Lisa Brown

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Florida

100 Classic Books in Three Panels

Literature is long. Comics are short.

 

Does Proust get you down? Do you find The Unbearable Lightness of Being simply unbearable? Is The Inferno your own private hell? Do you long to be conversant about classics like Moby Dick, the Bhagavad Gita, Madame Bovary, and, um, Twilight?

 

Bestselling illustrator Lisa Brown (The Airport Book; Baby, Mix Me a Drink) did her homework. Long Story Short offers 100 pithy and skewering three-panel literary summaries, from curriculum classics like Don Quixote, Lord of the Flies, and Jane Eyre to modern favorites like Beloved, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and Atonement, conveniently organized by subjects including "Love," "Sex," "Death," and "Female Trouble." Lisa Brown's Long Story Short is the perfect way to turn a traipse through what your English teacher called "the canon" into a frolic--or to happily cram for the next occasion that requires you to appear bookish and well-read.

 

Long Story Short

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Amanda Boyden

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Oregon

Lisa escapes from her troubled life into the family life of her best friend, embarking on a friendship that takes both girls into the complexities of male-female relationships, experimentation, self-destruction, and freedom.

Pretty Little Dirty

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Andrea Bartz

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Novel

An exclusive New York women's workspace is rocked by the mysterious disappearance of its enigmatic founder, leaving two sisters to uncover the haunting truth "Fascinating and chilling."--Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED THRILLERS OF 2020 BY Marie Claire · Newsweek · The Boston Globe · HelloGiggles · Book Riot · PopSugar · CrimeReads · Bustle · She Reads The name of the elite, women-only coworking space stretches across the wall behind the check-in desk: THE HERD, the H-E-R always in purple. In-the-know New Yorkers crawl over one another to apply for membership to this community that prides itself on mentorship and empowerment. Among the hopefuls is Katie Bradley, who's just returned from the Midwest after a stint of book research blew up in her face. Luckily, Katie has an in, thanks to her sister, Hana, an original Herder and the best friend of Eleanor Walsh, the Herd's charismatic founder. Eleanor is a queen among the Herd's sun-filled rooms, admired and quietly feared even as she strives to be warm and approachable. As head of PR, Hana is working around the clock to prepare for a huge announcement from Eleanor--one that will change the trajectory of the Herd forever. Though Katie loves her sister's crew, she secretly hopes that she's found her next book subject in Eleanor, who's brilliant, trailblazing--and extremely private. Then, on the night of the glitzy Herd news conference, Eleanor vanishes without a trace. Everybody has a theory about what made Eleanor run, but when the police suggest foul play, everyone is a suspect: Eleanor's husband, other Herders, the men's rights groups that have had it out for the Herd since its launch--even Eleanor's closest friends. As Hana struggles to figure out what her friend was hiding and Katie chases the story of her life, the sisters must face the secrets they've been keeping from each other--and confront just how dangerous it can be when women's perfect veneers start to crack, crumble, and then fall away altogether.

The Herd

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Pennsylvania

A Novel of Virginia Woolf

From a New York Times best-selling author, a boldly imagined portrait of Virginia Woolf that sheds new light on the events that preceded her fatal immersion in the River Ouse in 1941



On April 18, 1941, twenty-two days after Virginia Woolf went for a walk near her weekend house in Sussex and never returned, her body was reclaimed from the River Ouse. Norah Vincent'sAdeline reimagines the events that brought Woolf to the riverbank, offering us a denouement worthy of its protagonist.



With poetic precision and psychological acuity, Vincent channels Virginia and Leonard Woolf, T. S. and Vivienne Eliot, Lytton Strachey and Dora Carrington, laying bare their genius and their blind spots, their achievements and their failings, from the inside out. And haunting every page is Adeline, the name given to Virginia Stephen at birth, which becomes the source of Virginia's greatest consolation, and her greatest torment.



Intellectually and emotionally disarming,Adeline--a vibrant portrait of Woolf and her social circle, the infamous Bloomsbury Group, and a window into the darkness that both inspired and doomed them all--is a masterpiece in its own right by one of our most brilliant and daring writers.


