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The Auden Generation: Literature and Politics in England in the 1930's
Samuel Hynes - Vintage Digital
Format: Hardcover
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This is a study of a literary generation writing in a period of expanding fears and ever more urgent political and social crises. The pace of the time itself, the sense of time passing and an end approaching gave a special quality to the Thirties. The public world pressed insistently on the private... |
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Norma Kamali: I Am Invincible
Norma Kamali - Abrams
Format: Paperback
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In her first book, fashion legend Norma Kamali offers readers a stylish, inspiring, and heartfelt handbook for gliding boldly through each of life's decades with purpose and power. Manifesto, memoir, and essential guide, its pages are informed by 50 years of Kamali's twists, turns,... |
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Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger
Tony Tetro - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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The world's most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the masters - exposing an art world that is far more corrupt than we ever knew while providing an art history lesson wrapped in sex, drugs, and Caravaggio. The art world is a much dirtier, nastier... |
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MIRACLES HAPPEN: FOR YOU, FOR ME
Abraham-Joseph Platnick - Independently published
Format: Paperback
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WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO READ THIS BOOK? Because you will see how one man was able to overcome obstacles, even the Federal government. Read how Joseph Platnick finally stopped the railroad train horn at safe crossings in Dade County, Florida. No more trying to, "beat the train".... |
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The Son and Heir: A Memoir
Alexander Munninghoff - Amazon Crossing
Format: Hardcover
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What can a son say upon discovering that his father wore a Nazi uniform Reporter Alexander Mnninghoff was only four when he found this mortifying relic from his father's recent past in his attic. This shameful memento came to symbolize not only his father's tragically misguided... |
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RODIN CROWN ART LIB
Yvon Taillandier - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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Another title from The Crown Art Library, the most useful monographs available on a wide range of significant artists. Each volume is written by an internationally recognized authority and is generously illustrated with full-color reproductions of the artist's paintings and two-color... |
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The Life of Mark Twain: The Final Years, 18911910
Gary Scharnhorst
Format: Hardcover
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In the final volume of his three-volume biography, Gary Scharnhorst chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens from his family's extended trip to Europe in 1891 to his death in 1910. During this period, Clemens was one of the most famous people in the world. He also grapples with... |
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Sad Happens: A Celebration of Tears
Brandon Stosuy - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A beautifully-illustrated, celebratory anthology exploring sadness - and the transformative power of tears.. When was the last time you cried? Was it because you were sad? Or happy? Overwhelmed, or frustrated? Maybe from relief or from pride? Was it in public or in private? Did you feel... |
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But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?: An Oral History of the '60s Girl Groups
Laura Flam - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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. Featuring over 300 hours of new interviews with 100 subjects, an oral history of the girl groups (such as The Ronettes, The Shirelles, The Supremes, and The Vandellas) that redefined the early 1960s. . . . . The girl group sound, made famous and unforgettable by acts like The Ronettes,... |
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