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The Gold of their Bodies

Author : Charles Gorham
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789128749
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book The Gold of their Bodies written by Charles Gorham and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gold of Their Bodies, first published in 1955, is a fascinating biography of Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), the French post-impressionist artist, most famous for his colorful paintings of life in Tahiti and the South Pacific. Although fictionalized by the addition of dialogue, Gold of Their Bodies draws from Gauguin’s own writings and accurately portrays the adult life of Gauguin—his struggles to make a living from his art, his friendships with Van Gogh, Cezanne, Pissaro, and other contemporaries, his travels and life with the native peoples of the South Pacific, his relationships with Polynesian women, and his run-ins with French colonial authorities. Gauguin, prolific in his output (in large part due to the small price he received for his works), and troubled by poor health in his later life, died at the relatively young age of 54 in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. It was not until after his death that his works were recognized as masterpieces, and, in February 2015, one of his Tahitian paintings sold for the staggering price of $300 million dollars.

The Gold of Their Bodies

Author : Charles Gorham
Publisher : New York, Dial Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book The Gold of Their Bodies written by Charles Gorham and published by New York, Dial Press. This book was released on 1955 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gold of Their Bodies is a fascinating biography of Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), the French post-impressionist artist, most famous for his colorful paintings of life in Tahiti and the South Pacific. Although fictionalized by the addition of dialogue, Gold of Their Bodies draws from Gauguin's own writings and accurately portrays the adult life of Gauguin - his struggles to make a living from his art, his friendships with Van Gogh, Cezanne, Pissaro, and other contemporaries, his travels and life with the native peoples of the South Pacific, his relationships with Polynesian women, and his run-ins with French colonial authorities. Gauguin, prolific in his output (in large part due to the small price he received for his works), and troubled by poor health in his later life, died at the relatively young age of 54 in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. It was not until after his death that his works were recognized as masterpieces, and, in February 2015, one of his Tahitian paintings sold for the staggering price of $300 million dollars.

Jet

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 1955-03-17 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.

Coins, Bodies, Games, and Gold

Author : Leslie Kurke
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691007365
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Coins, Bodies, Games, and Gold written by Leslie Kurke and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-29 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The invention of coinage in ancient Greece provided an arena in which rival political groups struggled to imprint their views on the world. Here Leslie Kurke analyzes the ideological functions of Greek coinage as one of a number of symbolic practices that arise for the first time in the archaic period. By linking the imagery of metals and coinage to stories about oracles, prostitutes, Eastern tyrants, counterfeiting, retail trade, and games, she traces the rising egalitarian ideology of the polis, as well as the ongoing resistance of an elitist tradition to that development. The argument thus aims to contribute to a Greek "history of ideologies," to chart the ways ideological contestation works through concrete discourses and practices long before the emergence of explicit political theory. To an elitist sensibility, the use of almost pure silver stamped with the state's emblem was a suspicious alternative to the para-political order of gift exchange. It ultimately represented the undesirable encroachment of the public sphere of the egalitarian polis. Kurke re-creates a "language of metals" by analyzing the stories and practices associated with coinage in texts ranging from Herodotus and archaic poetry to Aristotle and Attic inscriptions. She shows that a wide variety of imagery and terms fall into two opposing symbolic domains: the city, representing egalitarian order, and the elite symposium, a kind of anti-city. Exploring the tensions between these domains, Kurke excavates a neglected portion of the Greek cultural "imaginary" in all its specificity and strangeness.

Bring Up the Bodies

Author : Hilary Mantel
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1429947659
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Bring Up the Bodies written by Hilary Mantel and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Award The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice. At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle. Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies follows the dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. To defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies, the papist aristocracy. What price will he pay for Anne's head? Bring Up the Bodies is one of The New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2012, one of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Best Books of 2012 and one of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2012

How Much of These Hills Is Gold

Author : C Pam Zhang
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525537228
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book How Much of These Hills Is Gold written by C Pam Zhang and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE 2020 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE WINNER OF THE ROSENTHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION AWARD, FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Belongs on a shelf all of its own.” —NPR “Outstanding.” —The Washington Post “Revolutionary . . . A visionary addition to American literature.” —Star Tribune An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape—trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining town, they set off to bury their father in the only way that will set them free from their past. Along the way, they encounter giant buffalo bones, tiger paw prints, and the specters of a ravaged landscape as well as family secrets, sibling rivalry, and glimpses of a different kind of future. Both epic and intimate, blending Chinese symbolism and reimagined history with fiercely original language and storytelling, How Much of These Hills Is Gold is a haunting adventure story, an unforgettable sibling story, and the announcement of a stunning new voice in literature. On a broad level, it explores race in an expanding country and the question of where immigrants are allowed to belong. But page by page, it’s about the memories that bind and divide families, and the yearning for home.

