Download or read book The Infamous Chair written by Arnd Friedrichs and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aesthetic reconciliation with the world's most successful piece of furniture.
Download or read book Musical Chairs written by Amy Poeppel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A novel about modern family life with all of its discord and harmony"--
Download or read book Hooray for Me written by Remy Charlip and published by Tricycle Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores an individual's relationship to family, friends, and even pets.
Download or read book Now I Sit Me Down written by Witold Rybczynski and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered where rocking chairs came from, or why cheap plastic chairs are suddenly everywhere? In Now I Sit Me Down, the distinguished architect and writer Witold Rybczynski chronicles the history of the chair from the folding stools of pharaonic Egypt to the ubiquitous stackable monobloc chairs of today. He tells the stories of the inventor of the bentwood chair, Michael Thonet, and of the creators of the first molded-plywood chair, Charles and Ray Eames. He reveals the history of chairs to be a social history--of different ways of sitting, of changing manners and attitudes, and of varying tastes. The history of chairs is the history of who we are. We learn how the ancient Chinese switched from sitting on the floor to sitting in a chair, and how the iconic chair of Middle America--the Barcalounger--traces its roots back to the Bauhaus. Rybczynski weaves a rich tapestry that draws on art and design history, personal experience, and historical accounts. And he pairs these stories with his own delightful hand-drawn illustrations: colonial rockers and English cabrioles, languorous chaise longues, and no-nonsense ergonomic task chairs--they're all here. The famous Danish furniture designer Hans Wegner once remarked, "A chair is only finished when someone sits in it." As Rybczynski tells it, the way we choose to sit and what we choose to sit on speak volumes about our values, our tastes, and the things we hold dear.
Download or read book The Lives of the Famous and the Infamous written by The Week and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read about the man who convinced Einstein there was a God, the newspaper publisher who brought down a president and the code-cracking genius who helped foil the Nazis, and remember the lives of those that created the extraordinary moments in our modern history. Based on the obituaries that appear in every issue of The Week, here is a book that brings together the famous and infamous figures of our generation. From the world’s influential leaders and thinkers of the day, such as Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs, Margaret Thatcher and Sir Patrick Moore, to the more infamous and eccentric, this is a fascinating compendium of the lives of our times.
Download or read book Dancing with a Kitchen Chair written by Sandra M. Rushing and published by Brandylane Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vibrant collection of autobiographical essays, Sandra Rushing gracefully blends spirituality with old-fashioned honesty to communicate life s lessons and teach us what it means to be human. Set at the historic Poor House Farm in the tranquil Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, this is the story of the tragedy and mystery of growing up, the exhilaration of freedom, and the empty hunger of grief. Her Scottish father s fierce temper and unbounded generosity, her mother s Irish melancholia, and the power of the land merge and convey a passion felt on every page. Rushing s lyrical description and moving tales of strife, hope, and love craft the premise of the human journey that fighting and scrapping are part of it, whatever form they take, that life is a gift, and that all things have a purpose. -- Amazon. com.
Download or read book Cross Cultural Chairs written by Matteo Guarnaccia and published by Onomatopee. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tenure written by Richard Levine and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student protests, rape, sexual proclivities, and faddish disciplines swirl and twist in the background as Billy Mann and Abraham Smith, two young professors, are caught in the critical battles of campus life in this novel that can best be described as a combination of Tom Wolfe and a contemporary Jane Austen.
Download or read book You Don t Know Squat written by Michael Dexter Hankins and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four decades ago, a friend of the author remarked that a book should be written in honor of someone they both knew. The indiscreet nickname for this person is Squat. Up to speed on most all facets of life, Squat knew just enough to be dangerous, mainly to himself. When a problem arose, he found a solution, oftentimes causing more harm than good. The two pals quickly brainstormed and came up with a book title. All they needed was substance of some educational and entertainment value to place between covers. Flash ahead forty years. Sadly, the friend is no longer here. Having over six hundred articles, stories, and editorials published by various newspapers and periodicals at his disposal, author Michael Dexter Hankins had more than enough material to finally create such a testament. Going through a short yet lengthy editing process, You Don't Know Squat! came to life as an eclectic mix of 102 humorous and quirky tales. It's also an entertaining plethora of undeniable facts, hyperbole extraordinaire, outlandish thoughts, unsubstantiated information, life adventures, misadventures, irony, oxymoron, gossip, sarcasm, inflammatory opinions, uncalled-for advice, and secret innuendos. Literary scholars and bibliophobes alike will find the contents humorously enlightening.
Download or read book The Electric Chair written by Craig Brandon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first use in 1890, the electric chair has been the means of legal execution for over 4,300 individuals in 23 states. Its use in recent years has steadily declined, and nowadays many states use the chair only as a museum display. This book provides a history of the electric chair and analyzes its features, its development, and the manner of its use. Chapters cover the early conceptual stages as a humane alternative to hanging, and the rivalry between Edison and Westinghouse that was one of the main forces in the chair's adoption as a mode of execution. Also presented are an account of the terrible first execution and a number of the subsequent gruesome employments of the chair. The text explores the changing attitudes toward the chair as state after state replaces it with lethal injection.
