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Nonfiction, December 2006
- Block, R. Howard
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A Yale professor reveals the history, the hidden meaning, the deep beauty and the enduring allure of the Bayeux Tapestry, a 230-foot-long embroidered panorama depicting the Norman Conquest of 1066. A full-color insert includes reproductions of the complete Tapestry.
- Brunetti, Ivan (edited by)
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741.509 A629 2006The creator of Schizo offers a best-of anthology of contemporary art comics, along with some classic comic strips that have retained a "modern" sensibility.
- Cheever, Susan
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Between 1840 and 1868, three houses on the same road in Concord, Massachusetts, were home to such writers as Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau. In this fascinating history, Cheever explores how Concord developed into the first American community devoted to idealism.
- Collins, Paul
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973.0992 P933 2006What were the leaders of the free world really doing during all those meetings? As the creators of Cabinet magazine reveal here for the first time, they were doodling! Smart, revealing and hilarious, Presidential Doodles is the ideal read for anyone interested in politics or history — or for anyone that doodles!
- Cooper, Tracy E.
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A glamorous and unprecedented exploration of Palladio's work in one of the most beautiful of all cities.
- Dalai Lama, His Holiness the
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In a practical, uplifting and deeply relevant new work, His Holiness the Dalai Lama guides readers along the path to self-knowledge using the traditional Buddhist steps of meditative reflection.
- Ebert, Roger
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791.4375 E16a 2006No critic alive has reviewed more movies than Roger Ebert, and yet his essential writings have never been collected in a single volume — until now. With Awake in the Dark, both fans and film buffs can finally bask in the best of Ebert's work.
- Eisler, Benita
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B-S213e 2006An acclaimed literary biographer sheds new light on the first woman in Europe to become a bestselling novelist. Eisler reveals George Sand led several lives — literary, political, amorous and domestic. This work presents Sand at her essence — the outsized persona and the inner woman, along with the unique and irreplaceable role she played in the history of her times.
- Elliott, Mark Emory
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Civil War officer, Reconstruction "carpetbagger," bestselling novelist and relentless champion of equal rights, Albion Tourgie battled his entire life for racial justice. Elliott offers an insightful portrait of a fearless lawyer, jurist and writer, who fought for equality long after most Americans had abandoned the ideals of Reconstruction.
- Friedrich, J(org)
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For five years during the Second World War, the Allies launched a trial-and-error bombing campaign against Germany's historical city landscape. Historian Friedrich explores this crucial chapter, presenting a vivid account of the saturation bombing.
- Hignite, Todd
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741.5973 H638i 2006Studio visits with some of today's most popular and innovative comic artists — including Daniel Clowes, Jaime Hernandez, Gary Panter, Chris Ware and Art Spiegelman — present a look at the cutting edge of the comic medium. The interviews amount to private gallery tours, with the artists commenting on their own work as well as the works of others. The anthology is generously illustrated with full-color reproductions of the artists’ works, including some that have been published and others not originally intended for publication, such as sketchbooks and personal projects.
- Lacey, Robert
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With insight, humor and fascinating detail, Lacey brings to life the stories that made England — from Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionheart, the Venerable Bede to Piers the Ploughman.
- Leibovitz, Annie
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779.2 L525pL 2006This inspired and original photographic narrative is composed from Leibovitz's personal pictures and her work as a professional photographer. Book includes 300 photographs.
- Louvish, Simon
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791.43028 W519Lo 2006The first biography of screen siren Mae West makes use of her recently uncovered personal papers and sheds a new light on the iconic, unforgettable comedienne.
- Poundstone, Paula
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792.7028 P876t 2006Part memoir, part monologue, with a pinch of self-deprecation and a dash of startling honesty, this laugh-out-loud book features biographies of legendary historical figures from which Poundstone can't help digressing to tell her own.
- Satrapi, Marjane
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GN 955.053 SATRAPIIn her Persepolis books and in Embroideries, Marjane Satrapi rendered the events of her life and times in a captivating voice. Now she tells the story of her great-uncle, a celebrated Iranian musician who gave up his life for music and love.
- Sypeck, Jeff
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A professor of medieval literature pens an incisive and accessible exploration of the critical period in history marked by Charlemagne's rise to power and the reign that defined Europe for 1,200 years.
- Turin, Luca
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668.54 T938s 2006An engaging exploration of the cutting-edge science of olfaction by a celebrated biophysicist who has attempted to solve one of the greatest mysteries of the body: how smell works.
- Vienne, Veronique
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From the author of The Art of Doing Nothing comes a practical approach to discovering joy in the things of everyday life. The Art of Being a Woman is designed to infuse women's lives with the one thing that they have been missing: unabashed "joie de vivre."
- Wansink, Brian
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616.8526 W251M 2006A food psychologist helps readers change the way they look at food, and the facts needed to easily make smarter, healthier, more mindful and enjoyable choices at the dinner table, in the supermarket, in restaurants, at the office — even at a vending machine.