Currently reading
Vineland (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
Tristes Tropiques
Richard III
The Dwarf
The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen
Labyrinths
Giotto to Dürer: Early Renaissance Painting in the National Gallery
Michel Foucault: Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics
Gravity's Rainbow
A Gravity's Rainbow Companion: Sources and Contexts for Pynchon's Novel
How to Paint Like the Impressionists: A Practical Guide to Re-Creating Your Own Impressionist Paintings
Excellent book(This is a very interesting book -- much richer than the last 'how-to' book I tried. The author has real insight and explains, by references to various Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters, the actual techniques used -- the book includes large color prints -- and includes details blown-up to the point that you can see the various techniques in action.)
(In search of the holy brush-stroke...)