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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

North Carolina

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills

Have you ever struggled to complete a design project on time? Or felt that having a tight deadline stifled your capacity for maximum creativity? If so, then this book is for you. Within these pages, you'll find 80 creative challenges that will help you achieve a breadth of stronger design solutions, in various media, within any set time period. Exercises range from creating a typeface in an hour to designing a paper robot in an afternoon to designing web pages and other interactive experiences. Each exercise includes compelling visual solutions from other designers and background stories to help you increase your capacity to innovate. Creative Workshop also includes useful brainstorming techniques and wisdom from some of today's top designers. By road-testing these techniques as you attempt each challenge, you'll find new and more effective ways to solve tough design problems and bring your solutions to vibrant life.

Creative Workshop

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Indiana

Creative Living Beyond Fear

Big Magic

#creativity #children #coloring #journal name written inside the cover. No other markings. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

How to Free Your Creative Spirit

Suggests a variety of activities designed to develop one's creativity, and tells how to live creatively free and develop a more positive and open outlook on life

A Creative Companion

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How Creativity Works

"This is a book about joy, drive and art, work that we're all capable of if we'll only commit." --Seth Godin, author of Linchpin

Public Radio International's Julie Burstein, creator of the award-winning program Studio 360, along with its host Kurt Andersen, offers a rare, fascinating glimpse into some of the 21st century's greatest creative minds--from Yo-Yo Ma and Robert Plant to Mira Nair and Chuck Close, to David Milch and Joyce Carol Oates, to Rosanne Cash and beyond. Fans of Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind, Rosamund Zander's The Art of Possibility, and Lynda Barry's What It Is will be enthralled and electrified by this unique look at the creative process of the world's most talented and prolific artists.

Spark

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The Secrets of Creative Genius

From the bestselling author of Thinkertoys, this follow up brings innovative creative thinking techniques within reach, giving you the tools to tackle everyday challenges in new ways. 

Internationally renowned business creativity expert, Michael Michalko will show you how creative people think--and how to put their secrets to work for you in business and in your personal life. You don't have to be a genius to solve problems like one. Michalko researched and analyzed hundreds of history's greatest thinkers across disciplines--from Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso--to bring the best of their techniques together and to teach you how to apply them in your own life. Cracking Creativity is filled with exercises and anecdotes that will soon have you looking at problems and seeing many different solutions.

Cracking Creativity

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Tennessee

Cognitive psychology

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Michigan

Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises

Strategies and Tactics for the Master Novelist

Successfully starting and finishing a publishable novel is often like fighting a series of battles. You not only have to work hard to shape memorable characters, develop gripping plots, and craft dazzling dialogue, but you also have to fight against self-doubts and fears. And then there's the challenge of learning to navigate the ever-changing publishing industry.

That's why best-selling novelist James Scott Bell, author of the Write Great Fiction staples Plot & Structure and Revision & Self-Editing, came up with the ultimate novel-writing battle plan: The Art of War for Writers.

You'll find tactics and strategies for idea generation and development, character building, plotting, drafting, querying and submitting, dealing with rejection, coping with unrealistic expectations, and much more.

With timeless, innovative, and concise writing reflections and techniques, The Art of War for Writers is your roadmap to victory.

The Art of War for Writers

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Add more color to every day!

Uplift your thoughts and everyday tasks with inspiring words and your own splash of color. This interactive coloring book--charged with positivity--includes daily and monthly calendars, shopping lists, cards to share with loved ones and, of course, meditative mantras and affirmations to uplift your spirits or start your day off on an upbeat note.


   * A variety of illustration sizes (lists, cards, full pages) gives you flexibility on time needed to complete and can be reproduced for daily, weekly and monthly use.
   * Perforated pages are easy to remove for using and sharing.
   * Inspiring messages encourage personal reflection and celebration of your every-days.
Immerse yourself in The Art of Whimsical Living and enjoy meditative coloring with a practical purpose!

Art of Whimsical Living

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Gorgeous black-and-white illustrations are paired with quotes from Geneen Roth's #1 New York Times bestseller, Women Food and God in this inspirational and relaxing coloring book.

