Author: Alexis C. Graves
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947732155
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Little Miss Bright-Eyes is a book that speaks to many of the challenges that face today's children. Come along with Noir as she deals with bullies, family illness, and finding out what truly makes her happy. Little Miss Bright-Eyes attempts to express the message that we are all special and unique.
Little Miss Bright-Eyes
Author: Alexis C. Graves
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947732155
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Little Miss Bright-Eyes is a book that speaks to many of the challenges that face today's children. Come along with Noir as she deals with bullies, family illness, and finding out what truly makes her happy. Little Miss Bright-Eyes attempts to express the message that we are all special and unique.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947732155
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Little Miss Bright-Eyes is a book that speaks to many of the challenges that face today's children. Come along with Noir as she deals with bullies, family illness, and finding out what truly makes her happy. Little Miss Bright-Eyes attempts to express the message that we are all special and unique.
The New Merry-go-round
Little Miss Nobody
Author: Harry Graham
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 336819464X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 336819464X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Stardom
Author: Christine Gledhill
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134940904
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
In the past stars have been studied as cogs in a mass entertainment industry selling desires and ideologies. But since the 1970s, new approaches have reopened debate, as film and cultural studies try to account for the active role of the star in producing meanings, pleasures, and identites for a diversity of audiences. Stardom brings together for the first time some of the major writing of the last decade which seeks to understand the phemomenon of stars and stardom. Gathered under four headings - The System, Stars and Society, Performers and Signs, Desire and Politics - these essays represent a range of approaches drawn from film history, sociolgy, textual analysis, audience research, psychoanalysis, and cultural politics. They raise important issues about the politics of representation and the cultural limitations and possibilities of stars.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134940904
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
In the past stars have been studied as cogs in a mass entertainment industry selling desires and ideologies. But since the 1970s, new approaches have reopened debate, as film and cultural studies try to account for the active role of the star in producing meanings, pleasures, and identites for a diversity of audiences. Stardom brings together for the first time some of the major writing of the last decade which seeks to understand the phemomenon of stars and stardom. Gathered under four headings - The System, Stars and Society, Performers and Signs, Desire and Politics - these essays represent a range of approaches drawn from film history, sociolgy, textual analysis, audience research, psychoanalysis, and cultural politics. They raise important issues about the politics of representation and the cultural limitations and possibilities of stars.
Folk and Fairy Tales from Denmark - Vol. 1 - paperback
Author: Stephen Badman
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 132639889X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Folk and Fairy Tales from Denmark is a collection of stories hitherto unavailable to English speaking audiences. Recorded at source by Danish folklorist Evald Tang Kristensen towards the latter part of the 1800s, they were told to him by storytellers from different social positions; the majority of whom were well versed in the hardships of the rural life of the times. The stories are brim full of shrewd observations, humour, invention, down to earth advice and are as fresh and relevant today as when they were told over a century ago.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 132639889X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Folk and Fairy Tales from Denmark is a collection of stories hitherto unavailable to English speaking audiences. Recorded at source by Danish folklorist Evald Tang Kristensen towards the latter part of the 1800s, they were told to him by storytellers from different social positions; the majority of whom were well versed in the hardships of the rural life of the times. The stories are brim full of shrewd observations, humour, invention, down to earth advice and are as fresh and relevant today as when they were told over a century ago.
Tales from Denmark - Hardcover
Author: Stephen Badman
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326150812
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Tales from Denmark is a collection of stories hitherto unavailable to English speaking audiences. Recorded at source by Danish folklorist Evald Tang Kristensen towards the latter part of the 1800s, They were told to him by storytellers from different social positions; the majority of whom were well versed in the hardships of the rural life of the times. The stories are brim full of shrewd observations, humour, invention, down to earth advice and are as fresh and relevant today as when they were told over a century ago.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326150812
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Tales from Denmark is a collection of stories hitherto unavailable to English speaking audiences. Recorded at source by Danish folklorist Evald Tang Kristensen towards the latter part of the 1800s, They were told to him by storytellers from different social positions; the majority of whom were well versed in the hardships of the rural life of the times. The stories are brim full of shrewd observations, humour, invention, down to earth advice and are as fresh and relevant today as when they were told over a century ago.
The Perfect Kiss
Author: Anne Gracie
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425213452
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
To rescue her friend from a loveless marriage, a daring woman dons a disguise and finds herself captivated by a mysterious rake in this “perfect Regency romance”* from award-winning author Anne Gracie. In three years on the marriage market, Grace Merridew has never met a man whose kiss stirred her senses. So she makes plans for a life of adventure instead—to see the moon rise over the pyramids of Egypt and dance amid the marble ruins of Greece. But first she must help a friend in need... Timid Melly Pettifer is being forced to marry Dominic Wolfe, who stands to inherit a huge estate if he weds. The Wolfes have a terrible reputation, and if there’s one thing Grace cannot stand, it’s a bully. When Melly begs for assistance in escaping her impending nuptials, Grace acts as the plain and mousy chaperone on their visit to the groom-to-be. But when they arrive nothing is as they expect, and Grace is scandalized to find herself being pursued by a big bad Wolfe...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425213452
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
To rescue her friend from a loveless marriage, a daring woman dons a disguise and finds herself captivated by a mysterious rake in this “perfect Regency romance”* from award-winning author Anne Gracie. In three years on the marriage market, Grace Merridew has never met a man whose kiss stirred her senses. So she makes plans for a life of adventure instead—to see the moon rise over the pyramids of Egypt and dance amid the marble ruins of Greece. But first she must help a friend in need... Timid Melly Pettifer is being forced to marry Dominic Wolfe, who stands to inherit a huge estate if he weds. The Wolfes have a terrible reputation, and if there’s one thing Grace cannot stand, it’s a bully. When Melly begs for assistance in escaping her impending nuptials, Grace acts as the plain and mousy chaperone on their visit to the groom-to-be. But when they arrive nothing is as they expect, and Grace is scandalized to find herself being pursued by a big bad Wolfe...
Rebirth
Author: Jarra Freehart
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1035813939
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Picture a social misfit who has stumbled through life, making every conceivable mistake along the way. Despite his best efforts to find stability and understanding in a world that seemed to elude him, he remained stubborn and uncompromising, clinging to a deep-seated attitude of non-conformity. His headspace had no room for compromise, and as a result, he had never experienced a meaningful relationship of any kind. But unbeknownst to him, there were people working on him – not professionals, religious figures, or members of a sect – but ordinary individuals with caring hearts who must have taken pity on him. They never gave up on him, even when he gave them no reason to continue. These compassionate souls never sought gratitude or anything in return, and the dropout never offered it. Yet, he kept returning to them, knowing deep down that they were his only chance at redemption. He understood that they were always a few steps ahead, and he was constantly playing catch-up. Just when he thought he had nearly caught up, they would present him with a new challenge, leaving him frustrated at times. But it was a game he grew to love, and sometimes, when he caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror, he found himself smiling – a rare occurrence in his life. He knew that these people were catalysts for the necessary changes within him, and he embraced the journey, learning about love and the warm feeling it ignited in his chest.
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1035813939
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Picture a social misfit who has stumbled through life, making every conceivable mistake along the way. Despite his best efforts to find stability and understanding in a world that seemed to elude him, he remained stubborn and uncompromising, clinging to a deep-seated attitude of non-conformity. His headspace had no room for compromise, and as a result, he had never experienced a meaningful relationship of any kind. But unbeknownst to him, there were people working on him – not professionals, religious figures, or members of a sect – but ordinary individuals with caring hearts who must have taken pity on him. They never gave up on him, even when he gave them no reason to continue. These compassionate souls never sought gratitude or anything in return, and the dropout never offered it. Yet, he kept returning to them, knowing deep down that they were his only chance at redemption. He understood that they were always a few steps ahead, and he was constantly playing catch-up. Just when he thought he had nearly caught up, they would present him with a new challenge, leaving him frustrated at times. But it was a game he grew to love, and sometimes, when he caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror, he found himself smiling – a rare occurrence in his life. He knew that these people were catalysts for the necessary changes within him, and he embraced the journey, learning about love and the warm feeling it ignited in his chest.
