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25 Women: Essays on Their Art

25 Women: Essays on Their Art

Dave Hickey

The book collects Hickey’s best and most important writing about female artists from the past twenty years. But this is far more than a compilation: Hickey has revised each essay, bringing them up to date and drawing out common themes.
The Harrow school register, 1571-1800

The Harrow school register, 1571-1800

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Buried Sept. 30, 1775. Hickey Memoirs. Record of Old Westminsters. Hickey, Joseph, 1754-6. B. 1745. Eldest son of Joseph Hickey, attorney, of St. Albans St., Pall Mall, London, and brother of William Hickey, the memoir- writer who states ( vol.
Pirates and Farmers

Pirates and Farmers

Dave Hickey

Arguably one of Americas most unconventional art/cultural critics
India and British portraiture, 1770-1825

India and British portraiture, 1770-1825

Mildred Archer

... in Lisbon by Hickey on his way back from India in 1 7824 and in the same year Hickey met the Calcutta attorney and diarist, William Hickey (his namesake though no relative), who was returning to India with his mistress, Charlotte Barry.
The Lives of Women

The Lives of Women

Christine Dwyer Hickey

The stunning new novel from Christine Dwyer Hickey, bestselling author of Last Train from Liguria. 'One of Ireland's most lauded modern writers, Christine Dwyer Hickey teases out the strands of her story.
Memoirs of William Hickey ...

Memoirs of William Hickey ...

William Hickey

Hickey, William {contd.) — his friend, Robert Pott, inaugurates a dining club, 287 et aeq., 298, 314-5 witnesses the launching of two ships, 293-4 first meeting with Charlotte Barry, 295 visits Bath, 295 his dinner-party at St. Albans Street, 296-7, ...
Glorious Victory: Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans

Glorious Victory: Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans

Donald R. Hickey

In Glorious Victory, leading War of 1812 scholar Donald R. Hickey recounts the New Orleans campaign and Jackson’s key role in the battle. Drawing on a lifetime of research, Hickey tells the story of America’s "forgotten conflict.
Steve Schapiro: American edge

Steve Schapiro: American edge

Steve Schapiro

With an essay by Dave Hickey, this book includes unforgettable images of the poor and the working class, as well as celebrities such as Nixon, Brando, and Janis Joplin.
Pagan America

Pagan America

Dave Hickey

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
The Invisible Dragon: Essays on Beauty, Revised and Expanded

The Invisible Dragon: Essays on Beauty, Revised and Expanded

Dave Hickey

" A new essay, "American Beauty," concludes the volume with a historical argument that is a rousing paean to the inherently democratic nature of attention to beauty.
The Invisible Dragon: Essays on Beauty, Revised and Expanded

The Invisible Dragon: Essays on Beauty, Revised and Expanded

Dave Hickey

" A new essay, "American Beauty," concludes the volume with a historical argument that is a rousing paean to the inherently democratic nature of attention to beauty.".
The War of 1812, A Short History

The War of 1812, A Short History

Donald R. Hickey

Donald R. Hickey. —JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY “A well-researched and extensively documented overview of the causes and consequences of the War of1812. . . . Highly recommended as an inclusivepolitical, military, and social  ...
A Man Named Dave

A Man Named Dave

Dave Pelzer

The concluding volume of Dave Pelzer's million-copy bestselling memoir.
Dave Ramsey's Complete Guide to Money: The Handbook of ...

Dave Ramsey's Complete Guide to Money: The Handbook of ...

Dave Ramsey

"This is the official handbook for Financial Peace University. If you are following Dave?s teaching, you already know what is in this book. But if you?re new to Dave this is the book for you."--Publisher's website.
Dave: a collection

Dave: a collection

David Miller

Now--in this funny, hip collection of great Dave cartoons--readers enjoy the overwhelmingly average Dave's hilarious take on life in the couch-potato lane.
Memoirs

Memoirs

William Hickey

Hickey, William (oontd.) — his friend, Robert Pott, inaugurates a dining club, 287 ft net]., 298, 314-5 witnesses the launching of two ships, 293-4 first meeting with Charlotte Barry, 295 visits Bath, 295 hia dinner-party at St. Albans Street, 296-7, ...
Nebraska Moments

Nebraska Moments

Donald R. Hickey

Donald R. Hickey, Susan A. Wunder, John R. Wunder. 1. The Villasur Expedition. The. land that would become Nebraska is a dynamic place. Many peoples have lived in the land of the flat water, Nebraska, an Otoe word that has been adopted  ...
You Can Date Boys When You're Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting ...

You Can Date Boys When You're Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting ...

Dave Barry

Let’s face it: families not only enrich our lives every day, they drive us completely around the bend. Thank goodness we have Dave Barry as our guide!
The Book of Dave

The Book of Dave

Will Self

The Book of Dave is Booker-shortlisted author Will Self's dazzling sixth novel What if a demented London cabbie called Dave Rudman wrote a book to his estranged son to give him some fatherly advice?
Dave Barry Talks Back

Dave Barry Talks Back

Dave Barry

Yet another collection of Barry wit and wisdom by the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and the author of Dave Barry Turns 40.
The Misery of Dave Milne

The Misery of Dave Milne

Jeff Milne

This is a play about Dave Milne (an immigrant, military school survivor/victim, Ivy League graduate, Naval officer, 10% disabled veteran, dissident philosopher and much more) adapted by his son, from recordings made of Dave in the last six ...
I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of ...

I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of ...

Dave Barry

Let Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and nationally unrecognized voice of maturity Dave Barry make the journey a little easier—and a lot funnier—with his hilarious takes on parenting, changing self-image, the battle of the sexes, ...
The Rockets' Red Glare: An Illustrated History of the War of ...

The Rockets' Red Glare: An Illustrated History of the War of ...

Donald R. Hickey

An Illustrated History of the War of 1812 Donald R. Hickey, Connie D. Clark. chapter. two. Canada,. Canada,. Canada. 1812. One of the oddest and most feared members of the War Congress was John Randolph of Roanoke, a Virginian who ...
Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)

Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)

Dave Barry

To provide a little perspective on a really messed-up millennium (so far), the one and only Dave Barry slips into his historian?s robe (it?s plush terrycloth) and revisits the defining moments in our country?s recent history?from the Bush ...
The Green Room Book; Or, Who's who on the Stage: An Annual ...

The Green Room Book; Or, Who's who on the Stage: An Annual ...

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Dave Abrams A Wife and Mother ............ Lillian Lee The Hero of a ... Dave Abrams Signor Crusoe .................. Frank Mayne A Lady Expert ... Dave Abrams A Lady in Search of Bargains Edith Moyer Another One .................. Mabel Spencer A Poor ...
How We Are Hungry

How We Are Hungry

Dave Eggers

How We Are Hungry is a collection of Dave Eggers's short stories that twist and inspire the imagination Dave Eggers has championed the cause of the short story so magnificently that through his own McSweeney's magazine and through its many ...

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