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Woodcut artist Tom Killion’s prints (over 90 in this collection) combine exquisite color with dynamic composition to portray the coast’s ever-changing moods and diverse formations: storm tides crashing at Point Lobos

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The stories range from the deeply personal to the wildly allegorical

Emperor of Culture Leonard Tennenhouse a field dominated by historicalAlfonso X of Castile (1252 1284) was a true philosopher king, a medieval monarch whose contributions to science, music, historiography, poetry, fiction, and art have had lasting influence. His grand vision was to bring Castile into the mainstream of high civilization and to create a united artistic and religious people. To that end, he established Castilian as a proper language (it is now the fourth most spoken in the world) and wrote one of the most