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21) Calligraphy alphabets for beginners: [the easy way to learn lettering and illumination techniques]
Author
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Presenting advice and instruction on a more basic level than found in most other calligraphy books, this resource takes absolute beginners by the hand and walks them through 15 key alphabets. The book's final section shows how to add color and sparkle to a text by employing illumination techniques that are quick to learn and fun to do.
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
A mysterious legacy connects a manuscript written in the 16th century by Juana, a young woman of Jewish origin who travels to Cuba with her father as they are persecuted by the Inquisition, and Alicia Solomon, the language expert who finds herself involved in a dangerous conflict of political interests during Cubas first democratic elections. Two women from different centuries, united by a secret that can alter the future of the island. Two heroines...
Author
Series
Publisher
RBA Libros
Pub. Date
2008
Language
Español
Description
"En plena madrugada, Hanna Heath, una prestigiosa conservadora de manuscritos medievales, recibe una llamada: la Haggadah de Sarajevo, uno de los libros más excepcionales y misteriosos del mundo, ha reaparecido tras permanecer oculto varios años y las Naciones Unidas la reclaman para que compruebe su estado. Sin dudarlo, acepta el encargo y viaja a Sarajevo. Cuando Hanna procede a su estudio, descubre entre sus páginas una serie de extrañas muestras:...
Author
Series
Robert Langdon novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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Description
The Da Vinci Code has intrigued and thrilled millions of readers around the world. Now all the artwork, symbols, architecture, and historic locations, over 160 images, are beautifully compiled in this full-color collector's edition. A mind-bending code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe. An astonishing truth concealed for centuries, unveiled at last. While in Paris on business, Harvard...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Offers an examination of the papyrus plant, looking at the important role it played in ancient Egyptian culture as a source of paper, as well as its unique properties that could help combat ecological and social problems in the modern world.
Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
When Biblical scholar Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages, he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. For almost 1500 years these manuscripts were hand copied by scribes who were influenced by the cultural, theological and political disputes of their day. Both mistakes and intentional changes abound in the surviving manuscripts,...
31) My name is Red
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
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Author
Language
English
Description
"The captivating, deeply reported true story of how one of the most notorious novels ever written-Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom-landed at the heart of one of the biggest scams in modern literary history. Described as both "one of the most importantnovels ever written" and "the gospel of evil," 120 Days of Sodom was penned by the Marquis de Sade, a notorious eighteenth-century aristocrat who waged a campaign of mayhem and debauchery across France,...
33) You let me in
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
After notorious recluse and eccentric best-selling author Cassandra Tipp disappears, and his assumed dead, she leaves behind her massive fortune and one final manuscript, which plunges the town into her deepest, darkest secrets.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Knotwork and plaitwork are examined in detail against the sacred background from which they sprang, and illustrations of motifs taken from famous brooches and carvings show how Celtic knots can be adapted for all manner craftwork.
35) The way of kings
Author
Series
Stormlight archive volume 1
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A new epic series by the best-selling writer of Robert Jordan's final Wheel of Time novels introduces the world of Roshar through the experiences of a war-weary royal compelled by visions, a highborn youth condemned to military slavery and a woman who would save her impoverished house.
Author
Series
Cass Neary novels volume 4
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Photographer Cass Neary is desperate to get home, and she's already lost her camera--like losing a limb. Now her only chance is to cash in on a deal that a friend is about to cut for a legendary illuminated manuscript: The Book of Lamps and Banners. The Book is said to contain ancient esoteric knowledge, even an otherworldly power. So when an intruder brazenly steals the manuscript, Cass and her ex-con lover Quinn must get it back"--
38) Fire the depths
Author
Series
Max Tilt series volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Max Tilt happens upon his great-great-great-grandfather Jules Verne's unfinished, unpublished manuscript, The Lost Treasures, he doesn't realize that he's found the answers to all his problems. And Max has a lot of problems--his mother is sick, his father is out of work, and his home is about to beforeclosed on. But when Max and his cousin Alex discover that Verne's last work reveals everything he wrote was fact, not fiction,...
40) Harvard Yard
Author
Series
Peter Fallon novels volume 2
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
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