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Author
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
For Edgar Degas, drawing was a compelling passion that came to form the very basis of his art and his life. In this fascinating book, Christopher Lloyd illuminates Degas's artistic practice and stylistic evolution through a close scrutiny of his magnificent drawings and pastels. Book jacket.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Edgar Degas visits his French Creole relatives in New Orleans from 1872 to '73, Estelle, his cousin and sister-in-law, encourages the artist-who has not yet achieved recognition and struggles to find inspiration-to paint portraits of their family members. In 1970, Anne Gautier, a young artist, finds connections between her ancestors and Degas while renovating the New Orleans house she has inherited. When Anne finds two identical portraits of...
5) MLK/FBI
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
6) Degas
Author
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Get a glimpse into the life and work of painter, sculptor, and printmaker Edgar Degas, who is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. Best known for his depictions of young dancers on the stage and in the studio, Degas was an accomplished draughtsman and portraitist of superb emotional depth. Much of his work eschewed bright colors and spontaneity for carefully studied interiors and scenes of daily life. This book explores the full range...
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Series
Publisher
Selector S.A. de C.V
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is undoubtedly one of the masters of the short story, a genre of which he pioneered. Famous for his horror and mystery stories, Poe knew how to give life and expression to the darkest and most turbulent regions of the human soul. Volume 2 contains The Raven, the Quote, The Fall of the House of Usher and 12 more stories"--
10) Now you see them
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The fifth book in the Magic Men series, Now You See Them is a wild mystery with detective Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto, as they investigate a string of presumed kidnappings in the swinging 1960s"-- Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Edgar Allan Poe's chilling tale of a fate too horrifying to consider! The classic style of literature's most bizarre author comes to life in a ghoulish tale of murder and suspense starring acting great Ray Milland as Guy Carrell, a medical student and painter whose obsessive fear of being buried alive compels him to build himself a tomb with a view, equipped with everything he can think of to escape death.
12) Cuento selectos
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones Lea
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
The narrative of Edgar Allan Poe is characterized by dark and sinister stories but also by a fine and subtle sense of humor. He possesses a wonderful ability to build characters and produce high quality work over a variety of topics that explore even his most unexpected edges. This anthology includes his most famous stories such as The Fall of the House of Usher and The Black Cat.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
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Description
"A darkly comic memoir-in-essays about the scam of the American Dream, healing through community, and doing whatever it takes to survive in the Sunshine State-from the award-winning author of High-Risk Homosexual"--
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A major new biography of J Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a groundbreaking portrait of a colossus who dominated half a century of American history and planted the seeds for much of today's conservative political landscape. We remember him as a bulldog--squat frame, bulging wide-set eyes, fearsome jowls--but in 1924, when he became director of the FBI, he had been the trim, dazzling wunderkind of the administrative...
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century, Shadow Country reimagines the legend of the inspired Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E.J. Watson, who drives himself relentlessly toward his own violent end at the hands of neighbors who mostly admired him, in a killing that obsessed his favorite son.
17) The octopuppy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Edgar wanted a pet dog, but what he got instead was a rather brilliant octopus named Jarvis.
Series
Publisher
Moonshower
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this gorgeous collection, twenty-five of Poe's most beloved works are each illustrated with stunning, full-color collage artwork. Poems include "The Raven," "The Bells," and many others. Brief commentary and helpful definitions accompany each poem, making The Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe among the most accessible--and beautiful--introductions to Edgar Allan Poe available.--Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Filled with broken hearts and black ravens, Edgar Allan Poe's ghastly tales have delighted readers for centuries. Born in Boston in 1809, Poe was orphaned at age two. He was soon adopted by a Virginia family who worked as tombstone merchants. In 1827 he enlisted in the Army and subsequently failed out of West Point. His first published story, The Raven, was a huge success, but his joy was overshadowed by the death of his wife. Poe devoted his life...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of the most original American writers, Edgar Allan Poe shaped the development of both the detective story and the science-fiction story. Some of his poems--"The Raven," "The Bells," "Annabel Lee"--remain among the most popular in American literature. Poe's tales of the macabre still thrill readers of all ages. Here are familiar favorites like "The Purloined Letter." "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," together...
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