Fifteen Postcards

Author : Kirsten McKenzie
Publisher : Accent Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781783758739

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Fifteen Postcards by Kirsten McKenzie Pdf

History shapes those who travel through it Following the unexplained disappearance of her parents, and in a last ditch attempt to save the antique store she has inherited from financial ruin, Sarah Lester takes on a deceased estate. Amongst the estate is a collection of vintage postcards which lead Sarah on a journey through time. Sarah is unprepared for what these postcards hint at about their reclusive former owner, and soon they complicate her life in unimaginable ways, transporting her to Victorian London, colonial New Zealand and to the British Raj in India. Sarah has to fight her twenty-first century instincts, and a century of emancipation, to survive. Traversing three continents and two centuries, where tiger hunts and ruby necklaces are irrevocably entwined with murders and mysteries, auction houses and antiquities, Sarah is drawn into the enigma that could solve her parents' disappearance, and the question of should she stay or should she go, gets harder and harder to answer, the deeper she delves into the past. Perfect for fans of the Outlander series and lovers of The Time Travelers Wife. What people are saying about Fifteen Postcards: "If history lessons had been this entertaining, I would have scored an A+!." -Andrene Low, author of the Excess Baggage series "This story is one for devotees of adventurous historical fiction and tales of plucky young women finding their feet." -Stephanie Jones, CoastFM Book Reviewer "I think the author has done a commendable job in bringing the story to life and it's obvious that she has used extensive historical research to ensure that the story always feels authentic and that's not an easy feat to pull off." -JaffaReadsToo, Book Blogger "Kirsten McKenzie has written a very unusual novel: part time travel, part historical, and part antique review. Sarah?s adventures in other times and other continents, linked together by the postcards and the antiques, are well researched and entertainingly written." -Historical Novel Society What reviewers are saying about Kirsten McKenzie: "McKenzie has done a spectacular job of combining well-researched history with a hint of mysterious intrigue." -Anxious Canadian Blog "Kirsten Mckenzie has written an excellent foray into historical fiction. I'm honestly not quite sure how she was able to keep up with and integrate the different settings, time periods, and characters without losing her place. But she managed it magnificently." -Author Sean Whittaker "McKenzie?s descriptions of the shop are well drawn and wonderfully evoke the jumbled chaos of layers of leftovers from centuries of everyday life." -NZBookLovers blog

Author : William Sydney Graham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Poetry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121867514

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Fifteen Postcards by William Sydney Graham Pdf

Author : Antoinette Burton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134636488

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Gender, Sexuality and Colonial Modernities by Antoinette Burton Pdf

Gender, Sexuality and Colonial Modernities presents exciting new perspectives on modern colonial regimes to researchers and students in gender studies, history and cultural studies.

Author : James Allan Fredrick
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469790411

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A Cross to Bare by James Allan Fredrick Pdf

whats the best way to tell everyone that they dont need to conform to the established, prejudiced religions, or the self-serving corporations and governmentor the media and celebrities who dictate whats important and/or fashionable? And how do you get noticed? - Jackson Cross, The Judas Conspiracy A Cross to Bare is the fictional biography of Jackson Cross, media manipulator, stand-up comic, and author of an extremely inflammatory novel involving the Crucifixion. It is a satirical, theological, sci-fi thriller, with elements as esoteric as the teenage clones of the Rat Pack, Howard Stern as Satan, Timothy Learys blood genetically engineered into a synthetic hallucinogen, Paul McCartney as Death, and more. Jackson Cross. Hell doubt for you. Join the Conspiracy at www.judasconspiracy.com

Author : S Purkayastha
Publisher : New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789386307866

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ICSE-Math Hub-TB-06 by S Purkayastha Pdf

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Author : Jeffrey L. Meikle
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-20
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781477308608

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Postcard America by Jeffrey L. Meikle Pdf

