Author: Barbara Hanrahan
Publisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN: 9780701208561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
A young girl growing up in Australia creates her own secret world through her love for art
Kewpie Doll
Author: Barbara Hanrahan
Publisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN: 9780701208561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
A young girl growing up in Australia creates her own secret world through her love for art
Publisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN: 9780701208561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
A young girl growing up in Australia creates her own secret world through her love for art
Collecting Rose O'Neill's Kewpies
Author: David O'Neill
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764318559
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Features examples of artist Rose O'Neill's charming and highly collectible Kewpie image on dolls, tableware, lamps, candlesticks, inkwells, clocks, jewelry and trinket boxes, hatpins, salt and pepper shakers, picture frames, and many other items. Includes early Kewpies in bisque, chinaware, and metal, Kewpidoodle (the Kewpies' dog), Scootles (the Baby Tourist), and much more. Captions provide measurements and values.
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764318559
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Features examples of artist Rose O'Neill's charming and highly collectible Kewpie image on dolls, tableware, lamps, candlesticks, inkwells, clocks, jewelry and trinket boxes, hatpins, salt and pepper shakers, picture frames, and many other items. Includes early Kewpies in bisque, chinaware, and metal, Kewpidoodle (the Kewpies' dog), Scootles (the Baby Tourist), and much more. Captions provide measurements and values.
Kewpies
Author: John Axe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780875885896
Category : Kewpie art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Kewpie action figures. Kewpie Doodle Dog. Jasperware objects. China objects. Scootles. and Ho-Ho. Book jacket.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780875885896
Category : Kewpie art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Kewpie action figures. Kewpie Doodle Dog. Jasperware objects. China objects. Scootles. and Ho-Ho. Book jacket.
Goodbye, Dolly
Author: Deb Baker
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425217702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A sleazy reporter has been found dead with a craft knife belonging to doll restoration artist Gretchen Birch stuck in his back. When someone begins sending her boxes of Kewpie dolls with threatening messages inside, Gretchen knows she must watch her step. Original.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425217702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A sleazy reporter has been found dead with a craft knife belonging to doll restoration artist Gretchen Birch stuck in his back. When someone begins sending her boxes of Kewpie dolls with threatening messages inside, Gretchen knows she must watch her step. Original.
Famous Character Dolls
Author: Susan Brewer
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783376228
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Part of the popular Famous series, Famous Dolls celebrates dolls in film, TV, cartoons, books, comics and comic strips, as well as toys such as Hamble in Playschool. It also explores the world of celebrity dolls including stars such as Shirley Temple and Mae West, pop star dolls including Michael Jackson and Cher, and dolls representing royalty. Written by leading doll expert, Susan Brewer, the author of British Dolls in the 1950s and British Dolls in the 1960s, the book starts with a series of essays setting dolls in context and exploring their role in popular culture. The main part of the book is an impressive A-Z of famous dolls, with symbols to show in which field they became famous (e.g. cartoons, toys or comic strips). The stories behind each of the dolls are told, including the tragic tale of Raggedy Ann and how a little girl inspired one of the most iconic character dolls of all time. A must-buy book for everyone who has ever own or collected dolls or is interested in popular culture.Did you know? The author of Raggedy Ann, Johnny Gruelle, was a vehement anti-vaccination campaigner after his young daughter died when she was vaccinated at school without his consent Angela Rippon created the Victoria Plum doll series based on a plum tree in her garden Holly Hobbie is an author and illustrator who named the famous patchwork-wearing little girl after her. It became a popular doll in the 1970s
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783376228
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Part of the popular Famous series, Famous Dolls celebrates dolls in film, TV, cartoons, books, comics and comic strips, as well as toys such as Hamble in Playschool. It also explores the world of celebrity dolls including stars such as Shirley Temple and Mae West, pop star dolls including Michael Jackson and Cher, and dolls representing royalty. Written by leading doll expert, Susan Brewer, the author of British Dolls in the 1950s and British Dolls in the 1960s, the book starts with a series of essays setting dolls in context and exploring their role in popular culture. The main part of the book is an impressive A-Z of famous dolls, with symbols to show in which field they became famous (e.g. cartoons, toys or comic strips). The stories behind each of the dolls are told, including the tragic tale of Raggedy Ann and how a little girl inspired one of the most iconic character dolls of all time. A must-buy book for everyone who has ever own or collected dolls or is interested in popular culture.Did you know? The author of Raggedy Ann, Johnny Gruelle, was a vehement anti-vaccination campaigner after his young daughter died when she was vaccinated at school without his consent Angela Rippon created the Victoria Plum doll series based on a plum tree in her garden Holly Hobbie is an author and illustrator who named the famous patchwork-wearing little girl after her. It became a popular doll in the 1970s
Red Dragon
Author: Thomas Harris
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425228227
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Feed your fears with the terrifying classic that introduced cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter. FBI agent Will Graham once risked his sanity to capture Hannibal Lecter, an ingenious killer like no other. Now, he’s following the bloodstained pattern of the Tooth Fairy, a madman who’s already wiped out two families. To find him, Graham has to understand him. To understand him, Graham has only one place left to go: the mind of Dr. Lecter.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425228227
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Feed your fears with the terrifying classic that introduced cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter. FBI agent Will Graham once risked his sanity to capture Hannibal Lecter, an ingenious killer like no other. Now, he’s following the bloodstained pattern of the Tooth Fairy, a madman who’s already wiped out two families. To find him, Graham has to understand him. To understand him, Graham has only one place left to go: the mind of Dr. Lecter.
