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The Fire Portrait

Author : Barbara Mutch
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
ISBN 13 : 074902674X
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Fire Portrait written by Barbara Mutch and published by Allison & Busby Ltd. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've taken risks in my life. Some have been physical ones, but some have been bolder and required more of myself. When Englishwoman Frances McDonald sets up home in a remote South African hamlet in the shadow of the Hex River Mountains, she is regarded with suspicion by the community. Confined by a marriage of convenience, she seeks an outlet by learning the local language, teaching art, and exhibiting her paintings of the stunning veld landscape. Soon the spectre of war threatens to divide not only the country but the town itself and scupper Frances' hard-won acceptance. While her husband leaves to fight for the Allies, Frances chances to meet a former love. The bright joy of that unexpected reunion is clouded by a day that will change her life. Out of the smoke and ash of a shocking fire, she is propelled on a journey that will take her from the arid veld to the bright lights of London and beyond.

The Portrait

Author : Iain Pears
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440685010
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book The Portrait written by Iain Pears and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A national bestseller from acclaimed author Iain Pears, The Portrait is a novel of suspense and a tour de force. An art critic journeys to a remote island off Brittany to sit for a portrait painted by an old friend, a gifted but tormented artist living in self-imposed exile. The painter recalls their years of friendship, the gift of the critic's patronage, and his callous betrayals. As he struggles to capture the character of the man, as well as his image, on canvas, it becomes clear that there is much more than a portrait at stake... Iain Pears's An Instance of the Fingerpost and The Dream of Scipio are also available from Riverhead Books.

Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy of The Fire Nation

Author : Joshua Pruett
Publisher : Insight Editions
ISBN 13 : 1683833929
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (838 download)

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Download or read book Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy of The Fire Nation written by Joshua Pruett and published by Insight Editions. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new scrapbook Avatar: The Last Airbender’s beloved character Uncle Iroh shares his memories and mementos with Prince Zuko. In Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy of the Fire Nation, discover long-kept secrets carried by Uncle Iroh as he records his stories for Prince Zuko. Read letters from family, friends, and more in this special collection of mementos and keepsakes. Iroh has held many roles in his long life, including crown prince of the Fire Nation, mentor to Prince Zuko, and ally of Avatar Aang. In the peace following the end of the Hundred Year War, Iroh has compiled many thoughts, memories, artifacts, and stories from his long life to share with Prince Zuko. Filled with amazing removable mementos from Iroh, Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy of the Fire Nation presents an exclusive look into one of the series’ most-loved characters.

James Baldwin

Author : W. J. Weatherby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780517074800
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book James Baldwin written by W. J. Weatherby and published by . This book was released on 1991-07-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Black Fire

Author : Robert J. Crawford
Publisher : History Press (SC)
ISBN 13 : 9781596293281
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Black Fire written by Robert J. Crawford and published by History Press (SC). This book was released on 2007 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert J Crawford was one of the first 12 black firefighter hired by the City of Memphis. He came through the ranks as the first black battalion chief, deputy chief and deputy director. This book details his experiences as a boy growing up in Memphis and as a black firefighter. This is a first hand personal experience of what black firefighters faced from a systemic manipulation to deny them opportunity and examples of tactics used to "get rid of them."

Judy Garland

Author : John Fricke
Publisher : Bulfinch Press
ISBN 13 : 0821228366
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book Judy Garland written by John Fricke and published by Bulfinch Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the actress who stole America's heart, this is the definitive book about the legendary Judy Garland, with reflections by the people who knew her best. In a career that spanned five decades and encompassed stardom in every medium, Judy Garland's professional achievements remain unsurpassed. Now her timeless joy comes alive in JUDY GARLAND: A PORTRAIT IN ART ANECDOTE. Hundreds of rare and previously unpublished photographs, studio memorabilia, and personal mementos from the family archives, along with scores of anecdotes drawn from interviews with her professional colleagues, friends, family, and Judy herself, showcase her on- and off-stage 'talent to amuse.'Decade by decade, her incomparable accomplishments on stage, film, television, radio, and recordings are lovingly illustrated and remembered by those who knew her best. Often funny, sometimes poignant, but always fascinating, this book singularly conveys the happiness that Garland's own great and buoyantly emotional performances have brought to hundreds of millions of admirers. Anyone who ever enjoyed a Garland song will revel in this glowing, lavishly illustrated tribute.

Portrait of India

Author : Ved Mehta
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241505011
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Portrait of India written by Ved Mehta and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to 1960s' India after decades beyond its borders, Ved Mehta explores his native country with two sets of eyes: those of the man educated in the West, and those of the child raised under the Raj. Travelling from the Himalayas in the east to Kerala in the west, Ved Mehta's observations and insights into India and some of its most interesting figures - including Indira Gandhi, Jaya Prakash Narayan and Satyajit Ray - create one of the twentieth century's most thought-provoking travel memoirs.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Author : James Joyce
Publisher : The Floating Press
ISBN 13 : 1775417891
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (754 download)

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Download or read book A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man written by James Joyce and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is semi-autobiographical, following Joyce's fictional alter-ego through his artistic awakening. The young artist Steven Dedelus begins to rebel against the Irish Catholic dogma of his childhood and discover the great philosophers and artists. He follows his artistic calling to the continent.

