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1) The monuments men: Allied heroes, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history

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Edsel, Robert M

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In a race against time, a group of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the period between D-Day and V-E Day, this book follows the Monuments Men on their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis. These unlikely heroes, mostly middle-aged family men, walked...

2) Painting in the North: Alaskan art in the Anchorage Museum of History and Art

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Anchorage Museum of History and Art

3) Dwell

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Dwell is the unique modern architecture and design magazine for people who believe that good design is an integral part of real life. Get Dwell digital magazine subscription today.

4) Architectural Digest

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Architectural Digest is the world's foremost design authority, showcasing the work of top architects and interior decorators. It continues to set new benchmarks for how to live well—what to buy, what to see and do, where to travel, and who to watch on the fast-paced, multifaceted global design scene.

5) Ralph Masiello's Halloween drawing book

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Masiello, Ralph

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A Halloween drawing book in which illustrator Ralph Masiello shows the beginner how to draw gravestones, ghosts, black cats, bats, and more.

6) One woman's West: the life of Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton

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Mangum, Richard K

7) New Deal art in Arizona

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Fahlman, Betsy

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Arizona’s art history is emblematic of the story of the modern West, and few periods in that history were more significant than the era of the New Deal. From Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams to painters and muralists including Native American Gerald Nailor, the artists working in Arizona under New Deal programs were a notable group whose art served a distinctly public purpose. Their photography, paintings, and sculptures remain significant exemplars...

8) Christmas with Maud Lewis

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Woolaver, Lance

9) Totally cool nails: 50 fun and easy nail art designs for kids

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Rodgers, Catherine

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Presents fifty nail-art designs, including starfish, rainbow wave, candy heart, and watermelon slices, and includes tips and techniques on purchasing equipment and nail preparation.

10) Artists & Illustrators

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Artists & Illustrators is the UK’s best-selling magazine for artists and art lovers, providing advice and inspiration every month. Published for almost 25 years, each issue of Artists & Illustrators contains a colourful palette of profiles and features, together with valuable practical ideas, expert technical advice and useful product tests. Whether you favour oils or watercolours, portraits or landscapes, abstract art or botanical illustration,

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11) The Amber Room

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Berry, Steve

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Forged of the exquisite gem, the Amber Room is one of the greatest treasures ever made by man--and the subject of one of history's most intriguing mysteries. German troops invading the Soviet Union seized the Room in 1941. When the Allies bombed, the Room was hidden, and it has never been seen since. But now, the hunt has begun once more. Atlanta judge Rachel Cutler loves her job and her kids, and remains civil to her ex-husband, Paul. But everything...

12) This is what I know about art

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Drew, Kimberly

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"In this powerful and hopeful account, arts writer, curator, and activist Kimberly Drew reminds us that the art world has space not just for the elite, but for everyone"--

13) Grand Canyon: celebration of art

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The 15th annual Grand Canyon Celebration of Art is presented by the Grand Canyon Conservancy on behalf of Grand Canyon National Park.

14) Dream catchers: legend, lore and artifacts

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Oberholtzer, Cath

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In Ojibwe (or Chippewa in the United States) culture a dream catcher is a hand-crafted willow hoop with woven netting that is decorated with sacred and personal items such as feathers and beads. The Native American tradition of making dream catchers--hoops hung by the Ojibwe on their children's cradleboards to "catch" bad dreams--is rich in history and tradition. Although the exact genesis of this intriguing artifact is unknown, legend has it that...

15) The art forger: a novel

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Shapiro, B. A

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Boston painter Claire Roth has survived financially by painting reproductions, so when influential gallery owner Aiden Markel arrives with a bizarre proposal--her own show if she will forge a copy of a Degas, one of the pictures stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum--she says yes. As she works, Claire and Aiden become lovers, but she doesn't tell him about her discovery that the stolen Degas is itself a copy. This knowledge is Claire's lifeline...

16) Come look with me: enjoying art with children

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Blizzard, Gladys S

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Presents twelve color reproductions of paintings by artists from Holbein to Picasso, with questions to stimulate discussion and background information on each artist and painting.

17) Horse

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Brooks, Geraldine

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"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history. Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young...