Author: Pixie O'HarrisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780454008647
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A Cavalcade of Cats
Author: Pixie O'HarrisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780454008647
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Musical, Second Edition
Author: Kurt GänzlPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438487525
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
The Musical, Second Edition, introduces students and general readers to the entire scope of the history of musical theater, from eighteenth-century ballad operas to nineteenth-century operettas, to the Golden Age of Broadway to today. In this comprehensive history, master theater historian Kurt Gänzl draws on his vast knowledge of the productions, the actors, the music and dance, and the reception of the central repertory of the musical theater. Focus boxes on key shows are included in every chapter, along with a chronology of the major musical productions described in the text. Production photographs from around the world enhance the descriptions of the costumes and staging. This book is an ideal introduction for college-level courses on the History of Musical Theater and will also appeal to the general theatergoer who wants to learn more about how today’s musical developed from its earliest roots.
Down and Dirty in the Dordogne
Author: Andrea FrazerPublisher: Headline Accent
ISBN: 1783754168
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
This is the story of how two middle-aged Brits gave up a nice life in Blighty after falling in love with a delightfully dilapidated old French property. It’s no mean feat trying to restore a cavernous barn of a house (hovel) during the worst financial crisis of the modern age, especially when you’re faced with dodgy builders, red tape, rowdy locals, health problems, recalcitrant relatives, a house in England that simply won’t sell, and a multitude of escapologist cats – not to mention some resident skeletons. Andrea Frazer gives the lowdown on the ups and downs that befall two fish out of water as the couple take the plunge and move across the Channel.
Cavalcade of Cats
Author: Vaughan EvansPublisher:
ISBN: 9780855589455
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
A Cat's Tale
Author: Baba the CatPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250217717
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A “fun, fanciful, and even informative” history of felines as revealed by a very learned tabby with a knack for hunting down facts (People). Since the dawn of civilization, felines have prowled alongside mankind as they expanded their territory and spread the myth of human greatness. And today, cats are peddled on social media as silly creatures here to amuse humans with their antics. But this is an absurd, self-centered fantasy. The true history of felines is one of heroism, love, tragedy, sacrifice, and gravitas. Not entirely convinced? Well, get ready, because Baba the Cat is here to set the record straight. Spanning almost every continent and thousands—yes, thousands—of years, Baba’s complex story of feline survival presents readers with a diverse cast of cats long forgotten: from her prehistoric feline ancestors and the ancient Egyptian cat goddess Bastet to the daring mariners at the height of oceanic discovery, key intellectuals in the Enlightenment period, revered heroes from World Wars I and II, and the infamous American tabbies. Baba, a talented model in addition to a scholar, goes beyond surface-level scratches, pairing her freshly unearthed research with a series of stunning costume portraits to bring history to life. A paws-on journey through the feline hall of fame, with in-depth research and four-legged testaments that will make you rethink who defines history, A Cat’s Tale is a one-of-a-kind chronicle that introduces readers to the illustrious ancestors of their closest companions and shows, once and for all, that cats know exactly what they’re doing. “Almost certainly the most unique cat history book ever published.” —Smithsonian Magazine
Born to Bark
Author: Stanley CorenPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439189218
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Coren tells the wry, poignant, and good-hearted tale of his life with the dog whose antics inspired Coren's insights into canine behavior as a research psychologist, and on his outlook on life as a whole.
The New English and French Pocket-dictionary: Carefully Compiled from the Dictionaries of the French Academy, Dr. S. Johnson, and Others of the Best Authorities, by Thomas Nugent ..
Author: The Seuss, the Whole Seuss and Nothing But the Seuss
Author: Charles CohenPublisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375822488
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Theodor Seuss Geisel, creator of Horton the Elephant, the Grinch, the Cat in the Hat, and a madcap menagerie of the best-loved children’s characters of all time, stands alone as the preeminent figure of children’s literature. But Geisel was a private man who was happier at the drawing table than he was across from any reporter or would-be biographer. Under the thoughtful scrutiny of Charles D. Cohen, Geisel’s lesser known works yield valuable insights into the imaginative and creative processes of one of the 20th century’s most original thinkers.
Getting Out - Excerpts From a Cat's Diary
Author: Alchemy of a Blackbird
Author: Claire McMillanPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668006561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
For fans of The Age of Light and Z comes a “beguiling novel of artistic ambition, perseverance, and friendship” (Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author) based on the true story of the 20th-century painters and tarot devotees Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington. In this “unforgettable adventure, and one you don’t want to miss” (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author), painter Remedios Varo and her lover, poet Benjamin Peret escape the Nazis by fleeing Paris and arriving at a safe house for artists on the Rivieria. Along with Max Ernst, Peggy Guggenheim, and others, the two anxiously wait for exit papers. As the months pass, Remedios begins to sense that the others don’t see her as a fellow artist; they have cast her in the stifling role of a surrealist ideal: the beautiful innocent. She finds refuge in a mysterious bookshop, where she stumbles into a world of occult learning and intensifies an esoteric practice in the tarot that helps her light the bright fire of her creative genius. When travel documents come through, Remedios and Benjamin flee to Mexico where she is reunited with friend and fellow painter Leonora Carrington. Together, the women tap into their creativity, stake their independence, and each find their true loves. But it is the tarot that enables them to access the transcendent that lies on the other side of consciousness and to become the truest Surrealists of all.