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1	How Proust Can Change Your Life more books like this by Alain de Botton Alain de Botton's first work of nonfiction is a tribute to Marcel Proust, in the guise of a somewhat unusual self-help book. Consisting of Proust's opinions on subjects ranging from vacations to sex, it is, in the end, an illuminating portrait of Proust by de Botton. Listed by Salon as one of the Ten Best Books of 1997. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom Harold Bloom, author of THE WESTERN CANON and editor of hundreds of critical works, unpacks a lifetime of experience with Shakespeare and his characters. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $2.25! new only from $8.49! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life more books like this by Daniel C Dennett Nominated for the 1995 National Book Award for Non-Fiction, this masterly exploration reaffirms the validity of Darwin's theory of natural selection and brilliantly demonstrates its compatibility with free will, sacred beliefs, and the dignity of humankind. see all copies from $4.64! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Andrew Wyeth : the Helga pictures more books like this by Andrew Wyeth, John Wilmerding In his autobiography, American realist painter Andrew Wyeth presents 138 of his tempera, drybrush, and water color paintings. Each reproduction is accompanied by his personal thoughts about it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.93! \| first editions
5	Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying the Works of Shakespeare more books like this by Isaac Asimov, Rafael Palacios In an easy-to-read format, the scene-by-scene key reveals the mythological, historical, and geographical roots of all of Shakespeare's plays and narrative poems while supplying the modern reader with the background and knowledge to understand and enjoy these timeless classics. 40 maps. 16 charts. see all copies from $7.11! new only from $16.49! \| first editions
6	Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey more books like this by Alex Grey, Carlo McCormick, Ken Wilber Grey's art takes us through the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual anatomy of the self, revealing the core of human existence as he brings us face to face with ourselves. see all copies from $14.00! new only from $22.33! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven more books like this by Charles Rosen A new edition of the National Book Award-winning study of the three most popular composers of the Vienna School. Rosen, a professor of music at the University of Chicago, concentrates on the musical relations between the three composers, each of whom took prevailing influences and conventions and reworked them into highly individualized and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Cambridge Companion to Dante more books like this by Rachel Jacoff (Editor) Fifteen specially-commissioned essays by distinguished scholars provide an introduction to Dante that is at once accessible and challenging. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
9	Rabelais and his world more books like this by M. Bakhtin This book is double-voiced: it is doing two things simultaneously, for the multitude of shattered unities we call revolution brings forth texts with peculiar forms of unity. At one level it is a guidebook for its times, and at another level it is a contribution to historical poetics with time and place. see all copies from $7.94! new only from $16.16! \| SVS
10	John Singer Sargent more books like this by Carter Ratcliff An examination of John Singer Sargent's enduring popularity and the beautiful results of his life-long devotion to art. Over 300 illustrations, 113 in full-color. see all copies from $20.00! new only from $69.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Modern painters more books like this by John Ruskin The towering literary achievement of the Victorian age, a land mark in art criticism, is now available for the first time in an illustrated and annotated abridgement, a manageable size for the general reader. 87 illustrations, 20 in color. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $23.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	Love and Friendship more books like this by Allan Bloom The author of the national bestseller The Closing of the American Mind offers a provocative indictment of the devaluing of love and intimacy in today's culture. Allan Bloom explores the language of love from the Bible to Freud, shedding penetrating light on the true nature of our most basic human connections. "(A) rich mine of a book".--New York ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Anton Chekhov's Short Stories: Texts of the Stories, Backgrounds, Criticism more books like this by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov A collection of short stories by the famous 19th-century Russian author. A practicing physician for most of his life, Chekov's writing is informed by that same mixture of compassion and distance that characterize his profession, just as the clarity of his descriptions succeeds in humanizing his often brutal subjects. see all copies from $6.66! new only from $12.65! