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Series: Lemons Are a Girl's Best Friend 60 Superfood Recipes to Look and Feel Your Best: A Cookbook Hardcover Janet Hayward 9781524763053 $17.50 COOKING Mar 06, 2018

Lemons Are a Girl’s Best Friend is a handy, pocket-sized guide to thirty superfoods, each with two simple recipes—one to eat and one to use as a beauty treatment, complete with notes about each food’s benefits and best uses.With 60 recipes for healthy dishes and all-natural beauty treatments, Lemons Are a Girl’s Best Friend lets you have your Pomegranate Facial and eat your Halloumi, Orange, and Pomegranate Salad, too. Each of the recipes uses just a handful of all-natural, common ingredients to make deliciously clean dishes and easy treatments... + Read More
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Series: Love and Lemons Meal Record and Market List Plan Your Weekly Meals and Organize Your Grocery Shopping Diary Jeanine Donofrio 9781524761592 $25.99 COOKING Apr 03, 2018

From bestselling author of The Love & Lemons Cookbook comes this must-have grocery list and meal planner that's perfect for busy parents, budget-conscious cooks, organized eaters, and devotees of the Love & Lemons lifestyle. Sort out your meals for the week, then use the facing tear-off pad to get you to the market. When you use them up, both pieces are replaceable. In addition, you’ll have some pantry prep and batch cooking tips from Jeanine to help you get started, and a place to log what you’ve served to your friends and loved ones. Let the ... + Read More
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Series: New York Botanical Garden Gardener's Log Book A 5-Year Planner Diary The New York Botanical Garden 9781524759070 $22.99 GARDENING Feb 06, 2018

This beautiful and hardworking spiral-bound journal for gardeners is waterproof and offers space for years of noting progress and thoughts about their gardens.Gardeners take note! Finally there is a place to keep track of what you do (and when) and what happens (and doesn’t happen) in your garden. This waterproof log book is the perfect place for recording your work in the garden: from building catalogue wish lists early in the year, to noting the first signs of spring, when your lilies first appear, to tracking what vegetable crops were plante... + Read More
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Series: New York Botanical Garden Seeds and Pods 24 Postcards Cards The New York Botanical Garden 9781524759056 $19.99 ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Feb 06, 2018

This beautifully designed book of 24 postcards showcases the exquisite colors, textures, and shapes of seeds through rare botanical art.Gardeners, artists, and lovers of the natural world will delight in this collection of rare botanical portraits of seeds: their elegantly designed pods, patterns, packings, husks, shells, and stems. Each of the 24 cards features a different seed and can be sent, saved, or framed.
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Series: The Selby's Book of Wonders A Journal Diary Todd Selby 9781101906620 $25.99 SELF-HELP May 08, 2018

From tastemaker and quirky artist Todd Selby comes this one-of-a-kind blank journal that will inspire daily journalers, creatives, and millennials with its throwback stationery vibes. A new journal format hearkens to the world of the 90’s and the ever-iconic Trapper Keeper. The endpapers and a removable sticker sheet boast several of Todd’s signature watercolor illustrations.
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Series: The Selby's Box of Wonders 12 Note Cards and Envelopes + Stickers Cards Todd Selby 9781101906606 $21.99 DESIGN May 08, 2018

The art and aesthetic of style icon (and founder of the wildly popular TheSelby.com) Todd Selby graces this collection of boxed note cards.Perfect for all kinds of correspondences and greetings, Selby’s charming watercolor illustrations of quirky items and unexpected totems grace these colorful cards (12 cards and envelopes). Think spaceships, hamburgers, the Eiffel Tower, and more. The handsome box also features a sheets of stickers.
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Series: The Little Book of Feminist Saints Hardcover Julia Pierpont 9780399592744 $24.00 HISTORY Mar 06, 2018

This beautifully illustrated collection honoring one hundred exceptional “feminist saints” throughout history is sure to inspire women and men alike.“A new set of role models and heroes—‘matron saints’—for the feminist future.”—The New York Times Book Review“The women in this book . . . blazed trails where none existed before.”—The Guardian In this luminous volume, New York Times bestselling writer Julia Pierpont and artist Manjit Thapp match short, vibrant, and surprising biographies with stunning full-color portraits of secular female “saints... + Read More
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Series: Princesses Behaving Badly Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings Paperback Linda Rodriguez McRobbie 9781683690252 $19.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 06, 2018

