art thefts

Presents an account of those who were part of a special force of American and British curators, art historians, museum curators, and other experts who risked their lives to prevent the destruction of cultural artifacts and structures while also trying to locate missing items that had been stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

Mona Lisa discusses her life in the homes and palaces of artists and kings, and as the object of admiration by visitors to see her at the Louve in Paris, tells of her time in the hands of a thief, and shares the secret of why she smiles.

In their attempts to solve the mystery of their father's disappearance, Hazel and her brother, Ned, find themselves involved with a trio of art thieves and uncover some disturbing family secrets.

Twelve-year-old British schoolboy Tim Malt and his dog, Grk, set out on a new adventure while in New York City, where they seek to discover who stole the Golden Dachshund from the National Museum.

After a high-profile art heist of three van Gogh drawings in her home town of Seattle, sixteen-year-old Violet Rossi finds herself in Japan with her artist father, searching for the related van Gogh painting.

Fifteen-year-old Kat schemes her way into the best boarding school, hoping to leave the thieving antics of her family behind her, but Hal, a former co-conspirator, appears on campus to tell Kat that a powerful mobster believes her father stole art from a priceless collection, and in order to save him, Kat will have to recover the paintings.

Rob Zanelli and his Internet friends around the world stumble into the lair of an international art thief when they set out to track the course of the GO GAMEZONE, a yacht owned by Rob's parent's company that is sailing the Atlantic in order to demonstrate the capabilities of electronic communication systems.

Tells the story of the Elgin Marbles, named for Thomas Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin, who removed the sculptures from the Parthenon while serving as British ambassador in Constantinople, and discusses the controversies that still rage over the rightful ownership of the treasures.

Describes how grave robbers supply museums and the super rich with ancient artifacts and treasures and how their looting has impacted what researchers know about ancient civilizations.

New York police detective Clay Ryder, a specialist in the investigation of art theft, finds himself in the middle of a complicated case when two priceless paintings are stolen from a private collector and a long-missing Van Gogh shows up at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.