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FUIMOS TODOS (EBOOK)
by Juan B. Yofre"Nadie fue", el libro anterior de Juan B. Yofre, se convirtió en una de las grandes sorpresas editoriales de los últimos años. Sobre la base de fuentes privilegiadas, narraba el desarrollo histórico de la Argentina de los años 70 hasta la caída de Isabel Perón. Fuimos todos es la fascinante continuación de aquel éxito: retoma los avatares de nuestra historia desde el 24 de marzo de 1976 hasta la aventura militar de Malvinas -que llevó al fin del Proceso- y sus consecuencias. Yofre repite aquí su procedimiento periodístico, exhuma documentos, apuntes, informes, cartas, que ven la luz por primera vez. Hallazgos que muestran aspectos absolutamente desconocidos de un período de violencia y dan cuenta del enfrentamiento entre los argentinos, ya no solamente de las Fuerzas Armadas y las organizaciones terroristas sino también de las continuas luchas intestinas del propio régimen castrense. Un eslabón más en la historia de la decadencia política argentina. Exhaustivamente documentado, polémico, revelador, Fuimos todos expone los hechos, como dice el autor, "sine ira et cum studio", es decir, para que el lector saque sus propias conclusiones y con la honesta intención de evitar que se repitan los nefastos errores del pasado reciente. El teniente general Jorge Rafael Videla asumió la presidencia de la Nación el 29 de marzo de 1976, luego de deponer cinco días antes a la presidenta constitucional María Estela Martínez Cartas de Perón, más conocida por su nombre artístico de "Isabel". Al poco tiempo, Videla comenzó a realizar visitas a ciudades del interior. La foto lo muestra durante un viaje a la austral ciudad de Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, en el invierno de 1976. Como evidencia la instantánea, a pesar del rigor climático la gente se acercaba a saludarlo. Es más, si se pone la atención se verá que un hombre salió de un lugar cerrado, sólo con un suéter, para estrechar su mano. Es una foto atípica que muestra en pequeña escala el grado de aquiescencia del que gozó el gobierno del Proceso militar en sus primeros años de gran parte de la ciudadanía. Dos años más tarde, Videla debería salir al balcón de la Casa de Gobierno para saludar a la multitud que festejaba la victoria del Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol de 1978. Y lo mismo ocurrió en septiembre de 1979, cuando la selección juvenil de fútbol se consagró campeona mundial en Japón. Esta foto fue elegida por lo escasamente conocida. Y porque exhibe a un Videla en el que no aparecen rodeándolo custodias ni agentes de seguridad. Sólo simples ciudadanos con interés en saludar a su presidente.
FUSILARON A DORREGO! (EBOOK)
by Raul FradkinPor qué fue fusilado Manuel Dorrego aquella mañana del 13 de diciembre de 1828? Cómo fue posible que el ejército que comandaba Juan Lavalle fuera derrotado por el alzamiento que protagonizaron los más variados sectores de la sociedad rural bonaerense? Cuáles fueron las características de ese masivo levantamiento? Cómo hizo Juan Manuel de Rosas para ponerse al frente? Cuáles fueron sus implicancias y consecuencias? Estas y otras preguntas han preocupado desde entonces a nuestra historiografía y miles de páginas se escribieron al respecto. Sin embargo, apoyándose en las más recientes investigaciones históricas que renovaron por completo los conocimientos disponibles sobre la economía, la sociedad y la política de esta convulsionada época, este libro intenta develar aspectos muy poco conocidos. El lector podrá incursionar en este enigmático y multifacético fenómeno social y acercarse a las motivaciones y a las formas de acción que desplegaron sus protagonistas. Concentrándose en cómo vivió la sociedad bonaerense las pasiones que desataba la lucha política se podrá tener una idea mucho más clara de ese alzamiento rural que cambió el rumbo de la historia.
