Reigning Cats and Dogs Paper Dolls


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Reigning Cats and Dogs by Charlotte Whateley is both historic and hilarious, too. Imagine centuries of famous rulers from Emperor Justinian to Henry VIII, from Richard the Lion Hearted to Queen Victoria, from Marie Antoinette to Elizabeth II. Picture their luxurious robes of state and glorious gowns, their extravagant jewels and crowns. But now picture those same rulers as if they had been dogs and cats, all dressed-up to reign in royal style through the ages. This clever, funny, fabulously executed book features four paper dolls, two adorable dogs (King Charles Spaniel and Queen Corgi) and two cunning cats (King Persian and Queen Siamese) with 17 meticulously detailed historic costumes worn by: Emperor Justinian, Empress Theodora, King Richard I, Queen Berengaria, King Henry VIII, Queen Jane Seymour, Queen Anne Boleyn, King Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette, King Henry IV, Queen Marie de Medici, Emperor Napoleon, Empress Josephine, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip




The Cat's Pajamas


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Enter the world of Azalea May Honeycomb, a golden kitty with a fancy wardrobe and lots of tales to share. This 64-page book is packed with short stories, scenery, costumes, characters, and tons of clothes! It's appropriate for all ages, including grown-ups who enjoy coloring books and are looking for a new variety of fun and relaxation. If you like scrapbooking, you might just love The Cat's Pajamas! Meet Azalea's friends: a hound named Jasmine Jae and Phlox the Fox, and Jarvis Peppercorn, a young piglet who gets into everything. There's also Mr. Bogbean, the school teacher who is a big-hearted black bear with a bow tie. Azalea's Momma, Aunt Fern, Cousin Minnie, and Grandma and Grandpa Honeycomb are also featured. Best of all, Azalea's sister Marigold is included as an extra paper doll who can wear most of Azalea's clothes. The final pages offer scenery that's easy to assemble with a little cellophane tape or glue. There's a shaded front yard, a porch, and French doors leading into the living room. There are four copies of Azalea May herself: three in the book and one on the cover, some with slightly different eye colors, just for fun. Throughout the book there are previews of Azalea in different outfits, just in case you can't wait to cut out everything! With 64 beautifully detailed pages, The Cat's Pajamas makes a lovely, unique gift that can keep the reader entertained for a long time. PLEASE NOTE: the paper dolls and costumes are not perforated, so someone (possibly older) will have to cut out them out.




Paper Pals Paper Dolls


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From the colorful imagination of L. Hoerner, comes this charming paper doll collection with over 100+ fashions, accessories and toys for 8 little girls and their pets: Brenda Lee and her furry friend, Gurr-Dee Annabella and her cuddly cutie, Eloise Katie Did and her dainty darling, Dollie Roni V and her cat, Julee June Bug along with her two Westies, Wally and Ollie Krazy Krissy and her lazy lamb, Lacy Baby Nickie and her pal, Shotzie Ellie Mae and her BIG dog, Dot The scrapbook style pages are fun for viewing and playing! Kids and collectors alike will enjoy these adorable paper pals.




Joan Fontaine Paper Dolls


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Joan Fontaine, her graciously elegant name perfectly suits the beautiful blonde star of many important films of the 1940s and '50s. Ladylike and sensitive, so refined. She is the subject of a new paper doll book by artist Marilyn Henry whose artistic style perfectly captures the serene beauty that made Joan Fontaine an endearing movie heroine in many classic films, Rebecca, Suspicion and Frenchman's Creek are just some of her hits and this new paper doll book with an exquisite portrait on the cover, features 28 perfectly rendered costumes from 15 of her films. This is a book to treasure, for collectors of Marilyn Henry's Hollywood star paper books and also for fan of classic film dramas.







A Little History of the World


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E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages. Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text suggests illustrations on every page. This illustrated edition of the Little History brings together the pellucid humanity of his narrative with the images that may well have been in his mind's eye as he wrote the book. The two hundred illustrations—most of them in full color—are not simple embellishments, though they are beautiful. They emerge from the text, enrich the author's intention, and deepen the pleasure of reading this remarkable work. For this edition the text is reset in a spacious format, flowing around illustrations that range from paintings to line drawings, emblems, motifs, and symbols. The book incorporates freshly drawn maps, a revised preface, and a new index. Blending high-grade design, fine paper, and classic binding, this is both a sumptuous gift book and an enhanced edition of a timeless account of human history.




The Best in Children's Books


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Includes indexes.




Luxury Arts of the Renaissance


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Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.




Part-time Princess


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At night, a normal little girl imagines she is a princess, but not just a princess who wears pretty gowns and goes to balls. She also gets to fight dragons and tame trolls. But one morning she wakes up and begins to think maybe her royal adventures aren't so imaginary after all... From the best-selling author of The Quiet Book, this jacketed picture book is perfect for every little girl who dreams of being a princess.




The Emperor of All Maladies


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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.