This paperback edition offers true tales of these take-charge princesses plus dozens more in a fascinating read that’s perfect for history buffs, feminists, and anyone seeking a different kind of bedtime story. You think you know her story. You’ve read the Brothers Grimm, you’ve watched the Disney cartoons, and you cheered as these virtuous women lived happily ever after. But real princesses didn’t always get happy endings. Sure, plenty were graceful and benevolent leaders, but just as many were ruthless in their quest for power, and all of the... + Read More
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Series: How To Series How to Accessorize A Perfect Finish to Every Outfit Hardcover Micaela Erlanger 9781524761141 $19.00 SELF-HELP Apr 03, 2018

Potter’s runaway hit How To series gets glammed up in this chic, package-driven guide that includes ideas for completing any outfit by using accessories, from head to toe.Accessories are the finishing touch on any outfit. They immediately add more interest and sophistication—without having to break the bank. And even better, they make you feel good every time you put them on because they fit no matter what. Written by red carpet stylist Micaela Erlanger, How to Accessorize covers every option from sunglasses to hosiery, offering new and fresh a... + Read More
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Series: The Parisian Field Guide to Men's Style Paperback Ines de la Fressange 9782080203427 $40.00 SELF-HELP May 15, 2018

At last, model and designer Ines de la Fressange offers an essential guide of sartorial advice for men, curated from the most stylish guys in her entourage. From fashion, grooming, and impeccable manners to the best addresses and sartorial tips and tricks, Ines de la Fressange and Sophie Gachet reveal the secrets of truly stylish men with both humor and savoir faire. While Parisian style for women has been dissected from all angles, this is the first volume from the best-selling authors of Parisian Chic to offer a complete and practical guide t... + Read More
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Series: Blackbird Letterpress Woodland Creatures A 10 Notebook Set Diary Kathryn Hunter 9781524761257 $27.00 NATURE May 01, 2018

The perfect gift for animal lovers and nature lovers alike, this 10-notebook set from Blackbird Letterpress is stylish, yet evocative of the natural world.This colorful and cool set of 10 pocket-size notebooks features Blackbird’s signature illustration style with drawings of forest animals. Each notebook has the image of a different animal on the cover, with an x-ray of the animal’s skeleton printed on the inside for an added surprise. The 10 creatures range from birds to beasts (bears, bobcats, and wolves, oh my!).
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Series: Blackbird Letterpress Backcountry Log Diary Kathryn Hunter 9781524761233 $17.50 SPORTS & RECREATION May 01, 2018

A notebook that combines an appreciation for nature with the handcrafted feel of letterpress printing, Back Country Log is the perfect gift for a camper or outdoorsman.Small and gifty, Back Country Log is part of a suite of products created by Blackbird Letterpress geared toward lovers of handcrafted paper products and the great outdoors. Lightly guided inside, the log has space for multiple hikes or excursions, and is curated to help backpackers record the most crucial details of their adventures. Illustrated backmatter on trail etiquette and ... + Read More
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Series: Metamorphosis: A Flora Forager Journal Diary Bridget Beth Collins 9781632171528 $16.95 SELF-HELP Apr 10, 2018

This beautiful blank journal from Instagram sensation Flora Forager features images of butterflies, moths, caterpillars, chrysalises, and cocoons, all created using botanical materials. Flora Forager creates images out of flower petals, leaves, stones, twigs, and other natural materials that she finds in her garden and in urban wild areas in her neighborhood. This journal takes on the theme of metamorphosis in the scientific order lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), with beautiful, meticulously rendered representations of various species, all ... + Read More
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Series: Sibley Birds Sibley Birds of Land, Sea, and Sky 50 Postcards Cards David Allen Sibley 9781524761820 $25.99 NATURE Mar 06, 2018

Birdwatchers everywhere will love this beautiful box of 50 postcards featuring original bird paintings by renowned ornithologist David Sibley. This brand new vertical format offers 50 postcards of birds lovingly rendered in watercolors by David Sibley and chosen with their individual beauty and prominence in the country in mind. Housed in an elegant keepsake box with tabs dividing them by type (sea birds, birds of prey, songbirds) for ease of choice, these postcards are ideal for mailing to friends and family, framed and used as décor, or attac... + Read More
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Series: May I See You Home? 19th-Century Pickups for 21st-Century Suitors Cards Alan Mays 9780451499233 $13.50 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Jan 02, 2018

Full of cheek and charm, these authentic acquaintance cards are how people broke the ice (and got lucky) around the turn of the century. Use them today (or tonight) to find love. Culled from the collection of Alan Mays, the internet's most prolific collector of antique acquaintance cards, comes this set of forty-eight flirtation cards (twenty-four unique designs, each printed twice) to tear out and give as a valentine, joke, or token of affection (or to keep for a laugh). These cards are the perfect sweet-but-not-saccharine gift for Valentine's... + Read More
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Series: There's Dumpling You Should Know A Dozen Appetizing Cards for All Occasions Cards Merrily Grashin 9781524760953 $21.99 DESIGN May 29, 2018

