Download or read book Songs for a Blind Date written by Josephine Burden and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Songs for a Blind Date is the second in a trilogy. Each book stands alone but is linked by themes of place and the story of Jessica. In the second book, Ernesto, an Italian war orphan, is put on a ship to Australia when he is twelve years old. Ernesto grows into Queensland manhood in the canefields of the North and becomes Ernie, the postman who delivers Jessicas mail in a suburb of Brisbane. By the time Ernie meets Jessica, he has re-invented himself as a bachelor living on acreage with his own mail delivery company. Now he sings snatches of his own song but still yearns for the songs of his mother. Jessica is an established academic, living her own life and working on her PhD. Ernie and Jessica find some joy in each other but is it enough for them both to find new notes to harmonise the clashing chords of their different lives?

Download or read book Tailgates and First Dates written by Haley Rhoades and published by Gingham Frog Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes the one thing you are looking for is the one thing you can’t see. A tragedy, a death, and a new look on life, can Madison find a way to move forward when everything is abruptly disrupted? Madison is learning to deal with the death of her abusive mother, while witnessing the horrifying accident of her adopted mother. Her small town continues to pull her back to the place she is trying so hard to forget. Raising Liberty, finishing college, and working on her writing career consumes her time but is becoming more than one person can do on their own. Hamilton’s career is flourishing as he gets the opportunity to pitch in the World Series for the Chicago Cubs. He can’t shake the feeling that something is still missing, and when he learns Madison needs him most, it’s time for him to return. Something lovely often comes from weeks of despair. She’s not ready, but it’s time to reveal to Hamilton and his family their “secret.” Tailgates and First Dates is the 3rd book in the Locals Series. This steamy, contemporary, new adult, sports romance novel will keep you guessing with captivating characters and real to life events. Buy Tailgates and First Dates today and don’t get called out for missing this opportunity.

Download or read book The Story of Contemporary Art written by Tony Godfrey and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the rich and diverse history of contemporary art over the past 60 years—from Modernism and minimalism to artists like Andy Warhol and Marina Abramović. Featuring lavish illustrations, this is the perfect gift for art history fans and anyone looking for a more inclusive perspective on ‘the old boys’ club.’ Encountering a work of contemporary art, a viewer might ask, "What does it mean?" "Is it really art?" and "Why does it cost so much?" These are not the questions that E. H. Gombrich set out to answer in his magisterial The Story of Art. Contemporary art seems totally unlike what came before it, departing from the road map supplied by Raphael, Dürer, Rembrandt, and other European masters. In The Story of Contemporary Art, Tony Godfrey picks up where Gombrich left off, offering a lively introduction to contemporary art that stretches from Andy Warhol’s Brillo boxes to Marina Abramović’s performance art to today’s biennale circuit and million-dollar auctions. Godfrey, a curator and writer on contemporary art, chronicles important developments in pop art, minimalism, conceptualism, installation art, performance art, and beyond.

Download or read book Drawing the Curtain written by Esther Fernández and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miguel de Cervantes’s experimentation with theatricality is frequently tied to the notion of revelation and disclosure of hidden truths. Drawing the Curtain showcases the elements of theatricality that characterize Cervantes’s prose and analyses the ways in which he uses theatricality in his own literary production. Bringing together the works of well-known scholars, who draw from a variety of disciplines and theoretical approaches, this collection demonstrates how Cervantes exploits revelation and disclosure to create dynamic dramatic moments that surprise and engage observers and readers. Hewing closely to Peter Brook’s notion of the bare or empty stage, Esther Fernández and Adrienne L. Martín argue that Cervantes’s omnipresent concern with theatricality manifests not only in his drama but also in the myriad metatheatrical instances dispersed throughout his prose works. In doing so, Drawing the Curtain sheds light on the ways in which Cervantes forces his readers to engage with themes that are central to his life and works, including love, freedom, truth, confinement, and otherness.

Download or read book The Blind Date Surprise written by Barbara Hannay and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Ask Auntie, The loneliness of the Outback is driving me crazy.I’m two hundred kilometers from the nearest nightclub,and it’s so hard to meet guys. The few dates I’ve hadhave been spectacularly forgettable, but now I’ve meta wonderfully warm, funny and clever man over theInternet and I’m in love. I want to dash off to the cityto meet him, but all my life I’ve been accused of beingtoo hasty and impulsive, so I’m seeking guidance.What do you advise? Marooned in Mirrabrook Annie McKinnon’s agony aunt says, "Go for it!"Find out what happens when she does…

Download or read book The Blind Date written by Delaney Diamond and published by Garden Avenue Press. This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One night changes everything . . . again. Years ago, when Ryan Stewart saw Shawna Ferguson, it was love at first sight. Unfortunately, he wasn’t a free man, and his deception caused him to lose her after a weekend that changed his life. When Shawna’s sister and brother-in-law set her up on a blind date, she has no idea it’s with Ryan, with whom she’d spent a weekend she wishes she could forget. She reluctantly agrees to finish the date with him, but doing so leaves her vulnerable to his charms and the heat he ignited in her that very first night.

