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  Griffin and Sabine Trilogy: Book 1

  Griffin and Sabine

  An Extraordinary Correspondence

  by Nick Bantock

  Griffin: It's good to get in touch with you at last. Could I have one of your fish postcards? I think you were right -- the wine glass has more impact than the cup. --Sabine But Griffin had never met a woman named Sabine. How did she know him? How did she know his artwork? Who is she? Thus begins the strange and intriguing correspondence of Griffin and Sabine. And since each letter must be pulled from its own... (more)
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  Griffin and Sabine Trilogy: Book 2

  Sabine's Notebook

  In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Continues

  by Nick Bantock

  Created by Griffin to ease his loneliness, his imaginary lover Sabine takes on a haunting independent existence, leaving him beautifully strange postcards, letters, and a sketchbook diary, all of which are included in this sequel to Griffin & Sabine . 100,000 first printing.
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  Griffin and Sabine Trilogy: Book 3

  The Golden Mean

  In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Concludes

  by Nick Bantock

  Lovers Griffin and Sabine find their passion tested by new obstacles, including a mysterious intruder, in the conclusion of the best-selling trilogy that began with Griffin & Sabine. and Sabine's Notebook. 300,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.
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  The Venetian's Wife

  A Strangely Sensual Tale of a Renaissance Explorer, a Computer, and a Metamorphosis

  by Nick Bantock

  The newest novel by the acclaimed author/illustrator of the Griffin & Sabine trilogy is part love story, part mystery, and part ghostly tale--an altogether bewitching brew of sensualtiy and lost treasures. A young woman's obsession with a drawing of Shiva, the Hindu god, leads to a curious job offer: to find the few remaining pieces of a 15-th century adventurer's renowed collection of Indian sculptures. 90+... (more)
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  Found: Book 1

  Found

  The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World

  by Davy Rothbart

  Discarded valentines. Ransom notes. To-do lists. Diaries. Homework assignments. A break-up letter written on the back of an airsickness bag. Whether they are found on buses, at stores, in restaurants, waiting rooms, parking lots, or even prison yards, these items give readers an uncensored, poignant, and often hilarious peek into other people's lives. Found is chock-full of the latest and greatest of these... (more)
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  A Humument

  A Treated Victorian Novel

  by Tom Phillips

  In the mid-1960s, inspired by William Burroughs's "cut-up" writing technique, Tom Phillips bought an obscure Victorian novel for three pence—W. H. Mallock's 1892 novel, A Human Document . He began cutting and pasting the extant text, treating the pages with gouache and ink, isolating the words that interested him while scoring out unwanted words or painting over them. The result was A Humument , and the first... (more)
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  The Museum at Purgatory

  by Nick Bantock

  From magic carpets to miniature mummies to a room simply containing "obscure objects," Curator Non overseas all that is housed in the Museum at Purgatory, and afterlife way station where artists and collectors comb over their lives, trying to discover whether they are headed for Heaven or Hell.As Non takes readers on a fascinating tour through each of the Museum's rooms -- along with its contents and their owners... (more)
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  Urgent 2nd Class: Creating Curious Collage, Dubious Documents, and Other Art from Ephemera

  by Nick Bantock

  His internationally best-selling Griffin & Sabine saga is treasured for its blend of lyrical storyline and compelling, imaginative art. Now Nick Bantock gives a short course in visual creativity in Urgent 2nd Class. A tour through the techniques and materials which constitute his signature style, Bantock shares with readers numerous ways ways of using old paper ephemera -- maps, letters, postcards, ledgers,... (more)
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  Morning Star Trilogy: Book 3

  The Morning Star

  In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Is Illuminated

  by Nick Bantock

  The mystery that began with a single enigmatic postcard reaches its dramatic conclusion in The Morning Star. Three million readers the world over await this last chapter of the best-selling Griffin & Sabine series, a volume of gorgeous artwork and passionate correspondence that crosses oceans and transcends realms. In these sumptuous pages lies not only the fate of Matthew Sedon and Isabella de Reims, but that... (more)
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  The Forgetting Room

  by Nick Bantock

  When his grandfather dies, Armon inherits the family home in Ronda, Spain, and finds himself trying to unravel the surreal conundrum his grandfather has left for him. Armon begins to remember his childhood art lessons, and gradually, as his grandfather's studio takes hold of him, he finds himself pulled, day by day, toward a most extraordinary elliptic link with his past. Binding art and text in a narrative... (more)
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  Morning Star Trilogy: Book 1

