Carrie Brown
Carrie Brown is the author of four novels and a collection of short stories. She has won many awards for her work, including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, the Barnes and Noble Discover Award, and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. ... [... more]
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The Culture of Spontaneity: Improvisation and the Arts ...
 Excellent examination of Postwar culture: One of the most misunderstood, and perhaps under appreciated, forms of art emerged in the post WWII period; termed the "culture of spontaneity" by Daniel Belgrad. Many people considered (and many [... more]
CDN$19.80
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Katherine Ashenburg
Katherine Ashenburg has worked as an academic, a CBC Radio producer and the Arts and Books editor of the Globe and Mail. She has written about travel for the New York Times and architecture for Toronto Life magazine. Her books include A work of ... [... more]
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Tama Janowitz
Tama Janowitz is the author of , and is the recipient of two NEA grants in fiction, as well as a New York State Council of the Arts Award in Fiction. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter. comes a hilarious, clear-eyed, satiric ... [... more]
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Borja De Riquer I Permanier
Catalan modernismo, a cultural and artistic style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was the Spanish equivalent of the Arts and Crafts movement and Art Nouveau, the German Werkbund and the Viennese Secession. The common ... [... more]
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David Gelernter
DAVID GELERNTER is professor of computer science at Yale University, chief scientist at Mirror Worlds Technologies, a contributing editor at the Weekly Standard, and a member of the National Council of the Arts. He is the author of The Muse in ... [... more]
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David Cogswell
Existentialism For Beginners is a lighthearted romp through the history of a philosophical movement that had broad-reaching influence on Western culture, politics and the arts during the period of mid-19th century through the late 20th century, ... [... more]
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Tong Zhongyi
One of the art's earliest and most complete training manuals, The Method of Chinese Wrestling explores all aspects of this ancient fighting system, including solo training, training with equipment, constructing training apparatus, application of ... [... more]
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The Pro Know-How Book of Success in the Arts: What It ...
A valuable resource for any aspiring artist (whetever their field): I found "Success In The Arts: What it Takes to Make It In Creative Fields" to be an entertaining, interesting and informative book which should help any aspiring artist, [... more]
CDN$10.99
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Taoism and the Arts of China
From Amazon.com: Taoism and the Arts of China, the catalog for a blockbuster show in Chicago, represents an explosion of recent research into Taoism, China's most important indigenous religion and one of the world's oldest mystical traditions. Western [... more]
CDN$65.22
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Power of the Arts
Best first read for parents of smart school failures.: Complete history and philosophy of a unique school in Washington, DC The Lab School of Washington, dedicated to the creative education of intelligent disabled students. Most likely a model for all [... more]
CDN$38.50
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The Arts & Crafts House
A Visual, Readable Treat: While this book covers many already familiar houses, the layout is thoughtful and inventive, the text is informative while including many interesting asides that make it one of the best introductions to the topic that I've seen. [... more]
CDN$39.95
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