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The monuments men [large print] Allied heroes, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history / by Edsel, Robert M.(CARDINAL)279581; Witter, Bret.(CARDINAL)294511;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 729-744)The mission -- Northern Europe -- Germany -- The void -- The aftermath.As Adolf Hitler attempted to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he would collect and the "degenerate" works he would destroy. Behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, and art historians raced against time to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. (Bestseller)
Subjects: Art.; Large print books.; Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section; Art thefts; Art treasures in war; Cultural property; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 8
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The monuments men : Allied heroes, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history / by Edsel, Robert M.(CARDINAL)279581; Witter, Bret.(CARDINAL)294511;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-454) and index.The mission. Out of Germany ; Hitler's dream ; The call to arms ; A dull and empty world ; Leptis magna ; The first campaign ; Monte Cassino ; Monuments, fine arts, and archives ; The task -- Northern Europe. Winning respect ; A meeting in the field ; Michaelangelo's Madonna ; The cathedral and the masterpiece ; Van Eyck's Mystic Lamb ; James Rorimer visits the Louvre ; Entering Germany ; A field trip ; Tapestry ; Christmas wishes ; The Madonna of La Gleize ; The train ; The Bulge ; Champagne -- Germany. A German Jew in the U.S. Army ; Coming through the battle ; The new monuments man ; George Stout with his maps ; Art on the move ; Two turning points ; Hitler's Nero decree ; First army across the Rhine ; Treasure map ; Frustration ; Inside the mountain ; Lost ; A week to remember -- The void. Salt ; Horror ; The Gauleiter ; The battered mine ; Last birthday ; Plans ; The noose ; Discoveries ; The noose tightens ; The race ; Final days ; The translator ; The sound of music ; End of the road -- The aftermath. Understanding Altaussee ; Evacuation ; The journey home ; Heroes of civilization ; What is your connection to the story?"The previously untold story of a little-known WWII Allied division whose mission was to track down European art and treasures that had been looted by the Nazis at Hitler's command"--Provided by the publisher.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Art.; Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section; Art thefts; Art treasures in war; Cultural property; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 24 / Total copies: 27
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The monuments men [videorecording] / by Balaban, Bob,actor.(CARDINAL)344806; Blanchett, Cate,1969-actor.(CARDINAL)344981; Bonneville, Hugh,actor.(CARDINAL)357403; Clooney, George,film director,screenwriter,producer,actor.(CARDINAL)529899; Damon, Matt,actor.(CARDINAL)267441; Dujardin, Jean,1972-actor.; Goodman, John,1952-actor.(CARDINAL)344847; Heslov, Grant,1963-producer,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)786800; Murray, Bill,1950 September 21-actor.(CARDINAL)744664; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Edsel, Robert M.Monuments men.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Witter, Bret.Monuments men.; Columbia Pictures.presenter.(CARDINAL)747663; Fox 2000 Pictures,presenter.(CARDINAL)784935; Smokehouse Pictures (Firm)film production company.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)film distributor.(CARDINAL)282399;
Music, Alexandre Desplat ; costume designer, Louise Frogley ; editor, Stephen Mirrione ; production designer, Jim Bissell ; director of photography, Phedon Papamichael.George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Cate Blanchett, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban, Jean Dujardin.An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect mankind's greatest achievements.MPAA Rating: PG-13; for some images of war violence and historical smoking.DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital.Title from disc surface.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; War films.; Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section; Art thefts; Art treasures in war; Cultural property; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 75 / Total copies: 102
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The monuments men : [videorecording] / by Clooney, George,film producer,screenwriter,film director,actor.; Heslov, Grant,1963-film producer,screenwriter.; Damon, Matt,actor.; Murray, Bill,1950-actor.; Goodman, John,1952-actors.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Edsel, Robert M.Monuments men.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Witter, Bret.Monuments men.; Columbia Pictures Corporation,production company.; Fox 2000 Pictures,production company.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,production company.;
Columbia Pictures and Fox 2000 Pictures present a Smokehouse production ; produced by Grant Heslov, George Clooney ; screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov ; directed by George Clooney.George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin.An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect mankind's greatest achievements.Rating: PG-13; for some images of war violence and historical smokingBlu-ray, region A, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; 5.1 DTS-HD MA (English), 5.1 Dolby digital (French), audio descriptive track, 1080p high definition; requires Blu-ray player.
