestone of a girl who drowned mysteriously in 1890, she is drawn to find the artist of the fine sculpture that marks the girl's grave. But in so doing, she ignites the wrath of a present-day killer. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
13	Seven Kinds of Death more books like this by Kate Whilhelm, Kate Wilhelm add to wishlist Constance Leidl and Charlie Meiklejohn face murder at a Virginia artist's colony in this spirited story. The author brings readers a murder like a work of art: subtle but dominating, graceful yet discreet. From each new angle it shows a different face. Was it the sculptress who strangled the editor? Or did some other artist fashion this murder ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.29! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Artists Communities: A Directory of Residencies in the United States That Offer Time and Space for Creativity more books like this by Alliance of Artists' Communities, Allance of Artists Communites add to wishlist This revised directory includes more than 80 residence opportunities available to visual and performing artists, composers and writers. Each listing includes information on contacting the community, the art disciplines served, facilities, housing, meals, selection process and fees. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.45!
15	The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America: Where to Find Fresh Air, Creative People, and Affordable Living more books like this by John Villani add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Soho: The Rise and Fall of an Artists' Colony more books like this by Richard Kostelanetz add to wishlist SoHo: The Rise and Fall of an Artists Colony documents how a little know industrial neighbourhood in New York unintentionally became - for a brief period - a nexus of creative activity. Such an ideal situation - totally unplanned could not last forever; the author shows how market forces squeezed out this art utopia, to be replaced by a shadow of ... see all copies from $13.95! new only from $19.88! \| first editions
17 view cover	Dreaming in Clay on the Coast of Mississippi: Love and Art at Shearwater more books like this by Christopher Maurer, Maria Estrella Iglesias add to wishlist This moving family history of four generations of artisans is replete with romance, tragedy, madness, passion, eccentricity, and ambition, set against the backdrop of myth-drenched Mississippi. It is the story of the Anderson family and their pottery workshop and art colony, Shearwater Pottery, at Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Two 8-page photo ... see all copies from $6.36! new only from $56.99! \| first editions
18 view cover	Walk a Tightrope more books like this by Julie Ellis add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.45! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Impressionist Giverny: A Colony of Artists, 1885-1915 more books like this by Katherine M Bourguignon (Editor), Kathleen Pyne, Nina Lubbren add to wishlist Lured by the ineffable beauty represented in Claude Monet's artwork and the promise of painting en plein air, artists from America and across Europe flocked to the French village of Giverny in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, transforming it from a sleepy hamlet to a colorful and thriving artists' community. "Impressionist ... see all copies from $22.94! new only from $35.31! \| first editions
20 view cover	Artists Communities: A Directory of Residencies That Offer Time and Space for Creativity more books like this by Alliance of Artists' Communities, Robert MacNeil add to wishlist Introduction by Robert MacNeil The bible of creative residency programs returns, with fresh information and new features for artists of all disciplines. More than 300 programs worldwide are described, with 95 leading communities featured in two-page spreads with photographs. The user-friendly layout allows for quick scans of facility ... see all copies from $11.25! new only from $11.25!
21	The Good and Simple Life: Artist Colonies in Europe and America more books like this by Michael Jacobs add to wishlist see all copies from $9.00! new only from $512.63! \| first editions
22	Santa Fe Art Colony, 1900-1942: July 17-August 8, 1987, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico more books like this by Sharyn Rohlfsen Udall, Nancy Pierson (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $11.92! new only from $67.82! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	New Hampshire's Cornish Colony more books like this by Fern K Meyers, James B Atkinson add to wishlist New Hampshire's Cornish Colony illustrates this distinguished American art colony. First settled in 1885 by colleagues of America's Michelangelo, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the Cornish Colony was a retreat for sculptors, painters, writers, and musicians. They were attracted to this peaceful valley nestled in the New Hampshire hills in the shadow of ... see all copies from $14.15! new only from $14.78! \| SVS
24 view cover	Art and Beauty in the Heartland: The Story of the Eagle's Nest Camp at Oregon, Illinois, 1898-1942 more books like this by Jan Stilson add to wishlist Lorado Taft and several artist friends from Chicago joined together to form an art association at Oregon, Illinois in 1898. They called it Eagle's Nest. They referred to it as camp, for in the early years camping was their principle lifestyle. This "camp: lasted for forty-four years, providing enrichment for the artists and for the residents of ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $15.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Seven Kinds of Death more books like this by Kate Wilhelm add to wishlist Constance Leidl and Charlie Meiklejohn are an unlikely pair of detectives. He is a former arson detective; she is a psychologist. Together they have a knack for unraveling a mystery. "Seven Kinds of Death" is a famous sculpture, but the name takes on new meaning when bodies start turning up at the creator's art colony. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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