Author: Tina Nichols Coury
Publisher: Dial Books
ISBN: 9780803737310
Category : Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lincoln Borglum was the son of Gutzon Borglum, the man who dreamed up the idea of carving four presidents' faces into the rockface of Mount Rushmore. The younger Borglum was the man who actually completed the project, and this is his story.
Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose
Author: Tina Nichols Coury
Publisher: Dial Books
ISBN: 9780803737310
Category : Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lincoln Borglum was the son of Gutzon Borglum, the man who dreamed up the idea of carving four presidents' faces into the rockface of Mount Rushmore. The younger Borglum was the man who actually completed the project, and this is his story.
Publisher: Dial Books
ISBN: 9780803737310
Category : Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lincoln Borglum was the son of Gutzon Borglum, the man who dreamed up the idea of carving four presidents' faces into the rockface of Mount Rushmore. The younger Borglum was the man who actually completed the project, and this is his story.
Even This I Get to Experience
Author: Norman Lear
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0143127969
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
The legendary creator of iconic television programs All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Norman Lear remade our television culture, while leading a life of unparalleled political, civic, and social involvement. Sharing the wealth of Lear's ninety years, this is a memoir as touching and remarkable as the life he has led.
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0143127969
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
The legendary creator of iconic television programs All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Norman Lear remade our television culture, while leading a life of unparalleled political, civic, and social involvement. Sharing the wealth of Lear's ninety years, this is a memoir as touching and remarkable as the life he has led.
Texas Lullaby
Author: Tina Leonard
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426818394
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
This cowboy just wants peace and quiet—alone! Gabriel Morgan has been called home to Union Junction, Texas, by a father who claims he’s not trying to match his ornery son with a ready-made family. Gabriel isn’t ready to settle down—and meeting widow Laura Adams and her adorable children is not going to change his mind! Laura is charmed that Gabriel has fallen for her little girl and baby boy. But his “proposal” to marry her and take care of them all for one year seems too much like convenience, and not enough like the love she’s looking for. But her kids aren’t the only ones Gabriel’s falling for…
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426818394
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
This cowboy just wants peace and quiet—alone! Gabriel Morgan has been called home to Union Junction, Texas, by a father who claims he’s not trying to match his ornery son with a ready-made family. Gabriel isn’t ready to settle down—and meeting widow Laura Adams and her adorable children is not going to change his mind! Laura is charmed that Gabriel has fallen for her little girl and baby boy. But his “proposal” to marry her and take care of them all for one year seems too much like convenience, and not enough like the love she’s looking for. But her kids aren’t the only ones Gabriel’s falling for…
Read My Hips
Author: Kimberly Brittingham
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307464385
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Kim Brittingham struggled for years with her weight and body image before she learned how to love her self unconditionally, find her confidence, and fully enjoy her life. In this unflinching, humorous, and uplifting memoir, she openly explores her complex relationships with food and dieting, sex and dating, and exercise and health, ultimately inspiring every woman to live life to the absolute fullest, no matter what your jean size.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307464385
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Kim Brittingham struggled for years with her weight and body image before she learned how to love her self unconditionally, find her confidence, and fully enjoy her life. In this unflinching, humorous, and uplifting memoir, she openly explores her complex relationships with food and dieting, sex and dating, and exercise and health, ultimately inspiring every woman to live life to the absolute fullest, no matter what your jean size.
Lost City & The Education of Carlos.