Fantasies of Neglect
Author: Pamela Robertson Wojcik
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813573629
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
In our current era of helicopter parenting and stranger danger, an unaccompanied child wandering through the city might commonly be viewed as a victim of abuse and neglect. However, from the early twentieth century to the present day, countless books and films have portrayed the solitary exploration of urban spaces as a source of empowerment and delight for children. Fantasies of Neglect explains how this trope of the self-sufficient, mobile urban child originated and considers why it persists, even as it goes against the grain of social reality. Drawing from a wide range of films, children’s books, adult novels, and sociological texts, Pamela Robertson Wojcik investigates how cities have simultaneously been demonized as dangerous spaces unfit for children and romanticized as wondrous playgrounds that foster a kid’s independence and imagination. Charting the development of free-range urban child characters from Little Orphan Annie to Harriet the Spy to Hugo Cabret, and from Shirley Temple to the Dead End Kids, she considers the ongoing dialogue between these fictional representations and shifting discourses on the freedom and neglect of children. While tracking the general concerns Americans have expressed regarding the abstract figure of the child, the book also examines the varied attitudes toward specific types of urban children—girls and boys, blacks and whites, rich kids and poor ones, loners and neighborhood gangs. Through this diverse selection of sources, Fantasies of Neglect presents a nuanced chronicle of how notions of American urbanism and American childhood have grown up together.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813573629
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
In our current era of helicopter parenting and stranger danger, an unaccompanied child wandering through the city might commonly be viewed as a victim of abuse and neglect. However, from the early twentieth century to the present day, countless books and films have portrayed the solitary exploration of urban spaces as a source of empowerment and delight for children. Fantasies of Neglect explains how this trope of the self-sufficient, mobile urban child originated and considers why it persists, even as it goes against the grain of social reality. Drawing from a wide range of films, children’s books, adult novels, and sociological texts, Pamela Robertson Wojcik investigates how cities have simultaneously been demonized as dangerous spaces unfit for children and romanticized as wondrous playgrounds that foster a kid’s independence and imagination. Charting the development of free-range urban child characters from Little Orphan Annie to Harriet the Spy to Hugo Cabret, and from Shirley Temple to the Dead End Kids, she considers the ongoing dialogue between these fictional representations and shifting discourses on the freedom and neglect of children. While tracking the general concerns Americans have expressed regarding the abstract figure of the child, the book also examines the varied attitudes toward specific types of urban children—girls and boys, blacks and whites, rich kids and poor ones, loners and neighborhood gangs. Through this diverse selection of sources, Fantasies of Neglect presents a nuanced chronicle of how notions of American urbanism and American childhood have grown up together.
A treasury of Danish Folk and Wonder Tales - 8+
Author: John Herbert
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326686534
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Why does a man have to kiss his horse on the bottom and why does a princess find the antics of a mouse and two beetles so amusing? How does a small bird deal with a ruthless fox that is blackmailing her? Will a man find people who are more sensible than his foolish wife and just how does a man repay his brother for sending him to Hell? All will be revealed when you read A Treasury of Danish Folk and Wonder Stories. A Treasury of Danish Folk and Wonder Stories contains 22 folk and wonder stories retold from DenmarkÍs rich canon of traditional stories.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326686534
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Why does a man have to kiss his horse on the bottom and why does a princess find the antics of a mouse and two beetles so amusing? How does a small bird deal with a ruthless fox that is blackmailing her? Will a man find people who are more sensible than his foolish wife and just how does a man repay his brother for sending him to Hell? All will be revealed when you read A Treasury of Danish Folk and Wonder Stories. A Treasury of Danish Folk and Wonder Stories contains 22 folk and wonder stories retold from DenmarkÍs rich canon of traditional stories.