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(0)Kathleen Krull
In this grand addition to their highly praised...
From Da Vinci to Warhol, each of these 20 artists is respectfully exposed for their idiosyncracies as well as their contributions to the history of art. What they ate, what they wore, who they loved and who their friends were - it's all here.
ARTISTS INCLUDED:
- Da Vinci
- Michelangelo
- Bruegel
- Anguissola
- Rembrandt
- Hokusai
- Cassatt
- Van Gogh
- Kollwitz
- Matisse
- Picasso
- Chagall Duchamp
- O'Keeffe
- Johnson
- Dali
- Noguchi
- Rivera
9) Marie Curie
10) Isaac Newton
11) Sigmund Freud
12) Charles Darwin
All his life, Charles Darwin hated controversy. Yet he takes his place among the Giants of Science for what remains an immensely controversial subject: the theory of evolution. Darwin began piecing together his explanation for how all living things change or adapt during his five-year voyage on HMS Beagle. But it took him twenty...
18) M Is for Music
Music and the alphabet have always gone together. Don't kids learn their letters by singing the ABCs? But you've never seen—or heard—a musical alphabet like this one. Beloved tunes. Unusual instruments. Legendary virtuosos. From anthems to zydeco, the language of music and the music of language harmonize in one superb symphony. It's a funky fusion for songsters of all ages! Includes endnotes.
Poor Abraham Lincoln! His life was hardly fun at all. A country torn in two by war, citizens who didn't like him as president, a homely appearance—what could there possibly be to laugh about? And yet he did laugh. Lincoln wasn't just one of our greatest presidents. He was a comic storyteller and a person who could lighten a grim situation with a clever quip.
This unusual biography of Lincoln highlights his life and presidency, focusing
...You might know that Columbus discovered America, Lewis and Clark headed west with Sacajawea, and Sally Ride blasted into space. But what do you really know about these bold explorers? What were they like as kids? What pets or bad habits did they have? And what drove their passion to explore unknown parts of the world? With juicy tidbits about everything from favorite foods to first loves, Lives of the Explorers reveals these fascinating
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