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Beijing Opera Costumes

The Visual Communication of Character and Culture

By: Alexandra B Bonds

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Beijing Opera Costumes

The Visual Communication of Character and Culture

By: Alexandra B Bonds

Beijing Opera Costumes: The Visual Communication of Character and Culture illuminates the links between theatrical attire and social customs and aesthetics of China, covering both the theory and practice of stage dress. Distinguishing attributes include an introduction to the performance style, the delineation of the costume conventions, an analysis of the costumes through their historical precedents and theatrical modifications, and the use of garment shape, color, and embroidery for symbolic effect. Practical information covers dressing the performers and a costume plot, the design and creation of the make-up and hairstyles, and pattern drafts of the major garments. Photographs from live performances, as well as details of embroidery, and close-up photographs of the headdresses thoroughly portray the stunning beauty of this incomparable performance style. Presenting the brilliant colors of the elaborately embroidered silk costumes together with the intricate makeup and glittering headdresses, this volume embodies the elegance of the Beijing opera.

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Routledge

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1351380451

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Snitching

Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice, Second Edition

By: Alexandra Natapoff

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Snitching

Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice, Second Edition

By: Alexandra Natapoff

Reveals the secretive, inaccurate, and often violent ways that the American criminal system really works Curtis Flowers spent twenty-three years on death row for a murder he did not commit. Atlanta police killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during a misguided raid on her home. Rachel Hoffman was murdered at age twenty-three while working for Florida police. Such tragedies are consequences of snitching. Although it is nearly invisible to the public, the massive informant market shapes the American legal system in risky and sometimes shocking ways. Police rely on criminal suspects to obtain warrants, to perform surveillance, and to justify arrests. Prosecutors negotiate with defendants for information and cooperation, offering to drop charges or lighten sentences in exchange. In this book, Alexandra Natapoff provides a comprehensive analysis of this powerful and problematic practice. She shows how informant deals generate unreliable evidence, allow serious criminals to escape punishment, endanger the innocent, and exacerbate distrust between police and poor communities of color. First published over ten years ago, Snitching has become known as the “informant bible,” a leading text for advocates, attorneys, journalists, and scholars. This influential book has helped free the innocent, it has fueled reform at the state and federal level, and it is frequently featured in high-profile media coverage of snitching debacles. This updated edition contains a decade worth of new stories, new data, new legislation and legal developments, much of it generated by the book itself and by Natapoff’s own work. In clear, accessible language, the book exposes the social destruction that snitching can cause in heavily-policed Black neighborhoods, and how using criminal informants renders our entire penal process more secretive and less fair. By delving into the secretive world of criminal informants, Snitching reveals deep and often disturbing truths about the way American justice really works.

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NYU Press

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1479807710

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All That Is Dear to My Heart

The Collected Poems of Alexandra Doren, Translated from the Russian by Lucas Stratton

By: Alexandra Doren

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All That Is Dear to My Heart

The Collected Poems of Alexandra Doren, Translated from the Russian by Lucas Stratton

By: Alexandra Doren

The collected poems of Alexandra Doren, translated from the Russian by Lucas Stratton.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1483646203

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9781483646206

The Embroidered Closet

Modern Hand-stitching for Upgrading and Upcycling Your Wardrobe

By: Alexandra Stratkotter

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The Embroidered Closet

Modern Hand-stitching for Upgrading and Upcycling Your Wardrobe

By: Alexandra Stratkotter

Sustainability meets DIY in this instructive guide to garment embroidery from designer and fiber artist Alexandra Stratkotter Combining comprehensive instruction with photography and illustrations, The Embroidered Closet guides novice and experienced stitchers through the process of adorning and upcycling garments. Now more than ever, we are all pitching in to help the planet: This book offers a fun and satisfying avenue to do just that by refreshing the wardrobe you have and making your clothes seem new again. The Embroidered Closet presents the inexpensive craft of embroidery and uses it to show readers just how fun embellishing your own clothing can be. Expect to learn not just about tools, techniques, stitches, and project designs, but also how to pick fabrics that work best for you and your wardrobe, how to source and thrift your clothing, and how to mend and prevent wear and tear. Stratkotter will inspire you to expand your options and test out your own embroidered creations. Whether you’re interested in personalizing your clothing, upgrading wardrobe staples, or seeking to enhance your skill set, Stratkotter’s stylish and classic designs offer something for everyone.

