Audrey Flack

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Maryland

Art and Soul Arkana

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Adam J. Kurtz

Brand new — never used

Minor tearing on spine

Utah

A Daily Creative Companion

A lively and offbeat interactive creativity journal, based on a popular blog. Things are what you make of them. Every day is a chance to create something new for yourself. Put down your phone and pick up a pencil. Give yourself some space. The Internet will still be there. Start with one page at a time, and you'll be surprised at just how much you can create. Each of the 365 prompts in the book will encourage you to draw, write, list, reflect, and share. This book is your new best friend. Let's get started!

1 Page at a Time

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Amber Bonnici

Vanessa Bell

Texas

A woman’s guide to unlock Flow and finally finish creative projects everyday 

What if you knew you could unlock your creativity and finally finish all of your creative projects if you were given a guide to help you on your way? What would that change for you? You know the projects we are talking about... they are the partly-started, mostly-dreamed-of masterpieces that line the walls of your heart and your mind, aching to come forth but stagnating all the same. Creativity Unleashed is here to help. This book is part guidebook, part journal... one part inspiration and instruction, one part get it done. There is SO MUCH information out there. Sometimes when we're learning something new or dreaming something big, we feel full. Like we ate too much at Thanksgiving dinner. Stuffed. When overwhelm over the creative process sets in, your head and your heart feel the same. Stuffed. It's time to take that information, those ideas, and DO something with them. This book will help you to use your knowledge, skills, strengths, and talents as well as your intuitive wisdom. This book will get you DOING. And through the doing you will then experience KNOWING. You're done thinking about it, Visioning, Praying, Meditating, Talking about it. You're gonna do it. NOW. Let's get started....

Creativity Unleashed

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Seth Godin

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller In this iconic bestseller, popular business blogger and bestselling author Seth Godin proves that winners are really just the best quitters. Godin shows that winners quit fast, quit often, and quit without guilt—until they commit to beating the right Dip. Every new project (or job, or hobby, or company) starts out fun…then gets really hard, and not much fun at all. You might be in a Dip—a temporary setback that will get better if you keep pushing. But maybe it’s really a Cul-de-Sac—a total dead end. What really sets superstars apart is the ability to tell the two apart. Winners seek out the Dip. They realize that the bigger the barrier, the bigger the reward for getting past it. If you can beat the Dip to be the best, you’ll earn profits, glory, and long-term security. Whether you’re an intern or a CEO, this fun little book will help you figure out if you’re in a Dip that’s worthy of your time, effort, and talents. The old saying is wrong—winners do quit, and quitters do win.

The Dip

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Tennessee

The Word Collector

Peter H. Reynolds

California

Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.

The Dot

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Missouri

Finding Magic in the Unknown

My Friend Fear

#hardcover #nonfiction #openness #creativity #authenticity #business #compassion #courage 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Michigan

The Book

"From Life is Good founders and brothers Bert and John Jacobs, this inspiring book of wisdom outlines the ten key "superpowers" readers need to live their best lives. Based on the brothers' personal and professional journey, this whimsically illustrated guide captures the unique voice and profound optimism that is the foundation of their beloved T-shirt and apparel company, now worth more than $100 million. Life Is Good: The Owner's Manual will inspire readers of all ages and passions to discover--and embrace--the good in their lives. Entertaining yet profound, easygoing yet powerful, this engaging book reveals how to tap into the hidden power of optimism. Beginning with their upbringing in working class Boston and following the arc of their lives from postgrad wanderlust to the birth of a small business, Bert and John use their experiences to illuminate the ten superpowers on which optimism is founded--from humor and compassion to gratitude and authenticity. Capturing their buoyant, community-focused outlook and supplementing with top-ten lists and the company's iconic stick-figure illustrations, this book doesn't preach. Instead, it offers lighthearted, practical self-help that will inspire and empower readers to embrace their lives with delight and daring"--

Life Is Good

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Bert Jacobs

Wisconsin

Like new condition, but does have a sticker on title page (see pics for details). Excellent story! 

New York

the Word Collector

How to reclaim your creativity in a hyper-connected work culture

Too Fast to Think

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Julia Cameron

Oregon

Starting from Scratch

The bestselling author of The Artist's Way draws on her many years of personal experience as both a writer and a teacher to uncover the difficult soul work that artists must do to find inspiration.

 

In The Sound of Paper, Julia Cameron delves deep into the heart of the personal struggles that all artists experience. What can we do when we face our keyboard or canvas with nothing but a cold emptiness? How can we begin to carve out our creation when our vision and drive are clouded by life's uncertainties? In other words, how can we begin the difficult work of being an artist? In this inspiring book, Cameron describes a process of constant renewal, of starting from the beginning.  She writes, "When we are building a life from scratch, we must dig a little. We must be like that hen scratching beneath the soil. 'What goodness is hidden here, just below the surface?' we must ask."

 

With personal essays accompanied by exercises designed to develop the power to infuse one's art with a deeply informed knowledge of the soul, this book is an essential artist's companion from one of the foremost authorities on the creative process. Cameron's most illuminating book to date, The Sound of Paper provides readers with a spiritual path for creating the best work of their lives.

