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  It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be

  by Paul Arden

  It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be is a handbook of how to succeed in the world - a pocket 'bible' for the talented and timid to make the unthinkable thinkable and the impossible possible. The world's top advertising guru, Paul Arden, offers up his wisdom on issues as diverse as problem solving, responding to a brief, communicating, playing your cards right, making mistakes and creativity, all... (more)
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  The Story of Art

  by E. H. Gombrich

  This text is the 16th revised and updated edition of this introduction to art, from the earliest cave paintings to experimental art. Eight new artists from the modern period have been introduced. They are: Corot, Kollwitz, Nolde, de Chirico, Brancussi, Magritte, Nicolson and Morandi. A sequence of new "endings" have been added, and the captions are now fuller, including the medium and dimension of the works... (more)
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  The Many Little Meals of Rose Bakery

  by Rose Carrarini

  La Vie En ROSE -- New cookbook takes recipes from one of Paris's most fashionable restaurants and places it in the eager hands of home cooks. It might come as a surprise to some that one of the most trendy and successful bakeries in Paris is run by an Englishwoman. But it shouldn't. With the triumphant success of Rose Bakery in Paris's 9th Arrondissement, Rose Carrarini quickly earned a reputation... (more)
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  Rossetti: Colour Library (Phaidon Colour Library)

  by David Rodgers

  Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) produced some of the most glittering and evocative images of the Victorian era. A member of the influential Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Rossetti found inspiration in the writings of Dante, Shakespeare and Malory, with many of his paintings depicting scenes from Arthurian legend and tales of medieval chivalry. He was also an accomplished poet, whose verses frequently dealt with... (more)
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  Minimalists

  by K. Robert Schwartz

  This accessible yet informative book, the first in its area aimed at a general readership, offers a unique overview of the controversial musical style of Minimalism a name originally attributed to the movement as a derogatory term, in the same way as Impressionism was first derisively labeled by art critics. Minimalism, perhaps best represented by American composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass, has always had a... (more)
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  Unmonumental

  by Laura Hoptman, Richard Flood, Massimiliano Gioni, Trevor Smith

  In a world falling to pieces, a new breed of art objects is capturing its fractured allure in three dimensions. UNMONUMENTAL features recent work by thirty contemporary sculptors at the vanguard of their craft, selected by one of contemporary art's top curatorial teams. The sculptures in UNMONUMENTAL are forerunners in a major new artistic development. They are powerful but patently un-heroic; assembled from... (more)
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  American Pioneers (20th-Century Composers)

  by Alan Rich

  This is a study of experimental and innovative American music in the 20th century, with biographies, evaluation and discography of its pioneering composers. On the East Coast, early in the 20th century, this spirit of innovation was captured by Charles Ives (whose music lay virtually ignored and unperformed until the world caught up with him, 40 years later). On the West Coast, Henry Cowell and John Cage... (more)
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  Pioneers, Products From Phaidon Design Classics

  by Editors of Phaidon Press

  A 'design classic' is an industrially manufactured object with timeless aesthetic value. It serves as a standard of its kind and, despite the year in which it was designed, is still up to date. The collection presented in these three volumes has been put together by a group of experts following the above criteria. The objects are presented chronologically, beginning with an elegant pair of Chinese bonsai scissors... (more)
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  The Art of Looking Sideways

  by Alan Fletcher

  The ultimate guide to visual awareness. Compiled over decades by one of today's most brilliant graphic designers, this is a panoply of curious facts, visual puns, anecdotes, serious science, insights, images, jokes, memories and reflections, with 700 illustrations and quotes from over 1000+ writers. The Art of Looking Sideways is a primer in visual intelligence, an exploration of the workings of the eye,... (more)
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  Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite

  by Paul Arden

  Referring to his first book, It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be, Arden describes himself as "author of world's bestselling book," ably demonstrating one nugget of wisdom to be found in his latest: "Great people have great egos; maybe that's what makes them great." Otherwise, the book suggests that Arden is less a great person (or a great author) than a great former creative director at... (more)