Art
Creative expression flows through studios, galleries, and digital workspaces where artists and designers shape our visual world through their unique visions and innovative techniques. These books explore the creative process, artistic inspiration, and practical skills needed to master various mediums - from traditional painting to digital design, photography to creative writing.
Art Book Summaries
The Happy Ever After Playlist
A stray dog pulls a grieving artist into the orbit of a musician she cannot resist.
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Chick Lit
Adult
The Happy Ever After Playlist
A stray dog pulls a grieving artist into the orbit of a musician she cannot resist.
Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Chick Lit
Adult
Game Design Workshop
The prototyping-first method that catches design disasters before you write a single line of code.
Games
Design
Reference
Creativity
Technology
Game Design Workshop
The prototyping-first method that catches design disasters before you write a single line of code.
Games
Design
Reference
Creativity
Technology
A Theory Of Fun For Game Design
Games tap into your brain's learning circuits. The rush of fun is the moment something clicks.
Games
Design
Psychology
Education
Philosophy
A Theory Of Fun For Game Design
Games tap into your brain's learning circuits. The rush of fun is the moment something clicks.
Games
Design
Psychology
Education
Philosophy
Horse
An enslaved groom, a 1950s gallerist, and a scholar share a racehorse and a buried past.
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Historical
Animals
Book Club
Horse
An enslaved groom, a 1950s gallerist, and a scholar share a racehorse and a buried past.
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Historical
Animals
Book Club
Sanford Meisner on Acting
Meisner trains actors to stop pretending and behave truthfully, moment to moment, off their partner.
Self Help
Theater
Film
Drama
Art
Sanford Meisner on Acting
Meisner trains actors to stop pretending and behave truthfully, moment to moment, off their partner.
Self Help
Theater
Film
Drama
Art
The Laws of Simplicity
Simplicity is subtraction with meaning: ten design laws for making complex things feel effortless.
Design
Business
Technology
Philosophy
Psychology
The Laws of Simplicity
Simplicity is subtraction with meaning: ten design laws for making complex things feel effortless.
Design
Business
Technology
Philosophy
Psychology
Creativity
Your natural creativity is blocked by ego and perfectionism. A spiritual guide to clearing the way.
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Art
Creativity
Your natural creativity is blocked by ego and perfectionism. A spiritual guide to clearing the way.
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Art
All the Beauty in the World
He guarded Picassos and Rembrandts for a decade. Grief brought him there; stillness made him stay.
Memoir
Art
Death
Healing
Biography
All the Beauty in the World
He guarded Picassos and Rembrandts for a decade. Grief brought him there; stillness made him stay.
Memoir
Art
Death
Healing
Biography
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci
Seven da Vinci practices to retrain your senses, deepen your questions, and sit with uncertainty.
Self Help
Psychology
Creativity
Art
Personal Development
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci
Seven da Vinci practices to retrain your senses, deepen your questions, and sit with uncertainty.
Self Help
Psychology
Creativity
Art
Personal Development
The Eyes of the Skin
Architecture feeds the eye and starves the body. The cure lies in touch, sound, and shadow.
Architecture
Design
Art
Philosophy
Essays
The Eyes of the Skin
Architecture feeds the eye and starves the body. The cure lies in touch, sound, and shadow.
Architecture
Design
Art
Philosophy
Essays
The Goldfinch
In the rubble of the bombing that killed his mother, a boy steals a priceless painting.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Coming Of Age
Mystery
Crime
The Goldfinch
In the rubble of the bombing that killed his mother, a boy steals a priceless painting.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Coming Of Age
Mystery
Crime
The Courage to Create
Creativity needs limits, not freedom. Anxiety is the proof you are close to a breakthrough.
Psychology
Philosophy
Art
Self Help
Writing
The Courage to Create
Creativity needs limits, not freedom. Anxiety is the proof you are close to a breakthrough.
Psychology
Philosophy
Art
Self Help
Writing
Documentary Storytelling
From research to final cut: the craft rules for making nonfiction films that grip like fiction.
Film
Writing
Art
Reference
Education
Documentary Storytelling
From research to final cut: the craft rules for making nonfiction films that grip like fiction.