This illustrated history of the colorized linen postcards of the 1930s and ’40s is “an incredible tour . . . A veritable treasure trove of American culture” (Crave Online). From the Great Depression through the early postwar years, any postcard sent in America was more than likely a “linen” card. Colorized in vivid, often exaggerated hues and printed on card stock embossed with a linen-like texture, linen postcards celebrated the American scene with views of majestic landscapes, modern cityscapes, roadside attractions, and other notable features. These colorful images portrayed the United States as shimmering with promise, quite unlike the black-and-white worlds of documentary photography or Life magazine. Linen postcards were enormously popular, with close to a billion printed and sold. Postcard America offers the first comprehensive study of these cards and their cultural significance. Drawing on the production files of Curt Teich & Co. of Chicago, the originator of linen postcards, Jeffrey L. Meikle reveals how photographic views were transformed into colorized postcard images—often by means of manipulation—adding and deleting details or collaging bits and pieces from several photos. He presents two extensive portfolios of postcards—landscapes and cityscapes—that comprise a representative iconography of linen postcard views. For each image, Meikle explains the postcard’s subject, describes aspects of its production, and places it in social and cultural contexts. In the concluding chapter, he shifts from historical interpretation to a contemporary viewpoint, considering nostalgia as a motive for collectors and others who are fascinated today by these striking images.

Author : Kenneth J. Ruoff
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801471827

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Imperial Japan at Its Zenith by Kenneth J. Ruoff Pdf

In 1940, Japan was into its third year of war with China, and relations with the United States were deteriorating. But in that year, the Japanese also commemorated the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of the Empire of Japan.

Author : Lena Mukhina
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781447269908

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The Diary of Lena Mukhina by Lena Mukhina Pdf

In May 1941 Lena Mukhina was an ordinary teenage girl, living in Leningrad, worrying about her homework and whether Vova - the boy she liked - liked her. Like a good Soviet schoolgirl, she was also diligently learning German, the language of Russia's Nazi ally. And she was keeping a diary, in which she recorded her hopes and dreams. Then, on 22 June 1941, Hitler broke his pact with Stalin and declared war on the Soviet Union. All too soon, Leningrad was besieged and life became a living hell. Lena and her family fought to stay alive; their city was starving and its citizens were dying in their hundreds of thousands. From day to dreadful day, Lena records her experiences: the desperate hunt for food, the bitter cold of the Russian winter and the cruel deaths of those she loved. A truly remarkable account of this most terrible era in modern history, The Diary of Lena Mukhina is the vivid first-hand testimony of a courageous young woman struggling simply to survive.

Author : Amy Gansell,Ann Shafer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780190673185

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Testing the Canon of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology by Amy Gansell,Ann Shafer Pdf

Testing the Canon of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology invites readers to reconsider the contents and agendas of the art historical and world-culture canons by looking at one of their most historically enduring components: the art and archaeology of the ancient Near East. Ann Shafer, Amy Rebecca Gansell, and other top researchers in the field examine and critique the formation and historical transformation of the ancient Near Eastern canon of art, architecture, and material culture. Contributors flesh out the current boundaries of regional and typological sub-canons, analyze the technologies of canon production (such as museum practices and classroom pedagogies), and voice first-hand heritage perspectives. Each chapter, thereby, critically engages with the historiography behind our approach to the Near East and proposes alternative constructs. Collectively, the essays confront and critique the ancient Near Eastern canon's present configuration and re-imagine its future role in the canon of world art as a whole. This expansive collection of essays covers the Near East's many regions, eras, and types of visual and archaeological materials, offering specific and actionable proposals for its study. Testing the Canon of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology stands as a vital benchmark and offers a collective path forward for the study and appreciation of Near Eastern cultural heritage. This book acts as a model for similar inquiries across global art historical and archaeological fields and disciplines.

Author : Ciara Geraghty
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781444737950

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Now That I've Found You by Ciara Geraghty Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROMANTIC NOVELISTS' ASSOCIATION CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC NOVEL AWARD, 2015. Vinnie is an ordinary man. Ellen is an ordinary woman. Ellen is unable to move on after a terrible accident that left her mentally and physically scarred. Taxi driver Vinnie is struggling to cope with bringing up two children on his own. Everyone deserves to find that one person who's meant for them, don't they? Fall in love with the story of Vinnie and Ellen. Because ordinary lives can be extraordinary.

