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1	The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity more books like this by Julia Cameron add to wishlist In this bestselling and now classic workbook for writers and other creative types, Julia Cameron, who has written award-winning screenplays and magazine articles, lays out a path based on spiritual principles and practices for those who feel blocked. Cameron presents specific, practical activities and supportive guidance in a voice that inspires ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain more books like this by Oliver Sacks add to wishlist Sackss compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains. Here, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. see all copies from $3.50! new only from $4.40! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament more books like this by Kay Redfield Jamison, PH.D. add to wishlist From the recognized authority on manic-depressive illness, Kay Redfield Jamison, this study links the lives of celebrated artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Robert Schumann, and Lord Byron to the euphoric highs and crushing lows that are the textbook symptoms of manic-depression. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything more books like this by Ken Robinson (Read by) add to wishlist From one of the world's leading thinkers and speakers on creativity and self-fulfillment comes a breakthrough book about talent, passion, and achievement. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $8.98! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Artist's Way Workbook more books like this by Julia Cameron add to wishlist For the millions who have uncovered their creative selves through the "Artist's Way" program comes a workbook and companion to the international bestseller. see all copies from $6.94! new only from $6.94! \| SVS
6	Taking Flight: Inspiration and Techniques to Give Your Creative Spirit Wings more books like this by Kelly Rae Roberts add to wishlist The reader will 'grow their creative wings' by joining the author on a creative journey through seven stages of Taking Flight, from learning to find the sacred in the ordinary, to listening to the whispers of their subconscious minds, to facing their innermost fears. Along the way, the reader's creative process will be deeply inspired by ... see all copies from $13.20! new only from $14.82! \| SVS
7	The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women more books like this by Gail McMeekin add to wishlist Sparked by her own long search for inspiration in her life and work, Gail McMeekin has worked closely with some the contemporary world's most creative women in her guide to maximizing creative energy. Over 50 of these dynamic women share their secrets to success. Through a series of interviews and conversations, the author noticed recurring themes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Drawing on the Artist Within more books like this by Betty Edwards add to wishlist This sequel expands on the right-brain/left-brain theory outlined in Betty Edward's immensely popular DRAWING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN. Though this book is also geared for beginning artists, Edwards' focus here is not so much on basic instruction in drawing, but on how to bring creative impulses from the idea stage to completed work. Edwards ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.51! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Free Play more books like this by S Nachmanovitch add to wishlist see all copies from $3.18! new only from $5.89! \| first editions \| SVS
10	A whack on the side of the head : how you can be more creative more books like this by Roger Von Oech add to wishlist Full of cartoons, provocative puzzles, anecdotes, exercises, questions, quotations and tips, this book systematically breaks through mental blocks and unlocks the mind for creative thinking. "Whack" has been used by business people, teachers, scientists, and artists for stimulating creativity in millions of readers. The book will be packaged with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently more books like this by Gregory Berns add to wishlist No organization can survive without iconoclasts--innovators who single-handedly upturn conventional wisdom and manage to achieve what so many others deem impossible. Neuroscientist Berns describes practical ways to understand and unleash an individual's potential to think differently. see all copies from $18.75! new only from $18.75! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	I Won't Learn from You: And Other Thoughts on Creative Maladjustment more books like this by Herbert R Kohl add to wishlist "I won't learn from you" is Herb Kohl's now-classic essay about the phenomenon of "not-learning, " or refusing to learn, which takes place when a student's intelligence, dignity, or integrity is compromised by a teacher, an institution, or a larger social mindset. Available in book form for the first time, "I Won't Learn from You" serves here as a ... see all copies from $2.54! new only from $10.65! \| SVS
