Sotheby's: The Inside Story
By: Peter Watson
3.53
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
Peter Watson exposes smuggling and the evasion of customs and national laws--and questions certain …
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3.79
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
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2. Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum
By: Jason Felch , Ralph Frammolino
4.01
Format: 511 pages, Hardcover
In recent years, several of America's leading art museums have voluntarily given up their finest pi… read more
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3. The Return of Martin Guerre
By: Natalie Zemon Davis
4.11
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
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4. Conclave
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4.00
Format: None pages,
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5. The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren
By: Jonathan Lopez
3.92
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
It's a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of … read more
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6. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
By: Erik Larson
3.86
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hit… read more
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7. Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece
By: Noah Charney
2.00
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
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8. Stolen, Smuggled Sold: On the Hunt for Cultural Treasures
By: Nancy Moses
3.76
Format: None pages, ebook
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9. Künstlers in Paradise
By: Cathleen Schine
3.53
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The beloved bestselling author of The Three Weissmanns of Westport—once dubbed “the modern-day Jewi… read more
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"If not a lost art, then an art that often rushes away from contemporary writers with all the excited energy of a disobedient dog. At least, that dog runs off from me. The best I have been able to do …"-Cathleen Schine, Künstlers in Paradise
10. The Paris Novel
By: Ruth Reichl
3.84
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Par… read more
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"That is the most expensive spice in the world. It comes from the Valley of Flowers, where everyone's hands are red from separating the saffron from the blossoms. Each flower has just three strands, s…"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
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11. The Helsinki Affair
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3.44
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
CIA agent Amanda Cole is thrust into an international conspiracy involving high-profile assassinati… read more
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12. The Age of AI and Our Human Future
By: Henry Kissinger
3.46
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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13. The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
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3.98
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
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14. The French Ingredient: A Memoir
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3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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15. The Sicilian Inheritance
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4.03
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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16. Wandering through Life: A Memoir
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3.91
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
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17. Look At This If You Love Great Art: A critical curation of 100 essential artworks • Packed with links to further reading, listening and viewing to take your enjoyment to the next level
By: Chloë Ashby
4.09
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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18. Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts
By: John Barelli
3.36
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
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19. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
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4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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20. A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24)
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4.42
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
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21. Sotheby's: The Inside Story
By: Peter Watson
3.53
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
Peter Watson exposes smuggling and the evasion of customs and national laws--and questions certain … read more
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