FV430 Series (Images of War)
by Robert GriffinFully illustrated with archival photographs, this volume examines the development of this Cold War era armored vehicle. During the Second World War, the British infantry found itself lacking suitable transport to cope with the fast-moving German Blitzkrieg tactics. While various stopgap measures were implemented during the war, the postwar threats from nuclear, biological and chemical warfare made it imperative that a robust solution be found. By the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, the AFV430 series was introduced. The FV300 and FV400 Cambridge carriers paved the way for the AFV430. Initially a basic armored personnel carrier, the series grew to cover a multitude of roles, including command, recovery, mortar, Swingfire, and remote mine clearing. This volume of the Images of War series describes in words and images the AFV430 and traces the development of infantry carriers for the British Army.
Faberge's Eggs
by Toby FaberIn Stradivari's Genius, Toby Faber charted the fascinating course of some of the world's most prized musical instruments. Now, in this enthralling new book, he tells the story of objects that are, to many, the pinnacle of the jeweler's art: the Fabergé imperial eggs.The Easter presents that Russia's last two czars gave to their czarinas have become synonymous with privilege, beauty, and an almost provocative uselessness. They are perhaps the most redolent symbols of the old empire's phenomenal craftsmanship, of the decadence of its court, and of the upheavals that brought about its inevitable downfall. Fabergé's Eggs is the first book to recount the remarkable story of these masterpieces, taking us from the circumstances that inspired each egg's design, through their disappearance in the trauma of revolution, to their eventual reemergence in the global marketplace.In 1885, Carl Fabergé created a seemingly plain white egg for Czar Alexander III to give to his beloved wife, Marie Fedorovna. It was the surprises hidden inside that made it special: a diamond miniature of the Imperial crown and a ruby pendant. This gift began a tradition that would last for more than three decades: lavishly extravagant eggs commemorating public events that, in retrospect, seem little more than staging posts on the march to revolution. Above all, the eggs illustrate the attitudes that would ultimately lead to the downfall of the Romanovs: their apparent indifference to the poverty that choked their country, their preference for style over substance, and, during the reign of Nicholas II, their all-consuming concern with the health of the czarevitch Alexis, the sickly heir to the throne-a preoccupation that would propel them toward Rasputin and the doom of the dynasty. More than a superb new account of a classic tragedy, Fabergé's Eggs illuminates some fascinating aspects of twentieth-century history. The eggs' amazing journey from revolutionary Russia features a cast of characters including embattled Bolsheviks, acquisitive British royals, eccentric artifact salesmen, and such famous business and society figures as Arm and Hammer, Marjorie Merriweather Post, and Malcolm Forbes. Finally, Toby Faber tantalizingly suggests that some of the eggs long thought lost may eventually emerge.Darting from the palaces of a besieged Russia to the showcases of New York's modern mega-wealthy, Fabergé's Eggs weaves a story unparalleled in its drama and extravagance. Praise for Stradivari's Genius"Fascinating . . . lively . . . more enthralling, earthy and illuminating than any fiction could be."-The New York Times Book Review"A celebration of six instruments and the master craftsman who made them . . . [Faber] brings to the subject an infectious fascination with Stradivari's life and trade. . . . He writes with clarity and fluency."-Chicago Tribune"An extraordinary accomplishment and a compelling read. Like strange totems that cast an irresistible spell, these instruments bring out the best and the worst of those who would own them, and Faber deftly tells the stories in all their rich and surprising detail."-Thad Carhart, author of The Piano Shop on the Left Bank"A worthy contribution to the ongoing legend of Stradivari."-Minneapolis Star Tribune"Fascinating, accessible, and enjoyable."-Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl EarringFrom the Hardcover edition.
