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A thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the...
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Critically acclaimed author Gwyn Cready leaves readers on the edge of their seats in a provocative time travel romance A door to the pastAmbitious art historian Campbell Stratford is about to make a name for herself with her scandalously sexy biographies of famous seventeenth-century artists. Suddenly she is catapulted back in time and comes face-to-face with one of her subjects: bad-boy painter Peter Lely, portraitist to the king.Creates chaos of...
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"Animal portrait painter Mia Chambers and architect Ben Thomas have volunteered at the High Grove Animal Shelter for years, and they share a complicated history. Ben has secretly loved Mia all this time, but she was married to his best friend. Now she's newly widowed, with a young son, and Ben doesn't know how to tell her what's in his heart. All he can do is stay close, help her as much as she'll let him, and watch for the right moment to bare his...
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At thirty-five, Gabriella Graham--"Ella" to her family and friends--has already made a name for herself as a successful portrait artist in London. She can capture the essential truth in each of her subjects' faces--a tilt of the chin, a glint in the eye--and immortalize it on canvas. This gift has earned Ella commissions from royals and regular folks alike. Ella realizes that there is so much more to a person's life than what is seen on the surface,...
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"Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread, weave cloth, or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and Isobel's paintings are highly prized. But when she receives her first royal patron--Rook, the autumn prince--she makes a terrible mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes--a weakness that could cost...
7) The reaping
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An artist commissioned to paint a young woman's portrait discovers evil and horror when he arrives at the secluded country mansion.
9) The portrait
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An influential art critic in the early years of the twentieth century journeys from London to the remote island of Houat, off France's northwest coast, to sit for a portrait painted by an old friend, a gifted, once acclaimed artist living in self-imposed exile. Over the course of the sitting, the painter recalls their years of friendship, the double-edged gift of the critic's patronage, the power he wielded over aspiring artists, and his apparent...
13) Pojawia się idea
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Śmierć Komandora volume 1
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Żona malarza w średnim wieku porzuca go-- z dnia na dzień. Podobnie, z dnia na dzień, on sam podejmuje decyzję, by wyprowadzić się z domu. Rezygnuje ze zleceń, wsiada w samochód i przez parę miesięcy włóczy się po północno-wschodniej części wyspy Honsiu. Gdy zmęczony tułaczką wraca do Tokio i prosi przyjaciela o nocleg, ten ma mu do zaoferowania coś znacznie lepszego: opuszczony dom w górach należący do jego ojca, sławnego...
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