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Abrams

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164700540X

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Cindy in the City

A Chic Retelling of Cinderella

By: Alexandra Gierak

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Cindy in the City

A Chic Retelling of Cinderella

By: Alexandra Gierak

What does it take to make it in Manhattan? Cynthia Scott will do almost anything for a chance to work in New York City’s fashion industry, even if that means becoming the live-in maid to three spoiled roommates just to make ends meet. While struggling to make an impression on Fashion Avenue and scrubbing her way to the stiletto-clad lifestyle she desires, Cynthia catches the eye of handsome Evan Hewitt II, prompting roommate rivalry, hilarious high jinks and a happily ever after that can only be the work of a very chic fairy godmother.

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1453520325

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Enriching Arts Education through Aesthetics

Experiential Arts Integration Activities for Pre-School and Early Primary Education

By: Marina Sotiropoulou-Zormpala,Alexandra Mouriki

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Enriching Arts Education through Aesthetics

Experiential Arts Integration Activities for Pre-School and Early Primary Education

By: Marina Sotiropoulou-Zormpala,Alexandra Mouriki

Enriching Arts Education through Aesthetics examines the use of aesthetic theory as the foundation to design and implement arts activities suitable for integration in school curricula in pre-school and primary school education. This book suggests teaching practices based on the connection between aesthetics and arts education and shows that this kind of integration promotes enriched learning experiences. The book explores how the core ideas of four main aesthetic approaches – the representationalist, the expressionist, the formalist, and the postmodernist – translate into respective ways of designing and implementing experiential aesthetics-based activities. Containing relevant examples of interventions used in classes, it analyzes the ways in which the combination of different aesthetic approaches can support varied, multifaceted, multimodal and balanced teaching situations in school. This innovative book will appeal to academics, researchers, professionals and students in the fields of arts education, early childhood and primary education and curriculum studies.

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Routledge

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0429603053

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9780429603051

The Centre as Margin: Eccentric Perspectives on Art

By: Maria de Lurdes Craveiro,Carla Alexandra Gonçalves

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The Centre as Margin: Eccentric Perspectives on Art

By: Maria de Lurdes Craveiro,Carla Alexandra Gonçalves

The Centre as Margin. Eccentric Perspectives on Art' is a multi-authored volume of collected essays that answer the challenge of thinking Art History, and the Arts in a broader sense, from a liminal point of view. Its main goal is thus to discuss the margin from the centre - drawing on its concomitance within study themes and subjects, ontological and epistemological positions, or research methodologies themselves. Marginality, eccentricity, liminality, and superfluity are all part of a dynamic relationship between centre and margin(s) that will be approached and discussed, from the point of view of disciplines as different and as close as art history, philosophy, literature and design, from medieval to contemporary art. Resulting from recent research developed from the privileged viewpoint offered by the margin, this volume brings together the contributions of young researchers along with the work of career scholars. Likewise, it does not obey a traditional or a rigid diachronic structure, being rather organized in three major parts that organically articulate the different essays. Within each of these parts in which the book is divided, papers are sometimes organized according to their timeframes, providing the reader with an encompassing (though not encyclopedic) overview of the common ground over which the various artistic disciplines build their methodological, theoretical, and thematic centers and margins. The intended eccentricity of this volume – and the original essays herein presented – should provide researchers, scholars, students, artists, curators, and the general reader interested in art with a refreshing approach to its various scientific strands.

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Vernon Press

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1622735919

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Anti-fertility Plants of the Pacific

By: R. C. Cambie,Alexandra Brewis

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Anti-fertility Plants of the Pacific

By: R. C. Cambie,Alexandra Brewis

Documents information on plants used traditionally for anti-fertility and fertility purposes in the Pacific.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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0643059865

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9780643059863

The Cosmic Zoo

Stories for Children

By: Alexandra R. Kapur-Fic

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The Cosmic Zoo

Stories for Children

By: Alexandra R. Kapur-Fic

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Abhinav Publications

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8170174031

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Country Living the Perfect Kitchen

By: Alexandra Parsons

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Country Living the Perfect Kitchen

By: Alexandra Parsons

All the information on planning is wonderfully organized, with details on work sequence, ventilation, countertops, cabinets, walls, floor, appliances, food storage, and more.