Fabianism and the Empire: A Manifesto by the Fabian Society
by Bernard ShawIn 1900 Bernard Shaw completed the difficult task of drafting the Fabian's society position in the manifest Fabianism and the Empire. The society's progressive program advocated for socialist values, social justice and women rights. Against the background of these modern and leftist values though, the society's position on imperialism is somehow astonishing. One of the motives for its supportive stand on imperialism lies in the yet valid division they made between domestic and international politics. Edward Pease's The History of the Fabian society addresses the international system, for example under terms of efficiency and colonialism. According to him 'the only valid moral right to national possession is that the occupier is making adequate use of it for the benefit of the world community.' From the 'International Socialist point of view' national sovereignty and noninterference are not acceptable and the world must strive for an 'international civilization' according to socialist merits. Pease as well as Bernard Shaw in Fabianism and the Empire accept colonialism as a fact and furthermore they illustrate the Great Powers' advance as colonizers 'only [as] a question of time.'... Shaw points out two possible 'imperial policies' of which the second is 'a bureaucratic policy where the majority consists of colored natives.' This illustrates one of the policies the British attempted to implement in Sudan after their conquest of 1899. This paper will analyze various approaches of the British administrative in Sudan, as Indirect Rule and Native Administration. Beyond it, it will address the policy's aims and actual results with which the Sudanese had to cope and which still interfere greatly in the daily reality of Sudan. It will try to draw connection between the actual situation in Sudan, and especially in Darfur, and the colonial legacy of the British policies.
Fable: A Novel (The World of the Narrows #1)
by Adrienne YoungNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK Filled with all of the action, emotion, and lyrical writing that brought readers to Sky in the Deep, New York Times bestselling author Adrienne Young returns with Fable, the first book in this new captivating duology.Welcome to a world made dangerous by the sea and by those who wish to profit from it. Where a young girl must find her place and her family while trying to survive in a world built for men. As the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home seventeen-year-old Fable has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little food. To survive she must keep to herself, learn to trust no one and rely on the unique skills her mother taught her. The only thing that keeps her going is the goal of getting off the island, finding her father and demanding her rightful place beside him and his crew. To do so Fable enlists the help of a young trader named West to get her off the island and across the Narrows to her father. But her father’s rivalries and the dangers of his trading enterprise have only multiplied since she last saw him and Fable soon finds that West isn't who he seems. Together, they will have to survive more than the treacherous storms that haunt the Narrows if they're going to stay alive. Fable takes you on a spectacular journey filled with romance, intrigue and adventure.
Fables in Ivory
by Adrienne BarbansonTo introduce these miniature sculptures to a wider audience and, at the same time, to tell some of the legends that inspired their creators, Adrienne Barbanson presents here a collection of superb photographs accompanied by a narrative text designed to enhance the reader's appreciation of this remarkable by relatively unfamiliar art.
Fables in Ivory
by Adrienne BarbansonTo introduce these miniature sculptures to a wider audience and, at the same time, to tell some of the legends that inspired their creators, Adrienne Barbanson presents here a collection of superb photographs accompanied by a narrative text designed to enhance the reader's appreciation of this remarkable by relatively unfamiliar art.
Fabric of a Nation: A Brief History with Skills and Sources, For the AP® Course
by Jason Stacy Matthew EllingtonIn 2014, College Board rolled out a new AP® U.S. History course, which centered less on memorizing content and more on developing skills. Since then, the course has been modified here and there, but very little has changed in AP® textbooks―content is still king. Until now. Fabric of a Nation is the first book to truly embrace this dramatic shift in the AP® course and in how history is taught.
