Author: Paul Dowell
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847530834
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
"Doppleganger! What's a Doppleganger?" Amy asked her granddad as she watched the liquid in the bottle change colour. "A Doppleganger was a magical creature which could change shape and become whatever it wished." he told her. Amy couldn't believe that granddad was secretly an Alchemist and could make magic potions, but maybe this new potion he had created could solve her problems. She would be able to deal with that bully Kristian once and for all! However, Amy's problems had only just begun. When granddad is kidnapped she must use her new shape changing powers, along with the help of an apprentice alchemist and some magic potions to rescue granddad and the other missing alchemists. Amy Alice and the Alchemists is a fast paced magical adventure featuring secret laboratories, fairy tale creatures and magic potions and is suitable for children aged 8-12 years old.
Amy Alice and the Alchemists
Author: Paul Dowell
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847530834
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
"Doppleganger! What's a Doppleganger?" Amy asked her granddad as she watched the liquid in the bottle change colour. "A Doppleganger was a magical creature which could change shape and become whatever it wished." he told her. Amy couldn't believe that granddad was secretly an Alchemist and could make magic potions, but maybe this new potion he had created could solve her problems. She would be able to deal with that bully Kristian once and for all! However, Amy's problems had only just begun. When granddad is kidnapped she must use her new shape changing powers, along with the help of an apprentice alchemist and some magic potions to rescue granddad and the other missing alchemists. Amy Alice and the Alchemists is a fast paced magical adventure featuring secret laboratories, fairy tale creatures and magic potions and is suitable for children aged 8-12 years old.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847530834
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
"Doppleganger! What's a Doppleganger?" Amy asked her granddad as she watched the liquid in the bottle change colour. "A Doppleganger was a magical creature which could change shape and become whatever it wished." he told her. Amy couldn't believe that granddad was secretly an Alchemist and could make magic potions, but maybe this new potion he had created could solve her problems. She would be able to deal with that bully Kristian once and for all! However, Amy's problems had only just begun. When granddad is kidnapped she must use her new shape changing powers, along with the help of an apprentice alchemist and some magic potions to rescue granddad and the other missing alchemists. Amy Alice and the Alchemists is a fast paced magical adventure featuring secret laboratories, fairy tale creatures and magic potions and is suitable for children aged 8-12 years old.
Come to Me
Author: Amy Bloom
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060995149
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Nominated for a National Book Award, this fresh and stunning collection of stories takes the reader deep into the heart of the most alarming and joyful human relationships.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060995149
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Nominated for a National Book Award, this fresh and stunning collection of stories takes the reader deep into the heart of the most alarming and joyful human relationships.
The Alchemy of Illness
Author: Kat Duff
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 9780679420538
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In this elegantly written inquiry into the function and purpose of illness, Duff reflects upon her own experience with Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) and offers a fresh perspective on recovery and healing. While we are conditioned to think of health as the norm, the author reveals that illness has its own geography, laws and commandments.
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 9780679420538
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In this elegantly written inquiry into the function and purpose of illness, Duff reflects upon her own experience with Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) and offers a fresh perspective on recovery and healing. While we are conditioned to think of health as the norm, the author reveals that illness has its own geography, laws and commandments.
A Poems
Author: Jean Elizabeth Ward
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435745566
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
A POEMS is the first of the alphabet, filled with well over 600 poems, all beginning with an A. With an Alien Acrylic Illustration on the cover. Elvis Presley Poems, Chinese Homage Poems, Child Abuse Awareness Poems, Children's Poems, and many more, with a Reference of Poetry in the beginning of this 300 page book, with 40 Illustrations.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435745566
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
A POEMS is the first of the alphabet, filled with well over 600 poems, all beginning with an A. With an Alien Acrylic Illustration on the cover. Elvis Presley Poems, Chinese Homage Poems, Child Abuse Awareness Poems, Children's Poems, and many more, with a Reference of Poetry in the beginning of this 300 page book, with 40 Illustrations.
