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"A portrait of the fascinating, unusual and fruitful creative partnership between Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson"-- Provided by publisher.

"Walking and writing have always gone together. Think of the poets who walk on a rhythm for their lines and the novelists who put their characters on a path. Beneath my feet rounds up the most memorable walker-writers from the 1300's to the modern day, from country hikers to urba...

Ziegfeld is a theatrical impresario, whose show business empire begins when he stage-manages a tour for a strongman. With almost no money in the bank, he charms European stage star Anna Held to headline his "Follies". From 1907, Ziegfeld stages annual editions of Broadway's most ...

A wealthy industrialist is found murdered in his home while his family gathers for the holiday season. The house is isolated and the phone lines have been found to be cut. Eight women are his potential murderers. Each is a suspect and each has a motive. Only one is guilty.

Experience Puerto Rico like never before with this incredible documentary that shows the country's beautiful beaches, bioluminescent bays, and colorful history.

Gruff, sentimental César owns a waterfront bar in the old port of Marseille, where his son, Marius, wipes down tables and dreams of a life at sea. The prosperous, middle-aged sailmaker Panisse, wanting to wed Marius's sweetheart, Fanny, sets up a generation-spanning romantic tri...

"In her new novel, Nancy Horan has recreated a love story that is as unique, passionate, and overwhelmingly powerful as the one between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney depicted so memorably in Loving Frank. Under the Wide and Starry Sky chronicles the unconventional love affa...

A documentary that showcases the beautiful landscape, arid deserts, and colorful limestone caves of Utah so that viewers may observe its incredible nature and diversity.

"In her new novel, Nancy Horan has recreated a love story that is as unique, passionate, and overwhelmingly powerful as the one between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney depicted so memorably in Loving Frank. Under the Wide and Starry Sky chronicles the unconventional love affa...

Biography of Katharine Hepburn, based on interviews with the actress and letters she wrote to and received from friends and family. Discusses her family, career, and love affair with Spencer Tracy.

When Georgiana Darcy and Colonel Robert Fitzwilliam break off their engagement, confessing that their mutual affection remains purely platonic, each is free to seek their spouse elsewhere. After seeing her perform in a concert, Robert warms to the beautiful and talented Mary Craw...

Gruff, sentimental César owns a waterfront bar in the old port of Marseille, where his son, Marius, wipes down tables and dreams of a life at sea. The prosperous, middle-aged sailmaker Panisse, wanting to wed Marius's sweetheart, Fanny, sets up a generation-spanning romantic tri...

This volume presents a survey of Cubism, a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, which revolutionized European painting and sculpture. The Cubism style is often identified by flattened, geometric shapes, overlapping, simplified form...

This collection of 5 dozen pieces of literary criticism was published in the Washington Post between March 2003 and January 2010. It is a collection of Yardley's opinions of books that he believes are worthy of a second look. They scan the realms of fiction, biography and autobio...