The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired, Paperback - Francine Prose

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From world-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects offers a unique opportunity to learn about the lives ...

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The compelling biography of the beautiful, talented Garman sisters and the glittering, romantic era in which they lived.Publisher: HarperCollins Pu...

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Contributor(s): Author: Anita SarkeesianAuthor: Ebony AdamsIllustrator: T. S. AbeRebels, rulers, scientists, artists, warriors and villainsWomen ar...

Contributor(s): Author: Giorgio VasariTranslator: George BullIntroduction by: George BullIn his Lives of the Artists of the Italian Renaissance, Va...

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Nine women in the Bible model practical steps for living out their faith boldly and seeking to please God rather than other people.Publisher: Thoma...

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Contributor(s): Author: Giorgio VasariTranslator: George BullIntroduction by: George BullIn his Lives of the Artists of the Italian Renaissance, Va...

DescriptionNine biographies that illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen The lives of the...

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IncAuthor(s): Francine ProseNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 135 x 203 x 27Cover type: Pap...

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Winner of the National Jewish Book Award: A novel of a Polish king and a rebellious rabbi, "full of sudden delights and mocking humor" (The New Yor...

Reducere. It has been years since Swenson, a professor in a New England creative writing program, has published a novel. It's been even longer since any of h...

Reducere. Most people can name some famous artists and recognize their best-known works. But what's behind all that painting, drawing, and sculpting? What wa...

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'Honest and original, Rose Napolitano is a story for every woman - for anyone who's wondered "what if?", for anyone who's wondered where a differen...

Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Donna FreitasNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 29Cover type: Paperbac...

Reducere. It happened by the grace of God that Joseph Santangelo won his wife in a card game.On a September night so hot that the good Catholics of New York ...

What is charismatic Holocaust survivor Meyer Maslow to think when a rough-looking young neo-Nazi named Vincent Nolan walks into the Manhattan offic...

Art Making with MoMA, from the educators at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, presents 20 interactive activities that encourage kids (and adults ...

Publisher: Sourcebooks, IncAuthor(s): Eliza ReidNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 150 x 217 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

For the Lives of All Women/Pela Vida Das Mulheres is a collection of photographs and interviews by Camila Cavalcante.

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Reducere. The Lives of the Virgins 2015 was written in part about the visit of the poet to Italy, Greece, and his fictitious environment in Southern New Jersey.

DescriptionMy Nine Lives is a powerful and stirring memoir of one of the greatest pianists of the postwar era--an inspiring tale of courage, compas...

The secret stories of what leaves mean - and what they mean to us.Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): Douglas JusticeNumber of pages: 336Public...

Reducere. Winner of the Independent Publishers Book Awards (Gold Medal, Romance)Set in China in the late 1800's, The Secret Language of Women tells the story...

What does peace mean to you? This illustrated collection of inspirational ideas about peace is based on the lives of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates of...

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A biographical survey of the principal Surrealists by one of the last surviving members of the movement, bestselling author and artist Desmond Morr...

This ground-breaking new book reveals the powerful ancient memory technique that solves the mystery behind monuments like Stonehenge, which have fo...

A beautifully illustrated book focusing on forty women from the Old Testament. Designed to be used as a devotional journey, with a practical reflec...

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Why are there so few women in politics? Why is public space, whether it's the street or social media, still so inhospitable to women? What does Car...

The final installment of the acclaimed Nine Lives trilogy, sequel to 'The Book of Learning' and 'The Book of Shadows'.