Author: Jill Golden
Publisher: Wakefield Press
ISBN: 9781862547049
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A fascinating, finely wrought work, Inventing Beatrice is a sophisticated and engaging account of a person, her mother, and a bohemian period of Australian history.
Inventing Beatrice
Author: Jill Golden
Publisher: Wakefield Press
ISBN: 9781862547049
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A fascinating, finely wrought work, Inventing Beatrice is a sophisticated and engaging account of a person, her mother, and a bohemian period of Australian history.
Publisher: Wakefield Press
ISBN: 9781862547049
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A fascinating, finely wrought work, Inventing Beatrice is a sophisticated and engaging account of a person, her mother, and a bohemian period of Australian history.
The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy
Author: Béatrice Alemagna
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781592701803
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
One morning, Eddie wakes up and hears her little sister say these words: birthday--mama--present--fluffy--little--squishy. Worried that her sister will find one before she does, Eddie runs off on a hunt. But where should she begin? At the neighborhood shops, maybe? Eddie's search, magical and entirely her own, leads her just where she needs to go.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781592701803
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
One morning, Eddie wakes up and hears her little sister say these words: birthday--mama--present--fluffy--little--squishy. Worried that her sister will find one before she does, Eddie runs off on a hunt. But where should she begin? At the neighborhood shops, maybe? Eddie's search, magical and entirely her own, leads her just where she needs to go.
I Shock Myself
Author: Beatrice Wood
Publisher: Schiffer + ORM
ISBN: 1507301529
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
In her own charming, spirited, and readable style, Beatrice Wood tells us the story of her unorthodox life and her influence on 20th-century art. Rebellious, radical, and romantic, Wood (1893–1998) defied propriety to become a true national, and international, treasure. Her absorbing autobiography includes vintage documents and her own personal photos and sketches of her many famous friends and acquaintances in the art world. She became romantically involved with the Dadaist Marcel Duchamp, and offers rare glimpses into the lives of her circle, including key cultural figures like Constantin Brancusi, Isadora Duncan, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Anais Nin, and Krishnamurti. At age forty Wood studied ceramics and went on to become one of the major ceramists of the 20th century, working until her death at age 105. This captivating chance to enjoy Wood's rare charisma and spirit provides a better understanding of American art and the people who have shaped it.
Publisher: Schiffer + ORM
ISBN: 1507301529
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
In her own charming, spirited, and readable style, Beatrice Wood tells us the story of her unorthodox life and her influence on 20th-century art. Rebellious, radical, and romantic, Wood (1893–1998) defied propriety to become a true national, and international, treasure. Her absorbing autobiography includes vintage documents and her own personal photos and sketches of her many famous friends and acquaintances in the art world. She became romantically involved with the Dadaist Marcel Duchamp, and offers rare glimpses into the lives of her circle, including key cultural figures like Constantin Brancusi, Isadora Duncan, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Anais Nin, and Krishnamurti. At age forty Wood studied ceramics and went on to become one of the major ceramists of the 20th century, working until her death at age 105. This captivating chance to enjoy Wood's rare charisma and spirit provides a better understanding of American art and the people who have shaped it.
Beatrice Doesn't Want to
Author: Laura Joffe Numeroff
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763638439
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
On the third afternoon of going to the library with her brother Henry, Beatrice finally finds something she enjoys doing.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763638439
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
On the third afternoon of going to the library with her brother Henry, Beatrice finally finds something she enjoys doing.
The Beatrice Letters
Author: Lemony Snicket
Publisher: Egmont Books (UK)
ISBN: 9781405227483
Category : Baudelaire, Beatrice (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a collection of correspondence between Lemony Snicket and the mysterious Beatrice.
Publisher: Egmont Books (UK)
ISBN: 9781405227483
Category : Baudelaire, Beatrice (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a collection of correspondence between Lemony Snicket and the mysterious Beatrice.
Being Dead
Author: Jim Crace
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 142998015X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
A National Book Critics Circle Awards Winner From the author of Quarantine comes Being Dead, Jim Crace's haunting novel about love, death, and the afterlife. Baritone Bay, mid-afternoon. A couple, naked, married almost thirty years, are lying murdered in the dunes. "Their bodies had expired, but anyone could tell--just look at them--that Joseph and Celice were still devoted. For while his hand was touching her, curved round her shin, the couple seemed to have achieved that peace the world denies, a period of grace, defying even murder. Anyone who found them there, so wickedly disfigured, would nevertheless be bound to see that something of their love had survived the death of cells. The corpses were surrendered to the weather and the earth, but they were still a man and wife, quietly resting; flesh on flesh; dead, but not departed yet."
