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Pieter Bruegel, l'Ancien (pres de Breda, 1525 Bruxelles, 1569) Pieter Bruegel fut le premier membre important d'une famille d'artistes, actifs durant quatre generations. D'abord dessinateur avant de devenir peintre, il peignit des themes religieux, comme la Tour de Babel, avec …
Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 Mougins, 1973) Picasso naquit en Espagne et lon dit meme quil commenca a dessiner avant de savoir parler. Enfant, il fut nstinctivement attire par les instruments de lartiste. Il pouvait passer des heures de joyeuse concentration …
Leonard de Vinci (Vinci, 1452 Le Clos-Luce, 1519). Leonard passa la premiere partie de sa vie a Florence, la seconde a Milan et ses trois dernieres annees en France. Le professeur de Leonard fut Verrocchio, d'abord orfevre, puis peintre et …
Entre courbes et contre-courbes, Mucha crea, a la fin du XIXe siecle, une egerie nouvelle qui devait hanter les rues de Paris. Au fil des representations de Sarah Bernhard, cette muse voluptueuse devint un veritable embleme de l'Art nouveau et …
Theme intemporel et on ne peut plus incontournable, l'amour ne cesse aujourd'hui encore de fasciner les artistes. Qu'il soit peintre, sculpteur ou architecte, l'artiste l'aborde, l'evoque, l'illustre, y puise son inspiration, comme tout un chacun s'y refere chaque jour de …
Les portraits, les nus et les natures mortes de Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) resument lesprit Art deco et Jazz Age. Ils refletent le style de vie elegant et hedoniste dune elite fortunee et glamour dans le Paris de lentre-deux-guerres. Combinant …
In 1890 England, Sophie Anderson is a young woman who has to find work as a governess after her father commits suicide and leaves her with nothing. Devastated by the loss and then her uncle's refusal to help her, she …
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The Art of Writing True
Both autobiography and primer, Escaping into the Open is an inspiring, practical handbook on the joys and challenges of the writing life. Renowned author and writing instructor Elizabeth Berg interweaves the story of her own journey from working mother to …
View book details for Amarillo Slim's Play Poker to Win
Million Dollar Strategies from the Legendary World Series of Poker Winner
In this new and completely revised edition, the first reigning World Series of Poker Champion gets down and dirty about how to win big. It's not just about cards. It's about the people who hold them, so you'll need to …
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A High Society Mystery
Newly widowed Pauline Cook was once the toast of the Windy City elitebut now she's practically broke. At least she's in better shape than her dear departed friend Ethan Campbell, whose corpse Pauline has had the misfortune to discover. A …
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Two Brothers, Two Fates, One Indian Childhood
A memoirwritten in the wake of a cancer diagnosisthat zeroes in on the crux between two brothers: one who became an LAPD officer, and the other a terroristSunil Dutta is a twenty-year veteran of the LAPD. Before that, he was …
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A Bold New Approach
Shy FactsShy children are not destined to be shy adults.Shyness does not equal low self-esteem.Shyness is not a "disease," personality deficit, or character flaw.Humans aren't the only species to experience shyness. Scientists have been studying shy cattle aswell as shy …
It is a time of turmoil, with the nation mired in an unpopular war in Korea and with Senator Joseph McCarthy stirring up fear of a lurking Communist "menace." Racial discrimination is rampant. A woman's place is in the home. …
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Raw Vegan Chocolates, Cakes, Cookies, Ice Cream, and More
Dessert can consist of more than just fruit on a raw food diet. Without the flour, sugar, butter, and cream used in traditional desserts, what is a raw foodist to do? Sweetly Raw Desserts will show you everything you need …
Slay the snack monster with the 100-Calorie snack cookbook!Snack attacks can happen when you least expect them . . . or at around the same time every day. Be prepared for the call of the craving with the 100-Calorie Snack …
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Re-creating the World's Greatest Journey of Survival
Mr. Jarviss tribute to Ernest Shackletons Antarctic expedition has had a danger and heroism that are worthy of the original. The GuardianIn this extraordinary adventure memoir and tie-in to the PBS documentary, Tim Jarvis, one of the world's leading explorers, …
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Unlock Your Imagination
From Instagram sensation Kristina Webb (@colour_me_creative) comes a completely original and unique book to inspire and unlock your creativity.Color Me Creative gives readers a firsthand look into Kristina's personal life, including her exotic upbringing and the inspirational story of how, …
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From Promise to Power
Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers.For anyone who wants …
"[A] riveting, and original, achievement."WIREDFrom award-winning Spanish author Ray Loriga comes a dystopian novel about authority, manipulation, and the disappearance of privacy that calls to mind The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood [and] Blindness by Jose Saramago (Alfaguara Prize Winner …
In this brilliantly imagined and neatly plotted Civil War novel (Boston Globe), two battle-scarred companies-one Union, one Confederate-embark on a series of baseball games amid the carnage at Spotsylvania. Wonderfully conceived and eloquently executed (Caleb Carr). Maps.
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The Early Adventures of the Author of Never Cry Wolf
Farley Mowat's youth was charmed and hilarious, and unbelievably free in its access to unspoiled nature through bird-banding expeditions and overnight outings in the dead of winter. The author writes of sleeping in haystacks for survival, and other adventures, with …
Longtime political analyst and commentator Tod Lindberg goes beyond punditry to address how Jesus's words and teachingsonce a radical set of ideashave come to define our concept of government and our vision for society.
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The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913 T
A tour de force of storytelling years in the making: a dual biography of two of the greatest songwriters, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, that is also a murder mystery and a history of labor relations and socialism, big business …
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An Essential Guide to Emo Culture
What is emo? For starters it's a form of melodic, confessional, or EMOtional punk rock. But emo is more than a genre of musicit's the defining counterculture movement of the '00s. EVERYBODY HURTS is a reference book for emo, tracing …
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Life, Death, and Geopolitics in the New Arctic
New from Smithsonian Books, After the Ice is an eye-opening look at the winners and losers in the high-stakes story of Arctic transformation, from nations to native peoples to animals and the very landscape itself. Author Alun Anderson explores the …
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