Author : Ken Vail
Publisher : Sanctuary Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 28,3 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Month-by-month chromology of singer's life.
Author :
Publisher : Excellent Press Publishers
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,49 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Delightful Victorian Diary of 23 year-old Adelaide Pountney, who recorded daily life in a series of magical little cameos.
Author : Joni B. Cole
Publisher : Three Rivers Press (CA)
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Creative nonfiction
ISBN : 1400082323
Women from all walks of life recorded their reality on a single day, resulting in this collection of 35 complete "day diaries" and hundreds of excerpts written on Tuesday, June 29, 2004. The diarists reveal the surprising common connections.
Author : Emma Southgate
Publisher : Melbourne University Publish
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 33,74 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780522846980
A very busy day. Lord and Lady Carrington arrived from England. Miss Harbord, 3 Gentlemen in Suite, 3 children, two nurses, two maids, 2 valets. Every room occupied. 47 to dinner-in State dining room-and 500 in the evening. All went off capitally. We got to bed soon after 2 a.m.' The reliable, hard-working and loyal Emma Southgate began her diary when she journeyed across rough seas and under stormy skies from England to Australia in 1884. She travelled as lady's maid to Lady Loch, wife of the newly appointed Governor of Victoria. When they arrived in Melbourne and took up residence in the magnificent Government House, Emma had the presence of mind to continue her record of daily life. The legacy of her diligence is published here for the first time. Through Emma's words we can relive the halcyon days of colonial times: sumptuous parties in elegant ballrooms and receptions on rolling lawns; stylish travel through the colonies of Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and South Australia; holidays in a grand home at Mount Macedon; important international visitors; and the social whirl that accompanied occasions such as Melbourne Cup week. These events are charmingly described in Emma's diaries from a behind-the-scenes point of view-the weariness of having to serve tea to thousands of 'ladies and gentlemen', visits to the poor and excursions to the beach, illnesses among staff and the kindnesses of her employers. Emma's authentic evocation of her life sparkles. Unpretentious and forthright, Emma's words captivate the reader as they bring to life the people, the places and the times. Besides Emma's accounts, Helen Vellacott has placed the newspaper reports of the day that show the official view-often quite different from Emma's observations. In this way, and with intriguing additional comment and information, Diary of a Lady's Maid gives us an insight into early Australian society.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,57 MB
Release : 1763
Category : Almanacs, English
ISBN :
Author : James Martin
Publisher : Loyola Press
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 2010-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0829430180
"A charming and touching story that reminds us, with St. Bernadette, that grace is everywhere." —Robert Ellsberg, author, Blessed Among All Women The shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France appeals to Catholics as few other places do. The famous grotto is a place of healing that attracts some six million pilgrims to Lourdes each year. One of these recent pilgrims was James Martin, an American Jesuit. Fr. Martin went to Lourdes to serve as chaplain for a group of pilgrims sponsored by the Order of Malta, an international Catholic association devoted to charitable works. During his stay, Martin kept an illuminating diary of his trip. His touching and humorous account of the busy and gratifying days that he spent at Lourdes is a vivid description of a place filled with a powerful spiritual presence. "Lourdes is now one of those places where I have met God in a special way," Martin writes. Through this diary, we are able to share in his journey and feel the presence of God that he encountered there.
Author : Sara Midda
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,72 MB
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780894801938
"Sara Midda's richly illustrated In and Out of the Garden has delighted readers and critics alike: "This is the most gentle of books, a peaceful pastime. The delicacy of Sara Midda's art is enchanting. Anyone who is a gardener, or who has worked with plants in nature, will respond to what she has put forth so exquisitely," wrote Joan Lee Faust, Garden Editor of The New York Times. Diana Vreeland praised it as "delightful and delicious," Time magazine as "Cause for revel," and Laura Ashley called it "pure inspiration." In scores and scores of delicate illustrations and tender reflections, the author recalls the English gardens her childhood and the gardens she tends now, to reveal surprises both dainty and daring. The colorings and imaginings make the fancy soar with pleasure, as she creates the most elegant and subtle of books to give and to have, a book to cherish as dearly as a volume of treasured poetry. Sara Midda's garden is sown with glorious images. Ruby-red radishes are the jewels of the underworld. Myriad colors fall upon warm green moss. Brown leaves drift with sweet scent. And "in the beeman's garden, a host of hives and a swarm of bees bring sticky honey for your teas." Vegetable gardens, herb gardens, flower gardens are illustrated. The pleasures of the orchard are celebrated. Recipes are shared for lotions and potions to cheer the heart and delight the senses." -- Publisher.
Author : Anne Clifford
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 21,78 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781494035617
This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.
Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1077 pages
File Size : 36,90 MB
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1598842064
This two-volume work presents a comprehensive survey of all the ways people celebrate religious life around the globe. Religious Celebrations is an alphabetically organized encyclopedia that covers more than 800 celebratory occasions from all of the world's major religious communities as well as many of the minor faith traditions. The encyclopedia provides a complete reference tool for examining the myriad ways people worldwide celebrate their religious lives across religious boundaries, providing information on numerous celebratory activities never before covered in a reference work. Offering the most comprehensive coverage of religious holidays ever assembled, this two-volume book covers festivals, commemorations, holidays, and annual religious gatherings all over the world, with special attention paid to the celebrations in larger countries. Entries written by distinguished researchers and specialists on different religious communities capture the unique intensity of each event, be it fasting or feasting, frenzied activity or the universal cessation of work, a huge gathering of the faithful en masse or a small family-centered event. The work spotlights celebrations that currently exist without overlooking now-abandoned celebrations that still impact the modern world.
Author : Lillian Schlissel
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 30,48 MB
Release : 2011-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0307803171
An expanded edition of one of the most original and provocative works of American history of the last decade, which documents the pioneering experiences and grit of American frontier women.
