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Henry Chester, a domineering and puritanical Victorian artist, is in search of the perfect model. In nine-year-old Effie he finds her. Ten years later, lovely, childlike and sedated, Effie seems the ideal wife. But something inside her is about to awaken. Drawn by her lover, Mose, into a dangerous underworld of intrigue and blackmail, she meets Fanny Miller, the brothel-keeper, and her shadowy daughter, Marta, murdered ten years ago on the day of Henry's weekly visit. And as friendship becomes possession and Henry's secret past is revealed, Effie and Marta plan their revenge together.

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Discover the many sides of Pablo Picasso - a brilliant painter and sculptor, a bohemian, a sexual sadist, a betrayer, a loyal Communist, a seducer, a father, and, ultimately, a tragic figure. In preparing this in-depth biography, author Arianna Huffington conducted extensive research into the renowned artist's life and character. Through interviews with Picasso's daughter Maya and his former lover Françoise Gilot, she received intimate insights into the artist's personality. Later adapted into the film Surviving Picasso, this compelling biography paints a fascinating, complex portrait of the artist and his life.

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Jonathan Waxman is a hugely successful artist. He's been profiled in Vanity Fair and receives exorbitant prices for his works, sight unseen. But a visit with his original muse and lover causes him to reevaluate the success that now controls him. Donald Margulies' Obie Award-winning drama explores the artist's role in society, the commerce of art, and the complications of love and memory.

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London, 1931. The night before an exhibition of his artwork opens at a famed Mayfair gallery, the controversial artist Nick Bassington-Hope falls to his death. The police rule it an accident, but Nick's twin sister, Georgina, isn't so sure. For help with this case, Georgina seeks out Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator. Before long, the evidence surrounding Nick's death leads Maisie to the beaches of Dungeness in Kent and the underbelly of London's art world, in another confrontation with the perilous legacy of the Great War. Following up on the best-selling Pardonable Lies, Jacqueline Winspear here delivers another vivid, thrilling, and utterly unique episode in the life of Maisie Dobbs.

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Best selling author Julia Cameron explains how to maintain creativity and use it to its fullest potential. In her best seller, The Artist's Way, Cameron taught people how to reclaim creativity in their daily lives. Now she explores the deeper dimensions of creativity, using a series of exercises to help unlock and redefine the essence of the creative spirit. Once we discover and understand the power of what Cameron calls our "vein of gold, " we can mine its treasures, heal, inspire, and revitalize our everyday experience, and make our lives a work of art.

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Everyone is capable of creativity - not just the chosen few. In this inspiring audio Julia Cameron offers new insights about her landmark best seller, The Artist's Way, which taught thousands of people to unlock their creative potential. Cameron presents a series of simple exercises that will instill the creativity "habit" and dispel the "anti-art" conditioning that prevents so many of us from achieving our deepest ambitions. She shows us how to explore the divine gift of our own creativity, use our imagination's unlimited capacity for transformation, and reap the benefits of creativity's life-changing power. This practical, inspirational guide from an award-winning author also includes an informative live lecture and a studio question-and-answer session.