A collection of 12 note cards for all occasions with clever puns and adorable food illustrations.From birthdays to anniversaries, and for relationships romantic or platonic, there is a charmingly punny card in THERE’S DUMPLING YOU SHOULD KNOW for every occasion. Grashin’s cards feature illustrations of popular food items—think ramen and soup dumplings—paired with clever pun greetings: an illustration of a petite quiche falling over an umbrella proclaims, “I want to shower you with quiches”; an ice cream cone asks, “It’s sherberthday? In-cone-ce... + Read More
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Series: Friends Forever Wherever Whenever A Little Book of Big Appreciation Hardcover Karen Salmansohn 9780399581007 $17.50 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Mar 20, 2018

Happiness expert Karen Salmansohn presents a colorful gift book that celebrates the very best things about friendship—from the silly to the supportive—all with her patented brand of humor and wit.There are millions of reasons to appreciate your friends, and this adorable gift book covers the top 50 of them! Inspired by self-help guru Karen Salmansohn’s popular illustrated witty sayings, this humorous and stylishly designed book illustrates the sweetest, craziest, truest, and most memorable things about friendship. It’s the perfect way to let fa... + Read More
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Series: Edible Ensembles A Fashion Feast for the Eyes, From Banana Peel Jumpsuits to Kale Frocks Hardcover Gretchen Roehrs 9780847862313 $33.50 DESIGN Feb 13, 2018

Food meets fashion in these playful fashion illustrations of stylish ladies creatively garbed in fresh produce.Gretchen Roehrs’s art uses line drawings along with perfectly placed foods to represent the forms, colors, and textures of fashionable clothing: the result is stylish ensembles that would not be out of place in fashion magazines and look good enough to eat!From oyster shell dresses and pea pod pants to radicchio frocks and tomato handbags, Roehrs’s charming drawings delight with their inventiveness. The illustrations are paired with hu... + Read More
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Series: Make It Stick Notebook 1,000+ Stickers and a Customizable Cover Diary Potter Gift 9780804190152 $14.99 SELF-HELP Apr 24, 2018

Make this blank journal completely yours with 12 sheets of stickers featuring fun fonts—letters, numbers, symbols, and illustrations—in bright and neon colors; 144 dotted pages for bullet journaling; a semi-concealed wire-O; and a sturdy kraft paper cover ready for labeling your name, monogram, or an inspiring motto.Whether you need a notebook for jotting down to-do lists at the office, capturing memories from your travels, or keeping notes from class, this one-of-a-kind sticker journal has you covered. With a cover ready to customize with 1,00... + Read More
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Series: Archie's Coloring Book Paperback Archie Superstars 9781682559345 $11.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Dec 05, 2017

Get creative with Archie and his pals 'n' gals! Now you have the chance to color all of your favorite Archie characters! You can give Archie's jalopy a paint job or personally style Betty and Veronica's outfits. Plus, each image has an intricate background pattern to add to your color experience. The possibilities are endless and the fun never stops!
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Series: Chi's Sweet Home Chi's Sweet Coloring Book Paperback Konami Kanata 9781945054655 $10.95 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Dec 19, 2017

Chi returns to the US in a coloring book featuring dozens of cute and furry illustrations from award winning cartoonist Konami Kanata.
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Series: Pen & Ink Color Me Murder Paperback Krista Davis 9781496716408 $24.00 FICTION Feb 27, 2018

Includes A Front and Back Cover for You to Color! By day, Florrie Fox manages Color Me Read bookstore in Georgetown, Washington D.C. By night, she creates her own intricately detailed coloring books for adults, filling the pages with objects that catch her eye. There’s plenty of inspiration in her new apartment—a beautiful carriage house belonging to Professor John Maxwell, Florrie’s boss. He offers the property to Florrie rent-free with one condition—she must move in immediately to prevent his covetous sister and nephew from trying to claim ... + Read More
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Series: Halo Coloring Book Paperback Microsoft 9781506705705 $19.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Oct 24, 2017

Bring to life these 45 ready-to-color pages filled with your favorite characters, transports, and worlds in your own way in this Halo Adult Coloring Book. Forty-five original black and white illustrations give you the Master Chief, Cortana, and others all battling away with signature weapons and tech pulled directly from the Halo video games.UNSC, Covenant, and Forerunner factions fill this volume of original illustrations based on the expansive video-game universe of Halo.Includes 45 pieces of highly detailed black and white artwork to color. ... + Read More
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Series: Legacy: An Off-Color Novella for You to Color Hardcover Chuck Palahniuk 9781506706153 $25.99 FICTION Nov 07, 2017

