Download or read book Alice written by Stacy A. Cordery and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and eye-opening biography of America's most memorable first daughter From the moment Teddy Roosevelt's outrageous and charming teenage daughter strode into the White House—carrying a snake and dangling a cigarette—the outspoken Alice began to put her imprint on the whole of the twentieth-century political scene. Her barbed tongue was as infamous as her scandalous personal life, but whenever she talked, powerful people listened, and she reigned for eight decades as the social doyenne in a town where socializing was state business. Historian Stacy Cordery's unprecedented access to personal papers and family archives enlivens and informs this richly entertaining portrait of America?s most memorable first daughter and one of the most influential women in twentieth-century American society and politics.

Download or read book Alice s Puzzle Adventures written by Gareth Moore and published by Carlton Kids. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go on a puzzle adventure through Wonderland with your favourite character, Alice. Step into the topsy-turvy dream world and crack 38 captivating puzzles, codes, riddles and other mind-boggling conundrums. Children love brainteasers, and this set of intriguing logic puzzles from the world of Wonderland is designed to inspire curious young minds. As well as fun logic and number puzzles, it's full of stunning graphics and illustrations that spark the imagination.

Download or read book Ma am Darling written by Craig Brown and published by Fourth Estate. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR * A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE YEAR 'An original, memorable and substantial achievement' TLS'A masterpiece' Mail on Sunday'I honked so loudly the man sitting next to me dropped his sandwich' ObserverShe made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando clam up. She cold-shouldered Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. John Fowles hoped to keep her as his sex-slave. Dudley Moore propositioned her. Francis Bacon heckled her. Peter Sellers was in love with her. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. "If they knew what I had done in my dreams with your royal ladies" he confided to a friend, "they would take me to the Tower of London and chop off my head!" Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her enemies, she was rude and demanding. In her 1950's heyday, she was seen as one of the most glamorous and desirable women in the world. By the time of her death, she had come to personify disappointment. One friend said he had never known an unhappier woman. The tale of Princess Margaret is pantomime as tragedy, and tragedy as pantomime. It is Cinderella in reverse: hope dashed, happiness mislaid, life mishandled. Combining interviews, parodies, dreams, parallel lives, diaries, announcements, lists, catalogues and essays, Ma'am Darling is a kaleidoscopic experiment in biography, and a witty meditation on fame and art, snobbery and deference, bohemia and high society. 'Brown has been our best parodist and satirist for decades now ... Ma'am Darling is, as you would expect, very funny; also, full of quirky facts and genial footnotes. Brown has managed to ingest huge numbers of royal books and documents without losing either his judgment or his sanity. He adores the spectacle of human vanity' Julian Barnes, Guardian

Download or read book Castle in the Stars The Knights of Mars written by Alex Alice and published by First Second. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if man journeyed into space in 1869, not 1969? In Castle in the Stars: The Knights of Mars, the third volume in this breath-taking fantasy graphic novel series, Alex Alice draws on Jules Verne and nineteenth-century romanticism to create a watercolor world of adventure and wonder to enchant adults and younger readers alike. When Seraphin, Hans, and Sophie returned from their voyage to the moon, they didn’t come home empty-handed—they brought with them aetherite, a miraculous substance that defies gravity! To keep their secret safe from the Prussians, the trio lives in hiding on a remote island in Brittany. Meanwhile, Seraphin’s father has founded the International Society of Aether, a group of scientists dedicated to the peaceful pursuit of space exploration. But on the eve of their inaugural meeting, he vanishes without a trace! The Knights of Aether’s last hope lies in a daring rescue of King Ludwig and Professor Dulac. They will find them on the farthest outskirts of the Prussian empire—the planet Mars!

Download or read book The Weight of Blood written by Laura McHugh and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It is a long time since I have read a debut as impressive as Laura McHugh's The Weight of Blood. It is a chilling portrait of a small town in the Ozarks where violent men are protected and young women vanish.' Joan Smith, The Sunday Times People still whisper about Lucy Daneâe(tm)s mother who vanished years ago from the town of Henbane, deep in the Ozark mountains. When one of Lucyâe(tm)s friends is found murdered, Lucy feels haunted by the two lost women: by the mother she never knew, and the friend she couldnâe(tm)t protect. But her search for answers, in a place where secrets are easily concealed, leads her to a chilling discovery. And with this revelation, she must grapple with the meaning of family, the secrets we keep, and the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love.