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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1588165078

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9781588165077

My Favorite Marquess

By: Alexandra Bassett

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My Favorite Marquess

By: Alexandra Bassett

Ma'am, Let me assure you that I will not be manipulated by any feminine wiles into offering you another penny for such a dilapidated piece of property.--Sebastian Cavanaugh After conventional means fail, Sebastian, Marquess of St. Just, takes reckless measures to secure that crumbling monstrosity known as Trembledown--a haven for local smugglers and moonlighting spies. He plans to scare, not seduce, its owner, but when a midnight encounter leaves them soaked, stranded, and possessing just one blanket for warmth, Sebastian, a.k.a. Robert the Brute, discovers that the widow Violet Treacher is not only willful and unafraid, she is maddeningly desirable. . . My Lord, Enclosed find your unsigned contract. Pray do consider your offer as being rejected.--Mrs. Percival Treacher Though the wilds of Cornwall hold no allure, Violet won't give the arrogant Marquess the satisfaction of a sale, so here she shivers, in a wreck of a house, with lips still burning from the passion of a masked smuggler. She knows he's near--for her own bit of real estate is quite the magnet for secrets, danger, even treachery. But how will she recognize the gentleman by day. . .with only the memory of his kiss in the dark?

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Zebra Books

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1420129236

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What the Jaguar Told Her

By: Alexandra V. Méndez

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What the Jaguar Told Her

By: Alexandra V. Méndez

Jade is starting eighth grade in a new city—Atlanta. She just wants to go back to Chicago, where her friends are. Where her Abuela lives. But Jade does like walking to her new school on the trail that winds through the woods behind her house, where lush flowers bloom and soft leaves rustle beneath her feet. In the forest, Jade feels protected. Sometimes, it's as if it's listening to her. There, Jade meets Itztli, an elderly storyteller who exists between dreams and reality. In the golden afternoons when Itztli appears, he steps out of the forest as a lithe, agile jaguar. But when he speaks to Jade, he is a wise old man who makes intricate works of art and tells her ancestral stories of Mexico. At first, Itztli's stories feel far removed from Jade's life. But as her Abuela suddenly falls ill, two towers come crashing down in New York City, and Jade becomes someone or something she doesn't yet understand, Itztli's stories take on new meaning. Jade must learn to have patience and strength to become who she was always meant to be, as the stirrings of an ancient power awaken within her. What the Jaguar Told Her is a lyrical debut about growing up in the midst of change, and a magical cultural homecoming.

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Chronicle Books

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1646142365

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Unearthed

Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden

By: Alexandra Risen

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Unearthed

Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden

By: Alexandra Risen

“A generous, poignant memoir” of loss, family secrets, and a quest to shape something beautiful out of the chaos of nature (Kirkus Reviews). Just as Alex and her husband buy a house in Toronto, set atop an acre of wilderness that extends into a natural gorge in the middle of the city, she learns that her father, a Ukrainian-born immigrant, has died. Her new home’s gigantic, abandoned garden, choked with weeds and crumbling antique structures, resembles a wild jungle—and it stirs cherished memories of Alex’s childhood: When her home life became unbearable, she would escape to the forest. In her new home, Alex can feel the power of the majestic trees that nurtured her in her youth, but as she begins to beat back the bushes to unveil the garden’s mysteries, her mother has a stroke and develops dementia. When Alex discovers an envelope of yellowed documents while sorting through her father’s junk pile, offering clues to her parents’ mysterious past, she reluctantly musters the courage to uncover their secrets. While discovering the plants hidden in the garden—from primroses and maple syrup–producing sugar maples to her mother’s favorite, lily of the valley—she must come to terms with the circle of life around her, and find the courage to tend to her own family’s future. “The land is rife with unexpected delights: a huge, decaying pagoda, underground aquifers, a pond, koi, deer, and all manner of vegetation. . . . As she restores the property and heals her long-troubled soul, Risen paints a vivid and exquisite portrait of nature and its profound significance.” —Publishers Weekly

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HMH

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0544636473

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9780544636477

New Woman Fiction, 1881-1899, Part I Vol 1

By: Carolyn W de la L Oulton,Brenda Ayres,Karen Yuen,Alexandra Warwick

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New Woman Fiction, 1881-1899, Part I Vol 1

By: Carolyn W de la L Oulton,Brenda Ayres,Karen Yuen,Alexandra Warwick

Contains three early examples of the genre of New Woman writing, each portraying women in ways wholly different to those which had gone before. This title includes "Kith and Kin" (1881), "Miss Brown" and "The Wing of Azrael".

