Life by Design by Elizabeth a James (121 results)

hard cover, unpaged, 7 3/4 x 9 inches, Marshall Edition, very good book condition, no dust jacket, juvenile non-fiction,

Trade paperback. Briton, James F (Cover design by), and Melville, Grevis (Pen&Ink map by). (illustrator). First edition. 1st printing. Trade paperback. Glued binding. 165 p. 22 cm. Audience: General/trade. Maine and American classic of New England life: 54 vignettes of Maine seacoast and farm life, as well as chronicles of life with her husband Henry Beston, writer and naturalist. Good. Signed by previous owner. Vertical cover crease; clean text pages. 1.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This accessible and visually stunning guide puts Tudor and Jacobean portraits into historical context. Many of these important works are in museums and country houses across the UK, and this introductory guide invites the reader to look afresh and to understand why and how they were created. Author Tarnya Cooper discusses key surviving works, including those of Henry VIII, Catherine Parr, Walter Ralegh, Elizabeth I and James I. She explains why portraiture thrived during this period and why, with the declining demand for religious paintings in Northern Europe, emigrant artists such as Hans Holbein the Younger came to England to seek a new market.With lively engaging text and a dynamic design, the guide is organized thematically: the themes include costume and portraiture, pictures with stories to tell, monarchy, family portraits and artists and techniques. A visual timeline is included to show at a glimpse the major developments in portraiture during this period. Tarnya Cooper also includes some surprisingly beautiful technical pictures from her latest research, making her expert knowledge accessible and fascinating. Aimed to have widespread appeal to readers of all ages, Antonia Fraser's foreword shows how portraiture illuminates history and brings it to life. As Britain moved away from being just a small part of Catholic Christendom and established itself as a Protestant country, with the monarch as the head of the Church, the individual became increasingly important. This guide shows not only how people chose to present themselves, but also introduces their fascinating lives and times. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Yee, Tom (illustrator). A Fair copy of a "Color-It-Yourself With House & Garden Colors 1972" issue of House & Garden magazine. Wear to covers with extensive creasing. Smudging to cover. Creasing, tears and a ding to spine. Tears to both ends of spine. Deep creasing and tears to back cover. Extensive smudging to back cover. Curl to volume. Spotting to back cover continues inside to pages. Extensive creasing to pages. Lavishly illustrated. 208 pages. Pages 33/34 are missing which were a postcard order form for Time Life Books. Sunning to top and bottom edging of pages. From cover"25 Rooms Of New Color Directions; How To Shape A Room With Paint; How To Start Your Own Decorating Notebook And Timetable; New Guide To House Plants; The Complete Ice Cream Cook Book""Contents include: "How color sensitive are you?; Color--the silent language of vision by Mary Roche; How to wake up an empty room with color; Pale naturals that go on forever; Pale background for brilliant art; Adventures for the eye in a young family's hilltop house; Thoughts for the hostess by Mary Moon Hemingway; Corkscrew: Cognac--to put the cook in good spirits by Henry McNulty; Complete Ice Cream Cook Book by Lou Seibert Pappas; A gardener speaks his mind: The taming of the lily by William B. Harris; How to have your own personal garden indoors; Gardener's notes by James Fanning; Notes to help you decorate-it-yourself by Patricia Corbin; Some notes on good looks & good health by Rebecca Warfield" Advertising includes: Armstrong; Karastan Rug Mills; Gorham Company; Congoleum; Sears; The Wool Bureau; Lane Tables.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. 1st edition. New York. 2001. April 2001. Simon & Schuster. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684847477. 381 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by John Gall. keywords: England History Religion Bible Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Next to the Bible itself, the English Bible was - and is - the most influential book ever published. The most famous of all English Bibles, the King James Version, was the culmination of centuries of work by various translators, from John Wycliffe, the fourteenth-century catalyst of English Bible translation, to the committee of scholars who collaborated on the King James translation. Wide as the Waters examines the life and work of Wycliffe and recounts the tribulations of his successors, including William Tyndale, who was martyred, Miles Coverdale, and others who came to bitter ends. It traces the story of the English Bible through the tumultuous reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary Tudor, and Elizabeth I, a time of fierce contest between Catholics and Protestants in England, as the struggle to establish a vernacular Bible was fought among competing factions. In the course of that struggle, Sir Thomas More, later made a Catholic saint, helped orchestrate the assault on the English Bible, only to find his own true faith the plaything of his king.' In 1604, a committee of fifty-four scholars, the flower of Oxford and Cambridge, collaborated on the new translation for King James. Their collective expertise in biblical languages and related fields has probably never been matched, and the translation they produced - substantially based on the earlier work of Wycliffe, Tyndale, and others - would shape English literature and speech for centuries. inventory #28835.