 

Adeline

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Virginia

A masterful new story charts the circuitous course of the sole surviving work of a female Dutch painter This is what we long for: the profound pleasure of being swept into vivid new worlds, worlds peopled by characters so intriguing and real that we can't shake them, even long after the reading's done. In his earlier, award-winning novels, Dominic Smith demonstrated a gift for coaxing the past to life. Now, inThe Last Painting of Sara de Vos, he deftly bridges the historical and the contemporary, tracking a collision course between a rare landscape by a female Dutch painter of the golden age, an inheritor of the work in 1950s Manhattan, and a celebrated art historian who painted a forgery of it in her youth. In 1631, Sara de Vos is admitted as a master painter to the Guild of St. Luke's in Holland, the first woman to be so recognized. Three hundred years later, only one work attributed to de Vos is known to remain--a haunting winter scene,At the Edge of a Wood, which hangs over the bed of a wealthy descendant of the original owner. An Australian grad student, Ellie Shipley, struggling to stay afloat in New York, agrees to paint a forgery of the landscape, a decision that will haunt her. Because now, half a century later, she's curating an exhibit of female Dutch painters, and both versions threaten to arrive. As the three threads intersect,The Last Painting of Sara de Vos mesmerizes while it grapples with the demands of the artistic life, showing how the deceits of the past can forge the present. This program includes a Reading Group Guide read by the author.

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

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Michael Field

Martin Golubitsky

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

A Search for Pattern in Mathematics, Art, and Nature

A classy rendering of chaos theory and symmetry mathematics illustrating recent understanding about the convergence between the two areas. Mathematicians Field and Golubitsky explain the relationship between chaos and symmetry, describing how chaotic process may eventually lead to symmetric patterns in a clear, understandable language and in color photographs reproducing computer images demonstrating the inherent pattern in apparent chaos. The authors compare these images with pictures from nature and art that, miraculously, mimic the computer patterns. Includes an appendix containing several BASIC programs enabling home computer owners to experiment with similar images. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Symmetry in Chaos

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Kasie West

New Hampshire

What do you do when you’ve fallen for your best friend? Funny and romantic, this effervescent story about family, friendship, and finding yourself is perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han. Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner’s summer isn’t going the way she’d planned. She has a not-so-secret but definitely unrequited crush on her best friend, Cooper. She hasn’t been able to manage her mother’s growing issues with anxiety. And now she’s been rejected from an art show because her work “has no heart.” So when she gets another opportunity to show her paintings, Abby isn’t going to take any chances. Which is where the list comes in. Abby gives herself one month to do ten things, ranging from face a fear (#3) to learn a stranger’s story (#5) to fall in love (#8). She knows that if she can complete the list, she’ll become the kind of artist she’s always dreamed of being. But as the deadline approaches, Abby realizes that getting through the list isn’t as straightforward as it seems . . . and that maybe—just maybe—she can’t change her art if she isn’t first willing to change herself.

Love, Life, and the List

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Collectible book featuring the life and works of Van Gogh

Ohio

Van Gogh

John McKean

Colin Baxter

Maryland

This is an illustrated, up-to-date guide to the work of Scotland's renowned architect and designer. It takes a critical look at his buildings, furniture, paintings, drawings, and textile designs, and contains information on where to see them. For travelers to Europe & enthusiasts of the architecture of the Modern Movement.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh Pocket Guide Revised Edition

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Kentucky

Old Dolls

North Carolina

Lily Brown’s Paintings

#paperback #selfhelp #therapy #art #bookscoffeelove 

Spirit Animals Anti-Stress Therapy for Adults 

Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe goes back to basics. With a single knife, he carves a reclining country figure and teaches the basic methods of woodcarving. Each cut is illustrated with a full-color photograph, an important visual aid to learning this fun craft. These projects are simple and fun. The new carver will find that the mysteries of this art quickly disappear, allowing them to quickly learn the skills they need.

