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Book Life is Paradise

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  • Author : Francesco Clemente
  • Publisher : powerHouse Books
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 204 pages

Download or read book Life is Paradise written by Francesco Clemente and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original Clemente aquatint etching, printed in Rome, signed and numbered, measuring nine by four teen-and-a-half inches, made especially for this edition of LIFE IS PARADISE; the trade edition of which is completely sold-out. Includes a specially printed slipcase just for this edition.

Book Portrait of Paradise

Download or read book Portrait of Paradise written by Sue Peters and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book This Is Paradise

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  • Author : Kristiana Kahakauwila
  • Publisher : Hogarth
  • Release : 2013-07-09
  • ISBN : 0770436250
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book This Is Paradise written by Kristiana Kahakauwila and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegant, brutal, and profound—this magnificent debut captures the grit and glory of modern Hawai'i with breathtaking force and accuracy. In a stunning collection that announces the arrival of an incredible talent, Kristiana Kahakauwila travels the islands of Hawai'i, making the fabled place her own. Exploring the deep tensions between local and tourist, tradition and expectation, façade and authentic self, This Is Paradise provides an unforgettable portrait of life as it’s truly being lived on Maui, Oahu, Kaua'i and the Big Island. In the gut-punch of “Wanle,” a beautiful and tough young woman wants nothing more than to follow in her father’s footsteps as a legendary cockfighter. With striking versatility, the title story employs a chorus of voices—the women of Waikiki—to tell the tale of a young tourist drawn to the darker side of the city’s nightlife. “The Old Paniolo Way” limns the difficult nature of legacy and inheritance when a patriarch tries to settle the affairs of his farm before his death. Exquisitely written and bursting with sharply observed detail, Kahakauwila’s stories remind us of the powerful desire to belong, to put down roots, and to have a place to call home.

Book Painting Paradise

Download or read book Painting Paradise written by Vanessa Remington and published by Royal Collection Editions. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardens are where man and nature meet. They change by the hour, day-to-day, and with the seasons. They carry associations about the status, approach to life, and sometimes even the political affiliations of their creator. Gardens can be intended for public enjoyment or private delectation; they can be open to the masses or closed to all but a few. They may be places of scientific study; havens for the solitary thinker; spaces for frolicking and games, for flirtation and for love. Presented with the many faces of the garden, artists in Western Europe have looked at the garden in different ways, extracting and emphasising those facets of the garden unique to their culture and their time. At the same time individual elements drawn from the garden whether architectural or botanic have at certain periods come to the fore and taken their place in the decorative arts of Western Europe. This book explores the way in which the garden has inspired artists and craftsmen in Europe between 1500 and 1900. "

Book A Portrait of Paradise

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  • Author : Carolyn Zonailo
  • Publisher : Nightwood Editions
  • Release : 1983-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780889710832
  • Pages : 69 pages

Download or read book A Portrait of Paradise written by Carolyn Zonailo and published by Nightwood Editions. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Larks in a Paradise

Download or read book Larks in a Paradise written by Marti Friedlander and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1974 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Blood of Paradise

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  • Author : Stephen Goodwin
  • Publisher : University of Virginia Press
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780813918778
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book The Blood of Paradise written by Stephen Goodwin and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Goodwin's second novel is an emblematic tale of the sixties, of a sophisticated couple going back to the land. The restlessness that compels Anna and Steadman to move from the city to a small mountain farm in Virginia is brought into high relief by the cycles of the natural world, and by the arrival of Anna's demonic twin sister. Goodwin's prose, by turns stark and pastoral, outlines these struggles while leavening them with self-effacing humor and beauty. Peopled with hippies and mountain folk, artists and farmers both organic and traditional, not to mention an unforgettable child, The Blood of Paradise evokes an era through a sensitive and unstinting portrait of marriage.

