Masquerade
10 best books like Masquerade (Kit Williams): In a People House, The Yearling, An Object of Beauty, Griffin and Sabine, Dinotopia: The World Beneath, At Swim-Two-Birds, The Bat-Poet, A History of Illuminated Manuscripts, Bowling Alley Bandit, Ways of Seeing
| Author | Theo LeSieg |
| ISBN | 0394823958 |
I am really reminiscing over these old books of mine. This story is about a mouse that introduces Mr Bird to the inside of a 'People House.' As an early reader goes, this one is super. It introduces items that one would find in a house, for example the ceiling and the floor. Super pictures bring the items pointed...
| Author | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
| ISBN | 0689846231 |
Young Jody adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag and makes it a part of his family and his best friend. But life in the Florida backwoods is harsh, and so, as his family fights off wolves, bears, and even alligators, and faces failure in their tenuous subsistence farming, Jody must finally part with his...
| Author | Steve Martin |
| ISBN | 0446573647 |
Lacey Yeager is young, captivating, and ambitious enough to take the NYC art world by storm. Groomed at Sotheby's and hungry to keep climbing the social and career ladders put before her, Lacey charms men and women, old and young, rich and even richer with her magnetic charisma and liveliness. Her ascension...
| Author | Nick Bantock |
| ISBN | 1551924013 |
It all started with a mysterious and seemingly innocent postcard, but from that point nothing was to remain the same in the life of Griffin Moss, a quiet, solitary artist living in London. His logical, methodical world was suddenly turned upside down by a strangely exotic woman living on a tropical island...
| Author | James Gurney |
| ISBN | 0060530650 |
After they are shipwrecked on a mysterious island called Dinotopia, Professor Arthur Denison and his son, Will, discover an awe-inspiring new world where dinosaurs and humans have lived together peacefully for centuries. They have only begun to adjust to this remarkable civilization before heading...
A wildly comic send-up of Irish literature and culture, At Swim-Two-Birds is the story of a young, lazy, and frequently drunk Irish college student who lives with his curmudgeonly uncle in Dublin. When not in bed (where he seems to spend most of his time) or reading he is composing a mischief-filled novel...
| Author | Randall Jarrell |
| ISBN | 0062050842 |
There was once a little brown bat who couldn't sleep days—he kept waking up and looking at the world. Before long he began to see things differently from the other bats who from dawn to sunset never opened their eyes. The Bat-Poet is the story of how he tried to make the other bats see the world his way.
With...
| Author | Christopher de Hamel |
| ISBN | 0714834521 |
Medieval manuscripts are counted among the greatest glories of Western civilization. With their gold and painted decoration and their charming miniatures, they have always had immense appeal, and images from them can be seen everywhere - from greeting cards and wrapping paper to expensive facsimiles....
| Author | Laurie Keller |
| ISBN | 0805090762 |
As Mr. Bing's new pet "doughnut dog," Arnie couldn't be happier. When Mr. Bing joins a bowling league, Arnie gets to go along to practices and competitions. But then Mr. Bing starts rolling gutter balls. Someone or something is behind the madness. Arnie, together with his team of goofball friends,...
| Author | John Berger |
| ISBN | 0140135154 |
John Berger’s Classic Text on Art
John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener...
| Author | James C. Christensen |
| ISBN | 1885183585 |
"Believing is Seeing"
In the tradition of such favorite classics as Gulliver's Travels and Journey to the Center of the Earth, Voyage of the Basset takes the reader on a fantastical journey of discovery. Through richly detailed full-color paintings and line drawings, magical kingdoms emerge...
| Author | Robert Frost |
| ISBN | 0517072459 |
John F. Kennedy said of Robert Frost: "He has bequeathed his nation a body of imperishable verse from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding." A four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, Frost created a new poetic language that has a deep and timeless resonance.
In addition...
| Author | Stephen Biesty |
| ISBN | 0679814116 |
The beautiful, lavishly illustrated cross-sections in this book are spellbinding. They reawakened my childlike sense of wonderment & fascination with things BIG. Ocean liners, jumbo jets, earthmovers, castles, cathedrals... the ocean liner is a four page fold out! It is a glorious thing to...
The journey is the destination : the journals of Dan Eldon
| Author | Dan Eldon |
| ISBN | 1861540868 |
The real story:
My son, Dan Eldon, a Reuters photographer, was stoned to death in Somalia in July 1993 by a mob reacting to the United Nations bombing raid on the suspected headquarters of General Mohammed Farah Aidid. Only twenty-two when he died, Dan had already achieved prominence for his work...
