Michael Finkel
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"The true story of the world's most prolific art thief--a spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, from the bestselling author of The Stranger in the Woods. For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly ten years--in museums and cathedrals all over Europe--Breitwieser,...
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"For readers of Jon Krakauer and The Lost City of Z, a remarkable tale of survival and solitude-- the true story of a man who lived alone in a tent in the Maine woods, never talking to another person and surviving by stealing supplies from nearby cabins for twenty-seven years. In 1986, twenty-year-old Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. He would not have a conversation with another human...
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In February 2002, a reporter in Oregon contacts New York Times Magazine writer Michael Finkel with a startling piece of news: a young, highly intelligent man named Christian Longo, on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for killing his entire family, has recently been captured in Mexico, where he'd taken on a new identity--Michael Finkel's. The next day comes another bit of news: a note from the editors, explaining that Finkel has falsified an article...
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Otwarte
Pub. Date
2024.
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Polish
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„Przez wieki dzieła sztuki były kradzione na niezliczone sposoby z całego świata, ale nikomu nie udało się osiągnąć takiego sukcesu jak mistrz złodziei Stéphane Breitwieser. W ciągu prawie dziesięciu lat dokonał ponad dwustu napadów na muzea i katedry w całej Europie - Breitwieser wraz ze swoją dziewczyną, która pracowała jako jego obserwator, ukradli ponad trzysta przedmiotów, aż wszystko rozpadło się w spektakularny sposób....
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Español
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"El extraño e increíble caso Breitwieser, la historia de una obsesión por el arte y una insaciable avidez por poseer la belleza a toda costa. Ha habido muchos ladrones de arte a lo largo de la historia, pero ninguno como Stéphane Breitwieser. Él nunca robó por dinero, sino que sustraía solo aquellas piezas cuya belleza lo embelesaba, y exponía esos tesoros en un par de habitaciones secretas de su casa, donde podía admirarlos a su antojo....
7) Batavia Public Library: The stranger in the woods :the extraordinary story of the last true hermit
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[Batavia Public Library]
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Book club discussion kit featuring the title, The stranger in the woods: The unforgettable true story of Christopher Knight, who found refuge from the pressures of modern society by living alone in the Maine woods for twenty-seven years.
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[Batavia Public Library]
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Book club discussion kit featuring the title, The Art Thief: "For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly ten years-in museums and cathedrals all over Europe-Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until...
10) True story
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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After journalist Michael Finkel is fired from The New York Times for embellishing a story, he learns that accused murderer Christian Longo has been claiming to be him. Hoping this story will save his career, Finkel begins interviewing Longo in prison. But soon, the men find themselves in an eerie game of cat and mouse in this psychological drama.