In a Garden Burning Gold

Author : Rory Power
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0593354982
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book In a Garden Burning Gold written by Rory Power and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fresh and original . . . full of lush writing and detailed worldbuilding . . . [with a] rich fantasy landscape and an almost Shakespearean feel.”—Paste Twins imbued with incredible magic and near-immortality will do anything to keep their family in power—even if it tears the family apart—in the first book of a mythic epic fantasy duology from the New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls. ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022—BookPage Rhea and Lexos were born into a family unlike any other. Together with their siblings, they control the seasons, the tides, and the stars, and help their father rule their kingdom. Thanks to their magic, the family has ruled for an eternity, and plan to rule for an eternity more. But Rhea and Lexos are special: They are twins, bonded down to the bone, and for the past hundred years, that bond has protected them as their father becomes an unpredictable tyrant—and his worsening temper threatens the family’s grip on power. Now, with rival nations ready to attack, and a rebel movement within their own borders, Rhea and Lexos must fight to keep the kingdom—and the family—together, even as treachery, deceit, and drama threaten to strand the twins on opposite sides of the battlefield. In a Garden Burning Gold is a vividly written, atmospheric saga that explores the limits of power and the bonds of family—and how far both can be bent before they break.

Gold Cell

Author : Sharon Olds
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307760839
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Gold Cell written by Sharon Olds and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2012-12-05 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize and T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry winner, called "a poet for these times, a powerful woman who won’t back down" (San Francisco Chronicle). A collection by the much praised poet whose second book The Dead and the Living, was both the Lamont Poetry Selection for 1983 and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Bodie’s Gold

Author : Marguerite Sprague
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874178681
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Bodie’s Gold written by Marguerite Sprague and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2005-08-03 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bodie Mining District was established in 1860 after the discovery of gold deposits in the area. Bodie’s largest boom ended ust over twenty years later, but the town survived into the twentieth century supported by a few small but steady mines. Mining ended with World War II. What remained of the town became a state park in 1964. In Bodie’s Gold, author Marguerite Sprague uncovers the original sources of information whenever possible, from the first mining claims to interviews with former Bodieites. Enhanced with numerous historic photographs and extracts from newspapers of that period, as well as by the reminiscences of former residents, the book offers a fascinating account of life in a Gold Rush boomtown.

Bodies

Author : Susie Orbach
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1429918942
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Bodies written by Susie Orbach and published by Picador. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esteemed Psychotherapist and writer Susie Orbach diagnoses the crisis in our relationship to our bodies and points the way toward a process of healing. Throughout the Western world, people have come to believe that general dissatisfaction can be relieved by some change in their bodies. Here Susie Orbach explains the origins of this condition, and examines its implications for all of us. Challenging the Freudian view that bodily disorders originate and progress in the mind, Orbach argues that we should look at self-mutilation, obesity, anorexia, and plastic surgery on their own terms, through a reading of the body itself. Incorporating the latest research from neuropsychology, as well as case studies from her own practice, she traces many of these fixations back to the relationship between mothers and babies, to anxieties that are transferred unconsciously, at a very deep level, between the two. Orbach reveals how vulnerable our bodies are, how susceptible to every kind of negative stimulus--from a nursing infant sensing a mother's discomfort to a grown man or woman feeling inadequate because of a model on a billboard. That vulnerability makes the stakes right now tremendously high. In the past several decades, a globalized media has overwhelmed us with images of an idealized, westernized body, and conditioned us to see any exception to that ideal as a problem. The body has become an object, a site of production and commerce in and of itself. Instead of our bodies making things, we now make our bodies. Susie Orbach reveals the true dimensions of the crisis, and points the way toward healing and acceptance.