Condition: New.

Compact Disc. Condition: new. Compact Disc. Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton reprise their roles as The Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa, in a run of stories following on from 1983's adventure The Arc of Infinity. Reunited with the Doctor and Nyssa, Tegan joins them on a trip to Amsterdam's Rijkmuseum to see a new exhibition of the work of Rembrandt van Rijn, featuring his drawings of "Vessels of the Stars". The Doctor is astonished to discover that they are designs for spaceships that would actually work, and decides to pop back to the Dutch Golden Age for a quiet word with Rembrandt - but the world-weary artist is no mood to help. Meanwhile, strange forces are swirling in the canals, creatures from ancient myth, the watery, goblin-like Nix. What is their connection to the mysterious Countess Mach-Teldak - and to the events of Tegan's life during her year away from the Doctor? Forever kept busy, Peter Davison's most recently been seen on the London stage in the critically acclaimed The Vertical Hour, and in the musical Gypsy opposite Imelda Staunton.The Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan team first met in 1981's Doctor Who adventure Logopolis, where Tegan and Nyssa were on hand to help the Doctor (Tom Baker) regenerate into his fifth incarnation (Peter Davison). Writer Jonathan Morris has been responsible for some hugely popular Doctor Who stories for Big Finish, most recently with 2015's We Are The Daleks.CAST: Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Tim Delap (Kyle), Richard James (Rembrandt Van Rijn), Elizabeth Morton (Teldak), Robbie Stevens (Polsbroek/Nix), Wayne Forester (Glauber). Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton reprise their roles as The Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa, in a run of stories following on from 1983's adventure The Arc of Infinity. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

. (illustrator). CONDITION: Near Fine in Fine jacket; no names or other marks, one corner creased otherwise as new, unopened and unread; in nice jacket. Juvenile hardback. H. E. Bates, Reynolds Price, Carson McCullers, E. M. Doctorow, Elizabeth Enright, Harold Brodkey, James Purdy, Elizabeth Bowen, Stephen Vincent Benet, Katherine Mansfield. "It is my hope that they will awaken in older and younger readers a compassion for one another, and remind us that we are more united than separated by differences in age, since time makes all life flow together." ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First U.S. Edition. Returning from the sophisticated court of France to take up her throne in a cold and backward Scotland, eighteen-year-old Mary found herself trapped in a web of ambitions and intrigues--those of her self-righteous brother, James, whose ambition was to rule in her place; of her brilliant secretary of state, Lethington, dedicated to placing the Stewarts on the throne of England; and of Elizabeth I, dazzling and unscrupulous, who feared Mary as a threat not only to her crown but to her life. The intrigues of the men closest to Mary were to be responsible for shaping not only her tragedy but also their own. Yet the secretary stabbed to death at her feet, the murder of her husband, her marriage to his murderer, and even her own end on the headsman's block were not disparate events in an era of easy violence, but episodes in a grand, sometimes terrifying, and ultimately successful design. Reay Tannahill's masterful control of characterization, pace, and plot combine to deliver a tragic romantic saga with all the complexities of a major political thriller. Fine,first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} MLBS1.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Bruniere, Lady (illustrator). Hardcover. This book is a collection of Classic Irish Poems specially illustrated and vividly colored for kids. Each page bursts with whimsical original illustrations in vibrant colors, breathing life into the poems and inviting readers to explore Ireland's captivating world of verse.Complete poems spread across 30 beautifully illustrated and vividly colored pagesFeatures works by famous Irish poets: William Allingham, William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory, Frances Elizabeth Browne, and James JoyceProfessionally illustrated and designedOriginal picture bookIdeal gift for Irish children or anyone who admires Irish cultureIntroduce kids to the beautiful universe of poems with this illustrated anthologyA beautiful picture book for literature classWhile some words might be new for little kids, it's an opportunity to teach them new vocabulary. Regardless, the whimsical pictures will delight young readers!Teens and adults will enjoy it too!children's book; children's picture book; adult children's book; kids books; Irish children's books; Irish children's picture books; Illustrated Irish poems; Illustrated Irish poetry; Irish poems; a child book of poems; a childrens book of poems; beautifully illustrated children's book; book of poems for children; book of poems for Irish children; bedtime poems for kids; Irish poems for children; books for Irish children; children book of poems; Irish books for children Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