And Furthermore
Author: Judi Dench
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429960647
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
I can hardly believe that it is more than half a century since I first stepped on to the stage of the Old Vic Theatre and into a way of life that has brought me the most rewarding professional relationships and friendships. I cannot imagine now ever doing anything else with my life except acting..." – Judi Dench From London's glittering West End to Broadway's bright lights, from her Academy Award-winning role as Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love to "M" in the James Bond films, Judi Dench has treated audiences to some of the greatest performances of our time. She made her professional acting debut in 1957 with England's Old Vic theatre company playing Ophelia in Hamlet , Katherine in Henry V (her New York debut), and then, Juliet. In 1961, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company playing Anya in The Cherry Orchard with John Gielgud and Peggy Ashcroft. In 1968, she went beyond the classical stage to become a sensation as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, adding musical comedy to her repertoire. Over the years, Dench has given indelible performances in the classics as well as some of the greatest plays and musicals of the twentieth century including Noël Coward's Hay Fever, Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, Kaufman and Hart's The Royal Family and David Hare's Amy's View (for which she won the Tony Award). Recently, she made a triumphant return to A Midsummer Night's Dream as Titania, a role she first played in 1962, now played as a theatre-besotted Queen Elizabeth I. Her film career has been filled with unforgettable performances of some unforgettable women: Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown, the terrifying schoolteacher Barbara Covett in Notes on a Scandal and the writer Iris Murdoch in Iris. And, for the BBC, Dench created another unforgettable woman when she brought her great comic timing and deeply felt emotions to the role of Jean Pargetter in the long-running BBC series As Time Goes By. And Furthermore is, however, more than the story of a great actress's career. It is also the story of Judi Dench's life: her early days as a child in a family that was in love with the theatre; her marriage to actor Michael Williams; the joy she takes in her daughter, the actress Finty Williams, and her grandson, Sammy. Filled with Dench's impish sense of humor, diamond-sharp intelligence and photos from her personal archives, And Furthermore is the book every fan of the great Judi Dench will cherish.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429960647
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
I can hardly believe that it is more than half a century since I first stepped on to the stage of the Old Vic Theatre and into a way of life that has brought me the most rewarding professional relationships and friendships. I cannot imagine now ever doing anything else with my life except acting..." – Judi Dench From London's glittering West End to Broadway's bright lights, from her Academy Award-winning role as Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love to "M" in the James Bond films, Judi Dench has treated audiences to some of the greatest performances of our time. She made her professional acting debut in 1957 with England's Old Vic theatre company playing Ophelia in Hamlet , Katherine in Henry V (her New York debut), and then, Juliet. In 1961, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company playing Anya in The Cherry Orchard with John Gielgud and Peggy Ashcroft. In 1968, she went beyond the classical stage to become a sensation as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, adding musical comedy to her repertoire. Over the years, Dench has given indelible performances in the classics as well as some of the greatest plays and musicals of the twentieth century including Noël Coward's Hay Fever, Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, Kaufman and Hart's The Royal Family and David Hare's Amy's View (for which she won the Tony Award). Recently, she made a triumphant return to A Midsummer Night's Dream as Titania, a role she first played in 1962, now played as a theatre-besotted Queen Elizabeth I. Her film career has been filled with unforgettable performances of some unforgettable women: Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown, the terrifying schoolteacher Barbara Covett in Notes on a Scandal and the writer Iris Murdoch in Iris. And, for the BBC, Dench created another unforgettable woman when she brought her great comic timing and deeply felt emotions to the role of Jean Pargetter in the long-running BBC series As Time Goes By. And Furthermore is, however, more than the story of a great actress's career. It is also the story of Judi Dench's life: her early days as a child in a family that was in love with the theatre; her marriage to actor Michael Williams; the joy she takes in her daughter, the actress Finty Williams, and her grandson, Sammy. Filled with Dench's impish sense of humor, diamond-sharp intelligence and photos from her personal archives, And Furthermore is the book every fan of the great Judi Dench will cherish.
Swedenborg, a Hermetic philosopher. Being a sequel to Remarks on Alchemy and the Alchemists. ... With a chapter comparing Swedenborg with Spinoza. By the author of Remarks on Alchemy and the Alchemists (E. A. H. [i.e. Ethan Allan Hitchcock]).
Author: E. A. H.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Stranger in the Shogun's City
Author: Amy Stanley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501188542
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography* *Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award* *Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography* A “captivating” (The Washington Post) work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo—the city that would become Tokyo—and a portrait of a city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West. The daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in a rural Japanese village and was expected to live a traditional life much like her mother’s. But after three divorces—and a temperament much too strong-willed for her family’s approval—she ran away to make a life for herself in one of the largest cities in the world: Edo, a bustling metropolis at its peak. With Tsuneno as our guide, we experience the drama and excitement of Edo just prior to the arrival of American Commodore Perry’s fleet, which transformed Japan. During this pivotal moment in Japanese history, Tsuneno bounces from tenement to tenement, marries a masterless samurai, and eventually enters the service of a famous city magistrate. Tsuneno’s life provides a window into 19th-century Japanese culture—and a rare view of an extraordinary woman who sacrificed her family and her reputation to make a new life for herself, in defiance of social conventions. “A compelling story, traced with meticulous detail and told with exquisite sympathy” (The Wall Street Journal), Stranger in the Shogun’s City is “a vivid, polyphonic portrait of life in 19th-century Japan [that] evokes the Shogun era with panache and insight” (National Review of Books).
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501188542
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography* *Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award* *Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography* A “captivating” (The Washington Post) work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo—the city that would become Tokyo—and a portrait of a city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West. The daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in a rural Japanese village and was expected to live a traditional life much like her mother’s. But after three divorces—and a temperament much too strong-willed for her family’s approval—she ran away to make a life for herself in one of the largest cities in the world: Edo, a bustling metropolis at its peak. With Tsuneno as our guide, we experience the drama and excitement of Edo just prior to the arrival of American Commodore Perry’s fleet, which transformed Japan. During this pivotal moment in Japanese history, Tsuneno bounces from tenement to tenement, marries a masterless samurai, and eventually enters the service of a famous city magistrate. Tsuneno’s life provides a window into 19th-century Japanese culture—and a rare view of an extraordinary woman who sacrificed her family and her reputation to make a new life for herself, in defiance of social conventions. “A compelling story, traced with meticulous detail and told with exquisite sympathy” (The Wall Street Journal), Stranger in the Shogun’s City is “a vivid, polyphonic portrait of life in 19th-century Japan [that] evokes the Shogun era with panache and insight” (National Review of Books).