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Routledge

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1351221779

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9781351221771

The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide

How to Split Wood, Shuck an Oyster, and Master Other Simple Pleasures

By: Sebastian Kaufmann,Alexandra Redgrave

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The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide

How to Split Wood, Shuck an Oyster, and Master Other Simple Pleasures

By: Sebastian Kaufmann,Alexandra Redgrave

Modern living isn't easy. It often seems to require some know-how our parents didn't pass on, or a special tool. Happily, Kaufmann Mercantile has both, and in this comprehensive field guide, they share their expertise on a huge range of topics, from frying an egg, tying a tie, or brewing coffee to things the inner utilitarian in all of us aspires to do, like splitting wood, building a fire, growing our own food, or making our own soap. Fifty how-tos are organized into five sections: Kitchen, Outdoors, Home, Garden, and Grooming. Written in clear detail and extensively illustrated, The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide teaches us what we ought to know how to do, as well as what we'd like to. Supplemental sidebars feature the best tool for the job, whether a dibber for planting, the best rawhideand- ash snowshoes, or flammable smoking bags for making authentic BBQ. This book is a must-have reference tool for living well in the twenty-first century.

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Chronicle Books

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1616894822

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9781616894825

Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur

From Film Noir to the Director's Chair

By: Alexandra Seros

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Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur

From Film Noir to the Director's Chair

By: Alexandra Seros

An archival study of Ida Lupino’s work in film and television directing, writing, producing, and acting from the 1940s to the 1970s. Though her acting career is well known, Ida Lupino was, until very recently, either unknown or overlooked as an influential director. One of the few female directors in Classical Hollywood, Lupino was the only woman with membership in the Directors Guild of America between 1948 and 1971. Her films were about women without power in society and engaged with highly controversial topics despite Hollywood’s strict production code. Working in a male-dominated field, Lupino was forced to manage her public persona carefully, resisting attempts by the press to paint her solely as a dutiful wife and mother—a continual feminization—just so that she could continue directing. Filmmaker Alexandra Seros retells the story of Ida Lupino’s career, from actor to director, first in film, then in television, using archival materials from collections housed around the world. The result provides rich insights into three of Lupino’s independently directed films and a number of episodes from her vast television oeuvre. Seros contextualizes this analysis with discussions of gendered labor in the film industry, the rise of consumerism in the United States after World War II, and the expectations put on women in their family lives during the postwar era. Seros’s portrait of Lupino ultimately paints her life and career as an exemplar of collaborative auteurship.

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University of Texas Press

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1477330674

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9781477330678

Synthetic Aesthetics

Investigating Synthetic Biology's Designs on Nature

By: Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg,Jane Calvert,Pablo Schyfter,Alistair Elfick,Drew Endy

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Synthetic Aesthetics

Investigating Synthetic Biology's Designs on Nature

By: Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg,Jane Calvert,Pablo Schyfter,Alistair Elfick,Drew Endy

As synthetic biology transforms living matter into a medium for making, what is the role of design and its associated values? Synthetic biology manipulates the stuff of life. For synthetic biologists, living matter is programmable material. In search of carbon-neutral fuels, sustainable manufacturing techniques, and innovative drugs, these researchers aim to redesign existing organisms and even construct completely novel biological entities. Some synthetic biologists see themselves as designers, inventing new products and applications. But if biology is viewed as a malleable, engineerable, designable medium, what is the role of design and how will its values apply? In this book, synthetic biologists, artists, designers, and social scientists investigate synthetic biology and design. After chapters that introduce the science and set the terms of the discussion, the book follows six boundary-crossing collaborations between artists and designers and synthetic biologists from around the world, helping us understand what it might mean to 'design nature.' These collaborations have resulted in biological computers that calculate form; speculative packaging that builds its own contents; algae that feeds on circuit boards; and a sampling of human cheeses. They raise intriguing questions about the scientific process, the delegation of creativity, our relationship to designed matter, and, the importance of critical engagement. Should these projects be considered art, design, synthetic biology, or something else altogether? Synthetic biology is driven by its potential; some of these projects are fictions, beyond the current capabilities of the technology. Yet even as fictions, they help illuminate, question, and even shape the future of the field.