Download or read book Full Disclosure written by Beverley McLachlin and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDS From the former Chief Justice of Canada—a riveting thriller starring Jilly Truitt, a rising young defense attorney faced with a case that hits close to home. When everyone has something to hide, the truth is the only defense. There’s nothing Jilly Truitt likes more than winning a case, especially against her former mentor, prosecutor Cy Kenge. Jilly has baggage, the residue of a dark time in a series of foster homes, but that’s in the past. Now she’s building her own criminal defense firm and making a name for herself as a tough-as-nails lawyer willing to take risks in the courtroom. When the affluent and enigmatic Vincent Trussardi is accused of his wife Laura’s murder, Jilly agrees to defend him, despite predictions that the case is a sure loser and warnings from those close to her to stay away from the Trussardi family. Determined to prove everyone wrong, Jilly investigates Laura’s death, hoping to discover a shred of evidence that might give the jury a reasonable doubt. Instead, she is confronted by damning evidence and uncooperative witnesses at every turn. Someone isn’t telling the truth, but who? With her reputation and Vincent’s life on the line, Jilly tries to unravel the web of secrets surrounding Laura’s murder. As she digs deeper, she uncovers a startling revelation that will change not only the case, but her life forever. From the gritty streets of Vancouver to the fateful halls of justice, Full Disclosure is a razor-sharp thriller that pulses with authenticity and intrigue.

Download or read book Explorer Academy the Star Dunes Book 4 written by Trudi Trueit and published by Under the Stars. This book was released on 2020 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cruz and his fellow recruits tackle challenging missions to dispense life-saving medication to gorillas, thwart pangolin poachers, and capture images of the last known cheetahs in Namibia--all the while discovering that protecting the world's threatened species is a dangerous business. Things turn deadly for Lani, Sailor, Emmett, and Cruz as they search for the fourth piece of Cruz's mom's cipher. Cruz knows it's not going to be easy, but will an unexpected guest bring a disastrous end to the search? In this global game of cat and mouse, one mistake may cost you the ultimate price"--

Download or read book The Language of Gaming written by Astrid Ensslin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative text examines videogames and gaming from the point of view of discourse analysis. In particular, it studies two major aspects of videogame-related communication: the ways in which videogames and their makers convey meanings to their audiences, and the ways in which gamers, industry professionals, journalists and other stakeholders talk about games. In doing so, the book offers systematic analyses of games as artefacts and activities, and the discourses surrounding them. Focal areas explored in this book include: - Aspects of videogame textuality and how games relate to other texts - the formation of lexical terms and use of metaphor in the language of gaming - Gamer slang and 'buddylects' - The construction of game worlds and their rules, of gamer identities and communities - Dominant discourse patterns among gamers and how they relate to the nature of gaming - The multimodal language of games and gaming - The ways in which ideologies of race, gender, media effects and language are constructed Informed by the very latest scholarship and illustrated with topical examples throughout, The Language of Gaming is ideal for students of applied linguistics, videogame studies and media studies who are seeking a wide-ranging introduction to the field.

Download or read book Survivors Club 2015 5 written by Lauren Lauren and published by Vertigo. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harvey is a captive audience for Alice's creepy childhood stories. Simon tries to figure out the bloody message from his missing parents. Kiri and Teo play show-and-tell with their monsters and Chenzira gets too deep into the mind of a video game.

Download or read book Solve It Like Sherlock Holmes Kids written by Gareth Moore and published by Carlton Kids. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go on a puzzle adventure with the masterful Sherlock Holmes. Step into the world of the famous sleuth and help him with his detective work by cracking the 38 captivating puzzles, codes, riddles and other mind-boggling quizzes. Children love mysteries, and this set of intriguing, brain-busting logic and number puzzles from the world of Sherlock Holmes is designed to inspire curious young minds. As well as fun puzzles, it is full of stunning graphics and illustrations that spark the imagination.

Download or read book The Art of Alice and Martin Provensen written by Alice Provensen and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Alice and Martin Provensen is the first-ever monograph on this beloved midcentury husband-and-wife illustration team. This award-winning pair created more than 40 beloved children's books over the span of seven decades, many of which appeared on the New York Times,/i> Best Illustrated Books of the Year lists. From early favorites for Golden Books such as The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown, 1949, to their Caldecott-winning title The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, 1983, the Provensens' books inspired generations of young readers. Original paintings for their beloved classics such as A Child's Garden of Verses, 1951, The Iliad and the Odyssey, 1959, Myths and Legends, 1960 and many others, are beautifully reproduced and included here. This comprehensive volume showcases hundreds of their well-known illustrations, as well as many never-before-seen paintings, drawings, and exquisite sketchbooks from their travels around the world. An interview with their daughter Karen Provensen Mitchell illuminates their life and career and includes many personal photographs, quotes, speeches, and memorabilia from their archive. An introduction by Leonard S. Marcus, a leading historian in children's literature, underscores the Provensen's importance and influence as illustrators and authors. Additionally, noted publisher and close family friend Robert Gottlieb, provides a personal essay that shares many of his memories with this cherished couple. The Provensens' colorful, inimitable artwork is a treasure trove that has influenced generations of children, designers, illustrators, historians, and all who cherish classic children's books.