(1994). First edition. Fine in grey cloth over marbled boards; in an illustrated dust jacket, with a tiny nick to the front panel. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg. 460 pages, twenty-three photographs, notes, index. The story of four literary friendships and their influence on the course of American literature: Hawthorne and Melville, Henry James and Edith Wharton, Katherine Anne Porter and Eudora Welty, and Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 175 p. chiefly ill., facsims., ports. ; 29 cm. Summary; The non-profit-making United Service Organizations have catered for the special needs of America's transient military personnel and their families since 1941. It has provided services ranging from canteen refreshments to an all-star shows, in many parts of the world. This official photographic record is a celebration of 50 years of American history and popular culture, involving entertainers such as Marilyn Monroe, Sammy Davis Jr, John Wayne, James Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor, Danny Kaye and Bob Hope. The book is offered as a tribute and a memorial to the millions whom the USO has served, and to the organization that has served them. Subjects; United Service Organizations (U.S). theatre. drama. USA. General, 1900 to the present day. theatrical organisations. drama organisations. united services organisation, uso. illustrated works. atlases. pictorial works. Dates covered: (1941-1991). Performing arts ; Photographs: collections ; Military life & institutions ; History of specific subjects. History of art / art & design styles. USA ; Postwar period, (1945 to c 2000). Second World War, (1939-1945) History / Military / General. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. 1st edition. London. 1965. Macmillan. 1st British Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 324 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Philip Gough. keywords: Shakespeare History England. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The life of Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, is a fascinating story. He is known to the world as Shakespeare's patron, but what is less well-known is a leading interest of his later life, the colonisation of Virginia. He freely gave an immense amount of time, money and energy to the expeditions and settlements, becoming Treasurer of the Virginia Company and being commemorated for his efforts in the places still named after him in the New World, in Bermuda and in Virginia itself. Born into a Catholic family at the top of Elizabethan society, succeeding to the peerage as a boy, he grew up into a youth somewhat spoiled by fortune, strikingly handsome, ardent and generous to a fault, intensely loyal in his friendships. He had two great ambitions: to shine as a patron of letters, and to shine in action in the wars. He achieved his desired success as the patron of Shakespeare, but his participation in Essex's conspiracy against Elizabeth I nearly cost him his head and landed him in the Tower for what remained of her reign. This narrow escape brought him to his senses, after his prolonged romantic adolescence. He emerged in the reign of James I as a patriotic, incorruptible statesman, growing into opposition to a corrupt Court and pressing forward colonisation in America and a militant anti-Spanish, pro - Protestant policy in Europe. For this last cause he died, an elderly man, serving in the war in the Netherlands. The scene is the brilliant one of the English Renaissance and its extension to America. There are characters familiar and unfamiliar; politics and literature are mingled; here are the panoply of Court life, the conflict of politics under James I, Southampton as a Parliament man, the heroic struggle to get Virginia started, The Tempest, and the sea. inventory #6354.