The Divine Miss Marble

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524745383
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Book Synopsis The Divine Miss Marble by : Robert Weintraub

Download or read book The Divine Miss Marble written by Robert Weintraub and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In Robert Weintraub’s exhaustive biography, The Divine Miss Marble, he transports the reader into Marble’s vibrant world. It’s a dreamy, indomitable life worth reading about as today’s tennis tries to return to form.”—The Washington Post “An intriguing book about a fascinating woman…highly recommended.”—Library Journal (starred review) “Delightful and engrossing, this is a must for tennis fans.”—Publishers Weekly The story of 1930s tennis icon Alice Marble, and her life of sports, celebrity, and incredible mystery. Who was Alice Marble? In her public life, she was the biggest tennis star of the pre-war era, a household name like Joe DiMaggio and Joe Louis. She was famous for overcoming serious illness to win the biggest tournaments, including Wimbledon. She was also a fashion designer and trendsetter, a contributor to a pioneering new comic called Wonder Woman—and friend to the biggest names in Hollywood and society, like Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies, and members of families named Bloomingdale, Loew, and du Pont. She helped integrate tennis with her support of Althea Gibson, and even coached two young women who became stars in their own right: Billie Jean King and Sally Ride. Yet her private life provoked constant speculation while she was alive, and her own memoirs added layers of legend upon stories. According to Alice, she married a man who was killed in the skies over Europe during World War II. But who was the man she loved, and had he even existed? She was widely known for her patriotism during World War II. Had she really nearly given her life for her country as a spy, shot during a wild car chase fleeing foreign espionage agents? In The Divine Miss Marble, bestselling author Robert Weintraub traveled the country to uncover her fascinating story. And the more he learned about her, the more her mysteries and contradictions deepened. Alice was a powerful woman who knew her worth, demanding equal pay to men decades earlier than other female athletes; yet she was held in sway by a domineering, highly successful coach with whom she had a volatile relationship. She was renowned for her California style, and had a brilliant mind and the guts to overcome a lifetime of physical trauma. For the first time here, we come closer than ever before to the truths of this unforgettable life, and somehow it’s a story even more extraordinary than everything we already know about the divine Alice Marble.

Murder at Marble House

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Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 0758290853
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Murder at Marble House written by Alyssa Maxwell and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Delightful...Fans of Victoria Thompson or Deanna Raybourn are sure to enjoy dipping into this historical series.”—Library Journal With the dawn of the twentieth century on the horizon, the fortunes of the venerable Vanderbilt family still shine brightly in the glittering high society of Newport, Rhode Island. But when a potential scandal strikes, the Vanderbilts turn to cousin and society page reporter Emma Cross to solve a murder and a disappearance. . . Responding to a frantic call on her newfangled telephone from her eighteen-year-old cousin, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Emma Cross arrives at the Marble House mansion and learns the cause of her distress--Consuelo's mother, Alva, is forcing her into marriage with the Duke of Marlborough. Her mother has even called in a fortune teller to assure Consuelo of a happy future. But the future is short-lived for the fortune teller, who is found dead by her crystal ball, strangled with a silk scarf. Standing above her is one of the Vanderbilts' maids, who is promptly taken into police custody. After the frenzy has died down, Consuelo is nowhere to be found. At Alva's request, Emma must employ her sleuthing skills to determine if the vanishing Vanderbilt has eloped with the beau of her choice--or if her disappearance may be directly connected to the murder. . .

Myst: The Book of Atrus

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Publisher : Hyperion
ISBN 13 : 9780786861590
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Myst: The Book of Atrus written by Rand Miller and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 1995-11-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the best-selling CD-ROM game on the market, a novel fills out the lives of the game's characters, tracing the strange apprenticeship of Atrus to his father, Gehn, who wields the power to create worlds.

