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Warhol and Cars: American Icons

Warhol and Cars: American Icons

Gail Stavitsky

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, N.J., Mar. 5-June 19, 2011.
Roy Lichtenstein: American Indian Encounters

Roy Lichtenstein: American Indian Encounters

Gail Stavitsky

This book explores in detail and illustrates a collection of his paintings and works on paper that were influenced by his encounters with Native American subjects.
The New Spirit: American Art in the Armory Show, 1913

The New Spirit: American Art in the Armory Show, 1913

Gail Stavitsky

During its original run in New York, Chicago, and Boston from mid-February to mid-May of 1913 and in the subsequent scholarship on the topic, most attention has centered on the avant-garde European artists, particularly Marcel Duchamp, ...
Waxing Poetic: Encaustic Art in America

Waxing Poetic: Encaustic Art in America

Gail Stavitsky

The other two essays in this volume are "Encaustic Painting and Revivals: A History of Discord and Discovery" by Danielle Rice and "Encaustic Painting as a Contemporary Paint Medium" by Richard Frumess.
Secret Words: Arcana Verba

Secret Words: Arcana Verba

Craig Wickersham

“Agent, this is Gail Allen,” Norm began. “I need to step out for a few minutes. Gail is going to talk with Detective Felling.” “Understood,” the agent replied. “I'll be back in a few minutes, Gail.” “Okay. I'll be right here. And good luck with the glass  ...
More Virtual Field Trips

More Virtual Field Trips

Gail Cooper

Copyright © 1999 Gail Cooper and Garry Cooper All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of ... Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cooper, Gail, 1950- More virtual field trips / by Gail Cooper and Garry Cooper. xv, 146 p.
The Purple Glove Murders: Two Gail Brevard Mysteries

The Purple Glove Murders: Two Gail Brevard Mysteries

Mary Wickizer Burgess

In THE PURPLE GLOVE MURDERS, Gail and her companion and law partner, Conrad "Connie" Osterlitz, are relaxing at their Southern California mountain hideaway when Gail hears of a nearby tragedy.
The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History

The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History

Dolores Hayden

49. James T. Rojas, "The Enacted Environment of East Los Angeles," Places 8 ( Spring 1993), 42-53. 50. See Gail Lee Dubrow, "Property Types Associated with Asian/Pacific American Settlement in Washington State," in Gail Lee Dubrow, Gail ...
Santa Who?

Santa Who?

Gail Gibbons

In telling the rich history of the Christmas gift-giver, Gail Gibbons draws upon many cultures.
Seeing Is Deceiving: A Gail Brevard Mystery

Seeing Is Deceiving: A Gail Brevard Mystery

Lionel Webb

When an heiress is found murdered, corporate attorney Gail Brevard is assigned the case, despite her lack of experience in trying criminal matters.
Rough Cut:

Rough Cut:

Gail Sinclair

Gail Sinclair. “Keep the gun with you,” he said. “Hide it in your clothes. But if anyone bothers you, shoot to kill. Do you understand?” His voice was harsh. More demands were shouted across the clearing. He ignored them. “I want you to go ...
Dark Song

Dark Song

Gail Giles

In this controversial novel about a good-girl-gone-wrong, Gail Giles returns to the fast-paced, chilling writing that attracted so many fans to What Happened to Cass McBride?
Swordplay

Swordplay

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... one which gives birth to a world of men. My descendants will spread without number across all the land and become a great people.” “Yes, they will,” the demon said, smiling. “I will be waiting.” The Devil's Blade Gail Selinger Gail Selinger is ...
The Hemingway Review

The Hemingway Review

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Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality

Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality

Gail Dines

Professor Gail Dines has written about and researched the porn industry for over two decades.
Aktiv zuhören für Dummies

Aktiv zuhören für Dummies

Gail Evans

Gail Evans erklärt Ihnen, wie Sie als 'zuhörender Helfer' Ratsuchende unterstützen können und dabei Ihre eigenen Bedürfnisse nicht vernachlässigen.
Mystery Date

Mystery Date

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... with awe and reverence, touched our future. The truth, so help me, gods. And raise a glass with me now to that future. May he reign as well as his father, King Tuck. Huzzah! WITH ADMIRATION Gail Selinger Gail Selinger is a writer, college.
Actresses on the Victorian Stage: Feminine Performance and ...

Actresses on the Victorian Stage: Feminine Performance and ...

Gail Marshall

Gail Marshall argues that the professional and personal history of the Victorian actress was largely defined by her negotiation with the sculptural metaphor, and that this was authorized and determined by the Ovidian myth of Pygmalion and ...
Gail Scott: Essays on Her Works

Gail Scott: Essays on Her Works

Lianne Moyes

Born in Ottawa, Gail Scott's early childhood was spent in Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg; from the age of eight until leaving home, she lived in a bilingual community in Eastern Ontario, about 90 miles from Montreal. Her maternal grandparents ...
Tool Book

Tool Book

Gail Gibbons

What are tools? How do they help us make things? For busy toddlers keen on building, Gail Gibbons presents the answers to those questions in this cheerful board book introduction to tools and what they do.
Dreams Of Speaking

Dreams Of Speaking

Gail Jones

In Dreams of Speaking, prize-winning author Gail Jones paints with grace and skill the experience of needing to belong despite wanting to be alone.
The Politics of Duplicity: Controlling Reproduction in ...

The Politics of Duplicity: Controlling Reproduction in ...

Gail Kligman

Gail Kligman's chilling ethnography—of the state and of the politics of reproduction—is the first in-depth examination of this extreme case of political intervention into the most intimate aspects of everyday life.
Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America

Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America

Gail Jarrow

GAIL JARROW merges biology and history in her third medical mystery about deadly diseases in early twentiethcentury America. Her books have received numerous awards and distinctions, including a YALSA Award Nomination for ...
The Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American Magician

The Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American Magician

Gail Jarrow

Image Credits Private collection of Gail Jarrow: 66, 70, 72, 74. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division: LC-USZ6279474: 12 (left); LC-USZ62- 113665: 16; LC-USZ62-76951: 20, LCUSZ62-104792: 21; Lot 7933H: 50, 58, 88 –89; ...
Pirates of New England: Ruthless Raiders and Rotten Renegades

Pirates of New England: Ruthless Raiders and Rotten Renegades

Gail Selinger

Piracy historian Gail Selinger brings these tales of mayhem and villainy to life while also exploring why New England became such a breeding ground for high seas crime and how the view of piracy changed over time, from winking toleration to ...
Advances in the Mathematical Sciences: Research from the ...

Advances in the Mathematical Sciences: Research from the ...

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Research from the 2015 Association for Women in Mathematics Symposium Gail Letzter, Kristin Lauter, Erin Chambers, Nancy Flournoy, Julia Elisenda Grigsby, Carla Martin, Kathleen Ryan, Konstantina Trivisa. Gail Letzter Editor-in-Chief ...

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