Hi Can someone add this book?

[Michael]

Hi Can someone help me add my book to goodreads?

It is a remarkable art title based on my university lectures called nine lessons of light, and it is for sale at the Strand Bookstore in NYC, the Smithsonian Institute (DC), The Tate Modern bookstore (London), the Carnegie Museum Stores (Pittsburgh), ebay and other locations.

* Title: (Help yourself to a) Blue Banana
Awakening your eyes to art, design and visual living
* Author: Michael Adams
* ISBN: 0977087905
* Publisher: Behind the Scenes Books
* Publication dates: Aug 2005, Aug 2008, Aug 2012
* Format: Hardcover, 354 pp with index and dust jacket
* Description: In this brightly written work, designer Michael Adams describes the basic building blocks that anchor all visual expression. Each chapter reveals one of the nine secrets (called lessons of light) that bring emotional meaning to visual experience. At the same time, a new and intriguing way of life, named
“visual living,” is illuminated, with dozens of
surprising examples of how the visible world changes forever when we enthusiastically embrace it. This is art and design made easy, even for people who rarely read books!

The book web page is http://www.BlueBananaBook.com

The back dust jacket reprints excerpts from evaluations by 34 readers including: "When I finished the book I smiled because for the first time I actually TRULY understood art." and "I felt like a new born baby using my eyes for the very first time."

A cover image can be found at: http://s415.photobucket.com/albums/pp...

Thanks so much!

Michael Adams

[Cait]

Michael, I've added your book here:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...

Do you have a clearer cover image for it?

If you'd like to claim your author profile and join the GR Authors program, you can do so here:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/confi...

Note that there are multiple Michael Adams in our database; you've been disambiguated as Michael^^Adams, where ^ represents a space between your first and last names.

[Michael]

Hi Cait

Thanks so much for your kind assistance. I will apply to the Author's Program.

I am hopeful that this wonderful book will continue to find a wider and wider audience. Perhaps GR members can also experience what three happy readers already described: “It felt like I was on a secret adventure that no one around me could ever possibly know about.” and . . . “The journey I took with this book revealed there were many ways to appreciate and conceive art that I was already employing, and many I could barely fathom. I know I am learning, and it excites me. This book adds living color to my world.” and . . . “This book made me proud to be an imaginative, artistic person.” There are many more similar comments on the book web page at http://www.BlueBananaBook.com.

Here is a better cover image, higher resolution:

http://s415.photobucket.com/albums/pp...

Again thanks for bringing me into the Goodreads community.


Michael Adams