Oprah Winfrey called Geneen Roth's #1 New York Times bestseller Women Food and God "a life-changing book." Millions of readers and the many women who attend Geneen's retreats and workshops often share their favorite quotes from the book. These quotations--that describe the important connection between the way we eat and the way we live--as well as some of the passages Geneen herself finds most meaningful, are collected on the pages of this enchanting coloring book.

Color, contemplate, and discover who you really are in this perfect gift for women of all ages.

Women Food and God Coloring Book

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

How to Use a Journal for Self-Guidance and Expanded Creativity

The New Diary is about a completely modern concept of journal writing. It has little to do with the rigid daily calendar diary you may have kept as a child or the factual travelogue you wrote to recall the Grand Canyon. Instead, it is a tool for tapping the full power of your inner resources.

The New Diary is as much for those who already keep a journal as it is for those who have never kept one. It does not tell you the "right" way to keep a diary; rather, it offers numerous possibilities for using the diary to achieve your own purposes. It is a place for you to clarify goals, visualize the future, and focus your engergies; a means of freeing your intuition and imagination; a workbook for exploring your dreams, your past, and your present life.

It is for everyone seeking concrete methods for dealing with personal problems. It is for women and men interested in achieving self-reliance and inner liberation, for artists and writers seeking new techniques for overcoming blocks to creativity.

The New Diary

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Kick Back & Relax Coloring Books
Color by Number
Volume 2 Complete Set

Includes FOUR Books:
Patterns
Animals
Florals
Relax

BONUS!
Each book includes a unique code that can be used online to download a customized playlist to listen to while you color and unwind!

That’s a total of 24 songs included in your purchase by digital download! Books include complete details as well as a track list for each book title.

#coloring #arttherapy #relaxation #colorbynumber #meditation #creativity #destress #wellness #selfhelp #serenity #stillness #selfimprovement #doodle #journal #drawing #art #handdrawn #animals #plants #landscape #abstract #floral #design

Patterns • Animals • Florals • Relax 

Kick Back & Color by Number

One of todays creative marketing thought leaders and writers presents an insightful overview of business and marketing #marketing #business #creative #creativity #jobs #employment #work

Are You Indispensable?

This life-changing manifesto shows how you have the potential to make a huge difference wherever you are. Few authors have had the kind of lasting impact and global reach that Seth Godin has had. In a series of now-classic books that have been translated into 36 languages and reached millions of readers around the world, he has taught generations of readers how to make remarkable products and spread powerful ideas. In Linchpin, he turns his attention to the individual, and explains how anyone can make a significant impact within their organization. There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there's a third team, the linchpins. These people figure out what to do when there's no rule book. They delight and challenge their customers and peers. They love their work, pour their best selves into it, and turn each day into a kind of art. Have you ever found a shortcut that others missed? Seen a new way to resolve a conflict? Made a connection with someone others couldn't reach? Even once? Then you have what it takes to become indispensable, by overcoming the resistance that holds people back. Linchpin will show you how to join the likes of... · Keith Johnson, who scours flea markets across the country to fill Anthropologie stores with unique pieces. · Jason Zimdars, a graphic designer who got his dream job at 37signals without a résumé. · David, who works at Dean and Deluca coffee shop in New York. He sees every customer interaction as a chance to give a gift and is cherished in return. As Godin writes, "Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been bullied enough or frightened enough to hold it back. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is essential, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must."

Linchpin

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Florida

And 39 Other Keys to Creativity

The writer behind the popular blog GapingVoid delivers edgy and humorous advice on maximizing creativity in a world that often thwarts it.

