Close-Up8 reviews Abolfazl Ahankhah, Mahrokh Ahankhah Facets, 2002 Perhaps Kiarostami's best work -- but you have to be patient + Humane + Close-Up + the most emotionally powerful films I've ever watched. + A Simple Film...             Nothing1 review Owada Piano UK, 2005 123456789101112131415............................. be warned, there is a lot of counting in this album. the songs in this album are more like mini science experiments exploring various combinations and permutations rather than a music album for listening pleasure. some songs are quite good like "not ours" which sounds a bit like the talking ...             The Teachers and Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms8 reviews Edited by Ron Padgett Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 2000 Simply the Best Poetry Handbook + A good teacher/student guide + Instructive and inspirational + a useful addition for the writer's toolbox + One of my favorite books             The Mystery of Picasso21 reviews Pablo Picasso, Claude Renoir Image Entertainment, 2003 An one-of-a-kind look around the creative universe of Picasso! + great documentary about a great artist + The Mystery of Picasso + WOW! and WOW again! + I've finally seen A Picasso being created.             Elements Of Pop Up: A Pop Up Book For Aspiring Paper Engineers18 reviews Little Simon, 1999 AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! + Easy enough for my 10-year-old (and even me) + Impressive format -- better content needed! + AWESOME! POP UP BOOK + Great book plus author's website has bonus dies to download             Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design7 reviews Paul Mijksenaar, Piet Westendorp Joost Elffers Books, 1999 Insert flap A but don't throw away. + Best (and Worst) Practices + Worth a look This is not one of those `How to design instructional material for Dummies' books (if it was I certainly wouldn't own a copy) but a beautifully designed and printed book with hundreds of illustrations and diagrams showing how designers have attempted to explain, mostly visually, how we should ...             You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination12 reviews Princeton Architectural Press, 2003 Love this book + An incredible book + unexpected but interesting + Fantastic + Great look at artist maps             Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs)49 reviews Ellen Lupton Princeton Architectural Press, 2004 A solid book for type - with a twinge of humor + Solid concepts + Fun and interesting I like this book a great deal. The next time I have a chance to use this in a class (to teach) I will. There are lots of good examples, the language is clear, and it's not too ethereal or esoteric. I think it's a great introduction to typography and laid out very well.             Man With the Movie Camera30 reviews Image Entertainment, 2002 an artistic slice of life + important AND entertaining + In my top three + Film Class             Exercises in Style22 reviews Raymond Queneau New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1981 Etudes + Style with style + Great read + An Invitation to Play + Question your fragments...             39 Microlectures: In Proximity of Performance1 review Matthew Goulish Routledge, 2000 A Portmanteau of Literary Accomplishment Matthew Goulish invites the reader to share in his extraordinary life experience in 39 Microlectures. A melding of personal commentary, from dreams as a child, to his own struggle through cancer, Matthew's writing sparkles with insight and understanding. He succeeds in winding the reader's ...             99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style6 reviews Matt Madden Chamberlain Bros., 2005 Brilliant! + You Don't Have to Love Comics + Great for teaching and learning about comics, and well priced I need to preface my review with this: I am not usually a comic-book-reader. It is not that I don't appreciate the art form, I simply never really think about comics nor do I consider graphic novels among my preferred genre. I picked it off the shelf without looking inside, I thought, ...             The Five Obstructions23 reviews Jacqueline Arenal, Patrick Bauchau Koch Lorber Films, 2004 A Feature that's a Featurette of Itself + "This is how the Perfect Human makes a film..." + The Five Obstructions + play in the creative process             How to Write2 reviews Gertrude Stein Dover Publications, 1975 Reading How to Write Gertrude Stein's How to Write, as much about how to read as about how to write, is one of the great "unreadable" modernist classics. As a student of the psychologist/philosopher William James, she could predictably want to approach the task of explaining how to write from an ...             F for Fake - Criterion Collection36 reviews William Alland, Jean-Pierre Aumont Criterion, 2005 The Twilight Years of A Film-making Prodigy + Masterful + F for feat! + A Cinematic Juggling Act             Forms, Folds, and Sizes: All the Details Graphic Designers Need to Know but Can Never Find30 reviews Poppy Evans Rockport Publishers, 2004 GREAT + A Must Have for Graphic Designers!! + Handy Reference + Forms, Folds and Sizes + Great Reference for any Graphic Designer             Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations7 reviews Simon Schama Vintage, 1992 Historiography at its best + An "Unwarranted" Review? + So, you want to read history??? This book explores the boundary between recounting the past and creating the past. The writing is beautiful, the ideas are well-delineated, and the examples are compelling. The book chews over common themes in historigraphy, but thus author makes them accessible to the general public. ...             Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art126 reviews Scott Mccloud Harper Paperbacks, 1994 Brilliant Book! + Reading between the lines + Great! + A Brilliant Look at the Psychology, Physiology, and Effectiveness of Comic Strips and Books             Idea Index: Graphic Effects and Typographic Treatments38 reviews Jim Krause North Light Books, 2000 Jog 'yer brain. + Great idea starter! + Informative Book + Your graphic design career SAVED! By durable, genious little IdeaFactory + Great pocket guide.             My Dark Places77 reviews James Ellroy Vintage, 1997 Relentless + The Missing Years: A Possible Explanation + Darkness and the Dahlia + "the sky was a carcinogenic tan"