Art, Music, Writing & Creativity

A bold, readable, and
beautifully illustrated
introduction to Islamic art
and architecture, this
renowned book is now
available in an updated and
revised edition featuring color
illustrations throughout.

A playful reintroduction to the
artist within us allincluding
hands-on exercisesfrom the
renowned and inspirational
teachers.

An award-winning poet, teacher, and champion of poetry (New York Times) demystifies the elusive element of voice.

The marvels of Islamic patternsthe most recognizable visual expression of Islamic art and architectureare not just a beautiful accident. The ancient practitioners of this craft used traditional methods of measurement to create dazzling geometric compositions, often based on the repetition of a single pattern.

When theNew York Timescalled Ursula K. Le Guin, Americas greatest living science fiction writer, they just might have undersold her legacy. Its hard to look at her vast body of worknovels and stories across multiple genres, poems, translations, essays, speeches, and criticismand see anything but one of our greatest writers, period.

You know that person: the one with that certain something. And you've probably dismissed that something as unattainable, simply innate. But it's a myth that some are born with it and others aren't. Everybody can have that presence—and the peaceful self-acceptance that powers it.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky, said philosopher Rumi, and once again, Cher Kaufmann helps readers to effortlessly open heart and soul through coloring. Love nurtures the fabric of the human condition to create blankets of kindness and small ribbons of appreciation.