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Beggar's Island

Koje-Do, Korea, A Novel of War

By: John S. Elmo

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Beggar's Island

Koje-Do, Korea, A Novel of War

By: John S. Elmo

A gripping, absorbing tale of the Korean War and the prison riots on Koje-do during the last year of the Forgotten War. John S. Elmo’s riveting accounts of what it was like to be in Korea with the U.S. Army in 1953 captures the very essence of being a draftee soldier embroiled in the conflict. Beggar’s Island, a fast moving novel is written from Elmo’s perspective and experience in being a Company Clerk, a pivotal person involved with the day to day management and leadership of any Army unit. His descriptions of the accounts, characters, interpersonal emotions and actions paint a stirringly realistic explanation of what happened in and around Koje-do during the final phases of the Korean War.

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306

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FriesenPress

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1460234278

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9781460234273

Designing Women, Dialogues with Pioneering Women Designers (1850-1950)

By: John S. Elmo

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Designing Women, Dialogues with Pioneering Women Designers (1850-1950)

By: John S. Elmo

Designing Women, Dialogues with Pioneering Women Designers (1850-1950)" is an imaginary series of conversations the author envisions among fourteen female legends of the interior and furniture design industry. As such, "Designing Women," evokes a slipstream genre-bending writing style. Set in the male dominated business climate of the 1850's to the 1950's, many of these female designers were never given proper credit for their work; the recognition was frequently accorded to their male counterparts and collaborators. "Designing Women," explores their background and uncovers their personalities, egos and the interpersonal dynamics involved in their professional life. The individual chapters are character studies of these unsung individuals. "Designing Women," is the third novel John has published with FriesenPress. The first, "Room for Enjoyment" (2012) details the construction of an estate and the inner workings of a New York City based interior design office in the 1970's; the second, "Beggars Island" (2014) chronicles guarding the Communist prisoners on Koje-Do island, Korea during the latter part of the Korean War. An earlier non-fiction, "All About Walls," a guide book on interior design, was published by Popular Library in 1969.

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275

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FriesenPress

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1460267877

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9781460267875

Room for Enjoyment

Memoir of a Design Merchant

By: John S. Elmo

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Room for Enjoyment

Memoir of a Design Merchant

By: John S. Elmo

Room For Enjoyment', is an enjoyable, fast-paced read. Set in 1976, it focuses on the daily workings of a New York City interior design office. Among other projects discussed, Eaton Downing is asked to design a palatial estate for Moses Abrams, a macho fifty-four year old businessman for his twenty-eight year old chorus girl bride, Dolly. The home will be called the 'Doll's House' and has to include eight bedrooms all executed in various period styles, and must be completed for an important Bastille Day party Moses plans to give for three hundred of his closest friends. Problems arise and Eaton worries if he will have time to complete by the assigned date. A love story involves Eaton and a couture friend, Leigh Beltor, who designs the period gowns Dolly will wear in the rooms. A surprise ending and a glossary of unfamiliar design term's makes it a perfect reading for anyone interested in interior decoration.

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195

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FriesenPress

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1770977856

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9781770977853

New Pronouncing and explanatory English-Italian and Italian-English Dictionary

Vol. I

By: John Millhouse

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New Pronouncing and explanatory English-Italian and Italian-English Dictionary

Vol. I

By: John Millhouse

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

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614

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375255424X

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9783752554243

Becoming Neapolitan

Citizen Culture in Baroque Naples

By: John A. Marino

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Becoming Neapolitan

Citizen Culture in Baroque Naples

By: John A. Marino

2011 Winner of the Phyllis Goodhart Gordan Book Prize of the Renaissance Society of America Naples in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries managed to maintain a distinct social character while under Spanish rule. John A. Marino's study explores how the population of the city of Naples constructed their identity in the face of Spanish domination. As Western Europe’s largest city, early modern Naples was a world unto itself. Its politics were decentralized and its neighborhoods diverse. Clergy, nobles, and commoners struggled to assert political and cultural power. Looking at these three groups, Marino unravels their complex interplay to show how such civic rituals as parades and festival days fostered a unified Neapolitan identity through the assimilation of Aragonese customs, Burgundian models, and Spanish governance. He discusses why the relationship between mythical and religious representations in ritual practices allowed Naples's inhabitants to identify themselves as citizens of an illustrious and powerful sovereignty and explains how this semblance of stability and harmony hid the city's political, cultural, and social fissures. In the process, Marino finds that being and becoming Neapolitan meant manipulating the city's rituals until their original content and meaning were lost. The consequent widening of divisions between rich and poor led Naples's vying castes to turn on one another as the Spanish monarchy weakened. Rich in source material and tightly integrated, this nuanced, synthetic overview of the disciplining of ritual life in early modern Naples digs deep into the construction of Neapolitan identity. Scholars of early modern Italy and of Italian and European history in general will find much to ponder in Marino's keen insights and compelling arguments.

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JHU Press

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0801899397

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9780801899393

Book's by John S. Elmo

Beggar's Island

Beggar's Island

Designing Women, Dialogues with Pioneering Women Designers (1850-1950)

Designing Women, Dialogues with Pioneering Women Designers (1850-1950)

Room for Enjoyment

Room for Enjoyment

New Pronouncing and explanatory English-Italian and Italian-English Dictionary

New Pronouncing and explanatory English-Italian and Italian-English Dictionary

Becoming Neapolitan

Becoming Neapolitan

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