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A collection of woodcuts and lithographs by twentieth-century graphic artist M.C. Escher.

A picture book biography of painter Vincent van Gogh.

In Arles, Vincent van Gogh was seized by a dramatic passion for painting. Inspired by the lights and colors when he first arrived in this little town hundreds of miles from his native Holland in 1888, in just over a year he painted several hundred works in a frenzy of artistic activity. Van Gogh in Arles is a stirring account that reflects the hectic artistic pace of the artist's time in Arles. It describes how he achieved the pinnacle of artistic perfection, and how a constant, self-inflicted pressure took its toll, causing him to be admitted into a sanatorium.

In England in 1995, fifteen-year-old Tamar, grief-stricken by the puzzling death of her beloved grandfather, slowly begins to uncover the secrets of his life in the Dutch resistance during the last year of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and the climactic events that forever cast a shadow on his life and that of his family.

"Based upon actual recollections, documents, and interviews about their ordeal during the Holocaust in the Netherlands, this is the ... story of the Lichtenstern family -- of their courage and perseverance, determination, and hope--during ... [a dark] day in human history"--Provided by publisher.

Describes how Van Gogh's insomnia, possibly a symptom of mental or phyical illness, allowed him to view the night sky while everyone else was asleep and influenced how he saw the world around him.

"Introduces the reader to the artist Rembrandt"--.

"Technically speaking, Hendrik Groen is...elderly. But at age 83 1/4, this feisty, indomitable curmudgeon has no plans to go out quietly. Bored of weak tea and potted geraniums, exasperated by the indignities of aging, Hendrik has decided to rebel--on his own terms. He begins writing an expos?e: secretly recording the antics of day-to-day life in his retirement home, where he refuses to take himself, or his fellow "inmates," too seriously. With an eccentric group of friends he founds the wickedly anarchic Old-But-Not-Dead Club--"Rule #3: No Whining Allowed"--and he and his best friend, Evert, gleefully stir up trouble, enraging the home's humorless director and turning themselves into unlikely heroes. And when a sweet and sassy widow moves in next door, he polishes his shoes, grooms what's left of his hair, and determines to savor every ounce of joy in the time he has left, with hilarious and tender consequences"--Amazon.com.

First published in 1977, this is the diary of a Jewish prisoner who was in a German concentration camp during World War II. It weaves poetry and powerful insights into the emotional life of a camp prisoner. David Koker was twenty-one when he was transported to the Vught Concentration Camp in 1943 and he recorded his thoughts, feelings, and observations almost daily. He was able to smuggle 73,000 words our of the camp, almost a year's worth of entries. In June 1944 he was sent to Auschwitz, then to Langenbielan in August 1944, and on to Dachau in February 1945. He did not survive the journey to Dachau.

Looks at the life and career of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.