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Charles James: Beyond Fashion

By: Koda, Harold,Reeder, Jan Glier

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Charles James, often considered to be America's first couturier, was renowned in the 1940s and 1950s as a master at sculpting fabric for the female form and creating fashions that defined mid-century glamour. Although James had no formal training as a dressmaker, he created strikingly original and complex designs, including intricate ball gowns worn by members of high society in New York and Europe. This lavishly illustrated book offers a comprehensive study of James' life and work, highlighting his virtuosity and inventiveness as well as his influence on subsequent fashion designers. Featuring exciting new photography of the spectacular evening dresses James produced between 1947 and 1955, this publication includes enlightening details of these intricate creations alongside vintage photographs and rarely seen archival items, such as patterns, muslins, dress forms and sketches. A detailed and illustrated chronology of James' life describes his magnetic personality, his unorthodox design processes, his colourful supporters - such as Salvador Dali, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, and Cristobal Balenciaga - and profiles of a number of his famous clients, such as Gypsy Rose Lee.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588395227

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9781588395221

James Smith Family Walked the Road through the Battle of Armageddon

By: Charles Tharp

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James Smith Family Walked the Road through the Battle of Armageddon

By: Charles Tharp

When I talk about GOD or JESUS, that is me accidentally running in; please use your best belief. To me, Jesus is JESUS--more than one capital letter, but that is me. What is best for the book, you folks have better knowledge than I do. I have never required a song from GOD if he is or not. When I need a sign, it is more like, "GOD, PLEASE tell me the best in this or that situation." JESUS is THE CHRIST! THE FATHER is above all; there has never been a doubt of that. My doubts are in me; I feel my frailties and know HE KNOWS BEST in any and all situations!

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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ISBN 13

9798886440089

James T. Farrell and Baseball

Dreams and Realism on Chicago’s South Side

By: Charles DeMotte

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James T. Farrell and Baseball

Dreams and Realism on Chicago’s South Side

By: Charles DeMotte

James T. Farrell and Baseball is a social history of baseball on Chicago’s South Side, drawing on the writings of novelist James T. Farrell along with historical sources. Charles DeMotte shows how baseball in the early decades of the twentieth century developed on all levels and in all areas of Chicago, America’s second largest city at the time, and how that growth intertwined with Farrell’s development as a fan and a writer who used baseball as one of the major themes of his work. DeMotte goes beyond Farrell’s literary focus to tell a larger story about baseball on Chicago’s South Side during this time—when Charles Comiskey’s White Sox won two World Series and were part of a rich baseball culture that was widely played at the amateur, semipro, and black ball levels. DeMotte highlights the 1919–20 Black Sox fix and scandal, which traumatized not only Farrell and Chicago but also baseball and the broader culture. By tying Farrell’s fictional and nonfictional works to Chicago’s vibrant baseball history, this book fills an important gap in the history of baseball during the Deadball Era.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803296436

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9780803296435

Abingdon New Testament Commentaries | James

By: Charles Freeman Sleeper

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Abingdon New Testament Commentaries | James

By: Charles Freeman Sleeper

Sleeper's lucid exposition of James restores this often neglected work to its rightful place in the Christian canon. Carefully charting the verbal structures and argument of the letter, he demonstrates that it is a coherent piece of moral teaching intended to encourage the development of Christian character, not just a collection of disparate maxims. As he guides the reader through the letter's basic themes, Sleeper is attentive to its echoes in the Old Testament, Hellenistic Jewish wisdom literature, and sayings of Jesus, as well as to its affinities with other Christian writings. Moreover, he shows that the author's understanding of God and of human nature provides a significant theological foundation for practical wisdom about the Christian moral life.

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Abingdon Press

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0687058163

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9780687058167

Insights on James, 1 & 2 Peter

By: Charles R. Swindoll

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Insights on James, 1 & 2 Peter

By: Charles R. Swindoll

Tyndale is pleased to offer select volumes in Chuck Swindoll’s 15-volume series, Swindoll’s New Testament Insights. (Tyndale will eventually re-release the entire series as Swindoll’s Living Insights New Testament Commentary.) These deep yet practical commentaries draw from Chuck’s years as a pastor and student of the Word of God. His deep insight, signature easygoing style, and humor blend with verse-by-verse exposition of God’s Word in this unique series. Combining verse-by-verse commentary, charts, maps, photos, key terms, and background articles with practical application, this series is a must-have for pastors, teachers, and anyone else who is seeking a deeply practical resource for exploring God’s Word. The following 7 volumes are available now (the entire series will eventually be re-released): Insights on Luke (print and eBook)Insights on John (eBook only)Insights on Romans (print and eBook)Insights on Galatians & Ephesians (eBook only)Insights on 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus (eBook only)Insights on James, 1 & 2 Peter (print and eBook)Insights on Revelation (print and eBook)

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Tyndale House

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1414397232

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9781414397238

Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and the Biographical Act

By: Charles Caramello

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Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and the Biographical Act

