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The story of Anne Frank's life is told through quotations from her diary, photographs from the Frank Family albums and historical film extracts. It includes the only film footage of Anne. The film is designed for an audience of both young people and adults and tells the story of the Second World War and the persecution of the Jews as well as the story of Anne Frank, her diary, her family, and the secret annex.
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This definitive edition, featuring a new translation, is the diary as Anne Frank wrote it, containing entries about her burgeoning sexuality and confrontations with her mother that were cut from previous editions. Frank's diary is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century.
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A portfolio and critique of paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
"Within the impressive walls of the Rijksmuseum shines the glorious radiance of the Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish painting. In these pages the reader will discover the freshness and fascination of the greatest masterworks of the period revealed in all their beauty - and shown, as in the museum itself, in chronological order and in relation to lesser-known works."--Inside book...
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This book is an opulent, romantic novel, written in the grand manner, set at the height of Europe's belle epoque, about a handsome young man in his mid-twenties, a golden boy who secures a position as a tutor in the household of one of the most prominent bourgeois families in Amsterdam and his entry into a world of moneyed glamour and dangerous temptations. Piet Barol, blue-eyed, dark-haired, seductive and seductively charged, enters this magnificent...
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Tourists know Amsterdam as a picturesque city of low-slung brick houses lining tidy canals; student travelers know it for its legal brothels and hash bars; art lovers know it for Rembrandt's glorious portraits. But the deeper history of Amsterdam, what makes it one of the most fascinating places on earth, is bound up in its unique geography--the constant battle of its citizens to keep the sea at bay--and the democratic philosophy that this enduring...
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Addressing the Olmec period through to the Aztecs (a span of over 2500 years), Mexico: Journey to the Land of the Gods is an exploration into the civilizations of Mesoamerica through an examination of 250 magnificent art objects. The authoritative text is supported by stunning reproductions of artifacts drawn from key ethnographical collections in Mexico. Together these elements help create a story of a civilization in which we can recognize the enduring...
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"New Design is an eye-opening collection of innovative graphic design from the world's major design centers. This inspiring series explores firsthand the unique design challenges and the cultural and social factors that are shaping design now." "Through the work of 27 leading contemporary firms, New Design: Amsterdam explores the dynamic graphic art scene of a city whose rich culture has produced a unique creative climate. Amsterdam boasts one of...
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"Following the Nazi invasion of Amsterdam, 13-year-old Anne and her family go into hiding in the confines of an attic. Anne's remarkable account of their lives, their growing fear of discovery, their deplorable living conditions and even the blooming of her first love are intimately depicted in this extraordinary portrait of humanity"--Container
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"Prepared by the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation, and now for the first time released in English, this ... volume includes: never-before published versions of the diary (Anne's original journal, her manuscript as she edited it, and the popular story with her father's revisions) ... ; biographies of The Frank family members ; the dramatic historical events following the family's discovery and arrest ; [and] scientific evaluations...
11) La sonnambula
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Opera superstars Cecilia Bartoli and Juan Diego Flórez have come together for the first time to record a lavishly produced studio recording.
14) Simon
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"Enterprising liberal Jew Simon Cohen is the lawless lord of an Amsterdam neighborhood, running a 'coffee' shop' (legal soft drugs sale). As soon as they bump into each-other, Simon fascinates gay, up to then conventionalist Jewish dentistry student Camiel Vrolijk and draws him into his libertine world, even all the way to Thailand for B-movie making. Having seduced Simon's whorish girl, embarrassed Simon leaves quietly. Ten years later, the dentist,...
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From 1650 to 1900 Paris was the undisputed center of fashion and taste in Europe. Home to a unique concentration of artists, designers, patrons, critics, and a keen buying public, Paris was the city where trends were made and where novel types of objects, devised for new ways of life, were invented. This book traces the wonderful story of Parisian decorative arts from the reign of Louis XIV to the triumph of art nouveau, through a selection of 150...
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This book is an adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl into a graphic version, featuring direct quotations from Frank's diary. This book is the only graphic adaptation of the diary that has been authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation.--Adapted from publisher's description.
"A timeless story rediscovered by each new generation, The Diary of a Young Girl stands without peer. This graphic edition remains faithful to the original, while the...
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After returning from Auschwitz, Otto Frank is confronted with Anne's diary. The film tells the story of what he went through, how the loss of his family scarred his life, how he dealt with the dilemmas that the publication of the diary brought upon him, and how he made a memorial of his daughter's legacy and became the father figure for thousands of young readers worldwide.
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