  The Gryphon

  In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Is Rediscovered

  by Nick Bantock

  Griffin & Sabine, Sabine's Notebook, and The Golden Mean have sold over 3 million copies worldwide, and spent over 100 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. At long last, Nick Bantock brings us a new volume in the Griffin and Sabine story. The Gryphon is a tale rich in the artistry, mystery, and surprise that make the original saga so beloved. Although readers will be drawn into the book without ever... (more)
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  The Artful Dodger: Images and Reflections

  by Nick Bantock

  With sales of his Griffin & Sabine Trilogy surpassing three million copies, it's been said that Nick Bantock has created an original literary genre. Now he brings new meaning to the art of autobiography with The Artful Dodger: Images and Reflections, in which he infuses the tale of his professional and artistic life with warmth and wit. The Artful Dodger surveys the vast and varied territory that Bantock's... (more)
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  Found: Book 2

  Found II

  More of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World

  by Davy Rothbart

  Found II , the follow-up to the acclaimed national bestseller, contains an engrossing, eye-opening assortment of the latest and greatest lost, tossed, and forgotten items -- love notes, shopping lists, doodles, and diary entries -- from around the world. Whether they are found on city sidewalks, stuck in chain-link fences, tucked into the pockets of secondhand clothing, or on the grass in a school yard, these... (more)
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  Paper Quilting: Creative Designs Using Paper & Thread

  by Bridget Hoff

  “A good selection for public libraries.”— Library Journal. “This handsome book brings together five talented paper quilters....Twenty-five color-photographed projects will inspire....”— Sew News. “This breathtaking collection takes quilting to a new level—and a new range of possibilties.”— Vogue Patterns.
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  In Harmony With Nature: Painting Techniques for a New Age

  by Maxine Masterfield

  The theme of this book is the bond between the artist and nature; when an artist responds to, understands, and is in tune with the elements, a harmony results that manifests itself in his or her art. By working in accord with nature and following its inexorable rhythms, one can achieve paintings that emulate its specific textures and forms. Through step-by-step instruction, Masterfield introduces such novel... (more)
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  Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and Paintings

  by Douglas Florian

  This book is full of dinosaurs, Both carnivores and herbivores. You'll find a big Iguanodon, As well as a clever Tro-o-don. There's Spinosaurus and T. rex, Plus plesiosaurs with giant necks, And others from an ancient age. Want to learn more? Then turn the page!
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  Morning Star Trilogy: Book 2

  Alexandria

  In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Unfolds

  by Nick Bantock

  Alexandria will continue to delight the 3 million readers who fell in love with the epistolary romance of Griffin & Sabine. Awash with gorgeous artwork, the mystery of Griffin Moss and Sabine Strohem now entwines Matthew Sedon, an archaeologist steeped in Egyptian antiquity, and Isabella de Reims, a student in Paris whose vision holds the key to a new reality. Intrigue turns to danger and romance turns to... (more)
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  VAS: An Opera in Flatland: A Novel. By Steve Tomasula. Art and Design by Stephen Farrell.

  by Steve Tomasula

  Printed in the colors of flesh and blood, VAS: An Opera in Flatland —a hybrid image-text novel—demonstrates how differing ways of imagining the body generate diverse stories of history, gender, politics, and, ultimately, the literature of who we are. A constantly surprising, VAS combines a variety of voices, from journalism and libretto to poem and comic book. Often these voices meet in counterpoint, and the... (more)
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  The Tattooed Map

  by Barbara Hodgson

  While traveling through North Africa, a traveler named Lydia develops a mysterious mark on her hand that expands into a strange map, after which she disappears, in a profusely illustrated, unusually constructed novel. A first novel. IP.
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  From the World of the Sandman

  Dustcovers: The Collected Sandman Covers 1989-1996

  by Neil Gaiman