I'm PossibleJumping into Fear and Discovering a Life of Purpose

You have potential, even if it’s hidden. You have talent, even if you’re afraid to use it. Your dreams just might change the world if you only believe the truth: I’m possible. Internationally known celebrity photographer and philanthropist Jeremy Cowart shares his powerful story of transcending the traditional, following his ideas into a life lived in the fullness of possibil…

Life Sketches

Full of never-before-seen illustrations, Life Sketches is an inspiring and elegant portrait of Robert Bateman's life as an artist and of his belief that "Nature is an infinite source of reason, imagination, and invention." From one of Canada's most beloved painters comes an intimate, visually stunning memoir of the artist at work.Internationally acclaimed artist Robert Bateman has brought the n…

FocusThe Secret, Sexy, Sometimes Sordid World of Fashion Photographers

This thoroughly absorbing narrative dazzles with the most profound investigation and research. Focus is an enthralling and riveting read. Tim Gunn Smart, well-researchedengagingcanny (New York Times Book Review), Focus is a fast-pacedand clearly insiderlook at the rarefied, sexy world of fashion photography (Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada). New York Times bestselling author…

Daybook, Turn, ProspectThe Journey of an Artist

"Anne Truitt's frankness and intellectual curiosity about the hows and whys of a working artist's life" (Megan O'Grady, The New Yorker ) are compiled in this one e-volume of all three of her journals, the illuminating, inspiring record of reconciling the call of creative work with the demands of daily life. Anne Truitt kept a journal throughout her adult life, from her early years as one of the…

DaybookThe Journal of an Artist

A “touchstone for aspiring artists and writers” (Megan O’Grady, The New Yorker), Daybook is a classic work about reconciling the call of creative work with the demands of daily life. Renowned American artist Anne Truitt kept this illuminating and inspiring journal over a period of seven years, determined to come to terms with the forces that shaped her art and life. Her range…

MichelangeloA Life in Six Masterpieces

This is the life of one of the most revolutionary artists in history, told through the story of six of his greatest masterpieces: The one indispensable guide for encountering Michelangelo on his home turf (The Dallas Morning News). Michelangelo stands alone as a master of painting, sculpture, and architecture, a man who reinvented the practice of art itself. Throughout his long career he clash…

The Art and Life of Clarence Major

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Dare To Be Different: The Albert Hong StoryThe Albert Hong Story

In this book, Dr Albert Hong tells his own story. Today, he is prominent in his field, as chairman of RSP Architects Planners and Engineers (Pte) Ltd. His life began 80 years ago, in a humble medical clinic in Neil Road, Singapore. In the years between, he has achieved success in business based on hard work and high aspirations. Albert Hong and RSP have grown as Singapore has grown, overcomin…

A Dream and a ChiselLouisiana Sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris, 1925–1928

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