Author : Yolonda Youngs
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Composition (Photography)
ISBN : 9781496238351

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Framing Nature by Yolonda Youngs Pdf

Author : Tom Harris
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785903755

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Ten Years In The Death Of The Labour Party by Tom Harris Pdf

For the first eighteen months of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, Labour MPs were in open revolt. The party seemed to be heading back to the early 1980s, when old-school Marxists tried and failed to take over the party, at a shocking electoral cost. The snap general election called by Theresa May for 8 June 2017 looked set to consign Labour to the history books. But the best-laid plans of mice and men... How long can the uneasy peace between moderate, anti-Corbyn MPs and the leader's loyal grassroots activists last? What does Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party have in common with the Labour Party of Attlee, Wilson and Blair? Is there even a future for either version of 'democratic socialism' in the twenty-first century? Or is the Labour Party, as generations of voters have known it, finally coming to the end of its useful life? The seeds of Labour's travails and its hostile takeover by the hard left were sown years earlier, during the turbulent, chaotic last years of the Labour government. In Ten Years in the Death of the Labour Party, columnist and former Labour MP Tom Harris turns the spotlight on the decisions that doomed the party's fortunes and the people who made them.

Author : Marcia Reed,Glenn Phillips
Publisher : 2018-07-10
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606065730

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Artists and Their Books / Books and Their Artists by Marcia Reed,Glenn Phillips Pdf

This stunning volume illuminates the current moment of artists’ engagement with books, revealing them as an essential medium in contemporary art. Ever innovative and predictably diverse in their physical formats, artists’ books occupy a creative space between the familiar four-cornered object and challenging works of art that effectively question every preconception of what a book can be. Many artists specialize in producing self-contained art projects in the form of books, like Ken Campbell and Susan King, or they establish small presses, like Simon Cutts and Erica Van Horn’s Coracle Press or Harry and Sandra Reese’s Turkey Press. Countless others who are primarily known as sculptors, painters, or performance artists carry on a parallel practice in artists’ books, including Anselm Kiefer, Annette Messager, Ed Ruscha, and Richard Tuttle. Artists and Their Books / Books and Their Artists includes over one hundred important examples selected from the Getty Research Institute’s Special Collections of more than six thousand editions and unique artists’ books. This volume also presents precursors to the artist’s book, such as Joris Hoefnagel’s sixteenth-century calligraphy masterpiece; single-sheet episodes from Albrecht Dürer’s Life of Mary, designed to be either broadsides or a book; early illustrated scientific works; and avant-garde publications. Twentieth-century works reveal the impact of artists’ books on Pop Art, Fluxus, Conceptualism, feminist art, and postmodernism. The selection of books by an international range of artists who have chosen to work with texts and images on paper provokes new inquiry into the nature of art and books in contemporary culture.

Author : Ember Leigh
Publisher : Books on Vine LLC
Page : 910 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Bayshore Series: Books 1 - 3 Rom Com Boxed Set by Ember Leigh Pdf

Five stubborn, alpha, hyper-competitive brothers reconvene in their idyllic, lakeside hometown to collect their inheritances and confront their fractured family. What could possibly go wrong? Start the Bayshore series today and get lost in the hilarious and hotter-than-hell world of the Daly family! Get to know small-town Bayshore, set on the shores of Lake Erie, and these five sexy brothers who call it their hometown. Books 1-3 of the series are included here, and all are guaranteed to melt your panties. Book #1: MAKE ME LOSE (second chance/enemies-to-lovers romance) Book #2: MAKE ME FALL (fake relationship romance) Book #3: MAKE ME YOURS (medical/matchmaker romance) The Bayshore Series boxed set contains no cheating, no cliffhangers, plenty of steam and a guaranteed HEA in every book of the series! One-click now to continue getting to know the mouthwatering Daly brothers and the women who bring them to their knees in these laugh-out-loud small town romances.

Author : Charlotte L Joy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315417516

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The Politics of Heritage Management in Mali by Charlotte L Joy Pdf

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Djenné, in modern day Mali, is exalted as an enduring wonder of the ancient African world by archaeologists, anthropologists, state officials, architects and travel writers. In this revealing study, the author critically examines how the politics of heritage management, conservation, and authenticity play essential roles in the construction of Djenné’s past and its appropriation for contemporary purposes. Despite its great renown, the majority of local residents remain desperately poor. And while most are proud of their cultural heritage, they are often troubled by the limitations it places on their day to day living conditions. Joy argues for a more critical understanding of this paradox and urges us all to reconsider the moral and philosophical questions surrounding the ways in which we use the past in the present.