Book Illusions of Paradise

Download or read book Illusions of Paradise written by Pat McKanic and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The island of San Saypaz' is everything sexy, street-smart reporter Toni Jackson dreamed paradise would be-palm trees, white sand beaches, crystal blue waters, and breathtaking sunsets. Finding love with Detective Jameyson Tolliver is icing on the cake. But when a young woman is brutally murdered, Toni discovers paradise has a dark side. Jameyson's boss, the police chief, may have had a hand in the killing. Evidence disappears, and the vicious crime lord charged with the murder walks. There's a cover-up going on. Nothing is what it seems, people aren't who they appear to be. Toni's determination to uncover the truth comes at a steep price-her sources start turning up dead. Fearing for her life, she flees the island. But someone has plans for her, and paradise may well become a purgatory from which there is no escape!

Book Pictures from Paradise

Download or read book Pictures from Paradise written by Melanie Archer and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictures from Paradise examines the ways in which contemporary art photography has evolved within the English-speaking Caribbean, rising beyond depictions of idyllic scenes to tackle more complex social, racial, political and gender issues. Within the past few years, regional artists have provided an increasingly searching image of the Caribbean and the people who inhabit it. The only publication on contemporary Caribbean photography, Pictures from Paradise features more than 200 images from 18 established and up-and-coming artists, including Ewan Atkinson, Marvin Bartley, Terry Boddie, Holly Bynoe, James Cooper, Renee Cox, Gerard Gaskin, Abigail Hadeed, Gerard Hanson, Nadia Huggins, Marlon James, Roshini Kempadoo, O'Neil Lawrence, Ebony Patterson, Radcliffe Roye, Alex Smailes, Stacey Tyrell and Rodell Warner.

Book The Art of Aliveness

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  • Author : Flora Bowley
  • Publisher : Hierophant Publishing
  • Release : 2021-03-23
  • ISBN : 1950253112
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book The Art of Aliveness written by Flora Bowley and published by Hierophant Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready for more joy in your life? Writer Flora Bowley believes that everyone can learn how to create a joy-filled life by practicing what she calls The Art of Aliveness. Aliveness, in this context, goes well beyond the acts of sleeping, eating, working, etc., inviting us instead to look into the depths of our own experience, embrace what we find there, and commit to bringing our truest self into the world. The Art of Aliveness teaches us how to create beauty out of sorrow, find meaning in the apparent madness that we sometimes find in the world, and choose to build a life we love regardless of the cards we’ve been dealt. In this powerful, moving, and deeply personal book, Bowley shares pieces of her own story and the life lessons she’s learned to help readers cultivate this Aliveness within themselves. Packed with exercises and writing prompts, The Art of Aliveness offers readers a way to make lasting change in their lives. If you’re ready to be the artist of your life, this book can show you how.

Book Strange Paradise

Download or read book Strange Paradise written by Grace Schulman and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed poet mines the mystery of marriage. A stunningly brave memoir of profound love, pain, and loss.

