Stealing the show: a history of art and crime in six thefts 9781493038244, 1493038249

Stealing the Show: Seven Women Artists in Canadian Public Art 9780773564732

Stealing the Show pays tribute to a new "Group of Seven" in the art world. Focusing on art commissioned for di

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The Art of Stealing Fire: Uranus in the Horoscope 1900869064

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Stealing the Show: African American Performers and Audiences in 1930s Hollywood 9780520964143

Stealing the Show is a study of African American actors in Hollywood during the 1930s, a decade that saw the consolidati

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The Most Notorious Art Thefts of the 20th Century: The History and Legacy of Recent Attempts to Steal Valuable Artwork

Hans Memling, a painter from Flanders, is the holder of an unfortunate record. He painted a triptych, The Last Judgment,

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Show People: A History of the Film Star 1789141567, 9781789141566

Show People offers a comprehensive history of the idea of the film star from Mary Pickford to Andy Serkis, traversing mo

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Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show 9780292796331

Flip through the channels at any hour of the day or night, and a television talk show is almost certainly on. Whether it

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Crime and Art: Sociological and Criminological Perspectives of Crimes in the Art World 3030848558, 9783030848552

This volume brings together work by authors who draw upon sociological and criminological methods, theory, and framework

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The Philosopher: A History in Six Types 9781400880577

What would the global history of philosophy look like if it were told not as a story of ideas but as a series of job des

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The Philosopher: A History in Six Types 9780691178462, 9780691163277

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The Art of Indirection in British Espionage Fiction: A Critical Study of Six Novelists 0786463791, 9780786463794

This critical work seeks to distinguish British espionage fiction based on its unique narrative form, which is typically

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