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Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?

Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?

Marion Meade

At the dazzling center of it all, Meade gives us the flamboyant, self-destructive, and brilliant Dorothy Parker. This edition features a new afterword by Marion Meade.
A Brief History of Brazil

A Brief History of Brazil

Teresa A. Meade

Teresa A. Meade ... Checkmark Books An imprint of Facts On File, Inc. 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Meade, Teresa A., 1948– A brief history of Brazil / Teresa A. Meade. p. cm.
Bitching

Bitching

Marion Meade

A snapshot into a key time in the feminist movement, this book is a must‐read for anyone interested in how far we have come . . . or how much we have stayed the same.
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography

Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography

Marion Meade

This is a compassionate biography of this charismatic queen and the world she ruled over.
Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase

Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase

Marion Meade

Meticulously researched, this book brings together four years of research and hundreds of interviews to paint a nuanced portrait of a compelling artist.
Sybille: Life, Love, & Art in the Face of Absolute Power

Sybille: Life, Love, & Art in the Face of Absolute Power

Marion Meade

In thirteenth-century France, a female poet endures the chaos of the Albigensian Crusade in this novel by the author of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
The Unruly Life of Woody Allen

The Unruly Life of Woody Allen

Marion Meade

Rereleased and updated, this is an unauthorized biography that neither Woody Allen’s fans nor his detractors will be able to put down.
Meade: Victor of Gettysburg

Meade: Victor of Gettysburg

Richard Allen Sauers

Most students of the American Civil War know the name George Gordon Meade, but few can tell you about the man.
Stealing Heaven: The Love Story of Heloise and Abelard

Stealing Heaven: The Love Story of Heloise and Abelard

Marion Meade

Her story is one of a brilliant woman, trapped within the confines of her society. But it is also the story of an inspiring love that has lived on throughout history.
Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the ...

Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the ...

Marion Meade

Here are the social and literary triumphs (Parker's Round Table witticisms appeared almost daily in the newspapers and Ferber and Millay won Pulitzer Prizes) and inevitably the penances each paid: crumbled love affairs, abortions, ...
The Dawn of the New Cycle: Point Loma Theosophists and ...

The Dawn of the New Cycle: Point Loma Theosophists and ...

W. Michael Ashcraft

According to K. Paul Johnson, a Theosophist and student of Blavatsky's life, Marion Meade's Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth (New York: Putnam, 1980) is typical of hostile biographies portraying Blavatsky as fraudulent or ...
Lonelyhearts: The Screwball World of Nathanael West and ...

Lonelyhearts: The Screwball World of Nathanael West and ...

Marion Meade

Nat as a schoolboy: Collection of Dorothy Herrmann. Anna Weinstein with daughters: Courtesy of Nancy Silbert. Nat at Brown: Brown University Library, used by permission of Harold Ober Associates. Eileen's yearbook picture: Author's ...
“Civilizing” Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City, ...

“Civilizing” Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City, ...

Teresa Meade

Their resistance is the focus of Teresa Meade's study.
The Third Day at Gettysburg and Beyond

The Third Day at Gettysburg and Beyond

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Meade's Pursuit of Lee A. Wilson Greene Did Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade and his Army of the Potomac fumble an opportunity to cripple their enemy and possibly win the Civil War after the battle of Gettysburg? “We think that the question ...
Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of ...

Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of ...

Tom Huntington

A historian's investigation of the life and times of Gen. George Gordon Meade to discover why the hero of Gettysburg has failed to achieve the status accorded to other generals of the conflict.
Give Them Truth: Teaching Eternal Truths to Young Minds

Give Them Truth: Teaching Eternal Truths to Young Minds

Starr Meade

Like math, grammar, piano, or soccer, God's Word takes time to learn and understand. Where do parents and teachers begin? Starr Meade will guide you and your children into the core doctrines of the Christian faith.
Francis Marion: Swamp Fox

Francis Marion: Swamp Fox

Cliff Mills

His daring raids helped America gain independence. We know some facts about Marion, but they can get lost in the stories and legends about him. This book will help you separate fact from fiction and learn more about the real Francis Marion.
"Civilizing" Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City, ...

"Civilizing" Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City, ...

Teresa A. Meade

Their resistance is the focus of Teresa Meade's study.
Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds: Family Devotions Based on ...

Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds: Family Devotions Based on ...

Starr Meade

Starr Meade enables families with school-age children to participate in satisfying devotions together by taking them through The Heidelberg Catechism—explaining its answers in short devotional readings accompanied by relevant Bible ...
Sagamore Beach

Sagamore Beach

Marion R. Vuilleumier

Marion R. Vuilleumier. SAGAMORE BEACH Marion R. Vuilleumier ARCADIA Copyright © 2003 by Marion R. Vuilleumier ISBN 0-7385-1 183-8.
Gettysburg: The Meade-Sickles Controversy

Gettysburg: The Meade-Sickles Controversy

Richard Allen Sauers

Examines the feud between Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles and Union commander Maj. Gen. George G. Meade at the Battle of Gettysburg
Maritime Marion Massachusetts

Maritime Marion Massachusetts

Judith Westlund Rosbe

This book began when Jack Braitmayer, a longtime Marion resident, suggested to Jim Weinberg, a director ot the Sippican Historical Society, that the society should write a maritime history ot Marion because of the community's unique ...
Marion County

Marion County

Barbara Woolbright Carruth

Formed in 1818, Marion County was named for Francis Marion of South Carolina, known as the "Swamp Fox" during the I Revolutionary War. This scenic county lies in the foothills of the v Appalachian Mountains, in the hill country of northwest  ...
A Journey Into Dorothy Parker's New York

A Journey Into Dorothy Parker's New York

Kevin C. Fitzpatrick

ISBN 9780976670605 Ebook ISBN 9780982341063 Library of Congress Cataloging,in'Publication Data Fitzpatrick, Kevin C., 1966A journey into Dorothy Parker's New York / Kevin C. Fitzpatrick; with a foreword by Marion Meade. p. cm.
Ghostlight: Witchlight

Ghostlight: Witchlight

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930 — 1999) Marion Zimmer was born on a farm in Albany, New York, in 1930, and married Robert Alden Bradley in 1949. She received a BA. from Hardin Simmons University, Texas, and did post-graduate work at ...
Gravelight: Witchlight

Gravelight: Witchlight

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930 — 1999) Marion Zimmer was born on a farm in Albany, New York, in 1930, and married Robert Alden Bradley in 1949. She received a BA. from Hardin Simmons University, Texas, and did post-graduate work at ...
Witchlight: Witchlight

Witchlight: Witchlight

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930 — 1999) Marion Zimmer was born in Albany, New York, in 1930, and grew up across the Hudson River on a farm in East Greenbush. She married Robert Alden Bradley in 1949. She received a BA. from Hardin ...
Place-making for the Imagination: Horace Walpole and ...

Place-making for the Imagination: Horace Walpole and ...

Marion Harney

The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Harney, Marion. Place-making for the imagination : Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill/ by Marion Harney. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index.

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