Author: Brenda Bowen
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 147352217X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
'Brenda Bowen's Enchanted August is a perfect summer read – for any time of the year' Everyone needs a place like Hopewell Cottage – a romantic holiday rental on a small, sunny island. For Rose and Lottie, it’s a refuge from the frenzy of the school gates. For Beverly, it’s a chance to say goodbye to two lost loves. And for disgraced movie star Caroline, it offers the anonymity she craves. But on tiny Little Lost Island, with its cocktail parties, tennis matches and Ladies’ Association for Beautification, will they really find the answers to their very modern problems? ‘Delightful... I'm dreaming of blueberries and Maine lobster. We all need a sunny island or castle to which we can run away’ Helen Simonson, author of MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND
Enchanted August
Author: Brenda Bowen
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 147352217X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
'Brenda Bowen's Enchanted August is a perfect summer read – for any time of the year' Everyone needs a place like Hopewell Cottage – a romantic holiday rental on a small, sunny island. For Rose and Lottie, it’s a refuge from the frenzy of the school gates. For Beverly, it’s a chance to say goodbye to two lost loves. And for disgraced movie star Caroline, it offers the anonymity she craves. But on tiny Little Lost Island, with its cocktail parties, tennis matches and Ladies’ Association for Beautification, will they really find the answers to their very modern problems? ‘Delightful... I'm dreaming of blueberries and Maine lobster. We all need a sunny island or castle to which we can run away’ Helen Simonson, author of MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 147352217X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
'Brenda Bowen's Enchanted August is a perfect summer read – for any time of the year' Everyone needs a place like Hopewell Cottage – a romantic holiday rental on a small, sunny island. For Rose and Lottie, it’s a refuge from the frenzy of the school gates. For Beverly, it’s a chance to say goodbye to two lost loves. And for disgraced movie star Caroline, it offers the anonymity she craves. But on tiny Little Lost Island, with its cocktail parties, tennis matches and Ladies’ Association for Beautification, will they really find the answers to their very modern problems? ‘Delightful... I'm dreaming of blueberries and Maine lobster. We all need a sunny island or castle to which we can run away’ Helen Simonson, author of MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND
Enchanted Islands
Author: Mary D. Sheriff
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022648324X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In Enchanted Islands, renowned art historian Mary D. Sheriff explores the legendary, fictional, and real islands that filled the French imagination during the ancien regime as they appeared in royal ballets and festivals, epic literature, paintings, engravings, book illustrations, and other objects. Some of the islands were mythical and found in the most popular literary texts of the day—islands featured prominently, for instance, in Ariosto’s Orlando furioso,Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata, and Fénelon’s, Telemachus. Other islands—real ones, such as Tahiti and St. Domingue—the French learned about from the writings of travelers and colonists. All of them were imagined to be the home of enchantresses who used magic to conquer heroes by promising sensual and sexual pleasure. As Sheriff shows, the theme of the enchanted island was put to many uses. Kings deployed enchanted-island mythology to strengthen monarchical authority, as Louis XIV did in his famous Versailles festival Les Plaisirs de l’île enchantée. Writers such as Fénelon used it to tell morality tales that taught virtue, duty, and the need for male strength to triumph over female weakness and seduction. Yet at the same time, artists like Boucher painted enchanted islands to portray art’s purpose as the giving of pleasure. In all these ways and more, Sheriff demonstrates for the first time the centrality of enchanted islands to ancient regime culture in a book that will enchant all readers interested in the art, literature, and history of the time.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022648324X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In Enchanted Islands, renowned art historian Mary D. Sheriff explores the legendary, fictional, and real islands that filled the French imagination during the ancien regime as they appeared in royal ballets and festivals, epic literature, paintings, engravings, book illustrations, and other objects. Some of the islands were mythical and found in the most popular literary texts of the day—islands featured prominently, for instance, in Ariosto’s Orlando furioso,Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata, and Fénelon’s, Telemachus. Other islands—real ones, such as Tahiti and St. Domingue—the French learned about from the writings of travelers and colonists. All of them were imagined to be the home of enchantresses who used magic to conquer heroes by promising sensual and sexual pleasure. As Sheriff shows, the theme of the enchanted island was put to many uses. Kings deployed enchanted-island mythology to strengthen monarchical authority, as Louis XIV did in his famous Versailles festival Les Plaisirs de l’île enchantée. Writers such as Fénelon used it to tell morality tales that taught virtue, duty, and the need for male strength to triumph over female weakness and seduction. Yet at the same time, artists like Boucher painted enchanted islands to portray art’s purpose as the giving of pleasure. In all these ways and more, Sheriff demonstrates for the first time the centrality of enchanted islands to ancient regime culture in a book that will enchant all readers interested in the art, literature, and history of the time.
