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x, 1044 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Fifteen years in the making, the first volume of the full-scale astonishing life of one of our greatest screen actresses whose career in pictures spanned four decades beginning with the coming of sound--the first to delve deeply into Stanwyck's rich, complex life and to explore her extraordinary range of eighty-eight motion pictures, many of them iconic; her work, her world, her Hollywood through an American century. Frank Capra called her, "The...
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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English
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Ted Williams hit .406 for the season in 1941--a feat not matched since. In this inspirational picture book, authentic sports writing and rich, classic illustrations bring to life the truly spectacular story of the Red Sox legend, whose hard work and perseverance make him the perfect role model for baseball enthusiasts of all ages.
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344 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm
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English
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The New York Times bestselling author offers an intimate portrait of America's original first family in this groundbreaking major biography of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington's mother, filled with rich anecdotes and stories that reveal the father of our country in a fresh and original way.
2166) Slave narratives
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Library of America volume 114
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x, 1035 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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Frontier military volume 3
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418 pages : illustrations ; cm.
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English
2169) The curse of beauty: the scandalous & tragic life of Audrey Munson, America's first supermodel
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ix, 325 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24cm
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English
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"Once the most famous model in America, a story of the extraordinary success her beauty brought her and the terrible price she paid for it"--Jacket.
2170) David Lean: a biography
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xxi, 809 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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English
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Life of Picasso volume 4
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308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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The spectacular fourth and final volume of Picasso's life is set in Paris, Normandy, the south of France, Royan, and Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War and at the beginning of World War II. Drawing on original and exhaustive research from interviews and never-before-seen material in the Picasso family archives, this book opens with a visit by the Hungarian-French photographer Brassaï to Picasso's chateau in Normandy, Boisgeloup, where he would...
2176) Mary Shelley
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128 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
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English
2177) Auguste Rodin: 1840-1917
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95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.
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English
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While anchoring his practice in the traditions of antiquity and the Renaissance, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) paved the way for modern sculpture. From a very early stage, he was interested in movement, the expression of the body, chance effects, and the incomplete fragment. It was these elements that gave shape, and the impression of life, to such famous works as The Kiss and The Thinker.
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211 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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Bottoms shows, in pitch-perfect prose and with great empathy and dramatic tension, the psychological decline of his brother as he becomes obsessed first with heavy metal music, martial arts, and the occult, and then with the more bizarre aspects of Christianity.
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