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Book Shadow Over Bright Star

    Book Details:
  • Author : Irene M. Pascoe
  • Publisher : Harlequin Books
  • Release : 1988
  • ISBN : 9780373320172
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Shadow Over Bright Star written by Irene M. Pascoe and published by Harlequin Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Shadow Over Bright Star

    Book Details:
  • Author : Irene Pascoe
  • Publisher : Wings ePress Inc.
  • Release : 2005-05-01
  • ISBN : 9781590884010
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Shadow Over Bright Star written by Irene Pascoe and published by Wings ePress Inc.. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bright Stars

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  • Author : Kate Bryan
  • Publisher : Frances Lincoln
  • Release : 2021-10-12
  • ISBN : 0711251746
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book Bright Stars written by Kate Bryan and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Bryan’s writing pops and zings like a Basquiat painting' – NOEL FIELDING In Bright Stars, Kate Bryan examines the lives and legacies of 30 great artists who died too young, celebrating their inspirational stories and extraordinary talent. Some of the world’s greatest and most-loved artists died under the age of forty. But how did they turn relatively short careers into such long legacies? What drove them to create, against all the odds? And how can we use these stories to re-evaluate artists lost to the shadows, or whose legacies are not yet secured? Most artists have decades to hone their craft, win over the critics and forge their reputation, but that’s not the case for the artists in this book. Art heavyweights Vincent van Gogh and Jean-Michel Basquiat have been mythologised, with their early deaths playing a key role in their posthumous fame. Others, such as Aubrey Beardsley and Noah Davis, were driven to create, knowing their time was limited. For some, premature death, compounded by gender and racial injustice, meant being left out of the history books – as was the case with Amrita Sher-Gil, Charlotte Salomon and Pauline Boty, now championed by Kate Bryan in this important re-appraisal. And, as Caravaggio and Vermeer’s stories show us, it can take centuries for forgotten artists to be given the recognition they truly deserve. With each artist comes a unique and often surprising story about how lives full of talent and tragedy were turned into brilliant legacies that still influence and inspire us today. This is a celebration of talent so great it shines on. Beautifully illustrated with portraits of the artists, as well as reproductions of some of their most famous works, this important and timely work makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of the lives of some of the most talented artists throughout history. **************** 'Bryan’s writing pops and zings like a Basquiat painting – and reminds us why truly great artists are immortal.' –NOEL FIELDING 'Bright Stars is a compelling reflection on the concept of legacy. Bryan’s wide ranging assessment of artists we lost too soon proves that longevity in art is rewarded to the stars that burn the brightest, however fleeting their lives and careers.' – MARIA BALSHAW, DIRECTOR OF TATE 'Kate Bryan marshalls a wealth of fascinating detail about artists’s lives cut sadly short … and in sprightly prose brings their work vividly to life.' – JOAN BAKEWELL **************** The Artists Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Caravaggio, Dash Snow, Vincent van Gogh, Amedeo Modigliani, Francesca Woodman, Ana Mendieta, Félix González-Torres, Raphael, Yves Klein, Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Mapplethorpe, Egon Schiele, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Amrita Sher-Gil, Johannes Vermeer, Robert Smithson, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Aubrey Beardsley, Noah Davis, Eva Hesse, Charlotte Salomon, Umberto Boccioni, Gerda Taro, Joanna Mary Boyce, Pauline Boty, Helen Chadwick, Khadija Saye, Bartholomew Beal.

Book Arcturus  Or  The Bright Star in Bootes

Download or read book Arcturus Or The Bright Star in Bootes written by Catharine Maria Sedgwick and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Factual information in the fictional framework.

Book Arcturus  or  the bright star in Bootes  A easy guide to Science

Download or read book Arcturus or the bright star in Bootes A easy guide to Science written by Miss Sedgwick and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bright Star

Download or read book Bright Star written by Erin Swan and published by Tor Teen. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erin Swan's YA fantasy debut, Bright Star, is an action-packed adventure tale of rebellion, romance, and finding one's voice in the heart of a storm. Paerolia has been at peace for two centuries, and all is well in the land—or so it seems. Beneath the surface, a tyrant is rising to power. A traumatic experience in Andra's childhood has left her mute and subdued, a servant in the Chief Judge’s manor. But when an assassination team, led by the secretive and alluring Kael, infiltrates the manor and makes a quick escape, she takes her chance and flees with them. Andra is thrust into the ranks of a secret rebellion—a group of outcasts and believers seeking to overthrow the Chief Judge and replace the corrupt government with new members, ones who will restore and preserve the land they love. Now, the girl who was once an outcast must somehow become the leader Paerolia needs. But she is stronger than she believes—and with the help of a fiercely loyal dragon, she may just be the one to lead them all to victory. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book Courage of a Medicine Woman

