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1	Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin more books like this by Lawrence Weschler "Robert Irwin, perhaps the most influential of the California artists, moved from his beginnings in abstract expressionism through successive shifts in style and sensibility, into a new aesthetic territory altogether, one where philosophical concepts of perception and the world interact. Weschler has charted the journey with exceptional clarity ... see all copies from £10.73! new only from £11.34! \| first editions
2	Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Techno Logy more books like this by Lawrence Weschler "New Yorker" staff writer Weschler explores an odd museum and its eccentric curator to expand on the "slight slippage" he finds between pure wonder and skeptical confusion. Includes b&w drawings. see all copies from £5.98! new only from £9.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences more books like this by Lawrence Weschler From a cuneiform tablet to a Chicago prison, from the depths of the cosmos to the text on our T-shirts, Lawrence Weschler finds strange connections wherever he looks. The farther (and further) one travels (through geography, through art, through science, through time), the more everything seems to converge -- at least, it does through Weschler's ... see all copies from £9.86! new only from £13.19! \| signed copies
4	Vermeer in Bosnia: Cultural Comedies and Political Tragedies more books like this by Lawrence Weschler From the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist "Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder" comes this much-anticipated new collection of more than 20 pieces from his museum of fascinating cultural delights. Illustrations. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Robert Irwin Getty Garden more books like this by Lawrence Weschler, Becky Cohen (Photographer) In the early 1990s the design and creation of the Central Garden at the Getty Center were entrusted to the distinguished contemporary visual artist Robert Irwin. Irwin a member of California's "light and space" movement-was an unexpected choice for this major commission, and his work has aroused intense interest in the art world and among ... see all copies from £12.31! new only from £24.18!
6	A Miracle, a Universe: Settlin more books like this by Lawrence Weschler For the first time, New Yorker staff reporter Lawrence Weschler tells the courageous story of how against tremendous odds, torture victims and human rights activistsstice. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £8.47! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Boggs: A Comedy of Values more books like this by Lawrence Weschler In the tradition of his many fine profiles of subversive merrymaking, including the bestselling Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder, New Yorker writer Lawrence Weschler chronicles the antics of J.S.G. Boggs, a young artist with a certain panache, a certain flair, a certain je ne payes pas--an artist, that is, whose consuming passion is money, or ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £7.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes more books like this by Richard Andrews, John Beardsley, Lawrence Weschler (Foreword by) One of the most celebrated artists working in the United States, Maya Lin (b. 1959) came to prominence in 1981 with her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Generously illustrated and beautifully designed, "Systematic Landscapes" traces her continued fascination with geologic phenomena and topography, integrating natural contours and ... see all copies from £19.42! new only from £22.39! \| first editions
9	Shapinsky's Karma, Bogg's Bills: And Other True-Life Tales more books like this by Lawrence Weschler see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Tara Donovan more books like this by Tara Donovan, Lawrence Weschler (Text by), Nicholas Baume (Text by) Artist Tara Donovan uses commonplace consumer materials--toothpicks, tape, pencils, buttons, paper plates, and the like--to create her dazzling sculptural installations. Often biomorphic or topographical in character, her large-scale abstract works utilize systematic arrangements of thousands or even millions of units. Visually evocative and ... see all copies from £23.97! new only from £24.21! \| first editions
11	Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes more books like this by Michael Benson, Lawrence Weschler (Afterword by), Arthur Charles Clarke (Foreword by) Since the 1960s, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been sending unmanned satellites to explore the planets, moons and sun. These probes have amassed a stunning visual record of other worlds, revealing not one but scores of new frontiers, from rust-red Mars to the ethereal rings of Saturn. In "Beyond", author Michael Benson has ... see all copies from £10.36! new only from £10.43! \| first editions
12	A Wanderer in the Perfect City: Selected Passion Pieces more books like this by Lawrence Weschler "There is something both marvelous and hilarious," writes Lawrence Weschler, "in watching the humdrum suddenly take flight. This is, in part, a collection of such launchings." Indeed, the eight essays collected in "A Wanderer in the Perfect City" do soar into the realm of passion as Weschler profiles people who "were just moseying down the street ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
13	Solidarity, Poland in the Season of Its Passion more books like this by Lawrence Weschler see all copies from £5.48! new only from £20.48! \| first editions
14 view cover	True to Life: Twenty-Five Years of Conversations with David Hockney more books like this by Lawrence Weschler Soon after its publication in 1982, artist David Hockney read Lawrence Weschler's "Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin" and invited Weschler to his studio to discuss it, initiating a series of engrossing dialogues, gathered here for the first time. Weschler chronicles Hockney's protean ... see all copies from £16.39! new only from £16.39! \| first editions
15 view cover	Calamities of Exile: Three Nonfiction Novellas more books like this by Lawrence Weschler From the author of "Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder," "Calamities of Exile" combines three gripping narratives that afford a sort of double CAT scan into the natures of both modern totalitarianism and timeless exile. "Beautiful but harrowing chronicles of three exiles that probe the moral and personal risks of their encounters with totalitarianism ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £12.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	A miracle a universe : settling accounts with torturers. more books like this by Lawrence Weschler During the past fifteen years, one of the most vexing issues facing fledgling transitional democracies around the world--from South Africa to Eastern Europe, from Cambodia to Bosnia--has been what to do about the still-toxic security apparatuses left over from the previous regime. In this now-classic and profoundly influential study, the New ... see all copies from £6.46! new only from £13.85! \| first editions
17 view cover	Vermeer in Bosnia: Selected Writings more books like this by Lawrence Weschler see all copies from £5.80! new only from £9.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
18	A Miracle, a Universe: 2settling Accounts with Torturers more books like this by Lawrence Weschler see all copies from £5.65! new only from £54.29! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Disappeared/Los Desaparecidos more books like this by Laurel Reuter (Editor), Lawrence Weschler (Preface by) An ominous transitive verb entered the language in 1970s South America: to "disappear" someone. Some of these artists had family disappeared; others resisted or were forced into exile. Their work fights amnesia, serving as a stay against further atrocities. see all copies from £15.45! new only from £24.14!
20	Passion of Poland more books like this by Lawrence Weschler see all copies from £5.65!
21 view cover	Beyond: Visions of Interplanetary Probes more books like this by Michael Benson, Arthur Charles Clarke (Foreword by), Lawrence Weschler (Afterword by) Since the 1960s, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been sending unmanned satellites to explore the planets, moons and sun. These probes have amassed a stunning visual record of other worlds, revealing not one but scores of new frontiers, from rust-red Mars to the ethereal rings of Saturn. In "Beyond", author Michael Benson has ... see all copies from £10.19! new only from £14.13!
22	Shapinsky's Karma, Boggs's Bill, and Other True-Life Tales more books like this by Lawrence Weschler Lawrence Weschler has created six remarkable stories of people who suddenly seem to catch fire, becoming utterly obsessed and ending up somewhere entirely different from where they thought they were headed. see all copies from £5.65!
23	Breaking the Habits of a Lifetime: Poland's First Steps Toward the Market more books like this by Lawrence Weschler, Charlotte Barford, Eva Bertram see all copies from £12.59! first editions
24	Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder more books like this by Lawrence Weschler see all copies from £21.89! new only from £48.37! \| first editions
25	Shapinsky's Karma, Boggs Balls more books like this by Lawrence Weschler see all copies from £14.83! first editions

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