Trying to make a point to her teacher that she has no artist talent, Vashti jabs the brush onto the canvas in a fit of anger, yet in doing so, Vashti sees something special and soon works with it--making her one crazy dot into a real work of art. 

 Ish

After his brother makes a critical comment regarding his artwork, Ramon rethinks his talents and finds himself struggling with his art to make things look just right, but when his little sister reminds him what art is really about, Ramon remembers his gift and begins to paint the way he was destined to paint once again. 

Beautiful Oops!

Demonstrates the many ways that torn, crinkled, and smudged bits of paper can be transformed into various shapes and images. On board pages.

Jacqueline Kennedy : Historic Conversations on Life With John F. Kennedy

In seven never-before-heard interviews conducted in 1964 with Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and sealed for half a century, Jacqueline Kennedy tells her story in her own words, in an annotated book that includes an eight-CD set of the original interviews.

Cleopatra : A Life

A Pulitzer Prize winner weaves together sex and celebrity, empire and politics in a story that is as contemporary as it is ancient, capturing fully for the first time the operatic power of Cleopatra's life and reign. By the author of Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov).

Greater Journey : Americans in Paris

The best-selling author of 1776 tells the story of the generations of American artists, writer, and doctors who traveled to Paris--the intellectual, scientific, and artistic capital of the western world; fell in love with the city and its people; and changed America through what they learned there.

Faithful Place

Planning to run away with his girlfriend to London in the hopes of escaping poverty, Frank concludes he has been dumped when Rosie fails to join him and is astonished when Rosie's suitcase and evidence of foul play are discovered more than 20 years later. By the Edgar Award-winning author of In the Woods

Visit from the Goon Squad

Working side-by-side for a record label, former punk rocker Bennie Salazar and the passionate Sasha hide illicit secrets from one another while interacting with a motley assortment of equally troubled people from 1970s San Francisco to the post-war future. By the National Book Award-nominated author of Look at Me.