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Dear Theo

the autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh
1995

Johanna

a novel of the van Gogh family
1995
A biographical novel of Vincent van Gogh's widowed sister-in-law who saved the painter's work from destruction and devoted her life to promoting them.

When time ran out

coming of age in the Third Reich
1989
Jewish sculptor Zeller tells of his childhood and adolescence in Nazi Germany.

The little riders

1993
An American girl living in Nazi-occupied Holland resents the presence of a German soldier quartered in her grandparents' home until the night she tries to hide part of the town's treasured clock mechanism.

Niko's nature

the life of Niko Tinbergen and his science of animal behaviour
2003
Chronicles the life of Nobel Prize winner Niko Tinbergen, focusing on his creation of the biological study of animal behavior, discussing his creation of behvior-testing experiments, his schooling, field work, research, writings, and other related topics.

Van Gogh

an appreciation of his art
1994
Presents full-color reproductions of 142 works by Vincent van Gogh with commentary, grouped according to his career's stages in Nuenen and Paris, Arles, Saint-Remy, and Auvers.

An introduction to Rembrandt

1978
A biography of the great seventeenthcentury painter, with an analysis of some of his most famous works.

When the soldiers were gone

2001
After the German occupation of the Netherlands, Benjamin leaves the Christian family with whom he had been living and reunites with his real parents who returned from hiding.

Introducing Rembrandt

1994
Born in the 17th century, Rembrandt had his own studio at age 17 and was quickly becoming a leading portrait painter using unique applications of light, dark, expression, and emotions.

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