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Whether or not one can actually learn how to draw/illustrate fashion let alone vintage fashion, remains a mystery.”

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“For those interested in this critical campaign, this volume is recommended.”

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A generation away from the controversies surrounding the photography of Robert Mapplethorpe, art historian Germano Celant has released Robert Mapplethorpe: The Nymph Photography that surve

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“Just in time to address those extra holiday pounds comes a practical guide to natural sugars and artificial sweeteners that explodes some long-held myths along the way.”

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“Yoga for Cancer sets out to help people live longer, healthier and happier lives.”

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“This wonderfully designed work is a tribute to the creative mind of artist Salvador Dalí.”

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I try to stay on the positive side of things as much as I can, because I’m a positive kind of guy.  But once in a while, a book comes along that is so laughably obtuse that you just can’t give it a

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an objective, insightful, well researched, heavily documented and illustrated book . . .”

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“relish The Innovators. If you love technology, it’s a rollicking ride.”

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“multiple voices use the power of story to tell their Class Lives as both noun and verb.”

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“This book should be sold in books stores under the crafts and how-to sections rather than in the fashion or design sections.”

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“readers will find Nothing is True and Everything Is Possible not only unsettling but also difficult to put down.”

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“Taste happens in our head, not in our mouth, and the art of the table today is as robust as it was in the 18th century.”

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The Price of Silence is a concise, heartfelt addition to books about mental illness.”

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“a truly remarkable story of a born activist.”

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If there has ever been the question as to whether or not fashion should be considered an art form then The Haute Couture Atelier: The Artisans of Fashion surely makes the case.  

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“To this latest book (a collection of good-sized pieces for The New York Review of Books and quite a few, well, bad-sized ones, little nuggets he wrote as speeches or trib

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“an exciting, eye opening, and informative read.”

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“Fast computers coupled with biological knowledge can let us understand the workings of a wedge of actual brain tissue.

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“Price reveals Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s Killing Jesus as inconsistent and unsubstantiated.”

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“The OPA! Way facilitates our discovering again, awakening, the psyche of our own personal and collective psychology amidst the business of today’s life.

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“Frowick clearly uses the book as a vehicle to show the world that Roy Halston Frowick, aka Halston, was a loving man who fell victim to his own habits, intelligence, and abilities as well

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“. . . the kind of book that provides endless possibilities in terms of multiple readings as it is a timeline, a diary, a love letter to the designer’s career.”

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“. . . a treasure for those who consider themselves fashion obsessed . . .”

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This book will offer countless readings and hours of enjoyment, delivering much more than just pretty pictures.”

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