Автор: Brands Henry W. Название: The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr ISBN: 0307743268 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780307743268 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1474 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание:
Though he was a hero of the Revolutionary War, a prominent New York politician, and vice president of the United States, Aaron Burr is today best remembered as the villain who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
But as H. W. Brands demonstrates in this fascinating portrait of one of the most compelling politicians in American history, Burr was also a man before his time--a proponent of equality between the sexes well over a century before women were able to vote in the US. Through Burr's extensive, witty correspondence with his daughter Theodosia, Brands traces the arc of a scandalous political career and the early years of American politics. "The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr" not only dramatizes through their words his eventful life, it also tells a touching story of a father's love for his exceptional daughter, which endured through public shame, bankruptcy, and exile, and outlasted even Theodosia's tragic disappearance at sea. A Paperback Original
Автор: Burr, Trish Название: African cross stitch collection ISBN: 1863513310 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781863513319 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2716 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: A culmination of many years of work and research on African life and its fascinating customs, these works show the wonderful abundance of scenic, plant, bird and wildlife in the African environment. These projects progress from quick and easy designs to more challenging projects for the advanced stitcher.
Автор: Smith David Whitten, Burr Elizabeth Geraldine Название: Understanding World Religions: A Road Map for Justice and Peace ISBN: 1442226439 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442226432 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 8765 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This book introduces students to major worldviews through the lens of justice and peace. The second edition features a broader framework and includes updates on non-religious ethical norms, Islamophobia, colonial evangelization, religion in China, and an updated examination of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Автор: Burr, Elizabeth Название: Understanding world religions ISBN: 0742550559 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780742550551 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 6208 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: Road map for justice and Peace. B
Автор: Burr Ty Название: Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame ISBN: 0307377660 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780307377661 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 2675 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: WITH 8 PAGES OF BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS Ty Burr, film critic for "The Boston Globe," gives us a history of stardom, from the dawn of cinema to the age of the Internet, with stops along the way to discuss the talkies, Brando, The Beatles, lonelygirl15, and much, much more. How--and why--do we focus on those individuals we come to call stars? How does stardom both reflect and mask the person behind it? How have the image of stardom and our stars' images changed over the past hundred years? What does celebrity mean if people can become famous simply for being famous? Ty Burr answers these questions in this lively, wonderfully anecdotal history of stardom--both its blessings and its curses, for the star and the stargazer alike. From Florence Lawrence, Mary Pickford, and Charlie Chaplin, to Archie Leach (a.k.a. Cary Grant), Ruby Stevens (a.k.a. Barbara Stanwyck), and Marion Morrison (a.k.a. John Wayne), to John Belushi, Tom Cruise, and Julia Roberts, to such no-cal stars of today as the Kardashians and the new online celebrity (i.e., you and me), Burr takes us on a brilliantly insightful and entertaining journey through the modern fame game at its flashiest, its most indulgent, occasionally its most tragic and, ultimately, its most culturally revealing.
Автор: Burr Ty Название: Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame ISBN: 0307390845 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780307390844 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1659 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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With 8 Pages of Black-and-White Photographs
In this captivating history of stardom, Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr traces our obsession with fame from the dawn of cinema through the age of the Internet. Why do we obsess over the individuals we come to call stars? How has both the image of stardom and our stars' images changed over the past hundred years? What does celebrity mean if people can now become famous simply for being famous? With brilliant insight and entertaining examples, Burr reveals the blessings and the curses of celebrity for the star and the stargazer alike. From Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin, to Archie Leach (a.k.a. Cary Grant), Tom Cruise, and Julia Roberts, to such no-cal stars of today as the Kardashians and the new online celebrity, Gods Like Us is a journey through the fame game at its flashiest, most indulgent, occasionally most tragic, and ultimately it's most culturally revealing.
Описание: No journalist has ever been allowed into the ultrasecretive, highly pressured process of originating a perfume. But Chandler Burr, the New York Times perfume critic, spent a year behind the scenes observing the creation of two major fragrances. Now, writing with wit and elegance, he juxtaposes the stories of the perfumes--one created by a Frenchman in Paris for an exclusive luxury-goods house, the other made in New York by actress Sarah Jessica Parker and Coty, Inc., a giant international corporation. We follow Coty's mating of star power to the marketing of perfume, watching Sex and the City's Parker heading a hugely expensive campaign to launch a scent into the overcrowded celebrity market. Will she match the success of Jennifer Lopez? Does she have the international fan base to drive worldwide sales? In Paris at the elegant Hermes, we see Jean Claude Ellena, his company's new head perfumer, given a challenge: he must create a scent to resuscitate Hermes's perfume business and challenge le monster of the industry, bestselling Chanel No. 5. Will his pilgrimage to a garden on the Nile supply the inspiration he needs? The answer lies in Burr's informative and mesmerizing portrait of some of the extraordinary personalities who envision, design, create, and launch the perfumes that drive their billion-dollar industry.
Автор: Burr Chandler Название: You or Someone Like You ISBN: 0061715670 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780061715679 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 1451 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: “The highbrow humanist name-dropping book of the summer” (NEW YORK magazine) is a “must-read for any book group” (NPR’s FRESH AIR).
Автор: Gerrard, David Burr Название: Epiphany Machine, The ISBN: 039957543X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780399575433 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2495 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: *Best New Science Fiction for Summer by The Washington Post *A Most-Anticipated book of 2017 by The Millions Everyone else knows the truth about you, now you can know it, too. That's the slogan. The product: a junky contraption that tattoos personalized revelations on its users' forearms. It's an old con, playing on the fear that we are obvious to everybody except ourselves. This particular ad has been circulating New York since the 1960s and it works. But, oddly enough, so might the device... A small stream of city dwellers buy into this cult of the epiphany machine, including Venter Lowood's parents. This stigma follows them when they move upstate, where Venter can't avoid the whispers of teachers and neighbors any more than he can ignore the machine's accurate predictions: his mother's abandonment and his father's disinterest. So when Venter's grandmother finally asks him to confront the epiphany machine and inoculate himself against his family's mistakes, he's only too happy to oblige. Like his parents before him, Venter is quick to fall under the spell of the device's sweat-stained, profane, and surprisingly charming operator, Adam Lyons. But unlike them, Venter gets close enough to Adam to learn a dark secret. There's an undeniable pattern between specific epiphanies and violent crimes. And Adam won't jeopardize the privacy of his customers by alerting the police. It may be a hoax, but that doesn't mean what Adam is selling isn't also spot-on. And in this sprawling, snarling tragicomedy about accountability in contemporary America, the greater danger is that Adam Lyon's apparatus may just be right about us all. This is "can't-miss pop culture."(Vox)
Автор: Burr, Lawrence Название: British Battlecruisers 1914–18 ISBN: 1846030080 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846030086 Издательство: Osprey Рейтинг: Цена: 1232 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Early British battlecruisers were not a "failed design" as is so often claimed, but a successful and revolutionary one that was critical to Britain winning the naval war of 1914-18. This book contains information on these ships, and shows why Admiral Fisher`s famous battlecruiser concept was a revolution.
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