Basic Penknife Carving with Tom Wolfe

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Minnesota

J. Juan de Pareia

Brand new covered in plastic. Huge book. Coffee table book.

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

New York

A 25-Year Retrospective of Work by Photographer and Painter Polly Norman

Polly Norman's elegant compilation of photographs represents 25 years of art making. Woven among these exquisite works she also shares her struggle with manic depression and passion for dance, an alchemy that inspired her to make remarkable images that "dance."

Using a process entirely of her own invention, Norman first photographs objects or scenes through architectural glass block in black and white. On select pieces she adds a second layer of photograms and may also paint the photo surface, adapting 19th century hand-coloring techniques.

"My art is filtered, shaped and bent through a unique type of glass. It is also filtered through a mind and soul that is at times tortured," says Norman in her introductory essay, Soaring and Crashing.

Art historian and critic Bianca Sandino arranges Norman's works under the guise of three distinct dances: Cecchetti, Tango and Tarantella.

George Slade, photography historian, contributes an essay on Norman, "Eye Play" and interview with author.

Dances Through Glass (New in plastic Huge Hardcover)

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Texas

Includes illustrated instructions for origami projects that range from simple to challenging.

Easy Origami

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Provides step-by-step instructions on how to fold paper and use scissors and glue to make animal figures such as monkeys, lions, and tigers.

Origami Safari

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#hardcover #fiction #art #middlegrade #mystery #scholastic 

When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.

Chasing Vermeer

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#hardcover #art #bigfamily #brothersandsisters #fiction #grief #sorryforyourloss #comitragic

From Printz Honor winner and Morris Award finalist Jessie Ann Foley comes a comitragic YA novel that will appeal to fans of Jandy Nelson and Jeff Zentner.

As the youngest of eight, painfully average Pup Flanagan is used to flying under the radar. He's barely passing his classes. He lets his longtime crush walk all over him. And he's in no hurry to decide on a college path.

The only person who ever made him think he could be more was his older brother Patrick. But that was before Patrick died suddenly, leaving Pup with a family who won't talk about it and acquaintances who just keep saying, "sorry for your loss."

When Pup excels at a photography assignment he thought he'd bomb, things start to come into focus. His dream girl shows her true colors. An unexpected friend exposes Pup to a whole new world, right under his nose.

And the photograph that was supposed to show Pup a way out of his grief ultimately reveals someone else who is still stuck in their own. Someone with a secret regret Pup never could have imagined.

Winner of the 2020-2020 North Star YA Award

Named to YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults list

Sorry for Your Loss

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Paul Kane 1810-1871

California

Get Ready! Get Set! Go Glitter! There isn't anything that a dab of glitter doesn't make glamorous. Well, perhaps a peanut butter and jelly sandwich might not be a good idea, but almost everything else is great! This exciting book and glitter kit for kids is sure to inspire you to add a bit of sparkle to your life. Glitter glue is easy to use; whatever fun project you are creating, adding some flair is sure to turn drab to fab. In this book there are loads of creative ideas to use your glitter glues with. Many of them are paper projects, but the glue also works well on foam, wood, fabric or glass. Use these ideas to inspire your own creativity and have fun glittering!This kit includes:1 instruction book12 tubes of glitter glue 4 blank greeting cards2 photoframe cards6 envelopes2 gift tags6 craft sticks85 stickers30 gemstones6 pompoms2 stickon foam shapes

Glitter It Up!

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#hardcover #comics #juvenile #nonfiction #graphicnovels #biography #art #cartoons #disney #waltdisney

A biography of legendary animator Walt Disney, told in graphic novel format.

From his early upbringing in the Midwest to finding success in Hollywood, Walt Disney: The Magical Innovator! tells the story of the man who transformed the film and entertainment industry with animated characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Snow White. In this full-color illustrated biography presented in graphic novel format, key moments in Walt Disney's career are brought to life, including his first forays into illustration as a teenager, his bold decision to produce the world's first full-length animated film, and his vision of Disneyland. Historically accurate text that informs readers of Disney's upbringing and long road to becoming a prominent entrepreneur makes this book not only entertaining but educational as well.
 

