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“The result is an art book: an exploration of an artist’s work with an eye to comprehensive coverage.”

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Forgotten Women: The Artists is part of a “brand new series, which will uncover the lost histories of the women who, over thousands of years have refused to accept the hand they were dealt

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“exposes violence in art, literature, thought, music, opera, movies, sports, love, landscapes, and in intellect itself.”

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“a fascinating read for anyone interested in fin-de –siècle Parisian society . . .”

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Brad Meltzer, the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of suspense novels for adults such as The Escape Artist, Heroes for My Son, and Heroes for My Daughter h

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“In spite of the depth and detail of this book, it is a fast read and worth sitting with a cup of tea by a warm fire from first page to last.”

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“Influenza: The Hundred Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History is a highly engaging read.

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“Joni: The Joni Mitchell Sessions is populated by myriad photographs of Joni Mitchell—Joni singing, Joni gesticulating, Joni posing, Joni mugging, even Joni swimmi

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Why We Dream takes the reader on a tour of Western dream history and modern Western interpretation.

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“a brief but informative overview of the most dangerous flashpoints threatening global peace . . .”

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“Leadership: In Turbulent Times cannot prescribe answers for the vexing questions of our own, fraught times, but it issues an authentic reminder of the traits and

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History buffs, educators, and even adventure-seekers love to discover unsung movers and shakers—especially stories that include elusive African American heroines whose lives and achievements have b

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Che: A Revolutionary Life (2018) is the graphic form of the book with a similar title also written by Jon Lee Anderson, published in 1997.

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“Rosetsu: Ferocious Brush will continue to promote this masterfully exciting artist to a much broader audience and help narrow the perception gap between Eastern a

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“an exquisite book about a poignantly wretched little girl and everything she represented.”   

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Art and Arcana offers glorious illustrations, fascinating backstories, and the occasional painful misstep of a franchise entering its 40th year.”

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“Stunning photographs . . . fascinating information . . .”

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Peter Frankopan is professor of global history at the University of Oxford. Steeped in knowledge of the world’s past he has written this book for his four children.

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“Harryhausen: The Movie Posters is infotainment in the best sense of the word.

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“Capitalism in America is an unabashed, detailed defense of capitalism.”

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“This is a treasure of a book from both the visual standpoint and the informational since the images are skillfully and comprehensibly described and given context.”

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“this is a book that has much to commend it and little to criticize. It is built on meticulous research and a strong overall conception of the significance of the subject.”

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“To spend hours in this writer’s company as he records the days and years is to have an instructive and unfailingly urbane companion.”

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“The people and events that are documented by McDarrah are legendary and huge, and taken together as a body of work create an extraordinary visual record of this vital moment in New York an

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