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The Portrait

Author : Ilaria Bernardini
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643136194
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Portrait written by Ilaria Bernardini and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 359 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.

The Portrait of a Secret

Author : Tarun Mehrishi
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9354929567
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book The Portrait of a Secret written by Tarun Mehrishi and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2023-03-20 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senior IAS officer Kamal learns of the theft of two paintings worth Rs 400 crore from an agricultural research centre of the Indian government. At nearly the same time, India's chief of intelligence learns of an impending nuclear strike by a terror group from his high-ranking mole in the ISI. Their worlds collide as Kamal races to unravel the theft and recover the paintings, and the intelligence chief comes to realize that the sale of the paintings will fund the terror strike. As they frantically work to prevent the sale, the paintings reveal a secret buried in the history of Indian cinema and the fires of Partition, which will forever alter global geopolitical equations. With everything at stake, Indian intelligence battles the ISI and the CIA for control over the secret with every resource at its disposal, until one man decides the fate of the world.

Secrets of Great Portrait Photography

Author : Brian Smith
Publisher : New Riders
ISBN 13 : 0132867729
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (328 download)

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Download or read book Secrets of Great Portrait Photography written by Brian Smith and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sexy, bold book, Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer Brian Smith tells the stories behind the photos and lessons learned in 30 years of photographing celebrities and people from all walks of life. Smith’s long list of famous and infamous subjects includes pro basketball players Dwayne Wade and Shaquille O’Neal; billionaires Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and Donald Trump; tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams; actors Anne Hathaway, Antonio Banderas, Christopher Walken, Taye Diggs, Jane Krakowski, and William H. Macy; and many more. You’ll get the inside scoop on what goes on at a celebrity photo shoot in this gorgeous guide to making professional portraits. Smith has mastered how to make a meaningful portrait on a magazine’s budget and on a celebrity’s schedule, which can sometimes be 15 minutes or less. Smith reveals his tips on connecting with people, finding the perfect location, telling a great story through portraiture, getting the ideal pose, capturing emotion and gestures, arranging unique group shots, and lighting the scene just right. You might not be photographing the rich and famous, but after reading Smith’s tell-all guide, you’ll know how to give everyone who makes their way in front of your camera the star treatment.

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.

The Secret Portrait

Author : Lillian Stewart Carl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780373266371
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Portrait written by Lillian Stewart Carl and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Portrait of a Spy

Author : Daniel Silva
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 1443408344
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Portrait of a Spy written by Daniel Silva and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For international operative Gabriel Allon and his wife, Chiara, it was supposed to be the start of a pleasant weekend in London—but a pair of deadly bombings in Paris and Copenhagen have just occurred, and while walking toward Covent Garden, Gabriel notices a man he believes is about to carry out a third attack. Before Gabriel can draw his weapon, he is knocked to the pavement and can only watch as the nightmare unfolds. Haunted by his failure to stop the massacre of innocents, Gabriel returns to his isolated cottage in Cornwall until a summons brings him to Washington, and he is drawn into a confrontation with the new face of global terror. At the centre of the threat is an American born cleric in Yemen to whom Allah has granted “a beautiful and seductive tongue.” A gifted deceiver, who was once a paid CIA asset, the mastermind is plotting a new wave of attacks. Gabriel and his team devise a daring plan to destroy the network of death from the inside, a gambit fraught with risk, both personal and professional, and to succeed, Gabriel must reach into his violent past. Set against the disparate worlds of art and intelligence, Portrait of a Spy is a breathtaking portrait of courage in the face of unspeakable evil.

The Darkest Secret

Author : Alex Marwood
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0143110519
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Darkest Secret written by Alex Marwood and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If there has been a better mystery-suspense story written in this decade, I can’t think of it . . . transcend[s] the genre.” —Stephen King “A cruel and cunning mystery . . . Plot-twisting, mind-altering and monstrously funny.” —The New York Times Book Review The latest gripping psychological thriller from Edgar Award winner Alex Marwood When a child goes missing at an opulent house party, it makes international news. But what really happened behind those closed doors? Twelve years ago, Mila Jackson’s three-year-old half-sister Coco disappeared during their father’s fiftieth birthday celebration, leaving behind her identical twin Ruby as the only witness. The girls’ father, Sean, was wealthy and influential, as were the friends gathered at their seaside vacation home for the weekend’s debauchery. The case ignited a media frenzy and forever changed the lives of everyone involved. Now, Sean Jackson is dead, and the people who were present that terrible night must gather once more for a funeral that will reveal that the secrets of the past can never stay hidden. Perfectly paced all the way through its devastating conclusion, The Darkest Secret is one that fans of Gillian Flynn and Liane Moriarty won’t be able to put down.

