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• Book Review: The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

  

  The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson Pages: 372 Grade: 8+ (some violence) Description: (from Goodreads) The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in... Read more

  The 08 December 2011 by   Mswicegood
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• New Acquisition: Introducing Carmen Herrera, American Artist

  

  Curator for Latino Art, E. Carmen Ramos, shares some of her thoughts about a recent acquisition now on view in the Lincoln Gallery on the third floor. Carmen... Read more

  The 08 December 2011 by   Americanart
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• Solving The Mona Lisa Mysteries

  

  image credit New York graphic designer and oil painter Ron Piccirillo claims he recently made a series of discoveries - optical illusions painted into... Read more

  The 08 December 2011 by   Gerard
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• Is Your Local Bookstore an Amazon Showroom?

  

  Today’s uproar de jour in book publishing is the news story that Amazon.com is giving a $5.00 discount on items that a customer scans using the Amazon “Price... Read more

  The 08 December 2011 by   Andyross
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• A Rare Tweed Photo -- at His Clubhouse in Greenwich, Connecticut

  

  Yes, that's Boss Tweed. He's the one with the beard, sitting up front in the middle, a white hat in his lap, surrounded by his friends. Tweed had so, so very... Read more

  The 07 December 2011 by   Kena
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• Jane Austen's Birthday Soiree - You Are All Invited!!!

  

  It'll be Jane Austen's Birthday soon, it'll be next Friday December 16th. Are you ready to celebrate with My Jane Austen Book Club? Katherine Cox at November's... Read more

  The 07 December 2011 by   Mariagrazia
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• House of the Week 126: Summer House in Menorca

  

  The near 450m2 Summer House in Menorca, Spain designed by Pablo Serrano Elorduy of Dom Arquitectura seeks to engage the surroundings and views to marry the... Read more

  The 07 December 2011 by   Architechnophilia
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• Colorado Woodland Forest Landscape

  

  Hush. Do you hear it? The silence that permeates the forest and envelops each branch, twig and creature. Listen. Breath. Sigh at the pleasure that nature... Read more

  The 07 December 2011 by   Juliemagerssoulen
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• Opera Dinosaurs? Another Kind of Literacy is Now Vital

  

  Though my research leading me to this conclusion was hardly exhaustive, I believe there’s never been an opera written about dinosaurs. “Tyrannosaurus Rex” is... Read more

  The 07 December 2011 by   Galegirl
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• Artist Spotlight: Fumiko Toda

  

  Here are some beautiful paintings I came across by mixed-media artist Fumiko Toda . I love her color palette and subject choices... "I have been painting... Read more

  The 06 December 2011 by   Akindoflove
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