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1) Inheritance
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Series
Lost bride trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Inheritance is the first in The Lost Bride Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts--a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for generations. 1806: Astrid Poole sits in her bridal clothes, overwhelmed with happiness. But before her marriage can be consummated, she is murdered, and the circle of gold torn from her finger. Her last words are a promise to Collin never to leave him... Graphic designer Sonya...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Sadie Montogmery has had good breaks and bad breaks in her life, but as a struggling artist, all she needs is one lucky break. Things seem to be going her way when she lands one of the coveted finalist spots in a portrait competition. It happens to coincide with a surgery she needs to have. Minor, they say. Less than a week in the hospital they say. Nothing about you will change, they say. Upon recovery, it begins to dawn on Sadie that she can see...
3) Oh, Olive!
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Description
"Presenting Olive Chen! The most magnificent and brilliant artist in the whole wide world! Her parents are also artists--serious artists--who paint prim, proper, perfect shapes. They know Olive has the talent to follow in their footsteps. But Olive likes to smear, splatter, splash, and even lick. With a brush in each hand, Olive cascades through town with her friends in tow, painting what she wants to, what she feels--until she reaches her parents'...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Description
"Some truly remarkable works of art have been inspired by artists spending time away from their typical surroundings. From epic road trips and arduous treks into remote territories to cultural tours and sojourns in the finest hotels, this book explores 30 influential journeys taken by artistic greats and reveals the repercussions of those travels on the painters' personal lives and the broader cultural landscape. Award-winning author Travis Elborough...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"How many female artists can you name? Artemisia Gentileschi, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keefe? Here's a 360-degree look at the role women have played in art history, including the influence and empowerment of women through art beyond those who have taken up a brush or a chisel"--
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©2006
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
Description
"The core of this powerful assemblage is an exploration of the extraordinary achievement of Haida art, as art. Interwoven throughout the text and the finely reproduced images is a skillful intermingling of key themes: the defining myths of origins; the structures of ownership and privilege; the relationship of the people to the land; the influence of the early master-carvers; the monumental achievements of Charles Edenshaw, Bill Reid, Robert Davidson,...
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Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm
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"When you're lying on your deathbed, would you say 'I am so glad I tried' or 'I wish I had another chance'? You likely want to be an Artist...but you're stuck between a rock and a hard place. The rock: you don't know how to become what you want to be. The hard place: you're spending all your time doing what you don't want to be doing. You're not alone..."
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten--certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by progeny of film producers, C-Suite executives, and international art-dealers, most of whom float through...
10) Time to make art
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Pub. Date
2024.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
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When a little girl asks meaningful questions about creating art, her questions are answered by a diverse group of artists throughout time and history. This inspiring picture book about making art doubles as an introduction to the multifaceted and global history of art. Making both art history and art creation accessible to all, "Time to Make Art" nourishes creativity, encouraging young readers to see the artist in themselves.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing. Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn't one of them. As the impulsive, artistic daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, she's the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. Where they're long-stemmed roses, she's a dandelion: an adorable bloom that's actually a weed, born to float wherever the wind blows. In her bones, Ricki knows that...
12) Midnight Cowboy
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Description
This Academy Award-winning Best Picture features Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in standout roles as a con man and a Texas hustler trying to survive on the tough streets of New York.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicles the singular career of the elusive African American art star David Hammons from Watts rebellion era '60s L.A. to global art world prominence today. Hammons' category-defying practice, rooted in a deep critique of American society and the elite art world, is in the words of one art critic "an invitation to confront the fissures between races."
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Paris, 1889. For Manuela del Carmen Caceres Galvan, the invitation to show her paintings at the 1889 Exposition Universelle came at the perfect time. Soon to be trapped in a loveless marriage, Manuela has given herself one last summer of freedom-- in Paris, with her two best friends. Cora Kempf Bristol, Duchess of Sundridge, is known for her ruthlessness in business. How difficult could it be to convince the mercurial Miss Caceres Galvan to part...
16) My death
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 105 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
"The narrator of this creepy but feministically delicious novella, an early 21st-century novelist decides to write the biography of Helen Ralston, an all-but-forgotten 20th-century novelist she has long admired. In the late 1920s, Helen studied painting with W.E. Logan. Logan painted her as Circe, and Helen painted herself as an island titled My Death. When they parted for good, both turned to writing. Willy became famous; Helen did not. The narrator...
17) Heartfelt
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The audiobook edition of Heartfelt takes listeners on an amazing listening experience, sprinkling in nuggets of wisdom and spirituality along the way. Almost as if someone lifted the colorful illustrations and uncanny word play off the pages of Heartfelt's print version, the audiobook edition brings the print version to life by tantalizing the minds, imaginations, and ears of listeners. People from various age groups, ethnicities, and cultures will...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Unabridged Mrs. Vera's Daybook tells a story of activism, art, and love. During one of the darkest periods in US History, two San Francisco artists and long-term AIDS survivors decide to bring joy and color to a broken community.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
222 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"In the year following her mother's death, Sophie navigates a complicated love triangle between a new flame and a past partner. It's the west end of Toronto, the apartments are small, and everybody is twenty-seven and making some kind of art. In the wake of her mother's death, Sophie pays rent by making stained glass mosaics for rich people and plays house with her childhood friend and sometimes-lover, the beautiful boy Alex. Both are from Newfoundland...
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Andy Warhol, revolutionary and controversial, was never afraid to break the mold and reshape the reals of art, advertising, and directing. But who was the real man behind the colors in which he hid? Was it the art or the fame that controlled and spawned his unique creativity? Sabbatical Entertainment takes an in-depth look at the life and works of Andy Warhol.
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