The Complete Lyrics
Author: Nick Cave
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1405963190
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
The complete lyrics from cultural icon and bestselling author Nick Cave, spanning his entire career to date, with a new foreword by Andrew O'Hagan From Nick Cave's writing for The Birthday Party, through highly acclaimed albums like Murder Ballads, Henry's Dream, DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!! and Ghosteen, this is a must-have book for all fans of the dark, the beautiful and the defiant - for all fans of the songs of Nick Cave. 'The greatest living songwriter' NME 'A glowing wire, a mainline to meaning ad feeling and art' New Yorker 'Nick Cave is a true lyrical master. He can conjure empathy and hope out of thin air, light out of darkness' Cillian Murphy 'His lyrics - so rich in the toils of love, so committed to memory and everlasting presence - are the best-made of his generation' Andrew O'Hagan 'A poetic craftsman' Will Self 'Alternative rock legend' Billboard 'Cave's genius rings loud and clear' Evening Standard Cover art by Aleksandra Waliszewska
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1405963190
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
The complete lyrics from cultural icon and bestselling author Nick Cave, spanning his entire career to date, with a new foreword by Andrew O'Hagan From Nick Cave's writing for The Birthday Party, through highly acclaimed albums like Murder Ballads, Henry's Dream, DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!! and Ghosteen, this is a must-have book for all fans of the dark, the beautiful and the defiant - for all fans of the songs of Nick Cave. 'The greatest living songwriter' NME 'A glowing wire, a mainline to meaning ad feeling and art' New Yorker 'Nick Cave is a true lyrical master. He can conjure empathy and hope out of thin air, light out of darkness' Cillian Murphy 'His lyrics - so rich in the toils of love, so committed to memory and everlasting presence - are the best-made of his generation' Andrew O'Hagan 'A poetic craftsman' Will Self 'Alternative rock legend' Billboard 'Cave's genius rings loud and clear' Evening Standard Cover art by Aleksandra Waliszewska
The Story of Rose O'Neill
Author: Rose Cecil O'Neill
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826211064
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
O'Neill (1874-1944)--creator of the Kewpie doll, commercial illustrator, philanthropist, poet and novelist--reveals herself as a woman who preferred art, activism and adventure to motherhood and marriage. Her unfinished manuscript demonstrates the ways in which she pushed at the boundaries of her generation's definitions of gender in an effort to create new liberating forms. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826211064
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
O'Neill (1874-1944)--creator of the Kewpie doll, commercial illustrator, philanthropist, poet and novelist--reveals herself as a woman who preferred art, activism and adventure to motherhood and marriage. Her unfinished manuscript demonstrates the ways in which she pushed at the boundaries of her generation's definitions of gender in an effort to create new liberating forms. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Made in Japan
Author: Lillian Natsue Uehara Morgan
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456885677
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
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Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456885677
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
There is no available information at this time.
Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society
Author: Rodney P. Carlisle
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412966701
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 1033
Book Description
Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine, January 2010 The Encyclopedia of Play: A Social History explores the concept of play in history and modern society in the United States and internationally. Its scope encompasses leisure and recreation activities of children as well as adults throughout the ages, from dice games in the Roman empire to video games today. As an academic social history, it includes the perspectives of several curricular disciplines, from sociology to child psychology, from lifestyle history to social epidemiology. This two-volume set will serve as a general, non-technical resource for students in education and human development, health and sports psychology, leisure and recreation studies and kinesiology, history, and other social sciences to understand the importance of play as it has developed globally throughout history and to appreciate the affects of play on child and adult development, particularly on health, creativity, and imagination.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412966701
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 1033
Book Description
Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine, January 2010 The Encyclopedia of Play: A Social History explores the concept of play in history and modern society in the United States and internationally. Its scope encompasses leisure and recreation activities of children as well as adults throughout the ages, from dice games in the Roman empire to video games today. As an academic social history, it includes the perspectives of several curricular disciplines, from sociology to child psychology, from lifestyle history to social epidemiology. This two-volume set will serve as a general, non-technical resource for students in education and human development, health and sports psychology, leisure and recreation studies and kinesiology, history, and other social sciences to understand the importance of play as it has developed globally throughout history and to appreciate the affects of play on child and adult development, particularly on health, creativity, and imagination.