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What happens when you mix a Parisian street orphan, a hot-tempered Spanish forger, a beautiful American pickpocket, an unloved wife, and one priceless painting?
The charming Eduardo de Valfierno makes a very respectable living in Argentina fleecing the nouveau rich-they pay him to steal valuable pieces of art, and Valfierno sells them flawless forgeries instead. But, when Eduardo meets the beautiful Mrs. Hart on his latest con, he takes a risk that...
44) Young Leonardo
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"Meet Leonardo, a curious little boy whose comical adventures examine the inner and outer workings of the world around him. As an adult, Leonardo will produce some of the world's greatest masterpieces and usher in the Renaissance, but as a child, he's simply precocious, brilliant, meddlesome, exasperating...and unbelievably entertaining."--
45) Doing da Vinci
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2009
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English
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Four builders and engineers take on one of history's greatest minds as they try to build Leonardo da Vinci's never-before-constructed inventions. With a contemporary team guiding the process, will these outrageous machines work? Or are the Renaissance master's genius ideas better left in the history books?
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Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 3
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[2007]
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English
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When the Mona Lisa is stolen, Jack Stalwart, a secret agent with the Global Protection Force, must find it before it leaves the country and is never seen again.
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[2013]
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English
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In a world where thought and faith are controlled, one man fights to set knowledge free. Leonardo Da Vinci is tortured by a gift of superhuman genius. He finds himself in a conflict between truth and lies, religion and reason, past and future. His quest for knowledge nearly becomes his undoing, but Da Vinci's genius prevails and he emerges as an unstoppable force that lifts an entire era out of darkness and propels it into light.
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[2021]
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English
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France, 1939. At the dawn of World War II, Anne Guichard, a young archivist employed at the Louvre, arrives home to find her brother missing. While she works to discover his whereabouts, refugees begin flooding into Paris and German artillery fire rattles the city. Once they reach Paris, the Nazis will stop at nothing to get their hands on the Louvre's art collection. Anne is quickly sent to the Castle of Chambord, where the Louvre's most precious...
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2019.
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Leonardo's Science Workshop leads children on an interactive adventure through key science concepts by following the multidisciplinary approach of the Renaissance period polymath Leonardo da Vinci: experimenting, creating projects, and exploring how art intersects with science and nature. Photos of Leonardo's own notebooks, paintings, and drawings provide visual inspiration.
More than 500 years ago, Leonardo knew that the fields of science,...
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[2015]
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English
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Florence is thrown into chaos in the wake of the Pazzi conspiracy and Leonardo da Vinci must push the limits of his mind and body to defend the city against the forces of Rome. When the dust settles, friends are buried and rivalries are enflamed. While the Medicis go to unthinkable lengths to deal with new threats, da Vinci continues on his quest to find the fabled Book of Leaves and uncover the secret history of his mother.
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[2009]
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Investigates the fascinating truths behind The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. From centuries-old secret societies to real-world cryptography and the high-stakes intrigue surrounding the installation of a new Pope to the sometimes uneasy relationship between the Vatican and leading scientists.
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Robert Langdon novels volume 2
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Español
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While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci--clues visible for all to see--yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins...
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Time warp trio series volume 14
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2004.
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English
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In their latest time travel adventure, Fred, Joe, and Sam da Brooklyn meet Leonardo da Vinci and try to avoid becoming toilet scrubbers in a sixteenth-century Italian army.
58) Da Vinci and the code he lived by: the unique vision and determination of the renaissance master
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2006.
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English
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Examines and recounts the life of Leonardo da Vinci, using a combination of reenactment, commentary by scholars, and narration.
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is informed that the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, the Surete have found a baffling cipher. Solving the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci. These clues are hidden in plain sight for all to see, and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins forces...
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