Fabric of a Nation: A History with Skills and Sources, For the AP® U.S. History Course
by Jason Stacy Matthew EllingtonThe only AP® U.S. History book that weaves together content, skills, sources, and AP® exam practice is back and better than ever. AP® U.S. History is about so much more than just events on a timeline. The Course Framework is designed to develop crucial reading, reasoning, and writing skills that help students think like historians to interpret the world of the past—and understand how it relates to the world of today. And Fabric of a Nation is still one of the only textbooks that covers every aspect of this course, seamlessly stitching together history skills, sources, and AP® Exam practice. In this new edition, we make it easier than ever to cover all of the skills and topics in the AP® U.S. History Course and Exam Description by aligning our content to the Unit Topics and Historical Reasoning Processes of each Period. An Accessible, Balanced NarrativeThere’s only so much time in a school year. To cover everything and leave enough time for skill development, you need more focused content, not just more content—and to be most effective, skills development should be accessible and placed just where it is needed. Within the narration are AP® Skills Workshops and AP® Working with Evidence features that support students as they learn the history and prepare to take the AP® Exam. Fabric of a Nation delivers a thorough, yet approachable historical narrative that perfectly aligns with all the essential content of the AP® course. An up-to-date historical survey based on current scholarship, this book is also easy to understand and fun to read, with plenty of interesting details and a crisp writing style that keeps things fresh. Perfectly Aligned to the AP® Scope and SequenceFabric of a Nation has an easy-to-use organization that fully aligns with the College Board’s Course and Exam Description for AP® U.S. History. Instead of long, meandering chapters, this book is divided into smaller, approachable modules that pull together content, skills, sources, and AP® Exam practice into brief 1- to 2-day lessons. Each module corresponds with a specific unit topic in the course framework, including the contextualization and reasoning process topics that bookend each time period. This approach takes the guesswork out of when to introduce which skills and how to blend sources with content—all at a manageable pace that mirrors the scope and sequence of the AP® course framework. Seamlessly Integrated AP® Skill Workshops for Thinking and Writing SkillsInspired by the authors’ classroom experience and sound pedagogical principles, the instruction in Fabric of a Nation scaffolds learning throughout the course of the book. Every module offers an opportunity to either learn or practice new skills to prepare for each section of the AP® Exam in an AP® Skills Workshop. As the book progresses, the nature of these workshops moves from focused instruction early on, to guided practice in the middle of the book, and then finally, to independent practice near the end of the year. Fabric of a Nation was designed to provide you and your students everything needed to succeed in the AP® US History course and on the exam. It’s all there. AP® Exam Practice: We Boast the Most MaterialEvery period culminates with AP® Practice questions providing students a mini-AP® exam with approximately 15 stimulus-based multiple-choice questions, 4 short-answer questions, 1 document-based essay question, and 3 long-essay questions. Additionally, a full-length practice exam is included at the end of the textbook. Because the modules in this book are divided into periods that perfectly align to the AP® U.S. History Course and Exam Description, it’s also easy to pair Fabric of a Nation with the resources on AP® Classroom. Each textbook module can be used with the corresponding AP® Daily Videos and Topic Questions while the AP® Exam Practice at the end of each perio
Fabric of the Game: The Stories Behind the NHL's Names, Logos, and Uniforms
by Todd Radom Chris CreamerAn in-depth look into the origins of how each NHL team was named, received their logo and design, with interviews by those responsible. Written by those most knowledgeable, you'll learn why every hockey team to every play in the National Hockey League looks the way it does. Nothing unites or divides a random assortment of strangers quite like the hockey team for which they cheer. The passion they hold within them for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Boston Bruins allows them to look past any differences which would have otherwise disrupted a perfectly fine Thanksgiving dinner and channels it into a powerful, shared admiration for their team. We decorate our lives with their logos, stock our wardrobe with their jerseys, and, in some cases, even tattoo our bodies with their iconography and colors. They&’re so ingrained in our lives we don&’t even think to ask ourselves why Los Angeles celebrates royalty; why Buffalo cheers for not one, but two massive cavalry swords; or why the Broadway Blueshirts named themselves for a law enforcement agency in Texas (or why they even wear blue shirts, for that matter). All that and more is explored in Fabric of the Game, authored by two of the sports world&’s leading experts in team branding and design: Chris Creamer and Todd Radom. Tapping into their vast knowledge of the whys and hows, Creamer and Radom explore and share the origin stories behind these and more, talking directly to those involved in the decision processes and designs of the National Hockey League&’s team names, logos, and uniforms, pouring through historical accounts to find and deliver the answers to these questions. Learn more about the historied Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks, as well as the lost but not forgotten Hartford Whalers and Quebec Nordiques, all the way to the lesser-known Kansas City Scouts and Philadelphia Quakers. Whichever team you pledge allegiance, Fabric of the Game covers them in-depth with research and knowledge for any hockey fan to enjoy.
