Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

West Virginia

The story of a famous abstract painter at the end of her life--her family, her art, and the long-buried secrets that won't stay hidden for much longer. Ninety-three-year-old Violet Swan has spent a lifetime translating tragedy and hardship into art, becoming famous for her abstract paintings, which evoke tranquility, innocence, and joy. For nearly a century Violet has lived a peaceful, private life of painting on the coast of Oregon. The "business of Violet" is run by her only child, Francisco, and his wife, Penny. But shortly before Violet's death, an earthquake sets a series of events in motion, and her deeply hidden past begins to resurface. When her beloved grandson returns home with a family secret in tow, Violet is forced to come to terms with the life she left behind so long ago--a life her family knows nothing about. A generational saga set against the backdrop of twentieth-century America and into the present day, Pale Morning Light with Violet Swan is the story of a girl who escaped rural Georgia at fourteen during World War II, crossing the country alone and broke. It is the story of how that girl met the man who would become her devoted husband, how she became a celebrated artist, and above all, how her life, inspired by nothing more than the way she imagined it to be, would turn out to be her greatest masterpiece.

Violet Swan

eb72b685-95a4-49a9-acc2-7441aa33e11c-1

#paperback #anthology #zombies #unicorns #artistic #youth

New York

It's time to decide: Team Zombie or Team Unicorn? A must-have anthology with contributions from bestselling YA authors is now available in paperback!

It's a question as old as time itself: Which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? This all-original, tongue-in-cheek anthology edited by Holly Black (Team Unicorn) and Justine Larbalestier (Team Zombie), makes strong arguments for both sides in the form of  spectacular short stories. Contributors include bestselling authors Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Maureen Johnson, Meg Cabot, Scott Westerfeld, and Margo Lanagan.

Discover how unicorns use their powers for evil, why zombies aren't always the enemy, and much more in this creative, laugh-out-loud collection that will have everyone asking: Team Zombie or Team Unicorn?

Zombies vs. Unicorns

d9155fd7-ae5f-4e45-8a86-3e440f8a4204-1

Peter Sís

"If they had seen what we see, they would have judged as we judge." -- Galileo Galilei

In every age there are courageous people who break with tradition to explore new ideas and challenge accepted truths. Galileo Galilei was just such a man--a genius--and the first to turn the telescope to the skies to map the heavens. In doing so, he offered objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe but that it and all the other planets revolved around the sun. Galileo kept careful notes and made beautiful drawings of all that he observed. Through his telescope he brought the starts down to earth for everyone to see.

By changing the way people saw the galaxy, Galileo was also changing the way they saw themselves and their place in the universe. This was very exciting, but to some to some it was deeply disturbing. Galileo has upset the harmonious view of heaven and earth that had been accepted since ancient times. He had turned the world upside down.

In this amazing new book, Peter Sís employs the artist's lens to give us an extraordinary view of the life of Galileo Galilei. Sís tells his story in language as simple as a fairy tale, in pictures as rich and tightly woven as a tapestry, and in Galileo's own words, written more than 350 years ago and still resonant with truth. This title has Common Core connections.

Starry Messenger is a 1997 Caldecott Honor Book.

Starry Messenger

0a7de0aa-ed6e-49e1-982d-7a17f8b144d0-1

#paperback #nonfiction #artistic #drawing 

Michigan

Helps the reader gain access to right-brain functions, which affect artistic and creative abilities, by teaching the skills of drawing through unusual exercises designed to increase visual skills

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

91a71b03-6633-4f9c-9b0e-db7254d04a88-1

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Iowa

a novel

Patrick McGrath has created his most psychologically penetrating vision to date: a nightmare world rocked to its foundations by a passion of such force and intensity that it shatters the lives--and minds--of all who are touched by it. Stella Raphael, a woman of great beauty and formidable intelligence, is married to Max, a staid and unimaginative forensic psychiatrist. Max has taken a job in a huge top-security mental hospital in rural England, and Stella, far from London society, finds herself restless and bored. Into her lonely existence comes Edgar Stark, a brilliant sculptor confined to the hospital after killing his wife in a psychotic rage. He comes to Stella's garden to rebuild an old Victorian conservatory there, and Stella cannot ignore her overwhelming physical attraction to this desperate man. Their explosive affair pits them against Stella's husband, her child, and the entire institution. When the crisis comes to a head, Stella makes a decision--one that will destroy several lives and precipitate an appalling tragedy that could only be fueled by illicit sexual love. Asylum is a terrifying exploration of the extremes to which erotic obsession can drive us. Patrick McGrath brings his own dazzling blend of cool artistry and visceral engagement to this mesmerizing story of a fatal love and its unspeakably tragic aftermath. And in Stella Raphael, a woman who tears down the walls of her constricted existence to pursue a dangerous passion, he has created a character who will long be remembered for her willingness to take the ultimate risk, even if she must pay the ultimate price.