Film
Writing
Art
Reference
Education
Thought-Forms
Thoughts are visible, colored, living things. A clairvoyant's field guide to what yours look like.
Spirituality
Occult
Philosophy
New Age
Mind, Body & Spirit
Thought-Forms
Thoughts are visible, colored, living things. A clairvoyant's field guide to what yours look like.
Spirituality
Occult
Philosophy
New Age
Mind, Body & Spirit
Hello Stranger
A face-blind artist falls for her neighbor, unaware he's the man she's been avoiding.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Women
Hello Stranger
A face-blind artist falls for her neighbor, unaware he's the man she's been avoiding.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Chick Lit
Contemporary
Women
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
An elevator meeting, a spontaneous wedding, and the long slow work of walking away.
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Adult
Art
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
An elevator meeting, a spontaneous wedding, and the long slow work of walking away.
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Adult
Art
The Story She Left Behind
An American illustrator hunts her vanished mother's dictionary in a London paralyzed by deadly smog.
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Literary Fiction
Romance
Book Club
The Story She Left Behind
An American illustrator hunts her vanished mother's dictionary in a London paralyzed by deadly smog.
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Literary Fiction
Romance
Book Club
At the Existentialist Café
The existentialists built a philosophy from cafés, war, and each other's complicated lives.
Philosophy
History
Biography
France
Politics
At the Existentialist Café
The existentialists built a philosophy from cafés, war, and each other's complicated lives.
Philosophy
History
Biography
France
Politics
Eres el amor de mi otra vida
Her partner is a painter whose only subject is another woman. That woman exists.
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Love
Eres el amor de mi otra vida
Her partner is a painter whose only subject is another woman. That woman exists.
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Love
Improvise. Scene from the Inside Out
Improv rules make you timid. The key to great scenes is bold action before your brain objects.
Theatre
Comedy
Self Help
Humor
Creativity
Improvise. Scene from the Inside Out
Improv rules make you timid. The key to great scenes is bold action before your brain objects.
Theatre
Comedy
Self Help
Humor
Creativity
The Inner Game of Music
Performance equals potential minus interference. For musicians ready to subtract the self-doubt.
Music
Self Help
Psychology
Art
Education
The Inner Game of Music
Performance equals potential minus interference. For musicians ready to subtract the self-doubt.
Music
Self Help
Psychology
Art
Education
How Proust Can Change Your Life
The practical life advice hidden inside a 3,000-page French novel about memory and jealousy.
Philosophy
Self Help
Literature
Essays
Psychology
How Proust Can Change Your Life
The practical life advice hidden inside a 3,000-page French novel about memory and jealousy.
Philosophy
Self Help
Literature
Essays
Psychology
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Abstract painting is not emptiness but a spiritual language more direct than any image.
Art
Philosophy
Spirituality
Essays
Design
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Abstract painting is not emptiness but a spiritual language more direct than any image.
Art
Philosophy
Spirituality
Essays
Design
The Art of Character
The five things every unforgettable character has, and why questionnaires will never uncover them.
Writing
Reference
Film
Books About Books
Creativity
The Art of Character
The five things every unforgettable character has, and why questionnaires will never uncover them.
Writing
Reference
Film
Books About Books
Creativity
Breaking Bad and Philosophy
A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.
Philosophy
Essays
Tv
Sociology
Culture
Breaking Bad and Philosophy
A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.
Philosophy
Essays
Tv
Sociology
Culture
Shadowshaper
A Brooklyn teen discovers her family channels spirits through art. An outsider hunts them.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Urban Fantasy
Paranormal
Magic
Shadowshaper
A Brooklyn teen discovers her family channels spirits through art. An outsider hunts them.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Urban Fantasy
Paranormal
Magic
Level Up!
The game design manual that puts controls, camera, and characters first, then shows you the rest.
Games
Design
Programming
Reference
Instructional
Level Up!
The game design manual that puts controls, camera, and characters first, then shows you the rest.
Games
Design
Programming
Reference
Instructional
About Writing
The sentence, not the world, is science fiction's true unit of meaning. A master explains why.
Writing
Essays
Reference
Literature
Science Fiction
About Writing
The sentence, not the world, is science fiction's true unit of meaning. A master explains why.
Writing
Essays
Reference
Literature
Science Fiction