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
by Victoria FinlayA magnificent work of original research that unravels history through textiles and cloth—how we make it, use it, and what it means to us.How is a handmade fabric helping save an ancient forest? Why is a famous fabric pattern from India best known by the name of a Scottish town? How is a Chinese dragon robe a diagram of the whole universe? What is the difference between how the Greek Fates and the Viking Norns used threads to tell our destiny? In Fabric, bestselling author Victoria Finlay spins us round the globe, weaving stories of our relationship with cloth and asking how and why people through the ages have made it, worn it, invented it, and made symbols out of it. And sometimes why they have fought for it. She beats the inner bark of trees into cloth in Papua New Guinea, fails to handspin cotton in Guatemala, visits tweed weavers at their homes in Harris, and has lessons in patchwork-making in Gee's Bend, Alabama - where in the 1930s, deprived of almost everything they owned, a community of women turned quilting into an art form. She began her research just after the deaths of both her parents —and entwined in the threads she found her personal story too. Fabric is not just a material history of our world, but Finlay's own journey through grief and recovery.
Fabricante de sueños
by Héctor OliveraVida y obra de uno de los productores y directores más importantes y prolíficos del cine argentino, contada por él mismo con lucidez, gracia, convicción y sensibilidad en un relato que entrevera su pasión por el cine, el devenir político de la Argentina a lo largo de casi noventa años y un irresistible conjunto de anécdotas personales que incluyen grandes revelaciones sobre su vida íntima y amorosa. Es imposible pensar el cine argentino sin Héctor Olivera. Protagonista de una vida que vale por varias, a sus casi noventa años se detiene un momento para recordar el largo camino transitado. Pródigo en anécdotas su relato comprende, entre otras historias, la de las más de cien películas que hizo como director o como productor bajo el sello Aries, empresa fundamental del cine argentino, que creó con su socio y amigo Fernando Ayala. En sus films -que capturaron el espíritu de su época, en ocasiones desafiando una violenta censura-, Olivera adaptó obras de Borges, Soriano, Bayer, Cossa y Viñas, entre otros; enriquecidas por actores como Federico Luppi, Pepe Soriano, Héctor Alterio, Luis Brandoni, Oscar Martínez, Norman Briski; actrices como Mirtha Legrand, Norma Aleandro, Thelma Biral, Cecilia Roth, Susana Giménez, y cómicos de la talla de Sandrini, Olmedo y Porcel. Al mismo tiempo, recorre el siglo XX argentino, haciendo eje en el peronismo con una honesta y personal combinación de rechazo y fascinación por la figura de su líder. En el encuentro de estos recorridos toma forma una biografía que Olivera despliega con gracia, sensibilidad y el espíritu vibrante que marcó cada uno de sus proyectos.
Fabricating Consumers
by Andrew GordonSince its early days of mass production in the 1850s, the sewing machine has been intricately connected with the global development of capitalism. Andrew Gordon traces the machine's remarkable journey into and throughout Japan, where it not only transformed manners of dress, but also helped change patterns of daily life, class structure, and the role of women. As he explores the selling, buying, and use of the sewing machine in the early to mid-twentieth century, Gordon finds that its history is a lens through which we can examine the modern transformation of daily life in Japan. Both as a tool of production and as an object of consumer desire, the sewing machine is entwined with the emergence and ascendance of the middle class, of the female consumer, and of the professional home manager as defining elements of Japanese modernity.
