The Story of Art
Gombrich traces art from cave painting to modernism with clear stories and famous images.
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The Subtle Knife
Will finds a window to Cittagazze, meets Lyra, and both hunt the knife that cuts between worlds.
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The Sun Also Rises
Jake Barnes drifts through Paris bars and Pamplona bullfights with Brett Ashley and a wounded generation.
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Five wizard fairy tales from Hermione book, with Dumbledore notes, including the Three Brothers and the Hallows.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Surgeon Tomas loves Tereza yet keeps mistresses, while artist Sabina and professor Franz test freedom around the 1968 Soviet invasion of Prague.
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The Underground Railroad
Cora escapes Georgia on a literal railroad through states of terror and hope.
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The Viscount Who Loved Me
Anthony Bridgerton vows to marry without love until Kate Sheffield challenges him at every turn.
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Lewis sends Lucy, Edmund and Eustace aboard Caspian's Dawn Treader to find seven lost lords, past dragon gold, dark dreams and the world's edge.
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The Woman in Me
Britney Spears tells her own story from teen stardom to a thirteen year conservatorship, and how she fought to reclaim her voice and freedom.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Dorothy is carried to Oz by a cyclone and walks the yellow brick road with Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion.
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Too Late
Sloan is trapped with drug lord Asa until undercover Luke offers a way out.
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Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Behind the scenes guide to the first Twilight film with cast photos, sets, and effects stories.
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