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#1 Wallis chose her own name, and it was a bold statement of identity. She was always independent, and disliked being dependent on others.
#2 Wallis was born in 1896, in a small wooden house at the back of the Monterey Inn in the summer resort of Blue Ridge Summit. She had a very unconventional upbringing, being raised by her mother, who ran a hotel, and her maternal...
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In Sights is one man's journey from boyhood to manhood, ultimately finding himself in the theatre of war. It is a journey littered with colourful anecdotes that offer insight into male bonding. Few paths have included such diverse experience. From military training in the Guards Depot to Trooping the Colour, from academic failure to intelligence work in Northern Ireland; from helping Rudolf Hess out of an ambulance to being tasked with taking the...
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Book Preview: #1 Africa is a vast, ancient continent with endless plains and forests. It is a country of death and renewal, and humans are only visiting.
#2 A hunter was watching a pride of lions feed on a carcass, when he saw a lioness climb onto her back legs and begin feeding. He never shot the lioness, because he knew that he would be in big trouble if he harmed a female.
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Olga Andreyev Carlisle has never lived in Russia, and yet throughout her life Russia has never been far. Far From Russia captures the enduring grip of Russia, and how the idea of that homeland shaped her world. We see her first as an aspiring painter in post-World War II Paris, savoring her independent life. There she falls in love with an American G.I., Henry Carlisle. With Henry, she comes to the United States, to Nantucket, where she is introduced...
65) Junín 1960
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Una memoria desde la infancia sobre la vida colectiva en un espacio y época especiales de la ciudad: la carrera Junín en los sesenta.
"Jairo Osorio"
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Calvé, avant d'être chansonnier, poète ou musicien, est assurément un des grands humanistes de la chanson québécoise et pourtant universelle, puisque sa chanson est de toutes latitudes et de tous horizons. Elle se cherche autant qu'elle nous trouve, toujours en douceur comme pour ne pas déranger, s'insinuant au cœur des sentiments pour prendre son sel et saumurer l'éternité du rêve.
D'aussi loin qu'il m'en souvienne, les chansons de Calvé...
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Molly Peacock uncovers the history of neglected painter Mary Hiester Reid, a trailblazing artist who refused to choose between marriage and a career.
Molly Peacock looks at the balancing act of female creativity and domesticity in the life of Mary Hiester Reid, a painter, who produced over three hundred stunning, emotive floral still lifes and landscapes. Born in the U.S. in 1854, trained by libertine Thomas Eakins, Mary trailblazed in a life, where...
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Un episodio poco conocido en la trayectoria artística y vital de la pintora mexicana
El 10 de marzo de 1939 se inauguró en París la exposición Mexique. La obra de Frida Kahlo protagonizó la muestra al ser promovida por André Breton, que la describió como "un listón alrededor de una bomba".
Para entonces Frida llevaba casi dos meses en la capital francesa, el tiempo suficiente para conocer de primera mano los círculos intelectuales de la...
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One of the most influential art collectors of our time and founder of the global advertising agency, Charles Saatchi reveals his opinions on collecting, artists, dealers, advertising and investing in art with unflinching honesty. Famously reclusive, he has answered questions asked to him by journalists, critics and the general public about the art world and his personal life.
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The work of one of the towering creative spirits of the century, Alberto Giacometti's visionary sculptures and paintings from a testament to the artist's intriguing life story. From modest beginnings in a Swiss village, Giacometti went on to flourish in the picturesque milieu of prewar Paris and then to achieve international acclaim in the fifties and sixties. Picasso, Balthus, Samuel Beckett, Stravinsky and Sartre have parts in his story, along with...
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Raul Duguay est une véritable légende, une icne, du milieu culturel québécois. Tour à tour poète, chansonnier, philosophe, phonéticien, artiste visuel, il illumine le paysage culturel québécois depuis plus de cinquante ans et compte parmi les — trop rares — créateurs qui accordent une importance primordiale à la réflexion et au contenu.
Proche de Gaston Miron, avec qui il fonde la revue Passe-Partout, — il participe aussi à Parti-Pris...
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The Austrian aristocrat Baron Rudolph von Ripper (1905–60) was acclaimed internationally as an artist, military hero and bon viveur before his astonishing legacy was unintentionally erased by history. Fortuitously, the recent discovery of a dossier of his letters and photographs at an uninhabited Spanish villa has led to its resurrection in this gripping biography.
Von Ripper lived – and loved – with brio and befriended many colourful luminaries...
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#1 I grew up in a neighborhood called the Braes of Bloomfield, which was created by commuters hoping to get away from the faded glory of the Motor City. As a kid, I spent a lot of time exploring the woods between these upper-middle-class homes.
#2 Don and I were often mistaken as twins, although I still wonder why. We competed for everything with each other, and I think...
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#1 I believe that most people do not grow up. We find parking spaces and honor our credit cards. We marry and have children, and call that growing up. But what we really do is grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies and on our faces, but our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias.
76) Claude Monet
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Claude Monet's tranquil water-lily paintings and rural landscape scenes are among some of the most treasured artworks of the 19th and 20th centuries. Hailed as the 'Prince of Impressionism' for his pioneering role in the French artistic movement, Monet is widely recognised for his free brushstroke and experimentation with colour and natural light.
In this beautifully illustrated book, Ann Sumner explores the life of this prodigious painter and the...
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Primal desires of human beings drive us to imagine and create. Economic barriers are nonexistent with the creative process. Do not stifle the pioneer attitude. In all fields, it is important to express one's ideas as an individual. The healthy growth of a civilization depends on a society that supports unlimited free expression to explore all avenues of invention. Ideas blossom when a community encourages independent and collaborative research and...
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The Accidental Writer: A Memoir. Didn't know rules of grammar; became a writer. Had a vasectomy; became a dad. Liked cats; became a dog love. rI'd like to call this a "no-holds-barred" memoir, but I must confess to barring a few holds. Still, in addition to how I accidently became a writer, dad and dog lover (even though I don't know the rules of grammar...had a vasectomy in my twenties...and grew up loving cats), The Accidental Writer has sex, violence...
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The true story of a heart that has been shattered, and stained. The author Wendy Sims talks about her story of surviving abuse. The actions lead her to be tortured and traumatized throughout her life. The realization of the world she lived in growing up. in the 1970s. The woman she has become today in the realization that she never let what happened to her affect the life she has worked hard to gain and live. Becoming the Champion she was meant to...
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#1 The Carnegie Deli in New York was a landmark for more than 79 years. It served its loyal customers oversize portions of pastrami and corned beef slathered in Russian dressing, and in 1986, it served my mother and father a late-night postcoital feast.
#2 My mother, Barbara Peck, was a once-in-a-generation type of person who gave very few fucks. She was pregnant, unmarried,...
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