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How to Write One Song Summary
How to Write One Song
Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
by Jeff Tweedy 2020 176 pages
4.22
6k+ ratings
Music
Writing
Art
The Van Gogh Blues Summary
The Van Gogh Blues
The Creative Person's Path Through Depression
by Eric Maisel 2002 272 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Art
Make Your Creative Dreams Real Summary
Make Your Creative Dreams Real
A Plan for Procrastinators, Perfectionists, Busy People, and People Who Would Really Rather Sleep All Day
by SARK 2004 240 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Art
Writing
Creativity for Life Summary
Creativity for Life
Practical Advice on the Artist's Personality, and Career from America's Foremost Creativity Coach
by Eric Maisel 2007 400 pages
3.94
100+ ratings
Writing
Art
Self Help
Music Summary
Music
A Subversive History
by Ted Gioia 2019 528 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Music
History
Art
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime Summary
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime
by Immanuel Kant 1764 124 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Art
German Literature
Drawing Out the Dragons Summary
Drawing Out the Dragons
A Meditation on Art, Destiny, and the Power of Choice
by James A. Owen 2011 128 pages
4.50
100+ ratings
Memoir
Inspirational
Biography
Mastering Creative Anxiety Summary
Mastering Creative Anxiety
24 Lessons for Writers, Painters, Musicians, and Actors from America's Foremost Creativity Coach
by Eric Maisel 2011 259 pages
3.93
100+ ratings
Writing
Self Help
Psychology
Humans of New York Summary
Humans of New York
Stories
by Brandon Stanton 2015 428 pages
4.55
19k+ ratings
Photography
Art
Biography
Perfecting Sound Forever Summary
Perfecting Sound Forever
An Aural History of Recorded Music
by Greg Milner 2009 416 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Music
History
Technology
Pricing Creativity Summary
Pricing Creativity
A Guide to Profit Beyond the Billable Hour
by Blair Enns
4.62
100+ ratings
Business
Design
Buisness
The Matrix Summary
The Matrix
by Joshua Clover 2004 96 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Film
Media Tie In
Science Fiction
Coaching the Artist Within Summary
Coaching the Artist Within
Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians from America's Foremost Creativity Coach
by Eric Maisel 2005 256 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Writing
Art
Self Help
Your Brain on Art Summary
Your Brain on Art
How the Arts Transform Us
by Susan Magsamen 2023 304 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
Art
Science
Psychology
Art, Inc. Summary
Art, Inc.
The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist
by Lisa Congdon 2014 184 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
Art
Business
Design
Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of People Summary
Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of People
by Henry Carroll 2015 129 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Photography
Art
Reference
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again Summary
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again
Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond
by Julia Cameron 2016 304 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Writing
Art
Lives of the Artists Summary
Lives of the Artists
Portraits of Ten Artists Whose Work and Lifestyles Embody the Future of Contemporary Art
by Calvin Tomkins 2008 272 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Art
Biography
Essays
Zig Zag Summary
Zig Zag
The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity
by R. Keith Sawyer 2013 288 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Business
The Hobbit Summary
The Hobbit
An Unexpected Journey - Visual Companion
by Jane Johnson 2012 72 pages
4.62
24k+ ratings
Fantasy
Film
Art
Small Things Considered Summary
Small Things Considered
Why There Is No Perfect Design
by Henry Petroski 2003 304 pages
3.40
100+ ratings
Design
Science
Engineering
The House of Medici Summary
The House of Medici
Its Rise and Fall
by Christopher Hibbert 1975 364 pages
3.87
8k+ ratings
History
Italy
Biography
The Great Book of Journaling Summary
The Great Book of Journaling
How Journal Writing Can Support a Life of Wellness, Creativity, Meaning and Purpose
by Eric Maisel 2022 310 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Writing
Journaling
Self Help
Creativity Summary
Creativity
Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1996 466 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Concerning the Spiritual in Art Summary
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
by Wassily Kandinsky 1912 80 pages
3.84
89k+ ratings
Art
Philosophy
Art History
The Kickstarter Handbook Summary
The Kickstarter Handbook
Real-Life Crowdfunding Success Stories
by Don Steinberg 2012 224 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Art
Arts with the Brain in Mind Summary
Arts with the Brain in Mind
by Eric Jensen 2001 182 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Education
Art
Science
Culture Summary
Culture
The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
by Martin Puchner 2023 384 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
History
Art
Sociology
The Art Of Creative Writing Summary
The Art Of Creative Writing
by Lajos Egri 1995 224 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Unfinished
Classical Music for Dummies Summary
Classical Music for Dummies
by David Pogue 1997 356 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Music
Reference
Classical Music
Perspective Made Easy Summary
Perspective Made Easy
by Ernest R. Norling 1939 224 pages
4.26
2k+ ratings
Drawing
Art
Reference
Eye of the Beholder Summary
Eye of the Beholder
Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing
by Laura J. Snyder 2015 448 pages
3.94
100+ ratings
History
Science
Art
Architectural Digest at 100 Summary
Architectural Digest at 100
A Century of Style
by Architectural Digest 2019 464 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Architecture
Design
Art
Re-Sisters Summary
Re-Sisters
The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti
by Cosey Fanni Tutti 2022 372 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
Your Head is a Houseboat Summary
Your Head is a Houseboat
A Chaotic Guide to Mental Clarity
by Campbell Walker 2021 160 pages
4.43
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Mental Health
Psychology
Dialogue Summary
Dialogue
The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen
by Robert McKee 2016 312 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Writing
Film
Crafts
The Machinery of Life Summary
The Machinery of Life
by David S. Goodsell 1992 179 pages
4.42
500+ ratings
Science
Biology
Art
How Music Works Summary
How Music Works
by David Byrne 2014 345 pages
4.01
27k+ ratings
Music
History
Art
Dot Journaling Summary
Dot Journaling
A Practical Guide: How to Start and Keep the Planner, To-Do List, and Diary That’ll Actually Help You Get Your Life Together
by Rachel Wilkerson Miller 2017 240 pages
3.77
7k+ ratings
Self Help
Writing
Reference
The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes Summary
The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes
Glazing & Firing at Cone 10
by John Britt 2004 184 pages
4.49
100+ ratings
Crafts
Collections
Art
Big Panda & Tiny Dragon Summary
Big Panda & Tiny Dragon
by James Norbury 2021 94 pages
4.39
19k+ ratings
Philosophy
Graphic Novels
Self Help
Paperbacks from Hell Summary
Paperbacks from Hell
The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
by Grady Hendrix 2017 254 pages
4.27
11k+ ratings
Horror
History
Books About Books
Into the Woods Summary
Into the Woods
A Five Act Journey Into Story
by John Yorke 2013 256 pages
4.20
4k+ ratings
Writing
Film
Crafts
Sanford Meisner on Acting Summary
Sanford Meisner on Acting
by Sanford Meisner 1987 250 pages
4.20
3k+ ratings
Theatre
Film
Plays
Adobe Illustrator Cs6 Classroom in a Book Summary
Adobe Illustrator Cs6 Classroom in a Book
by Adobe Creative Team 1993 463 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Design
Reference
Art
Made by James Summary
Made by James
The Honest Guide to Creativity and Logo Design
by James Martin 2022 224 pages
4.56
100+ ratings
Design
Art
Business
Logo Design Love Summary
Logo Design Love
A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities
by David Airey 2009 220 pages
4.20
4k+ ratings
Design
Business
Art
True Style Summary
True Style
The History and Principles of Classic Menswear
by G. Bruce Boyer 2015 272 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Fashion
History
Design
Letters on Cézanne Summary
Letters on Cézanne
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1907 112 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Art
Poetry
Classics
The Inkblots Summary
The Inkblots
Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
by Damion Searls 2015 405 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Psychology
History
Biography
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