Download or read book The Provensen Book of Fairy Tales written by Alice Provensen and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now back in print, a beautifully illustrated collection of twelve reimagined fairy tales, including classics like "Beauty and the Beast" and literary tales like Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince." Alice and Martin Provensen were one of the most talented husband-and-wife author-illustrator teams of the twentieth century. A long-out-of-print cult classic first published 50 years ago, The Provensen Book of Fairy Tales is a treasury of their illustrations accompanied by fairy tales from authors such as A. A. Milne, Hans Christian Andersen, and Oscar Wilde. Here too are clever retellings and newly imagined tales: refined old favorites like Arthur Rackham’s “Beauty and the Beast,” feminist revisions like Elinor Mordaunt’s “The Prince and the Goose Girl,” and sensitive stories by literary stylists like Henry Beston’s “The Lost Half-Hour” and Katharine Pyle’s “The Dreamer.” Full of magic, ingenuity, and humor, The Provensen Book of Fairy Tales is a witty modern descendant of Grimm’s Fairy Tales and a classic in its own right, sure to be beloved by a new generation.

Download or read book Crossword Puzzles for Kids written by Paolo Pasco and published by Rockridge Press. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 60+ Cool crosswords for kids 9 to 12 to sharpen their skills―and boost brain power! Ready for an exciting new challenge in puzzle books for kids ages 9-12? Crosswords Puzzles for Kids is sure to surprise and delight kids of all ages with hours of awesome fun. Unlike other puzzle books for kids ages 9-12, this one’s packed with loads of perplexing puzzles that are the perfect screen-free activity for family trips, rainy days, and after-school downtime. From topics like Abracadabra! to It’s a Zoo in Here!, this awesome pick in puzzle books for kids ages 9-12 delivers a vexing variety of entertaining crosswords to keep young brains engaged. And, if you get stumped, there’s a complete set of answer grids in the back. This standout selection in puzzle books for kids ages 9-12 includes: Take the challenge―Solve dozens of mind-bending, colorful puzzles with kid-friendly, age-appropriate themes like animals, candy, movies, music, sports, and more. Level up―From easy to hard, these grids go beyond other puzzle books for kids ages 9-12, getting increasingly more difficult and complex. Clear clues―Carefully written hints and an introduction filled with tips and tricks help kids learn crossword conventions while staying focused on fun. Of all the puzzle books for kids ages 9-12, nothing beats the amazing time you’ll have with Crosswords Puzzles for Kids.

Download or read book Crowded Hours Reminiscences Alice Roosevelt Longworth written by and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Meditations on Christ written by Benjamin W. Decker and published by Rockridge Press. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A few minutes of prayer and meditation—a deeper connection with God Prayer and meditation go hand in hand. Even a few moments in stillness can help us better embody Jesus’s likeness. Open your mind and heart to Him with Meditations on Christ, a meditation journal with 27 meditations to deepen your faith. The thoughtful prompts and blank writing pages of this meditation journal make it easy to absorb and reflect on Biblical truths—while gaining the stress-relieving benefits of meditation. Discover how to integrate meditation practices into your modern Christian life. Explore a wide variety of meditations, paired with scriptural passages and prayers that you can make your own. The open-ended topics in this meditation journal can apply to your own experiences at work, at home, or at church. Inside this guided meditation journal, you’ll find: Meditate and reflect—Each meditation includes a Biblical verse, a unique prayer and meditation practice, and two journal prompts. Guided by Scripture—Choose from meditations on joy, patience, faithfulness, and other qualities the Bible calls the “Fruit of the Spirit.” Space for the Spirit—The beautifully illustrated format of this meditation journal includes room for you to write as you reflect on each prompt. Find God’s guidance, clarity, and peace every day with Meditations on Christ—a guided meditation journal for your Christian faith.

Download or read book Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.

Download or read book My Yellow Balloon written by Tiffany Papageorge and published by . This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joey goes to the carnival and makes a new friend: a bright yellow balloon. Joey and his beloved balloon do everything together, until the balloon accidentally slips off Joey's wrist and flies far, far away. What will Joey do without his special friend? A tale of love, loss and letting go that serves as a comforting guide for children who are navigating the complicated emotions of grief.