Автор: Holton, India Название: Wisteria Society Of Lady Scoun ISBN: 0593200160 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593200162 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1655.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A prim and proper lady thief must save her aunt from a crazed pirate and his dangerously charming henchman in this fantastical historical romance. Cecilia Bassingwaite is the ideal Victorian lady. She's also a thief. Like the other members of the Wisteria Society crime sorority, she flies around England drinking tea, blackmailing friends, and acquiring treasure by interesting means. Sure, she has a dark and traumatic past and an overbearing aunt, but all things considered, it's a pleasant existence. Until the men show up. Ned Lightbourne is a sometimes assassin who is smitten with Cecilia from the moment they meet. Unfortunately, that happens to be while he's under direct orders to kill her. His employer, Captain Morvath, who possesses a gothic abbey bristling with cannons and an unbridled hate for the world, intends to rid England of all its presumptuous women, starting with the Wisteria Society. Ned has plans of his own. But both men have made one grave mistake. Never underestimate a woman. When Morvath imperils the Wisteria Society, Cecilia is forced to team up with her handsome would-be assassin to save the women who raised her--hopefully proving, once and for all, that she's as much of a scoundrel as the rest of them.
Автор: Holton Lauren Название: Modern Embroidery Workshop ISBN: 1781577072 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781577073 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 2579.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Quench your creative thirst and feel recharged with The Modern Embroidery Workshop.
Описание: Charleston is one of the most intriguing of American cities, a unique combination of quaint streets, historic architecture, picturesque gardens, and age-old tradition, embroidered with a vivid cultural, literary, and social history. It is a city of contrasts and controversy as well. To trace a documentary history of Charleston from the postbellum era into the twentieth century is to encounter an ever-shifting but consistently alluring landscape. In this collection, ranging from 1865 to 1947, correspondents, travelers, tourists, and other visitors describe all aspects of the city as they encounter it.Sojourns in Charleston begins after the Civil War, when northern journalists flocked south to report on the ""city of desolation"" and ruin, continues through Reconstruction, and then moves into the era when national magazine writers began to promote the region as a paradise. From there twentieth-century accounts document a wide range of topics, from the living conditions of African Americans to the creation of cultural institutions that supported preservation and tourism. The most recognizable of the writers include author Owen Wister, novelist William Dean Howells, artist Norman Rockwell, Boston poet Amy Lowell, novelist and Zionist leader Ludwig Lewisohn, poet May Sarton, British author Somerset Maugham, and French philosopher and writer Simone de Beauvoir. Their varied viewpoints help weave a beautiful tapestry of narratives that reveal the fascinating and evocative history that made this great city what it is today.
Автор: Holton, Kimberly Dacosta Название: Performing folklore ISBN: 0253218314 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253218315 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 3945.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Through the lens of expressive culture, Performing Folklore tracks Portugal's transition from fascism to democracy, and from imperial metropole to EEC member state. Kimberly DaCosta Holton examines the evolution and significance of ranchos folcl?ricos, groups of amateur musicians and dancers who perform turn-of-the-century popular tradition and have acted as cultural barometers of change throughout 20th-century Portugal. She investigates the role that these folklore groups played in the mid-twentieth-century dictatorship, how they fell out of official favor with the advent of democracy, and why they remain so popular in Portugal's post-authoritarian state, especially in emigrant and diasporic communities. Holton looks at music, dance, costume, repertoire, venue, and social interplay in both local and global contexts. She considers the importance of revivalist folklore in the construction and preservation of national identity in the face of globalization. This book embraces "invented tradition" as process rather than event, presenting an ethnography not only of folkloric revivalism but also of sweeping cultural transformation, promoted alternately by authoritarianism, democracy, emigration, and European unification.
As women, we are constantly evolving. Changing attitudes toward our gender have accommodated many, but not all. Still, we are told, it is progress. Women can now enter career paths never before considered. They can choose not to marry, not to have children, or become a single parent. Women can marry someone of the same sex, younger or older, regardless of race, ethnicity or religion. The lines, for the most part, between sexism, ageism, and racism have blurred, though they are still visible.
So, if as we were told years ago in the 1968 Virginia Slims cigarette commercial, "We've come a long way baby," just where do we stand now?
In We Dwell in Possibilities: What American Women Think about Practically Everything , Carlotta G. Holton strives to answer this question through the intensive study she conducted over years of research, interviews, and analysis.
So, what do American women think about practically everything? Read on to find out
About the Author
Carlotta G. Holton is an award-winning journalist, editor, author, educator, and public speaker whose writing and editing talent has been featured in newspapers, such as The New York Times, the Record, and the Star Ledger, as well as in magazines, and on radio in the USA, the UK, and Canada. The recipient of nearly 100 writing awards, she has been an adjunct in the Journalism and English departments at two New Jersey colleges and presently directs "The Write Stuff" writing group at the Chester, New Jersey, Public Library. She has also worked as a historical interpreter at Waterloo Village, a restored 19th century canal town in Stanhope, New Jersey.
Holton is also the award-winning author of Getting Out of Limbo and five novels in the historical horror genre. Her books have won such honors as The National Best Books 2009 Award sponsored by USA Book News; Best Horror Anthology of 2008 by the New England Book Festival; third place Best Fiction Book of 2008 by the National Federation of Press Women; and Best Horror Book of 2007 by Booksandauthors.net.
The former Executive Director of the New Jersey Press Women's Association, Holton is an avid swimmer and traveler, belongs to two book clubs, and enjoys walking her two dogs, Sherlock and Katie.
Автор: Holton Bob F., Loveless Carleen Название: Bridgewater ISBN: 1531657869 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781531657864 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4413.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Holton Julia Название: From a Distant Shore ISBN: 1724752219 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781724752215 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1724.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Julia Holton writes poems that transcend the quotidian experience, and yet capture the essence of what it means to navigate adolescence in this complicated world.
Автор: Kriss Jane Holton Название: Next Stop Sausalito ISBN: 1684185262 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781684185269 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4405.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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