 

The Sound of Paper

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Paul Arden

The World's Best-Selling Book 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 alike to help 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 endeavors that can be applied to aspects of modern life. This uplifting and humorous little book provides a unique insight into the world of advertising and is a quirky compilation of quotes, facts, pictures, wit and wisdom – all packed into easy&hyphen;to&hyphen;digest, bite&hyphen;sized spreads. If you want to succeed in life or business, this book is a must. "

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

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Frans Johansson

Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts, and Cultures

Innovation is an evergreen topic because it is such an essential ingredient for successful growth—and this book provides a new and fascinating perspective on how new innovations can best be found and developed Managers from all kinds of companies will find this book of interest. This book is so well written and is filled with such engaging examples that we expect it to break out beyond a business audience to general readers. It is similar to The Tipping Point in terms of tone, readability, and rich, interesting stories, which show how innovative ideas were born in intersections that combined arenas as diverse as card games and sky rises, Palm Pilots and carrots, airplanes and cookies, ants and truck drivers. Offers practical strategies anyone can use to develop novel new ideas big and small, in all areas of life and work. Note: The book’s title refers to an explosion of creativity that occurred in Florence during the Renaissance, when the Medici banking family funded creators from many different disciplines to come together to debate, discuss, and discover new ideas. The book is about how any of us can create our own “Medici effects” using the concept of “the intersection”

The Medici Effect

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Washington

10 Mindsets to Overcome Creative Block

Do you find yourself in creative ruts and don't know why? In this book I break down ten mindsets that will help you overcome your creative block.I, as a visual artist, have found various ways to break myself out of a creative block by breaking down the limiting beliefs and mindsets that were getting in my way. I hope that by sharing what I learned from my practice as an artist I can help guide you to greater creative freedom.

Shit Art Is Better Than No Art

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#paperback #art #creativity #modernity #nonfiction #recommended 

Kentucky

Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World

Examines the concept of gifts in anthropological terms and uses this approach to analyze the situation of creative artists and their gifts to society.

The Gift

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Michael Michalko

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Florida

A Handbook of Business Creativity for the 90s

A guide designed to encourage creative thinking in business offers techniques, hints, and tricks for generating ideas and offers dozens of success stories.

Thinkertoys

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How to have a good day every day 

#hardcover #rhettandlink #curiosity #creativity #tomfoolery #fieldguide #humor #funny #comedy #YouTube 
From the YouTube superstars and creators of Good Mythical Morning comes the ultimate guide to living a “Mythical” life, featuring stories and photos from their lifelong friendship, as well as awesomely illustrated guides, charts, and activities aimed at laughing more, learning more, and never taking yourself too seriously.
 
Thanks for reading this description. You’re obviously a curious person, which means you’ve already taken your first step towards achieving Mythicality. Lucky for you, opening this book is even more rewarding than reading about it online. Within its pages, you'll discover twenty ways to fill your life with curiosity, creativity, and tomfoolery, including Eat Something That Scares You, Make a Bold Hair Choice, Say “I Love You” Like It’s Never Been Said, and more. Along the way, you’ll also find:

• Embarrassing stories and photos we'll probably regret sharing
• Character Building: The Board Game
• An important message from the year 2075
• A quiz to help you determine if you should get a dog
• A eulogy you can read at any funeral
• Grownup merit badges to earn
• Contributions from Mythical Beasts, and much more

If you decide to read this book, be warned—there is a high likelihood of increased Mythicality in your life, which means you may soon find yourself laughing more, learning more, and not taking yourself too seriously. This mentality has been known to spread easily to friends and loved ones.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Georgia

A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, and Tomfoolery

Rhett and Link's Book of Mythicality

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Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat #paperback #immigrant #art #creativity #authorsofcolor 

Kansas

The Immigrant Artist at Work

DONATING 10/1/24 Create Dangerously

build your routine, find your focus, and sharpen your creative mind

Manage your day-to-day

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#paperback #creativity #affirmation #inspiration 

Alabama

Stories to Inspire Our Creative Freedom

Suggests activities to develop creativity, and tells how to live creatively free and develop a more positive and open outlook on life

Inspiration Sandwich

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Art, Music, Drama/Theater

"Fascinating....An enjoyable and readably perspicacious attempt to explain the nature and expression of human creativity."-ALA Booklist.

The Creative Spirit

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Gordon MacKenzie

A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace

Creativity is crucial to business success. But too often, even the most innovative organization quickly becomes a "giant hairball"--a tangled, impenetrable mass of rules, traditions, and systems, all based on what worked in the past--that exercises an inexorable pull into mediocrity. Gordon McKenzie worked at Hallmark Cards for thirty years, many of which he spent inspiring his colleagues to slip the bonds of Corporate Normalcy and rise to orbit--to a mode of dreaming, daring and doing above and beyond the rubber-stamp confines of the administrative mind-set. In his deeply funny book, exuberantly illustrated in full color, he shares the story of his own professional evolution, together with lessons on awakening and fostering creative genius. Originally self-published and already a business "cult classic", this personally empowering and entertaining look at the intersection between human creativity and the bottom line is now widely available to bookstores. It will be a must-read for any manager looking for new ways to invigorate employees, and any professional who wants to achieve his or her best, most self-expressive, most creative and fulfilling work.

Orbiting the Giant Hairball

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