Download or read book Blind Date written by Wendy Clarke and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mel is set up on a blind date by her best friends Chris and Simon, she’s as anxious as any woman would be. Her divorce came as such a shock and she’d been feeling lost and lonely, but that didn’t mean she was desperate to date again. It was a terrible day at work that made her say yes: it could be a bit of fun, a distraction at least. What did she have to lose? When Mel meets Malik, she knows instantly that they could have more than just a fling. She tells him her deepest, darkest secrets and it doesn’t make him run away. He makes her feel wanted for the first time in years, and when she wakes up in his bed in the early hours she feels completely content. Until she notices that he’s no longer lying beside her. She’s tangled up in his sheets alone in his bedroom and she can’t remember how she got there. And then she hears the metallic scrape of a key in the door and realises that Malik has locked her in. Is her dream man going to turn into her worst nightmare? Thrilling and gripping until the final page, Blind Date is a dark and unsettling story about deception and how much we can trust the people we love. For fans of Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and anything by Lisa Jewell. What readers are saying about Blind Date: ‘I LOVED THIS PHENOMENAL, GRIPPING BOOK. I raced through it, it consumed me in its pages… A shocking conclusion which left me gobsmacked… HOOKS YOU FROM THE START. LOVED IT! LOVED IT! LOVED IT!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN, I didn’t even realise I hadn’t eaten because I was too busy reading this book… It was gripping, it was tense, fast-paced and full of twists, it was so unpredictable.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘Thrilling… I kept reading long into the night to find out how it ended! The twists are AMAZING!!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘I absolutely love this book and couldn’t wait to find out what happened. I must’ve read it in three hours straight.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘Totally absorbing… A totally mind-twisting thriller which had me on the edge of my seat… Creepy, tense and full of twists and turns… Literally had me missing a heartbeat… My eyes were on stalks reading the last couple of pages.’ Rubie Reads, 5 stars ‘I ended up reading late into the night to finish… Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end… Kept me guessing and on my toes throughout.’ Netgalley reviewer, 5 stars

Download or read book Dirty Blind Date written by Ali Pierce and published by Ali Pierce LLC. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether it’s a martini or a hot Tinder hookup, Amy Landry likes all things dirty. She abhors the dating game, but when her eyes land on Jon Logan, her blind date, she’s willing to play as long as it ends dirty. This is an 8500-word SHORT STORY featuring two supporting characters from Fractured Promises. You do not need to have read Fractured Promises to enjoy this short story. Intended for audiences 18+ Keywords: female CEO, dirty martini, beer, bar, Chicago, nightlife, blind date, dating, alpha male, Fractured Promises, Ali Pierce, Tinder

Download or read book Drawing the Iron Curtain written by Maya Balakirsky Katz and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the American imagination, the Soviet Union was a drab cultural wasteland, a place where playful creative work and individualism was heavily regulated and censored. Yet despite state control, some cultural industries flourished in the Soviet era, including animation. Drawing the Iron Curtain tells the story of the golden age of Soviet animation and the Jewish artists who enabled it to thrive. Art historian Maya Balakirsky Katz reveals how the state-run animation studio Soyuzmultfilm brought together Jewish creative personnel from every corner of the Soviet Union and served as an unlikely haven for dissidents who were banned from working in other industries. Surveying a wide range of Soviet animation produced between 1919 and 1989, from cutting-edge art films like Tale of Tales to cartoons featuring “Soviet Mickey Mouse” Cheburashka, she finds that these works played a key role in articulating a cosmopolitan sensibility and a multicultural vision for the Soviet Union. Furthermore, she considers how Jewish filmmakers used animation to depict distinctive elements of their heritage and ethnic identity, whether producing films about the Holocaust or using fellow Jews as models for character drawings. Providing a copiously illustrated introduction to many of Soyuzmultfilm’s key artistic achievements, while revealing the tumultuous social and political conditions in which these films were produced, Drawing the Iron Curtain has something to offer animation fans and students of Cold War history alike.

