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Author : Ralph Hancock
Publisher : New York : Funk & Wagnalls Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Fabulous Boulevard written by Ralph Hancock and published by New York : Funk & Wagnalls Company. This book was released on 1949 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Brebner
Publisher : Thames Street Press
ISBN 13 : 1843962799
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (439 download)
Download or read book Fabulous Road written by Philip Brebner and published by Thames Street Press. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cook. The Dervish. The Geographer. The Artist. The Jongleur. The Scholar. The Historian. A group of men are imprisoned by their Sultan and await death; they are to be executed for petty crimes. They all have one regret-not to have done the pilgrimage to Mecca. Whereupon, a talking parrot, centuries old, flies into their cell and rebukes them, suggesting they undertake the overland pilgrimage in their minds. So the prisoners imagine the journey, weaving art, history, cuisine, geography, literature, philosophy, Sufism, anecdotes and comic stories, to travel a fabulous road across the breathtaking and punishing landscapes of North Africa. All the while they are accompanied by the convivial parrot and its recollections of the past, whether in the company of the Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton in Tangier, as a mascot in the French Foreign Legion, mingling with the cross-dresser Isabelle Eberhardt, as companion to an English aristocrat in Algiers, enslaved by pirates off Tripoli, as sidekick to the circus strongman Giovanni Belzoni or muse to Gustave Flaubert in Cairo. It's a roller coaster of adventures that prove as colourful as its feathers.But who will reach Mecca, as one by one the prisoners are dragged out of the cell to meet the executioner?Winner of the K Blundell Trust Award.
Author : Jeremiah B.C. Axelrod
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520252853
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Inventing Autopia written by Jeremiah B.C. Axelrod and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Flat-out one of the most interesting books I've read in years. To say that a book about California might rank with Kevin Starr's Americans and the California Dream or Mike Davis' City of Quartz is dangerously high praise, but I think Axelrod's book may someday be in that league."—John Ganim, University of California, Riverside "Inventing Autopia thoughtfully weaves together planning and policy history with cultural history to great effect. It is sure to change our understanding of the ways in which Los Angeles not only grew and developed but envisioned itself in the era."—William Deverell, author of Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1024 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fortnight written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jan Cigliano
Publisher : Pomegranate Communications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Grand American Avenue, 1850-1920 written by Jan Cigliano and published by Pomegranate Communications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The individuals who transformed American cities and towns in the post-Civil War decades built their homes, with few exceptions, on America's grand avenues, such as New York's Fifth Avenue and Los Angeles's Wilshire Boulevard. This book offers essays on twelve eminent urban residential avenues, each contributed by a different scholar and accompanied by twenty to thirty duotone photographs. Originally published as the catalog for the exhibit at the Octagon Museum of the American Architectural Foundation.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1646 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 1646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yi-Fu Tuan
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231513283
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Topophilia written by Yi-Fu Tuan and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1990-11-20 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the links between environment and world view? Topophilia, the affective bond between people and place, is the primary theme of this book that examines environmental perceptions and values at different levels: the species, the group, and the individual. Yi-Fu Tuan holds culture and environment and topophilia and environment as distinct in order to show how they mutually contribute to the formation of values. Topophilia examines the search for environment in the city, suburb, countryside, and wilderness from a dialectical perspective, distinguishes different types of environmental experience, and describes their character.
Author : Jeryl Brunner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 076279321X
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)
Download or read book My City, My Los Angeles written by Jeryl Brunner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do famous people love to do during their free time in Los Angeles? Angelenos and other notables have their rituals that connect them to the city in a unique way: favorite restaurants, museums, beaches, parks, markets, landmarks, haunts, and hideaways. The activities are as diverse and eclectic as the city itself. My City, My Los Angeles gives readers something truly unique––a chance to experience L.A. the way the city’s most notable luminaries do.
Author : Floza
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475937202
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)
Download or read book The Party and Other Short Stories written by Floza and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emotions lived through a special ceremony...a dreamy voyage to a high mountain village...the touching life story of a hardworking young couple...the ways of obtaining a driving licence...the joys and sorrows of a an Iranian woman coming back to her country after fifteen years of absence, rediscovering everything anew...a visit to an island in the light-green waters of the Persian Gulf... The Party and Other Short Stories is a delightful collection of tales that show the sunny side of daily life in the country of one thousand and one nights. This collection of short stories paints light-heartedly, and with humour life in the Iranian society of the 1990s and early 2000s. Episodes in the life of a mother bringing up her half-European son in the Iranian society, these stories not only reflect certain aspects of Florence Zohreh Zaré's personal and family life, but also her constant effort for more and more comprehension of the Iranian society.
Author : Public Roads Bureau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Highways, Current Literature written by Public Roads Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark A. Vieira
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 0762450398
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)
Download or read book George Hurrell's Hollywood written by Mark A. Vieira and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects more than four hundred photographs of Hollywood stars captured by George Hurrell, creator of the glamour shot, and looks at the photographer's up and down career.
