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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing. Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn't one of them. As the impulsive, artistic daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, she's the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. Where they're long-stemmed roses, she's a dandelion: an adorable bloom that's actually a weed, born to float wherever the wind blows. In her bones, Ricki knows that...
2) The Mona Lisa vanishes: a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity
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Language
English
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Description
The man in a white smock--sweaty, sleepless, triumphant--walked out of the Louvre and into Paris. Then he disappeared. He'd stolen two things from the Louvre. The first was a doorknob. No one would care about the doorknob. The second was the Mona Lisa. A lot of people would care about the Mona Lisa.
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In the 1920s and '30s, Upper Manhattan became the center of an explosion of art, writing, and ideas that has since become legendary. But what we now know as the Harlem Renaissance, the first movement of international modern art led by African Americans, extended far beyond New York City. This volume examines for the first time the Harlem Renaissance as part of a global flowering of Black creativity, with roots in the New Negro theories and aesthetics...
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The Renaissance was an era obsessed with appearances. And beauty culture from the time has left traces that give us a window into an overlooked realm of history - revealing everything from 16th-century women's body anxieties to their sophisticated botanical and chemical knowledge. In a vivid exploration of women's lives, Professor Jill Burke invites us to rediscover historical cosmetic recipes and unpack the origins of the beauty ideals that are still...
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Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Claudie Wells is growing up in 1920s Harlem and is in awe of the artists all around her. Her father is a talented baker, her mother is a reporter for a renowned newspaper, and her boardinghouse mates include a jazz singer, cornet player, and painter. Claudie dreams of having a special talent all her own but struggles to find her calling. When an eviction notice threatens her beloved home, Claudie takes a risk to pursue an idea that just might turn...
Author
Series
Amelia Bedelia and friends volume 3
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Amelia Bedelia and her friends go on a field trip to the medieval fair
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