Author: Paweł Pawlak
Publisher: Lantana Publishing
ISBN: 1913747077
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
What if you could turn the world the other way around and take a peek at what's on the other side? Perhaps if you did, you would find something you never expected. Such as friendship. When Oscar meets a lonely little girl, it's the start of an adventure for both of them. Together they make an unusual journey to two very different worlds, each beautiful and necessary. And it all begins when the little girl's tooth falls out... Translated from Polish by award-winning translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones. “Color and composition combine to beautifully express friendship and the wonders of the world”—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED “A delightfully unique and heartwarming story about friendship”—School Library Journal
Oscar Seeks a Friend
Author: Paweł Pawlak
Publisher: Lantana Publishing
ISBN: 1913747077
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
What if you could turn the world the other way around and take a peek at what's on the other side? Perhaps if you did, you would find something you never expected. Such as friendship. When Oscar meets a lonely little girl, it's the start of an adventure for both of them. Together they make an unusual journey to two very different worlds, each beautiful and necessary. And it all begins when the little girl's tooth falls out... Translated from Polish by award-winning translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones. “Color and composition combine to beautifully express friendship and the wonders of the world”—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED “A delightfully unique and heartwarming story about friendship”—School Library Journal
Publisher: Lantana Publishing
ISBN: 1913747077
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
What if you could turn the world the other way around and take a peek at what's on the other side? Perhaps if you did, you would find something you never expected. Such as friendship. When Oscar meets a lonely little girl, it's the start of an adventure for both of them. Together they make an unusual journey to two very different worlds, each beautiful and necessary. And it all begins when the little girl's tooth falls out... Translated from Polish by award-winning translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones. “Color and composition combine to beautifully express friendship and the wonders of the world”—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED “A delightfully unique and heartwarming story about friendship”—School Library Journal
Oscar Wilde Discovers America
Author: Louis Edwards
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743236890
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This compelling and unique fictional foray into American history follows a brilliantly conjured Wilde and his young black valet on a whirlwind tour across the country from high-society Newport to the deep south.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743236890
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This compelling and unique fictional foray into American history follows a brilliantly conjured Wilde and his young black valet on a whirlwind tour across the country from high-society Newport to the deep south.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Chicago's New Negroes
Author: Davarian L. Baldwin
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807887609
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
As early-twentieth-century Chicago swelled with an influx of at least 250,000 new black urban migrants, the city became a center of consumer capitalism, flourishing with professional sports, beauty shops, film production companies, recording studios, and other black cultural and communal institutions. Davarian Baldwin argues that this mass consumer marketplace generated a vibrant intellectual life and planted seeds of political dissent against the dehumanizing effects of white capitalism. Pushing the traditional boundaries of the Harlem Renaissance to new frontiers, Baldwin identifies a fresh model of urban culture rich with politics, ingenuity, and entrepreneurship. Baldwin explores an abundant archive of cultural formations where an array of white observers, black cultural producers, critics, activists, reformers, and black migrant consumers converged in what he terms a "marketplace intellectual life." Here the thoughts and lives of Madam C. J. Walker, Oscar Micheaux, Andrew "Rube" Foster, Elder Lucy Smith, Jack Johnson, and Thomas Dorsey emerge as individual expressions of a much wider spectrum of black political and intellectual possibilities. By placing consumer-based amusements alongside the more formal arenas of church and academe, Baldwin suggests important new directions for both the historical study and the constructive future of ideas and politics in American life.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807887609
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
As early-twentieth-century Chicago swelled with an influx of at least 250,000 new black urban migrants, the city became a center of consumer capitalism, flourishing with professional sports, beauty shops, film production companies, recording studios, and other black cultural and communal institutions. Davarian Baldwin argues that this mass consumer marketplace generated a vibrant intellectual life and planted seeds of political dissent against the dehumanizing effects of white capitalism. Pushing the traditional boundaries of the Harlem Renaissance to new frontiers, Baldwin identifies a fresh model of urban culture rich with politics, ingenuity, and entrepreneurship. Baldwin explores an abundant archive of cultural formations where an array of white observers, black cultural producers, critics, activists, reformers, and black migrant consumers converged in what he terms a "marketplace intellectual life." Here the thoughts and lives of Madam C. J. Walker, Oscar Micheaux, Andrew "Rube" Foster, Elder Lucy Smith, Jack Johnson, and Thomas Dorsey emerge as individual expressions of a much wider spectrum of black political and intellectual possibilities. By placing consumer-based amusements alongside the more formal arenas of church and academe, Baldwin suggests important new directions for both the historical study and the constructive future of ideas and politics in American life.
Paris Bride
Author: John Schad
Publisher: punctum books
ISBN: 1950192636
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
"In July 1905, in Paris, a young woman, a bride, becomes Marie Schad. In April 1984, in London, Marie Schad is declared to be no more--indeed, to never have been, and returns to France. Paris Bride pursues this no-woman in a wild attempt to glimpse her face in the modernist crowd. With increasing desperation the pages of Stephane Mallarmé, Oscar Wilde, Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Louis Aragon, André and Walter Benjamin are all ransacked for traces of Marie. What is pieced precariously together is an experimental life--a properly modernist life, a life that, by its very obscurity, lives the obscure life of modernism itself.
