The History of Art in 50 Paintings
By: Peter Russell
3.86
Format: 692 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
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3.91
Format: 361 pages, Paperback
It is 1998, the year in which America is whipped into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a… read more
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"Niente dura, e nondimeno niente passa. E niente passa proprio perché niente dura."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
"Tanta istruzione, e non serve a nulla. Nulla può isolare dal più infimo livello del pensiero."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
"موته كان خلاصها.الموت تدخل ليبسط كل شيء.كل شك،كل ريبة،كل الهواجس أزيحت جانبا على يد ذلك المستخف الأعظم بهم جميعا،الذي هو الموت."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
"Because that is when you love somebody - when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
2. The Interestings
By: Meg Wolitzer
4.00
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money… read more
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4. Rip Van Winkle
By: Washington Irving
3.81
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
What would you do if you met the Strange Men in the mountains? Would you dare to pass the haunted t… read more
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5. I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
By: Robert Graves
3.44
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54. Set in the… read more
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6. The History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses #350)
By: Bob Brier
0.00
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
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7. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1
By: Alan Moore , Kevin O'Neill
3.69
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
London, 1898. The Victorian Era draws to a close and the twentieth century approaches. It is a time… read more
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8. The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft
By: None
3.64
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Boser cracks the cold case of the art world's greatest unsolved mystery." --Vanity Fair "The True … read more
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9. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
By: Kara Swisher
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more
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10. King: A Life
By: Jonathan Eig
4.67
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more
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11. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
12. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
By: Michael Finkel
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more
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"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
13. All the Living and the Dead
By: Hayley Campbell
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A compelling and compassionate exploration of the death industry and the people—embalmers, detecti… read more
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"Death shows us what is buried in the living. By shielding ourselves from what happens past the moment of death we deny ourselves a deeper understanding of who we truly are."-Hayley Campbell, All the Living and the Dead
14. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
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15. Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4)
By: Vaseem Khan
4.25
Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition
*** SHORTLISTED FOR HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR at the FINGERPRINT AWARDS ***In the fourth rip-roa… read more
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16. Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger
By: Tony Tetro
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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17. Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art
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18. When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
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19. The History of Art in 50 Paintings
By: Peter Russell
3.86
Format: 692 pages, Kindle Edition
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20. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
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4.11
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For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
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21. The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
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