books about: museum-in-a-book     books:     Museum-in-a-book      Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008 This important volume describes the extraordinary art created in the second millennium B.C. for royal palaces, temples, and tombs from Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia to Cyprus, Egypt, and the Aegean.  Objects of the highest artistry reflect the development of a sophisticated trade network throughout the eastern Mediterranean region and the ...             Vincent's Colors Vincent van Gogh Chronicle Books, 2005 vincents colors Vincents Colors is a beautiful book. I purchased it for my preschool to go along with the theme of illustrators and authors. The teachers used this book as a resource to go along with that theme.The children loved looking at the pictures.             The DC Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the DC Universe Martin Pasko Running Press, 2008 A must buy for all DC Comics fans! I like this even more than the Marvel Vault, which came out last year. The DC Vault has better content as far as the history of DC is concerned, starting with More Fun comics and leading up to recent history. Martin Pasko, who many longtime DC fans will remember as a ...             Mona Lisa in Camelot: How Jacqueline Kennedy and Da Vinci's Masterpiece Charmed and Captivated a Nation Margaret Leslie Davis Da Capo Press, 2008 Engrossing and charming This was a very engrossing account of how the Mona Lisa made it to the United States for public viewing during Camelot. The details of Jacqueline Kennedy's plan and the implementation of that plan were extremely interesting as I was a child of the sixties (but sadly ...             Rescuing Da Vinci: Hitler and the Nazis Stole Europe's Great Art - America and Her Allies Recovered It Robert M. Edsel Laurel Publishing, LLC, 2006 Wonderful Gift, Wonderful Book! I was really surprised by this book. I thought it was going to contain more text but it's really all about the art and the people who rescued it. The result is a very impressive, easily readable 'coffee table' style book that's beautiful and informative. Teachers ...             A Short Life of Trouble: Forty Years in the New York Art World Marcia Tucker University of California Press, 2008 absorbing memoir I tend to be an escapist in literature and rarely venture into non-fiction, so I was surprised by how engaging this book was for me. I was fascinated by the personal depiction of a very exciting time period--especially in the art world and in the early struggles of ...             Great Maps of the Civil War: Pivotal Battles and Campaigns Featuring 32 Removable Maps (Museum in a Book, 2) William J. Miller Thomas Nelson, 2004 A beautiful book. Recommended for map lovers and hard-core Civil War buffs (a history teacher's review) Thomas Nelson's Rutledge Hill Press publishing division has created a lovely book that tells a simple narrative of the Civil War focusing on the importance of maps in the war and the men who made them. The cover of the book is designed to look like a leather bound ...             Watch It Made in the U.S.A.: A Visitor's Guide to the Best Factory Tours and Company Museums (Watch It Made ... Karen Axelrod, Bruce Brumberg Avalon Travel Publishing, 2006 Great guide for planning cross country trip I'm planning to take my two teenagers cross country this summer and this is a GREAT book for finding interesting places to show them. It has excellent maps, clear directions, and well-written descriptions of what you will (and won't) see so I can figure out what sites ...             Explorabook: A Kid's Science Museum in a Book (Klutz) Klutz, 1991 This was My First Science Book! I am 20 years old now and I still remember when I got this book and read it for the first time. It made science so cool and was a great way to show kids how science can be cool. I actually just found this book in a big stack and decided to look it up on Amazon. GREAT ...             The Marvel Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the World of Marvel Roy Thomas, Peter Sanderson Running Press, 2007 The Marvel Vault This was purchased as a gift for my husband who is an avid comic book collector. He was thrilled with the book and is enjoying it very much. Even though my order was close to Christmas, I received it in time to make it a Christmas gift.             Babar's Museum of Art Laurent De Brunhoff Harry N. Abrams, 2003 Review for the notecards- This is a review for the note cards. They are beautiful. The whimsical images lifted from the book are printed on decent/usable cardstock, and are definitely fine but the envelopes are much, much higher quality than you normally see in a product like this. The box ...             The Best Seat in Second Grade (I Can Read Book 2) Katharine Kenah HarperTrophy, 2006 Humor for a Second Grader I bought this book for my grandson who has just completed the first gade. I think the book is funny. The vocabulary is easy enough and the illustrations are excellent. Even without them, a beginning reader can picture everything. It contains a strong appeal to the ...             The Skin You Live In Michael Tyler Chicago Children's Museum, 2005 COLORFUL - in every way! My kids love turning the pages of this book - the colors and freshness of the illustrations are very eye-catching. Most importantly, the message is a natural, beautiful one about color and skin. My 2nd grader is studying a unit on Ellis Island and immigration and how ...             The Book as Art: Artists' Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts Krystyna Wasserman, Johanna Drucker, ... Princeton Architectural Press, 2006 One of the best on creating books and journals One of the best! This book should be on your bookshelf if you are interested in the books as an art form. I would suggest it for any school or college media center. I would not include it on a list for coffee table books but if you have a serious home library which ...             The Family Of Man The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002 Perhaps the best photographic book ever published I first found this book at Foyle's in London, about 35 years ago, and it struck me. Since then, I bought five copies of the Family of Man, but no one remained in my home, because ever I felt the need to give this book to someone I loved or trusted. What is making this ...          products you might be interested in search for books collectibles, explorabook, jacqueline, masterpiece, metropolitan, museum-in-a-book      geepe.com    web we recommend Wonderful Gift, Wonderful Book! randomly chosen book: The Sound Reinforcement Handbook