Author: Jacob Abbott
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Category : Brothers and sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Author: Jacob Abbott
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Author: Alison Brown
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674050327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Brown demonstrates how Florentine thinkers used Lucretius—earlier and more widely than has been supposed—to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies. She enhances our understanding of the “revolution” in sixteenth-century political thinking and our definition of the Renaissance within newly discovered worlds and new social networks.

Author: Mark Bostridge
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466802928
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1110

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The common soldier’s savior, the standard-bearer of modern nursing, a pioneering social reformer: Florence Nightingale belongs to that select band of historical characters who are instantly recognizable. Home-schooled, bound for the life of an educated Victorian lady, Nightingale scandalized her family when she found her calling as a nurse, a thoroughly unsuitable profession for a woman of her class. As the “Lady with the Lamp,” ministering to the wounded and dying of the Crimean War, she offers an enduring image of sentimental appeal. Few individuals in their own lifetime have reached the level of fame and adulation attained by Nightingale as a result of her efforts. Fewer still have the power of continuing to inspire controversy in the way she does almost a century after her death. In this remarkable book, the first major biography of Florence Nightingale in more than fifty years, Mark Bostridge draws on a wealth of unpublished material, including previously unseen family papers, to throw new light on this extraordinary woman’s life and character. Disentangling elements of myth from the reality, Bostridge has written a vivid and immensely readable account of one of the most iconic figures in modern history.

Author: Kelly R. Brown
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476613176
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Florence Lawrence's film career began just as the cinema was being born. She recognized the wonder and appeal of the fledgling industry, and her early work with the Vitagraph company gained her a legion of fans and a reputation as a willing and hard working actress. In 1908 she appeared in Romeo and Juliet--America's very first screen Juliet. By 1909, she was working steadily for the Biograph studio-she was dubbed "the Biograph girl"--and was being praised for her "personal attractions" and "very fine dramatic ability." But just as Lawrence was the first movie star in the industry, she was also one of the first to be undone by it. Hindered by setbacks, grueling work schedules, self-imposed retirements, three marriages, repeatedly unsuccessful comeback attempts, Lawrence finally committed suicide in 1938. This impressively researched piece of film history represents the first full-length biography of Florence Lawrence, also called "The Girl of a Thousand Faces." Among the photographs are some never before published. A complete filmography of Lawrence's entire career is provided. A summary chapter includes comments from various critics and historians, addressing how Lawrence is important to film history.

Author: Helen O'Neill
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811859370
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Winner of 2007 APA Book Design award for Best Designed Book of the Year and also for Best Designed Non-fiction Illustrated Book.

Author: Daniel MACCARTHY (of Gleann-a-Chroim.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542

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Author: Jacob Abbott
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Author: Bill Egan
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810850071
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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This biography reveals the lost history of the life of the 1920s Black female international superstar. Mills was lionized by the crowned heads in Europe and opened doors for generations of Black female stars from Lena Horne to Diana Ross. Although her career and shows changed the nature of Black entertainment, and thereby the wider American popular culture, she was largely forgotten in later years. Anyone who wants to understand the history of Black entertainment from Bert Williams to Michael Jackson and, by implication, the history of American popular culture, needs to understand the ways in which Florence Mills changed the rules forever.

Author: Lisa Anne Surridge
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821416421
Category : Abused women in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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