Publisher: punctum books
ISBN: 1950192636
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
"In July 1905, in Paris, a young woman, a bride, becomes Marie Schad. In April 1984, in London, Marie Schad is declared to be no more--indeed, to never have been, and returns to France. Paris Bride pursues this no-woman in a wild attempt to glimpse her face in the modernist crowd. With increasing desperation the pages of Stephane Mallarmé, Oscar Wilde, Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Louis Aragon, André and Walter Benjamin are all ransacked for traces of Marie. What is pieced precariously together is an experimental life--a properly modernist life, a life that, by its very obscurity, lives the obscure life of modernism itself.
Sense and Sensuality
Author: Ravi Zacharias
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1601423330
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
WHY versus WHY NOT? Why did God place us in a world full of pleasures if we aren’t meant to pursue them all? In an imaginative dialogue, Oscar Wilde asks Jesus Christ to respond to this question about critical lifestyle choices. Their talk vividly illustrates the arguments for both sensual pleasure-seeking and moral moderation. Playwright, dramatist, poet, critic—Wilde openly defied the mores of Victorian society. His literary repartee fueled an “if it feels good, do it” humanistic philosophy that is still prevalent in the world today. SO WHAT does JESUS SAY?
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1601423330
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
WHY versus WHY NOT? Why did God place us in a world full of pleasures if we aren’t meant to pursue them all? In an imaginative dialogue, Oscar Wilde asks Jesus Christ to respond to this question about critical lifestyle choices. Their talk vividly illustrates the arguments for both sensual pleasure-seeking and moral moderation. Playwright, dramatist, poet, critic—Wilde openly defied the mores of Victorian society. His literary repartee fueled an “if it feels good, do it” humanistic philosophy that is still prevalent in the world today. SO WHAT does JESUS SAY?
Making Rounds with Oscar
Author: David Dosa
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1401394965
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
A remarkable cat. A special gift. A life-changing journey. They thought he was just a cat. When Oscar arrived at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rhode Island he was a cute little guy with attitude. He loved to stretch out in a puddle of sunlight and chase his tail until he was dizzy. Occasionally he consented to a scratch behind the ears, but only when it suited him. In other words, he was a typical cat. Or so it seemed. It wasn't long before Oscar had created something of a stir. Apparently, this ordinary cat possesses an extraordinary gift: he knows instinctively when the end of life is near. Oscar is a welcome distraction for the residents of Steere House, many of whom are living with Alzheimer's. But he never spends much time with them -- until they are in their last hours. Then, as if this were his job, Oscar strides purposely into a patient's room, curls up on the bed, and begins his vigil. Oscar provides comfort and companionship when people need him most. And his presence lets caregivers and loved ones know that it's time to say good-bye. Oscar's gift is a tender mercy. He teaches by example: embracing moments of life that so many of us shy away from. Making Rounds with Oscar is the story of an unusual cat, the patients he serves, their caregivers, and of one doctor who learned how to listen. Heartfelt, inspiring, and full of humor and pathos, this book allows readers to take a walk into a world rarely seen from the outside, a world we often misunderstand.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1401394965
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
A remarkable cat. A special gift. A life-changing journey. They thought he was just a cat. When Oscar arrived at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rhode Island he was a cute little guy with attitude. He loved to stretch out in a puddle of sunlight and chase his tail until he was dizzy. Occasionally he consented to a scratch behind the ears, but only when it suited him. In other words, he was a typical cat. Or so it seemed. It wasn't long before Oscar had created something of a stir. Apparently, this ordinary cat possesses an extraordinary gift: he knows instinctively when the end of life is near. Oscar is a welcome distraction for the residents of Steere House, many of whom are living with Alzheimer's. But he never spends much time with them -- until they are in their last hours. Then, as if this were his job, Oscar strides purposely into a patient's room, curls up on the bed, and begins his vigil. Oscar provides comfort and companionship when people need him most. And his presence lets caregivers and loved ones know that it's time to say good-bye. Oscar's gift is a tender mercy. He teaches by example: embracing moments of life that so many of us shy away from. Making Rounds with Oscar is the story of an unusual cat, the patients he serves, their caregivers, and of one doctor who learned how to listen. Heartfelt, inspiring, and full of humor and pathos, this book allows readers to take a walk into a world rarely seen from the outside, a world we often misunderstand.
Made for Friendship
Author: Drew Hunter
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 143355822X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
God made you for friendship. Friendship is one of the deepest pleasures of life. But in our busy, fast-paced, mobile world, we've lost this rich view of friendship and instead settled for shallow acquaintances based on little more than similar tastes or shared interests. Helping us recapture a vision of true friendship, pastor Drew Hunter explores God's design for friendship and what it really looks like in practice—giving us practical advice to cultivate the kinds of true friendships that lead to true and life-giving joy.