Ignore Everybody

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Looking for new ideas for your novel or short story? This book includes tons of advice, techniques, and exercises that can help light that creative spark in your brain. There are over 75 ideas to help you start your creative journey. You also have access to online worksheets to guide you as you let your imagination run free. ￼ #writing #prompts #ideas #creative #inspiration #creativity #writersdigest


A Writer's Guide to Transforming Notions into Narratives

Discover the Journal From Initial Idea to Completed Story A wardrobe that leads to a fantasy world...a rendition of Hamlet told by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern...the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West.... Just where do successful writers get their ideas? Author Fred White demystifies the creative process of idea generation by breaking it down into six essential stages: idea recognition, idea incubation, outlining, research, drafting, and revision. In Where Do You Get Your Ideas? you will learn: How to create, organize, and keep a writer's notebook. Where to look for ideas--in daily observations, books, news articles, and magazines--and how to recognize a story when you see one. Techniques for developing ideas into creative works of fiction and non-fiction: free-associating, listing, mapping, and collaging. How to transform a good idea into a great story, novel, or memoir. With practical advice, techniques, and exercises, plus 75 seminal ideas to jump-start your creativity, Where Do You Get Your Ideas? will pull back the curtain on the magic of idea generation and reveal the wealth of writing inspiration right in front of you.

Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

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Price is negotiable.. I'll drop it a little if you need it for class and are tight on cash! Just let me know :) 

Retired book from the education dept @ the denver art museum.. in like new, perfect condition but it is missing the book sleeve. Amazon has it for $120 right now, so this will definitely save you a good chunk of $.  #collegetextbook #hardcover #aesthetic #religion #style #creativity #reference #artistic #textbook #geometric #figurative

Colorado

Provides an authoritative introduction to the richness and diversity of art forms in non-Western societies. Addresses the problems of aesthetic appreciation across cultures, the varied uses of art, and the fundamental problem of what constitutes art.

The Anthropology of Art

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Condition: Please see picture 2 & 3 for condition. 

Oklahoma

101 Stories of Courage, Compassion and Creativity in the Workplace

Gathers workplace anecdotes that demonstrate caring, the power of acknowledgement, standards, overcoming obstacles, and insight

Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work

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Do I really want to sell this book? Nahhh but I will because you’ve got to read these ideas from one of the smartest people and wittiest writers I know… and that’s personally! Absolutely great stuff #ideas #creativity #business #government #problemsolving #smart #economics 

The Very Best Outside of the Box Economic Policy Ideas from the Site That Will Pay $1 Million for Yours

Is Your Original Economic Policy Idea Worth $1 million? No? How about $500? Author Al Lewis is offering a $1 million reward for the first idea published on his website, www.thinkOOB.com, to get adopted into national policy, and $500 for any idea used in the next edition of "OOBonomics."
Think your "Outside Of the Box" economic policy contribution can make the grade? Decide for yourself as you enjoy a merry romp through 12 of the best economic policy ideas you've ever read, ideas that will leave you thinking, laughing, and, most importantly, wondering: "Why the hell aren't we already doing this stuff?"
And then you can post your own idea. Maybe it will make you rich, maybe it will get you published, or maybe it will just give Mr. Lewis a good laugh. But, hey, might as well give it a try. In the immortal words of the great philosopher Wayne Gretzky, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.



OOBonomics

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Massachusetts

Lessons in Arranging Blooms, Branches, Fruits, and Foraged Materials

A master floral designer who has appeared in numerous magazines, and who is known for her hands-on flower workshops at FlowerSchool New York, presents this lavishly illustrated guide to creating a vast array of floral projects, for all skill levels, that will enhance any surrounding with abundant beauty. --Publisher's description.

The Flower Workshop

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Spots, Dots, and Stripes

Everything you need to throw a party! DIY: Hundreds of perforated paper pieces, easy to assemble in dozens of ways to create your perfect party. Simply punch out the shapes desired, add some glue and string and you can make garlands, cupcake toppers, tray covers, chains, gift wrap, invitations, labels, tags, boxes, and much more. Assemble crowns instead of garlands with the same simple pieces. Children or adults alike will delight in your chic colorful accessories. Author, designer, and illustrator Rebecca Emberley loves to throw a party! With her "Party in a Book" series, Rebecca shares her tricks and tips with paper to throw a quick and easy party even including a few food and drink recipes to complement your Spots, Dots, and Stripes!"