Download or read book Courage of a Medicine Woman written by Laura Troester and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Settled high on a Mountain. Mighty Arrow was Chief of his people and was married to Falling Leaf. They had a big family of four girls. Falling Leaf had given birth to another daughter. They named her Bright Star. Bright Star announced one day that she wanted to become the next medicine woman of her village. Falling Leaf knew only men were Shamans. That did not discourage Bright Star. As Bright Star grew up she had to battle an attack on her village and being captured. Almost being raped and the loss of her first child, she became ill. Almost every time something happened to Bright Star she underwent some kind of initiation. Every time she came back Little Eagle was right by her side. Together they could go through anything that got in their way.

Book The Way To Bright Star

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dee Brown
  • Publisher : Forge Books
  • Release : 2008-09-30
  • ISBN : 0312871767
  • Pages : 353 pages

Download or read book The Way To Bright Star written by Dee Brown and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ben Butterfield, ex-circus performer, is living out his days in a small backwater town. He spends much of his time dwelling on the past, pondering his glory days with the circus, and his first grand adventure—an odyssey across Missouri and Illinois to Bright Star, Indiana, during the Civil War. It was a journey that laid the groundwork for the man he would become, and on which he got to know the two people who meant the world to him, and still do. In 1862, Ben sets out to help Johnny Hawkes, a resourceful Texican, drive two camels to the farm home of a Yankee officer who has taken possession of the desert beasts as contraband of war. But when Johnny is imprisoned by the Yankees and charged with horse theft, it is up to Ben to complete the task without his friend and mentor. On the threshold of manhood, he has only the help of a young girl, nicknamed Princess, who spends most of the time masquerading as a boy to avoid drawing unwanted attention. Johnny and Princess must stand together and persevere against the odds if they are to overcome every obstacle placed before them on the winding way to Bright Star. A magnificent tour of 1860s heartland America, The Way to Bright Star is a grand coming-of-age novel, in the tradition of Huckleberry Finn, and destined to become an American classic. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book Shadow Over the Land

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  • Author : D. G. Alderton
  • Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
  • Release : 2022-04-26
  • ISBN : 1637108958
  • Pages : 383 pages

Download or read book Shadow Over the Land written by D. G. Alderton and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a journey to a time when the eastern half of what would become known as the United States was being transformed by the settlers there. The western half was still relatively unknown. This story takes an imagined look at the affairs of some of the native tribes that inhabited the northwestern part of this country, primarily the Nez Perce people. I take some historical facts and go back in time from there with a tale of adventure, romance, and revenge. I work this tale back toward that point of history. It being a pristine land, with wide open possibilities that one's imagination could very much appreciate. Where we can consider the goals, desires, and struggles of such a place and time and the interactions with nature and a focus on their horse culture that they gave their wholehearted attention to. Come with me and enter that place and time for what I believe will be a pleasant distraction from the cares of now, which we all find ourselves. There is some violence depicted, but it is not intended to incite anyone to any violence of any kind.

Book Celestial Shadows

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  • Author : John Westfall
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2014-11-19
  • ISBN : 1493915355
  • Pages : 727 pages

Download or read book Celestial Shadows written by John Westfall and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of what is known about the universe came from the study of celestial shadows. This book looks in detail at the way eclipses and other celestial shadows have given us amazing insights into the nature of the objects in our solar system and how they are even helping us discover and analyze planets that orbit stars other than our Sun. A variety of eclipses, transits, and occultations of the mooons of Jupiter and Saturn, Pluto and its satellite Charon, asteroids and stars have helped astronomers to work out their dimensions, structures, and shapes - even the existence of atmospheres and structures of exoplanets. Long before Columbus set out to reach the Far East by sailing West, the curved shadow of the Earth on the Moon during a lunar eclipse revealed that we inhabit a round world, a globe. More recently, comparisons of the sunlit and Earthlit parts of the Moon have been used to determine changes in the Earth's brightness as a way of monitoring possible effects in cloud coverage which may be related to global warming. Shadows were used by the Greek mathematician Eratosthenes to work out the first estimate of the circumference of the Earth, by Galileo to measure the heights of the lunar mountains and by eighteenth century astronomers to determine the scale of the Solar System itself. Some of the rarest and most wonderful shadows of all are those cast onto Earth by the lovely "Evening Star" Venus as it goes between the Earth and the Sun. These majestic transits of Venus occur at most two in a century; after the 2012 transit, there is not a chance to observe this phenomenon until 2117, while the more common sweep of a total solar eclipse creates one of the most dramatic and awe-inspiring events of nature. Though it may have once been a source of consternation or dread, solar eclipses now lead thousands of amateur astronomers and "eclipse-chasers" to travel the globe in order to experience the dramatic view under "totality." These phenomena are among the most spectacular available to observers and are given their full due in Westfall and Sheehan's comprehensive study.

