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A Collaboration with Nature by Andy Goldsworthy
You've got to see this book to believe it, 120 full color photographs of Goldsworthy's natural creations. Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy uses a seemingly infinite array of purely natural materials, from snow and ice to leaves, stone, and twigs in the creation of his one-of-a-kind sculptures. Goldsworthy's approach is to interrupt, shape, or in some other way temporarily alter or work with nature to produce his fragile pieces. As with most of his work, ultimately, the materials returned to their natural state, leaving no trace of the artwork's existence save for the stunning photos in this book.
I guarantee you'll love this book. It would make a great gift. And he has others!
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Millennium World Atlas: A Portrait of the Earth in the Year 2,000 (slip-cased, with cd-rom of satellite images)
This is one of our latest purchases. Now, instead of going out on Saturday night, we stay home and look at our new atlas. We did some research before choosing this one and think it's one of the best!
For those of us who love to pore over maps and marvel at the richness of our planet, there's nothing better than the DK World Atlas Millennium Edition. Almost 500 luxuriously large (11 by 17 inches) pages reflect the human world in gorgeous political maps encompassing boundaries, languages, population, and more, followed by enhanced satellite photos that give the reader an astronaut's-eye view of the natural world.
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