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 142998015X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
A National Book Critics Circle Awards Winner From the author of Quarantine comes Being Dead, Jim Crace's haunting novel about love, death, and the afterlife. Baritone Bay, mid-afternoon. A couple, naked, married almost thirty years, are lying murdered in the dunes. "Their bodies had expired, but anyone could tell--just look at them--that Joseph and Celice were still devoted. For while his hand was touching her, curved round her shin, the couple seemed to have achieved that peace the world denies, a period of grace, defying even murder. Anyone who found them there, so wickedly disfigured, would nevertheless be bound to see that something of their love had survived the death of cells. The corpses were surrendered to the weather and the earth, but they were still a man and wife, quietly resting; flesh on flesh; dead, but not departed yet."
Women Inventors 2
Author: Jean F. Blashfield
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781560652755
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Each volume presents brief accounts of five women and their inventions, including Sybilla Masters, Madam C. J. Walker, Mary Anderson, and Nancy Perkins.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781560652755
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Each volume presents brief accounts of five women and their inventions, including Sybilla Masters, Madam C. J. Walker, Mary Anderson, and Nancy Perkins.
To Capture What We Cannot Keep
Author: Beatrice Colin
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250071461
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Set against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, this novel charts the relationship between a young Scottish widow and a French engineer who, despite constraints of class and wealth, fall in love. In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and Émile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris, France--a moment of pure possibility. But back on firm ground, their vastly different social strata become clear. Cait is a widow who because of her precarious financial situation is forced to chaperone two wealthy Scottish charges. Émile is expected to take on the bourgeois stability of his family's business and choose a suitable wife. As the Eiffel Tower rises, a marvel of steel and air and light, the subject of extreme controversy and a symbol of the future, Cait and Émile must decide what their love is worth. Seamlessly weaving historical detail and vivid invention, Beatrice Colin evokes the revolutionary time in which Cait and Émile live--one of corsets and secret trysts, duels and Bohemian independence, strict tradition and Impressionist experimentation. To Capture What We Cannot Keep, stylish, provocative, and shimmering, raises probing questions about a woman's place in that world, the overarching reach of class distinctions, and the sacrifices love requires of us all.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250071461
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Set against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, this novel charts the relationship between a young Scottish widow and a French engineer who, despite constraints of class and wealth, fall in love. In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and Émile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris, France--a moment of pure possibility. But back on firm ground, their vastly different social strata become clear. Cait is a widow who because of her precarious financial situation is forced to chaperone two wealthy Scottish charges. Émile is expected to take on the bourgeois stability of his family's business and choose a suitable wife. As the Eiffel Tower rises, a marvel of steel and air and light, the subject of extreme controversy and a symbol of the future, Cait and Émile must decide what their love is worth. Seamlessly weaving historical detail and vivid invention, Beatrice Colin evokes the revolutionary time in which Cait and Émile live--one of corsets and secret trysts, duels and Bohemian independence, strict tradition and Impressionist experimentation. To Capture What We Cannot Keep, stylish, provocative, and shimmering, raises probing questions about a woman's place in that world, the overarching reach of class distinctions, and the sacrifices love requires of us all.
On This Day She
Author: Jo Bell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538164574
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
A fascinating page-a-day collection profiling extraordinary women of all races, eras, and nationalities. Our past is full of influential women. Whether politicians, troublemakers, explorers, artists, and even the odd murderer, women have shaped society around the globe. But too often, these women have been unfairly confined to the margins of history. On This Day She: Putting Women Back into History One Day at a Time corrects this imbalance. A day-by-day collection of inspiring stories about incredible women who made history but seldom received the acknowledgement they deserved, this book introduces readers to women of all colors, eras, and nationalities. From Queen Elizabeth I to Beyoncé, Doria Shafik to Lillian Bilocca, this book gives voice both to female icons and to those whom the history books have overlooked. These women campaigned, cured, and adventured their way through life. They include musicians, painters, scientists, poets, and more. Spanning centuries, On This Day She is a record of human existence at its most authentic.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538164574
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
A fascinating page-a-day collection profiling extraordinary women of all races, eras, and nationalities. Our past is full of influential women. Whether politicians, troublemakers, explorers, artists, and even the odd murderer, women have shaped society around the globe. But too often, these women have been unfairly confined to the margins of history. On This Day She: Putting Women Back into History One Day at a Time corrects this imbalance. A day-by-day collection of inspiring stories about incredible women who made history but seldom received the acknowledgement they deserved, this book introduces readers to women of all colors, eras, and nationalities. From Queen Elizabeth I to Beyoncé, Doria Shafik to Lillian Bilocca, this book gives voice both to female icons and to those whom the history books have overlooked. These women campaigned, cured, and adventured their way through life. They include musicians, painters, scientists, poets, and more. Spanning centuries, On This Day She is a record of human existence at its most authentic.
Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life
Author: Mark Francis
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801445903
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The ideas of the English philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) have shaped evolutionary theory, philosophy of science, sociology & politics. This work aims to dispel the plethora of misinformation surrounding Spencer, throwing light on the broader cultural history of the 19th century.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801445903
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The ideas of the English philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) have shaped evolutionary theory, philosophy of science, sociology & politics. This work aims to dispel the plethora of misinformation surrounding Spencer, throwing light on the broader cultural history of the 19th century.