Murder on Marble Row

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440622590
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Book Synopsis Murder on Marble Row by : Victoria Thompson

Download or read book Murder on Marble Row written by Victoria Thompson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-06-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an explosion kills wealthy industrialist Gregory Van Dyke, Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt presumes that anarchists are responsible and personally asks Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to track them down. Malloy is up to the challenge - but he faces a different kind of challenge when he encounters Sarah Brandt paying a condolence call on the Van Dykes. Faced with the impossibility of ever expressing his true feelings for Sarah, Frank had vowed never to see or work with her again." For her part, Sarah is glad to be working with Malloy once again in his hunt for a dangerous killer - though they clash over his conviction that the murder was politically motivated.

Detective Dan and the Missing Marble Mystery

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Publisher : Zondervan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780310380917
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis Detective Dan and the Missing Marble Mystery by : Timothy Roland

Download or read book Detective Dan and the Missing Marble Mystery written by Timothy Roland and published by Zondervan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the help of his Bible, Detective Dan solves the case of his friend Tara's missing marbles.

Oil and Marble

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Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1628726393
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Book Synopsis Oil and Marble by : Stephanie Storey

Download or read book Oil and Marble written by Stephanie Storey and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From 1501 to 1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. Michelangelo was a temperamental sculptor in his mid-twenties, desperate to make a name for himself. The two despise each other."--Front jacket flap.

The So Blue Marble

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480426954
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis The So Blue Marble by : Dorothy B. Hughes

Download or read book The So Blue Marble written by Dorothy B. Hughes and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “delightful . . . nonstop action” thriller from the author of In a Lonely Place—“readers new to this forgotten classic are in for a treat” (Publishers Weekly). At the age of twenty-four, Griselda Satterlee has already lived two lifetimes. A star of the silver screen, she gives up Hollywood after a year, and moves to New York to become a designer. While her ex-husband, Con, is out of town, she is staying in his apartment. Walking back one night, she meets two cheerful young men who want to go home with her—and won’t take no for an answer. David and Danny are twins, and they are the most beautiful men Griselda has ever seen. They are also the most dangerous. They want something from her: a lustrous blue marble, which they insist is in Con’s apartment. Though they leave without hurting her, Griselda knows that next time, they won’t be so amiable. To save herself, she must discover the secret of the marble—a secret with death at its core.

Painting in Stone

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300248164
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Painting in Stone written by Fabio Barry and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping history of premodern architecture told through the material of stone Spanning almost five millennia, Painting in Stone tells a new history of premodern architecture through the material of precious stone. Lavishly illustrated examples include the synthetic gems used to simulate Sumerian and Egyptian heavens; the marble temples and mansions of Greece and Rome; the painted palaces and polychrome marble chapels of early modern Italy; and the multimedia revival in 19th-century England. Poetry, the lens for understanding costly marbles as an artistic medium, summoned a spectrum of imaginative associations and responses, from princes and patriarchs to the populace. Three salient themes sustained this “lithic imagination”: marbles as images of their own elemental substance according to premodern concepts of matter and geology; the perceived indwelling of astral light in earthly stones; and the enduring belief that colored marbles exhibited a form of natural—or divine—painting, thanks to their vivacious veining, rainbow palette, and chance images.

Myths of the Marble

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Myths of the Marble written by ALEX KLEIN ED. and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

What Angels Fear

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101210788
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Book Synopsis What Angels Fear by : C. S. Harris

Download or read book What Angels Fear written by C. S. Harris and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FIRST SEBASTIAN ST. CYR MYSTERY! “The combined elements of historical fiction, romance, and mystery in this fog-enshrouded London puzzler will appeal to fans of Anne Perry.”—Booklist It’s 1811, and the threat of revolution haunts the upper classes of King George III’s England. Then the body of a beautiful young woman is found savagely murdered on the altar steps of an ancient church near Westminster Abbey. A dueling pistol discovered at the scene and the damning testimony of a witness both point to one man: Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, a brilliant young nobleman shattered by his experiences in the Napoleonic Wars. Now a fugitive running for his life, Sebastian calls upon his skill as an officer during the war to catch the killer and prove his own innocence. In the process, he accumulates a band of unlikely allies, including the enigmatic beauty Kat Boleyn, who broke Sebastian’s heart years ago. In Sebastian’s world of intrigue and espionage, nothing is as it seems, yet the truth may hold the key to the future of the British monarchy, as well as to Sebastian’s own salvation....

