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Explore the Life and Times of the Ultimate Renaissance Man

From his provocative relationship with the church and secret societies such as the Freemasons to the secrets behind his art and inventions, Da Vinci was a man ahead of his time who willingly paid the price to live life his way. This multitalented man, arguably the greatest genius of all time, was not only a magnificent artist, scientist, and inventor, but also a politically minded radical who deified convention at every turn in his rich, amazing life. Learn the good, the bad, and ugly truth about Da Vinci, including: The ideas that led to his prescient inventions The secrets behind his lost art His strong beliefs in animal rights activism His sexual preferences Not to mention his enemies and allies in the dark, turbulent world of his time With The Everything Da Vinci Book, you'll immerse yourself in the extraordinary mind, heart, and soul of this quintessential Renaissance man-and be inspired to live your own life to the fullest! Shana Priwer has an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and a master's degree from Harvard University. AUTHOR: Cynthia Phillips, Ph.D., is a scientist at the Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, part of the SETI Institute. She received her B.A. in astronomy, astrophysics, and physics from Harvard University and earned her Ph.D. in planetary science, with a minor in geosciences, from the University of Arizona.

⭐ The Everything Da Vinci Book

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

The Da Vinci Code

Ohio

The Lost Mysteries of Leonardo

The Da Vinci Codex is a priceless collection of Leonardo's original work-- or is it? When Da Vinci scholar Vance Erikson discovers that several of the Codex's pages are forgeries, the search is on for the genuine documents, which may hold startling secrets and revelations.

But Erikson is not the only one seeking the missing pages. He soon finds himself the target of a murderous conspiracy that dates back to the dawn of Christianity itself. For the Da Vinci Codex is more than just a precious document. It is also the key to a long-lost discovery of frightening importance. Now, not only Erikson's life but the future itself is at stake. Ultimate power is the prize for whomever seizes ...

The Da Vinci Legacy

First published in 1983,The Da Vinci Legacy is an engrossing international thriller.


The Da Vinci Legacy

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine

A staggeringly popular work of fiction, Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code has stood atop The New York Times Bestseller List for well over a year, with millions of copies in print. But this fast-paced mystery is unusual in that the author states up front that the historical information in the book
is all factually accurate. But is this claim true?
As historian Bart D. Ehrman shows in this informative and witty book, The Da Vinci Code is filled with numerous historical mistakes. Did the ancient church engage in a cover-up to make the man Jesus into a divine figure? Did Emperor Constantine select for the New Testament--from some 80
contending Gospels--the only four Gospels that stressed that Jesus was divine? Was Jesus Christ married to Mary Magdalene? Did the Church suppress Gospels that told the secret of their marriage? Bart Ehrman thoroughly debunks all of these claims. But the book is not merely a laundry list of Brown's
misreading of history. Throughout, Ehrman offers a wealth of fascinating background information--all historically accurate--on early Christianity. He describes, for instance, the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls (which are not Christian in content, contrary to The Da Vinci Code); outlines in simple
terms how scholars of early Christianity determine which sources are most reliable; and explores the many other Gospels that have been found in the last half century.
Ehrman separates fact from fiction, the historical realities from the flights of literary fancy. Readers of The Da Vinci Code who would like to know the truth about the beginnings of Christianity and the life of Jesus will find this book riveting.

Truth and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads to clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci and a centuries-old secret society.

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Mississippi

Leonardo Da Vinci Machines and Weaponry

Oregon

Leonardo Davinci

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New Jersey

The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker). Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson “deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo” (San Francisco Chronicle) in a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history’s most creative genius. In the “luminous” (Daily Beast) Leonardo da Vinci, Isaacson describes how Leonardo’s delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, and at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance to be imaginative and, like talented rebels in any era, to think different. Here, da Vinci “comes to life in all his remarkable brilliance and oddity in Walter Isaacson’s ambitious new biography…a vigorous, insightful portrait” (The Washington Post).