Portrait of a Turkish Family

Author : Irfan Orga
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1443726931
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Portrait of a Turkish Family written by Irfan Orga and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A World Lit Only by Fire

Author : William Manchester
Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN 13 : 0316082791
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book A World Lit Only by Fire written by William Manchester and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "lively and engaging" history of the Middle Ages (Dallas Morning News) from the acclaimed historian William Manchester, author of The Last Lion. From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth: the dense explosion of energy that spawned some of history's greatest poets, philosophers, painters, adventurers, and reformers, as well as some of its most spectacular villains. "Manchester provides easy access to a fascinating age when our modern mentality was just being born." --Chicago Tribune

A Little Book of Portraits

Author : Tai-Shan Schierenberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781849495769
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book A Little Book of Portraits written by Tai-Shan Schierenberg and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired to paint or enthralled by the world of portraiture A Little Book of Portraits: Beyond the Canvas accompanies the celebrated Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year series and includes sixty-four of the finest portraits painted during the competition with illuminating commentary from the three series judges: Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano and Kate Bryan. The paintings featured in this book, include portraits of famous sitters, such as Juliet Stevenson and John Humphrys, self-portraits of the artists themselves and commissioned paintings of Hilary Mantel and Sophie Dahl. The judges approach each painting from a different angle and with a unique voice, reflecting their differing specialities within the art world. Between them they uncover the approach, style and effectiveness of each portrait whilst discussing the techniques critical to the success of the painter's brushwork, likeness and perspective. With a wide range of different mediums from oil to charcoal or even soil, the book takes us behind the finished portrait and into the myriad of processes that creates one great work of art. A Little Book of Portraits reveals the skills behind the artist's brush that makes timeless and inventive portraiture.

Self Portrait with Boy

Author : Rachel Lyon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 139853336X
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Self Portrait with Boy written by Rachel Lyon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel Lyon's first novel – soon to be made into a major motion picture starring Zoë Kravitz and Thomasin McKenzie Lu Rile is a relentlessly focused young photographer struggling to make ends meet. Working three jobs, and worrying that the crumbling warehouse she lives in is being sold to developers, she is at a point of desperation. Until, by pure chance, Lu discovers she’s captured a tragedy in the background of a self portrait; a boy falling to his death. The photograph turns out to be the best work of art she’s ever made. It’s an image that could change her life – if she lets it. Set in early 90s Brooklyn on the brink of gentrification, Self-Portrait with Boy is a provocative commentary about the emotional dues that must be paid on the road to success. ‘Beautifully imagined and flawlessly executed’ Joyce Carol Oates ‘A sparkling debut’ New York Times Book Review

The Portrait

Author : Ilaria Bernardini
Publisher : Pegasus Books
ISBN 13 : 9781643136189
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book The Portrait written by Ilaria Bernardini and published by Pegasus Books. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Electric. A wildly astute plunge into the depths of love, rivalry, betrayal and the power of women.”—Bill Clegg An internationally renowned writer, Valeria Costas has dedicated her life to her work and to her secret lover, Martìn Acla, a prominent businessman. When his sudden stroke makes headlines, her world implodes; the idea of losing him is terrifying. Desperate to find a way to be present during her lover's final days, Valeria commissions his artist wife, Isla, to paint her portrait—insinuating herself into Martìn's family home and life. In the grand, chaotic London mansion where the man they share—husband, father, lover—lies in a coma, Valeria and Isla remain poised on the brink, transfixed by one another. Day after day, the two women talk to each other during the sittings, revealing truths, fragilities and strengths. But does Isla know of the writer's long involvement with Martìn? Does Valeria grasp the secrets that Isla harbors? Amidst their own private turmoil, the stories of their lives are exchanged, and as the portrait takes shape, we watch these complex and extraordinary women struggle while the love of their lives departs, in an unforgettable, breathless tale of deception and mystery that captivates until the very end.

Portrait of a Lover

Author : Julianne MacLean
Publisher : Avon
ISBN 13 : 9780060819354
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Portrait of a Lover written by Julianne MacLean and published by Avon. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A picture of deception . . . Annabelle Lawson knew nothing about the breathtaking stranger she met on the train—only that he'd make an ideal model for the budding young artist . . . and that she desired him more than she believed possible. But after she'd been seduced, she learned that she'd also been betrayed. The man she thought she loved was really Magnus Wallis—a scoundrel like his father before him, the loathed cousin of Annabelle's benefactor, the honorable Earl of Whitby. A landscape of love . . . No longer the naively romantic girl who would tumble for a rogue, Annabelle cannot avoid a reunion with the despicable Magnus, who wants to include her portraits in his new London gallery. She means to show him her coldest face—but upon seeing him again, her every intention melts from the heat of his touch. It is clear that Magnus still burns with love for her. But is he still the villain he once was, or can he be reformed into a man Annabelle can dare to love?

A Burning

Author : Megha Majumdar
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593081250
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book A Burning written by Megha Majumdar and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK! • A "gripping thriller with compassionate social commentary" (USA Today) about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise—to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies—and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, who is accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir is an opportunistic gym teacher who hitches his aspirations to a right-wing political party and finds that his own ascent becomes linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely—an irresistible outcast whose exuberant voice and dreams of glory fill the novel with warmth and hope and humor—has the alibi that can set Jivan free, but it will cost her everything she holds dear. Taut, symphonic, propulsive, and riveting from its opening lines, A Burning is an electrifying debut.

The Film Renter and Moving Picture News

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Film Renter and Moving Picture News written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Velázquez, Painter & Curator

Author : Julia Vázquez
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004690077
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Velázquez, Painter & Curator written by Julia Vázquez and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-12-11 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to address the curatorial career of Diego Velázquez, painter to King Philip IV of Spain and chamberlain of his royal palace. It investigates the role that Velázquez played in overseeing the display of the Habsburg art collection, then the richest in the western world, and the role, in turn, that this practice played in his creative trajectory between his arrival at the Spanish court in 1623 and his death in 1660. This book thus recasts Velázquez’s career as an episode in the history of the curator.