Download or read book I Pity the Dolls written by Greg Rivera and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features the largest collection of Mr. T memorabilia in the world, including over 150 homemade soft sculpture dolls collected and documented over the past 25 years. The dolls were made from a pattern book by Miss Martha Originals from Gadsden, Alabama, that in 1983 could be bought at thousands of craft stores in the country including Wal-Mart. Inspired by the Cabbage Patch Kid craze of the 1980s, the dolls were made in an unknown amount but probably exist in the thousands. Each doll is a labor of love and represents the skill level of each artisan. As modern-day folk art they have been recognized as such by the American Folk Art Museum in NYC, and they have toured the world in art exhibitions, including in NYC, San Francisco, Toronto, and Paris, France.

Download or read book The Clippity Cloppity Carnival written by Valerie Tripp and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The WellieWishers couldn't be more excited because they're making a carnival in the garden! There will be games and cotton candy, balloons and baby chicks. Best of all, there will be a real horse to ride! There's only one problem: Ashlyn refuses to c

Download or read book All American Dream Dolls written by David Haynes and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's an attractive, successful, all-around-together girl to do when she's dumped at 65 miles per hour on the way to a romantic getaway? If you're Deneen Wilkerson, you retreat to your mother's suburban home in St. Louis for a solitary orgy of snacks, talk shows and mental hygiene. Deneen's crash--and her wildly funny, improbable rebirth--is the basis of this new novel by the acclaimed author of "Somebody Else's Mama" and "Live at Five."

Download or read book City of a Thousand Dolls written by Miriam Forster and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The girl with no past, and no future, may be the only one who can save their lives. Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when she was just a little girl. Now sixteen, she lives on the grounds of the isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers, courtesans, and, if the rumors are true, assassins. She makes her way as Matron's errand girl, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the city's handsome young courier does she let herself imagine a life outside the walls. Until one by one, girls around her start to die. Before she becomes the next victim, Nisha decides to uncover the secrets that surround the girls' deaths. But by getting involved, Nisha jeopardizes not only her own future in the City of a Thousand Dolls—but also her life.

Download or read book Doll s Eyes written by Bari Wood and published by Avon Books. This book was released on 1994-12 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wood's usual Lady Luckless is poor little rich girl Eve Klein, whose millions can't buy her relief from her other inheritance: the clairvoyant powers that have recently frightened off her husband, Sam. Hoping to confront him, Eve drives from her Connecticut estate to Sam's new house in Raven Lake, New York, where she's instantly felled by a vision of a woman mutilated and dying - the handiwork of local sociopath Adam Fuller, M.D., whose eyes ("empty ... dead ... glassy. Like a doll's eyes"') give away his utter inability to feel for others, the product of a buried childhood trauma: Fuller kills in the barren hope of feeling pity for his victims. Eve's call to the cops snares homicide legend Dave Latovsky, who takes her to see psychiatrist Terrence Bunner, who happens to have Fuller as a patient. When, at a party, Bunner lets on to Fuller that Eve - whom he won't identify - saw the killer in her vision, the mad M.D. tracks a gory path to the psychic, torturing and shooting Bunner, then a local newsman and his wife, to get Eve's name and address. Meanwhile, at Bunner's funeral, Latovsky notes Fuller's Ken-doll eyes and fingers him for the killer but can't nab him before Fuller snatches Eve, hauling her to his childhood home. There, Eve flashes on the child abuse that turned Fuller into a maniac ... A lurid, loose-jointed tale whose frantic action and emotionalism nearly obscure the familiarity (Koontz, King, etc.) of Wood's themes."--Kirkus

Download or read book Pity the Beautiful written by Dana Gioia and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited fourth collection by one of America's foremost poets O Lord of indirection and ellipses, ignore our prayers. Deliver us from distraction. Slow our heartbeat to a cricket's call. --from "Prophecy" Pity the Beautiful is Dana Gioia's first new poetry book in over a decade. Its emotional revelations and careful construction are hard won, inventive, and resilient. These new poems show Gioia's craftsmanship at its finest, its most mature, as they make music, crack wise, remember the dead, and in a long, central poem even tell ghost stories.

Download or read book What Is to Be Done written by Nikolai Chernyshevsky and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No work in modern literature, with the possible exception of Uncle Tom's Cabin, can compete with What Is to Be Done? in its effect on human lives and its power to make history. For Chernyshevsky's novel, far more than Marx's Capital, supplied the emotional dynamic that eventually went to make the Russian Revolution.―The Southern Review Almost from the moment of its publication in 1863, Nikolai Chernyshevsky's novel, What Is to Be Done?, had a profound impact on the course of Russian literature and politics. The idealized image it offered of dedicated and self-sacrificing intellectuals transforming society by means of scientific knowledge served as a model of inspiration for Russia's revolutionary intelligentsia. On the one hand, the novel's condemnation of moderate reform helped to bring about the irrevocable break between radical intellectuals and liberal reformers; on the other, Chernyshevsky's socialist vision polarized conservatives' opposition to institutional reform. Lenin himself called Chernyshevsky "the greatest and most talented representative of socialism before Marx"; and the controversy surrounding What Is to Be Done? exacerbated the conflicts that eventually led to the Russian Revolution. Michael R. Katz's readable and compelling translation is now the definitive unabridged English-language version, brilliantly capturing the extraordinary qualities of the original. William G. Wagner has provided full annotations to Chernyshevsky's allusions and references and to the sources of his ideas, and has appended a critical bibliography. An introduction by Katz and Wagner places the novel in the context of nineteenth-century Russian social, political, and intellectual history and literature, and explores its importance for several generations of Russian radicals.

