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|  | Self-Made Worlds by Jonathan Williams, Mark Sloan, Roger Manley
The works depicted in Self-Made Worlds - some very well-known, others presented for the first time - challenge long-standing ideas about what art is and what it can be. From Le Palais Ideal, built in a small French village by the mailman Cheval, to the Hubcap Ranch by Litto Damonte of California, to Nek Chand's hundreds of human and animal sculptures made from waste and recycled materials and set in a massive landscaped rock garden in northwest India, Self-Made Worlds is an international tour of some of the most remarkable manifestations of the idiosyncratic, eccentric glory of the human imagination. Ever since the first cave dweller decorated the walls with charcoal and ocher, people have sought to elaborate on their immediate surroundings in ways that balance the relationships between themselves and the world they live in. Scattered across the globe are remarkable individuals variously termed outsiders , obsessive visionaries , and folk artists , for whom the everyday conventions of modern society do not apply. These unique individuals and the environments they create are celebrated in Self-Made Worlds. AUTHOR: Jonathan Williams, Mark Sloan, Roger Manley
PUBLISHER: Aperture Foundation, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Jumpers by Tom Stoppard
Description not available.A moral philosophy professor making an inquiry into the existence of God, a retired actress, a group of gymnasts, and a trained rabbit are among the characters in this absurdist comedy AUTHOR: Tom Stoppard
PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Home by Lola Gomez
Description not available.Eight hundred color photographs and seventy-five black-and-white drawings reveal a plethora of ideas for residential architecture and design, with special sections on materials, design, lighting, and space distribution, among other topics. AUTHOR: Lola Gomez
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | A Giacometti Portrait by James Lord
James Lord once sat for Giacometti, and this is his chronicle of the experience, which was both rewarding and excruciating. Written in 1964, it is an illuminating account of genius at work. AUTHOR: James Lord
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | How to Draw the Battling Robots, Cool Spaceships, and Military Vehicles of Japanese Comics by Christopher Hart
Description not available.A drawing guide for budding mecha artists demonstrates how to create top designs and characters out of basic geometrical shapes and features interviews from mecha game and publishing companies. Original. AUTHOR: Christopher Hart
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | On the Wing by Nora Sayre
Armed with a list of her literary parents' illustrious friends--Arthur Koestler, A. J. Liebling, Cyril Connolly--22-year-old Nora Sayre traveled to London in the late 1950s, where she mingled with writers, movie stars, and many others, falls in and out of love, develops into a writer herself--and becomes homesick for New York. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. AUTHOR: Nora Sayre
PUBLISHER: Basic Civitas Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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