Asylum

b8b7324e-e1e1-4092-9218-42293e9174a2-1

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Idaho

A Guide to Creative Photography

This is an invaluable study guide for schools and colleges offering photography courses. It provides support and guidance to staff and students with a structured approach to photography based on the principles of Art and Design.

This new edition not only provides an explanation of fundamental photographic techniques but also offers a series of sequential study exercises. The student can therefore adopt an independent learning approach, which can be monitored closely through tutorials. Each study exercise will help build design skills, and teach the student to research, plan and execute work in a systematic manner. A comprehensive list of aims, objectives and resources are detailed so that both staff and students are clear at the outset what they are expected to achieve and where to look for further information. If you are a student or lecturer on GCSE, GNVQ, A Level or BTEC Photography, Art and Design or Media courses then you will find this book of immense value.


Photography Foundations for Art and Design

3229bc7b-b6b9-4601-92b7-e9f69fe82280-1

Gifted with the unusual ability to embroider the very fabric of life, sixteen-year-old Adelice is summoned by Manipulation Services to become a Spinster, a move that will separate her from her beloved family and home forever.

Crewel

72da8859-eeac-4f06-9905-97d5850bf7f7-1

#paperback #fiction #artistic #descriptive #family 

California

Pretty Cakes, Clever Cookies and Cute Cupcakes

In this fabulous book, queen of cakes Annie Rigg offers more than 40 ideas for easy-to-decorate cakes, cookies, and cupcakes, as well as step-by-step photography to guide you through those tricky bits. The book starts with the Basics: all the cookie doughs, cake, and cupcake mixes you need to make the recipes in the book, as well as step-by-step decorating tips and techniques. Why not begin with some shoe-shaped Cookies in pretty pastels for Mother's Day? Small Cakes can be as cute as a cupcake, or as decadent as a square of brownie. Put a spring in someone's step and bring them a basket of freshly baked Carrot Cake Cupcakes topped with adorable marzipan carrots and bunny rabbits. When you want a bake that packs a punch, turn to Cakes for inspiration. Follow the step-by-step instructions for decorating a Striped Dark and White Chocolate Cake to rival anything you could buy ready-made. Even if you've never made frosting or used a piping bag. Annie's foolproof instructions will inspire you to get creative and whip up a batch of handcrafted treats. . More than 40 easy, gorgeous ideas for decorating cookies, cakes, and cupcakes for birthdays, Mother's Day, weddings, Christmas, or just every day. . Step-by-step photographs make the trickier projects easy to follow and fuss-free. . With mouthwatering photography by Kate Whitaker.

Decorating Cupcakes, Cakes, and Cookies

8057fc46-52bc-4235-9250-0d3becd107d3-1

Steven Pressfield

Utah

Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

The War of Art

2472675a-cce8-45d5-a4ca-57b78dd8983f-1

This book shows how to use silhouettes with positive and negative space to tell more than one interesting story. First, you read the book from front to back. Then, you rotate it around and continue reading. Unusual book that is thought provoking!

Texas

Round Trip

The Fun, Easy Way to Learn to Draw in One Month or Less

Pick up your pencil, embrace your inner artist, and learn how to draw in thirty days with this approachable step-by-step guide from an Emmy award-winning PBS host.


Drawing is an acquired skill, not a talent -- anyone can learn to draw! All you need is a pencil, a piece of paper, and the willingness to tap into your hidden artistic abilities. With Emmy award-winning, longtime PBS host Mark Kistler as your guide, you'll learn the secrets of sophisticated three-dimensional renderings, and have fun along the way -- in just twenty minutes a day for a month. Inside you'll find:
 * Quick and easy step-by-step instructions for drawing everything from simple spheres to apples, trees, buildings, and the human hand and face
 * More than 500 line drawings, illustrating each step
 * Time-tested tips, techniques, and tutorials for drawing in 3-D
 * The 9 Fundamental Laws of Drawing to create the illusion of depth in any drawing
 * 75 student examples to encourage you in the process




You Can Draw in 30 Days

55a2e078-23e6-43e2-8ead-42e1c61a1682-1

#advice #childdevelopment #parenting #cognitive #artistic #holistic #learning #discipline #wisdom

Colorado

Encouraging Your Child's Natural Development from Birth to Age Six

You Are Your Child's First Teacher was the first book in America to popularize the insights of Rudolf Steiner, founder of the Waldorf schools, regarding the developmental needs of young children. This revised and updated edition offers new ways for parents and educators to enrich the lives of children from birth to age six.

