Art:

Draw 50 Animals

Written by Lee J. Ames

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 12, 1985
Price: $8.95

Fifty furry, scaly and feathered friends are here for aspiring young artists to draw. Read more >

The Draw 50 Way
How to Draw Cats, Puppies, Horses, Buildings, Birds, Aliens, Boats, Trains and Everything Else Under the Sun
Written by Lee J. Ames

Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2005
Price: $9.95

For more than thirty years, the bestselling Draw 50 series has shown children how to create everything from puppies to ships, horses to skyscrapers, and aliens to racing cars. In this new addition to the beloved series, Lee J. Ames shows you how to draw sixty of his popular sketches step-by-step... Read more >

Draw 50 Monsters
The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Creeps, Superheroes, Demons, Dragons, Nerds, Dirts, Ghouls, Giants, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Curiosa
Written by Lee J. Ames

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 2, 1986
Price: $8.95

Lee Ames has come up with 50 creepy creatures  that young people can learn to draw.

An American  Bookseller Pick of the Lists. Read more >

Vogue Living
Houses, Gardens, People
Written by Hamish Bowles

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $75.00

This unique book of thirty-six spectacular houses and gardens—whose owners come from the worlds of fashion, music, art, and society—draws not only on stories that have appeared in the pages of Vogue and Vogue Living over the past two decades but also on images that have never before been published. Vogue...

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The Art of Halo

Written by Eric Trautmann

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $24.95

When Halo® hit the shelves with the launch of the Xbox® in 2001, it was an immediate sensation. This action-packed science fiction—military combat game, set on a distant, war-torn, artificial planet, became an instant triumph with gamers–and scored numerous awards for its innovations, irresistibility, and sheer thrills. The Art of Halo... Read more >

The Lost Painting

Written by Jonathan Harr

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 7, 2006
Price: $15.00

An Italian village on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, a decaying palazzo facing the sea, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, lit by a single bulb, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome, Francesca Cappelletti, makes a discovery that inspires a search for a... Read more >

Draw 50 Horses

Written by Lee J. Ames

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 2, 1986
Price: $8.95

Arabians, Pintos, Morgans and Clydesdales: jumping, bucking, rearing, grazing and kicking -- all are in this collection of 50 drawings. Read more >

Draw 50 Cars, Trucks and Motocycles

Written by Lee J. Ames

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1989
Price: $8.95

"Takes would-be artists from the first  tentative pencil line to the completed drawing of such  vehicles as a Corvette, a BMW motorcycle, and a  Euclid dump truck."   -- Booklist.

An IRA-CBC Children's Choice, An American  Bookseller Pick of the Lists. Read more >

Draw 50 Baby Animals
The Step-By-Step Way to Draw Kittens, Lambs, Chicks, and Other Adorable Offspring
Illustrated by Lee J. Ames and Murray Zak

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2003
Price: $8.95

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The Rape of Europa
The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War
Written by Lynn H. Nicholas

Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 25, 1995
Price: $16.95

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award

The cast of characters includes Hitler and Goering, Gertrude Stein and Marc Chagall--not to mention works by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso. And the story told in this superbly researched and suspenseful book is that of the Third Reich's war on... Read more >