13 view cover	Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life more books like this by Robert Fritz add to wishlist Robert Fritz outlines an exciting and different approach to using creativity in everyday life. He shows that creativity is not a special gift given to the very few, but a skill that can be learned in order to change and improve every aspect of life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom add to wishlist Harold Bloom weighs in on the subject of genius, beginning with a definition and proceeding to identify genius in 100 practitioners of (mostly) Western literature, including Octavio Paz, Christina Rossetti, Herman Melville, Virginia Woolf, Lewis Carroll, and Freud. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	World Wide Rave: Creating Triggers That Get Millions of People to Spread Your Ideas and Share Your Stories more books like this by David Meerman Scott add to wishlist A World Wide Rave! What the heck is that? A World Wide Rave is when people around the world are talking about you, your company, and your products. It's when communities eagerly link to your stuff on the Web. It's when online buzz drives buyers to your virtual doorstep. It's when tons of fans visit your Web site and your blog because they ... see all copies from $12.79! new only from $13.53! \| SVS
16 view cover	Inspiration Sandwich: Stories to Inspire Our Creative Freedom more books like this by Sark add to wishlist Suggests activities to develop creativity, and tells how to live creatively free and develop a more positive and open outlook on life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Einstein Factor: A Proven New Method for Increasing Your Intelligence more books like this by Win Wenger, Richard Poe add to wishlist ""The Einstein Factor" liberates mental abilities you didn't know you had. I tried the techniques in the book and they paid off instantly. It's almost scary."--Duncan Maxwell Anderson, senior editor, "Success." New research suggests that the superior achievements of famous thinkers may have been more the result of mental conditioning than genetic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collabortion more books like this by Warren G Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman add to wishlist This volume captures the spirit of discovery that pervades "Great Groups". It describes the free-form organization of such teams, more interested in their mission than their hierarchy. The authors discuss how "Great Groups" believe both that they're underdogs up against a powerful foe and that they're bound to succeed. The book also illuminates ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.16! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The spirit in man, art, and literature more books like this by C. G. Jung add to wishlist Nine essays, written between 1922 and 1941, on Paracelsus, Freud, Picasso, the sinologist Richard Wilhelm, Joyce's Ulysses, artistic creativity generally, and the source of artistic creativity in archetypal structures. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $16.47! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Act of Creation more books like this by Arthur Koestler add to wishlist Koestler probes "bisociative" thinking--creativity and the new perceptions offered us by creative activity. An area of psychology that is often neglected, creativity is, according to Koestler, often suppressed by the daily near-automatic routine of our lives. He offers the suggestion that it is when our rational thought is suspended that we are at ... see all copies from $17.00! first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Courage to Create more books like this by Rollo May add to wishlist Believing that creativity is central to our being, May outlines the limits to what we know and do not know about creativity. He links the element of courage to creativity to reveal the process of discovery in which a person generates new forms and patterns that build new social systems. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.47! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Creativity and the Arts with Young Children more books like this by Rebecca T Isbell, PH.D., Shirley C Raines add to wishlist "Creativity and the Arts for Young Children, 2e" is written specifically for early childhood educators as well as professionals who work with children birth through age eight. The focus of this book, now in it's second edition, is on making the vital connection to music, movement, drama, and the visual arts in all areas of the classroom, as well ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $41.22! \| SVS
23 view cover	Coaching the Artist Within: Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians from America's Foremost Creativity Coach more books like this by Dr. Eric Maisel add to wishlist Coaching The Artist Within shows people how to become more effective creators by guiding them through 12 self-coaching lessons. Eric Maisel writes each lesson with a novelist's flair, as a narrative complete with examples, exercises, and questions to help readers explore underlying issues that may be keeping them from pursuing their urge to create ... see all copies from $2.17! new only from $8.97! \| SVS
24 view cover	The Creative Journal: The Art of Finding Yourself more books like this by Lucia Capacchione, PH.D. add to wishlist A recognized classic in the field of art therapy and creativity, this book is a perfect guide to discovering and releasing inner potential through writing and drawing. It contains over 50 writing and drawing exercises to help readers find and love their self, their feelings, and their dreams. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.30!
25 view cover	Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step more books like this by Edward de Bono add to wishlist The seminal book that introduced a new way of reasoning and decision making. "Dr. de Bono does not claim to be able to turn us all into Miltons, Da Vincis, and Einsteins. . . . The Muse never appears to most of us--hence the value of this book."-- "Times Educational Supplement" "Dr. de Bono does not claim to be able to turn us all into Miltons, Da ... see all copies from $3.20! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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