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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: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Yvonne Porcella by Jean R. Laury, Yvonne Porcella
Weavings, wearables, and quilts are featured in this intimate look at a seasoned artist`s innovative use of color and imagery. With her work exhibited in major museums and held in collections worldwide, this gifted artist, teacher, and author has been influential in her fields. This book describes her incredible thirty-year journey through the art world, and reveals her personal inspirations. The limited edition signed hardcover version is case bound with a dust jacket.

AUTHOR: Jean R. Laury, Yvonne Porcella
PUBLISHER: C & T Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Much Ado About Murder by Anne Perry
Description not available.A new collection of all original tales of mystery, intrigue, and murder inspired by the life, times, and work of William Shakespeare features contributions by Jeffery Deaver, Carole Nelson Douglas, Robert Barnard, P. C. Doherty, Anne Perry, Gillian Linscott, Edward D. Hoch, Peter Treymayne, Simon Brett, and others.

AUTHOR: Anne Perry
PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Mammies No More by Lisa M. Anderson
Explores the ways in which mainstream American plays and films have reflected-- and helped to reinforce-- stereotypes of black women.

AUTHOR: Lisa M. Anderson
PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Jimmie Durham by Laura Mulvey
Jimmic Durham is an internationally acclaimed artist, writer and poet of Cherokee descent. His intricate sculptures and installations mimic the attributes of humans and animals, and the ways they make or are made into history. Durham collages discarded objects anti fragments of organic matter, transforming them with dazzling colour into startling, anthropomorphic configurations. His sculptures, wall-based collages and ersatz ethnographic displays deliver ironic assaults on the colonizing procedures of Western culture. An activist in the American Indian movement during the 1970s, he has also published poetry, fiction and critical theory.

AUTHOR: Laura Mulvey
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

The Screenwriter's Survival Guide by Max D. Adams
Description not available.An award-winning, veteran screenwriter takes readers through the steps of selling a screenplay and getting a movie produced, from writing a pitch and finding an agent to negotiating a lucrative movie deal, in a helpful handbook that also includes practical advice and sample letters, forms, contracts, and format pages. Original.

AUTHOR: Max D. Adams
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture