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National Treasure: Book of Secrets - #2

2007-11-06 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2007-11-06
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 272/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis National Treasure: Book of Secrets - #2 by : Ann Lloyd

Download or read book National Treasure: Book of Secrets - #2 written by Ann Lloyd. This book was released on 2007-11-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last time we saw Benjamin Franklin Gates, the cunning, impassioned lead character of Walt Disney Pictures' National Treasure, he had succeeded in evading shady characters, fulfilling his family's destiny, and discovering an unimaginable trove of treasures beneath Manhattan's oldest church./DIV DIVNow, Ben is back. In National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, the hero finds an all-new set of dangers, conflicts, double-crossings, and of course...treasure!

Defending National Treasures

2011-04-07 History
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Release : 2011-04-07
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 829/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Defending National Treasures by : Elizabeth Karlsgodt

Download or read book Defending National Treasures written by Elizabeth Karlsgodt. This book was released on 2011-04-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defending National Treasures explores the fate of art and cultural heritage during the Nazi occupation of France. The French cultural patrimony was a crucial locus of power struggles between German and French leaders and among influential figures in each country. Karlsgodt examines the preservation policy that the Vichy regime enacted in an assertion of sovereignty over French art museums, historic monuments, and archeological sites. The limits to this sovereignty are apparent from German appropriations of public statues, Jewish-owned art collections, and key "Germanic" works of art from French museums. A final chapter traces the lasting impact of the French wartime reforms on preservation policy. In Defending National Treasures, Karlsgodt introduces the concept of patrimania to reveal examples of opportunism in art preservation. During the war, French officials sought to acquire coveted artwork from Jewish collections for the Louvre and other museums; in the early postwar years, they established a complicated guardianship over unclaimed art recovered from Germany. A cautionary tale for our own times, Defending National Treasures examines the ethical dimensions of museum acquisitions in the ongoing noble quest to preserve great works of art.

Cherokee National Treasures

2017 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2017
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 183/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Cherokee National Treasures by : Cherokee National Treasures (Recipients of the Cherokee National Treasure Award)

Download or read book Cherokee National Treasures written by Cherokee National Treasures (Recipients of the Cherokee National Treasure Award). This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories in this book reflect how history has woven itself into the fabric of the present. The stories are intimate and told by the artists, by family members, by friends in their own words. The telling will make you feel as though you are fortunate enough to sit in the presence of the Cherokee artists, who intimately share the story of themselves, of their art, who their family was, how they came to be artists, who and what influenced them, and how their art reflects who they are as Cherokee people. They are the Cherokee National Treasures.

National Treasures

2013 Short stories, American
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Release : 2013
Genre : Short stories, American
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Book Rating : 234/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis National Treasures by : Charles McLeod

Download or read book National Treasures written by Charles McLeod. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man puts pieces of his life up for auction. An antique chess set played with a troubled brother ($99.99), number plates from a crashed stolen car ($20), Chuck Taylor trainers worn in a riot in Seattle ($8.99). Along with a short description, he tells their stories, how they fit into the tapestry of his life. In National Treasures men and women measure out their lives in tattoos, sharpened fragments of a moose's hoof, autumn leaves, scribbled phone numbers, the red eyes of a heron. This is the America we never see - it's not in the movies, or on the news. National Treasures is about people trying to get by and get on. These can be tough lives of tough love and tough luck but they are full of poignancy and intensity, and Charles McLeod writes about them thrillingly. 'These stories are a portrait of America in all its breadth... Charles McLeod knows the whole country through its ill-fitting parts and people. There are moments of wild candor and insight that crack the surface of daily life' Salvatore Scibona, author of The End 'Charles McLeod's writing is very special - crisp and rhythmical, sometimes almost poetic' Evening Standard

National Treasures of Georgia

1999 Art
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Release : 1999
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis National Treasures of Georgia by : Ori Z. Soltes

Download or read book National Treasures of Georgia written by Ori Z. Soltes. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The introductory text of this book traces Georgia's long cultural history from its archaeological beginnings to the present. Twenty-three essays by scholars from all over the world give a vivid portrayal of Georgia's heritage in history, literature and manuscript production, archaeology and art throughout prehistoric, classical and Christian periods up to the Early Modern Era. Over 150 objects are presented and their range is vast: Neolithic ceramics, intricately worked Bronze and Iron Age gold and silver, Greek and Roman jewellery, richly illuminated manuscripts, medieval paintings, cloisonne enamel and gold repousse work, and embroidery are illustrated."--Jacket.

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