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Here Is My Kingdom: Hispanic-American Literature and Art for Young People is a vital and colorful anthology - the first of its kind - that illuminates the many facets of the Hispanic-American experience. To capture the spirit, vitality, and diversity of the Hispanic heritage, Here Is My Kingdom covers a broad spectrum of cultures and origins and spans history from Columbus and Cortes to Cesar Chavez. Through the poems, texts, and illustrations the reader can explore many kingdoms: Spain and Portugal; the Mayas and Aztecs; the kingdom of God; the mythical kingdom of Aztlan, said by some to have existed where New Mexico and Arizona are today. The text and art - by classic, well-known, and even relatively new writers and artists - are brilliantly selected from a vast and rich literary and historical tradition. The art and literature work together here to convey remarkable images of beauty and endurance and feelings of strength and pride. Frida Kahlo's painting Roots accompanies words from the poem The Roots by Hugo Salazar Tamariz. A traditional folk rhyme is paired with colorful Mexican folk art. Wifredo Lam's The Jungle appears with Give Me Back My World by Rita Geada. The elegant, accessible design and beautifully reproduced illustrations of Here Is My Kingdom let the reader enjoy paintings, folk art, murals, wood-block prints, cave drawing, ancient and contemporary sculpture, and photographs that enhance songs, poems, and proverbs, and excerpts from short stories, essays, novels, and speeches. Biographical notes give background information on all the artists and writers, including places where more of their work can be found. The book's foreword is by Luis R. Cancel, Commissionerof Cultural Affairs in New York City and former Executive Director of the Bronx Museum of the Arts. He gives insight into the complex question of Hispanic-American identity and tells the reader to remember that the oral and literary traditions of your family, neighbors, and community c AUTHOR: Charles Sullivan, Luis R. Cancel
PUBLISHER: Abrams, Harry N. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Emma by Adela Pinch, C. E. Brock, Carroll Moulton, H. M. Daleski, James Kinsley
First published in 1816, EMMA is about an unconventional heroine who possesses beauty, power, confidence, and wealth. She is also opinionated and judgmental, scheming and cunning. She attempts to match an orphaned young woman, Harriet Smith, with someone of a higher-born class, instead of the farmer Harriet prefers. The novel follows the two women as they weave in and out of love relationships that mirror the social climb. Denied any other way to advance, the women in Austen's novels must marry to get ahead. AUTHOR: Adela Pinch, C. E. Brock, Carroll Moulton, H. M. Daleski, James Kinsley
PUBLISHER: Quiet Vision Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Baywatch by Gregory J. Bonann
Description not available.Provides behind-the-scenes information about the cast and production of the popular television program that is seen in over one hundred countries around the world. AUTHOR: Gregory J. Bonann
PUBLISHER: New Millennium Entertainment
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Early Christian & Byzantine Art by John Lowden
In the 320s, when most of Europe, North Africa and the Near East lay within the borders of the Roman Empire, the Emperor Constantine moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium, which was renamed Constantinople (modern Istanbul). Under successive emperors and empresses for more than a thousand years, artists, architects and craftsmen produced superb and intriguing works ranging from the grandest public buildings to the smallest and most personal items. Today this art is generally termed Early Christian and Byzantine. It was and is an art of extraordinary directness, but also of mystery and transcendence. It defined the Christian tradition in art and architecture for succeeding centuries. John Lowden explains how and why Early Christian and Byzantine Art was made and used, in a text closely integrated with superlative photographs, many taken especially for this book. His account is accessible, up-to-date, authoritative -- and inspiring. AUTHOR: John Lowden
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Pride & Prejudice by Andrew Worrall, Anna Quindlen, Donald J. Gray, Frank W. Bradbrook, Isobel Armstrong
Description not available.In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young Elizabeth Bennet copes with the romantic entanglements of her four sisters and her growing feelings for Mr. Darcy, a proud and brooding gentleman. Reprint. AUTHOR: Andrew Worrall, Anna Quindlen, Donald J. Gray, Frank W. Bradbrook, Isobel Armstrong
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Toulouse-Lautrec by Federico Zeri
Description not available.Examines the life and major paintings of Toulouse-Lautrec, particularly At the Moulin Rouge, and focuses on his observational skills, technique, artistic training, and prominent themes. AUTHOR: Federico Zeri
PUBLISHER: NDE Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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