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The Daring Book for Girls 145 reviews
Andrea J. Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz
Collins, 2007
Daring Book for Girls
+ My g'daughter loves it!
+ Great book
I purchased the "Daring Book for Girls" for my daughter. She loves looking at all the interesting things to do. She takes it to school and talks about geography or whatever else pertains to what they are studying.
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Bohemian Manifesto: A Field Guide to Living on the Edge30 reviews
Laren Stover, 2004
An Art- Rich Lifestyle
+ great service!
I have for a long time considered myself a Bohemian. This book summarized every aspect of the lifestyle beautifully. Yes, there are some cliché's among its pages, and the book is written with a touch of humor, but I find that it doesn't mar the beauty or quality of Ms. Stover's book. It is filled ...
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Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau 4 reviews
Jennifer Berne
Chronicle Books, 2008
Wonder-ful Children's Book
+ Really beautiful book...
+ Manfish
+ Beautiful Book for All Ages
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You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination12 reviews
Princeton Architectural Press, 2003
Love this book
+ An incredible book
+ unexpected but interesting
+ Fantastic
+ Great look at artist maps
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Entre Nous: A Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner French Girl76 reviews
Debra Ollivier
St. Martin's Griffin, 2004
Fun little gem...don't take it too seriously...
+ Witty and Charming
+ Fabulous Insights
+ A fun read
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Small Graces 15 reviews
Kent Nerburn
MJF Books, 2001
An absolutely beautiful book
+ Small but amazing graces
+ Appreciate the Ordinary
+ Lovely
+ Excellent book!
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Collected Poems2 reviews
Stevie Smith
New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1983
A must-have collection by a unique voice.
+ A great, underappreciated poet
Stevie Smith lived with her maiden aunt in suburban London for most of her life. She dwelled on themes of death and alienation, attempted suicide, socialized with literary intelligentsia, made records and television appearances to read her poems, then died quietly after receiving the Queen's Medal ...
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Flora1 review
Nick Knight
Harry N. Abrams, 2001
Just Beautiful
Captivating in their arrangement and iridescent quality, these photos almost appear other-worldy. Many of these pressed flower photographs are so vibrant they practically jump off the page. Full-page prints on white backgrounds are solely devoted to the natural beauty of each specimen. Some are ...
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The Collected Prose2 reviews
Elizabeth Bishop
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984
The Collected Prose
+ A delicate collection.
As in all of the writings by Elizabeth Bishop, The Collected Prose allows the reader to open the door into her masterfully brilliant and private world of thoughts. I took this book to the beach each night before the sun went down and read one or two of her poems ... Bishop's ability to connect ...
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Pretty Things: The Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens11 reviews
Liz Goldwyn
Collins Design, 2006
A Fine Tribute
+ very enticing
+ Stunning
+ ture love
+ A 'must' for any holding strong in American arts history
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On the Anvil
Max Lucado
Tyndale House Publishers, 2008
We are all somewhere in the Blacksmith's shop. We are either on the scrap pile, in the Master's hands on the anvil, or in the tool chest. (Some of us have been in all three.) In this collection of writings, best-selling author Max Lucado takes us on a tour of the "shop." We'll examine all tools and look in all corners, from the shelves to the workbench, from the water to the fire. And for you ...
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Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit: A Son Remembers38 reviews
Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Atria, 2003
A Son's Love...
+ Gorgeous tribute to a stunning lady.
+ Sweet and Charming
+ Audrey Hepburn as seen by her son Sean
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Six Nonlectures By EE Cummings
atheneum, 1967
The distinguished American poet and painter in celebrated Charles Eliot Norton "non Lectures" delivered at Harvard, presents "an aesthetic selfportrait of one whole half" (the writing half) "of this and no other indivisible ignoramus as is" In so doing, he vividly contrasts the world of his infancy and childhood and youth with our present "underworld"; he evolves "a strictly amateur anthology, or ...
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Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers27 reviews
Leonard Koren
Stone Bridge Press, 1994
delightful read for anyone interested in aesthetics or design
+ Articulates the essence
+ Wabi-Sabi 101
+ easy read with beautiful design
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Tricia Guild Pattern: Using Pattern to Create Sophisticated, Show-stopping Interiors10 reviews
Tricia Guild, Elspeth Thompson
Rizzoli, 2006
A Feast for the Eyes
+ a twist on technocolors
+ Eye candy
+ THIS ONE IS THE BEST!
+ An inspiration for designers!
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Bohemian Modern: Living in Silver Lake6 reviews
Barbara Bestor
Collins Design, 2006
Must reading for Silver Lakers!
+ this book is great
+ Bohemian Modern: Loads of pleasing photos
As a journalist and Silver Lake resident, I found this book very informative. I have driven or walked by many of the homes featured in the book, and it is fascinating to learn about the people who live in them.
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Rex Ray: Art + Design 3 reviews
Rex Ray
Chronicle Books, 2007
absolutely amazing
+ Snip and Slice!
this is my favorite book of the year. rex ray is an incredible artist. he puts together combinations with paper that blow the mind. i am an art teacher who sees tons of books, and this one was a definite standout. i brought it to work for my co-art teachers and students to see, and they were ...
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Love Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran
Souvenir Press, 2006
Optimistic and wise, these love poems convey a mystical certainty of the arrival of love, while dramatizing the search for a soul mate that takes place in daily life, the imagination, and dreams. Inviting reflection on the meaning of love and eloquently rendering the chain of moments that the experience of love leads us through, this famous inspirational poet channels the same proverbial ...
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Into the Nature: Of Creatures And Wilderness2 reviews
Gestalten Verlag, 2006
Nature Journey
+ Nice Nature
I bought Into the Nature as a resource book for senior painting students. It has a wide collection of images but very little writing. If you liked Wonderland and Romantic you will probably enjoy this book. It is excellent as it has a wide variety of approaches to a single theme / subject matter. A ...
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Marimekko: Fabrics, Fashion, Architecture (Bard Graduate Centre for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & ...1 review
Yale University Press, 2003
a thorough tribute to a design giant
I just saw the last weekend of this show in New York at the Bard Center and it was inspired, to say the least. The book is the next best thing to being there if you are a Marimekko fan. It is a more thorough look at the company than the older title "marimekko phenomenon". The editor of this book, ...
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