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Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City's most impressive Gilded Age mansions. Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian Carter's life has completely fallen apart. For the past six years, under the moniker Angelica, Lillian was one of the most sought-after...
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"At seventeen, Victorine Meurent abandons her old life to become immersed in the Parisian society of dance halls and cafés, meeting writers and artists like Baudelaire and Alfred Stevens. As Manet's model, Victorine explores a world of new possibilities and stirs the artist to push the boundaries of painting in his infamous portrait Olympia, which scandalizes even the most cosmopolitan city"--Dust jacket flap.
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"Países Bajos, siglo XVII. La joven Griet, de dieciseis años, entra a trabajar al servicio de Johannes Vermeer en la ciudad de Delft. Griet parece saber cuál es su papel en la casa: ocuparse de las tareas domesticas y cuidar a los seis niños del pintor. Sin embargo, la sensibilidad de la muchacha llama la atención de Vermeer, quien le abre las puertas de su mundo y su trabajo. A medida que la intimidad crece entre ambos, tambien lo hacen la tensión...
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The story of the powerful Este sisters, Beatrice, Duchess of Milan, and Isabella, Marchesa of Mantua, as they compete for the affections of Italy's most influential prince, the Duke of Milan, and for the larger prize, to be immortalized in oil by his court painter and engineer, Leonardo da Vinci. Sexy, inspiring, and intelligent, her story of love, intrigue, and art is truly unforgettable.
25) Once again
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Contains two stories about giving in to your heart's desires. Sullivan's Woman: "When struggling model Cassidy St. John is fired from yet another job, she hardly expected the solution to her problems to come from a complete stranger. He loomed out of the fog like some mythic figure, but Cassidy soon discovers Colin Sullivan is flesh and blood and all man. When Colin offers her a job modeling for one of his paintings, it seems her troubles are over--but...
30) Marzenie Łucji
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"Łucja marzy o ślubie z Tomaszem. Jednak mężczyzny przy niej nie ma i młoda kobieta ma wrażenie, że ta wizja staje się coraz bardziej nierealna. Wtedy w Różanym Gaju pojawia się malarz. Zafascynowany kobietą prosi Łucję o pozowanie. Ta zaś odnosi wrażenie, że z dnia na dzień obcy mężczyzna staje się jej coraz bliższy, a w jej sercu pojawiają się ryzykowne pytania. Czy na pewno Tomasz jest tym, z którym chce spędzić resztę...
31) Naked
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When Jesse Lucas, a troubled, magnetic acting major, touches the sculpture Meditation in Stanford's Rodin Sculpture Garden, he burns his finger on the bronze. By the time he returns to the garden that night, an eighteen-year-old girl has emerged from the statue, naked and disoriented. It is 2008, yet her mind is swimming with vivid, fractured memories of her volatile past in nineteenth-century Paris--of serving as Rodin's muse, of her passionate affair...
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"Es posible enamorarse de un retrato? Asi empieza a creerlo Aedan Arthur MacBride, baron de Drunndenan. La belleza de la princesa dormida, protagonista de una hermosa leyenda celta capturada para siempre en un lienzo, le obsesiona desde hace anos. Por eso apenas da credito a sus ojos cuando llega a su mansion Christina Blackburn, una joven investigadora, tan hermosa como inteligente, enviada por el museo para unos trabajos arqueologicos en la zona....
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"Para Christina Olson, el mundo se reducía al lugar donde había nacido: la granja familiar en Cushing, un pequeño pueblo costero de Maine. Aquejada por una enfermedad que le producía una creciente incapacidad, parecía destinada a una vida limitada. Sin embargo, durante más de dos décadas Christina fue la inspiración del artista Andrew Wyeth, quien la retrató en uno de los cuadros más conocidos del siglo XX en Estados Unidos." -- Amazon.com
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