In his first long-form fiction since Beautiful You in 2014, the author of Fight Club and Choke delivers another biting social satire in this riches-to-rags novella! This hardcover edition features beautiful colorable illustrations by Steve Morris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), who worked on Palahnuik’s Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color, and Mike Norton (Revival, Battlepug), with a cover by another Bait collaborator, Duncan Fegredo (Hellboy). Legacy is sure to engage readers with its boundary pushing story-telling while challenging their cre... + Read More
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Series: Legend of Korra The Legend of Korra Coloring Book Paperback Nickelodeon 9781506702469 $23.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Jul 25, 2017

Beloved since its television debut, The Legend of Korra has thousands of fans worldwide. Now, the Avatar meets the adult coloring book craze! This beautiful book comes packed with 45 highly detailed, black and white images to color however you choose! With illustrations by Jed Henry (Avatar: the Last Airbender Coloring Book) and produced in close collaboration with the show’s creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, this book is a must have for all Korra fans and coloring book enthusiasts! Includes 45 pieces of beautifully detailed... + Read More
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Series: The Witcher Adult Coloring Book Paperback CD Projekt Red 9781506706375 $23.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Nov 14, 2017

Forty-five colorable images from the fantastical world of The Witcher!Journey along with Geralt, Ciri, Triss, Yennefer, Roach, Shani, and all of your favorite Witcher characters in a variety of fantastic settings…all inspired by the hit video game franchise with The Witcher Adult Coloring Book. Featuring uniquely designed and highly detailed black and white illustrations inspired by the games; this compilation of exquisitely crafted images is a must-have for Witcher fans worldwide!Series Overview: This is the first official Witcher adult colori... + Read More
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Series: ABSOLUTE BEGINNER ART Acrylics for the Absolute Beginner Paperback Charles Evans 9781782213987 $23.95 ART Feb 13, 2018

If you have ever wanted to learn to paint, but lacked the confidence to start, then Acrylics for the Absolute Beginner is the book for you.Take the first step to painting with acrylics with this easy-to-follow course on producing fantastic artworks using this highly versatile medium.Charles Evans’ friendly, practical advice and simple step-by-step approach will quickly get you painting. With notes on light and shade, buildings, water, skies, figures, animals, working from photographs, and colour mixing, this book guides you to six stunning proj... + Read More
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Series: The Art of Lettering Perfectly Imperfect Hand-Crafted Type Design Hardcover Brooke Robinson 9780847862320 $60.00 DESIGN Jul 10, 2018

From whimsical to elegant, and old-school influences to new school—Goodtype’s The Art of Lettering showcases dynamic hand lettering from today’s young and sought-after typographers and calligraphers, stoking creative inspiration for graphic designers, artists, and type enthusiasts alike. Hand lettering is making a comeback, bursting out of its graphic-design bubble and finding a mainstream via collecting social media sites like Instagram and Pinterest. The avid interest in hand lettering seemingly goes hand in hand with the weariness audiences ... + Read More
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Series: Berthe Morisot Hardcover Jean-Dominique REY 9782080203458 $40.00 ART Apr 03, 2018

A detailed and highly personal account of the life and works of one of the most influential female Impressionist painters: Berthe Morisot. Berthe Morisot won over the Impressionists with her talent and became the first woman of the group alongside Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, and Sisley. Likewise, she was heralded by the greatest writers of her time; in this tribute to her, an anthology of citations from Paul Valéry, Stéphane Mallarmé, and Jean Cocteau offers an intimate portrait of the artist and her work. Morisot’s paintings demonstrate ho... + Read More
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Series: Berthe Morisot, Woman Impressionist Hardcover Cindy Kang 9780847861316 $75.00 ART Jun 26, 2018

Accompanying a major traveling exhibition, this comprehensive volume examines Berthe Morisot’s remarkable body of work, painterly innovations, and leading role within the Impressionist canon. Today Berthe Morisot (1841–1895) is considered a major Impressionist artist, a recent development despite the respect received in her lifetime from peers Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. As the only female member of the Impressionist group at its founding in late 1873, Morisot played a major and multifaceted part in the ... + Read More
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Series: Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner, Revised 15th Anniversary Edition Revised edition Paperback Claire Watson Garcia 9780399580512 $25.99 ART Jul 03, 2018