Download or read book The Doll Factory written by Elizabeth Macneal and published by Atria/Emily Bestler Books. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 international bestseller and The New York Times Editor’s Choice “As lush as the novels of Kate Morton and Diane Setterfield, as exciting as The Alienist and Iain Pears’ An Instance of the Fingerpost, this exquisite literary thriller will intrigue book clubs and rivet fans of historical fiction.” —A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window “A lush, evocative Gothic.” —The New York Times Book Review “This terrifically exciting novel will jolt, thrill, and bewitch readers.” —Booklist, starred review Obsession is an art. In this “sharp, scary, gorgeously evocative tale of love, art, and obsession” (Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train), a beautiful young woman aspires to be an artist, while a man’s dark obsession may destroy her world forever. Obsession is an art. In 1850s London, the Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and, among the crowd watching the dazzling spectacle, two people meet by happenstance. For Iris, an arrestingly attractive aspiring artist, it is a brief and forgettable moment. But for Silas, a curiosity collector enchanted by all things strange and beautiful, the meeting marks a new beginning. When Iris is asked to model for Pre-Raphaelite artist Louis Frost, she agrees on the condition that he will also teach her to paint. Suddenly, her world begins to expand beyond her wildest dreams—but she has no idea that evil is waiting in the shadows. Silas has only thought of one thing since that chance meeting, and his obsession is darkening by the day. “A lush, evocative Gothic” (The New York Times Book Review) that is “a perfect blend of froth and substance” (The Washington Post), The Doll Factory will haunt you long after you finish it and is perfect for fans of The Alienist, Drood, and Fingersmith.

Download or read book The Dolls written by Kiki Sullivan and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-02-18 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When 17-year-old Eveny returns to the tiny Louisiana town where she was born, she discovers she is the powerful missing link in a trio of impossibly beautiful voodoo queens who have everyone under their spell. But they need her help. Because darkness is descending on Carrefour and even the Dolls' combined powers may not be enough to stop the killer in their midst. Sultry, seductive, irresistible . . . welcome to Carrefour. "Sullivan’s Dolls call to mind the Cullen clan, and the setting has echoes of the Beautiful Creatures books. . . . Sullivan’s talent for moving the action forward makes for a breezy, engaging read" - Publishers Weekly

Download or read book The Deliverer of Dolls written by Denis Lenzi and published by Babelcube Inc.. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “It is time for you to believe me, whether you like it or not. And, when everything happens, don’t be afraid. What you will see is real and not a figment of your imagination. They want you to take them to the children. You will know where to find them. The dolls will show you. Trust them. They are your friends. I created them with a lot of love, much more than you can imagine. If the dolls ask for your help, don’t refuse. Share it with them.” After his grandmother’s strange request shortly before dying, David Forlin, now alone in the world, is faced with an important mission. Whatever it takes, he would keep the promise made to his grandmother; deliver the last three dolls made by her to the chosen children, who live in different States in North America. During David’s journey, he meets each chosen child and his brief interaction with it is able to change his life. And he also finds himself in unimaginable dangers that suddenly appear during his journey. But David will not give up easily until the last doll is delivered to the chosen child. In these difficult days, it is a balm to open this book by Denis Lenzi, in our brief moments of leisure and rest, and be convinced our dreams become reality as we believe them. To discover the magical dolls the world hides, we only have to open our heart and dream.

Download or read book A Study of Dolls written by Granville Stanley Hall and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Russian Imperial Costume Paper Dolls written by Tom Tierney and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1997-07-10 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2 dolls model 28 elegant costumes created for 11 czars, czarinas, and their consorts -- from garments of early rulers to late 19th- and early 20th-century military outfits of the Romanovs.

Download or read book A Little Florida Lady written by Dorothy C. Paine and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Little Florida Lady" by Dorothy C. Paine. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Download or read book The doll dramas The dolls drama and other plays by C Milman written by lady Constance Angelena Arbuthnot and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Among the Dolls written by William Sleator and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Caldecott Honor recipient, science fiction author William Sleator presents "a fast-paced, chilling fantasy" (Booklist) of one girl's unexpected adventure beyond her imagaination. A dark awakening... When her parents give her a gloomy old dollhouse for her birthday instead of the ten speed bike she's expecting, Vicky is disappointed. But she soon becomes fascinated by the small shadowy world and its inhabitants. The hours she spends playing with the dolls is a good way to escape from her parents's arguments. As Vicky's life becomes more troubled, she starts to take out her frustration on the dolls, making their lives as unhappy as hers. Then one day, Vicky wakes up inside the dollhouse, trapped among the monsters she's created. Bewildered, Vicky is sure she's dreaming. Can she find her way out of this nightmare world? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Download or read book Infatuate written by Aimee Agresti and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Illuminate continues her young adult fantasy series as teenage angel in training Hanna Terra finds big trouble in the Big Easy. Haven is still recovering from an internship that brought her to the brink of hell—literally—when a trip to New Orleans leads her into more trouble. There, while taking part in a student volunteer program, Haven and her friends Dante and Lance run across an enclave of devils. Known as the Krewe, these shape-shifting devils are more reckless and vicious than any Haven has encountered before. Good thing her French Quarter housemates also happen to be angels in training. To earn their wings, they must face off with the Krewe. But Haven’s resolve is tested when Lucian, the repentant devil who almost stole her heart, resurfaces to ask for her help escaping the underworld. Can he be trusted? Or will aiding him cost Haven not just her angel wings—but her life? “Infatuate will not leave you disappointed! There's plenty of love drama packed into this page-turner."—Seventeen.com