Gold

Author : Chris Cleave
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451672748
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Gold written by Chris Cleave and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the tradition of Little Bee, Chris Cleave again writes with elegance, humor, and passion about friendship, marriage, parenthood, tragedy, and redemption. What would you sacrifice for the people you love? KATE AND ZOE met at nineteen when they both made the cut for the national training program in track cycling—a sport that demands intense focus, blinding exertion, and unwavering commitment. They are built to exploit the barest physical and psychological edge over equally skilled rivals, all of whom are fighting for the last one tenth of a second that separates triumph from despair. Now at thirty-two, the women are facing their last and biggest race: the 2012 Olympics. Each wants desperately to win gold, and each has more than a medal to lose. Kate is the more naturally gifted, but the demands of her life have a tendency to slow her down. Her eight-year-old daughter Sophie dreams of the Death Star and of battling alongside the Rebels as evil white blood cells ravage her personal galaxy—she is fighting a recurrence of the leukemia that nearly killed her three years ago. Sophie doesn’t want to stand in the way of her mum’s Olympic dreams, but each day the dark forces of the universe seem to be massing against her. Devoted and self-sacrificing Kate knows her daughter is fragile, but at the height of her last frenzied months of training, might she be blind to the most terrible prognosis? Intense, aloof Zoe has always hovered on the periphery of real human companionship, and her compulsive need to win at any cost has more than once threatened her friendship with Kate—and her own sanity. Will she allow her obsession, and the advantage she has over a harried, anguished mother, to sever the bond they have shared for more than a decade? Echoing the adrenaline-fueled rush of a race around the Velodrome track, Gold is a triumph of superbly paced, heart-in-throat storytelling. With great humanity and glorious prose, Chris Cleave examines the values that lie at the heart of our most intimate relationships, and the choices we make when lives are at stake and everything is on the line.

The Gold Star Mother Pilgrimages of the 1930s

Author : John W. Graham
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078649199X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Gold Star Mother Pilgrimages of the 1930s written by John W. Graham and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first World War, a flag with a gold star identified families who had lost soldiers. Grieving women were "Gold Star" mothers and widows. Between 1930 and 1933, the United States government took 6,654 Gold Star pilgrims to visit their sons' and husbands' graves in American cemeteries in Belgium, England, and France. Veteran Army officers acted as tour guides, helping women come to terms with their losses as they sought solace and closure. The government meticulously planned and paid for everything from transportation and lodging to menus, tips, sightseeing, and interpreters. Flowered wreaths, flags, and camp chairs were provided at the cemeteries, and official photographers captured each woman standing at her loved one's grave. This work covers the Gold Star pilgrimages from their launch to the present day, beginning with an introduction to the war and wartime burial. Subsequent topics include the legislative struggle and evolution of the pilgrimage bill; personal pilgrimages, including that of the parents of poet Joyce Kilmer; the role of the Quartermaster Corps; the segregation controversy; a close examination of the first group to travel, Party A of May 1930; and the results of the pilgrimage experience as described by participants, observers, organizers, and scholars, researched through diaries, letters, scrapbooks, interviews, and newspaper accounts.

The Creatures of Arator A-E

Author : Joseph Barresi
Publisher : midnightrise
ISBN 13 : 1453775196
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (537 download)

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Download or read book The Creatures of Arator A-E written by Joseph Barresi and published by midnightrise. This book was released on 2010-08-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of Arator. A place of myth, magic, legends, and heroes. Populated within this world are creatures, monsters, and beings that defy explanation and the imagination. Described in this full colored and illustrated volume are the monsters and creatures of the world of Arator. From how they live, to how they fight, even down to their inner biology, this tomb is an invaluable resource to your Arcanum gaming world which brings it more to life with the denizens that populate it.

The Handbook of British Columbia, and Emigrant's Guide to the Gold Fields, with Map and Two Illustrations, Etc

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of British Columbia, and Emigrant's Guide to the Gold Fields, with Map and Two Illustrations, Etc written by and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Gold Water Event

Author : C. M. Heffner
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480934739
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Gold Water Event written by C. M. Heffner and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gold Water Event by C.M. Heffner The Gold Water Event is a fantastic tale filled with mystery, suspense, and the supernatural. With many of the author’s personal experiences interspersed, Heffner hopes his work makes the readers understand the value of having good morals and standard of ethics. The Gold Water Event leaves the reader wondering what actually happened and what was made up.

My Very Important Human Body Encyclopedia

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744090415
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book My Very Important Human Body Encyclopedia written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bumper book for little learners that's bursting with facts about what goes on in our insides. This exciting introduction to the human body is brimming with super senses, marvelous medicine, and record-breaking feats. From the top of your head to the tips of your toes, get ready to discover all the ins and outs of the human body. Follow your food on a journey through the body. Find out how your skin protects you from germs. Discover what's going on when you cough and sneeze. Learn about incredible, life-changing medical discoveries from ancient history to the present day. Marvel at record-breaking human bodies and see how animals compare! Packed with fun facts and colorful illustrations, My Very Important Human Body Encyclopedia will feed your imagination and quench your thirst for knowledge.

The Complete Treatise on Gold

Author : Unknown
Publisher : tredition
ISBN 13 : 3347641450
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Treatise on Gold written by Unknown and published by tredition. This book was released on 2022-05-06 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Treatise on Gold - Unknown - This is an alchemical tract, author unknown, although it does at one point mention a date during the 17th Century. Basically, it discusses gold; extracting its virtue, gold oil, how to make potable gold, etc.