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Monuments Men Rose Valland By Patrick Bunker Rose Valland was an ordinary French citizen whose actions made an extraordinary impact during World War 2. Rose was a member of The French Resistance, but her acts of fearless bravery made a positive effect on countries all over the...

♦ Cet ebook bénéficie d’une mise en page esthétique optimisée pour la lecture numérique. ♦ « Non, Van Gogh n'était pas fou mais ses peintures étaient des feux grégeois, des bombes atomiques, dont l'angle de vision, à côté de toutes les autres peintures qui sévissaient à cette...

Este libro, el más famoso de Savinio y para muchos su obra maestra, fue publicado por primera vez en 1942 y, sin embargo, su esencia permanece inalterada a pesar de los años. El artista italiano se propone resucitar el arte extinguido de un gran pintor como Holbein, cuya grandeza consiste en captar...

本書是一部關於國民黨特務組織及其活動歷史的研究專著，在全面梳理海內外史料、親歷者回憶資料基礎上，系統論述“中統”與“軍統”組織的源起、發展及改組的過程，生動描繪國民黨特務組織活動的細節，忠實還原隱晦最深的歷史真相。

From the snow drifts and tornadoes of Nebraska, to the white sand beaches of southern Italy, author Jessy King shares his experiences as an exchange student during his senior year of high school. In The Exchange, he tells about traveling and learning abroad in 2001 and 2002 against the backdrop of...

"W listopadzie winiarze zlewali nowe wino. Były to czasy, kiedy każdy winiarz wyrabiał inne. Wieczorami zapraszali się wzajemnie do domów i próbowali swoje wina, pogryzając pierwsze w sezonie kasztany. Takie wino nazywano „szorstkim”. Nie do końca sfermentowane, miało w sobie...

In his teenage years, Joe Castillo developed a passion for using art to tell stories. Joe has told his WordStories to audiences for more than thirty years. He also created ArtStory presentations that combined those stories with illustrations drawn for live audiences. His newest adventure is SandStory....

A book for our times: a book about taking charge of ones destiny through combining what one had to do with what one loves to do. Ms. Grant found her calling by turning to art for healing and renewal. Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, Ph.D.; Director, New York Arts Exchange Wilhelmina Grant has provided women everywhere...

**　　　　「歌德」為德語版進行翻譯，「達利」為英文版繪製插畫 　　「文藝復興不只文藝，還又瘋又鬧又憂鬱！」 　　十六世紀藝術家的精彩生活；文藝復興社會裡的亂世浮生** 　　本韋努托．切里尼，佛羅倫斯人，十六世紀文藝復興時期重要的藝術家。 諸如當代其他的偉大人物，但丁、薄伽丘、達文西、米開朗基羅等，切里尼也有著多才多藝的天才特徵，更有瘋狂駭俗的浪蕩不羈。 　　作為雕刻家，他為佛羅倫斯公爵柯西莫一世創作了聞名於世的柏爾修斯像； 　　作為金匠，他為法國國王弗郎索瓦一世製作了著名的鹽盒； 　　作為罪犯，他為弟弟手弒仇人，最後鋃鐺入獄； 　　作為軍人，他為教皇克萊門特七世保衛聖天使堡立下汗馬功勞； 　　作為雙性戀者，他為了愛情慾望，招惹了無數男人和女人。    **　　◎西方經典叢書必收錄書目** 　　西方有名的經典叢書，《企鵝經典》、《牛津世界經典》、《人人文庫》皆收錄了切里尼的自傳，甚至杜蘭特《人類文明史》與《哈佛經典》叢書，都用龐大的篇幅介紹《切里尼自傳》。它與奧古斯丁《懺悔錄》，羅馬皇帝安東尼《沉思錄》，盧梭《懺悔錄》，美國富蘭克林的《自傳》等作品，並列為西方歷史中最重要的自傳之一。  ...

Margaret Preston, Australia's foremost woman painter between the wars, sent a series of shock-waves through Sydney's art circles with her vital art, her spirited journalism and her belligerent enthusiasm for living, during a career that spanned over seventy years. 'A red-headed little firebrand...

Alex Lifeson is a Canadian musician, known as the guitarist for the rock group Rush. Lifeson founded Rush in the summer of 1968, and has been an integral member of the three-piece band ever since. For Rush, Lifeson plays electric and acoustic guitars as well as other stringed instruments such as mandola,...

This book is a story about Cool Water's humble beginnings and how he was lead to get involved in the music business. Also, he talks about the evolution of hip hop, and how different styles of rap changed throughout the nineties up until the early two thousand which has lead to some of the music we...

A harrowing escape from Africa. A passion for music. A calling for social activism… Growing up, Gentil Misigaro only knew the world as a place of loss, fear, and death. For fifteen years he and his family moved from country to country to escape the violence, but it followed them from their...

One of the most distinctive voices in mainstream comics since the 1970s, Howard Chaykin (b. 1950) has earned a reputation as a visionary formal innovator and a compelling storyteller whose comics offer both pulp-adventure thrills and thoughtful engagement with real-world politics and culture. His...