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  History of Italian Renaissance Art (6th Edition)

  by David G. Wilkins, Frederick Hartt

  This book focuses on works of art, their creators, and the circumstances affecting their creation. This revision is designed to provide readers with a more streamlined approach to understanding Italian Renaissance art without losing the enthusiasm and appreciation that Hartt demonstrated for this area and which earlier editions of this book conveyed so successfully. Italy and Italian Art; Duecento Art in... (more)
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  Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe

  by Leon Lederman

  "If there is one principle that has guided the spectacular advances in our understanding of the cosmos during the last hundred years, it is the concept of symmetry. In SYMMENTRY AND THE BEAUTIFUL UNIVERSE, Leon Lederman and Chris Hill have captured the essence of this simple yet profound concept and conveyed its wonders with art and precision. In accessible and entertaining language, the authors provide readers... (more)
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  Ladies of Liberty

  The Women Who Shaped Our Nation

  by Cokie Roberts

  In Founding Mothers , Cokie Roberts paid homage to the heroic women whose patriotism and sacrifice helped create a new nation. Now the number one New York Times bestselling author and renowned political commentator—praised in USA Today as a "custodian of time-honored values"—continues the story of early America's influential women with Ladies of Liberty . In her "delightfully intimate and confiding" style (... (more)
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  A Walk Through Combinatorics: An Introduction to Enumeration and Graph Theory (Second Edition)

  by Miklo?s Bo?na

  ...this is a textbook for an introductory combinatorics course that can take up one or two smesters
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  Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory

  by Judith Dupre

  From the Alamo and Gettysburg to Mount Rushmore and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Monuments is celebrated architectural historian Judith Dupré’s sweeping tribute to classic American landmarks. But included too are contemporary monuments that are changing the way we think about commemoration–the AIDS Quilt, a traveling memorial made for the people by the people, and even the haunting lyrics of Bruce... (more)
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  Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

  by Felice Fischer

  Ike Taiga (1723–1776) and his wife Tokuyama Gyokuran (1727–1784) were preeminent artists in 18th-century Japan. This landmark book––the only comprehensive survey available in English—focuses on the lives and times of these artists and accompanies the first-ever exhibition devoted to their work in the United States. Considered by contemporaries to be an eccentric marvel, indifferent to worldly preoccupations, Taiga... (more)
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  Green Homes

  by Sergi Costa Duran

  GREEN HOMES presents the latest innovations in sustainable architecture in design. After an introductory interview with an international specialist in green building, the book features 35 projects, including houses, apartments, offices, sports facilities, and factories. It explores various aspects of green design, from its ecological and economical benefits, to factors considered when choosing materials: how much... (more)
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  Code Name: Danger: Book 12

  Match Play

  by Merline Lovelace

  Olympic athlete turned secret agent Dayna Duncan always plays to win. Her assignment to guard an international sports sensation would be no different. Then the one man who could throw Dayna off her game appears. Fighter pilot Luke Harper never did play fair.... Years ago, knowing that he could jeopardize her shot at the gold, Luke broke things off with Dayna. Now he's back...for keeps. Even as Dayna tries to... (more)
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  Houses of Los Angeles, 1920-1935 (Urban Domestic Architecture) (Urban Domestic Architecture)

  by Sam Watters

  Los Angeles Houses, 1920-1935 brings together house and garden plans with over 300 archival photographs of downtown residences and mountainside estates built by Hollywood celebrities and Los Angeles innovators including movie starts Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Marion Davies, David O. Selznick, Packard dealer Earle C. Anthony, Union Bank Chairman Ben R. Meyer and pioneer American Indian and Chinese art... (more)
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  Panama Fever

  The Epic Story of One of the Greatest Human Achievements of All Time—The Building of the Panama Canal

  by Matthew Parker

  A thrilling tale of exploration, conquest, money, politics, and medicine The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in human history. It literally required moving mountains, breaking the back of the great range that connects North and South America. Begun by the French in 1880, its successful completion in 1914 by the Americans marked the end of the Victorian Age and the beginning of the “American Century.” ... (more)
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  Founding Faith

  Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America

  by Steven Waldman

  The culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Many activists on the right maintain that the United States was founded as a “Christian nation.” Many on the left contend that the Founders were secular or Deist and that the First Amendment was designed to boldly separate church and state throughout the land. None of these claims are true, argues Beliefnet.com editor in... (more)
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  Simetri­a del tiempo

  by Javier A?vila

  LAUDO DEL JURADO DEL PREMIO OLGANOLLA 2005 ...El autor logra distanciarse de su obra para evaluarla y pulirla. La simetría del tiempo revela la aguda sensibilidad de quien no sólo ha vivido y percibido atentamente sino que ha pensado con detenimiento sus vivencias y percepciones. Es un texto rico en matices, texturas, intertextualidades, ironías y ludismo. Tiene suficiente diversidad temática para mantener el... (more)
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  Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others

  by Marco Iacoboni

  What accounts for the remarkable ability to get inside another person’s head—to know what they’re thinking and feeling? “Mind reading” is the very heart of what it means to be human, creating a bridge between self and others that is fundamental to the development of culture and society. But until recently, scientists didn’t understand what in the brain makes it possible.   This has all changed in the last decade.... (more)
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  We Will Be Heard: Voices in the Struggle for Constitutional Rights Past and Present

  by Bud Schultz, Ruth Schultz

  Freedom of expression, a fundamental right in any democracy, has often been denied to Americans whose beliefs challenge the status quo.We Will Be Heard features over 90 stirring portraits and first-person accounts of Americans targeted for speaking out against government policies and actions. America’s complex history of dissent has been made by both well-known and lesser-known individuals, such as Fred... (more)