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. Robert Oei (illustrator). First Thus 1st Printing. Repaired; Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Moderately Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. Princess, Pleasure-Seeker, Star-Crossed Lover - A Candid and Compassionate Biography of the Sister to the Queen. WITH PHOTOGRAPHS. BOOK NUMBER: 44206. FRONT COVER DESIGN BY: Robert Antonik. SYNOPSIS: Behind the Headlines. Beyond the Scandal. Meet the real Princess Margaret, sister to Queen Elizabeth, and member of the modern world's most glamorous royal family. Her life should have been an opulent fairy tale. Instead, from London's exclusive discos where she is known simply as "Yvonne," to her troubled home life with Lord Snowdon at Kensington Palace, she has been haunted by notoriety and gossip. Margaret: The Tragic Princess unveils, for the first time, the life known previously only in headlines: her transformation from impish and pampered child to madcap playgirl, her reign as star of the glittering social whirl of post-war London, her heartbroken renunciation of Peter Townsend, the lover she rejected out of "royal duty," and most startling of all, the cruel secret legacy - "the Hanoverian curse" - that has crippled her private and public life. And has made her a woman of rare courage. - and - TRAGIC PRINCESS, GALLANT WOMAN When King Edward renounced his crown to marry Wallace Simpson, the scandal rocked England, King George took the throne, and his daughters were thrust into the limelight forever. Suddenly, Princess Margaret, the attention-loving little girl, was destined to spend her life one step behind her sister, England's future Queen, Elizabeth. British biographer James Brough's sympathetic portrayal takes the reader into the plush apartments of Kensington Palace, where the glamorous life of royalty and riches contains ironic twists. Here is a real twentieth-century princess, her heartbreaking love affair with dashing Peter Townsend, her tumultuous marriage to Lord Snowdon, her expensive pursuit of pleasure throughout the world, and the never-before revealed medical secret that casts her life in a courageous new light. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. GOOD LOOKING BOOK, LIGHT BLUE COVER, SLIGHTLY FADED SPINE, GOLD DESIGN COLONISTS ON FRONT, PRINT AND HAT SPINE. A LIGHT-HEARTED COLLECTION OF RECENTLY REVEALED EPISODES IN A CAREER OF THE GREAT LEXICOGRAPHER NARRATED AS FROM THE PEN OF JAMES BOSWELL. INCLUDING: THE UNMASKING OF THE FLYING HIGHWAYMAN; THE SINGULAR EPISODE OF THE MONBODDO APE BOY; THE RECOVERY OF PRINCE CHARLIES VANISHT RUBY, THE STOLEN CHRISTMAS BOX, THE MACABRE AFFAIR OF THE WAX-WORK CADAVER AND OTHERS. Lillian de la Torre was an American novelist and a prolific writer of historical mysteries. Her name is a pseudonym for Lillian de la Torre Bueno McCue. Born in Manhattan in 1902, Miss de la Torre received Master's degrees from Columbia University and Harvard. Her first novel was 'Elizabeth Is Missing, or Truth Triumphant', published by Knopf in 1945. Her most popular works were in a series of stories she wrote about Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, under the title 'Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector'. GREAT BOOK, NO MARKINGS, TIGHT AND IN GOOD SHAPE. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 229 pages. Published in 2007. Retrospective collection of "stand-alone" short stories and other pieces. The author's eleventh book. The first appearance of the title as a Vintage Books Classic. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent printings, of which there are innumerable. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The book design by Chip Kidd is dazzling, one of the best softcover designs ever of our time. The First Softcover Edition is now scarce. Presents James Ellroy's "Hollywood Nocturnes". Seven grisly, riveting accounts in "short dark riffs, the blues formalized". "Our best living mystery writer. Literate, suspenseful, honest. His pages crackle with manic energy. Ellroy captures the vocabulary, the rituals, the smells, rhythms, and colors of real people living on the edge. Nobody since Chandler has evoked so perfectly the seamy side of LA" (The Austin Chronicle). The defining event in James Ellroy's life was his young mother's murder when he was ten years old. Like Elizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia", she was ritualistically murdered, and Ellroy has basically been writing about his mother's unsolved murder in one way or another since then, including his memoir about her, "My Dark Places" (1996). While his work is influenced by Raymond Chandler - as well as Jim Thompson -, it is tiresome to be reminded of it. It must also be said that his work is ultimately the exact opposite of Chandler's relentless misogyny, a hatred of women that has marred what is otherwise a great body of work. Ellroy loves women, as incarnated by his (in real life, otherwise exasperating) mother, and realized in the female character-victims he has written about with such grace and beauty. He is THE crime writer of Los Angeles of our time: His work isn't just about LA; he encompasses and embodies it; he is LA Incarnate. An absolute "must-have" title for James Ellroy collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed (initialled/"scrawled") in black ink-pen on the title page by James Ellroy. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First "Vintage Books" Edition/First Printing available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are in innumerable subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JAMES ELLROY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0307278794. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Connor, Elizabeth (jacket design) (illustrator). Fine unread condition black boards, brown spine, and gold front cover and spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by James A. Baker, III; Author Dedication; Preface; Appendix: "Item One on Our Agenda Was the Dollar"; Acknowledgments and Index. Illustrated with two sections of black-and-white photographic plates. "A revelatory memoir from one of the great political minds of our time. The inside story of the battle for Florida 2000; the aborted White House job switch that inadvertently opened the door to the Iran-Contra scandal; the White House turmoil in the dark days following the Reagan assassination attempt; why Gerald Ford did not ask Ronald Reagan to be his running mate in 1976 - and why Reagan did not pick Ford in 1980; the Bush campaign's desire that Dan Quayle offer to resign from the ticket in 1992; and a great deal more . White House Chief of Staff (twice), Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, and campaign chairman or leader for three different candidates in five successive presidential campaigns -- few people have lived and breathed politics as deeply as James Baker, and now, with candor, Texas-style storytelling, and not a few surprises, he takes us into thirty-five years behind the scenes. None of it was planned. The advice of his grandfather, "the Captain," was drilled into him -- "Work hard, study . and keep out of poltics!" -- but then a personal tragedy changed the life of a forty-year-old Texas Democrat lawyer, and he never looked back. From campaign horse-trading, which sometimes go rough ("Politics ain't beanbag," says Baker), to the inner councils of the Reagan and Bush administrations, to the controversies of today, Baker offers frank talk and spellbinding narratives, along with personal appraisals of six presidents and a constellation of others. It was a long, unexpected journey from Houston, Texas, to Washington, D.C> -- and you'll want to travel it with him." -- from the inner front jacket flap. ABOUT JAMES A. BAKER, III: James A. Baker, III, served as Chief of Staff to Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush; Under Secretary of Commerce to Gerald Ford; Secretary of the Treasury to Reagan; and Secretary of State to Bush. He also led campaigns for the presidency by all three of these presidents. In addition, he has undertaken special envoy missions for George W. Bush and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on such matters as Iraqi debt relief and the conflict in the Western Sahara. In 2006, he became co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition 1st Printing. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Boards Heavily Faded Due to Sun Exposure. DUST JACKET: Missing. Includes photographs and a complete listing of albums and movies. SUB-TITLE: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra. BOOK DESIGN BY: Barbara N. Cohen. SYNOPSIS: This is the book that Frank Sinatra tried to stop with a two-million-dollar lawsuit: the unauthorized biography of one of the most controversial yet elusive public figures of our time--a fully documented, highly detailed, and penetrating portrait of the man behind the voice. Kitty Kelley, celebrated investigative journalist and author of Jackie Oh! and Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star, spent three years researching her subject. She has had access to never-before-published government documents, including Mafia-related material obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, wiretaps and secret testimony before crime commissions. She has interviewed more than eight hundred people who have been important in Sinatra's life--family members, colleagues, law-enforcement officers, and people never interviewed before about him--men and women who have known Sinatra in and out of the spotlight. Frank Sinatra has dominated the entertainment industry for more than fifty years. The skinny kid crooner who caused the bobby sox craze in 1942 has thickened in the middle and lost his hair, but even now, at age seventy, he continues to excite interest in his music, his life, his women, his money, his politics, and--most of all--his Mafia connections. Now, Kitty Kelley draws an unforgettable, vivid