Author : Carlton Lake
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 26,76 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780811211307
The author recounts his experiences in building collections of rare books and manuscripts of French literature, and reveals little-known facts about French artists, composers, and writers.
Author : Maurice Quentin De La Tour
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,77 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781016736749
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Gertrude Stein
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 32,87 MB
Release : 2024-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Gertrude Stein's "Composition as Explanation" delves into the intricate relationship between language and artistic expression. Published in 1926, the essay explores Stein's unique approach to writing and challenges conventional perceptions of composition. With a distinctive prose style, she reflects on the nature of creativity, emphasizing the significance of repetition and abstraction. Stein's work serves as both an exploration of her own artistic process and a broader commentary on the essence of language in shaping our understanding of art.
Author : Louis Adamic
Publisher : ISCI
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 21,39 MB
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
"Dynamite harkens back to an era of American capitalism a little less glossy, a little bloodier, and with striking parallels to today."--Feminist Review Labor disputes have produced more violence over a longer period of time in the United States than in any other industrialized country in the world. From the 1890s to the 1930s, hardly a year passed without a serious—and often deadly—clash between workers and management. Written in the 1930s, and with a new introduction by Mike Davis, Dynamite recounts a fascinating and largely forgotten history of class and labor struggle in America’s industrial beginnings. It is the story of brutal exploitation, massacres, and judicial murders of the workers. It is also the story of their response: when peaceful strikes yielded no results, workers fought back by any means necessary. Louis Adamic has written the classic story of labor conflict in America, detailing many episodes of labor violence, including the Molly Maguires, the Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Colorado Labor Wars, the Los Angeles Times bombing, as well as the case of Sacco and Vanzetti.
Author : Joanna Cannon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 29,69 MB
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501187406
The bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep delivers a suspenseful and emotionally satisfying novel “infused with warmth and humor” (People) about a lifelong friendship, a devastating secret, and the small acts of kindness that bring people together. There are three things you should know about Elsie. The first thing is that she’s my best friend. The second is that she always knows what to say to make me feel better. And the third thing…might take a bit more explaining. Eighty-four-year-old Florence has fallen in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. As she waits to be rescued, she thinks about her friend Elsie and wonders if a terrible secret from their past is about to come to light. If the charming new resident is who he claims to be, why does he look exactly like a man who died sixty years ago? From the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, Three Things About Elsie “breathes with suspense, providing along the way piercing, poetic descriptions, countless tiny mysteries, and breathtaking little reveals…a rich portrait of old age and friendship stretched over a fascinating frame” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). This is an “amusing and heartbreaking” (Publishers Weekly) story about forever friends on the twisting path of life who come to understand how the fine threads of humanity connect us all.
Author : Odette Du Puigaudeau
Publisher : Hardinge Simpole Limited
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,94 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781843822011
Odette du Puigaudeau is best known for her major ethnographic work, Arts et Coutumes des Maures, a detailed study, in words and drawings, of the cultural world of the nomads of Mauretania. The present work explains how she came to write it. Barefoot Through Mauretania is an account of her first journey across the country by camel in 1933-4, with her life-long companion, Marion Senones. The book records the adventures of the two women during that year, often with a touch of humour. Above all, however, it presents a picture of a way of life that has, as they feared, almost vanished, and their determination that it should be recorded. Odette du Puigaudeau wrote a number of other books on different aspects of nomad life, such as the salt caravans and date markets, as well as articles on prehistoric rock-drawings, and a charming tribute to her pet leopard, Rachid."
Author : Elizabeth Aldrich
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 10,15 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810109131
During the 1800s, dance and etiquette manuals provided ordinary men and women with the keys to becoming gentlemen and ladies--and thus advancing in society. Why dance? To the insecure and status-oriented upper middle class, the ballroom embodied the perfect setting in which to demonstrate one's fitness for membership in genteel society. From the Ballroom to Hell collects over 100 little-known excerpts from dance, etiquette, beauty, and fashion manuals from the nineteenth century. Included are instructions for performing various dances, as well as musical scores, costume patterns, and the proper way to hold one's posture, fork, gloves, and fan. While of particular interest to dancers, dance historians, and choreographers, anyone fascinated by the ways and mores of the period will find From the Ballroom to Hell an endearing and informative glimpse of America's past.
Author : Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 35,61 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811200189
In Guignol's Band, first published in France in 1943, Céline explores the horror of a disordered world.
Author : Bernard Berenson
Publisher :
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 24,7 MB
Release : 1968
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Publisher : Alma Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 11,94 MB
Release : 2012
Category : French
ISBN : 9781847492449
The most blackly humorous and disenchanted voice in all of French literature. London Review of Books