Download or read book The Electric Chair written by Craig Brandon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a history of the electric chair and analyzes its features, its development, and the manner of its use. Chapters cover the early conceptual stages as a humane alternative to hanging, and the rivalry between Edison and Westinghouse that was one of the main forces in the chair's adoption as a mode of execution. Also presented are an account of the terrible first execution and a number of the subsequent gruesome employments of the chair. The text explores the changing attitudes toward the chair as state after state replaced it with lethal injection.
Download or read book The Infamous Rosalie written by Évelyne Trouillot and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lisette, a Saint-Domingue-born Creole slave and daughter of an African-born bossale, has inherited not only the condition of slavery but the traumatic memory of the Middle Passage as well. The stories told to her by her grandmother and godmother, including the horrific voyage aboard the infamous slave ship Rosalie, have become part of her own story, the one she tells in this haunting novel by the acclaimed Haitian writer Évelyne Trouillot. Inspired by the colonial tale of an African midwife who kept a cord of some seventy knots, each one marking a child she had killed at birth, the novel transports us back to Saint-Domingue, before it became Haiti. The year is 1750, and a rash of poisonings is sowing fear among the plantation masters, already unsettled by the unrest caused by Makandal, the legendary Maroon leader. Through this tumultuous time, Lisette struggles to maintain her dignity and to imagine a future for her unborn child. In telling Lisette's story, Trouillot gives the revolution that will soon rock the island a human face and at long last sheds light on the invisible women and men of Haitian history. The original French edition of Rosalie l'infâme received the Prix Soroptimist de la romancière francophone, honoring a novel written by a woman from a French-speaking country which showcases the cultural and literary diversity of the French-speaking world.
Download or read book Grip of the Hawk written by Brenda Schaeffer and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychiatrist Rachel Julian has what many dream ofa booming career, an enviable relationship, a joy-filled lifeuntil a bloody premonition warns her that she is in danger. As terrifying threats unfold, her perfect life tailspins out of control. Armed with nothing but her intuition and determination to stay alive, Dr. Julian steps into unknown realms and meets a succession of otherworldly teachers who tell her that beyond the human threats, she has been lured into a spiritual war. To survive, Rachel must fight an enemy she can't even see in a reality many wish did not exist. Awards: Grip of the Hawk Gold Winner: 2017 Human Relations Indie Book Award- Life Passage Realistic Fiction Honorable Mention Winner: 2017 Human Relations Indie Book Awards-Life Journey Fiction The Human Relations Indie Book Awards recognizes authors who have written books with a creative human relations focus in both fiction and non-fiction. Winners are from diverse backgrounds whose story demonstrates the value of human relationships whether in a work, cultural, or personal life setting. Silver Award Winner: 2018 IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Awards)-Visionary Fiction The 2018 Annual IPPY medal-winning book awards was celebrated on May 29th during the annual Book Expo publishing convention in New York City. This year's contest drew 4500 entries, and medals went to authors from 43 states, 6 Canadian provinces and 12 countries abroad. The awards, conceived in 1996, reward those who exhibit courage, innovation, and creativity to bring about change in the world of publishing. Silver Award Winner: 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards-Inspirational Fiction The 2018 Indie Book Awards was held in New Orleans in June during the National Library Conference. Referred to as the 'Sundance of the publishing world', this award draws leaders from both traditional and independent publishing and is the largest not-for-profit book award program recognizing and honoring the top international independently published books of the year.
Download or read book Making Trouble written by Otto Von Busch and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making hacks into reality. It engages matter in ways that trespass the boundaries between the civic realm and the state-assigned laws. Even with primitive tools and skills, designing and making can break open and repurpose arrangements of power. The proof is that some crafts are so controversial-lock-picking, moonshining, shoplifting, smuggling, sabotage-that they need to be controlled or even outlawed. When designers and makers touch on these contested realms, they run into trouble. This highly original book explores how the material power of design and making can challenge arrangements of agency and domination. Unpacking a series of conflicting cases-from illegal making to the strategic and civic use of crafts to manifest radical alternatives to the current order-it shows how designers and makers can use even basic tools to work towards more.
Download or read book Armchair Hero written by Wgwl and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A whole new world of comic fantasy: When you are an aspirant mystic nutgatherer who through a computer cock-up is assigned as the sole Security Guard to Heaven, it is bad enough. When only days before you are to be relieved of your duties, Heaven is attacked by an army of imps and demons, you know that your luck is not in. When the planet Glob is put in danger because the imps and demons have stolen the whole process that keeps your world spinning in the right direction, and you are appointed as Heaven's Hero to save Glob from crashing splat into the universe wall, you know that your luck is out. Oh, and then, the only two aides to help you on your way for your impossible task: a winged floral armchair with far too many apps, and a theoretically extinct bird. And just to round it all off, your only hope of help in the impossible task it to enlist a crew from among the most dangerously mad mob of pirates ever to infest the planet. Quite a task...and the clock is ticking.
Download or read book Ghost Stories From The North Of England written by George White and published by X. This book was released on with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well-known to those who devour ghost stories, the North of England has a rich tapestry of tales relating to the paranormal and many are well known; Lady Gerrard of Darlington, the Screaming Skull of Burton Agnes Hall and so on. But some are not so well known and have languished in obscurity for decades. Now rescued from oblivion, these stories are a compilation of tales from long neglected volumes dating back to the 1970s and 1980s describing some of the region's rarer and unknown cases. Many will startle. Many will alarm. All with thrill...
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