Since this book first appeared, the complexity and stressfulness of life for young children has increased, and parents are bombarded by contradictions when seeking advice on raising children. You Are Your Child's First Teacher is not just another set of child-rearing rules, but a new way of understanding child development-body, mind, emotions, and spirit-that equips parents to make their own decisions based on cognitive and intuitive knowledge and to raise a well-rounded child.

You Are Your Child's First Teacher, Third Edition

707086d8-a7b3-4ac5-a2b0-00a00eabfdf3-1

Betty Edwards

A few spots on the edge of the pages from years on the shelf but no marks on the interior pages.

Mississippi

"Translated into thirteen languages, with more than 2.5 million copies sold, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing instruction book."--BOOK JACKET. "This twentieth-anniversary edition of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain has been dramatically revised, with more than fifty percent new material, including: recent developments in brain research that relate to drawing; new insights on the use of drawing techniques in the corporate world and in education; instruction on self-expression through drawing; ways to step beyond black-and-white drawing into color; and detailed advice on applying the five basic skills of drawing to solve problems."--BOOK JACKET.

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

717efdac-3a71-47c6-a54d-af18f09abcc5-1

BEAUTIFUL Collection of Gorgeous Women. This little art books leave a huge impression. A lovely addition to any literary art collection.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Maryland

The Collectors Press Pin-Ups

Carol Field Dahlstrom

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

365 Easy Gifts and Decorations You Can Make

Gathers projects for gifts and decorations that can be completed in one evening, including candles, jewelry, carved pumpkins, Christmas trimmings, and etched glassware

Simply Handmade

88753c33-1e91-4d52-a4c8-80b0535c9b8d-1

Illustrated stitch guide and source book of embroidery inspiration.

Kansas

An Illustrated Stitch Guide and Source Book of Inspiration

Learn all there is to know about silk ribbon stitches, crazy-quilt stitches, composite stitches, and even left-handed stitches. Compact enough to fit in your work basket, the book is spiral bound-leaving your hands free to work.

Elegant Stitches

687b9aca-8d8f-4517-99c6-44fc4f822044-1

#paperback #graphicnovels #comics #swampthing #dc #dccomics #new52 #art #artistic

Indiana

A New York Times Best Seller!

In the 40-years since its debut, Swamp Thing has been graced with some of the best writers in comics from Len Wein to Alan Moore and now, as part of the DC Comics--The New 52, 'American Vampire' scribe Scott Snyder brings his talents to an all new Swamp Thing series set in the DC Universe.

Following the events of 'Brightest Day,' Alec Holland has his life back...but the "Green" has plans for it. A monstrous evil is rising in the desert, and it'll take a monster of another kind to defend life as we know it!

This hardcover collection includes issues 1-7 of the monthly series.

Swamp Thing Vol. 1: Raise Them Bones (the New 52)

7cec9fa2-800f-4186-bde9-25933ff48170-1

Lawrence M. Rosenberg

Designs and Techniques

Cake Decorating Simplified

e07c6826-1652-4885-8d99-d113036e6459-1

Florida

#paperback #artistic #descriptive #family #fiction 

Save this search

Deborah Reed

Violet Swan

Holly Black (Editor); Justine Larbalestier (Editor)

Zombies vs. Unicorns

Peter Sís

Starry Messenger

Betty Edwards

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Patrick McGrath

Asylum

Mark Galer

Photography Foundations for Art and Design

Gennifer Albin

Crewel

Deborah Reed

Violet Swan

Kate Whitaker (Photographer)

Decorating Cupcakes, Cakes, and Cookies

Steven Pressfield

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield; Shawn Coyne (Editor)

The War of Art

Ann Jonas

Round Trip

Mark Kistler

You Can Draw in 30 Days

Rahima Baldwin Dancy

You Are Your Child's First Teacher, Third Edition

Betty Edwards

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Deborah Reed

Violet Swan

Rolf Armstrong, Gil Elvgren, Billy Devorss

The Collectors Press Pin-Ups

Carol Field Dahlstrom

Simply Handmade

Judith Baker Montano; Barbara Konzak-Kuhn (Editor); Micaela Carr (Illustrator); Sally Shimizu (Illustrator)

Elegant Stitches

Scott Snyder; Yanick Paquette (Illustrator)

Swamp Thing Vol. 1: Raise Them Bones (the New 52)

Lawrence M. Rosenberg

Cake Decorating Simplified

Betty Edwards

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Deborah Reed

Violet Swan

Deborah Reed

Violet Swan