portrait of Sinatra from his earliest years: the childhood in Hoboken, New Jersey, that was far different from the one he invented; the mother he adored but seemed deeply ashamed of; his beginnings as a singer; his relationships with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey; his climb to the top as a singer then movie star, and the violence of the moodswings that followed it, leaving a trail of broken friendships and broken marriages--to Nancy Sinatra, Ava Gardner, and Mia Farrow. From the beginning, marriage didn't stop his womanizing. The list and variety of women in his life are formidable. And though he himself was no athlete, he always admired fighters--force of any kind. Sometimes his bodyguards did his beatings for him; sometimes they just held his victims while Sinatra punched. There are many who have taken his insults, threats, and even physical abuse quietly, because they fear his power and wrath. And yet there are many who can testify to his wildly lavish generosity and charitable pursuits. A complex man who plays by his own rules, Frank Sinatra still draws huge audiences wherever he performs. His influence extends even into the White House--today more than ever before. Here, in a biography filled with anecdotes and revealing behind-the-scenes accounts, Kitty Kelley gives us a no-holds-barred inside look at the man, the legend, and the life of Frank Sinatra. Kitty Kelley left her job with the Washington Post in 1971 to pursue free-lance writing. She has written for The New York Times, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, as well as Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, and other women's magazines. Her previous books, Jackie Oh! and Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star, were both national bestsellers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. 1st edition. Berkeley. 1993. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0520079787. 603 pages. hardcover. Cover photo by Rollie McKenna. Jacket design by Steve Renick. keywords: Poetry Biography Literary Criticism America Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Elizabeth Bishop dedicated her poetry to telling what really happened.' Yet what really happened in the life of one of the twentieth century's finest and most beloved American poets has eluded readers for years. Often characterized as reticent in both her person and her work, Bishop fought hard to conceal the details of her frequently harrowing life. In the first full biography of the poet, Brett Millier pieces together the compelling and painful story of Bishop's life and traces the writing of her brilliantly crafted poems. During her extensive research, Millier consulted all available archival materials as well as additional letters and documents and interviewed many of Bishop's friends, students, and colleagues. She sheds important biographical light on each major poem, weaving the poetry and the life together with such intelligence and tact that both are doubly enriched. By the time Bishop died in 1979, she had won every major literary award, including the Pulitzer Prize. She had maintained close friendships with poets such as her mentor Marianne Moore, Robert Lowell, and James Merrill, but to many she remained a mysterious figure. These pages vividly re-create her complex and tragic life. Traumatic childhood losses, chronic asthma, alcoholism, ambivalence about her passion for women tortured love affairs - these circumstances fed her perennial loneliness and pervaded her poetry. An intrepid traveler forever in search of a home, she came closest to finding one in Brazil, where she spent almost twenty of her most fruitful years. The geography (Nova Scotia, New York, Paris, Key West, Brazil) and history surrounding Bishop's life form a fascinating setting for a story of suffering and resistance - even of triumph - that is deeply appealing. What emerges most clearly in Millier's graceful telling of this story is the warm personal voice of Elizabeth Bishop striving to tell what really happened even as she recoiled from the bald confessional mode of her contemporaries. inventory #7298 Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Black Art and Aesthetics comprises essays, poems, interviews, and over 50 images from artists and writers: GerShun Avilez, Angela Y. Davis, Thomas F. DeFrantz, Theaster Gates, Aracelis Girmay, Jeremy Matthew Glick, Deborah Goffe, James B. Haile III, Vijay Iyer, Isaac Julien, Benjamin Krusling, Daphne Lamothe, George E. Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Meleko Mokgosi, Wangechi Mutu, Fumi Okiji, Nell Painter, Mickaella Perina, Kevin Quashie, Claudia Rankine, Claudia Schmuckli, Evie Shockley, Paul C. Taylor, Kara Walker, Simone White, and Mabel O. Wilson.The stellar contributors practice Black aesthetics by engaging intersectionally with class, queer sexuality, female embodiment, dance vocabularies, coloniality, Afrodiasporic music, Black post-soul art, Afropessimism, and more. Black aesthetics thus restores aesthetics to its full potential by encompassing all forms of sensation and imagination in art, culture, design, everyday life, and nature and by creating new ways of reckoning with experience, identity, and resistance.Highlighting wide-ranging forms of Black aesthetics across the arts, culture, and theory, Black Art and Aesthetics: Relationalities, Interiorities, Reckonings provides an unprecedented view of a field enjoying a global resurgence. Black aesthetics materializes in communities of artists, activists, theorists, and others who critique racial inequities, create new forms of interiority and relationality, uncover affective histories, and develop strategies for social justice. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1751 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 236 Language: English Volume 1 Pages: 236 Volume 1.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'There is an honesty and a clarity in Joe Moran's book If You Should Fail that normalises and softens the usual blows of life that enables us to accept and live with them rather than be diminished/wounded by them' Julia Samuel, author of Grief Works and This Too Shall Pass 'Full of wise insight and honesty. Moran manages to be funny, erudite and kindly: a rare - and compelling - combination. This is the essential antidote to a culture obsessed with success. Read it' Madeleine BuntingFailure is the small print in life's terms and conditions.Covering everything from examination dreams to fourth-placed Olympians, If You Should Fail is about how modern life, in a world of self-advertised success, makes us feel like failures, frauds and imposters. Widely acclaimed observer of daily life Joe Moran is here not to tell you that everything will be all right in the end, but to reassure you that failure is an occupational hazard of being human. As Moran shows, even the supremely gifted Leonardo da Vinci could be seen as a failure. Most artists, writers, sports stars and business people face failure. We all will, and can learn how to live with it. To echo Virginia Woolf, beauty 'is only got by the failure to get it . . . by facing what must be humiliation - the things one can't do.'Combining philosophy, psychology, history and literature, Moran's ultimately upbeat reflections on being human, and his critique of how we live now, offers comfort, hope - and solace. For we need to see that not every failure can be made into a success - and that's OK. 176 pp. Englisch.

Hardback. Returning from the sophisticated French court to take up her throne in cold and backward Scotland, 18-year-old Mary finds herself trapped in a web of ambitions and intrigues -- those of her self-righteous brother, James, who desires to rule in her place; of her brilliant Secretary of State, Lethington, dedicated to placing the Stuarts on the throne of England; and of Elizabeth I, dazzling and unscrupulous, who fears Mary as a threat to her crown and to her life. Mingling a poet's passion with an historian's insight, Tannahill chronicles an era of easy violence, desperate actions, and the grand -- often terrifying -- designs of those who would dominate it. 4.8 Centimeters X 16.8 Centimeters X 24 Centimeters.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - I Love Colouring for BOYS ( Crazy Colouring For Kids) is a fun and exciting colouring book that's perfect for any little budding artist to colour! Ideal for ages 3-7! With fun, cute and easy to colour designs this great book makes the perfect gift for any little man in your life, and will keep them occupied for hours of colouring fun! Each of these designs are printed on a single page with the reverse left blank - so no bleed through, and perfect whether they want to use pencils, pens or paints. For younger kids, they can collect the whole : I Love Colouring' or ' My First Colouring Books'.older kids will love the ' Gorgeous Girls' or ' Brilliant Boys' colouring books.and for adults try my great ' Really Relaxing Colouring Books' ' Completely Calming Colouring Books' series or the unique ' Cool Colouring Books' Collection too! SEARCH UNDER ELIZABETH JAMES FOR THE WHOLE RANGE! 