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|  | Miserables by Charles E. Wilbour, James K. Robinson, Jim Reimann, Maurice Allem, Monica Kulling
Hugo's wrenching story centers on Jean Valjean, an honest peasant sentenced to five years' hard labor for stealing a loaf of bread, then 19 more for trying to escape. Turned into a hardened and ruthless criminal by his experiences, he reforms, becomes mayor of a French town, but is tracked down by the pitiless detective Javert for another obscure crime, and incarcerated. Escaping again from the brutal French prison, he befriends a prostitute named Fantine and her daughter, Cosette. This 1862 novel is remarkable for its sympathetic portrayal of common people: prisoners, the poor, women of the streets--all the down-and-out victims of the gross inequities of class in 19th-century Europe. AUTHOR: Charles E. Wilbour, James K. Robinson, Jim Reimann, Maurice Allem, Monica Kulling
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Debbie Travis' Painted House Kids' Rooms by Debbie Travis
Description not available.In a new how-to handbook from the author of Debbie Travis' Weekend Projects shows parents how to combine function, fun, flexibility, and creativity into designs for children's rooms, explaining how to incorporate youngsters' own wishes and suggestions and how to create a safe, comfortable room suitable for a child's changing needs. Original. 50,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Debbie Travis
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Van Gogh by Andrew Hughes
Description not available.A hand-held guide to Matisse summarizes his stunning career and his artistic genius in a concise, portable guide that is easily carried from one museum to the next. Original. AUTHOR: Andrew Hughes
PUBLISHER: Universe Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The Victor Weeps, Afghanistan
Afghanistan has suffered from civil wars: first from the Mujahideen war againts the Russians, and then from the fights between the different factions within the country, which led to the current Taliban government. Photographer Fazal Sheikh, whose grandfather emigrated from this region to Kenya in the early days of this century, takes us into Afghanistan, where he has worked for the past years. His in-depth texts and sensitive portraits of the people reveal layer by layer a population that has kept its dignity and respect for life through almost two decades of violent struggle. Fazal Skeikh has gained the trust of his subjects, they have told him the stories of their family martyrs, and they trusted him so deeply that they even shared their often haunting dreams with him. Images of the women, of the elders gathered around the gaslight, of children anxiously looking into an unknown future, and of war victims maintaining their pride, create thoughtful insight. This volume in engaged with human rights and war as much as with photographic representation itself, and with the quest for what the people of Afghanistan really think and feel.
PUBLISHER: Scalo Verlag
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Rebel Without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez
In Rebel Without a Crew, screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film, El Mariachi, on a shoestring budget. This is both one man's remarkable story and an essential guide for anyone who has a celluloid story to tell and the dreams and determination to see it through. AUTHOR: Robert Rodriguez
PUBLISHER: Dutton/Plume
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Pedro & Me by Judd Winick
The author pays tribute to his friend Pedro Zamora, an AIDS educator who died of the disease in 1994. The two met when they both appeared on the MTV series THE REAL WORLD. Named one of the Best Children's Books 2000 by Publishers Weekly. A 2001 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book. AUTHOR: Judd Winick
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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