Best Selling Books by Beatrice Wood

In her own charming, spirited, and readable style, Beatrice Wood tells us the story of her unorthodox life and her influence on 20th-century art. Rebellious, radical, and romantic, Wood (1893–1998) defied propriety to become a true national, and international, treasure. Her absorbing autobiography includes vintage documents and her own personal photos and sketches of her many famous friends and acquaintances in the art world. She became romantically involved with the Dadaist Marcel Duchamp, and offers rare glimpses into the lives of her circle, including key cultural figures like Constantin Brancusi, Isadora Duncan, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Anais Nin, and Krishnamurti. At age forty Wood studied ceramics and went on to become one of the major ceramists of the 20th century, working until her death at age 105. This captivating chance to enjoy Wood''s rare charisma and spirit provides a better understanding of American art and the people who have shaped it.

At one hundred years of age, Beatrice Wood is as energetic, charming, and graceful as ever. One of America''s wittiest writers and highly acclaimed artists, she has long mastered the true art of living. Now, Los Angeles-based photographer and longtime friend of Wood''s, Marlene Wallace, has captured the essence of this remarkable woman in a series of black-and-white portraits that spans a period of nearly twenty years. Accompanied by Ms. Wood''s delightfully clever insights on everything from politics to the mysteries of love, Playing Chess with the Heart is a touching tribute to a talented personality whose open mind and imaginative spirit are an inspiration to us all.

Account of an American ceramist''s journey through India.

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This volume provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary and multinational view of attachment theory as it applies to family systems, and family systems theory as it extends attachment theory. Explores if and how attachment theory can be truly systemic, and what a systemic attachment theory would entail Addresses potential clinical implications and applications of attachment and family systems theories Raises cultural challenges to integrative theoretical development Challenges developmental and family systems scientists and practitioners to begin an active exchange