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Lois McMaster Bujold (Modern Masters of Science Fiction) by James Edward
epub |eng | 2015-06-26 | Author:James, Edward [James, Edward]

DISABILITY AND GENETIC MODIFICATION At the time of the London Paralympic Games in September 2012, the magazine SFX published a list of “10 Inspirational Disabled Characters from Sci-Fi and Fantasy.”1 ...
( Category: Science Fiction April 11,2018 )
The Unexpurgated Beaton by Cecil Beaton
epub |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:Cecil Beaton

1972 JANUARY 1972 “Sir” is a romantic title. It is much easier on the tongue than “Duke” or “Earl.” A Knight at best is something of literature and chivalry. Hugh ...
( Category: Memoirs April 11,2018 )
Encyclopedia of Classic Rock by David Luhrssen
epub |eng | | Author:David Luhrssen

LES VARIATIONS Formed by a trio of Moroccan-born French Sephardic Jews, Les Variations began in 1966 as a rock and roll cover band touring Europe. Singing primarily in English during ...
( Category: Music April 11,2018 )
The Exile's Song by Sally McKee
epub |eng | | Author:Sally McKee

The year 1870 was a watershed for Dédé, for reasons having to do with his compositions and the changes in popular demand for certain kinds of music. During the 1860s ...
( Category: Arts & Literature April 11,2018 )
Rodin on Art and Artists by Auguste Rodin
epub |eng | 2012-10-15 | Author:Auguste Rodin [Rodin, Auguste]

Several days later I saw in Rodin’s atelier at Meudon the casts of many of his finest busts, and I seized the occasion to ask him to tell me of ...
( Category: History & Criticism April 11,2018 )
Notes from a Feminist Killjoy by Erin Wunker
epub |eng | 2016-09-26 | Author:Erin Wunker

13 Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Berkeley, CA: Crossing Press, 2007) 124, 127. 14 Ahmed. 15 As Tatiana A. Koroleva suggests, performance that requires some form of exhaustion, ...
( Category: Women's Studies April 11,2018 )
Beatrix Potter by Andrew Norman
epub |eng | 2014-01-15 | Author:Andrew Norman

Tell Louie [Harold’s daughter, Alice Louisa] I shall have to teach her kitten manners. I was scratched fearfully by the original manx Tom. I had to whip him.13 Those who ...
( Category: Women's Studies April 11,2018 )
A Writing Life by Bernadette Brennan
epub |eng | 2017-02-25 | Author:Bernadette Brennan

What happened to Daniel Valerio reflects on us all, on our private and public natures. It stirs up deep fears about ourselves, and makes us frightened and ashamed. I don’t ...
( Category: Arts & Literature April 11,2018 )
Man of Iron by Julian Glover
epub |eng | 2016-04-11 | Author:Julian Glover

11 The Enjoyment of Splendid Orders ‘Sir,’ the letter began, ‘You will I hop excuse me for introducing myself quite a stranger to You in this manner and I fear ...
( Category: Arts & Literature April 11,2018 )
Joan Crawford by Lawrence J. Quirk
epub |eng | | Author:Lawrence J. Quirk

Joan and on-screen hubby Melvyn Douglas take on the family (Fay Bainter, Margaret Sullavan, Robert Young) in The Shining Hour (1938). There was no love lost between Joan and Norma ...
( Category: Arts & Literature April 11,2018 )
The Invented Part by Fresán Rodrigo; Vanderhyden Will;
epub |eng | 2017-02-04 | Author:Fresán, Rodrigo; Vanderhyden, Will;

MANY FÊTES, OR STUDY FOR A GROUP PORTRAIT WITH BROKEN DECALOGUES † “Have you read all these books?” she asks. † The biji is a genre of classic Chinese literature. ...
( Category: Humor April 11,2018 )
Norman Mailer: The Last Romantic by Carl Rollyson
epub |eng | 2017-04-18 | Author:Carl Rollyson [Rollyson, Carl]

IX. King of the Hill (1968-1972) 1. Miami and the Siege of Chicago Harvard, June 1968. “I knew the Norman Mailer I had roomed with. And then there was a ...
( Category: History & Criticism April 11,2018 )
I Love Her, That's Why! An Autobiography by George Burns & Cynthia Hobart Lindsay
epub |eng | 2011-10-01 | Author:George Burns & Cynthia Hobart Lindsay [Burns, George & Lindsay, Cynthia Hobart]

12. “Lambchops” I went straight to Mamma to tell her the news. I was almost sure she’d be happy about it, but a few things worried me. I got it ...
( Category: Arts & Literature April 11,2018 )
Bad Moon Rising: The Unauthorized History of Creedence Clearwater Revival by Hank Bordowitz
mobi |eng | 2007-07-01 | Author:Hank Bordowitz [Bordowitz, Hank]

The bitterness over the long battle to control his publishing would continue for years to come. As he stated in one of the many court cases involving his publishing rights, ...
( Category: Arts & Literature April 10,2018 )
As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as Told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew by Jen Chaney
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-07-07 | Author:Jen Chaney [Chaney, Jen]

The Mugging of Cher Horowitz Oh no, you don’t understand. This is an Alaïa. —CHER An a-what-a? —MUGGER Production info: The central portion of this sequence—which involves an argument between ...
( Category: Movies April 10,2018 )

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