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MIT Press

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0262534010

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9780262534017

365 Ways to Develop Your Psychic Ability

Simple Tools to Increase Your Intuition & Clairvoyance

By: Alexandra Chauran

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365 Ways to Develop Your Psychic Ability

Simple Tools to Increase Your Intuition & Clairvoyance

By: Alexandra Chauran

Go from Intuitive Beginner to Master Psychic in just Five Minutes a Day Unlock and strengthen your innate psychic potential with 365 fast, effective ways to develop your abilities. Beginning with simple observation skills and moving forward to trance and divination techniques, this book’s step-by-step practices guide you to psychic mastery. Formatted to fit your personal pace and learning style, 365 Ways to Develop Your Psychic Ability shows you how to build your psychic muscles day by day. Learn meditation, trance techniques, divination, and how to perform readings. Discover extensive exercises on scrying, clairvoyance, intuition, empathy, and more. Using quick and accessible methods that build upon one another, this comprehensive book helps you become a proficient psychic.

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Llewellyn Worldwide

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0738744352

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9780738744353

First We Were IV

By: Alexandra Sirowy

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First We Were IV

By: Alexandra Sirowy

A group of friends start a secret society in this “intense page-turner” (Kirkus Reviews) from the author of The Telling and The Creeping that examines the all-consuming love of lifelong friendship—and what someone is capable of when they’re afraid of losing it. Izzie loves nothing more than her three best friends, Viv, Graham, and Harry, and the bond the four of them share. And she’s terrified of their friendship falling apart next year when they go off to college. To bind them together, she decides to create something that will belong only to them, a special thing that they’ll always share between the four of them. And so they dream up the Order of IV, a secret society devoted to mischief that rights wrongs and pays back debts. At first, it works like a charm—but when the Order of IV’s escapades get recognition beyond their wildest expectations, other people start wanting in. And soon, what started as a game of friendship is spiraling into something dangerous and beyond their control—and before it’s over, they’ll pay the ultimate sacrifice.

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345

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Simon and Schuster

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1481478443

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Buddhist Visual Cultures, Rhetoric, and Narrative in Late Burmese Wall Paintings

By: Alexandra Green

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Buddhist Visual Cultures, Rhetoric, and Narrative in Late Burmese Wall Paintings

By: Alexandra Green

Step into a Burmese temple built between the late seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries and you are surrounded by a riot of color and imagery. The majority of the highly detailed wall paintings displays Buddhist biographical narratives, inspiring the devotees to follow the Buddha’s teachings. Alexandra Green goes one step further to consider the temples and their contents as a whole, arguing that the wall paintings mediate the relationship between the architecture and the main Buddha statues in the temples. This forges a unified space for the devotees to interact with the Buddha and his community, with the aim of transforming the devotees’ current and future lives. These temples were a cohesively articulated and represented Burmese Buddhist world to which the devotees belonged. Green’s visits to more than 160 sites with identifiable subject matter form the basis of this richly illustrated volume, which draws upon art historical, anthropological, and religious studies methodologies to analyze the wall paintings and elucidate the contemporary religious, political, and social concepts that drove the creation of this lively art form. “Buddhist Visual Cultures, Rhetoric, and Narrative in Late Burmese Wall Paintings is truly a tour de force that allows us to see Burmese temple paintings of the Life of the Buddha and similar themes as an open-ended genre that, like literary discourse, participates in wider social, intellectual, and religious contexts.” —Juliane Schober, Arizona State University “Alexandra Green introduces this relatively unknown material and subjects it to sophisticated analysis. This study is major step towards creating a template that could be used for analyzing other late traditions of Buddhist painting.” —Janice Leoshko, University of Texas at Austin

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Hong Kong University Press

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9888390880

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9789888390885

Georgiana Molloy

Portrait with Background

By: Alexandra Hasluck

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Georgiana Molloy

Portrait with Background

By: Alexandra Hasluck

The story of a remarkable pioneer who discovered in the strange colonial wilderness the splendour and richness of Australia's unique flora. In 1829 Georgiana Molloy moved from the middle-class comfort of the English border country to an isolated wilderness on the opposite side of the world. The young bride and her husband, Captain John Molloy, were among a small party that founded the settlement of Augusta on Western Australia's south-west coast. A pioneer of great courage and capacity, Georgiana was presented with seemingly overwhelming trials and hardships. But she was a woman who was never defeated by circumstance, and never ceased to find enjoyment and satisfaction in her life. One of her enduring legacies is her study and identification of much of the unique local flora. A vivid portrait of an extraordinary woman.

