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Book In Search of Rex Whistler

Download or read book In Search of Rex Whistler written by Mirabel Cecil and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rex Whistler was one of the most intriguing artists of the interwar years. His career lasted only from 1925 until his tragically early death in the Second World War, when he was thirty-nine. But in those two decades he established himself as an artist in many different fields, and especially as the outstanding mural painter of the period. His first big mural, painted while he was still a student at the Slade School of Art, was for the Tate Gallery restaurant. He went on to paint many others, including those at Port Lympne in Kent, Dorneywood in Buckinghamshire and - his masterpiece - Plas Newydd on the Isle of Anglesey. He was also an acclaimed portrait painter, of people and of their houses. He designed sets for opera, the theatre and ballet (most famously Fidelio at Covent Garden, Victoria Regina on Broadway and the Royal Ballet's Rake's Progress), illustrations and book jackets for over a hundred books, numerous advertisements, greetings telegrams for the Post Office and even a toile de jouy that is still in production to this day. Among his most memorable portraits are those of the beautiful Lady Caroline Paget, the love of his life. Amidst all this, he found time to sparkle as one of the wittiest and most elegant of the 'bright young things'; until, at the outbreak of war, he joined the Welsh Guards and was transformed into a dedicated and outstandingly courageous tank troop commander in the Guards Armoured Division. He was killed by a mortar bomb blast in Normandy on 18 July 1944. Although Rex Whistler's reputation stand high today and his work is avidly collected, much of it is in private hands and so comparatively little known. The authors, Hugh and Mirabel Cecil, have tracked down all of his murals, in private collections and on public display. They have traced his later dramatic portraits and war art painted while he was in the army and have been given access to many unpublished sources, both letters and the memories of his many devoted friends.

Book King of the Dinosaurs

Download or read book King of the Dinosaurs written by Michael Berenstain and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 1990-02 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes what is known about the tyrannosaurus rex, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, and speculates on the disaster that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Book Rex Wrecks It

Download or read book Rex Wrecks It written by Ben Clanton and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can three friends channel one dinosaur's destructive impulses into a more cooperative, constructive playtime?

Book Never Show A T Rex A Book

Download or read book Never Show A T Rex A Book written by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would happen if you showed a T-Rex a book? Well, she wouldn't know what to do with it . . . would she? A madcap, super silly adventure story rooted in the transformative power of books, created by incredible new picture-book duo Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Diane Ewen

Book Nothing Rhymes with Orange

Download or read book Nothing Rhymes with Orange written by Adam Rex and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the fruits gather together and enjoy a rhyming party, but poor Orange feels left out because he does not rhyme with anything--until Apple invents a new word.

Book Tadpole Rex

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kurt Cyrus
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9780152059903
  • Pages : 48 pages

Download or read book Tadpole Rex written by Kurt Cyrus and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big change is afoot in this swamp!

Book Anonymous Rex

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eric Garcia
  • Publisher : Villard
  • Release : 2012-03-28
  • ISBN : 0307819450
  • Pages : 358 pages

Download or read book Anonymous Rex written by Eric Garcia and published by Villard. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What would the world be like if the dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct? As this very funny book shows, for one thing, L.A. would be even weirder than it is now." --Dave Barry Vincent Rubio, a Los Angeles private investigator, is down on his luck: He's out of work. His car's been repossessed. His partner has died under mysterious circumstances. And his tail just won't stay put. Vincent is a dinosaur--a Velociraptor, to be precise. It seems the dinosaurs faked their extinction 65 million years ago and still roam the earth, disguised in convincing latex costumes that help them blend perfectly into human society. A heightened sense of smell allows the dinos to detect one another--Vincent's got an odor like a tasty Cuban cigar. When Vincent is called to investigate a two-bit case of arson at a hip dino nightclub, he discovers something much more sinister, which lures him back to New York City--the scene of his partner's death and a dangerous nexus of dinosaur and human intermingling. Will Vincent solve the mystery of his partner's death? Will a gorgeous blond chanteuse discover his true identity, jeopardizing both their lives? Will Vincent be able to conquer his dangerous addiction to basil, or will he wind up in Herba-holics Anonymous? Will he find true love, or resort to crumpled issues of Stegolicious? Somewhere between Jurassic Park and L.A. Confidential lies Eric Garcia's Anonymous Rex, one of the smartest, wittiest, and most entertaining debuts this side of the Ice Age.

