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Author
Publisher
Abbeville Press Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A star-studded follow-up to Stories My Father Told Me, with hundreds of new anecdotes about celebrities from Garbo to Gore Vidal. This remarkable collection of stories, hand-picked from the archive of legendary New York Post columnist Leonard Lyons by his son, film critic Jeffrey Lyons, will transport readers back to the sparkling peak of New York City nightlife. This was the time when notables of every sort--film producers and stars, writers, politicians,...
Author
Series
Hoover Institution Press publication volume 578
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
""An international readership will welcome this new collection of Boris Pasternak's continually fascinating family correspondence, which gives us the opportunity to delve deeply into the whole of his thoughts and feelings over a poetic and heroic lifetime, Culminating in Doctor Zhivago and the final virulent Challenge to his genius and his courage." ---Robert Conquest, author of Courage of Genius: The Pasternak Affair and The Great Terror: Stalin's...
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
How do we approach the rich field of nineteenth-century American literature? How might we recalibrate the coordinates of critical vision and open up new areas of investigation? To answer such questions, this volume brings together 23 original essays written by leading scholars in American literary studies. By examining specific novels, poems, essays, diaries and other literary examples, the authors confront head-on the implications, scope, and scale...
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Latin America is a cradle of ancient civilizations like those of the Incas, Maya and Aztecs, and later became the goal of European explorers and immigrants. It looks back on a long history, often full of contrasts and contradictions, but also has a very special multicultural atmosphere. This book presents unique, almost breathtakingly beautiful landscapes and places with extraordinary hotels. Short texts and practical information complement the superb...
21186) Toy story 4
Author
Publisher
BuzzPop, an imprint of Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Viaja al infinito y más allá con esta historia que se vuelve a contar de forma bilingüe en inglés y en español con motivo de Toy Story 4, la nueva película de Disney y Pixar que llegará al cine el 21 de junio de 2019. Únete Woody, Buzz Lightyear y a todos sus amigos de Disney en una aventura completamente nueva en Toy Story 4, la nueva película de Disney y Pixar protagonizada por Tom Hanks y Tim Allen. Llévate a casa la diversión de esta...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
"Desde que Donald Trump se sumó a la carrera por la presidencia de Estados Unidos--en una rueda de prensa a la que asistieron actores pagados y en la que calumnió a los inmigrantes mexicanos--ha monopolizado los titulares de los periódicos y se ha convertido en el centro de una de las elecciones más extrañas y alarmantes de la historia norteamericana" -- cover page.
"In 1996, longtime New Yorker writer Mark Singer was conscripted by his editor...
21189) Operation Arcana
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"ORIGINAL TRADE PAPERBACK ANTHOLOGY. High fantasy, contemporary and urban fantasy, and fantasy action and adventure all set in a military vein by top authors including Jonathan Maberry, Tobias Buckell, Elizabeth Moon, Tanya Huff, Glen Cook, Simon R. Green, Seanan McGuire, and Linda Nagata. In the realms of fantasy, the battlefield is where heroism comes alive, magic is unleashed, and legends are made and unmade. From the War of the Ring, Tolkien's...
Publisher
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From the dawn of the medium onward, Black filmmakers have helped define American cinema. Black performers, producers and directors; Bert Williams, Oscar Micheaux, Herb Jeffries, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Ruby Dee and William Greaves, to name just a few, had a vast and resounding impact. Black film artists not only developed an enduring independent tradition but also transformed mainstream Hollywood, fueled and reflected sociopolitical movements,...
21192) American poetry
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1965]
Language
English
Description
Nearly 700 poems by fifty poets, from colonial times to the present.
21194) Embouchure
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Akron Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Embouchure is at turns self-deprecatory and self-revelatory as it trumpets about the speaker's closeted crushes on women and her eventual embrace of queerness. The book's disarming joy is cut with challenges to toxic masculinity, making this mock-confessionalism brassy as it is vulnerable."--Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Brandeis University Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Michael Kaiser is very competent and far-sighted in dealing with the extremely complicated economic and organizational aspects of performing arts institutions, especially in this period of grave crises. In my capacity as General Director of Washington National Opera, which makes its home at the Kennedy Center, I have worked with Michael, the Center's President, and I share his approach to running not-for-profit arts organizations. I recommend his...
Author
Publisher
Down East Books
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
On an "I will if you will" dare, John Haley enlisted in the 17th Maine Regiment in August 1862 "for three years, unless sooner discharged." ("Discharged, shot, or starved" would have been more accurate, Haley later wryly observed.) Though a reluctant soldier at first, he served steadfastly in the Army of the Potomac for nearly three years, participating in some of the most significant battles of the Civil War. John Haley was not the only soldier to...
Publisher
The Guilford Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Bringing together prominent scholars, this book shows how 21st-century research and theory can inform everyday instructional practices in early childhood classrooms (PreK-3). Coverage includes foundational topics such as alphabet learning, phonological awareness, oral language development, and learning to write, as well as cutting-edge topics such as digital literacy, informational texts, and response to intervention. Every chapter features guiding...
21199) The dark crystal: Labyrinth
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The dark crystal: The Mystics fight to overthrow the evil Skeksis and take back control of their planet. When Jen, a member of the Gelfling tribe, sets out to find the missing shard of the crystal which powers the entire planet, his dangerous journey brings him face to face with monsters at every turn. Determined to restore peace to the planet, Jen will not back down.
Labyrinth: While watching her baby brother, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination,...
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