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Book Cover for: All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me, Patrick Bringley

All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

Patrick Bringley
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Patrick Bringley revisits the many ways that art meets life and how death is often the bridge between them in his debut memoir, "All the Beauty in the World." https://t.co/WCbJn4iObd

Paperback, 2024

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Ulysses, James Joyce

Ulysses

James Joyce
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The legacy of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” may reside in how it concentrates on the music of tentative, shambolic, open-ended urban lives. https://t.co/aeF6aoNLy7

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Book Cover for: Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life, Renata Cherlise

Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life

Renata Cherlise
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Curated to feel like a family photo album, Renata Cherlise’s “Black Archives” showcases images of Black people experiencing moments of love, joy, rest, leisure, and everyday life. https://t.co/lPzjyDBPfw

Hardcover, 2023

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Power of the Dog, Thomas Savage

The Power of the Dog

Thomas Savage
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Ela Bittencourt: “In Jane Campion’s elegant adaptation of Thomas Savage’s novel ‘The Power of the Dog,’ nature is an instrument of both wonder and violence.” https://t.co/yXDlR8FaYf

Paperback, 2001

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison
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New York Public Library spotlights Toni Morrison for Banned Books Week, offering "Beloved" and "The Bluest Eye" for unlimited checkouts through October 31. https://t.co/xnf4NV0nsF

Paperback, 2007

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910, Esther Crain

The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910

Esther Crain
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“The Gilded Age in New York, 1870–1910” chronicles the rise of the NYC metropolis and the roots of its role as an international cultural center. https://t.co/0XU2AJs5pT

Hardcover, 2016

$38.00$19.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Reach: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Steven Holl

The Reach: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Steven Holl
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Asia Society’s traveling exhibition brings art and climate to center stage this spring at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. https://t.co/mJkAmESUaI

Hardcover, 2019

$65.00$40.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty, Ellen Warner

The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty

Ellen Warner
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“The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty” is a celebration of the strength and insight of women across the world. https://t.co/Dg9D4XxANi

Hardcover, 2022

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Florine Stettheimer: A Biography, Barbara Bloemink

Florine Stettheimer: A Biography

Barbara Bloemink
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Barbara Bloemink’s “Florine Stettheimer: A Biography” is the first full reading of the artist’s body of work and gives her the attention she has long deserved. https://t.co/biyhUZUw5k

Hardcover, 2022

$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

W. E. B. Du Bois
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W.E.B. Du Bois is best known for his sharp, sociological imagination and groundbreaking book of racial philosophy, “The Souls of Black Folk” — but the writer, historian, and Pan-African civil rights activist also had a remarkable visual mind. https://buff.ly/3l5nk0q

Hardcover, 2017

$13.97$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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