Fabricating Homeland Security: Police Entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel (South Asia in Motion)
by Rhys MacholdHomeland security is rarely just a matter of the homeland; it involves the circulation and multiplication of policing practices across borders. Though the term "homeland security" is closely associated with the United States, Israel is credited with first developing this all-encompassing approach to domestic surveillance and territorial control. Today, it is a central node in the sprawling global homeland security industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars. And in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, India emerged as a major growth market. Known as "India's 9/11" or simply "26/11," the attacks sparked significant public pressure to adopt "modern" homeland security approaches. Since 2008, India has become not only the single largest buyer of Israeli conventional weapons, but also a range of other surveillance technology, police training, and security expertise. Pairing insights from science and technology studies with those from decolonial and postcolonial theory, Fabricating Homeland Security traces 26/11's political and policy fallout, concentrating on the efforts of Israel's homeland security industry to advise and equip Indian city and state governments. Through a focus on the often unseen and overlooked political struggles at work in the making of homeland security, Rhys Machold details how homeland security is a universalizing project, which seeks to remake the world in its image, and tells the story of how claims to global authority are fabricated and put to work.
Fabulous Farmer: The Story of Walter Knott and His Berry Farm
by Paul Bailey Roger HolmesTWENTY MILLION people have walked the acres of Knott’s Berry Farm at Buena Park, California. Its chicken dinners, its wild west atmosphere, its “Ghost Town,” are familiarly known to travellers from every part of the world. Less known, perhaps, is the remarkable story of Walter Knott and his family, who have built their strange enterprise into one of the wonder of the west.Here is the story of how a once penniless sharecropper parlayed ten acres of berries into a farm of golden wonders. How a chicken dinner became a national institution, ad how boysenberries, both in an out of pies, became the means of assembling on hundred acres of historical marvels that have delighted and amused the Farm’s millions of visitors.FABULOUS FARMER is the tale of how one man turned poverty and adversity into dazzling success. It is a story of free American enterprise with odd and new twists. It is an inspiring, human recital of a family whose teamwork, thrift and industry fought through every hardship and crisis until success was theirs. Through its candid, exciting pages breathes the same warmth and friendliness that is so deeply senses by every visitor to the Farm.FABULOUS FARMER is as typically American as Mrs. Knott’s berry pies and fried chicken. It is a joyful, rewarding book that builds courage and faith in its readers, and a book every American will want to read as tonic for his own fears, and antidote for anything that might water down his faith in the future and his belief in himself.
Fabulous Female Firsts: Because of Them, We Can
by Marlene Wagman-GellerProfiles of pioneering women past and present who&’ve shattered glass ceilings from the author of Women of Means and Women Who Launch. Sexism has kept generations of women on the sidelines of history—but in every era, there are women who refuse to sit back in the shadows. Fabulous Female Firsts is a celebration of those women—the role models who proved that with enough daring and tenacity, the impossible can become possible.From the first woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor to the first female candidate for US President (it wasn&’t Hillary Clinton!) to the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director, this collection of biographical profiles celebrates the trailblazers who persisted—in spite of being labeled stubborn, improper, or worse. This book is written in praise of &“difficult women&” who made the world a better place, and offers the inspiring stories of: Aretha Franklin • Sandra Day O&’Connor • Lucy Walker • Sally Ride • Kathryn Bigelow • Misty Copeland • Viola Desmond • Pauli Murray • Emma Gatewood • Brig. Gen. Anna Hays • Junko Tabei • Gertrude Ederle and many more. &“Effervescent stories about diverse groups of female creators, entrepreneurs, and dynamos . . . every page gives the motivation to strive for greatness.&” —Becca Anderson, bestselling author of The Book of Awesome Women and Real Life Mindfulnes
Fabulous Flying Boats: A History of the World's Passenger Flying Boats
by Leslie DawsonThe history of the development and operations of flying boats in the early twentieth century is a vibrant one, full of colourful characters and experimentation. In 'Fabulous Flying Boats', Leslie Dawson captures this spirit of dynamism, reminding us of the most successful early pioneers of the seaplanes development, including a little known and oft-overlooked rival to the Wright Brothers, working to put their mutual successes in context. He goes on to describe, in clear and vivid detail, and using first hand-accounts, what it was like to be aboard one of the resulting huge passenger flying boats, as air crew and as a passenger. He also recounts the part played by the military boats inevitably seconded to such use. Incredibly well researched, the narrative embraces the globe-trotting air routes, from Europe to the Far East and to the Americas, and is well supported with evocative images from private and corporate collections, and the worlds aviation museums. The in-depth Appendix is virtually a book in itself. This book is sure to be a welcome addition to any Aviation enthusiasts library as it covers a particularly important period of Aviation development which formed a fertile environment for a host of young experimenters. The process of development continues to this day.
