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Quicklet on Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra: A Life ...
Paul KralyStacy Schiff Stacy Schiff has used her award winning expertise in biography to examine a woman who is at once one of the ... Schiff's Cleopatra is a lively, well rounded woman who defies the stereotypes that have been bandied about for over ...
The Wives: The Women Behind Russia's Literary Giants
Alexandra PopoffStacy Schiff, Ve'ra, 3. Brenda Maddox, Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom ( Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988), 25. Stacy Schiff, Ve'ra, 11. lbid., 10. Alexander Bahrah, Bunin vhalate (Moskva: Soglasie, 2000), 120—21. Stacy Schiff, Ve'ra, 12 .
The Witches: Salem, 1692
Stacy SchiffVividly capturing the dark, unsettled atmosphere of seventeenth-century America, Stacy Schiff's magisterial history draws us into this anxious time.
Kleopatra. Biografia
Stacy SchiffStacy Schiff w swojej książce odczarowuje Kleopatrę, zdejmując z niej, warstwa po warstwie, ów szlachetny kulturowy osad, oddzielając fakty od fikcji.
The Witches: Salem, 1692
Stacy SchiffAs psychologically thrilling as it is historically seminal, THE WITCHES is Stacy Schiff's account of this fantastical story-the first great American mystery unveiled fully for the first time by one of our most acclaimed historians.
Cléopâtre
Stacy SchiffDans ce récit magistral, Stacy Schiff révèle par quel tour de passe-passe l’histoire a transformé une grande reine, incarnation même de la femme de pouvoir, en catin malfaisante.
Véra: (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)
Stacy SchiffVéra, both beautiful and brilliant, is its outsized heroine—a woman who loves as deeply and intelligently as did the great romantic heroines of Austen and Tolstoy. Stacy Schiff's Véra is a triumph of the biographical form.
Saint-Exupery: A Biography
Stacy SchiffThis is Stacy Schiff's first book, but she writes with all the skill, assurance and mastery of an old literary hand. If there was such a thing as a prize for a first biography, I would nominate this book. ' Frank McLynn, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH.
Vera mevrouw Vladimir Nabokov: portret van een huwelijk
Stacy SchiffStacy Schiff is de auteur van Vera, mevrouw Vladimir Nabokov, dat bekroond werd met een Pulitzer Prize. Schiff schrijft regelmatig voor onder meer The New Yorker, The New York Times en The Washington Post. Ze woont en werkt in New York.
Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership
Naomi Wiener Cohen1918; reel 1977, H. Schneiderman to Schiff, 6 May 1915, C. Adler to Schiff, 18 May 1915; reel 1978, H. Bernstein to Schiff, 4 Nov. 1915, Schiff to H. Bernstein, 13 May 1915; Schiff papers (JTS archives, Jerusalem), L. Marshall to Schiff, 15 Nov.
Saint-Exupéry: A Biography
Stacy SchiffThe definitive biography of the most translated french writer of all time.
Cleopatra
Stacy SchiffCleopatra's palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue.
Cleopatra: A Life
Stacy SchiffHer palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. She was married twice, each time to a brother.
A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of ...
Stacy SchiffReveals how Benjamin Franklin outmaneuvered hostile colleagues, British spies, French informers, and other challenges to convince France to underwrite America's experiment in democracy.
Queen Victoria Biography
Julia BairdFor readers of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra and Sally Bedell Smith's Elizabeth the Queen comes the story of the indefatigable British queen who built an empire and made the modern world: a sweeping, gorgeously written, page-turning new ...
A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of ...
Stacy SchiffIn this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career In December of 1776 a small boat delivered an old man to France.
A Voice That Spoke for Justice: The Life and Times of ...
Melvin I. UrofskyLouis Marshall to Jacob Schiff, 24 April 1920, and Schiff to Bernard Richards, 24 April 1920, Schiff MSS; Julius Simon to Zionist Bureau, London, 7 May 1920, London Office Records. 21. New York Times, 31 May 1920. 22. SSW, Challenging ...
Indigenous Homelessness: Perspectives from Canada, ...
PreviewWaegemakers Schiff, Jeannette, and Rebecca Schiff. 2014. “Housing First: Paradigm or Program?” Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless 23 (2): 80– 104. ____. 2016. “Northern Housing Networks: Collaborative Efforts to Develop ...
Spies, Inc.: Business Innovation from Israel's Masters of ...
Stacy PermanNow, Stacy Perman tells this incredible story...revealing the techniques of entrepreneurship on the fly, when failure is not an option.
Jacob H. Schiff: His Life and Letters 1928
Cyrus Adler1928. Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766162540. Volume 1 of 2. These volumes represent the biographical account of Jacob H. Schiff, the American banker and philanthropist.
The Real Crash: America's Coming Bankruptcy---How to Save ...
Peter D. SchiffIn The Real Crash, New York Times bestselling author Peter D. Schiff argues that America is enjoying a government-inflated bubble, one that reality will explode . . . with disastrous consequences for the economy and for each of us.
Why We Fought: America's Wars in Film and History
Peter Rollins... security to notions of masculinity. “Characteristics, actions, and reactions deemed feminine—such as diplomacy, negotiation, and compromise” have been systematically devalued in public discourse 488 / Stacy Takacs 22 / Stacy Takacs .
The Soldier and the State in India: Nuclear Weapons, ...
Ayesha RayAddressing the subject of civil–military relations in India, Rebecca Schiff in 1997 challenged the idea of a strict separation in civilian and military functions. Instead , Schiff attempted to explain the possible overlap of civilian and military functions ...
The Truth About Style
Stacy LondonThe New York Times bestselling style guide from the cohost of What Not to Wear It’s clear why Women’s Wear Daily hails Stacy London as “the Dr. Phil of fashion.” Since 2002, she’s transformed hundreds of guests on TLC’s hit show ...
Cultural Studies
Intellect BooksStacy Takacs Oklahoma State University, American Studies, 700 North Greenwood Ave, Tulsa, 74106-0700, United States of America Keywords trauma, therapeutic rhetoric, militarism, US television, militainment Stacy Takacs is an Associate ...
TV Nationalisms: Reflections on the Contemporary State ...
Stacy TakacsReflections on the Contemporary State And/of US Imperialism Stacy Takacs. for being probably the sweetest, most supportive guy on the planet. Thanks for the pre-exam poem, which I still cherish, and all of the encouragement over the years .
The Military and Domestic Politics: A Concordance Theory of ...
Rebecca L. SchiffThe Military and Domestic Politics By creatively applying concordance theory to five unique settings, Rebecca Schiff has made an invaluable contribution to civil– military studies. This is a most timely reference for social scientists, military ...
The Fifty-Year Rebellion: How the U.S. Political Crisis ...
Scott KurashigeStacy Perman, “The Real History of America's Most Authentic Fake Brand,” Inc. ( April 2016), http://www.inc.com/magazine/201604 /stacy-perman/shinola-watch- history-manufacturing-heritage-brand .html. 16. Joe Nocera, “Is Motown Getting Its ...
Camp Rolling Hills: Book One
Stacy Davidowitz" --Michael Showalter, co-writer of Wet Hot American Summer "Stacy Davidowitz gets the magic of camp and the wonder of being twelve just right. Camp Rolling Hills is both heartwarming and laugh-out-loud hilarious.
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