GEORGES BRAQUE (1882/1963), FRENCH PAINTER – Painting breaking the surface of the painting, but not too much
WITHOUT LOSING THE OBJECT RECOGNITION – Georges Braque and Synthetic Cubism
GEORGES BRAQUE 1/4 – A creative that is born in a spring day, a child who attended evening classes at the School of Fine Arts in Le Havre, the guy that is formed at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the artist who loves Matisse, Picasso and Cezanne. Objects that you observe in his paintings are not copies of reality, …
Read More »TRICKY TWENTY-TWO – Novel, by Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum, pursues a fraternity member arrested for beating up a college dean and investigates a murder. Ken Globovic, hailed as the The Supreme Exalted Zoo Keeper of the animal house known as Zeta fraternity, has been arrested for beating up the dean of students at Kiltman College. Things just aren’t adding up, and Stephanie can’t shake the feeling that …
Read More »GO SET A WATCHMAN – Novel, by Harper Lee
In the mid-1950s, a grown-up Jean Louise Finch returns to Maycomb and realizes that her adored father is a racist. Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch returns home from New York City, to visit her aging father, Atticus. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. http://www.amazon.com/Go-Set-Watchman-A-Novel/dp/0062409859
Read More »THE MARTIAN – Novel, by Andy Weir
Abandoned by his crew, an astronaut embarks on a dogged quest to stay alive. Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. As he overcomes one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next, Mark begins to let himself believe he might make …
Read More »BLOOD KISS (Black Dagger Legacy) – Novel, by J. R. Ward
While attending the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s rigorous training program, Paradise falls for a commoner. The schooling is unfathomably difficult, the other recruits feel more like enemies than allies. Her strategy? Join the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s training center program and learn to fight for herself. And that’s before she falls in love with a fellow classmate. http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Kiss-Black-Dagger-Legacy/dp/0451475321
Read More »THE GUILTY (Will Robie Series) – Novel, by David Baldacci
The government hit man Will Robie investigates murder charges against his estranged father in their Mississippi hometown. He infiltrates the most hostile countries in the world, defeats our enemies’ advanced security measures, and eliminates threats before they ever reach our shores. To recover what he has lost, Robie must confront what he has tried to forget for over twenty years: …
Read More »ROGUE LAWYER – Novel by John Grisham
The attorney Sebastian Rudd is a lone gunman who hates injustice and the system, and defends unpopular clients. He lives alone in a small but extremely safe penthouse apartment, and his primary piece of furniture is a vintage pool table. He drinks small-batch bourbon and carries a gun. Because he believes everyone is entitled to a fair trial, even if …
Read More »THE CROSSING – Novel by Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch reluctantly helps his half brother, a defense attorney, and his investigations lead him inside the L.A.P.D. The murder rap against his client seems ironclad, but Mickey is sure it’s a setup. With the secret help of his former L.A.P.D. partner Lucia Soto, he turns the investigation inside the police department. http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Crossing-Michael-Connelly/dp/1409145905
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