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Fremantle Press

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1925164802

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A Choir of Lies

By: Alexandra Rowland

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A Choir of Lies

By: Alexandra Rowland

The follow-up to the fan-favorite A Conspiracy of Truths “reveals the author’s stunning prose, beautiful worldbuilding, and emotional detail,” (Library Journal, starred review) and serves as a timely reminder that the words we wield can bring destruction—or salvation. Three years ago, Yfling watched his master-Chant tear a nation apart with nothing but the words on his tongue. Now Ylfing is all alone in a new realm, brokenhearted and grieving—but a Chant in his own right, employed as a translator to a wealthy merchant of luxury goods, Sterre de Waeyer. But Ylfing has been struggling to come to terms with what his master did, with the audiences he’s been alienated from, and with the stories he can no longer trust himself to tell. That is, until Ylfing’s employer finds out what he is, what he does, and what he knows. At Sterre’s command, Ylfing begins telling stories once more, fanning the city into a mania for a few shipments of an exotic flower. The prices skyrocket, but when disaster looms, Ylfing must face what he has done and decide who he wants to be: a man who walks away and lets the city shatter, as his master did? Or will he embrace the power of stories to save ten thousand lives? In this “wise, moving, and captivating adventure” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), a young storyteller must embrace his own skills and discover that a story can be powerful enough to bring a nation to its knees, certainly. But in the right hands, a story can rebuild a broken dam, keep the floodwaters back, and save a life—or thousands of lives.

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S&S/Saga Press

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1534412840

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9781534412842

Urban Trails East Bay

Oakland * Berkeley * Fremont * Richmond

By: Alexandra Kenin

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Urban Trails East Bay

Oakland * Berkeley * Fremont * Richmond

By: Alexandra Kenin

Urban Trails: East Bay offers 40 routes for walkers, runners, and hikers, with an emphasis on getting out and getting fit in your own backyard. Expert local hiking guide Alexandra Kenin offers a wide range of options, from leg stretchers overlooking the Bay Area at Tilden Regional Park to an afternoon stroll through the wineries around Jack London Square to a 6-mile hike along the slopes of Mount Diablo to spot seasonal waterfalls. Other features include: Trailhead locations, including public transit options Rated appeal for walkers, runners, or hikers Info for families and dog owners Trail distance, elevation gain, high point, amenities Sidebars on area history, nature, tips, and sights Historic trails, coastal trails, stairways, peak bagging

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Mountaineers Books

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1680512579

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9781680512571

The Little Book of Butterflies

By: Andrei Sourakov,Alexandra A. Sourakov

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The Little Book of Butterflies

By: Andrei Sourakov,Alexandra A. Sourakov

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-sized exploration of the world’s butterflies Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly written and beautifully illustrated throughout with color photographs and original color artwork, The Little Book of Butterflies is an accessible and enjoyable mini reference book about the world’s butterflies, with examples drawn from across the globe. It fits an astonishing amount of information in a small package, covering a wide range of topics—from anatomy, diversity, and reproduction to habitat and conservation. It also includes curious facts and a section on butterflies in myths, folklore, and modern culture around the world. The result is an irresistible guide to the amazing lives of butterflies. A beautifully designed pocket-sized book with a foil-stamped cloth cover Features some 140 color illustrations and photos Makes a perfect gift

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Princeton University Press

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0691251746

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9780691251745

Dangerous Courage

By: Alexandra J. Dover

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Dangerous Courage

By: Alexandra J. Dover

My story starts out with me immigrating to America at the young age of four. This is a unique story of true events that I endured in life. I will talk about my depression from the young age of five and all the heartache compounded with my depression. From the young age of five is when I came to realize that my life was full of so much pain and misfortune. From abuse to abandonment at the hands of my parents, I struggled to survive on my own. Oftentimes wanting to give up, I would find a way to go on. Along the way there were so many kind souls that helped me to find my way and do so much. Through all the suffering and pain as a child, I overcame so much. Surprisingly not the way one would assume.