Book Photographer s Paradise

Download or read book Photographer s Paradise written by Jean-Pierre Laffont and published by G Editions LLC. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Best Books of 2015 - Photo District News Photo AnnualThe photographs that make up this first book by renowned photojournalist Jean-Pierre Laffont serve as a powerful and provocative examination of the American dream. For nearly three decades, Laffont traveled the breadth of the United States, a true embodiment of American freedom. Documenting the country in all of its facets - from national crises and unsightly social injustices to heartfelt protest and solidarity, the photographer took full advantage of the access granted to him bythe world's greatest democracy. He traveled all fifty of the United States to document a broad swath of the country's fabric, capturing America through some of its most turbulent eras. From the electric chair at Sing Sing to Women's Jello Wrestling, the Watkins Glen rock festival to the Kent State shooting protest in Washington DC, Laffont was front and centre to history as it unfolded. Never working on assignment, Laffont chased stories of his own volition with a lens that was at once compassionate, humanistic, and unflinching. Taken together, these pages tell the story of the chaotic, often painful, birth of twenty-first-century America - a place where a black president, gay marriage, and women executives have become the new norm. Photographer's Paradise reminds us of the power of the freedom of speech, as Laffont speaks truth to power through his camera lens. Contents: Foreword by Sir Harold Evans; Introduction: America As I Lived It; The 1960s / Expanded History: 1960s: 42nd Street; The Savage Skulls; Transvestites; Electric Chair, Sing Sing; Arkansas Prison Cummins Farm; The Krishnas; Rock Festival at Watkins Glen, 1973; The Funeral of Robert Kennedy; An Accident at Chappaquiddick. The 1970s / Expanded History: 1970s: Guam; Bombs; Protest in Washington DC against the Kent State Shooting; Boxing: Ali vs Frasier; The KKK at Home; KKK Secret Army; Carter County, Georgia; Explo 72; The Sorcerers of Brooklyn; Energy Crisis of 1973; Printing Dollars. The 1980s / Expanded History: 1980s: Women's Jello Wrestling; Children and Guns; The Rajneesh American Farmers in the 1980s.

Book Birds of Paradise

Download or read book Birds of Paradise written by Tim Laman and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dazzling photo essay, Laman and Scholes present gorgeous full-color photographs of all 39 species of the Birds of Paradise that highlight their unique and extraordinary plumage and mating behavior.

Book Paradise Lost   With a portrait

Download or read book Paradise Lost With a portrait written by John Milton and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Hawaiian Florilegium

Download or read book A Hawaiian Florilegium written by Mary Grierson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Tropical Botanical Garden is pleased to present the Hawaiian works of internationally acclaimed botanical artist Mary Grierson. Extending a centuries-old tradition made popular in the studios of Ehret and Redoute, Ms. Grierson combines the artist's eye for beauty and balance with the botanist's need for accuracy. Native plants of Hawaii are a primary focus of this volume and the reason the Garden invited Ms. Grierson to Kauai for five working visits in the 1970s and 1980s. But the collection also reflects the Hawaiian landscape seen by contemporary residents and visitors alike - with Polynesian and modern agricultural and ornamental plant immigrants now competing with the natives for attention and for space. With his general introduction to the flora of Hawaii and in accompaniments to each painting, botanist Peter Green narrates the interaction of plants and people - through the ethnobotany and legends of the early Hawaiians, the taxonomic research of botanists past and present, and the history that brought such an incredible mix of species to the Islands. A central theme is the interaction of native and introduced plants, with its warnings about the loss of Hawaii's unique natural heritage. A Hawaiian Florilegium is a convergence of fine art, scientific illustration, and botanical history.

Book Paradise Rot

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  • Author : Jenny Hval
  • Publisher : Verso Books
  • Release : 2018-10-02
  • ISBN : 178663385X
  • Pages : 119 pages

Download or read book Paradise Rot written by Jenny Hval and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jo is in a strange new country for university and having a more peculiar time than most. In a house with no walls, shared with a woman who has no boundaries, she finds her strange home coming to life in unimaginable ways. Jo's sensitivity and all her senses become increasingly heightened and fraught, as the lines between bodies and plants, dreaming and wakefulness, blur and mesh. This debut novel from critically acclaimed artist and musician Jenny Hval presents a heady and hyper-sensual portrayal of sexual awakening and queer desire.

Book Paradise City

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  • Author : Sébastien Cuvelier
  • Publisher : Gost Books
  • Release : 2020-10-12
  • ISBN : 9781910401477
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book Paradise City written by Sébastien Cuvelier and published by Gost Books. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sébastien Cuvelier?s journey to Iran was inspired by a manuscript written on travels to Persepolis made by his late uncle in 1971. In this book, the photographs from Sébastien?s time in Iran are layered on top of his late uncle?s diary as a conversation between the two journeys. The book follows Sébastien?s search through both the contemporary and ancient landscapes of Iran to locate an elusive, dreamlike version of paradise.