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About the year 1890 the writer was requested by the Director of the
Bureau of Ethnology to prepare certain papers on aboriginal art, to
accompany the final report of Dr. Cyrus Thomas on his explorations of
mounds and other ancient remains in eastern United States. These papers
were to treat of those arts represented most fully by relics recovered
in the field explored
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The subject of this little book is its best claim upon public favor.
Child-life in every form appeals with singular force to the sympathies
of all. In palace and in cottage, in the city and in the country,
childhood reigns supreme by the divine right of love. No monarch rules
more mightily than the infant sovereign in the Kingdom of Home, and none
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This picture book for children aged 3 to 8 called The Kayak Racer, is one of four (so far) in the Olympic Dreams Series written and illustrated by Hanne Lore Koehler. It is the story of how a goal can be reached through practice, perseverance and encouragement. With simple easy rhythm, this colorful 23-page e-book is perfect for young Olympic hopefuls. ... Read more

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This title is one in a series presenting four masterpieces by four immortal French impressionist painters.Each miniature book faithfully reproduces its title painting on the front cover, and is packaged in a handsome slipcase that doubles as a picture frame. The frame can stand up on a desk or tabletop or be hung on the wall to display the book cover?s striking painting. Each book?s interior discusses its title painting, describing the artist?s approach to his work, analyzing the picture?s fine points, and showing close-up details from the painting. A final two-page spread presents a timeline capsule biography that listssignificant events in the painter?s life.Monet?Woman with a Parasole, shows and discusses Claude Monet?s techniques as he captures his subject dramatically from a low-angle perspective. This beautiful painting, which dates from 1875, hangs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. ... Read more