Book The Little Book of Light and Shadow

Download or read book The Little Book of Light and Shadow written by Linda Thornton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encourage your Early Learners to becom investigators by exploring the concept of light and shadow. These simple and effective activities can be carried out independently with the focus on natural resources.

Book Around the World in 21 Plays

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  • Author : Lowell Swortzell
  • Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
  • Release : 2000-02-01
  • ISBN : 1557833702
  • Pages : 711 pages

Download or read book Around the World in 21 Plays written by Lowell Swortzell and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of plays by such authors as Moliere, August Strindberg, Langston Hughes, Susan Zeder, Wendy Kesselman, and Laurence Yep.

Book The Shadows Around Us  Authentic Tales of the Supernatural

Download or read book The Shadows Around Us Authentic Tales of the Supernatural written by Arthur Morrison and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Shadows Around Us" by Arthur Morrison is a collection of authentic tales that explore the supernatural. Morrison's ability to craft chilling and suspenseful stories is on full display in this classic collection, making it a must-read for fans of the genre and those who enjoy tales that send shivers down their spine.

Book Bright Shadow

Download or read book Bright Shadow written by Avi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994-03 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five wishes can save a suffering kingdom--but at a high price to 12-year-old Morwenna, who is responsible for granting them. "A sensitively written tale which poses philosophical questions about selfishness, selflessness, and the terrible burden of what first appears to be wonderful gifts".--School Library Journal.

Book The Kansas City Review of Science and Industry

Download or read book The Kansas City Review of Science and Industry written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Travel Shadows by Justinus Kerner

Download or read book Travel Shadows by Justinus Kerner written by Harold B. Segel and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justinus Kerner (1786–1862) was one of the most celebrated figures in nineteenth-century German culture. A physician by training, he was also a leading member of the Swabian Romantic circle of poets which included, among others, Ludwig Uhland and Gustav Schwab. Kerner’s international fame rests primarily on his contributions to the investigation of paranormal phenomena. The most important of these was his exhaustive case study, Die Seherin von Prevorst (The Seeress of Prevorst, 1829). The book was translated into English in 1849 by the English writer, Catherine Crowe (1803–76). Until the present, this has been the only work of Kerner available in English. Apart from his many scientific publications and his poetry, Kerner was also the author of one of the more intriguing literary works of German Romanticism, Die Reiseschatten (Travel Shadows, 1811). Ostensibly an account of his travels through Germany and Austria following his graduation from the University of Tübingen, the book is a highly imaginative, almost surreal concoction of Romantic, sentimental, grotesque, satirical, and Old German folkloric elements. Attributed by Kerner to an itinerant “shadow performer” named Lux, Travel Shadows was inspired by the tradition of “Chinese Shadows” (ombres chinoises) and represents Kerner’s attempt to create a travel narrative in the form of a grandiose shadow show. In the introduction to his translation of Travel Shadows – the first in English – Harold B. Segel situates Kerner’s work in the context of the emergence of a German shadow show tradition in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Book The Shadows Around Us

    Book Details:
  • Author : Arthur Morrison
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2016-06-26
  • ISBN : 1365205258
  • Pages : 117 pages

Download or read book The Shadows Around Us written by Arthur Morrison and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-06-26 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shadows Around Us - Authentic Tales of the Supernatural The incidents set forth in the ensuing pages are as completely testified to as written facts well may be-that is to say, infinitely more care has been taken to verify and substantiate them than is taken to authenticate the matter-of-fact news published in a daily newspaper and accepted by everybody without question. For several of the cases the compiler is indebted to the investigations of the Society for Psychical Research. THE VAULT AT AHRENSBURG, THE LICHWAKE AT MONIFIETH, THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF MR. ROBERT BRUCE, THE WRAITH OF FRANCIS TANTUM, THE APPARITION OF LIEUTENANT COLT, THE STRANGE CASE OF ESTHER T--, THE POLTERGEIST OF LEIGNITZ CASTLE, THE BINSTEAD MYSTERY, THE TRANSLATION OF MAURICE TULLING, THE HAUNTED HOUSE AT WILLINGTON, NO. 15 ST. SWITHIN'S LANE, THE STRANGE CASE OF EMELIE SAGEE, THE HAUNTING OF WILLIAM MOIR, CURIOUS INCIDENT AT BEAUMARIS, A DOUBLE CASE"