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382) Taking it all in
Author
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Pub. Date
©1984
Language
English
Description
From the Blurb: Taking It All In is the seventh collection of Pauline Kael's movie reviews, and it maintains the high standard she set for herself almost twenty years ago in I Lost it at the Movies and has held to in each of its memorable successors: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Going Steady, Deeper into Movies, Reeling, and When the Lights Go Down. From its title, which sums up in a phrase the Kael way of seeing and writing about movies, to its concluding...
Author
Publisher
eBook Bakery]
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Richard Parker's recollections of his time as the assistant to the fashion industry icon, chronicles the untold challenges encountered in opening a new showroom for Chanel Perfumes in New York; the hand-to-hand corporate infighting between Gregory Thomas, the powerful Chairman of Chanel America, and Tom Lee, its legendary designer; and the ultimate resurrection of Coco Chanel's reputation and legend. Parker's insights and comfortable writing style...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
"Why was England the only country in Europe to maintain an all-male public theatre in the Renaissance? Stephen Orgel uses this question as the starting point of a fresh and stimulating exploration of the representation of gender in Elizabethan drama and society. Why were boys used to play female roles in drama, and how did such cross-dressing impact on the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries? What was the place of women in the Renaissance...
389) À tout jamais
Author
Series
Publisher
R. Laffont
Pub. Date
2002, ©2000
Language
Français
Description
"Chaque mois d'avril, Landon Carter est assailli par les souvenirs de sa dernière année de lycée. C'était en 1958, dans la petite ville de Beaufort, en Caroline du Nord. Fils de bonne famille, il aimait retrouver ses amis en classe, inviter ses jolies camarades, faire le mur de temps en temps, et se moquer de la fille du pasteur : avec sa bible, son éternel chignon et son dévouement sans faille qui plaisait tant aux grandes personnes, Jamie...
Author
Series
Publisher
University Press of Colorado
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The life of Georgetown, Colorado, after the turn of the twentieth century as mining in Clear Creek County steadily declined and ultimately collapsed. Tourism, skiing, and historic preservation replaced mineral extraction and contributed to Georgetown's survival, and ultimate flourishing, after the loss of its principal industry"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Archipelago Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"These twenty-three timeless stories in Message from the Shadows sift through Antonio Tabucchi's shadow world. Here, characters step into new dreams with ease, open their mouths to swallow the sky, and idle whales ponder the fragile state of mankind. At times, Tabucchi's world spins toward a single fate: a young boy's lament is said to gather eels to the shore, or a woman in a cotton dress sings, 'I was left with a handful of air' and a young man...
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"It's time to have FUN finding the perfect fit-fashion expert Jene Luciani is here to help. In 2009, The Bra Book helped countless women find the right bra. Now, Luciani, known as "Dr. Oz's Bra Guru," returns with this updated edition of her one-and-only guide to all things underneath. If 85 percent of women are wearing the wrong bra, what else in their undergarment drawers doesn't fit as well as it could? Luciani continues her mission to arm women...
395) Making history: the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts : Institute of American Indian Arts
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Making History: The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts is a unique contribution to the fields of visual culture, arts education, and American Indian studies. Written by scholars actively producing Native art resources, this book guides readers-students, educators, collectors, and the public-in how to learn about Indigenous cultures as visualized in our creative endeavors. By highlighting the rich resources and history of the Institute of American...
Author
Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Without a doubt the Harry Potter series has had a powerful effect on the Millennial Generation. Millions of children grew up immersed in the world of the boy wizard--reading the books, dressing up in costume to attend midnight book release parties, watching the movies, and even creating and competing in Quidditch tournaments. Beyond what we know of the popularity of the series, however, nothing has been published on the question of the Harry Potter...
397) Vincent Ventura and the curse of the weeping woman =: Vincent Ventura y la maldición de la llorona
Author
Series
Publisher
Piñata Books, Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
¡Vincent Ventura, extraordinario luchador de monstruos, no puede creer que la casa en 666 Duende Street haya atraído a otra criatura espeluznante! De hecho, hay varios seres inusuales, incluidos fantasmas y una dama de blanco con ojos brillantes y ardientes. ¿Es ella... La Llorona?!? ¿Y quién es la otra joven? Al día siguiente en la escuela, Vincent y sus primos conocen a una nueva maestra sustituta, la Sra. Malin Che, que acaba de mudarse a...
Publisher
PUSH
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to the next generation. Chosen from tens of thousands of entries to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, PUSH is proud to present the best young writers and artists in America. Some show us the world in quiet force. Others yell. There is anger in these pages, as well as love. There is clarity, as well as confusion. And there is hope. Hope that things can sometimes be fixed. Hope that eventually high school will end. Hope that a new generation...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In what was a golden age of British advertising, the notion of the 'peacock male' was a strong theme in fashion promotion, reflecting a new affluence and the emergence of stylish youth cultures. Based on a detailed study of rich archival material, this pioneering study examines the production, circulation and consumption of print, television and cinema publicity for men's clothing in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century. The study...
Publisher
Time Inc. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Presents recipes from famous chefs and football players that are representative of cooking from the National Football League's thirty-one cities, including such dishes as meon gazpacho with shrimp and herb salad, crawfish curry, and barbecued hot beef sandwiches.
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