Bear and Wolf
Author: Daniel Salmieri
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1592703399
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Capitol Choices Book of 2019A Brain Pickings Best Children's Book of 2018Winter 2017 – 2018 Kids Indie Next Pick!A Fatherly Best Children's Book of 2018Selected for exhibition in the 2018 Society of Illustrators Original Art show "Just found the book we'll gift to every child we know!"—PBS "Stunning, serene and philosophical"—Maria Russo, The New York Times "Hushed and lovely, this is a picture book to calm and inspire."—Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Wall Street Journal Bear and Wolf become unlikely companions one winter's evening when they discover each other out walking in the falling snow; they are young and curious, slipping easily into friendship as they amble along together, seeing new details in the snowy forest. Together they spy an owl overhead, look deep into the frozen face of the lake, and contemplate the fish sleeping below the surface. Then it's time to say goodbye: for Bear to go home and hibernate with the family and for Wolf to run with the pack. Daniel Salmieri's debut as author/illustrator is a beautifully rendered story of friendship and the subtle rhythm of life when we are open to the world and to each other.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1592703399
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Capitol Choices Book of 2019A Brain Pickings Best Children's Book of 2018Winter 2017 – 2018 Kids Indie Next Pick!A Fatherly Best Children's Book of 2018Selected for exhibition in the 2018 Society of Illustrators Original Art show "Just found the book we'll gift to every child we know!"—PBS "Stunning, serene and philosophical"—Maria Russo, The New York Times "Hushed and lovely, this is a picture book to calm and inspire."—Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Wall Street Journal Bear and Wolf become unlikely companions one winter's evening when they discover each other out walking in the falling snow; they are young and curious, slipping easily into friendship as they amble along together, seeing new details in the snowy forest. Together they spy an owl overhead, look deep into the frozen face of the lake, and contemplate the fish sleeping below the surface. Then it's time to say goodbye: for Bear to go home and hibernate with the family and for Wolf to run with the pack. Daniel Salmieri's debut as author/illustrator is a beautifully rendered story of friendship and the subtle rhythm of life when we are open to the world and to each other.
S.A. Pictorical
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Languages : en
Pages : 796
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Publisher:
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Pages : 796
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Emergence
Author: Kim Harrison
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593816250
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
For better or worse, a solar eclipse brought humans and paranormal beings together, sparking one woman’s battle to master magic or lose our world, in this riveting serialized adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Hollows series. As time has passed, Dr. Renee Caisson has begun to see the demonic, alien August as more than a research subject or an unlikely colleague—they’ve become friends. And together she and August have helped the two societies of Nextdoor and Earth through the confusion of first contact, the danger of misunderstandings, and the anger of mistreatment. But when a popular blogger and conspiracy theorist twists August’s words, an uproar ensues, turning a powerful section of human society against the Neighbors—and resulting in Renee’s house arrest. Her could-be boyfriend, Major Jackson, says it’s to protect her, though that’s not how Renee sees it. Torn between duty and friendship, August jumps Renee to freedom, fully aware that the journey might reveal more to her than she should know. The wily Neighbor has pieced together that Renee has been unconsciously using their magic, a fact that, if revealed, will cause more, not less, conflict between the humans and Neighbors. For if the people of Earth can master magic and exile August’s people again, the Neighbors will not survive. . . .