Author: Dick Browning
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 136511029X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
THE CHARLIE DUMONT GLUTCH TRIOLOGY IS ABOUT A TEEN GENIUS WHO INVENTS THINGS. IN THE GLUTCH AND TRIPLE STUFF HE HAS INVENTED A SUPER FUEL AND FLIES A JUNK HELICOPTER (THE GLUTCH) AROUND THE WORLD WITH EX-NAVY PILOT, MARVIN SMITH, IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE SALE OF HIS INVENTION. IN THE EDUCATION OF CARLOS CHARLIE FLIES HIS ULTRA LIGHT PLANE SOLO FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE TO TEXAS TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, AND PHYSICAL TRAINING IN A CRASH COURSE WHILE DEALING WITH A DRUG DEALING SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WHO WHATS TO KILL HIM. AS A SIDELINE HE DISCOVERS A WAY TO TURN A COMMON WEED INTO A NEW INDUSTRY. IN LOST CITY CHARLIE GOES WITH MARVIN AND THEIR MECHANIC, CHIEF COALSON, TO THE GREEN HELL OF BRAZIL'S MATO GROSSO JUNGLE SEARCHING FOR THE LEGENDARY LOST CITY. CHARLIE FINDS HIMSELF TRAPPED IN A VAST HOLE IN THE GROUND, HE GOES NATIVE WITH A LOCAL TRIBE. HE FINDS SPECIAL FRIENDS IN A NATIVE GIRL AND THE TRIBAL WITCH DOCTOR.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 136511029X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
THE CHARLIE DUMONT GLUTCH TRIOLOGY IS ABOUT A TEEN GENIUS WHO INVENTS THINGS. IN THE GLUTCH AND TRIPLE STUFF HE HAS INVENTED A SUPER FUEL AND FLIES A JUNK HELICOPTER (THE GLUTCH) AROUND THE WORLD WITH EX-NAVY PILOT, MARVIN SMITH, IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE SALE OF HIS INVENTION. IN THE EDUCATION OF CARLOS CHARLIE FLIES HIS ULTRA LIGHT PLANE SOLO FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE TO TEXAS TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, AND PHYSICAL TRAINING IN A CRASH COURSE WHILE DEALING WITH A DRUG DEALING SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WHO WHATS TO KILL HIM. AS A SIDELINE HE DISCOVERS A WAY TO TURN A COMMON WEED INTO A NEW INDUSTRY. IN LOST CITY CHARLIE GOES WITH MARVIN AND THEIR MECHANIC, CHIEF COALSON, TO THE GREEN HELL OF BRAZIL'S MATO GROSSO JUNGLE SEARCHING FOR THE LEGENDARY LOST CITY. CHARLIE FINDS HIMSELF TRAPPED IN A VAST HOLE IN THE GROUND, HE GOES NATIVE WITH A LOCAL TRIBE. HE FINDS SPECIAL FRIENDS IN A NATIVE GIRL AND THE TRIBAL WITCH DOCTOR.
Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn
Author: Julius Melbourn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"Jabez Delano Hammond published The Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn in 1847, amid state debates over black suffrage and national debates over slavery’s expansion. The white New Yorker wrote in the voice of a former slave, fooling some contemporaries and subsequent historians, seeking to link Thomas Jefferson’s legacy to antislavery and racial equality. Placed in the context of Hammond’s other public and private writings, Julius Melbourn represents the evolution, radicalization, and politicization of the antebellum abolition movement. Hammond began as an ardent Jeffersonian but came to advocate violence against the Slave Power before disavowing such tactics in favor of political mobilization before his death in 1855"--Abstract, "Jefferson's legacy, race science, and righteous violence in Jabez Hammond's abolitionist fiction."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"Jabez Delano Hammond published The Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn in 1847, amid state debates over black suffrage and national debates over slavery’s expansion. The white New Yorker wrote in the voice of a former slave, fooling some contemporaries and subsequent historians, seeking to link Thomas Jefferson’s legacy to antislavery and racial equality. Placed in the context of Hammond’s other public and private writings, Julius Melbourn represents the evolution, radicalization, and politicization of the antebellum abolition movement. Hammond began as an ardent Jeffersonian but came to advocate violence against the Slave Power before disavowing such tactics in favor of political mobilization before his death in 1855"--Abstract, "Jefferson's legacy, race science, and righteous violence in Jabez Hammond's abolitionist fiction."
An Invisible Thread
Author: Laura Schroff
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451648979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title, that may also include a folder.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451648979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title, that may also include a folder.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Author: Junot Diaz
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571246206
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J.R.R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukú - the curse that has haunted his family for generations. With dazzling energy and insight Díaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar; his runaway sister Lola; their beautiful mother Belicia; and in the family's uproarious journey from the Dominican Republic to the US and back. Rendered with uncommon warmth and humour, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a literary triumph, that confirms Junot Díaz as one of the most exciting writers of our time.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571246206
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J.R.R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukú - the curse that has haunted his family for generations. With dazzling energy and insight Díaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar; his runaway sister Lola; their beautiful mother Belicia; and in the family's uproarious journey from the Dominican Republic to the US and back. Rendered with uncommon warmth and humour, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a literary triumph, that confirms Junot Díaz as one of the most exciting writers of our time.
