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20th Century Photography - Museum Ludwig Cologne by Maria Mitoglou
Category: Photography | Series: Icons Series
Cologne's Museum Ludwig was the first museum of contemporary art to devote a substantial section to international photography. Drawn from the L Fritz Gruber collection, which constitutes the core of the museum's holdings, this title provides insight into the collection's rich diversity; from conceptual ...Show more
Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde by David Leney; David Macdonald
Category: Transport | Series: Haynes Icons Ser.
Concentrating on the technical and engineering aspects of Concorde, this Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde manual gives rare insights into owning, operating, servicing and flying the supersonic airliner. Although the British and French Concorde fleets were prematurely retired in 2003, interest in this marvel of ...Show more
Alfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much by Michael Wood
Category: Film & Tv | Series: Icons
Widely regarded as the greatest filmmaker of the twentieth century, Alfred Hitchcock had a gift for creating suspense and a shrewd knowledge of human psychology. His film career, spanning more than half a century, is studded with classics from "The 39 Steps to Psycho, North by Northwest" to "Vertigo" (w ...Show more
Amazing Athletes (40 Inspiring Icons) by Jean-Michel Billioud
Category: Sports and Hobbies | Series: 40 Inspiring Icons
0 Inspiring Icons: Amazing Athletes introduces you to the top 40 Olympic athletes of all time with fun illustrations and key stats and facts. Records smashed… incredible athletic feats… Medals won… the top 40 Olympic athletes of all time are here! In this fun, fact-packed book from the 40 Inspir ...Show more
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Catholicism by Alban McCoy
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Continuum Icons S.
In this illuminating and engaging book, Alban McCoy imaginatively and intelligently addresses the key questions that non-Catholics - and even Catholics - have about Roman Catholicism. Are faith and reason enemies or allies? Do we need proof of God? Can God and evil both exist? Do we need the Pope? Is an ...Show more
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Christian Ethics by Alban McCoy
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Continuum Icons Ser.
In this concise and lucid book, Alban McCoy considers the fundamental principles of morality in a Christian context. Starting from the widespread phenomenon of seemingly insuperable disagreement in discussion of the most basic moral issues, he locates the root cause of such disagreement in confusion abo ...Show more
Angels by Gilles Neret
Category: Art | Series: Icons Ser.
LOOKING LOVELY AND PURE, PEEKING OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUDS AND FOREVER DOING GOOD DEEDS, ANGELS HAVE FOREVER BEEN A FAVORITE SUBJECT OF ARTISTS. THIS SELECTION OF SCULPTURES, CERAMICS, FRESCOES, PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS, BY THE GREATEST MASTERS FROM ANTIQUITY THROUGH THE RENAISSANCE, EXPL ...Show more
Art Now by Burkhard Riemschneider
Category: Art and Photography | Series: Icons Ser.
Highlights from our popular Art at the Turn of the Millennium Two pages, with illustrations and biographical / bibliographical information, are devoted to each artist. You'd be hard-pressed to find a more comprehensive guide in such a compact format
Audrey Hepburn by Christine Kidney
Category: Film & Tv | Series: Icons of Our Time
Famous and not so famous photographs of a great movie star!
Black Canary: Breaking Silence by Alexandra Monir
Category: Young Adult | Series: DC Icons Ser.
THENEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING SERIES! DC Icons continues with the first-ever YA origin story of superhero Black Canary, from the internationally bestselling author Alexandra Monir. In this thrilling novel, Dinah Lance's voice is her weapon.And in a near-future world where women have no rights, she won't ...Show more
Black Canary: Breaking Silence by Alexandra Monir
Category: Fiction | Series: DC Icons Ser.
In this thrilling origin story of Black Canary, Dinah Lance's voice is her weapon. And in a near-future world where women have no rights, she won't hesitate to use everything she has--including her song--to fight back. Dinah Lance was eight years old when she overheard the impossible- the sound of a gir ...Show more
Black Music Greats (40 inspiring icons) by Olivier Cachin
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: 40 Inspiring Icons
Each book in the 40 Inspiring Icons series introduces readers to a fascinating non-fiction subject through its 40 most famous people or groups. In this book, 40 of the most inspirational movers, shakers, and innovators in black music history are waiting to be heard. Find out about each artist's most ico ...Show more