A salacious peep at the lost art of wooing the ladies. 'A Bird in the Hand'ffers hints and tips for the ardent gentleman in pursuit of a 'little bit ofhe other'. From the first knowing look, right to the 'home straight', thisaughty little tome is an essential bulge in any gentlemans pocket.
Welcome to Antarctica, where the weather is cold and the Emperor penguins sing--all except for Mumble. Help tap-dancing Mumble explore these eight extra-busy scenes, finding fun and frozen stuff from his chilly home to the zoo and back.
The Declaration of Independence is the spiritual cornerstone of the Unitedtates, proudly displayed with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights inhe National Archives. Ironically, at the time of its composition itsuthors had no such ambitions. It was essentially a press release, composedo spread the word that the Continental Congress had voted for independence.he document is a masterful piece of prose, as well as a radical text thatoreshadowed the birth of a nation. This book reproduces the Declaration,s it was written, with a complete listing of its signers. Informativeext by Stephanie Schwartz Driver examines its historical context andorldwide repercussions.
From the early Renaissance through Baroque and Romanticism to Cubism, Surrealism, and Pop, these canonical works of Western Art span eight centuries and a vast range of subjects. Here are the sacred and the scandalous, the minimalist and the opulent, the groundbreaking and the conventional. There are paintings that captured the feeling of an era and those that signaled the beginning of a new one. Works of art that were immediately recognized for their genius, and others that were at first met with resistance. All have stood the test of time and in their own ways contribute to the dialectic on what makes a painting great, how notions of art have changed, to what degree art reflects reality, and to what degree it alters it. Taken together these great works illuminate the changing preoccupations and insights of our ancestors, and give us pause to consider which paintings from our own era will ultimately join the canon.
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