This revised 15th anniversary edition of the bestselling beginning drawing book updates art and text examples to include new student pieces, up-to-date materials, and additional sections on drawing in 3D and travel sketching, along with refreshed and contemporary design.Based on author and art instructor Claire Watson Garcia’s successful courses and workshops for beginning and aspiring artists, Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner applies a positive, accepting tone to a progressive series of lessons in sketching and rendering. The book’s... + Read More
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Series: ABSOLUTE BEGINNER ART Drawing for the Absolute Beginner Paperback Carole Massey 9781782214557 $23.95 ART Feb 13, 2018

If you have ever wanted to learn to draw, but lacked the confidence to start, then Drawing for the Absolute Beginner is the book for you.Take the first step to drawing with this easy-to-follow course on producing fantastic drawings with pen, pencil and more.Carole Massey’s expert practical advice and simple step-by-step approach will quickly get you drawing. With advice on sketching, perspective, capturing movement, accuracy, figures, animals, landscapes and much more, this is an invaluable guide for any aspiring artist.Series Overview: A compl... + Read More
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Series: Everyday Sketching and Drawing Five Steps to a Unique and Personal Sketchbook Habit Paperback Steven B. Reddy 9781580935050 $32.00 ART Apr 19, 2018

Everyday Sketching and Drawing offers an easy-to-follow, 5-step formula, which teaches beginner-friendly techniques for learning the skills necessary to make drawing and sketching an everyday habit. For those who have always wanted to or tried and failed to learn to draw it provides simple step-by-step instruction, plus easy-to-follow practice exercises, and provides the motivation and inspiration readers need to be successful. For those who already draw, Everyday Sketching and Drawing offers another technique to add to their drawing arsenal.Wh... + Read More
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Series: Let's Make Comics! An Activity Book to Create, Write, and Draw Your Own Cartoons Paperback Jess Smart Smiley 9780399580727 $17.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Jun 05, 2018

A light-hearted interactive guide to comics and cartoon-making that uses an activity book format and creatively stimulating prompts to teach the fundamentals of cartooning in a fun and easy-to-follow fashion.From a working cartoonist and comic book making instructor, this all-ages activity book uses humorous and informative one-page comics and exercise prompts to guide young readers (and readers who are young at heart) through easy-to-master lessons on the skills needed to make comics. The activities cover a range of essential comics-making tas... + Read More
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Series: OBEY: Supply and Demand Hardcover Shepard Fairey 9780847861729 $85.00 ART Apr 03, 2018

Rizzoli is pleased to bring back into print OBEY: Supply and Demand, Shepard Fairey's first book originally published in 2006 and slightly updated in 2009, which showcases the artist's career from his earliest art school years to the creation of his famous Obama HOPE and CHANGE posters and is the perfect pendant to Rizzoli's first Shepard Fairey collaboration Covert to Overt.Shepard Fairey's first comprehensive monograph brought back into print, which chronicles his early art school days, his viral Andre the Giant has a Posse sticker campaign i... + Read More
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Series: Richard Filipowski Art and Design Beyond the Bauhaus Hardcover Marisa Bartolucci 9781580935098 $79.00 DESIGN Feb 06, 2018

In this, the first monograph of Richard Filipowski, a major figure bridging the Bauhaus and American midcentury modernism finally gets his due.Richard Filipowski (1923-2008) was among the most gifted polymaths in the annals of American modernism. Whether as a painter, sculptor, or designer of furniture and jewelry, Filipowski developed a lush, abstract, and amazingly consistent visual language that marks him among the finest figures of midcentury art and design.As a student at the Institute of Design (formerly the New Bauhaus) in Chicago, he qu... + Read More
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Series: Sargent The Masterworks Hardcover Stephanie L. Herdrich 9780847862399 $75.00 ART Mar 27, 2018

A lush new volume devoted to the best works by beloved American Impressionist and portraitist John Singer Sargent, whose dazzling use of light and color depicts modern subjects with arresting intimacy.An ideal introduction to the painter’s work, Sargent: The Masterworks features 100 of his most beloved paintings. Illustrating all aspects of his diverse oeuvre—portraits, landscapes, mural commissions—in oil and watercolor, this handsome new book includes works from both private and public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s i... + Read More
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Series: This is M. Sasek The Extraordinary Life and Travels of the Beloved Children's Book Illustrator Hardcover Olga Cerna 9780789334275 $40.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Feb 13, 2018

A charming biography of the artist behind the bestselling “This is…” series of children’s books—which have sold over a million copies since being reissued by Universe—illustrated in the style of Miroslav Sasek himself. Replete with documents, memories, and images from the life of Miroslav Sasek, this book is richly illustrated with material from Sasek’s books as well as such archival material as previously unpublished illustrations, photographs, and vintage fan letters from children inspired by his books. Born in Prague in 1916, Sasek studied a... + Read More
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Series: Warhol A to Z The Life of an Icon: from Adman to Zeitgeist Hardcover Steve Wide 9781925418613 $19.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 02, 2080