Party in a Book

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Utah

How to Think and Create Like an Inventor

From world-renowned autism spokesperson, scientist, and inventor Temple Grandin -- a book of personal stories, inventions, and facts that will blow young inventors' minds and make them soar.

Have you ever wondered what makes a kite fly or a boat float? Have you ever thought about why snowflakes are symmetrical, or why golf balls have dimples? Have you ever tried to make a kaleidoscope or build a pair of stilts?

In Calling All Minds, Temple Grandin explores the ideas behind all of those questions and more. She delves into the science behind inventions, the steps various people took to create and improve upon ideas as they evolved, and the ways in which young inventors can continue to think about and understand what it means to tinker, to fiddle, and to innovate. And laced throughout it all, Temple gives us glimpses into her own childhood tinkering, building, and inventing.

More than a blueprint for how to build things, in Calling All Minds Temple Grandin creates a blueprint for different ways to look at the world. And more than a call to action, she gives a call to imagination, and shows readers that there is truly no single way to approach any given problem--but that an open and inquisitive mind is always key.

Praise for Calling All Minds:

"An impassioned call to look at the world in unique ways with plenty of practical advice on how to cultivate a curious, inquiring, imaginative mind." --Kirkus Reviews

"Both practical and inspirational, this useful book describes an overall approach to viewing the world creatively, as exemplified by the numerous projects and supporting material provided here." --VOYA

"Grandin offers a nuanced perspective on the qualities of a successful inventor--notably, a sense of wonder and curiosity, careful observation, and the willingness to learn from mistakes." --Publishers Weekly

Calling All Minds

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Minnesota

A Beginner's Guide to Ceramics

This introductory guide to ceramics is geared to a simple, beginning studio situation. The text provides descriptions of basic tools, materials, and techniques paired with ample illustrations of processes to help beginners get started in clay.

Make It in Clay

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Floral Arrangements Inspired by Nature

Unlike most flower-arrangement books, which rely on expensive and often nonseasonal flowers from florists, this book presents an alternative that is in line with the “back to nature” movement. This is the first volume to showcase how to be inspired by nature’s seasonal bounty and bring that nature into the home through floral arrangements. From the well-known lifestyle photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo and Nicolette Owen of Brooklyn’s Little Flower School, Bringing Nature Home presents a portfolio of unique and original floral arrangements directly inspired by the seasons and the local environment, with sources ranging from farmers’ market offerings to the backyard garden. Presented through lush photography that also showcases the beautiful interiors the arrangements are created for, this is as much a decorating tome as it is a floral-arrangement guide. A how-to section offers advice on the selection, trimming, and care of the arrangements and on repurposed and unique containers, making this book practical as well as inspiring.

Bringing Nature Home

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A Journey to Your Creative Heart

The companion to the best-selling The Artist's Way contains essays on the creative process and more than one hundred imaginative exercises that help readers reach new spiritual heights and expand their creativity. 150,000 first printing. BOMC & QPB Alt. One Spirit Main.

David Sherwin

Creative Workshop

Elizabeth Gilbert

Big Magic

S. A. R. K.; S.A.R.K.

A Creative Companion

Julie Burstein; Kurt Andersen

Spark

Michael Michalko

Cracking Creativity

Robert J. Sternberg

Cognitive psychology

James Scott Bell

The Art of War for Writers

J. Sharpe

Art of Whimsical Living

Geneen Roth

Women Food and God Coloring Book

Tristine Rainer

The New Diary

Landoll Publishing

Kick Back & Color by Number

Seth Godin

Linchpin

Hugh MacLeod

Ignore Everybody

Fred White

Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

Robert Layton

The Anthropology of Art

Jack Canfield; Mark Victor Hansen; Maida Rogerson; Martin Rutte; Tim Clauss

Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work

Al Lewis

OOBonomics

Ariella Chezar, Julie Michaels

The Flower Workshop

Rebecca Emberley

Party in a Book

Temple Grandin

Calling All Minds

Charlotte F. Speight; John Toki

Make It in Clay

Ngoc Minh Ngo

Bringing Nature Home

Julia Cameron

The Vein of Gold