The Alchemist
Author: Erin Julian
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1780938292
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The eponymous alchemist of Ben Jonson's quick-fire comedy is a fraud: he cannot make gold, but he does make brilliant theatre. The Alchemist is a masterpiece of wit and form about the self-delusions of greed and the theatricality of deception. This guide will be useful to a diverse assembly of students and scholars, offering fresh new ways into this challenging and fascinating play.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1780938292
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The eponymous alchemist of Ben Jonson's quick-fire comedy is a fraud: he cannot make gold, but he does make brilliant theatre. The Alchemist is a masterpiece of wit and form about the self-delusions of greed and the theatricality of deception. This guide will be useful to a diverse assembly of students and scholars, offering fresh new ways into this challenging and fascinating play.
Literary Alchemist
Author: Steve Paul
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826274641
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Winner, 2022 Society of Midland Authors award for Biography/Memoir Evan S. Connell (1924–2013) emerged from the American Midwest determined to become a writer. He eventually made his mark with attention-getting fiction and deep explorations into history. His linked novels Mrs. Bridge (1959) and Mr. Bridge (1969) paint a devastating portrait of the lives of a prosperous suburban family not unlike his own that, more than a half century later, continue to haunt readers with their minimalist elegance and muted satire. As an essayist and historian, Connell produced a wide range of work, including a sumptuous body of travel writing, a bestselling epic account of Custer at the Little Bighorn, and a singular series of meditations on history and the human tragedy. This first portrait and appraisal of an under-recognized American writer is based on personal accounts by friends, relatives, writers, and others who knew him; extensive correspondence in library archives; and insightful literary and cultural analysis of Connell’s work and its context. It also illuminates aspects of American publishing, Hollywood, male anxieties, and the power of place.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826274641
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Winner, 2022 Society of Midland Authors award for Biography/Memoir Evan S. Connell (1924–2013) emerged from the American Midwest determined to become a writer. He eventually made his mark with attention-getting fiction and deep explorations into history. His linked novels Mrs. Bridge (1959) and Mr. Bridge (1969) paint a devastating portrait of the lives of a prosperous suburban family not unlike his own that, more than a half century later, continue to haunt readers with their minimalist elegance and muted satire. As an essayist and historian, Connell produced a wide range of work, including a sumptuous body of travel writing, a bestselling epic account of Custer at the Little Bighorn, and a singular series of meditations on history and the human tragedy. This first portrait and appraisal of an under-recognized American writer is based on personal accounts by friends, relatives, writers, and others who knew him; extensive correspondence in library archives; and insightful literary and cultural analysis of Connell’s work and its context. It also illuminates aspects of American publishing, Hollywood, male anxieties, and the power of place.
The Alchemy of Disease
Author: John Whysner
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231549504
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Since the dawn of the industrial age, we have unleashed a bewildering number of potentially harmful chemicals. But out of this vast array, how do we identify the actual threats? What does it take to prove that a certain chemical causes cancer? How do we translate academic knowledge of the toxic effects of particular substances into understanding real-world health consequences? The science that answers these questions is toxicology. In The Alchemy of Disease, John Whysner offers an accessible and compelling history of toxicology and its key findings. He details the experiments and discoveries that revealed the causal connections between chemical exposures and diseases. Balancing clear accounts of groundbreaking science with human drama and public-policy relevance, Whysner describes key moments in the development of toxicology and their thorny social and political implications. The book features discussions of toxicological problems past and present, including DDT, cigarettes and other carcinogens, lead poisoning, fossil fuels, chemical warfare, pharmaceuticals—including opioids—and the efficacy of animal testing. Offering valuable insight into the science and politics of crucial public-health concerns, The Alchemy of Disease shows that toxicology’s task—pinpointing the chemical cause of an illness—is as compelling as any detective story.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231549504
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Since the dawn of the industrial age, we have unleashed a bewildering number of potentially harmful chemicals. But out of this vast array, how do we identify the actual threats? What does it take to prove that a certain chemical causes cancer? How do we translate academic knowledge of the toxic effects of particular substances into understanding real-world health consequences? The science that answers these questions is toxicology. In The Alchemy of Disease, John Whysner offers an accessible and compelling history of toxicology and its key findings. He details the experiments and discoveries that revealed the causal connections between chemical exposures and diseases. Balancing clear accounts of groundbreaking science with human drama and public-policy relevance, Whysner describes key moments in the development of toxicology and their thorny social and political implications. The book features discussions of toxicological problems past and present, including DDT, cigarettes and other carcinogens, lead poisoning, fossil fuels, chemical warfare, pharmaceuticals—including opioids—and the efficacy of animal testing. Offering valuable insight into the science and politics of crucial public-health concerns, The Alchemy of Disease shows that toxicology’s task—pinpointing the chemical cause of an illness—is as compelling as any detective story.