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peanutnine
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Samantha thanks so much for my #jolabokaflod gift!! Sorry for the later post, I was at my sister's today and forgot to open it before I left this morning. I'm looking forward to reading this book and the chocolates are my favorite 🤤😋
#jolabokaflodswap23 @sblbooks @MaleficentBookDragon

sblbooks You're welcome! This book is on my TBR as well, so I'll be interested in your review. 3mo
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Mayadenoma
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? | Roberta Edwards
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Mayadenoma
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? | Roberta Edwards

“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.“

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Mayadenoma
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? | Roberta Edwards
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Roberta Edwards' 'Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?' is an informative biography that delves into the life of the Renaissance polymath. With intriguing details about da Vinci's art and inventions, it encourages curiosity and exploration. This book is suitable for discussions on the Renaissance, art, and the intersection of science and creativity.

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Texreader
Leonardo da Vinci | Walter Isaacson
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I nearly broke down and bought this awesome Italian set of books (5 total) about Leonardo DaVinci in English when I visited the bookstore nearby. Just too darned heavy. So I took a photo. Maybe some place in the states sells Italian-published books

GingerAntics I don‘t know how you managed to leave these beauties behind. 9mo
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Sophronisba
Leonardo da Vinci | Walter Isaacson
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Today I learned that the king of France may have cradled da Vinci in his arms as the elderly artist died. After da Vinci delivered a short lecture on the probable causes of his own death.

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Leonardo da Vinci | Walter Isaacson
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The Last Supper, both in its creation and in its current state, becomes not just an example of Leonardo‘s genius but also a metaphor for it. It was innovative in its art and too innovative in its methods. The conception was brilliant but the execution flawed. The emotional narrative is profound but slightly mysterious, and the current state of the painting adds another thin veil of mystery to the ones that so often shroud Leonardo‘s life and work.

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Leonardo da Vinci | Walter Isaacson
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Da Vinci's to-do list:

* Describe the tongue of the woodpecker
* Go every Saturday to the hot bath where you will see naked men
* Inflate the lungs of a pig and observe whether they increase in width and in length, or only in width

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wanderinglynn
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Disappointing. I felt the main problem is that there wasn't enough material on Leonardo & his Vitruvian Man to justify an entire book. If Lester was a more engaging writer, then maybe the book would work better. But as written, the book lacked cohesion. I felt it was a confusing stream of disjointed parts with no coherent focus and too much conjecture and supposition.

This is my January #bookspin

TheAromaofBooks Oh bummer!! 1y
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wanderinglynn
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When you get caught up in your book (tagged) and go 2 metro stops past the station you should‘ve gotten off at. 🤦🏼‍♀️😆😆😆 #adultingishard

AllDebooks Oh no, I always used to do that after a night shift!! 1y
Aimeesue I'm scrolling through, and I'm all "Who is on the DC metro???" Can't mistake those walls! ? 1y
SomedayAlmost Used to happen to me on the T. In Boston all the time 😆 1y
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wanderinglynn @AllDebooks after a night shift makes sense. I don‘t have that excuse 😆 1y
wanderinglynn @Aimeesue I moved back in August. The metro walls are unmistakable 😆 1y
wanderinglynn @SomedayAlmost glad I‘m not the only one! 🙌🏻 1y
CarolynM Easy to do😆 1y
azulaco I‘ve done this too! 1y
bnp Me too - I deliberately didn't read in the train coming back from the airport today because I was afraid this would happen. 1y
wanderinglynn @bnp smart! 🙌🏻 1y
UwannaPublishme 😂😂😂 1y
sarahbellum I‘ve done that on Muni in San Francisco! 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1y
Branwen Bookworm problems! 😂📚💕 1y
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