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593816250
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
For better or worse, a solar eclipse brought humans and paranormal beings together, sparking one woman’s battle to master magic or lose our world, in this riveting serialized adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Hollows series. As time has passed, Dr. Renee Caisson has begun to see the demonic, alien August as more than a research subject or an unlikely colleague—they’ve become friends. And together she and August have helped the two societies of Nextdoor and Earth through the confusion of first contact, the danger of misunderstandings, and the anger of mistreatment. But when a popular blogger and conspiracy theorist twists August’s words, an uproar ensues, turning a powerful section of human society against the Neighbors—and resulting in Renee’s house arrest. Her could-be boyfriend, Major Jackson, says it’s to protect her, though that’s not how Renee sees it. Torn between duty and friendship, August jumps Renee to freedom, fully aware that the journey might reveal more to her than she should know. The wily Neighbor has pieced together that Renee has been unconsciously using their magic, a fact that, if revealed, will cause more, not less, conflict between the humans and Neighbors. For if the people of Earth can master magic and exile August’s people again, the Neighbors will not survive. . . .
Enchanted Air
Author: Margarita Engle
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481435221
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother s tropical island country, a place so lush with vibrant life that it seems like a fairy tale kingdom. But most of the time she lives in Los Angeles, lonely in the noisy city and dreaming of the summers when she can take a plane through the enchanted air to her beloved island. Words and images are her constant companions, friendly and comforting when the children at school are not.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481435221
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother s tropical island country, a place so lush with vibrant life that it seems like a fairy tale kingdom. But most of the time she lives in Los Angeles, lonely in the noisy city and dreaming of the summers when she can take a plane through the enchanted air to her beloved island. Words and images are her constant companions, friendly and comforting when the children at school are not.
365 Bedtime Stories for Kids
Author: Emma Landon
Publisher: XinXii
ISBN: 3989115219
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
In this captivating collection of bedtime stories, young readers will embark on a journey through 365 delightful tales, each designed to inspire imagination and fill their dreams with wonder. From brave knights and adventurous pirates to curious creatures and intergalactic explorations, this book offers a magical story for every night of the year. Share the joy of reading with your little ones as they embark on a new adventure every night before they drift off to sleep. Say goodbye to restless nights and enchanted dreams with these heartwarming and age-appropriate stories. Let the bedtime ritual become a treasured bonding experience between parents and children as you dive into the world of endless imagination and joy together.
Publisher: XinXii
ISBN: 3989115219
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
In this captivating collection of bedtime stories, young readers will embark on a journey through 365 delightful tales, each designed to inspire imagination and fill their dreams with wonder. From brave knights and adventurous pirates to curious creatures and intergalactic explorations, this book offers a magical story for every night of the year. Share the joy of reading with your little ones as they embark on a new adventure every night before they drift off to sleep. Say goodbye to restless nights and enchanted dreams with these heartwarming and age-appropriate stories. Let the bedtime ritual become a treasured bonding experience between parents and children as you dive into the world of endless imagination and joy together.
An Enchanted Hair Tale
Author: Alexis De Veaux
Publisher: Harper Trophy
ISBN: 9780064432719
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Sudan suffers from the general ridicule of his strange-looking hair, until he comes to accept and enjoy its enchantment.
Publisher: Harper Trophy
ISBN: 9780064432719
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Sudan suffers from the general ridicule of his strange-looking hair, until he comes to accept and enjoy its enchantment.
Annual Report
Author: Maine. Forest Commissioner
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Satirical Films
Author: Wikipedia contributors
Publisher: e-artnow sro
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Publisher: e-artnow sro
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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