 | The Caravaggio Conspiracy by Peter Watson
Buy used from: $0.01 A quick read, though it got bogged down in the details every so often. Scary how much art is stolen every year.
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 | Hidden Faces by Salvador Dali
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $9.95 Just started.
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 | Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe by Thomas Cahill
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $9.00 Audio. Interesting, but not quite what I'd had in mind. I wanted more of a flow of history rather than individual bios. But I'm curious now about Hildegard and Elinor of Acquitane and others.
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 | The Artist's Muse: Unlock the Door to Your Creativity by Betsy Dillard Stroud
Buy used from: $6.74 Lots of encouraging exercises. Excellent flash cards.
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 | What Color Is Your Parachute? 2008: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career-Changers by Richard N. Bolles
Buy used from: $0.38 got about halfway through it before it was due back at the library.
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 | If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland
Buy new: $9.89 / Used from: $3.39 about halfway through
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 | Mandala: Journey to the Center (Whole Way Library) by Bailey Cunningham
Buy used from: $72.97 Simplistic. I'm looking for more examples of mandalas, especially from Carl Jung.
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 | A Complaint Free World: How to Stop Complaining and Start Enjoying the Life You Always Wanted by Will Bowen
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $3.00 Audio. Rather nice idea. I had thought that I didn't complain much, but am beginning to realize that's not entirely true. Good habit to break.
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 | Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.27 Weird, rambling, sloppy glorification of the vicitm mentality. Worse yet -- boring.
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 | Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $0.01 Enjoyable story and wonderful twist on what you thought you knew about Oz.
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 | Life Studies: Stories by Susan Vreeland
Buy new: $11.90 / Used from: $0.63 Listened to the audio version. Enjoyed it -- a clever idea to use famous artists as supporting characters in stories.
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 | Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson
Buy new: $10.79 / Used from: $3.75 Borrowed it from the library, but probably should buy it. It's a good workbook to learn how to handle important conversations.
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 | Close Reading: Chuck Close and the Artist Portrait by Martin Friedman
Buy used from: $34.74 I gained a lot of respect for the artist and his perserverance.
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 | Everyman by Philip Roth
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $0.99 A depressing look on life at life's end.
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 | Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $4.99 Well worth listening to. It's mostly common sense, but I picked up a few good tips for organizing my email and papers.
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 | The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $2.96 Very enjoyable and enlightening. I have a whole new appreciation for Phi.
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 | Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X by Deborah Davis
Buy used from: $5.87 A rather dry read, considering it's a story about art, scandal, and high society.
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 | Celebrations Book/CD Gift Set: Rituals of Peace and Prayer by Maya Angelou
Buy used from: $3.36 Listening to the author read her poetry is sublime. I need the book.
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 | Creationists: Selected Essays, 1993-2006 by E.L. Doctorow
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $7.71 Listened to this on CD. Very interesting collection of essays on authors and books. Makes me want to read Moby Dick finally.
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 | Secret Knowledge (New and Expanded Edition): Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters by David Hockney
Buy used from: $18.90 Only for art history buffs. Great fun thinking about how artists may have been using optics and lenses to create great paintings.
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 | Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
Buy new: $9.47 / Used from: $0.01 Ugh. Self centered, clueless.
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 | The Art of Mingling: Proven Techniques for Mastering Any Room by Jeanne Martinet
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $5.16 Listened to the CD. Basic common sense; no surprising ideas.
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 | The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs
Buy new: $10.80 / Used from: $1.50 Listened to the CD. Engaging story of one man's quest to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica. Well performed and entertaining.
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 | Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $11.66 Read it on a plane recently, and will have to read it again more slowly sometime. I didn't find many new ideas. Must have missed them.
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