Los Angeles's Boyle Heights, Hardcover - Japanese American National Museum

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): George J. SanchezNumber of pages: 390Collection: American CrossroadsPublication date: 2022Dimen...

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The story of intrepid palaeontologists, the discoverers of prehistoric life, and the revelations found through their research.Illustrations: 200 cl...

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An innovative retrospective look at the work of one of America's most iconic artists, utilizing the concepts of mirroring and doubling, which have ...

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DescriptionNo nation was more deeply affected by America's rise to world power than Japan. President Franklin Roosevelt's uncompromising policy of ...

While teaching in Japan, Judith Pascoe was fascinated to discover the popularity that Emily Bront 's novel Wuthering Heights has enjoyed there. Nea...

Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts, BostonAuthor(s): Anne Nishimura (Curator of Japanese Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) MorseIllustration(s): ...

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The beautiful and elusive sights of aurorae are considered some of Earth's most mesmerising phenomena. Many strands of science explain their existe...

Publisher: Museum of Fine Art, Budapest / Hungarian National GalleryIllustration(s): 20 b/wNumber of pages: 80Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 240...

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The American Museum of Natural History is one of New York City's most beloved institutions, and one of the largest, most celebrated museums in the ...

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