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Book The Romantic Tavern

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ian Newman
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2019-03-28
  • ISBN : 1108470378
  • Pages : 301 pages

Download or read book The Romantic Tavern written by Ian Newman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of taverns in the Romantic period, with a particular focus on architecture and the culture of conviviality.

Book Yankel s Tavern

Download or read book Yankel s Tavern written by Glenn Dynner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Yankel's Tavern, Glenn Dynner investigates the role of Jews in tavern-keeping in the Kingdom of Poland between 1815 and the uprising of 1863-4 and its aftermath.

Book The Restless Hungarian

Download or read book The Restless Hungarian written by Tom Weidlinger and published by SparkPress. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Restless Hungarian is the saga of an extraordinary life set against the history of the rise of modernism, the Jewish Diaspora, and the Cold War. A Hungarian Jew whose inquiring spirit helped him to escape the Holocaust, Paul Weidlinger became one of the most creative structural engineers of the twentieth century. As a young architect, he broke ranks with the great modernists with his radical idea of the “Joy of Space.” As an engineer, he created the strength behind the beauty in mid-century modern skyscrapers, churches, museums, and he gave concrete form to the eccentric monumental sculptures of Pablo Picasso, Isamu Noguchi, and Jean Dubuffet. In his private life, he was a divided man, living behind a wall of denial as he lost his family to war, mental illness, and suicide. In telling his father’s story, the author sifts meaning from the inspiring and contradictory narratives of a life: a motherless child and a captain of industry, a clandestine communist who designed silos for the world’s deadliest weapons during the Cold War, a Jewish refugee who denied he was a Jew, a husband who was terrified of his wife’s madness, and a man whose personal saints were artists.

Book The Tavern on Maple Street

Download or read book The Tavern on Maple Street written by Sharon Owens and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack and Lily Beaumont own a genuine Victorian tavern, situated on one of Belfast's few remaining narrow cobbled streets. They are content with their regular customers, but one day developer Vincent Halloran arrives with big plans for Maple Street. As Christmas approaches, Lily decides to hire four pretty barmaids and two singers in a final bid to save the Tavern - enter pint-sized man-eater Bridget, lazy art student Daisy, neurotic Trudy and painfully shy Marie, not to mention the handsome Devaney brothers with their tight leather trousers and acoustic guitars. But is it too little, too late?

Book Caricature and Realism in the Romantic Novel

Download or read book Caricature and Realism in the Romantic Novel written by Olivia Ferguson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was caricature to novelists in the Romantic period? Why does Jane Austen call Mr Dashwood's wife 'a strong caricature of himself'? Why does Mary Shelley describe the body of Frankenstein's creature as 'in proportion', but then 'distorted in its proportions' – and does caricature have anything to do with it? This book answers those questions, shifting our understanding of 'caricature' as a literary-critical term in the decades when 'the English novel' was first defined and canonised as a distinct literary entity. Novels incorporated caricature talk and anti-caricature rhetoric to tell readers what different realisms purported to show them. Recovering the period's concept of caricature, Caricature and Realism in the Romantic Novel sheds light on formal realism's self-reflexivity about the 'caricature' of artifice, exaggeration and imagination. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Book Well Played

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jen DeLuca
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2020-09-22
  • ISBN : 198480541X
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book Well Played written by Jen DeLuca and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy featuring kilted musicians, Renaissance Faire tavern wenches, and an unlikely love story. LibraryReads Pick Stacey is jolted when her friends Simon and Emily get engaged. She knew she was putting her life on hold when she stayed in Willow Creek to care for her sick mother, but it's been years now, and even though Stacey loves spending her summers pouring drinks and flirting with patrons at the local Renaissance Faire, she wants more out of life. Stacey vows to have her life figured out by the time her friends get hitched at Faire next summer. Maybe she'll even find The One. When Stacey imagined "The One," it never occurred to her that her summertime Faire fling, Dex MacLean, might fit the bill. While Dex is easy on the eyes onstage with his band The Dueling Kilts, Stacey has never felt an emotional connection with him. So when she receives a tender email from the typically monosyllabic hunk, she's not sure what to make of it. Faire returns to Willow Creek, and Stacey comes face-to-face with the man with whom she’s exchanged hundreds of online messages over the past nine months. To Stacey's shock, it isn't Dex—she's been falling in love with a man she barely knows.

