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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
De László in Holland	Tonko Grever	80 p. : 28 cm	OL11720415W
Débâcle	Émile Zola	Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy and mercurial Maurice Leva…	OL118976W
Working stiffs	Michael L Carlebach	"The tintype, patented in 1856, was a cheap, fast, easy-to-make, practically indestructible type of photograph that became enormously popular among the working class in the late nineteenth century. F…	OL12036054W
You look beautiful like that	Michelle Lamuniere,Sidibe Malick,Seydou Keita,Malick Sidibe,Michelle Lamunière	"Seydou Keita and Malick Sidibe, two commercial photographers from Mali, took mesmerizing portraits in Bamako, the capital, during the period before and after the country achieved independence from F…	OL12350361W
Romantic royal marriages	Barbara Cartland	It is generally supposed that until this century and after the First World War, all Royal Marriages were arranged for political or national motives. The first English King to marry for love was Willi…	OL135011W
Emil Nolde	Manfred Reuther,Emil Nolde,Jolanthe Nolde,Barnett Newman	The book, its title a reference to a characterization that his artist friend Paul Klee bestowed on Nolde, is published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Emil Nolde' at Zentrum Paul Klee and includes…	OL1392435W
Jewels	Michael Cunningham,Michael Cunningham	Photographer Michael Cunningham (coauthor of Crowns) and author Connie Briscoe, a New York Times bestselling novelist, profile 50 women over the age of 50 who have been remarkably successful--whether…	OL15186860W
Palmetto Portraits Project	Medical University of South Carolina	The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), in partnership with the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston have developed a multi-year collaboration called the Palmett…	OL15297558W
him too..?? Oz Almog's Concise Index Judeorum	Oz Almog	The sound of genuine surprise in Almog’s title Him too..?? is one that is often echoed in social conversations and one which references the use of the Jewish face as a subject for racist, anthropolog…	OL15297827W
WALLS OF SOUND	Oz Almog	Only very few people are aware of the fact that many popular melodies and compositions such as “God bless America“, “The Christmas Song“, “Edelweiß“, “An der schönen blauen Donau“, “Hello Dolly“ or “…	OL15305682W
Regarding Emma	Ann Patchett,Melissa Ann Pinney	"Inspired by the birth of her daughter, Emma, and dedicated to her departed mother, Regarding Emma is a provocative collection of complex, allegorical images of girls and women and the mysterious wor…	OL15363894W
Original and best picture of Abraham Lincoln	George B. Ayres	Introductory statement by George B. Ayers, followed by extracts from testimonial letters.	OL15643387W
We came from Vietnam	Muriel Stanek	Text and black-and-white photographs describe the efforts of a Vietnamese refugee family to adjust to life in Chicago.	OL15758474W
India's great masters	Raghu Rai	Portraits of twelve eminent Indian musicians.	OL15910457W
Willa Cather	Bernice Slote,Lucia Woods	Biographical account of her personal and literary career. Includes 3 Pictorial essays.	OL16071537W
Bob Dylan	Ty Silkman	Gathers together some of the finest images of Bob Dylan held by Rex Features, Britain's leading independent photographic press agency and picture library.	OL16464491W
Dawoud Bey	Dawoud Bey,Matthew S. Witkovsky,Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts	"In 1979, when African-American photographer Dawoud Bey showed twenty-five photographs at the Studio Museum in Harlem under the heading Harlem U.S.A., the exhibition offered a young artist's vision o…	OL16558449W
Every Scamdalous Secret	Gayle Callen	Notorious rake Leo Wade is not one for house parties -- he'd much rather pass the time in London's gaming halls ... and ladies' boudoirs. But when his gambling instinct leads him to believe the encha…	OL16648393W
John Wayne The Legend And The Man	Patricia Howard,Ron Howard	Summary:The book celebrates the Duke's life and legacy through film stills, backstage photos, and snapshots, ranging from his cinematic masterpieces to a surprising variety of early career, leading-m…	OL17508837W
Rock in peace	Guitar World Magazine Editors	"Some died young. Some died old. All paid their dues with guitar in hand. From the editors of Guitar World, the world's bestselling guitar magazine, Rock In Peace looks at the lives of the late, grea…	OL17910341W