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Da Vinci Da Vinci Mike Venezia Traces the life of the Renaissance artist and analyses some of his paintings. OL106281W
Looking at pictures Looking at pictures Joy Richardson A children's guide to the collection of the National Gallery, London. OL108345W
Intelectualidad bolivariana en tierra de los incas Intelectualidad bolivariana en tierra de los incas Jorge Carrión Rubio ¿QUIÉN DIJO QUE EN EL PERÚ NO SE LE RENDÍAN HONORES A don José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios y Blanco, El Libertador? HE AQUÍ UN DOCUMENTO QUE PRUEBA LO CONTRARIO. OL13840736W
Satire in an age of realism Satire in an age of realism Aaron Matz "As nineteenth-century realism became more and more intrepid in its pursuit of describing and depicting everyday life, it blurred irrevocably into the caustic and severe mode of literature better nam… OL15632224W
Diana Lively is falling down Diana Lively is falling down Sheila Curran Trained as an architect in England, Diana Lively accompanies her second husband, Ted, on a trip to Arizona to assist in an American billionaire's project to construct a King Arthur Theme Park in the … OL15835783W
Dear author Dear author Lois Lowry A collection of letters from students to an assortment of authors both past and present about the impact of their work on the lives of their readers. OL15857562W
The medieval Python The medieval Python Terry Jones,Robert F. Yeager,Toshiyuki Takamiya "The Medieval Python: Essays presented to Terry Jones on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday collects original essays by eighteen prominent medievalists in literature and history to celebrate the… OL16442315W
Jane Austen and her readers, 1786-1945 Jane Austen and her readers, 1786-1945 Katie Halsey viii, 290 p. ; 24 cm OL16489804W
Hark! Hark! Ed McBain Ed McBain concocts a brilliant and intricate thriller about a master criminal who haunts the city with cryptic passages from Shakespeare, directing the detectives of the 87th Precinct to a future cri… OL167119W
Poel Granville Barker Guthrie Wanamaker Poel Granville Barker Guthrie Wanamaker Cary M. Mazer p. cm OL17396478W
El enigma del cuatro El enigma del cuatro Ian Caldwell,Dustin Thomason Cuando están a punto de graduarse en la prestigiosa Universidad de Princeton, dos estudiantes se ven envueltos en el enigma de Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, un libro publicado en 1499 que ha tenido en v… OL17757054W
Harry Potter, you're the best! Harry Potter, you're the best! Sharon Moore this book sucks dont read OL18163002W
Raúl Anguiano Raúl Anguiano Raúl Anguiano,Bertha Taracena Exhibition dedicated to noted LEAR and TGP artist Raúl Anguiano (b.Guadalajara, Mexico 1915-2006) focusing on a scarcely known work done in a period of 8 years in the 1930's, a collection of elaborat… OL19231328W
52 Ways of Looking at a Poem: Or How Reading Modern Poetry Can Change Your Life 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem: Or How Reading Modern Poetry Can Change Your Life Ruth Padel 272 p. ; 24 cm OL19367735W
Hemingway and his conspirators Hemingway and his conspirators Leonard J. Leff With a cast of famous characters, this book tells the backstage story of how Hemingway seized upon an emerging mass culture to become the premier author of the twentieth century. Leff's Hemingway goe… OL1940478W
A child's book of art A child's book of art Lucy Micklethwait An introduction to art that uses well-known works of art to illustrate familiar words. OL1954442W
Shakespeare in Swahililand Shakespeare in Swahililand Edward Wilson-Lee Beginning with Victorian-era expeditions in which the Complete Works of Shakespeare were often the sole reading material carried into the interior of the continent, the Bard became a vital touchstone… OL19670377W
How to read Impressionism How to read Impressionism James Henry Rubin "'How to read Impressionism' is a new, original exploration of the 19th-century movement that changed art forever, and made household names of such painters as Monet, Renoir, Degas, Seurat, Cassatt a… OL19671065W
Curiosity Curiosity Alberto Manguel "Curiosity has been seen through the ages as the impulse that drives our knowledge forward and the temptation that leads us toward dangerous and forbidden waters. The question "Why?" has appeared und… OL19671796W
Don Quixote as children's literature Don Quixote as children's literature Velma Bourgeois Richmond "Cervantes is regarded as the author of the first novel and the inventor of fiction. This book explores the noble and "mad" adventures retold by distinguished writers and artists in Edwardian books, … OL19754092W
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