2013, ISBN: 9781553800293

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London: Portrait Books. Hardcover. First Edition. George Michael. The Biography. Very slight foxing to edge. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. Reading marks to back D/J. George Michael is… Altro …

London: Portrait Books. Hardcover. First Edition. George Michael. The Biography. Very slight foxing to edge. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. Reading marks to back D/J. George Michael is an enigma. He is one of the most open and vocal pop superstars on the planet, yet he is also fiercely protective of his privacy. The author's new biography of George Michael tackles the issues that plague the superstar today, while affirming his place as a cultural icon. Also, for the first time, it analyses Michael's musical output and groundbreaking videos, including his recent triumphant tour, the first in 15 years, when Michael returned from the music wilderness. Illustrated. 234 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2007., Portrait Books, 2007, 3, Paperback / softback. New. In an unnamed town in the Ecuadorian Andes, a small wooden icon - La Virgen Pipona (the Potbellied Virgin) - conceals the documents that define the town's social history. That history has been dominated by the women of the Benavides family, a conservative clan. This novel presents a portrait of Ecuadorian life in the twentieth century., 6, London England: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2003. Hardback. First Edition. Jesse James. This first serious biography of Jesse James in forty years is a meticulously researched and stylishly written reconsideration of an American icon. Stripped of the familiar myths surrounding him, Jesse James emerges as a far more signifciant figure: a ruthless, purposeful and intensely political man who used crimes and notoriety to promote the Confederate cause during the bitter decade that folowed the South's surrender at Appomattox. The author paints a strikingly new and vivid portrait of the period before the Civil War, during the conflict and its aftermath, both nationally and, more specifically, in the divided border state of James's Missouri. There the great issues of the day expressed themselves in battles between those who aligned themselves with North or South. Jesse and his older brother Frank, sons of a pro-slavery preacher who died in the California Gold Rush and a ferocious Southern mother, served with some of the most savage Confederate Guerrillas. Illustrated.510 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback., Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2003, 4, ISBN: 9780691157306Princeton University Press l 31 May 2013Hardback | 248 pagesIn the Louvre museum hangs a portrait that is considered the iconic image of Rene Descartes, the great seventeenth-century French philosopher. And the painter of the work? The Dutch master Frans Hals--or so it was long believed, until the work was downgraded to a copy of an original. But where is the authentic version, and who painted it? Is the man in the painting--and in its original--really Descartes? A unique combination of philosophy, biography, and art history, The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter investigates the remarkable individuals and circumstances behind a small portrait. Through this image--and the intersecting lives of a brilliant philosopher, a Catholic priest, and a gifted painter--Steven Nadler opens a fascinating portal into Descartes's life and times, skillfully presenting an accessible introduction to Descartes's philosophical and scientific ideas, and an illuminating tour of the volatile political and religious environment of the Dutch Golden Age. As Nadler shows, Descartes's innovative ideas about the world, about human nature and knowledge, and about philosophy itself, stirred great controversy.Philosophical and theological critics vigorously opposed his views, and civil and ecclesiastic authorities condemned his writings. Nevertheless, Descartes's thought came to dominate the philosophical world of the period, and can rightly be called the philosophy of the seventeenth century. Shedding light on a well-known image, The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter offers an engaging exploration of a celebrated philosopher's world and work., 0, Tight, clean and unmarked-" Mandorla is a collection of poems about mothers and children, especially the mothering of challenging children, children with disabilities. In the first section of Holmes' new collection of poems, the Virgin Mary is the archetypal suffering mother who worries about the fate of her son. Through a poetic re-drawing of the hieratic poses of icons of the Virgin in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Holmes comes to recognize the fear and absolute love for a child who is fated to be different. The second section moves out of cultural myth into family history, the Ukrainian side of the poet's family, people who settled in north-eastern Alberta in the first years of the twentieth century. In the last section of the book, the author focuses on her own experience of motherhood, its pain, and comedy, its bewilderment, and bedazzlement, its crushing collisions with schools and social systems. Holmes creates a triptych that opens up some of the emotional and spiritual adventures of being a parent, that most heart-breaking yet enriching of human roles, past or present."Mandorla is a generous, high-spirited trilogy that overturns the narrative of silencing that its subject so often inspires. Holmes' portraits of women and mothers, both real and iconic, are flamboyant gestures of affection and difficulty." - Sharon Thesen., Ronsdale Press, 2005, 4<

2005, ISBN: 155380029X

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[EAN: 9781553800293], Near Fine, [PU: Ronsdale Press, Vancouver, BC.], POETRY POEMS CAN LIT CANADIANA LITERATURE MOTHERHOOD, 8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 112 pp. The poet's fourth collection of poe… Altro …

[EAN: 9781553800293], Near Fine, [PU: Ronsdale Press, Vancouver, BC.], POETRY POEMS CAN LIT CANADIANA LITERATURE MOTHERHOOD, 8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 112 pp. The poet's fourth collection of poems and this collection is about mothers and children seeking " . . . to understand the legacy of gifts and problems that, as parents, we both receive and pass on". The cover edges show the slightest hint of shelf wear, else fine., Books<