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 143355822X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
God made you for friendship. Friendship is one of the deepest pleasures of life. But in our busy, fast-paced, mobile world, we've lost this rich view of friendship and instead settled for shallow acquaintances based on little more than similar tastes or shared interests. Helping us recapture a vision of true friendship, pastor Drew Hunter explores God's design for friendship and what it really looks like in practice—giving us practical advice to cultivate the kinds of true friendships that lead to true and life-giving joy.
Tony and Me
Author: Jack Klugman
Publisher: Goodhill Press
ISBN: 9780976830306
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The close professional relationship between Jack Klugman and Tony Randall has long been famous. However, the details of their close personal relationship has not been revealed until Tony and Me. Here Mr. Klugman provides the ultimate insider's view in a memoir-style tribute to a celebrated friendship that spanned nearly five decades. Tony and Me follows both actors from their early days of stage and television to the "Camelot" of The Odd Coup from Klugman's fight with invasive throat cancer to Randall's struggle to open a National Actors Theatre. What finally emerges is a touching portrait of a legendary professional relationship that, in the end, became deeply personal. Tony and Me includes over fifty photographs, many from Jack and Tony's private collections, and are a rare opportunity for fans to peek behind the scenes and into the lives of one of America's most beloved comedy teams. The free DVD of never-seen-before outtakes from The Odd Couple adds a hilarious third dimension to this intimate account, and makes Tony and Me well worth the price of admission. Book jacket.
Publisher: Goodhill Press
ISBN: 9780976830306
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The close professional relationship between Jack Klugman and Tony Randall has long been famous. However, the details of their close personal relationship has not been revealed until Tony and Me. Here Mr. Klugman provides the ultimate insider's view in a memoir-style tribute to a celebrated friendship that spanned nearly five decades. Tony and Me follows both actors from their early days of stage and television to the "Camelot" of The Odd Coup from Klugman's fight with invasive throat cancer to Randall's struggle to open a National Actors Theatre. What finally emerges is a touching portrait of a legendary professional relationship that, in the end, became deeply personal. Tony and Me includes over fifty photographs, many from Jack and Tony's private collections, and are a rare opportunity for fans to peek behind the scenes and into the lives of one of America's most beloved comedy teams. The free DVD of never-seen-before outtakes from The Odd Couple adds a hilarious third dimension to this intimate account, and makes Tony and Me well worth the price of admission. Book jacket.
Charming Like Us
Author: Krista Ritchie
Publisher: K.B. Ritchie
ISBN: 0997633697
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
As the hottest bodyguard on Security Force Omega, Oscar Oliveira has no trouble finding a warm body at any odd hour. But he's ready for more. And for the first time in this ex-pro boxer's life, he just got rejected. For a kiss. Oscar's friends warned him not to fall for the straight guy, but flirty, sexy-as-hell Jack Highland made that difficult. Now Jack has Oscar's sweater. His belt. His bandana. And Oscar seriously wants them back. As for Jack – well, Jack wants a lot of things. But for the first time in this confident filmmaker's life, he's absolutely 100%... confused. Add another ultra-complication in a sea of complicated: Enter Charlie Cobalt. The enigmatic famous one that Oscar is sworn to protect wants his own show, and he's asked Jack to film it. A Charlie-centric docuseries will force Oscar & Jack to share the same air again. Option 1: Ignore each other. Option 2: Flirt, aw yeah. And act like the rejection never happened. Option 3: Confront each other about the rejected kiss. With options on the table and their romantic lives unsettled, both Jack & Oscar are concerned about why Charlie wants his own show. And the longer filming lasts, the more tumultuous their personal & professional worlds become. Chaos reigns when you're around the Cobalts, and Jack & Oscar are swept up among the most destructive one.
Publisher: K.B. Ritchie
ISBN: 0997633697
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
As the hottest bodyguard on Security Force Omega, Oscar Oliveira has no trouble finding a warm body at any odd hour. But he's ready for more. And for the first time in this ex-pro boxer's life, he just got rejected. For a kiss. Oscar's friends warned him not to fall for the straight guy, but flirty, sexy-as-hell Jack Highland made that difficult. Now Jack has Oscar's sweater. His belt. His bandana. And Oscar seriously wants them back. As for Jack – well, Jack wants a lot of things. But for the first time in this confident filmmaker's life, he's absolutely 100%... confused. Add another ultra-complication in a sea of complicated: Enter Charlie Cobalt. The enigmatic famous one that Oscar is sworn to protect wants his own show, and he's asked Jack to film it. A Charlie-centric docuseries will force Oscar & Jack to share the same air again. Option 1: Ignore each other. Option 2: Flirt, aw yeah. And act like the rejection never happened. Option 3: Confront each other about the rejected kiss. With options on the table and their romantic lives unsettled, both Jack & Oscar are concerned about why Charlie wants his own show. And the longer filming lasts, the more tumultuous their personal & professional worlds become. Chaos reigns when you're around the Cobalts, and Jack & Oscar are swept up among the most destructive one.