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This deeply moving anthology, which compiles fiction, drama, diaries, memoirs, poetry, and painting both from and about the Shoah, offers a painful glimpse into the world as Nazi Germany decided it would be. AUTHOR: Lawrence L. Langer
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Hamlet by A. L. Rowse, Alan Durband, Albert Pia, Anton Lesser, Barnet Sylvan
Often credited with creating a popular movie audience for Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh has wanted for many years to bring to the screen the complete, full-length version of Hamlet. His desire becomes a reality when this epic drama, featuring an all-star cast and produced and directed by Branagh, comes to theaters this fall. This tie-in book includes Branagh's Introduction and screenplay, a production diary, color stills, and more. AUTHOR: A. L. Rowse, Alan Durband, Albert Pia, Anton Lesser, Barnet Sylvan
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | California Beach Houses by Mark Darley, Pilar Viladas, Stanley Abercrombie
The relaxed beachside glamor of these California getaways is captured in this lavishly photographed book, a private tour of 25 of the best, including a cabin in the Mendocino hills, a sprawling Malibu mansion, and a luxurious motor home in Venice Bea... AUTHOR: Mark Darley, Pilar Viladas, Stanley Abercrombie
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Caravaggio by Timothy Wilson-Smith
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was a boldly original artist who led a short and violent life. His sexually provocative nude figures and his dramatic religious paintings have a psychological power and an undiminished capacity to shock and disturb after almost four centuries. AUTHOR: Timothy Wilson-Smith
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Susan Seddon Boulet by Michael Babcock, Susan S. Boulet
Susan Seddon Boulet: The Goddess Paintings brings together the magnificent paintings of Susan Seddon Boulet with insightful, scholarly text by Michael Babcock, a San Francisco Bay Area writer who has studied mythology extensively. Set against Babcock's backdrop of history, mythology, and psychology, Boulet's luminous paintings of Psyche, Athena, Gaia, and forty-two other goddesses come to vibrant life. These paintings are among the best known and most highly regarded of the artist's oeuvre. While gazing at these paintings I found myself becoming mesmerized, captivated, and enthralled. -- NAPRA Trade Journal AUTHOR: Michael Babcock, Susan S. Boulet
PUBLISHER: Pomegranate Communications, Inc
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Bonnard by Timothy Hyman
Bonnard`s greatest works explore his claustrophobic relationship with his wife; in his seventies he also completed some of the most poignant self-portraits in Western art. This book shows how his greatest works sometimes emerged from terrible circumstances. 169 illustrations. 50 in color. AUTHOR: Timothy Hyman
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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