An illustrated A to Z celebrating the unparalleled impact of Andy Warhol—charting his earliest days in Pittsburgh through his legendary life in New York. It is impossible to overstate the impact that Andy Warhol had on the way we make and consume art—in all its forms. This illustrated A to Z celebrates the many faces and facets of the legend that was Warhol—from his early days as an adman in New York to the hedonistic ’70s and ’80s, and from the Factory to Studio 54 and back again. This book looks at his life, his art, creative collaborations, ... + Read More
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Series: Bloom A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli Hardcover Kyo Maclear 9781101918562 $21.00 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 9 Feb 06, 2018

A dazzling first-person picture book biography of the life of iconic fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli by the award-winning team who created Julia, Child.Here is the life of iconic fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, who as a little girl in Rome, was told by her own mamma that she was brutta. Ugly. So she decided to seek out beauty around her, and found it everywhere. What is beauty? Elsa wondered. She looked everywhere for beauty until something inside of Elsa blossomed, and she became an artist with an incredible imagination. Defining beauty... + Read More
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Series: Denim Street Style, Vintage, Obsession Paperback Amy Leverton 9780847862306 $43.95 DESIGN Mar 27, 2018

This street-style bible takes a chic and sexy look at the aesthetic power of blue jeans, featuring stylish women around the world wearing their favorite denim in their own unique way.Denim’s sexiness, whether it is being dressed up or dressed down, has made it the ultimate fashion statement as well as the ultimate anti-fashion statement. This book is an ode to the enduring cool of denim and the creative ways it can be worn, showcasing unique and inspirational stylish looks from denim lovers across the United States, the U.K., Europe, Japan, and... + Read More
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Series: Fashion and Versailles Hardcover Laurence Benaim 9782080203359 $85.00 DESIGN Feb 06, 2018

The Château de Versailles—the indisputable birthplace of fashion—continues to inspire glamour and style today.The royal residence of Versailles—this unparalleled seat of power and seduction—is an important influence on contemporary fashion, inspiring passions and vocations. Since the establishment of the world’s first dress codes under the rule of Louis XIV to incite the whims of the queens and royal mistresses, fashion at Versailles has been a constant and inexhaustible source of inspiration for designers, photographers, decorators, and direct... + Read More
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Series: Healing Powers The Healing Powers of Honey The Healthy & Green Choice to Sweeten Packed with Immune-Boosting Antioxidants Paperback Cal Orey 9781496712547 $11.99 HEALTH & FITNESS Feb 27, 2018

Boost your immune system with antioxidants, lower your risk for the flu, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and more—with honey—the healthy sweetener that’s also the green choice for today’s fast-changing world! Drawing on the latest honey buzz and interviews with medical doctors, beekeepers, and researchers, this charming and enlightening book (sweetened with stories about honey bees and humans) reveals 30 healing honey varieties paired with cinnamon and teas, tells you how to incorporate honey into Mediterranean-style, heart-healthy recipes l... + Read More
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Series: House of Nutter The Rebel Tailor of Savile Row Hardcover Lance Richardson 9780451496461 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 01, 2018

The strange, illuminative true story of Tommy Nutter, the Savile Row tailor who changed the silhouette of men’s fashion—and his rock photographer brother, David, who captured it all on film.From an early age, there was something different about Tommy and David Nutter. Growing up in an austere apartment above a café catering to truck drivers, both boys seemed destined to lead rather humble lives in post-war London—Tommy as a civil servant, David as a darkroom technician. Yet the strength of their imagination (plus a little help from their friend... + Read More
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Series: How to Slay Inspiration from the Queens and Kings of Black Style Hardcover Constance C.R. White 9780847861385 $75.00 DESIGN Feb 06, 2018

An inspirational journey through black fashion in America from the twentieth century to the present, featuring the most celebrated icons of Black style and taste. One of the few surveys of Black style and fashion ever published, How to Slay offers a lavishly illustrated overview of African American style through the twentieth century, focusing on the last thirty-five years. Through striking images of some of the most celebrated icons of Black style and taste, from Josephine Baker, Michelle Obama, Maya Angelou, and Miles Davis to Rihanna, Naomi ... + Read More
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Series: In Intimate Detail How to Choose, Wear, and Love Lingerie Hardcover Cora Harrington 9780399580635 $34.00 DESIGN Aug 28, 2018

A comprehensive and accessible illustrated guide to lingerie from intimates expert Cora Harrington, founder of The Lingerie Addict, the internet’s top intimate apparel blog.While many love the idea of wearing special underthings, lingerie can be intimidating. How is it supposed to fit? How do you take care of it all? Is lingerie really for me? In this beautiful and empowering guide, lingerie expert Cora Harrington demystifies intimate apparel, making it accessible to all sizes, ages, and budgets. Covering everything from basic bras and panties ... + Read More
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Series: Italian Shoes A Tribute to an Iconic Object Hardcover Giovanni Gastel 9788891814852 $65.00 DESIGN Apr 24, 2018

The world of Italian footwear interpreted through playful visual pairings by fashion photographer Giovanni Gastel. A fitting tribute to the elegance, creativity, and excellence of Italian manufacturing. Shoes juxtaposed with common objects that they evoke by their shape, color, or texture become pairings of great elegance, witty and unusual, highlighting the creativity of shoe design. In this unique book, a selection of the most important Italian brands conveys the essence of the style “made in Italy,” with Prada, Tod’s, Fendi, Hogan, Salvatore... + Read More
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Series: Kicks The Great American Story of Sneakers Hardcover Nicholas Smith 9780451498113 $35.00 SPORTS & RECREATION May 01, 2018

A cultural history of sneakers, tracing the footprint of one of our most iconic fashions across sports, business, pop culture, and American identityWhen the athletic shoe graduated from the beaches and croquet courts of the wealthy elite to streetwear ubiquity, its journey through the heart of American life was just getting started. In this rollicking narrative, Nicholas K. Smith carries us through the long twentieth century as sneakers became the totem of subcultures from California skateboarders to New York rappers, the cause of gang violence... + Read More
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Series: McQueen The Illustrated History of the Fashion Icon Hardcover Tom Rasmussen 9781925418705 $36.95 DESIGN Apr 17, 2018

This book is an illustrated look at the life, loves, fashion moments, and ultimate tragedy of one of fashion’s greatest stars. The savage beauty of his creative vision stunned and shocked the fashion world for over 15 years, with his avant-garde theatricality leading many to call him the enfant terrible of British fashion. He created fashion moments which have not faded from memory, like David Bowie’s Union Jack coat from 1996, Sarah Jessica Parker’s tartan Met Gala dress from 2006, and Lady Gaga in those alien armadillo shoes in the “Bad Roman... + Read More
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Series: Radical Beauty How to Transform Yourself from the Inside Out Paperback Deepak Chopra M.D. 9781101906033 $23.99 HEALTH & FITNESS Jan 02, 2018

Now in paperback! Two New York Times bestselling authors present a revolutionary new way of looking at health, based on six spiritual and physical pillars, to help you look and feel more beautiful.Deepak Chopra, New York Times bestselling author of Reinventing the Body and Resurrecting the Soul, and Kimberly Snyder, superstar nutritionist and New York Times bestselling author of The Beauty Detox Solution, offer an exciting and practical program to help transform you from the inside out. Through six pillars of healthy living that focus on such t... + Read More
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Series: WWD Fifty Years of Ralph Lauren Hardcover WWD 9780847860968 $80.00 DESIGN Jun 05, 2018

Celebrating fifty years of America’s most beloved fashion brand, this book chronicles the legendary career trajectory of Ralph Lauren as documented by WWD. Synonymous with timeless American style, Ralph Lauren metamorphosed from a small collection of men’s neckties into a global empire offering everything from casual polo shirts and luxury womenswear to athletic apparel and home goods. WWD has chronicled the company’s every step since its founding in 1967, from that first wide necktie and iconic advertisements to Lauren’s innovative ventur... + Read More
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Series: Love Vivier Hardcover Ines de la Fressange 9788891815927 $135.00 DESIGN May 22, 2018

A fresh look at the concept of elegance and Parisian style, personified by the iconic fashion of Roger Vivier. For decades, Roger Vivier has created visionary shoes and bags that, over time, have become icons of fashion. This book tells the story of this achievement and offers a fresh take on the designer’s legendary accessories, as seen through the eyes of young enterprising fashion bloggers and tastemakers including Charlotte Groeneveld (The Fashion Guitar website), Chriselle Lim (The Chriselle Factor website), Eleonora Carisi (Joujou Villero... + Read More
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Series: The Big Book of Poker In-Depth Knowledge for Winning Strategies Paperback Dario De Toffili 9781848992511 $18.95 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Mar 20, 2018

