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Well-Read Women: Portraits of Fiction's Most Beloved Heroines
Samantha Hahn · back to the book
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Include books by the same authorPlotted: A Literary Atlas
Andrew DeGraff · 127 pages
"This incredibly wide-ranging collection of maps -- all inspired by literary classics -- offers readers a new way of looking at their favorite fictional worlds. Andrew DeGraff's stunningly detailed artwork takes readers deep into the landscapes from The Odyssey, Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice, Invisible Man, Lord of the Flies, A Wrinkle in Time, Watership Down, The Handmaid's Tale, and more. Sure to
The Most Beautiful Libraries Of The World
Jacques Bosser, Guillaume de Laubier · 248 pages
The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull · 144 pages
When J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The hobbit, he had become an accomplished amateur artist, and he was keen to contribute visually to the work. The finished book contained eight black and white drawings, five colour plates, two maps and his own jacket design.
My Ideal Bookshelf
Maira Kalman, Jennifer Egan, Dave Eggers, Alex Ross, David Chang, Michael Chabon, Thomas Keller, Malcolm Gladwell, Alice Waters, James Patterson, Jonathan Lethem, David Sedaris, Stephenie Meyer, Rosanne Cash, James Franco, Kim Gordon, Tony Hawk, Nico Muhly, Thurston Moore, George Saunders, Nancy Pea · 225 pages
"The books that we choose to keep-let alone read-can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In THE IDEAL BOOKSHELF, dozens of leading cultural figures share the books that matter to them most-books that define their dreams and ambitions and in many cases helped them find their way in the world. With colorful and endearingly hand-rendered images of book spines by Jane Mount, and first
Women Who Read Are Dangerous
Stefan Bollmann · 149 pages
"A compendium of more than 70 iconic works of art featuring women who read, from the Virgin Mary to Marilyn Monroe"--
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
Duncan Tonatiuh · 40 pages
Presents the life of the Mexican artist, who became famous for his drawings of skeletons in multiple everyday poses which have become identified with the Mexican Day of the Dead.
Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow
Zak Smith · 772 pages
Me, Frida
Amy Novesky · 32 pages
Artist Frida Kahlo finds her own voice and style when her famous husband, Diego Rivera, is commissioned to paint a mural in San Francisco, California, in the 1930s and she finds herself exploring the city on her own.
All Colour but the Black: The Art of Bleach
Tite Kubo · 100 pages
What It Is
Lynda Barry · 208 pages
***What It Is*** demonstrates a **tried-and-true creative method** that is playful, powerful and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive wish to write or remember. Bursting with full-colour drawings, comics and collages, autobiographical sections and ***gentle creative guidance***, each page is an invigorating example of exactly ***what it is: 'The ordinary is extraordinary'.*** Lynda Barry e
The Lord of the Rings: The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring
Gary Russell · 208 pages
The Art of Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back
Valerie Hoffman, Vic Bullock · 192 pages
Disney's Art of Animation #1
Bob Thomas, Walt Disney Company · 168 pages
Fables: Covers
James Jean · 231 pages
Now, for the first time, the exquisite Fables covers by James Jean, winner of multiple Eisner and Harvey Awards, whose diverse clients include Prada and Pepsi, are collected in one extraordinary volume! Perfect for any art-book library or Fables completist, this volume includes never-before-seen sketch material, along with insightful commentary and remarkable insights into Jean's creative proce
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Chronicles I: Art & Design
Daniel Falconer · 198 pages
A celebration of Peter Jackson's creative vision, packed with concept artwork and development paintings from his film The hobbit: an unexpected journey. Each artist provides detailed and entertaining commentary that reveals the story behind the vision.
Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Animals
Ed Emberley · 32 pages
Explains how to use a few simple shapes, letters, numbers, and symbols to draw almost any animal.
Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith · 192 pages
For anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake- and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them). Acclaimed illustrator Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destru