These six plays span nearly twenty years of theatre and display the range of Lillian Hellman's dramatic gifts. The Children's Hour (1934), her first play, was considered shocking at the time; it concerns the devastating effects of a child's malicious charge of lesbianism against two of her teachers.[...]
Through the 1950s and the early 1960s, fashion photographer Lillian Bassman worked with fashion magazines and Madison Avenue Advertising agencies to create a potent vision of women's lingerie: brassieres and bodices; corsets and girdles; camisoles and chemises; nightgowns and pajamas. Using the era'[...]
The world's bestselling feng shui guru reveals 198 essential tips to transform every area of your life. Find what you need instantly in one of four sections: Transform Your Living Space; Activate Your Rooms; Transform Your Thought Energy; and Special Techniques for Success. First, clear the clutter [...]
Caustic, brilliant, uncompromising, accomplished, Lillian Hellman, one writer noted, can take the tops off bottles with her teeth. Her career as a playwright began in 1938 with The Children's Hour, the first of seven plays that would bring her international attention and praise. Thirty years later, [...]
English Pronunciation Made Simple sets intermediate to advanced students on the road to clear, accurate pronunciation. Illustrations and a variety of activities make the book ideal for use in any course. English Pronunciation Made Simple includes separate sections on vowels; consonants; and stress, [...]
An easy-to-follow guide to creating a backyard landscape to attract birds offers tips on selecting plants, the use of water features, birdhouses, bird feeding stations, garden maintenance, and bird watching and identification skills. Original. 25,000 first printing.[...]
22 different napkin folds in the shape of a heart, clown's hat, love knot, etc.
Barns møte med psykisk lidelse er en bok skrevet for alle som skal jobbe med barn som har pårørende med psykisk lidelse. Den egner seg for videreutdanninger innen psykisk helse, barnevernspedagogutdanningen, helsesøsterutdanningene og for lærere som har elever med psykisk syke pårørende. Denn[...]
Irreverent in approach, these guides include tips and advice from leading authorites, aiming to help with life's big decisions and challenges, as well as hobbies and sports. This work offers advice on how to win verbal encounters.[...]
Some fifty years ago as a cub reporter, Barbree caught space fever the night that Sputnik passed over Albany, Georgia. On a double date where the couples actually did some star gazing, Barbree recognized that exploring space would become one of the most important stories of the century. Convinced th[...]
The closest you can get to seeing the USMLE Step 2 CK without actually taking it Surgery: PreTest Self-Assessment & Review is the perfect way to assess your knowledge of surgery for the USMLE Step 2 CK and shelf exams. You'll find 500 USMLE-style questions and answers that address the clerkship's co[...]
From The Case of the Stolen Diamonds to The Case of the Stolen Money, here are fifteen of Encyclopedia Brown's best mysteries, carefully selected from the entire series. Included is a never-before-published article written by Don Sobol about his reasons behind writing the Encyclopedia Brown series.[...]
An anthology of original readings, this title uses selections from primary sources to track the history of thinking. It is intended for graduate or undergraduate courses that cover the history of rhetorical theory by using primary sources to track the history of thinking about human symbolic influen[...]
As Lillian Faderman writes, there are "no constants with regard to lesbianism," except that lesbians prefer women. In this groundbreaking book, she reclaims the history of lesbian life in twentieth-century America, tracing the evolution of lesbian identity and subcultures from early networks to more[...]
Just before the outbreak of World War II, young Witold Gombrowicz left his home in Poland and set sail for South America. In 1953, still living as an expatriate in Argentina, he began his "Diary" with one of literature's most memorable openings: Monday - Me; Tuesday - Me; Wednesday - Me; and, Thursd[...]
Grand Scale brings to light rare surviving examples of mural-size prints--a Renaissance art form nearly lost from historical record. The most famous 16th-century woodcuts, engravings, and etchings were those done on an intimate scale. Yet artists also worked in another entire category of print produ[...]
The fiftieth-anniversary edition of the classic account of Hollywood's inner workings--voted one of the century's top 100 journalistic works and called by Hemingway "much better than most novels". In the spring of 1950, when New Yorker staff writer Lillian Ross heard that John Huston was planning to[...]
Some people really can make you sick!
Is there anyone in your life-a relative, boss, friend, even a lover or spouse-who drives you crazy? Are there people who make you feel inadequate, unworthy, or just plain miserable? If there's someone who is not supportive and does not wish you well, then yo[...]
The culmination of many years of research, observation, and study, the new STOKES FIELD GUIDE includes more species, more photographs, and more useful identification information than any other photographic field guide. The guide features 853 North American bird species and more than 3,400 stunning c[...]
The culmination of many years of research, observation, and study, the THE NEW STOKES FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS: Western Region is factually, visually, and organizationally superior to any other photographic field guide available. This easy-to-use guide features 636 North American bird species and more t[...]
The culmination of many years of research, observation, and study, the THE NEW STOKES FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS: Eastern Region is factually, visually, and organizationally superior to any other photographic field guide available. This easy-to-use guide features 545 North American bird species and more t[...]