Book The Hob and Hound Pub

    Book Details:
  • Author : Seana Kelly
  • Publisher : NYLA
  • Release : 2022-04-26
  • ISBN : 1641971746
  • Pages : 339 pages

Download or read book The Hob and Hound Pub written by Seana Kelly and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’m Sam Quinn, the newly married werewolf book nerd owner of the Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar. Clive and I are on our honeymoon. Paris is lovely, though the mummy in the Louvre inching toward me is a bit off-putting. Although Clive doesn’t sense anything, I can’t shake the feeling I’m being watched. Even after we cross the English Channel to begin our search for Aldith—the woman who’s been plotting against Clive since the beginning—the prickling unease persists. Clive and I are separated, rather forcefully, and I’m left to find my way alone in a foreign country, evading not only Aldith’s large web of hench-vamps, but vicious fae creatures disloyal to their queen. Gloriana says there’s a poison in the human realm that’s seeping into Faerie, and I may have found the source. I knew this was going to be a working vacation, but battling vampires on one front and the fae on another is a lot, especially in a country steeped in magic. As a side note, I need to get word to Benvair. I think I’ve found the dragon she’s looking for. Gloriana is threatening to set her warriors against the human realm, but I may have a way to placate her. Aldith is a different story. There’s no reasoning with rabid vengeance. She’ll need to be put out of our misery permanently if Clive and I have any hope of a long, happy life together. Heck, I’d settle for a few quiet weeks.

Book Einstein in Love

Download or read book Einstein in Love written by Dennis Overbye and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Einstein in Love, Dennis Overbye has written the first profile of the great scientist to focus exclusively on his early adulthood, when his major discoveries were made. It reveals Einstein to be very much a young man of his time-draft dodger, self-styled bohemian, poet, violinist, and cocky, charismatic genius who left personal and professional chaos in his wake. Drawing upon hundreds of unpublished letters and a decade of research, Einstein in Love is a penetrating portrait of the modern era's most influential thinker.

Book Nightshade Tavern

Download or read book Nightshade Tavern written by Laurell K. Hamilton and published by GuildAmerica Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Opposites Ignite

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sadira Stone
  • Publisher : Sadira Stone
  • Release : 2021-03-15
  • ISBN : 1735785628
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book Opposites Ignite written by Sadira Stone and published by Sadira Stone. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mismatch sparks the hottest flames. Curvy, bodacious server Rosie thrives at Bangers Tavern, where her work family adores her weirdness and supports her tattoo artist dreams. When too much New Year’s bubbly tumbles her into a sweet, shy coworker’s bed, she wakes up craving more of his delicious touch. But guys like Eddie never stick with girls like her. Strait-laced, bashful barback Eddie pines for his voluptuous coworker. Their New Year’s surprise is a dream come true—until his grandma walks in on them. Eddie begs Rosie for a few fake dates to appease his old-fashioned family. But their lies spin out of control, and the longer he pretends, the deeper he falls. Rosie is everything Eddie’s ever wanted, but his rule-abiding soul clashes with her rebellious spirit, and a lovers’ spat at work nearly costs them both their jobs. To keep her, he’ll have to face his fears, drop a terrifying truth bomb, and win back her trust. She’s got a thousand reasons why they’ll never work. How can he convince her to risk her wounded heart? Come back to Bangers Tavern for a steamy, laugh-out-loud, opposites attract romance that ignites in all the worst ways—and the best!

Book English Romantic Poetry

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stanley Appelbaum
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 1996-11-08
  • ISBN : 0486292827
  • Pages : 259 pages

Download or read book English Romantic Poetry written by Stanley Appelbaum and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1996-11-08 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich selection of 123 poems by six great English Romantic poets: William Blake (24 poems), William Wordsworth (27 poems), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (10 poems), Lord Byron (16 poems), Percy Bysshe Shelley (24 poems) and John Keats (22 poems). Introduction and brief commentaries on the poets. Includes 2 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "Ozymandias" and "Ode on a Grecian Urn."

