Cathy Fiorello has tasted life in three delicious cities, beginning in the Depression era and spilling over into the 21st century. In this lighthearted account, her love of family, food and adventure shines through. Her early years in New York, though short on riches were rich in family and are lovingly recalled. Her mid-life passion for Paris invites you along as she discovers the magic of this enchanting city. Moving to San Francisco breathes new life into her late life. Living this second chance fully, she learns, and will convince you, too, that it's never too late to start over.
Her characters are real people, by turns hilarious and poignant, who live valiantly in threatening times: the hardships of life during the Great Depression; the shock of the attack on Pearl Harbor and stress of the war that followed it; the aftermath of 9/11, which ushered in an America that would never again be the safe world she grew up in.
Molly et Cassandra sont inséparables. Sauf que Cassandra se sert de Molly depuis toujours : très jolie, elle est trop occupée avec ses admirateurs pour s'abaisser aux détails de la vie quotidienne quand Molly excelle dans ce domaine. Mais lorsque Cassandra manœuvre pour obtenir le poste de Molly, tout bascule.
Three weeks after Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a New York City police officer shot and killed a fifteen-year-old black youth, inciting the first of almost a decade of black and Latino riots throughout the United States. In October 2005, French police chased three black and Arab teenagers into an electrical substation outside Paris, culminating in the fatal electrocution of two of them. Fires blazed in Parisian suburbs and housing projects throughout France for three consecutive weeks. Cathy Lisa Schneider explores the political, legal, and economic conditions that led to violent confrontations in neighborhoods on opposite sides of the Atlantic half a century apart. Police Power and Race Riots traces the history of urban upheaval in New York and greater Paris, focusing on the interaction between police and minority youth. Schneider shows that riots erupted when elites activated racial boundaries, police engaged in racialized violence, and racial minorities lacked alternative avenues of redress. She also demonstrates how local activists who cut their teeth on the American race riots painstakingly constructed social movement organizations with standard nonviolent repertoires for dealing with police violence. These efforts, along with the opening of access to courts of law for ethnic and racial minorities, have made riots a far less common response to police violence in the United States today. Rich in historical and ethnographic detail, Police Power and Race Riots offers a compelling account of the processes that fan the flames of urban unrest and the dynamics that subsequently quell the fires.
The first biography of Elaine de Kooning, A Generous Vision portrays a woman whose intelligence, droll sense of humor, and generosity of spirit endeared her to friends and gave her a starring role in the close-knit world of New York artists. Her zest for adventure and freewheeling spending were as legendary as her ever-present cigarette. Flamboyant and witty in person, she was an incisive art writer who expressed maverick opinions in a deceptively casual style. As a painter, she melded Abstract Expressionism with a lifelong interest in bodily movement to capture subjects as diverse as President John F. Kennedy, basketball players, and bullfights. In her romantic life, she went her own way, always keen for male attention. But she credited her husband, Willem de Kooning, as her greatest influence; rather than being overshadowed by his fame, she worked "in his light." Nearly two decades after their separation, after finally embracing sobriety herself, she returned to his side to rescue him from severe alcoholism. Based on painstaking research and dozens of interviews, A Generous Vision brings to life a leading figure of twentieth-century art who lived a full and fascinating life on her own terms.
Memory pieces have been growing in popularity in both scrapbooking and jewelry projects. Hip Handmade Memory Jewelry helps crafters use beaded jewelry to capture memories of life's significant events and special people. These easy-to-make projects use readily available craft materials and beading supplies to turn photos and other mementos into cool, wearable necklaces and earrings — to keep or give as gifts. The opening chapter outlines all the basics of the craft, and the four core chapters contain two dozen how-to's on themes of Milestones, Hobbies, Vacations, and Remembrances. Two “super-quick” projects — a backpack tag and a notebook charm — let young crafters join in the fun. All of the projects can be adapted for more general accessorizing, and the book's 250 instructional photos and step-by-step approach guide artisans of any skill level into this exciting and creative area of crafting.
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