Walt Disney: the Magical Innovator!

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Tola Rotimi Abraham

Named a Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Year and called "simultaneously unique and universal,” this fiercely original debut novel follows the fate of four siblings over the course of two decades in Nigeria as they search for agency, love, and meaning in a society rife with hypocrisy (NPR). “I like the idea of a god who knows what it’s like to be a twin. To have no memory of ever being alone.” Twin sisters Bibike and Ariyike are enjoying a relatively comfortable life in Lagos in 1996. Then their mother loses her job due to political strife, and the family, facing poverty, becomes drawn into the New Church, an institution led by a charismatic pastor who is not shy about worshipping earthly wealth. Soon Bibike and Ariyike’s father wagers the family home on a “sure bet” that evaporates like smoke. As their parents’ marriage collapses in the aftermath of this gamble, the twin sisters and their two younger siblings, Andrew and Peter, are thrust into the reluctant care of their traditional Yoruba grandmother. Inseparable while they had their parents to care for them, the twins’ paths diverge once the household shatters. Each girl is left to locate, guard, and hone her own fragile source of power. Written with astonishing intimacy and wry attention to the fickleness of fate, Tola Rotimi Abraham’s Black Sunday takes us into the chaotic heart of family life, tracing a line from the euphoria of kinship to the devastation of estrangement. In the process, it joyfully tells a tale of grace and connection in the midst of daily oppression and the constant incursions of an unremitting patriarchy. This is a novel about two young women slowly finding, over twenty years, in a place rife with hypocrisy but also endless life and love, their own distinct methods of resistance and paths to independence.

Black Sunday

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Jan Brett

Every year, trolls knock down Kyri's door and gobble up her Christmas feast. But this year, the trolls are in for a a boy and his pet ice bear on their way to Oslo have come in from the cold. And once the ice bear is finished with the trolls, you can bet they won't come knocking next Christmas Eve!

Once again, Jan Brett creates an original Christmas story full of warmth and magic. Featuring beautiful borders, intricate illustrations, and a stunning display of the Northern Lights, Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? will rightfully take its place among Jan's Christmas favorites with the whole family.

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Every year, trolls knock down Kyri's door and gobble up her Christmas feast. But this year, the trolls are in for a surprise: a boy and his pet ice bear on their way to Oslo have come in from the cold. And once the ice bear is finished with the trolls, you can bet they won't come knocking next Christmas Eve!

Once again, Jan Brett creates an original Christmas story full of warmth and magic. Featuring beautiful borders, intricate illustrations, and a stunning display of the Northern Lights, Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? will rightfully take its place among Jan's Christmas favorites with the whole family.

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Lisa Brown

Long Story Short

Amanda Boyden

Pretty Little Dirty

Andrea Bartz

The Herd

Norah Vincent

Adeline

Dominic Smith

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

Michael Field; Martin Golubitsky

Symmetry in Chaos

Kasie West

Love, Life, and the List

Rene Huyghe

Van Gogh

John McKean; Colin Baxter

Charles Rennie Mackintosh Pocket Guide Revised Edition

Eleanor St. George

Old Dolls

Angela Johnson, E. B. Lewis

Lily Brown’s Paintings

Coloring Creations

Spirit Animals Anti-Stress Therapy for Adults

Tom Wolfe

Basic Penknife Carving with Tom Wolfe

Elizabeth Borton de Trevino

J. Juan de Pareia

Polly Norman

Dances Through Glass (New in plastic Huge Hardcover)

John Montroll

Easy Origami

Steve and Megumi Biddle

Origami Safari

Blue Balliett; Brett Helquist (Illustrator)

Chasing Vermeer

Jessie Ann Foley

Sorry for Your Loss

J. Russell Harper

Paul Kane 1810-1871

Spice Box

Glitter It Up!

Mark Shulman; Otis Frampton (Illustrator); John Roshell (Letterer (comics))

Walt Disney: the Magical Innovator!

Tola Rotimi Abraham

Black Sunday

Jan Brett

Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve?