Most Popular Books by Steven Naifeh

Draws on newly available primary sources to present an in-depth, accessible profile that offers revisionist assessments of the influential artist''s turbulent life and genius works.

The compelling story of how Vincent van Gogh developed his audacious, iconic style by immersing himself in the work of others, featuring hundreds of paintings by Van Gogh as well as the artists who inspired him—from the New York Times bestselling co-author of Van Gogh: The Life “Important . . . inspires us to look at Van Gogh and his art afresh.”—Dr. Chris Stolwijk, general director, RKD–Netherlands Institute for Art History Vincent van Gogh’s paintings look utterly unique—his vivid palette and boldly interpretive portraits are unmistakably his. Yet however revolutionary his style may have been, it was actually built on a strong foundation of paintings by other artists, both his contemporaries and those who came before him. Now, drawing on Van Gogh’s own thoughtful and often profound comments about the painters he venerated, Steven Naifeh gives a gripping account of the artist’s deep engagement with their work. We see Van Gogh’s gradual discovery of the subjects he would make famous, from wheat fields to sunflowers. We watch him experimenting with the loose brushwork and bright colors used by Édouard Manet, studying the Pointillist dots used by Georges Seurat, and emulating the powerful depictions of the peasant farmers painted by Jean-François Millet, all vividly illustrated in nearly three hundred full-color images of works by Van Gogh and a variety of other major artists, including Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, positioned side by side. Thanks to the vast correspondence from Van Gogh to his beloved brother, Theo, Naifeh, a Pulitzer Prize winner, is able to reconstruct Van Gogh’s artistic world from within. Observed in eloquent prose that is as compelling as it is authoritative, Van Gogh and the Artists He Loved enables us to share the artist’s journey as he created his own daring, influential, and widely beloved body of work.

Story of Cullen Davis who believed money could buy anything, and his trial for murdering his twelve year old stepdaughter.

Based on interviews with more than 850 people, this illustrated biography profiles the troubled life of the enigmatic avant-garde artist whose controversial work changed the definition of modern art.

Examines a series of 1985 car-bomb murders that set off an investigation that uncovered a movement to sell documents purported to discredit the Mormon Church''s founding revelations.

The true story of Danny Starrett, a serial killer and rapist raised by a seemingly-perfect family. Includes passages from his prison journal describing his crimes and their causes.

Ten years ago, Gregory White Smith''s doctors gave him three months to live. He''s still here. Discover how he, and many others in this life-changing book, beat the odds and survived. The news was grim. Doctors at the prestigious Mayo Clinic told Greg Smith--young, handsome, and hard at work at the book that would one day win him a Pulitzer Prize--that he had an inoperable brain tumor. They gave him three months to live. Ten years later, Greg is fit, active, and managing his tumor with an experimental hormone therapy. Like Greg, the other courageous people in this book--whose illnesses range from cystic fibrosis to cancer--have returned from the threshold of death. They are all medical miracles. Now you can learn how they made those miracles happen. Not a survivor''s memoir, but a survivor''s handbook, this extraordinary book weaves the insights of doctors and the wisdom of patients into a road map anyone can follow out of the dark fears of dying. Discover: The one thing that makes the difference between life and death --taking control Practical steps to finding the best doctor and the best care Your own research...how to do it, why your life depends on it What you need to ask before beginning an experimental treatment Why even if there isn''t a cure now, there may be tomorrow--and how to live long enough to get it...and more

Deals with men''s problems with intimacy and tells how the women in their lives can help them learn to communicate their feelings.

Hailed in hardcover by booksellers, reviewers and dreamers addicted to Architectural Digest, here is the enchanting story of the trials and tribulations that two Pulitzer Prize-winning writers from Manhattan experience while renovating Joye Cottage, a 60-room pleasure palace in Aiken, South Carolina.

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Selon d''éminents psychiatres, près de la moitié des mariages ratés sont dus à l''incapacité des maris d''exprimer leurs sentiments. Pour ces derniers, " être un homme " signifie simplement être fort, combatif et invulnérable : une de leurs préoccupations majeures est donc de s''entourer d''une carapace faite de maîtrise de soi et de refoulement. Cet ouvrage nous révèle pourquoi les hommes restent si secrets et nous démontre que notre culture, en empêchant l''intimité, nourrit une peur profonde face à la dépendance et à la confiance. Ce livre apprend ensuite aux femmes à percer les défenses des hommes et à aider ceux-ci à retrouver la sincérité et la spontanéité de l''enfant qui se cache en eux. Si l''homme parvient à vaincre la peur de l''intimité, il s''épanouira pleinement et pourra entretenir une relation aussi durable que satisfaisante avec sa compagne.

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