So That Happened
Author: Jon Cryer
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 0451472365
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
In 1986, Jon Cryer won over America as Molly Ringwald's loyal and lovable best friend Duckie in the cult classic Pretty in Pink (Paramount) and went on to play Alan Harper on the massively popular sitcom Two and a Half Men. With the instincts of a natural storyteller, Cryer charts his extraordinary journey in show business, illuminating his many triumphs and some missteps along the way. Filled with exclusive behind-the-scenes anecdotes, Cryer offers his own endearing perspective on Hollywood, the business at large and the art of acting.
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 0451472365
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
In 1986, Jon Cryer won over America as Molly Ringwald's loyal and lovable best friend Duckie in the cult classic Pretty in Pink (Paramount) and went on to play Alan Harper on the massively popular sitcom Two and a Half Men. With the instincts of a natural storyteller, Cryer charts his extraordinary journey in show business, illuminating his many triumphs and some missteps along the way. Filled with exclusive behind-the-scenes anecdotes, Cryer offers his own endearing perspective on Hollywood, the business at large and the art of acting.
Walk This Way
Author: Geoff Edgers
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735212252
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Washington Post national arts reporter Geoff Edgers takes a deep dive into the story behind “Walk This Way,” Aerosmith and Run-DMC's legendary, groundbreaking mashup that forever changed music. The early 1980s were an exciting time for music. Hair metal bands were selling out stadiums, while clubs and house parties in New York City had spawned a new genre of music. At the time, though, hip hop's reach was limited, an art form largely ignored by mainstream radio deejays and the rock-obsessed MTV network. But in 1986, the music world was irrevocably changed when Run-DMC covered Aerosmith's hit “Walk This Way” in the first rock-hip hop collaboration. Others had tried melding styles. This was different, as a pair of iconic arena rockers and the young kings of hip hop shared a studio and started a revolution. The result: Something totally new and instantly popular. Most importantly, "Walk This Way" would be the first rap song to be played on mainstream rock radio. In Walk This Way, Geoff Edgers sets the scene for this unlikely union of rockers and MCs, a mashup that both revived Aerosmith and catapulted hip hop into the mainstream. He tracks the paths of the main artists—Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Joseph “Run” Simmons, and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels—along with other major players on the scene across their lives and careers, illustrating the long road to the revolutionary marriage of rock and hip hop. Deeply researched and written in cinematic style, this music history is a must-read for fans of hip hop, rock, and everything in between.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735212252
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Washington Post national arts reporter Geoff Edgers takes a deep dive into the story behind “Walk This Way,” Aerosmith and Run-DMC's legendary, groundbreaking mashup that forever changed music. The early 1980s were an exciting time for music. Hair metal bands were selling out stadiums, while clubs and house parties in New York City had spawned a new genre of music. At the time, though, hip hop's reach was limited, an art form largely ignored by mainstream radio deejays and the rock-obsessed MTV network. But in 1986, the music world was irrevocably changed when Run-DMC covered Aerosmith's hit “Walk This Way” in the first rock-hip hop collaboration. Others had tried melding styles. This was different, as a pair of iconic arena rockers and the young kings of hip hop shared a studio and started a revolution. The result: Something totally new and instantly popular. Most importantly, "Walk This Way" would be the first rap song to be played on mainstream rock radio. In Walk This Way, Geoff Edgers sets the scene for this unlikely union of rockers and MCs, a mashup that both revived Aerosmith and catapulted hip hop into the mainstream. He tracks the paths of the main artists—Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Joseph “Run” Simmons, and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels—along with other major players on the scene across their lives and careers, illustrating the long road to the revolutionary marriage of rock and hip hop. Deeply researched and written in cinematic style, this music history is a must-read for fans of hip hop, rock, and everything in between.