The Comstocks of Cornell—The Definitive Autobiography: The Definitive Autobiography, Anna Botsford Comstock
Автор: Christie Agatha Название: An Autobiography ISBN: 0062204572 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062204578 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 2298.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Back in print in an all-new edition, is the engaging and illuminating chronicle of the life of the Queen of Mystery.Fans of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple and readers of John Currans fascinating biographies Agatha Christies Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making will be spellbound by the compelling, authoritative account of one of the worlds most influential and fascinating novelists, told in her own words and inimitable style. The New York Times Book Review calls Christies autobiography a joyful adventure, saying, she brings the sense of wonder...to her extraordinary career.
Автор: Ellis Cashmore Название: Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption ISBN: 1628920696 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781628920697 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 2993.00 р. 4275.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: The first volume to examine the iconic Elizabeth Taylor in this light, Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption paints Taylor as the seminal representation of “celebrity.” A figure of enormous charisma and cultural sway, she intrigued a global audience with her marriages and extra-marital improprieties, as well as her extravagant jewelry, her never-ending illnesses, her dependency on alcohol, and her perplexing friendship with Michael Jackson. Despite her continued world-renown, however, most people would be hard-pressed to name even three of her films, though she made over seventy. Ellis Cashmore traces our modern, hyperactive celebrity culture back to a single instant in Taylor’s life: the publicizing of her scandalous affair with Richard Burton by photographer Marcelo Geppetti in 1962, which announced the arrival of a new generation of predatory photojournalists and, along with them, a strange conflation between the public and private lives of celebrities. Taylor’s life and public reception, Cashmore reveals, epitomizes the modern phenomenon of “celebrity.”
Автор: Snicket Lemony Название: Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography ISBN: 0060562250 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780060562250 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 835.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Автор: Coffman, Tom, Название: Tadaima! I am home : ISBN: 0824877276 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824877279 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 1579.00 р. 2256.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: Unearths the five-generation history of a family that migrated from Hiroshima to Honolulu but never settled. In the telling, the common Japanese greeting ""tadaima!"" takes on a perplexing meaning. What is home? Where most immigrants either establish roots in a new place or return to their place of origin, the Miwa family became transnational.
Автор: Anna Botsford Comstock Название: The Comstocks of Cornell—The Definitive Autobiography ISBN: 1501716271 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501716270 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5010.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The Comstocks of Cornell is the autobiography written by the naturalist educator Anna Botsford Comstock about her life and that of her husband, the entomologist John Henry Comstock--both prominent figures in the scientific community and in Cornell University history.
A first edition was published in 1953, but it omitted key Cornellians, historical anecdotes, and personal insights. In this twenty-first-century edition, Karen Penders St. Clair restores the author's voice by reconstructing the entire manuscript as Anna Comstock wrote it--and thereby preserves Comstock's memories of the personal and professional lives of the couple as she originally intended. The book includes an epilogue documenting the Comstocks' last years and fills in gaps from the 1953 edition. Described as serious legacy work, this book is an essential part of the history of both Cornell University and its press.
--Carol Kammen, Tompkins County Historian "Cornell Alumni Magazine"
The Comstocks of Cornell is the autobiography written by naturalist educator Anna Botsford Comstock about her life and her husband's, entomologist John Henry Comstock--both prominent figures in the scientific community and in Cornell University history.
A first edition was published in 1953, but it omitted key Cornellians, historical anecdotes, and personal insights. Karen Penders St. Clair's twenty-first century edition returns Mrs. Comstock's voice to her book by rekeying her entire manuscript as she wrote it, and preserving the memories of the personal and professional lives of the Comstocks that she had originally intended to share. The book includes a complete epilogue of the Comstocks' last years and fills in gaps from the 1953 edition. Described as serious legacy work, the book is an essential part of Cornell University history and an important piece of Cornell University Press history.
Описание: The first and authoritative story of the rise of interior design from an intimate trade industry to celebrity decorators of today, as seen through the eyes of Architectural Digest and intimately told by Paige Rense--the magazine's iconic former editor-in-chief for over four decades.
Respected as the international authority on architecture and design, Architectural Digest magazine gives readers an exclusive look into the most spectacular properties and private homes of celebrities and cultural figures, highlighting the work of the world's top architects, designers, and interior decorators. This volume celebrates the evolution of the revered magazine as told through the voice of its legendary editor for four decades, Paige Rense. An epic visual history of the magazine's meteoric rise penned by Rense, this volume documents exclusively and intimately the renowned magazine's history and cultural significance, and celebration of the ever evolving homes and lifestyles.
This volume is full of candid recollections, commentary, archival covers, and interior shots of the magazine and also features the work of the world's top architects and interior designers such as Mario Buatta, Philip Johnson, Tony Duquette, and Sally Sirkin Lewis, as well as the homes of celebrities like Truman Capote, Sonny & Cher, Elton John, Diane Keaton and Ralph Lauren. Each chapter, written in the first person--is followed by lavishly illustrated anecdotes from Rense's memories of past issues. As the editor who gave readers a glimpse into the most enviable homes around the world, Rense is uniquely qualified to tell the story of Architectural Digest, a tale that her nearly one million loyal fans and readers of the magazine will be eager to read.
Автор: Franklin, Benjamin Название: Autobiography and other writings ISBN: 0199554900 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199554904 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1582.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Benjamin Franklin`s writings represent a long career of literary, scientific, and political efforts over a lifetime which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century. Franklin`s achievements range from inventing the lightning rod to publishing Poor Richard`s Almanack to signing the Declaration of Independence. In his own lifetime he knew prominence not only in America but in Britain and France as well. This volume includes Franklin`s reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national characteristics, war, and the status of women. Nearly sixty years separate the earliest writings from the latest, an interval during which Franklin was continually balancing between the puritan values of his upbringing and the modern American world to which his career served as prologue. This edition provides a new text of the Autobiography, established with close reference to Franklin`s original manuscript. It also includes a new transcription of the 1726 journal, and several pieces which have recently been identified as Franklin`s own work.
Автор: John Louis DiGaetani Название: The Definitive Diva: The Life and Career of Maria Callas ISBN: 1476662630 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476662633 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 6376.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Maria Callas was, perhaps, the greatest opera singer of the 20th century. Hers was a life lived on the world stage. This biography of Callas tells her story from difficult beginnings as the daughter of Greek immigrants to New York City in 1923 to her performances at La Scala, Covent Garden, and the Metropolitan Opera.
Автор: Twain Mark Название: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1 ISBN: 0520267192 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520267190 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 5518.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "I`ve struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away - to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." This title tells his story.
Описание: The visionary quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, concern about the future of humanity, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier
Автор: Ford Henry Название: My Life and Work - An Autobiography of Henry Ford ISBN: 0979311985 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780979311987 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2068.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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