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Author: Nicholas D. Lowry Publisher: Abrams ISBN: Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 427
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Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters is a century-spanning visual journey through the world’s most fascinating city as promoted by the top advertisers and artists of poster history. From the Statue of Liberty to Times Square, Harlem to Coney Island, this iconic art book covers 100 years of how New York City was sold to the world via graphic design. The book’s stunning historic posters feature New York City’s iconic skyline, unique architecture, and the warmth and charms of its individual neighborhoods. With artwork that depicts landmark events that made NYC the capital of style and entertainment, these posters capture and promote the ever-changing, idealized view of the city. Wonder City of the World features essays from PBS’s Antiques Roadshow star, antiques expert, and author Nicholas D. Lowry alongside co-authors Angelina Lippert, Tim Medland, and Catherine Bindman and design experts Colette Gaiter, Jon Key, Jennifer Rittner, and Michele Washington. Table of Contents: Early New York Tourism Emblem of a Nation Lady Liberty New York by Rail New York from the Sea The New York World's Fairs New York from the Air Times Square: The Heart of New York Streetscapes & Urban Oases End of an Era Featured Essays: David Klein’s New York I’ve Seen the Future: Sascha Maurer’s Posters for the 1939 New York World’s Fair Soft Light, Big City: Leslie Ragan’s New York Posters The Enemy is at the Gate of New York: Joseph Pennell’s Wartime Warning
Author: Nicholas D. Lowry Publisher: Abrams ISBN: Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 427
Book Description
Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters is a century-spanning visual journey through the world’s most fascinating city as promoted by the top advertisers and artists of poster history. From the Statue of Liberty to Times Square, Harlem to Coney Island, this iconic art book covers 100 years of how New York City was sold to the world via graphic design. The book’s stunning historic posters feature New York City’s iconic skyline, unique architecture, and the warmth and charms of its individual neighborhoods. With artwork that depicts landmark events that made NYC the capital of style and entertainment, these posters capture and promote the ever-changing, idealized view of the city. Wonder City of the World features essays from PBS’s Antiques Roadshow star, antiques expert, and author Nicholas D. Lowry alongside co-authors Angelina Lippert, Tim Medland, and Catherine Bindman and design experts Colette Gaiter, Jon Key, Jennifer Rittner, and Michele Washington. Table of Contents: Early New York Tourism Emblem of a Nation Lady Liberty New York by Rail New York from the Sea The New York World's Fairs New York from the Air Times Square: The Heart of New York Streetscapes & Urban Oases End of an Era Featured Essays: David Klein’s New York I’ve Seen the Future: Sascha Maurer’s Posters for the 1939 New York World’s Fair Soft Light, Big City: Leslie Ragan’s New York Posters The Enemy is at the Gate of New York: Joseph Pennell’s Wartime Warning
Author: Aimee Nezhukumatathil Publisher: Milkweed Editions ISBN: 157131959X Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 146
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“A poet celebrates the wonders of nature in a collection of essays that could almost serve as a coming-of-age memoir.” —Kirkus Reviews As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted—no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape—she was able to turn to our world’s fierce and funny creatures for guidance. “What the peacock can do,” she tells us, “is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life.” The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world’s gifts. Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy. Praise for World of Wonders Barnes & Noble 2020 Book of the Year An NPR Best Book of 2020 An Esquire Best Book of 2020 A Publishers Weekly “Big Indie Book of Fall 2020” A BuzzFeed Best Book of Fall 2020 “Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year.” —NPR “A timely story about love, identity and belonging.” —New York Times Book Review “A truly wonderous essay collection.” —Roxane Gay, The Audacity
Author: Carmella Van Vleet Publisher: Build It Yourself ISBN: 9781936313730 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Introduces the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as known to the ancient Greeks, and a multicultural list of seven additional wonders--from Petra, Jordan, to Rio de Janeiro's statue of Christ--and suggests related projects and experiments.
Author: Jude McLaughlin Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781518886676 Category : Languages : en Pages : 294
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Megan Amazon's life was a disaster: terrifying stalker ex, weird celebrity mom, you really don't wanna know. She decided to run, run far, run fast, run... to Wonder City. Wonder City: where an eight-foot-tall woman could try to blend in and make a normal life in a city of superheroes and superzeroes. Where else could she meet up with a retired superhero with a brain-dead son and a daughter-in-law who could fall for Megan's new BFF Simon? Or almost accidentally kill a superhero noob like Nereid, who's just trying to pass her college classes and get into her supergroup, and really didn't intend to fall in love with her (provisional) teammate? Everyone has their secrets. For some people, like the Ultimate and the Fat Lady, secrets are their stock in trade, while others don't know half the secrets they're carrying around. Megan thought her own secrets would be safe as long as she kept one-night-standing her way through the local queer scene, but sooner or later, everything will come out. And everyone will come into their own, whether they want to or not.
Author: Ronald William Clark Publisher: ISBN: 9780668049320 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 104
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Looks at more than fifty of the world's natural and man-made wonders from the Grand Canyon and stress patterns in metal to Machu Picchu and the space-shuttle.
Author: Robert C. Trumpbour Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803295707 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 272
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When it opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome, nicknamed the Eighth Wonder of the World, captured the attention of an entire nation, bringing pride to the city and enhancing its reputation nationwide. It was a Texas-sized vision of the future, an unthinkable feat of engineering with premium luxury suites, theater-style seating, and the first animated scoreboard.Yet there were memorable problemssuch as outfielders inability to see fly balls and failed attempts to grow natural grass which ultimately led to the development of Astroturf.The Astrodome nonetheless changed the way people viewed sports, putting casual fans at the forefront of a user-experience approach that soon became the standard in all American sports. "The Eighth Wonder of the World"tears back the facade and details the Astrodome s role in transforming Houston as a city while also chronicling the building s pivotal fifty years in existence and the ongoing debate about its preservation."
Author: Brian Floca Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1534493786 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Caldecott Award winner Brian Floca gives a heartfelt thank you to the essential workers who keep their cities going during COVID-19 quarantine in this tenderly illustrated picture book. We are here at home now, watching the world through our windows. Outside we see the city we know, but not as we’ve seen it before. The once hustling and bustling streets are empty. Well, almost empty. Around the city there are still people, some, out and about. These are the people keeping us safe. Keeping us healthy. Keeping our mail and our food delivered. Keeping our grocery stores stocked. Keeping the whole city going. Brian Floca speaks for us all in this stirring homage to all the essential workers who keep the essentials operating so the rest of us can do our part by sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author: R. J. Palacio Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN: 037589988X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 322
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Millions of people have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face—who shows us that kindness brings us together no matter how far apart we are. Read the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement, a major motion picture, and the critically acclaimed graphic novel White Bird. And don't miss R.J. Palacio's highly anticipated new novel, Pony, available now! I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Beginning from Auggie’s point of view and expanding to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others, the perspectives converge to form a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel “a meditation on kindness” —indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out.
Author: Nicholas D. Lowry
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