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Mission of Art more books like this by Alex Grey, Ken Wilber (Foreword by) An inspirational text for artists and for everyone else who has ever had a glimpse of art's power for personal catharsis and spiritual awakening, "The Mission of Art" traces the evolution of art, and provides convincing evidence that we of the postmodern age are poised on the brink of a transpersonal breakthrough. 40 illustrations. see all copies from $7.07! new only from $9.36! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Art of Richard Diebenkorn more books like this by Jane Livingston Recognized as a major figure in postwar American painting, Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) was an artist strongly identified with California. Published to coincide with the first retrospective of Diebenkorn's work since his death, this catalog is the most comprehensive volume on the artist now available. 192 color illustrations. see all copies from $29.35! new only from $36.72! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books more books like this by William Blake, David Bindman (Introduction by), John Commander (Foreword by) All the illuminated books, reproduced from the best available originals, and in one volume for the first time ever. The nature of William Blake's genius is most completely expressed in his Illuminated Books. As a poet/artist, Blake invented a method of printing that enabled him to create works in which words and images combine to form pages ... see all copies from $27.76! new only from $28.97! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Winslow Homer more books like this by Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr. (Editor) Winslow Homer, whose work is featured on the cover of this catalog, was the greatest American painter of the 19th century. His subjects are touchingly familiar: the Civil War soldier, the country school, the emancipated slave. This volume includes a broad selection of his paintings and watercolors, each profoundly symbolic of the main currents of ... see all copies from $8.91! new only from $31.98! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Last Flowers of Manet more books like this by Robert Gordon, Andrew Forge, Richard Howard (Translator) In the winter of 1880, painter Edouard Manet, then 49, was dying. In the last months of life, he funneled his waning energy into a series of remarkable still lifes -- 16 small paintings of flowers, brought together in this book for the first time. Andrew Forge's moving essay pays tribute to the artist's struggle and to his legacy; Robert Gordon's ... see all copies from $6.79! new only from $27.51! \| first editions
19 view cover	Mary Engelbreit: The Art and the Artist more books like this by Mary Engelbreit, Patrick Regan (Editor) Mary Engelbreit: The Art and the Artist follows this amazing artist's career from the moment she first set up shop (a "studio" in her mother's linen closet), and on to her current status as the world's premier illustrator of greeting cards, books, calendars, coffee mugs, and hundreds of other products. This book features the most extensive ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Pablo Picasso: 1881-1973 more books like this by Carsten Peter Warncke see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| first editions
21 view cover	Success and failure of Picasso more books like this by John Berger Novelist, painter, and art critic John Berger presents a controversial view of Picasso, seeing the artist as an often less than compelling artist whose career reached its peak during his Cubist period, approximately 1907 to 1914. Berger appreciates Picasso's strengths while never hesitating to point out his weaknesses as well, and he situates ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Cambridge Companion to Milton more books like this by Dennis Richard Danielson (Editor) 'It is hard to imagine even the most industrious students going far beyond what this book provides in their study of Milton.' Forum for Modern Language Studies see all copies from $2.13! new only from $7.74! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Films of Akira Kurosawa, Third Edition, Expanded and Updated more books like this by Donald Richie Akira Kurosawa has been the most celebrated Japanese filmmaker in history. His films such as RASHOMON, IKIRU, "SEVEN SAMURAI", and "RAN", among others, have won many international awards and have also introduced much of the Western world to Japanese cinema. Scholar Donald Richie has written what is widely considered to be the most insightful and ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $13.30! \| SVS
24 view cover	Winslow Homer Watercolors more books like this by Helen A Cooper see all copies from $5.44! new only from $25.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Compromising the Classics: Romance Epic Narrative in the Italian Renaissance more books like this by Dennis Looney Compromising the Classics examines the evolution of narrative poetics in three of the canonical poems of the Italian Renaissance, the romance-epics of Boiardo, Ariosto, and Torquato Tasso. Combining cultural criticism with literary analysis, this volume focuses on how these poets renovated the popular genre of romance into a new kind of narrative ... see all copies from $3.31! new only from $4.98!

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