Leonardo Da Vinci

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Indiana

"He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The [bestselling biographer] brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. Drawing on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. His creativity, like that of other great innovators, came from standing at the intersection of the humanities and technology. He peeled flesh off the faces of cadavers, drew the muscles that move the lips, and then painted history's most memorable smile on the Mona Lisa. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. Isaacson also describes how Leonardo's lifelong enthusiasm for staging theatrical productions informed his paintings and inventions. His ability to combine art and science, made iconic by his drawing of what may be himself inside a circle and a square, remains the enduring recipe for innovation. His life should remind us of the importance of instilling, both in ourselves and our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to question it; to be imaginative and, like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think different."--Jacket.

New York

Inferno

New Mexico

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North Carolina

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

If I die, the truth will be lost for ever . . . I must pass on the secret.

History professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in France- the curator of the Louvre in Paris has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes and need Langdon's help to decipher them.

When Langdon and a French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they find a trail that leads to the works of the famous artist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci. As the clues unfold, Langdon and Neveu must decipher the code and quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle before a stunning historical truth is lost forever . . .

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Maryland

Sent to oversee the completion of Da Vinci's "The Last Supper," Dominican inquisitor Fray Agustin Leyre investigates the artist's omission of key elements and use of symbolic imagery, which suggests that there is a coded message in the painting.

The Secret Supper

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Da Vinci Enigma Tarot Guidebook

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The World of Leonardo

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Missouri

The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Edition

Leonardo & His Times

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Spanning seven centuries, this selection of fifty iconic paintings offers readers a crash course in art history while presenting gorgeous colour reproductions that are a pleasure to contemplate. Starting with Giotto's Arena Chapel frescoes and continuing through Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, as well as works by Monet, van Gogh, Cassatt, Cezanne, Dali, Kahlo, Hopper, Pollock, Rothko, and O'Keeffe, nearly every important painter is represented in this book. It features works that may be familiar to the eye, but whose histories are even more fascinating. Readers will learn about the painters who created them, the reasons for their importance and the places the paintings can be found. As entertaining as it is informative, this beautiful book is the perfect introduction to great paintings that have stood the test of time.

50 Paintings You Should Know

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Texas

Florida

Scientist, painter, philosopher, anatomist, astronomer, engineer, inventor, courtier: Leonardo da Vinci is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance. This book surveys the life and work of a unique genius, from his childhood in Italy to his death in France. More than a biography, it sets his life in the context of the great courts he visited: Medici Florence, ducal Milan, royal France. Written for both younger and adult audiences, it presents a readable discussion of Leonardo's complex art, life, and thought, explores his ground-breaking research in medicine, hydraulics, metal-casting, mechanics, painting techniques, architecture, and the new science of warfare and weaponry, and examines his place in intellectual and art history.

Discoveries: Leonardo Da Vinci

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Massachusetts

Symbologist Robert Langdon returns in this new thriller follow-up to The Da Vinci Code.

The Lost Symbol

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Answers to the Questions Everyone's Asking

A critique of the bestselling novel "The da Vinci Code" examines various elements of the story to separate fictitious literary creations from historical facts of Christianity.

Cynthia Phillips; Shana Priwer

⭐ The Everything Da Vinci Book

Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code

Lewis Perdue

The Da Vinci Legacy

Bart D. Ehrman

Truth and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code

Bern Dibner

Leonardo Da Vinci Machines and Weaponry

Kathleen Krull

Leonardo Davinci

Walter Isaacson

Leonardo Da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

Leonardo Da Vinci

Dan Brown

Inferno

Walter Isaacson

Leonardo Da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

Leonardo Da Vinci

Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code

Javier Sierra; Alberto Manguel (Translator)

The Secret Supper

Caitlin Matthews

Da Vinci Enigma Tarot Guidebook

Javier Sierra; Alberto Manguel (Translator)

The Secret Supper

Robert Wallace

The World of Leonardo

Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Edition

Eyewitness Books Dorling Kindersley

Leonardo & His Times

Kristina Lowis; Tamsin Pickeral

50 Paintings You Should Know

Walter Isaacson

Leonardo Da Vinci

Alessandro Vezzosi

Discoveries: Leonardo Da Vinci

Dan Brown

The Lost Symbol

Darrell L. Bock

Breaking the Da Vinci Code