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xvi, 297 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"From the author of Hidden Gardens of Paris, The Streets of Paris is Susan Cahill's wonderfully unique guide to present-day Paris following in the footsteps of famous Parisians through the last 800 years. For hundreds of years, the City of Light has set the stage for larger-than-life characters -- from medieval lovers Héloïse and Abelard to the defiant King Henri IV to the brilliant scientist Madame Curie, beloved chanteuse Edith Piaf, and the writer...
342) The book of my lives
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xii, 242 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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The author pays tribute to the two different cities of his youth--Sarajevo, where he spent his time poking at the pretensions of the city's elders, and Chicago, where he and his family, after Sarajevo came under siege, started a new life, leaving behind everything they had ever known.
343) Plant dreaming deep
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189 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
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English
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The poet-novelist describes her daily life in a graceful, eighteenth-century New Hampshire cottage.
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xiv, 319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"The best-known and most sensational event in Vincent van Gogh's life is also the least understood ... Murphy [posits], for the first time, the true story of this long-misunderstood incident, sweeping away decades of myth and giving us a glimpse of a troubled but brilliant artist at his breaking point"--Dust jacket flap.
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543 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
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English
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"A stunning celebration of Ralph Lauren's signature home collections -- including the designer's own homes -- which have inspired the world of interior design for nearly half a century. The cinematic vision of Ralph Lauren is brought to life with a stunning and intimately written book that spans decades of innovation and influence by the iconic American designer. Ralph Lauren: A Way of Living, published by Rizzoli New York, commemorates the 40th anniversary...
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273 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"In 1940, art-world icon Georgia O'Keeffe bought a house in a mountain-rimmed New Mexico desert, planning to live there for six months every year. To manage her remote household while she paints, O'Keeffe invited Maria Chabot-a young and naïve would-be writer-to join her. Their tempestuous relationship endured throughout the chaotic years of WW2; the death of Georgia's domineering, philandering husband (famed photographer Alfred Stieglitz); and...
348) Thoreau at Walden
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viii, 99 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
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English
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This graphic novel, narrated in Thoreau's own words, weaves together elements from "Walden," "Civil disobedience," "Walking," and Thoreau's journals to tell the story of his two years in the woods and of the night he spent in jail for refusing to pay a poll tax.
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