Author : Beth Gates Warren
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606060708
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Artful Lives written by Beth Gates Warren and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This captivating biography reveals the previously untold love story of Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather. Both were photographic artists at the center of the bohemian cultural scene in Los Angeles during the 1910s and 1920s, yet Weston would become a major Modernist photographer while Mather, who Weston ultimately expunged from his journals, would fall into obscurity. The book reveals how they and their entourage sought out the limelight as the Hollywood film industry came of age. Based on ten years of research and illustrated with extraordinary images, some never published, this history has a captivating range of characters, including Charlie Chaplin, Imogen Cunningham, Max Eastman, Emma Goldman, Tina Modotti, Vaslav Nijinsky, and Carl Sandburg. The lively text brings to life the ambiance of this exciting time in Los Angeles history as well as its darker side. Artful Lives exceeds any previously published account of this key period in Weston's development and reveals Mather's important contribution to it, making it an essential reference in Weston studies.
Author : Robert M. Fogelson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520913615
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (136 download)
Download or read book The Fragmented Metropolis written by Robert M. Fogelson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993-06-09 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here with a new preface, a new foreword, and an updated bibliography is the definitive history of Los Angeles from its beginnings as an agricultural village of fewer than 2,000 people to its emergence as a metropolis of more than 2 million in 1930—a city whose distinctive structure, character, and culture foreshadowed much of the development of urban America after World War II.
Author : Mark Shiel
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861899408
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (618 download)
Download or read book Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles written by Mark Shiel and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood cinema and Los Angeles cannot be understood apart. Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles traces the interaction of the real city, its movie business, and filmed image, focusing on the crucial period from the construction of the first studios in the 1910s to the decline of the studio system fifty years later. As Los Angeles gradually became one of the ten largest cities in the world, the film industry made key contributions to its rapid growth and frequent crises in economic, social, political and cultural life. Whether filmmakers engaged with the real city on location or recreated it on a studio set, Los Angeles shaped the films that were made there and circulated influentially worldwide. The book pays particular attention to early cinema, slapstick comedy, movies about the movies and film noir, which are each explored in new ways, with an emphasis on urban and architectural space and its representation, as well as filmmaking style and technique. Including many previously unpublished photographs and new historical evidence, Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles gives us a never-before-seen view of the City of Angels.
Author : Howard Reich
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 0786736143
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)
Download or read book The First and Final Nightmare of Sonia Reich written by Howard Reich and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the evening of February 15, 2001, Sonia Reich, Howard Reich's mother, packed some clothes into two brown shopping bags, put on her gray winter coat, locked the door to her home in Skokie, Illinois and fled. Someone was trying to kill her, "to put a bullet in my head," Sonia told anyone who would listen. Polish and Jewish, Sonia Reich had survived the Holocaust by staying always on the run. She and Howard's father, Robert, also a Holocaust survivor, had fled to America, moved to Chicago, and raised their young son to tell no one that they were Jewish. It was only after moving to Skokie, a town filled with Holocaust survivors, that his family would live as Jews. Still, his parents told Howard almost nothing about their past. The First and Final Nightmare… is Reich's moving and bittersweet memoir of growing up in Skokie, discovering an odd and personal American freedom in jazz, and his riveting, revealing investigation into his family's past and the nature of his mother's illness, called late-onset Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is a poignant story of a mother and a son, a haunted past, and the irony of what may happen when that often repeated admonition to "never forget" becomes a curse.
Author : Diane Goodspeed
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813538488
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Happy Tails Across New Jersey written by Diane Goodspeed and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you among the thousands of dog owners in the Garden State who would like to spend more time with your four-footed companion? Now you can! In this first-of-its-kind guidebook, Diane Goodspeed brings the encouraging news to pet lovers that their furry friends are welcome to many of New Jersey's beaches, trails, parks, swim holes, and even stores. Whether you are hiking in the Kittatinny Mountains, going for a run on the beach, or playing fetch along the Delaware River, you and your dog can explore New Jersey together. From transportation and equipment to basic obedience and fitness conditioning, this guide contains all the information you need to get your dog out the door for exciting adventures in every season. Organized by county for easy reference, you will find information about county, state, and national parks that will welcome your canine companion. The book also functions as a convenient handbook for shops, covering everything from high-end pet stores and large chains to independently run dog bakeries. Goodspeed identifies training facilities, the most reputable and well-established dog trainers, as well as shelters, rescue centers, and every dog park across the state. Whether you are a long-time dog owner, or new to the canine scene, you will be surprised by how many dog-friendly events, including walk-a-thons, fairs, canine sporting competitions, town festivals, dog parades, and fundraising events for rescue groups occur annually throughout New Jersey. Finally, with your leash in one hand and this indispensable and all-inclusive guide in the other, you can enjoy the exciting recreational opportunities available in the Garden State with your favorite four-legged friend.
