Nonfiction category: 1132351 books
Ansel Adams
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
In this bestselling autobiography, completed shortly before his death in 1984, Ansel Adams looks back at his legendary six-decade career as a conservationist, teacher, musician, and, above all, photographer. Written with characteristic warmth, vigor, and wit, this fascinating account brings to life...
Who Killed Tom Thomson?
The Truth about the Murder of One of the 20th Century's Most Famous Artists
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Tom Thomson was Canada's Vincent van Gogh. He painted for a period of five years before meeting his untimely death in a remote wilderness lake in July 1917. He was buried in an unofficial grave close to the lake where his body was found. About eight hours after he was buried, the coroner arrived but...
The Trip
Andy Warhol's Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
From the author of Strapless and Guest of Honor, a “jaunty romp through American pop-art history” (The Washington Post) about a little-known road trip Andy Warhol took in 1963, and how that journey profoundly influenced his life and art.
In 1963, up-and-coming artist Andy Warhol, along...
Identity Unknown
Rediscovering Seven American Women Artists
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
An award-winning critic rescues seven first-rate women artists from oblivion--their lives fascinating, their artwork a revelation.
Who hasn't wondered where-aside from Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo-all the women artists are? In many art books, they've been marginalized with cold efficiency,...
by Tom Hansen
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
"Takes you to the gristle-chewing tracks of the gnarly Emerald City before the first wave of Sub Pop loving kids arrived.” Chris Estey, KEXP Radio, Seattle
In American Junkie, Tom Hansen takes us non-stop into a land of desperate addicts, failed punk bands, and brushes with sad fame,...
by Aubrey Walker
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Roger Federer is a Swiss born professional tennis player. Federer began playing tennis with his parents and older sister Diana at a very early age and quickly showed signs that he had great talent for the game.
In 2001 Roger's potential came to full bloom when he won his first...
by Nadia Finocchi
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 5, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 5, 2015
"¿Quién ha sido realmente Leonardo Da Vinci? ¿Y cuál fue la importancia de su pensamiento, de sus descubrimientos, de sus obras? Pintor, arquitecto, científico, escritor ¿algo más? En esta obra, dedicada a Leonardo Da Vinci, descubriréis...
How Georgia Became O'Keeffe
Lessons On The Art Of Living
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Most people associate Georgia O’Keeffe with New Mexico, painted cow skulls, and her flower paintings. She was revered for so long—born in 1887, died at age ninety-eight in 1986—that we forget how young, restless, passionate, searching, striking, even fearful she once was—a dazzling, mysterious...
Listening to Stone
The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Throughout the twentieth century, Isamu Noguchi was a vital figure in modern art. From interlocking wooden sculptures to massive steel monuments to the elegant Akari lamps, Noguchi became a master of what he called the "sculpturing of space." But his constant struggle—as both an artist...
Famous for 15 Minutes
My Years with Andy Warhol
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
One of Andy Warhol’s superstars recalls the birth of an art movement—and the death of an icon
In this audacious tell-all memoir, Ultra Violet, born Isabelle Collin Dufresne, relives her years with Andy Warhol at the Factory and all of the madness that accompanied the sometimes-violent delivery...
The Wax Bullet War
Chronicles of a Soldier & Artist
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
On September 12, 2001, a year and a half after finishing his military service, Sean Davis strolled into the Oregon National Guard’s recruiting office and re-enlisted. After dropping out of art school and working a dead-end government job, September 11 gave him a new sense of purpose and direction....
Fighting Back
A Short True Memoir Regarding Justice for the Victims of Wealthy Sexual Predators
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2017
In this 25-page nonfiction memoir, the author recalls violent acts committed against her person and the various responses of law-enforcement agencies to that violence. There are rape triggers herein, though no detailed descriptions of the acts. There is no salacious material offered within this publication.
Author...
by Steve Rutherford
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
George Takei: Life and Career
George Takei, an actor best understood for his imitation of Mr. Sulu in the well-known tv and film collection Star Trek, has more than 40 feature movies and hundreds of tv guest-starring roles to his credit.
George and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga...
by Tibor Michaels
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
How did they do it? The story of Milan’s top-notch clothing designers, from ambitious beginners to global celebrities. The ideas, encounters and intuitions that turned talented stylists into fashion moguls. A captivating and authentic portrait of a closely guarded world, detailing its rules, rulers...