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17 produkter
Shadow Woman
The Extraordinary Career of Pauline Benton
E-bok, 2013
348 kr
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Kansas-born Pauline Benton (1898-1974) was encouraged by her father, one of America''s earliest feminist male educators, to reach for the stars. Instead, she reached for shadows. In 1920s Beijing, she discovered shadow theatre (piyingxi), a performance art where translucent painted puppets are …
Shadow Woman
The Extraordinary Career of Pauline Benton
E-bok, 2013
341 kr
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Kansas-born Pauline Benton (1898-1974) was encouraged by her father, one of America''s earliest feminist male educators, to reach for the stars. Instead, she reached for shadows. In 1920s Beijing, she discovered shadow theatre (piyingxi), a performance art where translucent painted puppets are …
Charlotte Greenwood
The Life and Career of the Comic Star of Vaudeville, Radio and Film
Häftad, 2007
506 kr
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Charlotte Greenwood never intended to become a comedienne, but she was unfashionably tall at 5' 10" and her early aspirations to become a great dramatic actress eventually led her to the field of comedy. Greenwood, whose early life had taught her nothing if not how to be optimistic, stifled her …
Lillian Carter
A Compassionate Life
Häftad, 2014
384 kr
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Written with the cooperation of President Jimmy Carter and his family, this book provides an intimate glimpse inside the life of the woman who--as nurse, mother and social justice activist in segregated southwest Georgia--made a lifelong habit of breaking the rules defining a woman's place in and …
Mrs. Ziegfeld
The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke
Häftad, 2016
396 kr
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Broadway actress Billie Burke was one of the most sought after young stage beauties of her time, stealing the hearts of Enrico Caruso, Mark Twain, and, most importantly, famed Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld, who became her husband. Following Ziegfeld's death, the threats of financial ruin and …
Staging Emily Dickinson
The History and Enduring Influence of William Luce's The Belle of Amherst
Häftad, 2023
602 kr
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With a writer who had never written a play, an actress who had never taken the stage alone, and a director who had never headed a live performance, The Belle of Amherst managed to become an American theater classic. Despite being savaged by critics attending its opening night in April 1976, the …
From Stray Dog to World War I Hero
The Paris Terrier Who Joined the First Division
Inbunden, 2015
367 kr
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On the streets of Paris one day in July 1918, an American doughboy, Sgt. Jimmy Donovan, befriended a stray dog that he named Rags. No longer an unwanted street mutt, Rags became the mascot to the entire First Division of the American Expeditionary Force and a friend to the American troops who had …
Dorothy Brooke and the Fight to Save Cairo's Lost War Horses
Inbunden, 2017
462 kr
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Born in June 1883 to an aristocratic Scottish family, Dorothy Gibson-Craig was brought up with dogs and horses. In 1926 she married Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Brooke, recipient of the Distinguished Service Order in World War I and a writer on equine culture. She followed her new husband to Cairo, where she …
From Stray Dog to World War I Hero
The Paris Terrier Who Joined the First Division
E-bok, 2015
322 kr
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On the streets of Paris one day in July 1918, an American doughboy, Sgt. Jimmy Donovan, befriended a stray dog that he named Rags. No longer an unwanted street mutt, Rags became the mascot to the entire First Division of the American Expeditionary Force and a friend to the American troops who had …
From Stray Dog to World War I Hero
The Paris Terrier Who Joined the First Division
E-bok, 2015
322 kr
Lägg i varukorg
On the streets of Paris one day in July 1918, an American doughboy, Sgt. Jimmy Donovan, befriended a stray dog that he named Rags. No longer an unwanted street mutt, Rags became the mascot to the entire First Division of the American Expeditionary Force and a friend to the American troops who had …
Freddie
The Rescue Dog Who Rescued Me
Häftad, 2023
230 kr
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Rescued from a puppy mill in 2010, Freddie was a bright light in lives of his human companions and the ultimate muse for biographer Grant Hayter-Menzies to explore the human-animal bond in his books. As Grant helped Freddie overcome the fears and traumas of his early years, Freddie in turn helped …
Empress and Mrs. Conger – The Uncommon Friendship of Two Women and Two Worlds
Inbunden, 2011
625 kr
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In winter 1902, in the ruins of post-Boxer Uprising Beijing, two women from two different worlds joined hands in friendship-the former concubine and legendary tyrant Empress Dowager Cixi, and the Midwest-born, devoutly Christian diplomat's wife Sarah Pike Conger. Together, they made history.
Shadow Woman
The Extraordinary Career of Pauline Benton
Inbunden, 2013
423 kr
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Kansas-born Pauline Benton (1898-1974) was encouraged by her father, one of America's earliest feminist male educators, to reach for the stars. Instead, she reached for shadows. In 1920s Beijing, she discovered shadow theatre (piyingxi), a performance art where translucent painted puppets are …
Lost War Horses of Cairo
The Passion of Dorothy Brooke
Häftad, 2018
172 kr
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In 1930 wealthy Scottish socialite Dorothy Brooke followed her new husband to Cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former British war horses leading lives of toil and misery.Brought to the Middle East by British forces during the Great War, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind …
Imperial Masquerade – The Legend of Princess Der Ling
Inbunden, 2008
581 kr
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The extraordinary life of the Manchu author, feminist and figure of controversy, who yearned to expose the true humanity of the elderly empress dowager feared and hated by the rest of the world, but never quite shared the truth of herself.