Imperial Spoils

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Publisher : Hill & Wang
ISBN 13 : 9780809041893
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (418 download)

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Book Synopsis Imperial Spoils by : Christopher Hitchens

Download or read book Imperial Spoils written by Christopher Hitchens and published by Hill & Wang. This book was released on 1988 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the Parthenon, explains how and why its sculptures and friezes were taken to Britain, and discusses the arguments for returning them

The Marble Mask

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Publisher : Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781587241291
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (412 download)

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Book Synopsis The Marble Mask by : Archer Mayor

Download or read book The Marble Mask written by Archer Mayor and published by Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the frozen body of a murder victim turns up on a Vermont mountain, Lieutenant Joe Gunther uncovers links to a priceless mask sculpted by Michelangelo that mysteriously vanished in Italy during World War II.

Megalithomania

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Publisher : Ingram
ISBN 13 : 9781906069032
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (69 download)

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Book Synopsis Megalithomania by : John Michell

Download or read book Megalithomania written by John Michell and published by Ingram. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A feast of extraordinary theories and personalities centred around the mysterious standing stones of antiquity. John Michell tells the incredible story of the amazing reactions, ancient and modern, to these prehistoric relics, whether astronomical, legendary, mystical or visionary.

The Myst Reader

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Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401382215
Total Pages : 1005 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Myst Reader written by Rand Miller and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 1005 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This omnibus edition of the hugely popular Myst trilogy is published to coincide with the release of Myst Revelations, the latest in the line of the bestselling Myst interactive CD-ROM games. The award-winning Myst series is one of the most successful interactive CD-ROM computer games in history with sales of more than 12 million copies worldwide. Myst captivated the world when it was first conceived and created by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller. Its extraordinary success has gone on to spawn Riven, Myst III Exile, and most recently, Uru: The Ages Beyond Myst. Devoted fans of these surreal adventure games gather yearly at "Mysterium" (whose event sites are spreading to other countries) to exchange game strategies, share stories, and meet up with old friends. The Myst Reader is a literary companion to the CD-ROM games and a compendium of the bestselling official Myst trilogy: The Book of Atrus, The Book of Ti'ana, and The Book of D'ni. Devoted fans and new players alike will be delighted to have three books in this mythic saga together for the first time in one value-priced volume, which will be published in time to coincide with the long-awaited release of Myst Revelations.

The Clay Marble

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Publisher : Turtleback
ISBN 13 : 9780606057882
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book The Clay Marble written by Minfong Ho and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1993-09-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1970s twelve-year-old Dara joins a refugee camp in war-torn Cambodia and becomes separated from her family.

Mystery at the Club Sandwich

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547533705
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Book Synopsis Mystery at the Club Sandwich by : Doug Cushman

Download or read book Mystery at the Club Sandwich written by Doug Cushman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004-10-18 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lola Gale has lost her marbles. Literally. Nick Trunk, private investigator, has been hired to find them. He’s a very good detective, but this case is a tough nut to crack. The only clues are an ostrich feather and lots of peanut butter—delicious peanut butter. Will Nick be able to solve this sticky crime? Monochromatic illustrations give this hilarious whodunit the dramatic feel of an old black-and-white movie, while endearing animals characters, plentiful P.I. and peanut puns, and a suspenseful but-not-too-hard-to-follow mystery make this a crime story that’s hard to put down.

“A” New English Dictionary on Historical Principles

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1660 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book “A” New English Dictionary on Historical Principles written by James Augustus Henry Murray and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: