Author: Rittenhouse ClubPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Charter, By-laws, Officers and Members
Author: Rittenhouse ClubThe Athenaeum
Author: Turgenev and England
Author: Patrick WaddingtonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349034312
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Figuring it Out
Author: Ann B. ShteirPublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584656036
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
A collection of fifteen original essays analyzing gender in the imagery of science.
Current Opinion
Author: Inside an Ancient Assyrian Palace
Author: Ada CohenPublisher: Brandeis University Press
ISBN: 161168997X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
A detailed exploration of Layard's famous lithograph of the interior of an Assyrian palace
Brainiac
Author: Ken JenningsPublisher: Villard
ISBN: 0812974999
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A witty, charming, and engaging dive into trivia’s colorful history, from America’s highest-earning game show contestant of all time “Insightful, informative, and written with a strong dose of humor and humility. . . . I loved this book.”—Will Shortz, crossword editor, The New York Times Ken Jennings is trivia’s undisputed king—and as he traces his rise from anonymous computer programmer to nerd folk icon, he explores his newly conquered kingdom: the world of trivia itself. Trivia, he has found, is centuries older than his childhood obsession with it. Whisking us from the coffeehouses of seventeenth-century London to the Internet age, Jennings chronicles the ups and downs of the trivia fad: the quiz book explosion of the Jazz Age; the rise, fall, and rise again of TV quiz shows; the nostalgic campus trivia of the 1960s; and the 1980s, when Trivial Pursuit® again made it fashionable to be a know-it-all. Jennings also investigates the shadowy demimonde of today’s trivia subculture, guiding us on a tour of trivia across America. He goes head-to-head with the blowhards and diehards of the college quiz-bowl circuit, the slightly soused faithful of the Boston pub trivia scene, and the raucous participants in the annual Q&A marathon in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, “The World’s Largest Trivia Contest.” And, of course, he takes us behind the scenes of his improbable 75-game run on Jeopardy! But above all, Brainiac is a love letter to the useless fact. (Who knew that there’s a crater on Venus named after Laura Ingalls Wilder? Ken Jennings, that’s who.) Engaging and erudite, Brainiac is an irresistible celebration of nostalgia, curiosity, and geeky obsession—in a word, trivia.
William Powell Frith
Author: William Powell FrithPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300121903
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
William Powell Frith (1819-1909) was the greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth. His panoramas of nineteenth-century life broke new ground in their depiction of the diverse London crowd, and they are now icons of their age. Frith’s popularity in his lifetime was unprecedented; on six separate occasions special railings had to be built at the Royal Academy to protect his paintings from an admiring public. Derby Day and The Railway Station are nearly as well known today as a century ago, yet the artist who painted them is now neglected. This book explores Frith's place in the development of Victorian painting: the impact of his unconventional private life on his work, his relationships with Hogarth and Dickens, his influence on popular illustration, the place of costume in his paintings, his female models, his painting materials and practice, and much more. The book makes an important contribution to the literature on art in the Victorian era and to our understanding of the nineteenth century.
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