By: Charles Caramello

Focusing on biographical portraiture, Charles Caramello argues that Henry James and Gertrude Stein performed biographical acts in two senses of the phrase: they wrote biography, but as a cover for autobiography. Constructing literary genealogies while creating original literary forms, they used their biographical portraits of precursors and contemporaries to portray themselves as exemplary modern artists. Caramello advances this argument through close readings of four works that explore themes of artistry and influence and that experiment with forms of biographical portraiture: James's early biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne and his much later group biography, William Wetmore Story and His Friends, and Stein's celebrated Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas and her largely forgotten Four in America, which comprises biographies of Ulysses S. Grant, Wilbur Wright, Henry James, and George Washington. The first comparative study of these two great expatriate writers, Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and the Biographical Act addresses questions of art, influence, and literary culture by analyzing important biographical portraits that themselves address the same questions. Originally published 1996. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807860700

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9780807860700

James K. Polk, Vol 1. Jacksonian

By: Charles Grier Sellers

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James K. Polk, Vol 1. Jacksonian

By: Charles Grier Sellers

This full account is of Polk's important pre-presidential career. Since Polk was immersed in so many of the major political developments of his day-the rise of popular democracy, the conflicts over the national bank and other crucial issues of Jackson’s administrations, and after 1835 the fateful emergence of sectional animosities-his biography is also a history of his generation’s political experience. Professor Sellers has combined the elements with a sure hand, bringing out Polk’s character-his ambition, his determination, his faith in the electorate-and the nature of his friends, his enemies, and the times in which he moved. One feature of the work is the light it throws on the relation between national politics and those in Tennessee. Originally published in 1957. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400877881

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9781400877881

Boswelliana the Commonplace Book of James Boswell

By: Charles Rogers

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Boswelliana the Commonplace Book of James Boswell

By: Charles Rogers

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368823558

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9783368823559

The Poetical Remains of King James the First of Scotland

By: Charles Rogers

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The Poetical Remains of King James the First of Scotland

By: Charles Rogers

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

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3368188712

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9783368188719

The Couture Secrets of Shape

By: Charles James

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The Couture Secrets of Shape

By: Charles James

Avant-garde designs from "America's First Couturier" British-American designer Charles James (1906-78), "America's First Couturier," is famed for the extraordinarily elegant evening gowns he created in the 1930s through the 1950s for society ladies on both sides of the Atlantic. From the beginning of his career, James also designed revolutionary unisex styles. The famous eiderdown evening jacket, designed in 1937 for women, was revived as a cult unisex design object in 1970s New York. The eiderdown jacket and James' other unisex designs share with his ball gowns a sculptural, architectural presence and a rigorously cerebral design process grounded in science and mathematics. James is regarded as a visionary thinker in the world of fashion, introducing lasting innovations in both technique and methodology. Charles James: The Couture Secrets of Shapegoes beyond the evening gowns, focusing on some of James' unisex designs and his life in the artist community at the Chelsea Hotel, where he lived from 1964 until his death in 1978. He remained restlessly creative in this period, his rooms at the Chelsea serving as a studio, workshop, and archive. In 1973 he wrote The Charles James Approach to Structural Design; this allowed a glimpse into his thinking at that time and is included in this publication in facsimile. Edited by Homer Layne, James' last assistant, and Professor Dorothea Mink, with a preface by fashion designer Rick Owens, this volume reveals a new facet of James' groundbreaking body of work.

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3959052383

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9783959052382

James I

A Biography of a King

By: Charles Williams

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James I

A Biography of a King

By: Charles Williams

The following pages are concerned with James Stuart, and not the history of England except as it affected James Stuart," writes Williams in his preface. All relevant historical details are woven into this narrative account, however, like his novels, Williams pushes further into the very personality of James. Early chapters cover the alliances, plots, and threats of his Scotland years; latter chapters cover his reign in England, which commenced in 1603. Situated between the executions of his mother (Mary) and his son (Charles I), "the curious figure of James stands at the change of the centuries. The splendour of the Renascence homo is becoming the clarity of the seventeenth-century gentleman." "Shakespeare and Bacon were to be his servants; Harvey his physician, Donne his chaplain. He was to be the patron of the great English book that declared the coming of the Prince of Peace, and to see himself as a prince of peace, bringing rest to the afflicted churches and nations. But war in Europe and war in England were to open over his grave; the gossips were to spice their scandalous talk with his name; and afterwards everybody was always to laugh or shudder at him for ever.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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172522013X

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9781725220133

Book's by Charles James

Charles James: Beyond Fashion

Charles James: Beyond Fashion

James Smith Family Walked the Road through the Battle of Armageddon

James Smith Family Walked the Road through the Battle of Armageddon

James T. Farrell and Baseball

James T. Farrell and Baseball

Abingdon New Testament Commentaries | James

Abingdon New Testament Commentaries | James

Insights on James, 1 & 2 Peter

Insights on James, 1 & 2 Peter

Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and the Biographical Act

Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and the Biographical Act

James K. Polk, Vol 1. Jacksonian

James K. Polk, Vol 1. Jacksonian

Boswelliana the Commonplace Book of James Boswell

Boswelliana the Commonplace Book of James Boswell

The Poetical Remains of King James the First of Scotland

The Poetical Remains of King James the First of Scotland

The Couture Secrets of Shape

The Couture Secrets of Shape

James I

James I

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