48 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - I Love Colouring! for TODDLERS ( Crazy Colouring For Kids) is a fun and exciting colouring book that's perfect for any little budding artist to colour! With fun, cute and easy to colour designs this great book makes the perfect gift for any toddler, and will keep them occupied for hours of colouring fun! Each of these designs are printed on a single page with the reverse left blank - so no bleed through, and perfect whether they want to use pencils, pens or paints. For younger kids, they can collect the whole : I Love Colouring' or ' My First Colouring Books'.older kids will love the ' Gorgeous Girls' or ' Brilliant Boys' colouring books.and for adults try my great ' Really Relaxing Colouring Books' ' Completely Calming Colouring Books' series or the unique ' Cool Colouring Books' Collection too! SEARCH UNDER ELIZABETH JAMES FOR THE WHOLE RANGE! 48 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Gorgeous Colouring for Girls - Doodle Mania!is a fun and relaxing creative colouring book created especially for girls of all ages, and makes the perfect gift for the cute girl in your life! Full of super cute and fun designs this book provides hours of colouring fun! Watch her put down her gadgets, turn off the TV, and switch off and unleash her inner creativity as she gets lots in a world of colouring in these gorgeously cute colouring pages. Each design is printed on a single page with the reverse left blank - so no bleed through, and perfect whether you use pencils, pens or paints. Elizabeth James has over 60 colouring books for adults and kids - you can also try the ' Really Relaxing Colouring Book' series, the lovely ' Completely Calming Colouring Books' and ' Colour Me Calm' series or try the unique ' Cool Colouring Books' Collection too! Check out Elizabeth James' page for the whole collection! 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Doodle Mania Colouring ( Brilliant Colouring For Boys)is a fun and relaxing creative colouring book created especially for boys of all ages, and makes the perfect gift for the little man in your life! Whether they're into sports or spacemen, gadgets or goalposts, robots or ninjas, this book has a fantastic variety of designs created especially for boys to colour and enjoy! Watch him put down his gadgets, turn off the TV, and switch off and unleash his inner creativity as he gets lots in a world of colouring in these fun patterns and designs. Each of these designs are printed on a single page with the reverse left blank - so no bleed through, and perfect whether you use pencils, pens or paints. Collect the whole ' Really Relaxing Colouring Book' series, the lovely ' Completely Calming Colouring Books' series or try our unique ' Cool Colouring Books' Collection too! 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Light the fire, burn the candles, grab yourself a snuggly blanket and get yourself all lovely and cosy this winter - it's time to bring some hygge into your life! Hygge (pronounced 'hue-ga') is the Danish concept of creating a warm cosy and inviting home, embracing and celebrating the simple pleasures in life, and creating special cosy moments during those cold wintery months. What better way to while away a few relaxing hours than with this lovely Hygge colouring book, full of gorgeous designs to colour and keep. 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Gorgeous Colouring for Girls - Fashion Star! is a fun and relaxing creative colouring book created especially for girls of all ages, and makes the perfect gift for the cute girl in your life! Full of super cute and fun designs this book provides hours of colouring fun! Watch her put down her gadgets, turn off the TV, and switch off and unleash her inner creativity as she gets lots in a world of colouring in these gorgeously cute colouring pages. Each design is printed on a single page with the reverse left blank - so no bleed through, and perfect whether you use pencils, pens or paints. Elizabeth James has over 60 colouring books for adults and kids - you can also try the ' Really Relaxing Colouring Book' series, the lovely ' Completely Calming Colouring Books' and ' Colour Me Calm' series or try the unique ' Cool Colouring Books' Collection too! Check out Elizabeth James' page for the whole collection! 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Amazing Colouring Book for MEN is a fun and relaxing creative colouring book for men of all ages, and makes the perfect gift for the stressed-out guy in your life ! Whether they're into bikes or beer, cars or camping, sports or gadgets, this book has a fantastic variety of designs created especially for men! Watch him switch off, unwind, and unleash his inner creativity as he gets lost in the flow of colouring in these fun patterns and designs. Each of these beautiful individual designs are printed on a single page with the reverse left blank - so no bleed through, and perfect whether you use pencils, pens or paints. Collect the whole ' Really Relaxing Colouring Book' series, the lovely ' Completely Calming Colouring Books' series or try our unique ' Cool Colouring Books' Collection too! 64 pp. Englisch.