Download or read book Cambridge IGCSE First Language Coursebook written by Marian Cox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written specifically for the Cambridge syllabus, this updated series provides clear and practical support for students and teachers. Cambridge IGCSE First Language English, Third edition has been written specifically for the University of Cambridge International Examinations syllabus. Written by a highly experienced and well-known author, this new and updated coursebook includes clear, practical support for students, a diverse range of topical stimulus material to enliven the subject, imaginative activities and exam tips that build confidence and develop the skills needed to succeed in the examination.

Download or read book All Men Are Cremated Equal written by Elizabeth Fournier and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armed with a 10-point list of dating criteria, skin-tight jeans, and flash cards on Nascar, football, and micro-breweries, she enlists everyone in sight to set her up on blind dates in a passionate quest to meet just one really great guy. Names are changed to protect the rejected as she humorously dishes dot-com hunks, rappers manques, and tattooed graduates of the Gene Simmons School of Dating. Bridget Jones would be proud of her American cousin. Elizabeth chronicles her true-life dating spree set off by the broken engagement as a marriage-minded mortician in her mid-30's.

Download or read book Nicky Samuel My Life and Loves written by Richard Perceval Graves and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-01-28 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When beautiful heiress Nicky Samuel (1951-2019) left school at the age of 16, she was caught up in the world of Sixties London. Her first job was with Yoko Ono, and she soon fell in love with the owner of the fashionable hippy boutique ‘Granny Takes a Trip’, Nigel Waymouth, whom she married and with whom she later attended the legendary Isle of Wight Pop Concert. She spent time with celebrities such as Andy Warhol, Jane Fonda, Roger Vadim, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, and Robert Mapplethorpe. At nineteen, Nicky became a fashionable hostess. She was photographed by Norman Parkinson for Vogue; and her close friends included Mick and Bianca Jagger, Christopher Gibbs, David Hockney, Anita Pallenberg and the eccentric, reclusive heroin addict John Paul Getty Jr. Her marriage broke up when she became involved in a passionate menage-a-trois involving the film-director Donald Cammell. In 1974, Nicky married homosexual jewellery designer, New York socialite and fortune-hunter Kenneth Jay Lane. Her social success was such that she was featured as a ‘New Beauty’ by Time Magazine. However, she became so unhappy and drug-addicted that she attempted suicide in the London Ritz. Nicky’s is exactly the kind of superficially glamorous life to which many star-struck and celebrity-hungry people aspire; this memoir is also a uniquely vivid experience of a vanished world.

Download or read book One Man Running written by Clive Egleton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-05-09 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Ashton, former SIS agent, is running for his life in this thriller about the secretive world of espionage.

Download or read book Hollinghurst Camp and Closet written by Serkan Ertin and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyses the terms “camp” and “the closet” in Alan Hollinghurst’s fiction, since all four of his novels – The Swimming-Pool Library (1988), The Folding Star (1993), The Spell (1998), and The Line of Beauty (2004) – investigate the gay male experience throughout the late-twentieth century. The book analyses these terms in Hollinghurst’s work in order to find out whether the author writes from the margin or from the centre to recreate the origin. Gay subjectivities are of great concern to this study, though it is not a product of identity politics, given the latter’s propensity to re-establish the binary structure of the Western thought. As such, this book explores how Hollinghurst, by camping and closeting the gay male, re-produces homosexuality as a distinct identity with a subculture of its own.

Download or read book Blind Date written by Susan Kerslake and published by Porter's Lake, N.S. : Pottersfield Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Interiors in the Age of Enlightenment written by Stacey Sloboda and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interiors in the Age of Enlightenment provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of interior design and interior spaces from 1700 to 1850. Considering the interior as material, social and cultural artefact, this volume moves beyond conventional descriptive accounts of changing styles and interior design fashions, to explore in depth the effect on the interior of the materials, processes, aesthetic philosophies and cultural attitudes of the age. From the Palace of Versailles to Virginia coffeehouses, and from Chinoiserie bathhouses to the trading exchanges of the West Indies, the chapters in this book examine a wide range of themes including technological advancements, public spaces, gender and sexuality, and global movements in interior designs and decorations. Drawing together contributions from leading scholars, this volume provides the most authoritative and comprehensive survey of the history of interiors and interior architecture in the long eighteenth century.

Download or read book Joe written by Gregory Attaway and published by Gregory Attaway. This book was released on with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even great ones have humble beginnings. Joe continues the saga begun in Weston – the second chapter of Gregory Attaway’s The Great Ones. It’s a story about the theft of innocence by a world that’s anything but. A story of true friendship. Of dreams.