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Anatomy

Visualizing Muscles: A New Ecorche Approach to Surface Anatomy
by John Cody, David Riffel (Photographer)
Atlas of Foreshortening, 2nd Edition
by John Cody, Ron Tribell
Atlas of Foreshortening : The Human Figure in Deep Perspective
by John Cody, et al
Cunningham’s Textbook of Anatomy
by Daniel John Cunningham, G. J. Jgeorge John Romanes (Photographer)
Grant’s Dissector
by Eberhardt K. Sauerland, J. C. Boileau Grant
Clinically Oriented Anatomy
by Keith L. Moore, Arthur F. Dalley
Anatomy: A Regional Atlas of the Human Body
by Bharat Nathwani, Carmine D. Clemente
Sobotta Atlas of Human Anatomy: English Text with English Nomenclature (2 Volume Set)
by R. Putz (Editor), R. Pabst (Editor)
Ciba (Netter) Collection of Medical Illustrations (8 Volumes/13 Books)
by Frank H. Netter
Atlas of Human Anatomy
by Frank H. Netter
Color Atlas of Anatomy: A Photographic Study of the Human Body
by Johannes W. Rohen, et al
The Machinery of Life
by David S. Goodsell
Anatomy for the Artist
by Sarah Simblet, John Davis (Photographer)
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Botanical Illustration

Maria Sibylla Merian : New Book of Flowers
by Thomas Burger (Editor), Maria Sibylla Merian (Creator)
Contemporary botanical artists : the Shirley Sherwood collection
by Shirley Sherwood
Art in Nature: Classic Botanical Prints from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century
by Martyn E. Rix
The Roses : Pierre-Joseph Redoute, 1759-1840 (Jumbo)
by Pierre-Joseph Redoute
The Lilies
by Pierre-Joseph Redoute
The Garden at Eichstatt
by Basilius Besler, et al
The Clutius Botanical Watercolors : Plants and Flowers of the Renaissance
by Claudia Swan
The Art of Botanical Illustration
by Wilfrid Blunt, William T. Stearn (Editor)
A Passion for Plants : Contemporary Botanical Masterworks from the Shirley Sherwood Collection
by Shirley Sherwood
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor
by Eleanor B. Wunderlich

Business for Illustrators

Graphic Artists Guild Handbook : Pricing & Ethical Guidelines (Graphic Artists Guild Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines, 10th Edition)
by Graphics Artists Guild
The Business Side of Creativity: The Complete Guide for Running a Graphic Design or Communications Business
by Cameron S. Foote, Mark Bellerose (Illustrator)
Business and Legal Forms for Illustrators
by Tad Crawford
When Smart People Fail : Rebuilding Yourself for Success
by Carole Hyatt, et al
The Education of an Illustrator
by Steven Heller (Editor), Marshall Arisman (Editor)
Your Future in Medical Illustration : Art and Photography (Careers in Depth)
by Julia V. Nakamura, Massy M. Nakamura

Children’s Book Illustration

Wings of an Artist : Children’s Book Illustrators Talk About Their Art
by Julie Cummins (Introduction), Barbara Kiefer
Two Bad Ants
by Chris Van Allsburg
The Very Lonely Firefly (Board Book)
by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Board Book
by Eric Carle
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator)
Jumanji
by Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator)
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
by Chris Van Allsburg
Miss Spider’s Tea Party : The Counting Book
by David Kirk, Antoinette White (Editor)
Miss Spider’s New Car
by David Kirk (Illustrator)
Miss Spider’s Tea Party
by David Kirk, Antoinette White (Editor)
Nova’s Ark
by David Kirk
Miss Spider’s Wedding
by David Kirk (Illustrator), Antoinette White (Editor)
Miss Spider’s ABC (Miss Spider)
by David Kirk
Little Miss Spider
by David Kirk (Illustrator)

Computer/Digital Media

Web Style Guide : Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites
by Patrick J. Lynch, Sarah Horton
Macromedia Flash For Windows and Macintosh 5 Visual Quickstart Guide
by Katherine Ulrich
Flash 5 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh Visual QuickPro Guide (With CD-ROM)
by Russell Chun, Rebecca Gulick (Editor)
XML and Web Services Unleashed
by Ron Schmelzer, et al

