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  • Sometimes an Art

    Nine Essays on History

    by Bernard Bailyn

    From one of the most respected historians in America, twice the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a new collection of essays that reflects a lifetime of erudition and accomplishments in history.The past has always been elusive: How can we understand people whose worlds were utterly different from our own without imposing our own standards and hindsight? What did things feel like in the moment, when ... Read more

    € 9,04

  • The Pearl Dagger

    by L.A. Chandlar

    series An Art Deco Mystery #3
    As the Great Depression loosens its grip on New York City, Mayor La Guardia and his team meet their greatest foe in the fight against organized crime …Lane Sanders and her fiery boss, Mayor Fiorello “Fio” La Guardia have managed to contain the explosive underground conspiracies of New York’s most sinister schemers. But after a seemingly harmless pinball racket claims the life of a trusted ally, a ... Read more

    € 10,78

  • The Gold Pawn

    by L.A. Chandlar

    series An Art Deco Mystery #2
    **Scandal rocks Depression Era New York while a Mayor’s aide pursues her dark past in a mystery full of “**colorful characters and rich historical flavor” (Publishers Weekly).November, 1936. Lane Sanders breaks away from her busy job at City Hall to confront childhood nightmares still lingering in Rochester, Michigan. An unknown assailant left Lane with scattered memories after viciously murdering ... Read more

    € 12,31

  • Death of an Art Collector

    A Nero Wolfe Mystery

    by Robert Goldsborough

    series The Nero Wolfe Mysteries #14
    An art hoarder’s suspicious death paints a nasty picture for Nero Wolfe.No matter how fabulously he’s being courted, infamously dour “art hog” Arthur Wordell isn’t keen on favoring the new Guggenheim Museum with his extensive collection. Even at the urging of his beloved daughter, Nadia. Then, the night after the museum’s fête, Arthur takes a twenty-story plunge from the window of his Times Square ... Read more

    € 12,63 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Leadership Is an Art

    by Max Depree

    In what has become a bible for the business world, the successful former CEO of Herman Miller, Inc., explores how executives and managers can learn the leadership skills that build a better, more profitable organization.Leadership Is an Art has long been a must-read not only within the business community but also in professions ranging from academia to medical practices, to the political arena. ... Read more

    € 9,91

  • Sharp

    The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion

    by Michelle Dean

    A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week'This is such a great idea for a book, and Michelle Dean carries it off, showing us the complexities of her fascinating, extraordinary subjects, in print and out in the world. Dean writes with vigor, depth, knowledge and absorption, and as a result Sharp is a real achievement' Meg Wolitzer, New York TimesDorothy Parker, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Joan ... Read more

    € 3,99

  • This Little Artist

    An Art History Primer

    by Joan Holub and 1 more

    series This Little
    Learn all about artists who changed history in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for creators-in-training!Painting, shaping, making art.With creative joy, hands, and heart.Little artists have great big imaginations.In this follow up to This Little President, This Little Explorer, This Little Trailblazer, and This Little Scientist now even the youngest readers can learn... ... Read more

    € 8,01

  • Start & Run an Art Teaching Business

    by Tanya Freedman

    series Start & Run Business Series
    Anyone with an artistic skill such as painting, drawing, or pottery can start their own successful art teaching business. Many people interested in learning an artistic skill don’t have the space, materials, or facilities to learn on their own at home, and art schools provide them with a place they can go to learn with others without having to purchase expensive looms, kilns, easels, and other ... Read more

    € 8,93

  • Music as an Art

    by Sir Roger Scruton

    Music as an Art begins by examining music through a philosophical lens, engaging in discussions about tonality, music and the moral life, music and cognitive science and German idealism, as well as recalling the author's struggle to encourage his students to distinguish the qualities of good music. Scruton then explains – via erudite chapters on Schubert, Britten, Rameau, opera and film – how we ... Read more

    € 17,10

  • The Silver Gun

    by L.A. Chandlar

    series An Art Deco Mystery #1
    A young Mayor’s assistant gets caught between Tammany Hall gangsters and her childhood nightmares in this mystery set in Depression Era New York.*New York City, 1936.*It’s been six months since Lane Sanders was appointed Mayor Fiorello “Fio” La Guardia’s new personal aide, and the twenty-three-year-old is sprinting in her Mary Janes to keep up. Managing endless revitalization efforts while ... Read more

    € 10,02

  • Catch the Fire

    An Art-Full Guide to Unleashing the Creative Power of Youth, Adults and Communities

    by Peggy Taylor and 1 more

    Community, youth, non-profit, education, entrepreneurial, and religious organizations all have exciting ambitions, but they often lack the creative skills to impact people on a deep level. Catch the Fire is a complete guide to using arts and empowerment techniques to bring greater vitality and depth to working with groups of youth or adults. Based on the premise that you don't have to be a ... Read more

    € 20,05 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arsenic and Old Paint: An Art Lovers's Mystery

    An Art Lovers’s Mystery

    by Lind Hailey

    Former art forger Annie Kincaid has reinvented her life and now operates a legitimate decorative painting business but memories are long in the art world. Here with the blessing of the FBI Art Squad Annie uses her underworld connections to boost her new art investigation business where she’s partnered with her ex-art thief/love interest Michael X. Johnson. At first it’s strictly business but ... Read more

    € 10,78