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1	Painting Nature's Hidden Treasures more books like this by Zoltan Szabo add to wishlist see all copies from $5.88! new only from $35.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Human Figure: An Anatomy for Artists more books like this by David K Rubins add to wishlist see all copies from $5.40! new only from $10.68! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Edward Weston: Nudes more books like this by Edward Weston (Photographer), Charis Wilson (Contributions by) add to wishlist Of all the unnoticed works of art in nature revealed by Weston's camera, it was the human form that most persistently challenged this great photographer throughout his working life. Erotic, sculptural, and poetic, his nude photographs of lovers, friends, and of his son Neil combine the essentials of physical passion with a desire to go beyond the ... see all copies from $6.25! new only from $18.29! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Testimony: Crises of Witnessing in Literature, Psychoanalysis and History more books like this by Professor Shoshana Felman, Felman Shoshana add to wishlist "Testimony" examines the nature and function of testimony, witnessing and memory, both in their general relation to the acts of writing and of reading, and in their particular relation to the Holocaust. This book takes in the texts of Dostoevsky, Freud, Mallarme, Camus and de Man, videotaped testimonial life accounts of Holocaust survivors and ... see all copies from $26.93! new only from $37.90! \| SVS
5	Country flowers in watercolour more books like this by Ann Blockley add to wishlist Flower painting is a particularly popular subject among painters and there is a wealth of styles and methods available to them. This book looks at all aspects of painting cottage garden flowers in watercolour, providing the necessary technical knowledge but also encouraging artists from the start to discover and develop their own individual styles ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.14! \| first editions
6	Reel Art: Great Posters from the Golden Age of the Silver Screen more books like this by Stephen Rebello, Richard Allen add to wishlist The four decades between 1910 and 1950 were the golden age of the American movie poster, an era when wonderful films wer promoted through the talents of legendary illustrators like Thomas Hart Benton, Norman Rockwell, Howard Chandler Christy and Jmes Montgomery Flagg, as well as a small army of unknowns. It was a time when big studios lavished ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Body Work: Objects of Desire in Modern Narrative more books like this by Peter Brooks add to wishlist Uncovering the body in order to know it has been the quest of narrative since the 18th century. In this tour through art and literature - from Rousseau, Flaubert, and Manet at the origins of modernism to Duras and Mapplethorpe in our own time - Peter Brooks sees the dynamic of narrative as propelled by desire to expose truth that can be found ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $197.70! \| first editions
8	The Best of Medical Humor more books like this by Howard J Bennett, M.D. add to wishlist This volume features a collection of humourous medical stories, illustrated with cartoons. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	How to draw the human figure more books like this by Victor Ambrus add to wishlist This book is a guide to drawing the human figure naturally not in a contrived manner by means of diagrams, cubes and ovals and matchstick men. Examples of different sketch techniques are offered and extensive angles of the subjects make this book a must for the student of illustration as well as the professional or the curious. Each drawing has an ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $38.50! \| first editions
10	Red sky at sunrise : Cider with Rosie, As I walked out one midsummer morning, A moment of war more books like this by Laurie Lee add to wishlist Spanning the first twenty-three years of his remarkable life, Laurie Lee's celebrated autobiographical trilogy is presented here in one delightful volume. Beginning with "Cider with Rosie", Laurie Lee writes evocatively of his idyllic childhood in the Cotswolds of the twenties, a world of rich sensuousness and native innocence. "As I Walked Out ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $16.42! \| first editions
11	Rolling Stone: The Photographs more books like this by Tom James Wolfe, Jann S Wenner add to wishlist A collection of photographs from "Rolling Stone" magazine providing a record of famous faces from the world of music, film, comedy and politics. see all copies from $3.45! new only from $27.44! \| first editions
12	Nature's Chaos more books like this by James Gleick, Eliot Porter add to wishlist A unique, stunning union of art and science that explores a new path for understanding nature's wildness and the particular patterns and harmonies lurking there. 100 full-color photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.94! \| first editions
13	Portrait in the Renaissance more books like this by Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy add to wishlist This text shows how the Renaissance cult of individuality brought with it a demand that the features of the individual be perpetuated. The author describes the process by which Titian and other artists transformed the portrait from a record of appearance to an analysis of character. see all copies from $10.75! new only from $58.00! \| first editions
14	Learn to paint flowers in watercolour more books like this by Marjorie Blamey add to wishlist The books in this series are aimed at the amateur leisure painter. They are written by professional working artists who guide the reader through each subject in easy stages. Included are step-by-step demonstrations and the aim is to provide a valuable library of practical advice and inspiration. see all copies from $1.99!