Subjects: Feature films.; War films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section; Art thefts; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Art treasures in war; Cultural property; Blu-ray discs.;
© [2014], Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The greatest treasure hunt in history : the story of the Monuments Men / by Edsel, Robert M.,author.(CARDINAL)279581;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Letters home -- Independence day -- "Little saints, help us!" -- The meeting -- Priceless dust -- Objectives -- Resurrection and treachery -- Searching for clues -- Getting help -- Longings -- Small victories -- Treasure maps -- Gains and losses -- Surprises -- On the move -- The beginning of the end -- Salt mines and jail cells -- Closure -- Going home."As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of Western civilization. As the war raged, these American and British volunteers--museum curators, art scholars and educators, architects, archivists, and artists, known as the Monuments Men--found themselves in a desperate race against time to locate and save the many priceless treasures and works of art stolen by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Robert M. Edsel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men, brings this story to young readers for the first time in a sweeping, dynamic adventure detailing history's greatest treasure hunt"--Ages 9-12.Grades 4 to 6.1200LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Art.; Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section; Art thefts; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Art treasures in war; Cultural property;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Hitler's holy relics : a true story of Nazi plunder and the race to recover the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire / by Kirkpatrick, Sidney D.(CARDINAL)277174;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Blacksmith's alley -- Monuments men -- Camp Ritchie boys -- Invasion of Nürnburg -- Thor's hammer -- Pandora's box -- Spear of destiny -- Himmler's scholars -- The Aryan Jesus -- Hitler's fairy-tale kingdom -- Teutonic knights -- The enemy at the gates -- Chain of command -- Himmler's courier -- Keys to the vault -- Hitler's holy reich -- Externsteine -- Black Camelot -- The White House -- Nazi plunder -- Camp king -- The crown jewels -- The Faustian bargain -- The Fourth Reich -- Epilogue.Tells the riveting true story of how an American college professor turned Army sleuth recovered cherished symbols of Hitler's Thousand-Year Reich before they could become a rallying point in the creation of a Fourth and equally unholy Reich.
Subjects: Art.; Horn, Walter, 1908-1995.; Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section; Crown jewels; Art thefts; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Art treasures in war; Cultural property;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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The night portrait : a novel of World War II and Da Vinci's Italy / by Morelli, Laura,author.(CARDINAL)474631;
Includes bibliographical references, interview with the author, and Reading Group Guide discussion questions.Milan, 1492: When a sixteen-year old beauty becomes the mistress of the Duke of Milan, she must fight for her place in the palace, and against those who want her out. Soon, she finds herself sitting before Leonardo da Vinci, who wants to ensure his own place in the ducal palace by painting his most ambitious portrait to date. Munich, World War II: After a modest conservator unwittingly places a priceless Italian Renaissance portrait into the hands of a high-ranking Nazi leader, she risks her life to recover it, working with an American soldier, part of the famed Monuments Men team, to get it back. Two women, separated by 500 years, are swept up in the tide of history as one painting stands at the center of their quests for their own destinies.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Art.; Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.; Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section; Art treasures in war; World War, 1939-1945; Cultural property; Women; Teenage girls; Mistresses; Nobility; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 34 / Total copies: 39
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The monuments men [videorecording] by Balaban, Bob,1945-; Blanchett, Cate,1969-(CARDINAL)344981; Bonneville, Hugh,1963-; Damon, Matt,1970-; Dujardin, Jean,1972-; Goodman, John,1952-(CARDINAL)344847; Leonidas, Dimitri,1987-; Murray, Bill,1950-(CARDINAL)552658;
An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect mankind's greatest achievements. MPAA Rated : PG DVD
Subjects: Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section; Art thefts; Art treasures in war; Biographical films.; Cultural property; DVDs; Historical films.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The monuments men [videorecording] by Balaban, Bob,1945-; Blanchett, Cate,1969-(CARDINAL)344981; Bonneville, Hugh,1963-; Damon, Matt,1970-; Dujardin, Jean,1972-; Goodman, John,1952-(CARDINAL)344847; Leonidas, Dimitri,1987-; Murray, Bill,1950-(CARDINAL)552658;
An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect mankind's greatest achievements. MPAA Rated : PG Blu-ray
Subjects: Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section; Art thefts; Art treasures in war; Biographical films.; Blu-ray discs.; Cultural property; Historical films.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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