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Created with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Tales of the People is a series of children's books celebrating Native American culture with illustrations and stories by Indian artists and writers.

This text tells the story of Silhumana, a Flower Maiden, a young Hopi native indian girl, who travels to a nearby village to participate in her first Butterfly Dance which is performed to bring rain to the dry lands of the Southwest.

A companion to the author's "The Heart's Journey", this work aims to reveal the life-giving force of light by relating sunlight to colour. It also shows how the nurturing inner light of the spirit has the power to make our lives colourful and blessed with happiness.

A collection of fiction by Allen Hoffman. It features the title novella, "Kagan's Superfecta", which tells of a madcap remedial reading teacher and unsuccessful horseplayer, and the four short stories, "Beggar Moon", "Building Blocks", "Hymie the Torch" and "Balancing Acts".

The first book to tell the story of the civil rights movement through the rousing and often wrenching photographs that recorded, promoted, and protected it.

This novel traces the cruel fate of the Jewish villagers of Krimsk as they encounter two of the 20th-century's greatest agents of evil: Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler.

Young readers learn and interact with the story of America's war for independence through the epic paintings of America's foremost historical artist, Mort Kunstler.

An interactive book about cats of all sizes, shapes and dispositions, Big Cat, Small Cat introduces children to rhyming and opposites in a fun and engaging way.

Presenting a unique blend of information and ideas, The Complete Book of Bonsai is a comprehensive, practical guide to the traditions and artistic principles of growing and maintaining bonsai trees. Over 300 bonsai trees and shrubs are described, over 100 of them in an outstanding full-color photographic catalogue.

The first two novels in Allen Hoffman's critically acclaimed series "Small Worlds" are now available in paperback.The first volume, Small Worlds, takes place in 1903 and introduces the wondrous rebbe of Krimsk, a small Hasidic settlement in Eastern Europe. Secluded in his study for the past five years, the beloved rebbe suddenly emerges on the eve of Tisha B'Av, the holiday commemorating the destruction of the holy Temple in Jerusalem. His congregants are overjoyed to see him, but their joy is to be short-lived, for this holiday at the dawn of the 20th century will be marked by strange and momentous events that will change their lives forever.

A portrait of the principal home of John D Rockefeller and his descendants. The history of the estate is recounted by the daughter of Governor Rockefeller and illustrated with photographs taken by the granddaughter of Nelson Rockefeller. The photographs cover both the public and private areas of the estate along with architectural plans.

Young readers can learn the details of key moments of The Civil War, including the Battle of Bull Run, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address, to learn how it really felt to be there, using the art of Mort Kunstler.

These photographs present a picture of 75 people with the AIDS virus. The aim of the book is to show how these individuals cope with the disease in life-affirming ways and with positive outlooks. The subjects of the photographs are varied - black, white, male, female, young and old.

Created with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Tales of the People is a series of children's books celebrating Native American culture with illustrations and stories by Indian artists and writers.

With unprecedented access to personal letters, private family diaries, and the Frick archives at the Frick Collection in New York City and at family residences in Pittsburgh, Martha Frick Symington Sanger has written a unique and penetrating account of the life and times of Henry Clay Frick and his family

The classic photo book on one of America's most picturesque destinations, revised and updated.

This book tells the story of Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, one of the great players of the game of football, from his childhood days in Brazil to his signing by the legendary Spanish soccer club Barcelona.

Address book featuring 80 address-and-telephone pages with tab indexes and space for noting birthdays, 40 full-color images, and soil-resistant cover.

A dazzling exploration of both traditional and contemporary of southwestern Indian jewelry.

Written from a child's point of view, this touching picture book centers around a nontraditional family of grandparents raising their grandchild.

Over the centuries great women artists had been ignored, forgotten, or somehow denied; they had been largely left out of museums and histories of art. Along came Wilhelmina Cole Holliday, who boldly decided to rectify this oversight by founding a museum in 1987 in a landmark building three blocks from the White House.

Brilliantly illuminates the culture, natural life, and regional variety of India. Limpkin's photographs and essays invite the reader to learn about the issues and trends facing India today.

In 2000, shaken by her husband's death, author and traveler Lin Arison took a trip through France with her granddaughter Sarah. This title represents Arison's personal odyssey, in which, she ushers readers from Auvers to Arles, Giverny to Mont Sainte- Victoire, in her quest to rediscover the lives, dwellings, and paintings of the Impressionists.

A practical handbook on all aspects of fatherhood during the third to the ninth year (pre-K through the fourth grade) by the best-selling, critically acclaimed author of The Expectant Father.

An insightful, lavishly illustrated history of self-portraits by well-known artists from early examples in classical times through its flowering in the Renaissance to modern interpretations.

A miniature guide through one of the country's most important collections of American art.

The definitive (small format) visual history of the rock concert poster an indispensable reference for the collector, designer, and music lovers: part fo the Tiny Folio series.

With this volume, Abbeville continues its series of interactive, inquiry-based books designed to teach children about the world by looking at art, and about art by looking at the world.

Glorious works of art as well as documents of bygone eras, painted illuminated manuscripts supply perhaps the greatest and by far the best-preserved evidence of daily life during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

With this volume, Abbeville continues its series of interactive, inquiry-based books designed to teach children about the world by looking at art, and about art by looking at the world.