1,760円 In seventy-six breathtaking artworks, a New Orleans-based painter explores his city before and after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Phil Sandusky is renowned for his plein-air cityscapes, particularly those done in his hometown of New Orleans. In the immediate aftermath of Katrina, Sandus...

1,440円 From the late artist's unfinished project, a compendium of drawings capturing the characters, and character, of New York City. Jason Polan was on a mission to draw every person in New York, from cab drivers to celebrities. He drew people eating at Taco Bell, admiring paintings at the Museum of Mo...

1,760円 A highly regarded impressionist-style artist, George Ames Aldrich drew on his years of experience living and studying in Europe to create beautiful landscape paintings. His life and work are explored in this gorgeous book. Many of the artist's finest creations, some representing French subjects a...

1,760円 A WWII combat artist shares his recollectionsーand his arresting artworkーfrom the frontlines of the Italian campaign in this military memoir. Many artists have fought in wars and later recorded heroic scenes of great battles. Yet few artists have created their work on the frontlines as they foug...

564円 Surely we can offer the victims of 9/11 a better tribute than Reflecting Absence, a gloomy piece of landscape architecture with lists of names. But what makes an effective tribute? What makes a memorable memorial? The sculptures in nearby Battery Park provide excellent examples of memorials dedic...

310円 In "Navajo Silversmiths," Washington Matthews offers a comprehensive exploration of the artistry and craftsmanship of Navajo silversmithing, shedding light on its cultural significance and historical evolution. The book combines meticulous ethnographic research with rich visual documentation, cap...

300円 In "The Spirit of '76: Some Recollections of the Artist and the Painting," Henry Kelsey Devereux presents a meticulous exploration of both the historical and artistic significance of his celebrated painting. Intertwining personal memoir with detailed art criticism, Devereux delves into the artist...

5,565円 In the past decade, Jane Ash Poitras, an Indigenous woman from northern Alberta, has emerged as one of the most important Canadian artists of her generation. Raised by a German widow who powdered her dark skin and tried to make her straight hair curl, Poitras did not begin to fully explore her In...

846円 How do you get from looking at a sculpture you love, to being able to think and talk about it? In this book, I demonstrate my easy-to-remember "visual to verbal" method by looking at 15 sculptures, in essays that move from simple to complex. All these sculptures stand outdoors, so if you're in Ne...

33,949円 Covering everything from sports to art, religion, music, and entrepreneurship, this book documents the vast array of African American cultural expressions and discusses their impact on the culture of the United States. According to the latest census data, less than 13 percent of the U.S. populati...

23,114円 An excellent resource for high school and college students, this book surveys the size, scope, and nature of government surveillance in 21st-century America, with a particular focus on technology-enabled surveillance and its impact on privacy and other civil liberties. The advent of online, cellu...

2,988円 In this powerful and comprehensive guide in the spirit of Jambalaya and Sacred Woman, an herbalist celebrates ancient and modern African holistic healing. “The message of this book is: hold onto your yams, your collards, watermelon, and roots. There is magic, mystery, connection, and healing stor...