Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris are determined to unlock the centuries old mystery behind an ancient Renaissance text before their graduation from Princeton, but just as they are about to discover its secrets, the campus is rocked with a series of suspicious deaths.
reading literature through peace and war at West Point
Samet, Elizabeth D
2007
Elizabeth D. Samet recounts her experiences working as an English teacher at West Point Military Academy, focusing on how her former students' experiences in war have transformed the way she viewed literature, which often romanticizes the realities of combat.
Eleven-year-old Clare Hobbes takes her life into her own hands after her mother disappears, and sets out to find her estranged father, befriending Cornelia, a coffee shop waitress struggling to realize her dreams, along the way.
Contains a variety of critical articles that analyze important literary works in the fantasy genre, chronicles its development, and explores the impact fantasy works have had on different cultures.
Text and lift-the-flap illustrations present details from famous paintings such as the "Mona Lisa" and explore their subject matter and the techniques used by the artists.
Offers a collection of letters from students to an assortment of authors about the impact of their work on the lives of their readers, accompanied by the author's responses.
A collection of full-color reproductions of over twenty of the world's most famous paintings from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century including Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" and Warhol's "Marilyn.".
Provides images of paintings and new, sensory ways to experience them such as tasting the milk in Vermeer's "The Milkmaid," hearing the music in Tanner's "The Banjo Lesson, "or smelling the fresh-cut stacks of wheat in Monet's "End of Summer.".