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150495520X

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Robert Kushner

Gardens of Earthly Delight

By: Alexandra Anderson-Spivy,Robert Kushner,Holland Cotter

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Robert Kushner

Gardens of Earthly Delight

By: Alexandra Anderson-Spivy,Robert Kushner,Holland Cotter

Robert Kushner's aim as an artist has been "to please the eye and thereby satisfy the human soul." This magnificent new midcareer survey proves how well he has succeeded during twenty-five years that have included flamboyant early performance and fabric pieces; a period as a leader of the Pattern and Decoration movement; his return to the figure in the 1980s; up to his current concentration on flower and other still lifes of unmatched sensuality and opulence. These recent works celebrate the cycle of creation and destruction, the fruition, decay, and renewal that compose the eternal rhythm of natural life. 96 colour & 31 b/w illustrations

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Hudson Hills

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155595121X

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9781555951214

Divinity and Diversity

A Hindu Revitalization Movement in Malaysia

By: Alexandra Kent

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Divinity and Diversity

A Hindu Revitalization Movement in Malaysia

By: Alexandra Kent

This book looks closely at the Malaysian following of the contemporary Indian godman, Sathya Sai Baba, a neo-Hindu guru famed for his miracle-working. The "911" attacks on the United States and subsequent "war on terrorism" have brought a discussion of transnational "religious" networks onto centre stage. While the Sai Baba movement has no militaristic ideology, it may - like any other such movement - ultimately call into question the sovereignty of the nation state. Today, then, issues of fa ...

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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

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9812307400

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9789812307408

Suspicion

By: Alexandra Monir

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Suspicion

By: Alexandra Monir

Seventeen-year-old Imogene Rockford turned away from her family and their English country manor after her parents' death, but assumes her duty as the new Duchess of Wickersham despite threats and strange occurrences.

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Ember

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0385372515

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9780385372510

Navigate Life's Journey

By: Alexandra M. Burckhardt

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Navigate Life's Journey

By: Alexandra M. Burckhardt

Encouragement,enthusiasm and inspiration are powerful tools needed to propel one on their life's journey. They are vital for the realization of one's hopes and dreams and must be established to secure one's success. Navigate Life's Journey with these powerful tools in mind to provide the readers with hope and inspiration on their journey in life. There is inspiration on every page whether a poem or an essay you will be lifted with new energy to go forward in life. Take hold of the these vital tools and get back in to the game of life again. Although Navigate Life's Journey is a small book,the content of the message is beyond measure. Let the three power tools of encouragement,enthusiasm and inspiration bring your hopes and dreams alive and guide you on your journey to success. Free Preview Navigate your life's journey on the high seas of life with a three dimensional compass of encouragement,enthusiasm and inspiration. Keep your vessel on course with the skillful navigational devices of perpetual hope, trust and divine inspiration. Apply the three power tools of encouragement,enthusiasm and inspiration to resurrect and fulfill your hopes and dreams. Arrive at the glorious shores of your success with renewed faith,hope and joyful enthusiasm to live your best life now.

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1456731343

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Scarlett

The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind

By: Alexandra Ripley

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Scarlett

The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind

By: Alexandra Ripley

In this #1 bestselling sequel to Gone With The Wind, Scarlett O'Hara's story continues, beautifully capturing the spirit of Margaret Mitchell's timeless tale. Who can forget the most popular, beloved American historical novel ever written? Gone With the Wind is unparalleled in its portrayal the American South during the Civil War era. Now, Alexandra Ripley brings us back to Tara and reintroduces us to the characters we remember so well: Rhett, Ashley, Mammy, Suellen, Aunt Pittypat, and, of course, the unforgettable Scarlett O'Hara. The greatest fictional love affair is reignited as the passion between Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler reaches its startling culmination. Rich with surprises at every turn and new emotional, breathtaking adventures, Scarlett will find an eternal place in our hearts. #1 New York Times bestseller #1 Chicago Tribune bestseller #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller #1 Publishers Weekly bestseller #1 Washington Post bestseller

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Grand Central Publishing

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0446502979

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9780446502979

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