George's Staff Picks

Examined Life: Excursions with Contemporary Thinkers (Paperback)

By Astra Taylor
$18.95
ISBN-13: 9781595584472
Availability: On Our Shelves (as of this morning)
Published: New Press, The, 6/2009
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A companion volume to Astra Taylor's film showing philosophers thinking while walking. In some ways this is the better offering, as it transcribes the entire conversations, extending the lines of thought.

Weather of the San Francisco Bay Region (Paperback)

By Harold Gilliam, Bill Nelson
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9780520229907
Availability: On Our Shelves (as of this morning)
Published: University of California Press, 6/2002
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The classic book on a subject few regions in the U.S even require. To find out why the weather here is so zany, this book is required reading! (It's also fun.)

Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking (Paperback)

By David Bayles, Ted Orland
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9780961454739
Availability: On Our Shelves (as of this morning)
Published: Image Continuum Press, 4/2001
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People who have read this book say that it read their minds -- it anticipated their anxieties and the roadblocks we put in our way to avoid doing art. This book is recommended for anyone of any age with "art issues".
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