Christopher Sweet

Bullied at school, ashamed of his parents, and tired of who he is, 12-year-old Joseph Ward is certain things are as bad as they can get. Until tragedy strikes and he finds himself locked up in St. Theodore's Academy for Wayward Children, a reform school overseen by a cruel and merciless headmaster. Joseph has a secret gift, though. A gift that takes him to magical and terrifying worlds. His only hope of escape is through these places. But something unimaginable lurks within them. Something dangerous. Something hungry.

The Boy in the Canvas

A compelling array of 250 full-color photographs captures the opulent world of the rich and famous and the international elite, including Aristotle Onassis, C. Z. Guest, the Aga Khan, Truman Capote, and other Hollywood notables, celebrities, royalty, moguls, and other luminaries, in the sequel to Slim Aarons--Once Upon a Time.

A Place in the Sun

Slim Aarons

Documents the lives of the aristocracy and celebrities of Italy over a fifty year period following World War II, depicting them in a social milieu of family villas and country locations.

Slim Aarons: La Dolce Vita

Johannes Vermeer is the poetic soul of Dutch art and one of the great vanishing acts in art history. With his death in 1675 and the dispersal of his paintings, Vermeer's artistic and personal identities were virtually eclipsed. But he was rediscovered in the late 19th century and quickly became known as one of the great European masters. Did you know that: Vermeer paid his rent by giving paintings to his landlord? fewer than 40 paintings are attributed to Vermeer? the formality of Vermeer's images masks a deeper, symbolic meaning? some critics still argue that Vermeer's possible use of camera obscura -- the "first camera"--Makes him more of a copyist than a truly original artist?

Christopher Sweet

About

Books

Join the club