Author: Frederick Marryat
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Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Jacob Faithful
Author: Frederick Marryat
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Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 458
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The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green
Author: Joshua Braff
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565128931
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
It's 1977. Jacob Green, a Jewish kid from suburban New Jersey, sits on the stairs during his family's housewarming party, waiting for his father, Abram--charming host, everyone's best friend, and amateur emcee--to introduce him to the crowd. Housewarming parties, Annie Hall parties, and bar mitzvah parties punctuate Jacob's childhood and require command performances by all the Green family members. But when the confetti settles and the drapes are drawn, the affable Abram Green becomes an egotistical tyrant whose emotional rages rupture the lives of his family. Jacob doesn't mean to disappoint his father, but he can't help thinking the most unthinkable (and very funny) thoughts about public-school humiliation, Hebrew-school disinclination, and in-home sex education (with the live-in nanny!). If only his mother hadn't started college at thirty-six (and fallen for her psychology professor). If only he were more like his rebellious older brother (suspended from Hebrew school for drawing the rabbi in a threesome with a lobster and a pig). If only Jacob could confront his overbearing father and tell him he doesn't want to sing in synagogue, attend est classes, write the perfect thank-you note, or even live in the same house with Abram Green. But, of course, he can't. That would be unthinkable. This self-assured, comic, yet piercing first novel deftly captures the struggle of an imperfect boy trying to become a suitable son.
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565128931
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
It's 1977. Jacob Green, a Jewish kid from suburban New Jersey, sits on the stairs during his family's housewarming party, waiting for his father, Abram--charming host, everyone's best friend, and amateur emcee--to introduce him to the crowd. Housewarming parties, Annie Hall parties, and bar mitzvah parties punctuate Jacob's childhood and require command performances by all the Green family members. But when the confetti settles and the drapes are drawn, the affable Abram Green becomes an egotistical tyrant whose emotional rages rupture the lives of his family. Jacob doesn't mean to disappoint his father, but he can't help thinking the most unthinkable (and very funny) thoughts about public-school humiliation, Hebrew-school disinclination, and in-home sex education (with the live-in nanny!). If only his mother hadn't started college at thirty-six (and fallen for her psychology professor). If only he were more like his rebellious older brother (suspended from Hebrew school for drawing the rabbi in a threesome with a lobster and a pig). If only Jacob could confront his overbearing father and tell him he doesn't want to sing in synagogue, attend est classes, write the perfect thank-you note, or even live in the same house with Abram Green. But, of course, he can't. That would be unthinkable. This self-assured, comic, yet piercing first novel deftly captures the struggle of an imperfect boy trying to become a suitable son.
The Connoisseur
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 982
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 982
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How the Other Half Lives
Author: Jacob A. Riis
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312574010
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Jacob Riis's famed 1890 photo-text addressed the problems of tenement housing, immigration, and urban life and work at the beginning of the Progressive era. David Leviatin edited this complete edition of How the Other Half Lives to be as faithful to Riis's original text and photography as possible. Uncropped prints of Riis's original photographs replace the faded halftones and drawings from photographs that were included in the 1890 edition. Related documents added to the second edition include a stenographic report of one of Riis's lantern-slide lectures that demonstrates Riis's melodramatic techniques and the reaction of his audience, and five drawings that reveal the subtle but important ways Riis's photographs were edited when they were reinterpreted as illustrations in the 1890 edition. The book's provocative introduction now addresses Riis's ethnic and racial stereotyping and includes a map of New York's Lower East Side in the 1890s. A new list of illustrations and expanded chronology, questions for consideration, and selected bibliography provide additional support.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312574010
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Jacob Riis's famed 1890 photo-text addressed the problems of tenement housing, immigration, and urban life and work at the beginning of the Progressive era. David Leviatin edited this complete edition of How the Other Half Lives to be as faithful to Riis's original text and photography as possible. Uncropped prints of Riis's original photographs replace the faded halftones and drawings from photographs that were included in the 1890 edition. Related documents added to the second edition include a stenographic report of one of Riis's lantern-slide lectures that demonstrates Riis's melodramatic techniques and the reaction of his audience, and five drawings that reveal the subtle but important ways Riis's photographs were edited when they were reinterpreted as illustrations in the 1890 edition. The book's provocative introduction now addresses Riis's ethnic and racial stereotyping and includes a map of New York's Lower East Side in the 1890s. A new list of illustrations and expanded chronology, questions for consideration, and selected bibliography provide additional support.
Graham's Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Romance, Art, and Fashion
Author: George R. Graham
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Languages : en
Pages : 634
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Languages : en
Pages : 634
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The Works of Captain Marryatt [sic]. [With a Portrait.]
Author: Frederick Marryat
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Languages : en
Pages : 642
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Languages : en
Pages : 642
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The Prince and the Page
Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
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Category : Crusades
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Category : Crusades
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
Author: Robert Walsh
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Languages : en
Pages : 752
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Languages : en
Pages : 752
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'Us'. Repr
Author: Mrs. Molesworth
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Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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