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"Theo, a newcomer to the town of Golden, becomes involved with a local coffeehouse that displays pencil portraits of community members created by a local artist. Over time, he begins acquiring the portraits and returning them to the individuals depicted. Each interaction leads to the sharing of personal histories and the development of new relationships, affecting both Theo and the residents he meets. The novel focuses on community connections, creativity,...

"It is 1891. Almost a century ago, the Great Disruption threw all of the continents into different time periods, from prehistory to the far future. In this new world, map-making has become a fine art -- a mixture of both science and magic. Sophia Tims comes from a family of explorers and cartologers. Eight years ago, her parents left on an urgent mission and never returned. Now she lives with her brilliant uncle Shadrack, the foremost cartologer in...

"When a chance encounter with Theodore Camden, one of the architects of the grand New York apartment house the Dakota, leads to a job offer for Sara Smythe, her world is suddenly awash in possibility--no mean feat for a servant in 1884. She has the opportunity to be the female manager of the Dakota... and to see more of Theo, who understands Sara like no one else--even though he is living in the Dakota with his wife and three children. One hundred...

"It is the summer of 1892, one year since Sophia Tims and her friend Theo embarked upon the dangerous adventure that rewrote the map of the world. Since their return to Boston, Sophia has continued searching for clues to her parents' disappearance, combing archives and libraries, grasping at even the most slender leads. Theo has apprenticed himself to an explorer and gone across the country in order to follow those leads -- but each one proves to...

This visually stunning work blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. The beautiful book also is encyclopedic, containing examples of every model line built by John Deere since 1919. It includes drawings and images from the archives of the Henry Dreyfuss Archives housed at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in Manhattan, and from the Theo Brown Archives...