Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and Its Treasures from the Nazis, Paperback - Gerri Chanel

DescriptionIn August 1939, curators at the Louvre nestled the world's most famous painting into a special red velvet-lined case and spirited her aw...

Reducere. The Book Smugglers is the nearly unbelievable story of ghetto residents who rescued thousands of rare books and manuscripts--first from the Nazis a...

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DescriptionBuilt around 1200 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site that draws more than a million visitors and pilgrims each year, Chartres Cathedra...

Reducere. With Lament for the Makers W. S. Merwin honors the lives and work of twenty-three poets of our time. Each of them has been important to him, and al...

Her Child to Protectby Delores Fossen Nothing can stop her...from saving two lives.

There's more to Mia's school than meets the eye: rumours say a "lost" version of the Mona Lisa is hidden somewhere inside the building! Scheming cr...

Reducere. A PEOPLE BOOK OF THE WEEK WINNER OF THE JQ-WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE "A haunting tribute to survivors and those lost forever--and a reminder, in our o...

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Das Louvre-Album RF 1475-1556 wurde bisher als ein Corpus von Zeichnungen des venezianischen Malers Jacopo Bellini angesehen. Das vorliegende Buch ...

Reducere. "An extraordinary piece of history...a fresh and lively read" (The Christian Science Monitor)--the passionate, gripping, true story of one man's si...

A Jewish boy kills a Nazi by the Polish ghetto. He must escape the Third Reich, at all costs.Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General DivisionAuthor(s...

Reducere. DescriptionDespite its Harry Potter-like title, The Book of the Cave of Treasures is actually a rich seam of Jewish and Christian apocryphal lore, ...

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Make art an adventure for your child with classic picture book character, KatieFor over 25 years, Katie has stepped into the most famous and famili...

Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, has invaded Poland. But from the depths of despair rose some very courageous, selfless individuals, such as Sophie Sc...

Reducere. Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (author of Making Bombs for Hitler) crafts a story of ultimate compassion and sacrifice based on true events during WWII.Th...

Reducere. A narrative history of how Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa came to be the most famous in the world - and one of the most powerful cul...

Reducere. "Fast-paced and compelling . . . Waxman has an array of wondrous tales to tell . . . Considerable, admirable, and totally absorbing."--The Boston G...

The remarkable true story of how three British heroes saved thousands of endangered Czech men, women, and children from the Nazis at the beginning ...

The true story of the Sharps, a family who saved the lives of refugees, dissidents and Jews on the eve of WWII. Ties in with a new TV documentary f...

Reducere. 1941. After discovering Santa Claus' factory, the Nazis enslave the elves, incapacitate Santa and convert the factory into a factory of war. Two of...

Easystart. Marcel and the Mona Lisa Book and MP3 Pack - Stephen Rabley

In this World War II military history, Rommel's army is a day from Cairo, a week from Tel Aviv, and the SS is ready for action. Espionage brought t...

Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Jeffrey S. BachmanNumber of pages: 226Collection: Genocide, Political Violence, Human RightsPublicati...

Dr. Stucki is the author of 22 published articles and a book about the continuing problems still facing Native Americans in the US and Canada that ...

Reducere. Dr. Stucki is the author of 22 published articles and a book about the continuing problems still facing Native Americans in the US and Canada that ...

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Reducere. ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER!Unstoppable what-happens-next momentum.--Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling authorA deli...

Reducere. An incredible and moving account of one man's journey into the world of lions, why they are fast disappearing and what can be done to save them fro...

A fresh new look for this "Katie" classic, in which she helps the Mona Lisa find her smile.

A classic now back in print and enriched with new imagery, James J. Rorimer's riveting first-hand account takes readers on a treasure hunt as he fo...

Reducere. UPDATED AND REVISED EDITION: Throughout his distinguished legal career, Stephen Sheller has relished the role of the underdog, evincing a sharply h...

Publisher: Nabu PressAuthor(s): Arnold Hermann Ludwig HeerenIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 486Publication date: 20...