Fabulous Machinery for the Curious: The Garden of Urdu Classical Literature (World Literature In Translation Ser.)
by Musharraf Ali FarooqiAn absorbing, joyous, and colorful collection of stories from the qissa genre. Fabulous Machinery for the Curious presents the first English translation of some of the finest texts from the qissa genre. In this book, acclaimed translator Musharraf Ali Farooqi gathers the greatest of these tales, written or transcribed in the Urdu language by master storytellers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Spreading from Persia to Arabia to South Asia over 1,500 years, the qissa appropriated verse and prose narratives to become the preeminent storytelling genre. The combined traditions of the many cultures of Indo-Islamic civilization resulted in a flowering of qissas in Urdu. This collection distills a vast body of oral and written literature, from resplendent sagas of romantic love and thrilling adventures in fairyland to picaresque stories of deception and haunting tales of nobility and viciousness. Fabulous Machinery for the Curious brings these forgotten gems to a new generation of readers and reminds us of the abiding power that great stories and ancient genres have for engaging the contemporary world.
Fabulous New Orleans
by Lyle SaxonThis classic reprint evokes a city steeped in the traditions and idiosyncrasies of three cultures--French, Spanish, andAmerican. Known widely as one of Louisiana's great writers, Lyle Saxon documented many of the quirks and mysteries of New Orleans. His narratives include a vivid picture of Mardi Gras as seen through the eyes of a young boy, a brief history of the city, and accounts of strange and remarkable events, including the great Mississippi flood of 1927, the year of the great plague, and a voodoo cult ceremony.By any standards, New Orleans is a unique city, and Saxon depicts it unadorned, with all its flaws and glories.
Face Down Among the Winchester Geese (Lady Appleton Mystery #3)
by Kathy Lynn EmersonThird in Lady Susanna Appleton mystery series set in Elizabethan England.
Face Down Before Rebel Hooves (Lady Appleton Mystery #6)
by Kathy Lynn Emerson6th in mystery series featuring sleuth and herbalist Lady Susanna Appleton, set in Elizabethan England.
Face Down Below the Banqueting House (Lady Appleton Mystery #8)
by Kathy Lynn Emerson8th in Lady Susanna Appleton mystery series, set in Elizabethan England.
Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross (Lady Appleton Mystery #4)
by Kathy Lynn Emerson4th in mystery series featuring herbalist Lady Susanna Appleton. Set in Elizabethan England.
Face Down Beside St. Anne's Well (Lady Appleton Mystery #9)
by Kathy Lynn EmersonAre the nude spies lolling in the ancient Roman communal baths of Elizabethan England plotting the return of Mary Queen of Scots? She is said to be clamoring to return to these healing waters. Once again Susanna, Lady Appleton, encounters murder and treason, and only she can unravel the crimes in the intriguing year of 1575. Rosamund, Susanna's twelve-year-old foster daughter, is certain her French tutor has been murdered. Rosamund and her friends are quite modern: they cut school, rebel against authority, and giggle over secrets. But can teenage mischief be construed as spying and treason? These are most significant matters to the Elizabethans, as the wrong religion, the wrong marriage, the wrong friends...may all be seditious.