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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
212 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Description
"As much about the life of the city as it is about a life lived, sometimes, in the city, John Banville's "quasi-memoir" is as layered, emotionally rich, witty, and unexpected as any of his novels. Born and bred in a small town a train ride away from Dublin, Banville saw the city as a place of enchantment when he was a child, a birthday treat, the place where his beloved, eccentric aunt lived. And though, when he came of age and took up residence there,...
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Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
The author introduces readers to some of the interesting characters found in the region of Provence--a disgraced gendarme, a gourmet in a track suit, and a man whose ambition is to make toads sing.
Publisher
Excellent Children's Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min. ) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Teaches children about the art and life of the Impressionist painter Claude Monet through the tale of a little girl's love affair with his paintings. Linnea and her friend Mr. Bloom set off to Paris, and then to Monet's garden in Giverny to discover the real places which served as inspiration for their favorite paintings. Combines animation with live action shot of Monet's paintings and his garden in Giverny.
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Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
408 pages : illustrations, color portrait ; 24 cm.
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Commissioned in 1750, the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power and wealth of a great Venetian family, but the fortunes of the Venier family waned and the project was abandoned with only one storey complete. Empty, unfinished, and in a gradual state of decay, the building was considered an eyesore. Yet in the early 20th century the Unfinished Palazzo's quality of fairytale abandonment, and its potential for transformation, were to...
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Convencido de que quizá la Ciudad de México no sea el lugar más aconsejable para vivir, pero también de que es tan intrincada y apasionante que resulta imposible abandonarla, Villoro propone este libro escrito desde la devoción del urbanita recalcitrante y maravillado que se despliega como un rompecabezas infinito: los atajos viales, el cine de luchadores, los héroes nacionales, el comercio tepiteño, la tramitología gubernamental, el enigma...
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Publisher
Skira Rizzoli
Pub. Date
c2013.
Physical Desc
176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Description
"An intimate monograph of the professional and personal creations of a midcentury design legend... Working as an associate at the office of George Nelson in the 1950s and '60s, Harper was responsible for such icons of midcentury design as the Marshmallow sofa, the Ball clock, and numerous Herman Miller textile designs. Harper's unrecognized contribution to this seminal era of design, and his incredible paper sculptures (made in his spare time to "relieve...
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Nature was a form of religion for naturalist, essayist, and early environmentalist Henry David Thoreau (1817–62). In communing with the natural world, he wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and learn what it had to teach. Toward that end Thoreau built a cabin in the spring of 1845 on the shores of Walden Pond, on land owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson, outside Concord, Massachusetts. There he observed nature, farmed,...
77) The natural world of Winnie-the-Pooh: a walk through the forest that inspired the Hundred Acre Wood
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
307 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
"Delve into the home of the world?s most beloved bear!The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh explores the magical landscapes where Pooh, Christopher Robin, and their friends live and play. The Hundred Acre Wood--the setting for Winnie-the-Pooh?s adventures--was inspired by Ashdown Forest, a wildlife haven that spans more than 6,000 acres in southeast England. In the pages of this enchanting book you can visit the ancient black walnut tree on the edge...
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Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
c2013.
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 31 cm.
Description
Hearst Ranch offers readers an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the stunningly beautiful 82,000-acre cattle ranch surrounding William Randolph Hearst's legendary Hearst Castle. Much of this spectacular landscape is still privately owned and has never been seen-but this book changes that. Through historical images from the vast Hearst archive and full-color photography commissioned for this volume, the Hearst Ranch and its many century-old ranch...
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More than any other canonical English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer lived and worked at the centre of political life--yet his poems are anything but conventional. Edgy, complicated, and often dark, they reflect a conflicted world, and their astonishing diversity and innovative language earned Chaucer renown as the father of English literature. Marion Turner, however, reveals him as a great European writer and thinker. To understand his accomplishment,...
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