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Sparrow Road
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Sheila O'Connor |
Twelve-year-old Raine spends the summer at a mysterious artists colony and discovers a secret about her past. |
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Roses and Rot
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Kat Howard |
Imogen has grown up reading fairy tales about mothers who die and make way for cruel stepmothers. As a child, she used to lie in bed wishing that her life would become one of these tragic fairy tales… |
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Forests of the heart
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Charles de Lint |
In the old century, they called them the Gentry: ancient spirits of the land, magical, amoral, and dangerous. When the Irish emigrated to North America, some of the Gentry followed...only to find tha… |
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Artists communities
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Robert MacNeil |
"The third edition of this widely praised directory provides a comprehensive index of more than 300 residency programs worldwide, along with profiles and photographs of ninety-five leading artists' c… |
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The hundred-year house
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Rebecca Makkai |
"A dazzlingly original new novel from the acclaimed author of The Borrower. Now, Makkai returns with an ingenious novel set on an historic estate that once housed an arts colony. Doug, the husband of… |
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History of Visual Art in Sarasota
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Kevin Dean,Patricia Ringling Buck,Marcia Corbino |
"The origins of the city's cultural identity can be traced to the arrival of circus impresario John Ringling, railroad executive Ralph Caples, and socialite Bertha Palmer, who all showcased impressiv… |
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Whimsey
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Kaye Wilkinson Barley |
"Whimsey is a novel of southern fiction with a splash of magic and a touch of fantasy, topped with a sprinkling of humor. The magic was already there when cigar-smoking matriarch Elizabeth Calhoun es… |
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Summer in February
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Jonathan Smith,Jonathan Smith |
During the 1949 Annual Banquet of the Royal Academy, retiring President Sir Alfred Munnings launches an incoherent and savage attack on modern art--only to stumble on a name that brings back memories… |
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An international episode
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Laura L. Meixner |
"The...exhibition addresses (the) issue of dual commitment, to French avant garde technique and American traditional imagery, as it manifested itself among certain American artists who worked with Je… |
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Hamptons bohemia
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Helen A. Harrison |
"For more than two centuries, the Hamptons, a beach resort on the southeastern end of New York's Long Island, have been home to a vibrant community of artists and writers. It was here that Winslow Ho… |
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Palladio
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Jonathan Dee |
"In a small, foundering town in central New York, Molly Howe grows up to be a seemingly ordinary but deeply charismatic young woman. As a teenager, she has an affair with a much older man - a relatio… |
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Instruments of night
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Thomas H. Cook |
Thomas Cook is one of today's most acclaimed writers of psychological thrillers, penning hypnotic tales of forbidden love and devastating secrets. Now he has written an unforgettable novel that weave… |
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The Isles of Shoals Remembered
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Caleb Mason |
Spend one year in time with the artists, musicians, and writers who visited Celia Thaxter's Isles of Shoals arts' colony in the 1880s. The salon was a precursor and inspiration for the MacDowell colo… |
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