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A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds him of his mother: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the art underworld.
2) The brethren
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Annie's people volume 3
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Annie Zook, the Amish preacher's daughter, is caught between two worlds. Living with shunned friend Esther, Annie longs to return to her forbidden art and the idyllic days spent with Englisher Ben Martin, before her father ordered her never to see him again. Stunned when family secrets come to light, Ben determines to solve the mystery of his past. Will his future include Annie--or will the Brethren always stand between them?
5) Mortal love
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In a tale that explores the link between creativity and madness, artist Radborne Comstock interacts with a captivating woman who both inspires him and becomes an object of obsession.
6) Second place
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
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A woman invites a famous artist to use her guesthouse in the remote coastal landscape where she lives with her family. Powerfully drawn to his paintings, she believes his vision might penetrate the mystery at the center of her life. But as a long, dry summer sets in, his provocative presence itself becomes an enigma?and disrupts the calm of her secluded household.
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Annie's people volume 2
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"Annie Zook, the preacher's daughter, struggles to keep her promise to her father--to abandon her art for a full six months. Will Annie's intention to join the Amish church be derailed by the attention of a handsome Englisher?"--Provided by publisher.
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At the dawn of the 20th century, Louis Comfort Tiffany wants to honor his father and the family business with innovative glass designs. But it is the freethinking Clara Driscoll, head of his women's division, who develops the iconic Tiffany lamp and earns Tiffany the critical acclaim and financial success he's dreamed of. Yearning for recognition, Clara must decide between the professional world of her hands and the personal world of her heart.
11) Bridget's beret
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Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
When Bridget loses the beret that provides her with artistic inspiration like other great artists, she thinks she will never be able to draw again.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
253 p. ; 24 cm.
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Relegated to the status of schoolteacher and friendly neighbor after abandoning her dreams of becoming an artist, Nora advocates on behalf of a charismatic Lebanese student and is drawn into the child's family until his artist mother's careless ambition leads to a shattering betrayal.
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Describes how a teacher named Miss Chew encouraged individuality, and accepted learning differences, and helped a young student with academic difficulties get extra time to take tests and permission to be in advanced art classes. Inspired by the author'smemories of her art teacher.
15) Him standing
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Commissioned to carve a spirit mask for a mysterious stranger, Lucas Smoke finds his life controlled by disturbing nightmares of his client, an ancient sorcerer named Him Standing, who endeavors to emerge from the dream world.
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North-South Books
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 33 cm.
Description
Tired of painting the same old Easter eggs, Henri the rabbit decides that as an artist he needs to create something different and takes his inspiration from various periods of art history. Includes information on the artists used.
17) Rock what ya got
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
An artist, displeased with her drawing, tries to make it better but the figure, Viva, comes to life and proclaims that she is happy just as she is.
18) Ballyhoo Bay
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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Mira Bella mobilizes her art students, from grandmothers to children, crabs to seagulls, to stop a dastardly plan for turning the beach at Ballyhoo Bay into an exclusive resort, and offers an alternative--leave the beach as it is.
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
306 pages
Description
A tale based on the true story behind the creation and near destruction of Gustav Klimt's most remarkable paintings traces the experiences of one of the master artist's lovers in 1900 Vienna, whose experiences with anti-Semitism inspire the survival of her niece when the Nazis invade Austria decades later.
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