The Writing Life
Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood;…
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The Way of the Traveler: Making Every Trip a Journey of Self-Discovery
Winner of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award, this illustrated guide is a collection of…
Art and Intimacy: How the Arts Began
To Ellen Dissanayake, the arts are biologically evolved propensities of human nature: their fundamental features…
Making Color Sing, 25th Anniversary Edition: Practical Lessons in Color and Design
This title stimulates new ways to think about colour, generating responses that unlock personal creativity.…
Keys to Drawing
Anyone who can hold a pencil can learn to draw. In this book, Bert…
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
An astonishing new science called “neuroplasticity” is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain…
The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
The Art Instinct combines two of the most fascinating and contentious disciplines, art and evolutionary…
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Translated into thirteen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world’s…
The Arts and the Creation of Mind
Although the arts are often thought to be closer to the rim of education than…
How to Use Your Eyes
Grass, the night sky, a postage stamp, a crack in the sidewalk, a shoulder. Ordinary…