Browse Books: Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers

Leonardo da Vinci (Paperback) By Walter Isaacson $22.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	M Train (Paperback) By Patti Smith $18.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Short Nights Of The Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis (Paperback) By Timothy Egan $16.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art (Paperback) By Mary Gabriel $24.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	William Blake vs. the World (Hardcover) By John Higgs $28.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Wild: The Life of Peter Beard: Photographer, Adventurer, Lover (Hardcover) By Graham Boynton $35.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Letters to Véra (Vintage International) (Paperback) By Vladimir Nabokov $22.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling (Paperback) By Ross King $18.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh (Paperback) By Irving Stone (Editor), Jean Stone (Editor) $17.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies (Hardcover) By Ross King $30.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth (Paperback) By Zoe Thorogood, Zoe Thorogood (Artist) $12.99 Add to Wish List Ships from wholesaler in 7-10 days	The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever (Hardcover) By Prudence Peiffer $38.99 Add to Wish List Ships from wholesaler in 7-10 days

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Banned or challenged books - a small selection

The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon Graphic Library) By Art Spiegelman Cover Image

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story By Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by), The New York Times Magazine (Created by), Caitlin Roper (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor), Jake Silverstein (Editor) Cover Image

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image

A Light in the Attic By Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner By Angie Thomas, Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by) Cover Image

The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) By Toni Morrison Cover Image

Halloween Books

Edgar Allan Poe: Collected Works (Leather-bound Classics) By Edgar Allan Poe, A. J. Odasso (Introduction by) Cover Image

Vegetables in Halloween Costumes By Jared Chapman Cover Image

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Three Books to Chill Your Bones: All 3 Scary Stories Books with the Original Art! By Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) Cover Image

Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters (Choose Your Own Adventure) By Rana Tahir, Patrick Spaziante (Illustrator), Katherine Spaziante (Illustrator) Cover Image

Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel By Ray Bradbury Cover Image

A Halloween Scare in St. Louis By Eric James, Marina Le Ray (Illustrator) Cover Image

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