Book Study Guide to The Romantic Poets

Download or read book Study Guide to The Romantic Poets written by Intelligent Education and published by Influence Publishers. This book was released on 2020-09-26 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for the best-known English Romantic poets, including William Blake, Robert Burns, William Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley and John Keats. As defenders of imagination and spirituality, these celebrated poets are recognized for their collective protest against the principles of the English Neoclassical period. As a collection from the English Romantic era, these works reflect the subjectivity, emotionalism, and lawlessness that defined the spirit of Romanticism. Together, these works capture the values of one of the largest and most influential artistic movements in history. This Bright Notes Study Guide includes notes and commentary on literary classics such as Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey,” Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” Byron’s “Don Juan,” and Keats’ “Ode to a Grecian Urn,” helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Book Late Romanticism and the End of Politics

Download or read book Late Romanticism and the End of Politics written by John Havard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative examination of how Romantic imaginings of the end of the world shaped thinking about politics and political change.

Book The Pub Across the Pond

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary Carter
  • Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
  • Release : 2011-05-26
  • ISBN : 075827422X
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book The Pub Across the Pond written by Mary Carter and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carlene Rivers is many things. Dutiful, reliable, kind. Lucky? Not so much. At thirty, she’s living a stifling existence in Cleveland, Ohio. Then one day, Carlene buys a raffle ticket. The prize: a pub on the west coast of Ireland. Carlene is stunned when she wins. Everyone else is stunned when she actually goes. As soon as she arrives in Ballybeog, Carlene is smitten not just by the town’s beguiling mix of ancient and modern, but by the welcome she receives. In this small town near Galway Bay, strife is no stranger, strangers are family, and no one is ever too busy for a cup of tea or a pint. And though her new job presents challenges—from a meddling neighbor to the pub’s colorful regulars—there are compensations galore. Like the freedom to sing, joke, and tell stories, and in doing so, find her own voice. And in her flirtation with Ronan McBride, the pub’s charming, reckless former owner, she just may find the freedom to follow where impulse leads and trust her heart—and her luck—for the very first time . . . “Guaranteed to become one of the books on your shelf that you’ll want to read again.” —The Free Lance-Star “A fun, quirky read.” –Publishers Weekly

Book The Romantic World of Puccini

Download or read book The Romantic World of Puccini written by Iris J. Arnesen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giacomo Puccini, composer of some of the world's most popular operas, including La Boheme, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, was also a highly literary person who based his librettos on existing works of literature. This work explores that literary inheritance in an effort to enhance the listener's appreciation of the operatic experience. The author argues that the majority of Puccini's operas compose a grand cycle that finds its roots in the romance genre of 12th century France, serving to celebrate the strong, independent heroine. Via a close examination of the source works, the librettos, and the scores, this book offers fresh perspective on Puccini's legacy.

Book Romantic Fiction and Literary Excess in the Minerva Press Era

Download or read book Romantic Fiction and Literary Excess in the Minerva Press Era written by Hannah Doherty Hudson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-30 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Austen's ironic reference to 'the trash with which the press now groans' is only one of innumerable Romantic complaints about fiction's newly overwhelming presence. This book draws on evidence from over one hundred Romantic novels to explore the changes in publishing, reviewing, reading, and writing that accompanied the unprecedented growth in novel publication during the Romantic period. With particular focus on the infamous Minerva Press, the most prolific fiction-producer of the age, Hannah Hudson puts its popular authors in dialogue with writers such as Walter Scott, Ann Radcliffe, Maria Edgeworth, and William Godwin. Using paratextual materials including reviews, advertisements, and authorial prefaces, this book establishes the ubiquity of Romantic anxieties about literary 'excess', showing how beliefs about fictional overproduction created new literary hierarchies. Ultimately, Hudson argues that this so-called excess was a driving force in fictional experimentation and the advertising and publication practices that shaped the genre's reception. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Book Romantic Epics and the Mission of Empire

Download or read book Romantic Epics and the Mission of Empire written by Matthew Leporati and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew Leporati examines the explosive Romantic revival of epic alongside the contemporary revival of missionary activity. His study contributes to charged political debates around British imperialism. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.