Book Your Pal Fred

Download or read book Your Pal Fred written by Michael Rex and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Best Graphic Novel for Kids selection by the American Library Association* *Texas Little Maverick Reading List selection* *101 Great Books for Kids selection by the Evanston Public Library* From Michael Rex, the bestselling author/illustrator of Fangbone! and Goodnight Goon, comes a zany and hilarious graphic novel that shines a light on the humanity inside all of us—even if you're a robot. He's a super-nice kid in an ultra-mean world. He believes even the worst people are good inside. He'll always be there for you... even if you boot him out of your castle, pit him against a mechanical giant, put him on top of a pole in a lightning storm, and trap him in a booming dance party that lasts all night long. He's Your Pal Fred. In a brutal world far in the future where only the savage survive, a life-size toy suddenly activates. Fred was built to be a best buddy, and his relentless kindness never fades, even when everyone else is rude. Determined to make the world a better place, he has the bright idea to talk the two most powerful and battle-hungry warlords, Lord Bonkers and Papa Mayhem, into being friends. It's a mission doomed to fail, unless Fred can find a way to inspire everyone to play nice!

Book Pssst

    Book Details:
  • Author : Adam Rex
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9780152058173
  • Pages : 44 pages

Download or read book Pssst written by Adam Rex and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The animals at the zoo have some unusual requests for a little girl who goes to visit.

Book A Search for Meaning

Download or read book A Search for Meaning written by Albert H. Yee and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Roxy the Last Unisaurus Rex

Download or read book Roxy the Last Unisaurus Rex written by Eva Chen and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instagram superstar and New York Times bestselling author of Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes Eva Chen embarks on an all-new picture book venture of jurassic proportions, vibrantly brought to life by Matthew Rivera's rainbow watercolors. Dinosaurs are awesome. Unicorns are, too. So what happens when you combine the best parts of each? Roxy the Last Unisaurus Rex! Join Roxy in all her sassy, steak-loving, glittery glory as she learns about the importance of staying true to yourself, celebrating your differences, and finding friends who love you for who you are.

Book The True Meaning of Smekday

Download or read book The True Meaning of Smekday written by Adam Rex and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-02-04 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilarious, genre-bending novel from bestselling author Adam rex that inspired the blockbuster feature film Home -- fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin; when her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge bizarre spaceships descended on Earth and the aliens -- called Boov -- abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the Happy Mouse Kingdom; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion.

Book Rex Ray

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rex Ray
  • Publisher : Chronicle Books
  • Release : 2007-10-11
  • ISBN : 9780811859752
  • Pages : 166 pages

Download or read book Rex Ray written by Rex Ray and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2007-10-11 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From album covers and concert posters for some of the world's biggest rock stars to prints featured by interior designers to paintings and collage in fine art collections, Rex Ray's artwork is a rare combination of pop sophistcation, commercial design, and handmade craft. This is the first monograph to span Rex Ray's career in various media. Paper cutouts, mixed-media collages, paintings, digital prints, and the highly acclaimed graphic design and music packaging that launched his visual career ... are all brought together in a treasure trove of Rex Ray's unique and alluring aethetic ..."--

Book Eat Pete

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Rex
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2024-09-10
  • ISBN : 0593856864
  • Pages : 33 pages

Download or read book Eat Pete written by Michael Rex and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of Goodnight Goon, a laugh-out-loud friendship story that perfectly captures the high and low moments of a typical playdate! Pete couldn’t be more thrilled when a monster shows up in his bedroom. Now Pete has someone to play with! And the hungry monster couldn’t be more thrilled to be there, either. Now he can . . . EAT PETE! But Pete has other ideas. And they are all good fun and quite distracting—things like playing cars and pirates. But we all know the course of playing together nicely never did run smoothly. So how much longer will the monster have to wait before he can . . . EAT PETE?

Book Hot and Sweaty Rex

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eric Garcia
  • Publisher : Villard
  • Release : 2004-03-02
  • ISBN : 1588364003
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Hot and Sweaty Rex written by Eric Garcia and published by Villard. This book was released on 2004-03-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vincent Rubio, the most hard-boiled reptile detective ever, is back on the case in the third installment of Eric Garcia’s cult mystery series about dinosaurs who are still alive and committing crimes in L.A. Rubio’s latest assignment: the dinosaur mafia. As fans of Anonymous Rex and Casual Rex already know, the dinosaurs faked their extinction and live among us, disguising themselves as humans in elaborately designed latex costumes. Anyone could be a dinosaur. Your podiatrist. The crotchety old man who lives next door. Julia Roberts, it is well known, is actually a Stegosaur. When the head of the Raptor mafia asks Vincent Rubio to perform a service, he has no choice but to head for Miami to investigate a team of Hadrosaurs who are muscling in on Raptor territory. It’s dangerous business. Make the wrong move and your tail gets chopped off. Eric Garcia’s third Rex novel is a wildly entertaining mystery and an instant classic of dinosaur mafia fiction—further proof that this gifted author really knows where the bones are buried.

Book Rex

    Rex

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kathleen Duey
  • Publisher : ABDO
  • Release : 2006-07-01
  • ISBN : 9781599612270
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book Rex written by Kathleen Duey and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dressed in camouflage and armed with slingshots, six kids travel back in time and try to get video footage of dinosaurs.

Book Kid Rex

Download or read book Kid Rex written by Laura Moisin and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Moisin's struggle to overcome anorexia and find her true identity.