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Book cover for "The girl from Guernica".
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English
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On an April day in 1937, the sky opens and fire rains down upon the small Spanish town of Guernica. Seventeen-year-old Sibi and her family is caught up in the horror. Griff, an American military attaché, pulls Sibi from the wreckage, and it's only the first time he saves her life in a span of hours. When Germany claims no involvement in the attack, insisting the Spanish Republic was responsible, Griff guides Sibi to lie to Nazi officials. If she...
Book cover for "The Girl From Guernica".
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Publisher:
MIRA Books
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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Inspired by Picasso's great masterpiece Guernica, New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards returns with a riveting story of love, intrigue, deception and bravery in the face of war… On an April day in 1937, the sky opens and fire rains down upon the small Spanish town of Guernica. Seventeen-year-old Sibi and her family are caught up in the horror. Griff, an American military attaché, pulls Sibi from the wreckage, and it's only the first...
Book cover for "The Girl From Shanghai Ghetto".
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Loons Press
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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This gripping historical novel is based on true stories. It has been longlisted for the 2022 Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction. The sweeping saga narrates a Jewish girl, Nina, goes through many wars by six mighty rivers in six countries. Nina is born by the Rhine River in Germany. She is only eight when the notorious Kristallnacht occurs on November 9, 1938. Immediately after, Nina escapes from Nazi Germany to London alone by British Kindertransport...
Book cover for "Making a Masterpiece".
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Publisher:
Frances Lincoln
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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What makes a work of art a masterpiece? Discover the answers in the fascinating stories of how these artworks came to be and the circumstances of their long-lasting impact on the world. Beginning with Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus", we travel through time and a range of styles and stories-including theft, scandal, artistic reputation, politics and power-to Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans", challenging the idea of what a masterpiece can be, and arriving...
Book cover for "The Essential Jordi Masó".
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Naxos Special Projects
Pub. Date:
2018
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English
Book cover for "The paintings that revolutionized art".
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Publisher:
Prestel
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English