Design/Information Architecture

Pocket Guide to Digital Printing
by Frank Cost
Pocket Pal: A Graphic Arts Production Handbook
by Michael H. Bruno (Editor)
Envisioning Information
by Edward R. Tufte
Visual Explanations : Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
by Edward R. Tufte
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
by Edward R. Tufte

Entomology

Wings of Paradise : The Great Saturniid Moths
by John Cody (Illustrator), Richard S. Peigler
A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies (Peterson Field Guides)
by Paul A. Opler, Roger Tory Peterson
A Field Guide to Insects : America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guides)
by Donald Joyce Borror, Richard E. White
Beetles : A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America
by Richard E. White, Peterson
An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles
by Arthur V. Evans, et al
Living Jewels : The Natural Design of Beetles
by Poul Beckmann, Ruth Kaspin (Introduction)
Insects Their Ways and Means of Living
by Snodgrass

Inspirational/Unique

An Abecedarium : Illuminated Alphabets from the Court of Emperor Rudolf II
by Lee Hendrix (Editor), Thea Vignau-Wilberg (Editor)
Nature Illuminated : Flora and Fauna from the Court of Emperor Rudolf II
by Lee Hendrix (Editor), et al
Birds & Bees : A Sexual Study
by Dugald Stermer
Vanishing creatures, a series of portraits
by Dugald Stermer
Growing Up and Other Vices
by Sara Midda
Sara Midda’s South of France : A Sketch Book
by Sara Midda
In and Out of the Garden
by Sara Midda
How to Draw a Clam
by Joy Sikorski
Squeaky Chalk
by Joy Sikorski
How to Draw a Radish : And Other Fun Things to Do at Work
by Joy Sikorski
How to Draw a Cup of Coffee and Other Fun Ideas for Home and Garden
by Joy Sikorski

Medical Art/History

The History of the Association of Medical Illustrators
by Robert Demarest
Max Brodel : The Man Who Put Art into Medicine
by John Cody, Ranice W. Crosby
Albrecht Durer
by John Berger
Encyclopedia Anatomica : A Complete Collection of Anatomical Waxes
by Monika Von During, et al
The Quick and the Dead : Artists and Anatomy
by Deanna Petherbridge (Editor), Ludmilla Jordanova
The Physician’s Art : Representations of Art and Medicine
by Julie V. Hansen, et al
Spectacular Bodies: The Art and Science of the Human Body from Leonardo to Now
by Martin Kemp, Marina Wallace
Leonardo Da Vinci : The Anatomy of Man : Drawings from the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
by Martin Clayton, Ron Philo
Seeing Is Believing : 700 Years of Scientific and Medical Illustration
by Jennifer B. Lee, Miriam Mandelbaum
Anatomy Lessons from the Great Masters
by Robert Beverly Hale, Terence Coyle
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (Volume 1)
by Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo on the Human Body
by Leonardo Da Vinci
Albinus on Anatomy : With 80 Original Albinus Plates
by Robert Beverly Hale, et al
The Illustrations from the Works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels
With Annotations and Translations, a Discussion of the Plates and Their Background,

by Andreas Vesalius
The Ingenious Machine of Nature: Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy
by Mimi Cazort, et al
The Fabric of the Body : European Traditions of Anatomical Illustration
by K.B. Roberts, J.D.W. Tomlinson
On the Fabric of the Human Body, Book II : The Ligaments & Muscles (Norman Anatomy Series, 2)
by Andreas Vesalius, et al
The Bones and Cartilages : Book I (On the Fabric of the Human Body, Vol 1)
by Andreas Vesalius

Natural History Illustration

Marsh’s Dinosaurs : The Collections from Como Bluff
by John H. Ostrom, et al
Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-1717 : Artist and Naturalist
by Maria Sibylla Merian, et al

Novels

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson
by Mitch Albom
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
M : The Man Who Became Caravaggio
by Peter Robb
Depths of Glory : A Biographical Novel of Camille Pissarro
by Irving Stone
Dear Theo : The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh
by Vincent Van Gogh, et al
The Agony and the Ecstasy : A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
by Irving Stone
Lust for Life
by Irving Stone, Arving Stone

Scientific Illustration

A Handbook of Biological Illustration
by Frances W. Zweifel
The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration
by Elaine R. S. Hodges (Editor)
The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration, SECOND EDITION
by Elaine R. S. Hodges (Editor)
Scientific Illustration : A Guide to Biological, Zoological, and Medical Rendering Techniques, Design, Printing, and Display
by Phyllis Wood

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