15 view cover	The Lay of the Land: Metaphor as Experience and History in American Life and Letters more books like this by Annette Kolodny add to wishlist An original and highly unusual psycholinguistic study of American literature and culture from 1584 to 1860, this volume focuses on the metaphor of 'land-as-woman.' It is the first systematic documentation of the recurrent responses to the American continent as a feminine entity (as Mother, as Virgin, as Temptress, as the Ravished), and it is also ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Introduction to Drawing Flowers more books like this by Margaret Stevens add to wishlist see all copies from $2.50! new only from $3.00!
17	Pearl S. Buck's Book of Christmas more books like this by Pearl S Buck add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
18	Search the Scriptures; modern medicine and Biblical personages more books like this by Robert B. Greenblatt add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula more books like this by Christopher Frayling (Editor) add to wishlist Vampire literature is an amazingly varied genre of writing, providing elements of everything from the penny dreadful horrors to powerful doses of myth and eroticism. Because it contains its own mythology and its own set of rules, it has also proved a psychologically attractive genre for many writers from its Romantic inception to the present day. ... see all copies from $4.82!
20 view cover	The orchid paintings of Franz Bauer more books like this by Franz Bauer, William T. Stearn, J. Stewart, British Museum (Natural History) add to wishlist Franz Bauer was born in Austria in 1758, but lived and worked for 50 years at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where he was employed by Sir Joseph Banks as resident draughtsman. A contemporary of Redoute, he is considered by many experts to be the greatest of all botanical artists. This book contains almost all Bauer's completed orchid paintings, ... see all copies from $12.52! new only from $19.48! \| first editions
21 view cover	How to Draw Horses more books like this by Lucy Smith add to wishlist A book which develops childrens' skills and confidence by breaking down the drawing process into several simple stages. Age group 9 plus. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.63! \| SVS
22 view cover	Given Time: I. Counterfeit Money more books like this by Professor Jacques Derrida, Peggy Kamuf (Translator) add to wishlist Is giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meaning: for the gift to be received as a gift, it must not appear as such, ... see all copies from $5.78! new only from $23.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23	A Woman's View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women, 1930-1960 more books like this by Jeanine Basinger add to wishlist Basinger examines Hollywood's "women's films"- their individual stars and stories and the common threads that tie them together. The book looks into how, although the films may have contained liberating themes, they were all eventually resigned to a very fixed idea of "The Way Woman Ought To Be". see all copies from $9.34! new only from $23.89! \| first editions
24	Painted Gardens: English Watercolours 1850-1914 more books like this by Penelope Wood Hobhouse add to wishlist In the golden age of English gardens, Victorian and Edwardian patronage of the arts led to the commissioning of a group of artists, who recorded in watercolours, the landscaped splendour of the age. This is an album of over 100 such paintings. The gardens detailed range from the Yew Alley at Rockingham Castle and the Lower Terrace Walk at ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
25 view cover	David Hamilton: 25 Years of an Artist more books like this by David Hamilton add to wishlist Presents a collection of works by the photographer known primarily for his nude studies of young women. see all copies from $35.31! new only from $35.31! \| first editions \| SVS

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