The Portrait of a Mirror

Author : A. Natasha Joukovsky
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1647001951
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Portrait of a Mirror written by A. Natasha Joukovsky and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning reinvention of the myth of Narcissus as a modern novel of manners, about two young, well-heeled couples whose parallel lives converge and intertwine over the course of a summer, by a sharp new voice in fiction Wes and Diana are the kind of privileged, well-educated, self-involved New Yorkers you may not want to like but can't help wanting to like you. With his boyish good looks, blue-blood pedigree, and the recent tidy valuation of his tech startup, Wes would have made any woman weak in the knees—any woman, that is, except perhaps his wife. Brilliant to the point of cunning, Diana possesses her own arsenal of charms, handily deployed against Wes in their constant wars of will and rhetorical sparring. Vivien and Dale live in Philadelphia, but with ties to the same prep schools and management consulting firms as Wes and Diana, they’re of the same ilk. With a wedding date on the horizon and carefully curated life of coupledom, Vivien and Dale make a picture-perfect pair on Instagram. But when Vivien becomes a visiting curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art just as Diana is starting a new consulting project in Philadelphia, the two couples’ lives cross and tangle. It’s the summer of 2015 and they’re all enraptured by one another and too engulfed in desire to know what they want—despite knowing just how to act. In this wickedly fun debut, A. Natasha Joukovsky crafts an absorbing portrait of modern romance, rousing real sympathy for these flawed characters even as she skewers them. Shrewdly observed, whip-smart, and shot through with wit and good humor, The Portrait of a Mirror is a piercing exploration of narcissism, desire, self-delusion, and the great mythology of love.

The Portrait of the Master

Author : James Twyman
Publisher : Findhorn Press
ISBN 13 : 1844093166
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Portrait of the Master written by James Twyman and published by Findhorn Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Francis has decided to travel to the Crusades and arrange a meeting between himself and the Sultan in Syria, believing that if the Sultan knew what Jesus was really trying to say that he would stop the terrible war on his own.

The Secret

Author : Rhonda Byrne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0731815297
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Secret written by Rhonda Byrne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tenth-anniversary edition of the book that changed lives in profound ways, now with a new foreword and afterword. In 2006, a groundbreaking feature-length film revealed the great mystery of the universe—The Secret—and, later that year, Rhonda Byrne followed with a book that became a worldwide bestseller. Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it. In this book, you’ll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life—money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You’ll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that’s within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life. The Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers—men and women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, and happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as impossible.

Annie's Ghosts

Author : Steve Luxenberg
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401394426
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Annie's Ghosts written by Steve Luxenberg and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beth Luxenberg was an only child. Or so everyone thought. Six months after Beth's death, her secret emerged. It had a name: Annie. Praise for Annie's Ghosts "Annie's Ghosts is one of the most remarkable books I have ever read . . . From mental institutions to the Holocaust, from mothers and fathers to children and childhood, with its mysteries, sadness, and joy--this book is one emotional ride."--Bob Woodward, author of The War Within and State of Denial "Steve Luxenberg sleuths his family's hidden history with the skills of an investigative reporter, the instincts of a mystery writer, and the sympathy of a loving son. His rediscovery of one lost woman illuminates the shocking fate of thousands of Americans who disappeared just a generation ago."--Tony Horwitz, author of A Voyage Long and Strange and Confederates in the Attic "I started reading within minutes of picking up this book, and was instantly mesmerized. It's a riveting detective story, a moving family saga, an enlightening if heartbreaking chapter in the history of America's treatment of people born with what we now call special needs." -- Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don't Understand and You're Wearing That "This is a memoir that pushes the journalistic envelope . . . Luxenberg has written a fascinating personal story as well as a report on our communal response to the mentally ill." -- Helen Epstein, author of Where She Came From and Children of the Holocaust "A wise, affecting new memoir of family secrets and posthumous absolution." -- The Washington Post "Annie's Ghosts will resonate for many, whether the chords have to do with family secrets, the Depression, memories of a thriving Detroit, the Holocaust's horrors, or the immigrant experience." -- The Detroit Free Press

The Secret Chord

Author : Geraldine Brooks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0670025771
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Chord written by Geraldine Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the story of King David, traces his journey from an obscure shepherd to a hero and king before his fall.

A Lifetime of Secrets

Author : Frank Warren
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006204592X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book A Lifetime of Secrets written by Frank Warren and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book description to come.

Portrait of a Girl

Author : Dörthe Binkert
Publisher : Amazon Crossing
ISBN 13 : 9781477823446
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Portrait of a Girl written by Dörthe Binkert and published by Amazon Crossing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Found after HMS "Bulwark" wreck. There was a caption which reads: "G. Lineham. 483 Commercial Rd, Portsmouth".

Portrait of a Cold Warrior

Author : Joseph Burkholder Smith
Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Portrait of a Cold Warrior written by Joseph Burkholder Smith and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1976 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Second thoughts of a top CIA agent"--Jacket subtitle.

The Portrait of a Lady Illustrated

Author : Henry James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 818 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Portrait of a Lady Illustrated written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-12 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular long novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest.

Portrait Stories

Author : Michal Peled Ginsburg
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823262618
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book Portrait Stories written by Michal Peled Ginsburg and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes stories about portraits so gripping and unsettling? Portrait Stories argues that it is the ways they problematize the relation between subjectivity and representation. Through close readings of short stories and novellas by Poe, James, Hoffmann, Gautier, Nerval, Balzac, Kleist, Hardy, Wilde, Storm, Sand, and Gogol, the author shows how the subjectivities of sitter, painter, and viewer are produced in relation to representations shaped by particular interests and power relations, often determined by gender as well as by class. She focuses on the power that can accrue to the painter from the act of representation (often at the expense of the portrait’s subject), while also exploring how and why this act may threaten the portrait painter’s sense of self. Analyzing the viewer’s relation to the portrait, she demonstrates how portrait stories problematize the very act of seeing and with it the way subjectivity is constructed in the field of vision.