Download or read book Only in Whistler written by Stephen Vogler and published by Harbour Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For several weeks in February, the eyes of the world will be on Whistler, BC, as it hosts the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and the appetite for a story to go with the place will be extreme. Stephen Vogler has that story, and in this book he tells it fully for the first time. Vogler is one of those rare Whistlerites who actually grew up in Whistler and he has for some years been running a one-man crusade as writer, broadcaster and author of books to prove his hometown is not only a bona fide community, but a uniquely interesting one. Whistler begins in the days when the town had a mere 500 year-round residents who referred to weekend visitors as "turkeys" or "gorbies." His parents were old-school European alpinists who had given up a comfortable life in Vancouver so they could teach their children how to yodel and schuss in an appropriate setting. People like them, with names like Ples and Wilhelmsen, had developed the ski hill in the 1960s and together formed one of Whistler's founding cultures. The other founding culture was a swarming, partying mass of snow-hippies who lived rent-free in rough squatters' shacks and liked marijuana as much as they didn"t like wearing clothes. Their "high" spirits melded with the soberer tradition of the transplanted Tyroleans to produce a hybrid "only in Whistler" character that is equally devoted to serious skiing and unserious living. It was no accident that the first Whistlerite to win an Olympic gold medal also tested positive for cannabis, and successfully defended himself by arguing that just breathing the air in his hometown was enough to put him over the limit. If anybody doubts that story, they won't after reading Only in Whistler: Tales of a Mountain Town.

Download or read book The Whistler written by John Grisham and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State, from the author hailed as “the best thriller writer alive” by Ken Follett We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity is the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the flow of justice. But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe? Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. It is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states, and throughout United States history. And now he wants to put a stop to it. His only client is a person who knows the truth and wants to blow the whistle and collect millions under Florida law. When the case is assigned to Lacy, she immediately suspects that this one could be dangerous. Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else. “[A] main character [who’s] a seriously appealing woman . . . a whistle-blower who secretly calls attention to corruption . . . a strong and frightening sense of place . . . [John Grisham’s] on his game.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times “[John Grisham is] our guide to the byways and backwaters of our legal system, superb in particular at ferreting out its vulnerabilities and dramatizing their abuse in gripping style.”—USA Today “Riveting . . . an elaborate conspiracy.”—The New York Times Book Review Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM, coming soon!

Download or read book Mister Whistler written by Margaret Mahy and published by Much-in-Little. This book was released on 2013 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mister Whistler always has a song in his head and a dance in his feet. But when he has to catch a train, he is so distracted that he loses his ticket-and has to dance his way out of his clothes to find it!

Download or read book Palaces in the Night written by Margaret F. MacDonald and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Palaces in the Night", MacDonald looks at a key period in James Whistler's career, examining his unique vision of Venice and his development of the medium of etching. 120 illustrations.

Download or read book The Whistler of Hutoriane written by Jimmy Eaton and published by Jimmy Eaton. This book was released on 2018-08-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Bean loses his father hunting in the mountains of Utah, he meets an old medicine man who makes a blood-oath to help find him. Bean must retrieve an ancient artifact. With a magic whistle, map, and his backpack, Bean travels through portals finding himself in precarious circumstances and encountering curious strangers along the way.

Download or read book Whistler and His Mother written by Sarah Walden and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James McNeill Whistler painted his mother on impulse, when she came to London to escape the American Civil War, forcing him to evict his mistress from his house. It is hard to imagine a greater contrast than that between Whistler's outrageously flamboyant life in London--where he famously befriended Oscar Wilde and Dante Gabriel Rossetti--and the subdued, touchingly melancholic depiction of his Puritan mother he entitled "Arrangement in Grey and Black." This portrait has become one of the world's best-known paintings and an American icon, yet we know remarkably little about it. While restoring the painting for the Louvre, Sarah Walden became intrigued by the extraordinary and complex history of the painting, which had never been fully explored. From French, British, and American sources, Walden uncovers the intersections between Whistler's flawed genius, his struggle for recognition, his troubled relationship with his mother and mistresses, and the unprecedented historical response to his greatest work. Walden's findings read like a detective story, and her controversial and progressive views on art restoration combine with biography and criticism to create a gripping narrative that skillfully weaves history and aesthetics into a seamless tapestry.

Download or read book Done in a Day Whistler written by Kathy Copeland and published by Hikingcamping.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Opinionated Hikers: Kathy & Craig Copeland have created the new Done in a Day series to show hikers with limited time where to enjoy the greatest scenic rewards. Start your adventure within a short drive of the village, and witness the wonders of Whistler and be back for a hot shower, great meal, and soft bed at the end of the day. Choose from easy, vigorous, or challenging hikes that have been boot-tested and certified spectacular by the authors.

Download or read book Whistler written by Daniel E. Sutherland and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) that dispels the popular notion of Whistler as merely a combative, eccentric and unrelenting publicity seeker, a man as renowned for his public feuds with Oscar Wilde and John Ruskin as for the iconic portrait of his mother.