Want to win big at the poker table? Written with precision, simplicity and humour by a leading professional player, The Big Book of Poker is the best way for you to fall in love with the game and move from a being a regular loser to a confident winner. And there is no better teacher for you than poker expert and game theorist Dario De Toffoli.Put the odds in your favor using Dario’s common-sense approaches and advanced concepts, including easy-to-memorize poker math. You’ll soon be able to recognize and take advantage of different player types,... + Read More
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Series: Presidential Puzzlemint 500-Piece Puzzle An Abraham Lincoln Jigsaw Puzzle & Mini-Poster : Jigsaw Puzzles for Adults Game Mark Wagner 9781524761226 $22.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES May 08, 2018

For puzzlers and history buffs, here is a fiendishly difficult 500-piece jigsaw puzzle depicting Abraham Lincoln rendered in deconstructed dollar bills.Whether you’re a die-hard puzzler or you’re just looking to unplug and chill, this puzzle will provide hours of entrancing (and mind-boggling) entertainment. The puzzle features Abraham Lincoln and patterns from a piece of American currency, broken down into fragments that become a difficult jigsaw puzzle. The puzzle, when completed, measures 18 x 24 inches.
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Series: Mosaic Mind Bender 500-Piece Puzzle An Ancient Roman Mosaic Jigsaw Puzzle & Mini-Poster : Jigsaw Puzzles for Adults Game The Getty 9781524763657 $22.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES May 08, 2018

A beautiful 500-piece puzzle featuring a visually compelling geometric floor mosaic from Ancient Rome.Whether you are a die-hard puzzler or just looking to unplug and chill, this puzzle will provide hours of entrancing, mind-boggling entertainment. The puzzle features a geometric floor mosaic from Ancient Rome that is bordered by smaller geometrical fragments that making the puzzle a little more difficult.
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Series: Thirteen Hardcover Remy Charlip 9781681372303 $23.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 9 May 22, 2018

A book of creative metamorphosis and stunning visuals that will bend children’s imaginations and appeal to all ages. “One of my own personal childhood favorites…”—Brian SelznickThirteen is no ordinary picture book. It is book of visual and conceptual revolutions, metamorphoses, and narratives that swallow their own tails. In thirteen illustrated stories, plus “a preview of coming attractions,” nothing less than the birth of the world, its duration, death, and rebirth occurs, in thirteen arresting and evolving tableaus, involving a sinking ship,... + Read More
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Series: The Great Smoky Mountains Blue Ridge Parkway and Shenandoah National Park Hardcover Carl Heilman II 9781599621449 $26.95 PHOTOGRAPHY Apr 24, 2018

Stunning photographs celebrate the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, iconic Blue Ridge Parkway, Biltmore Estate, and Shenandoah Valley and National Park. Extending from Virginia to northern Georgia, the Blue Ridge Mountains include Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the 469-mile-long Blue Ridge Parkway, and Shenandoah National Park, which includes the 105-mile-long Skyline Drive. Within this region are the world renowned Biltmore Estate, Luray Caverns, Natural Bridge, and Grandfather Mountain. The Blue Ridge range contains the highest mo... + Read More
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Series: Red Carpet Hollywood Fame and Fashion Hardcover Frank Trapper 9781599621432 $55.00 DESIGN Feb 06, 2018

An all-new edition of the popular book that provides an unending runway show of movie stars posing in fabulous gowns and high fashion.Originally published in 2007, Red Carpet struck a chord with all of us who can’t get enough of the Hollywood red carpet scene at the biggest celebrity award shows, movie premieres, and parties. No book since the original edition has brought the reader so close to the velvet rope.Celebrity photographer Frank Trapper has had a front-row seat to nearly every star-studded Hollywood event since 1987—from the high-prof... + Read More
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Series: America's Presidents National Portrait Gallery Paperback National Portrait Gallery 9781588346117 $25.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Feb 13, 2018

A striking collection of presidential portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, this volume encapsulates the spirit of the most powerful office in the world.America’s Presidents showcases the nation’s largest collection of portraits of all the presidents beyond the White House’s own, capturing the permanent exhibition that lies at the heart of the Portrait Gallery’s mission to tell the American story through the individuals who have shaped it.The book explores presidential imagery through portraits ranging from the traditional, such as the ... + Read More
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Series: Bordeaux Grands Crus Classés 1855 Wine Châteaux of the Médoc and Sauternes Hardcover Hugh Johnson 9782080203250 $67.50 COOKING Feb 06, 2018

Step inside the châteaux of the fabled red wines of the Médoc and white wines of Sauternes on this insider’s tour, complete with tasting notes for the great vintages. The landmark creation of the Grands Crus Classés in 1855 set the benchmark for wine quality around the world. The sixty-one reds of the Médoc and twenty-seven whites of Sauternes are considered the finest wines in the world. The care that goes into creating these exceptional wines is an art, and the picturesque domaines where this craft is perfected are as beautiful as their wines... + Read More