Download or read book Whistler s Venice written by Alastair Ian Grieve and published by Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies. This book was released on 2000 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planning a brief stay in Venice to create twelve commissioned etchings, Whistler became enchanted with the beauty of the city in 1879 and remained there for more than a year. He worked in all areas of the city, producing about fifty etchings, a few oils, and, most remarkably, one hundred pastels. This beautifully illustrated book is the first to follow Whistler's progress through Venice as he made his powerful and evocative portraits of the city. Alongside each of Whistler's etchings, pastels, and oils are photographs of the actual sites where he made them. Alastair Grieve's detailed comparisons of Whistler's works and their corresponding sites reveal much about the artist's methods and techniques, about the changing fabric of the city, and about Whistler's genius as a topographical artist. Grieve also compares Whistler's approach with that of other artists and photographers working in Venice at the same time. Whistler arrived in Venice bankrupt in the wake of a sensational libel trial against John Ruskin in London. Venice proved both restorative and transforming for Whistler -- it released a flood of creativity that enabled him to reestablish his finances, his reputation, and to a degree his personal life. His representations of well-known landmarks, including the church of Santa Maria della Salute and the Rialto Bridge, as well as many minor courts, alleys, and back canals, established a new and original iconography of the city. Upon his return to London, Whistler exhibited his Venice works and gradually reassumed a leading place in the Victorian art avant-garde.

Download or read book Whistler written by K. L. Savage and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Whistler V Ruskin written by James McNeill Whistler and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Life of James McNeill Whistler written by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and published by London : W. Heinemann ; Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company. This book was released on 1908 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Whistler written by Dan Van Neste and published by . This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary film director Robert Wise called the Whistler features, "examples of budget filmmaking at its very best." Noted B movie historian Don Miller cited them as, "the best B pics of the period from Columbia." Famed film critic/historian Leonard Maltin referred to the series as "one of the most unusual- and one of the best mystery series of the 30's and 40's. . ." Based on J. Donald Wilson's hit radio suspense program featuring ironic tales of terror spun by a mysterious host, The Whistler film series consisted of eight motion pictures produced by Columbia Pictures between 1944 and 1948 starring legendary, Academy Award-nominated actor, Richard Dix. Although manufactured quickly and cheaply to fill the bottom half of a mandatory double bill, The Whistler films were suspenseful and well made, engendering wide popularity and surprising critical acclaim. Today historians and movie aficionados frequently cite them for their innovation and style-and as early examples of film noir. This is the story of the making of this landmark Columbia series, and the many extraordinary individuals who pooled their singular talents to make eight low budget movies into film classics. Included are rare profiles of 50 Whistler filmmakers: actors, directors, writers, and technicians.

Download or read book Whistler Women and Fashion written by Margaret F. MacDonald and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated book and the associated exhibition at the Frick Collection examine Whistler's depiction of women and in particular the aspect of dress and fashion as important elements in his pictures. Several authors apply their talents as historians of art and costume to explore the place of dress in Whistler's oeuvre. Themes treated include Whistler the dandy, Victorian modes of dress, Oriental and Aesthetic Movement influences, female portraiture and the artist/model relationship.

Download or read book The Life of James McNeill Whistler Among the friends the years eighteen eighty one to eighteen eighty seven The studio in the Fulham Road the years between eighteen eighty five to eighteen eighty seven The ten o clock the years eighteen eighty four to eighteen eighty eight The British artists The rise the years eighteen eighty four to eighteen eighty eight Marriage the year eighteen eighty eight Work the years eighteen eighty four to eighteen eighty ninety Honours Exhibitions New interests the years eighteen eighty nine to eighteen ninety The gentle art the year eighteen hundred and ninety The turn of the tide the years eighteen ninety one to eighteen ninety two Paris the years eighteen ninety two to eighteen ninety three Trials and griefs the years eighteen ninety four to eighteen ninety six Alone the year eighteen hundred ninety six The lithography case the years eighteen ninety six to eighteen ninety seven The end of the Eden case the year eighteen hundred ninety seven Between London and Paris the years eighteen ninety seven to nineteen hundred The International the years eighteen ninety seven to nineteen hundred and three The Acad mie Carmen the years eighteen ninety eight to nineteen hundred and one The beginning of the end the year nineteen hundred In search of health the years nineteen hundred and one to nineteen hundred and two The end the years nineteen hundred and two to nineteen hundred and three Appendix written by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Whistler and His Circle in Venice written by Eric Denker and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whistler and His Circle in Venice is a landmark publication, offering a fresh examination of one of the most influential turn-of-the-century artists on the 100th anniversary of his death.

Download or read book The Life of James McNeill Whistler written by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-12 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Life of James McNeill Whistler" by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Joseph Pennell. Published by DigiCat. DigiCat 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 DigiCat 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.