Life Mask

Author : Emma Donoghue
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547541464

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Life Mask by Emma Donoghue Pdf

Privilege has a price for three high-society Londoners in this eighteenth-century historical novel by the author of Room and The Pull of the Stars. In a time of looming war, of glittering spectacle and financial disasters, the wealthy liberals of the Whig Party work to topple a tyrannical prime minister and a lunatic king. Marriages and friendships stretch or break; political liaisons prove as dangerous as erotic ones; and everyone wears a mask. Will Eliza Farren, England's leading comedic actress, gain entry to that elite circle that calls itself the World? Can Lord Derby, the inventor of the horse race that bears his name, endure public mockery of his long, unconsummated courtship of the actress? Will Anne Damer, a sculptor and rumored Sapphist, be the cause of Eliza's fall from grace? Let the games begin . . . “Mesmerizing. With the French Revolution raging in the background, Donoghue has lighted on another terrific story, and she pulls off a dazzling feat of choreography.” —Julia Livshin, The Washington Post Book World “Few will be able to put it down before its enthralling tales end.” —Chicago Tribune

Author : Joyce Ellen Davis
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781304840110

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Life Mask by Joyce Ellen Davis Pdf

Biographical fiction. Charlotte Salomon is often remembered as the Anne Frank of the Art World. Her biographical paintings remain a remarkable witness of the Holocaust, celebrating the life of an artistic genius. ""Had I not created my whole world I would certainly have died in other people's."" --Anais Nin

Author : Julie Fortenberry
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780425288023

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Lily's Cat Mask by Julie Fortenberry Pdf

Armed with a vivid imagination and her trusty cat mask, Lily can take on anything--even a new school... But when her teacher tells her no masks allowed in class, Lily worries, can she make friends without it? Anyone who has been daunted by a new experience, or struggled to put on a good face, will relate to Lily. Whimsical art brings Lily, her father, and her new classmates to life, with text that begs to be read aloud. Perfect for Father's Day, back to school, and even Halloween--Lily and her grinning cat mask are sure to make you smile back.

Author : Lewis Howes
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781788171281

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The Mask of Masculinity by Lewis Howes Pdf

At 30 years old, Lewis Howes was outwardly thriving but unfulfilled inside. He was a successful athlete and businessman, achieving goals beyond his wildest dreams, but he felt empty, angry, frustrated, and always chasing something that was never enough. His whole identity had been built on misguided beliefs about what "masculinity" was. Howes began a personal journey to find inner peace and to uncover the many masks that men – young and old – wear. In The Mask of Masculinity, Howes exposes the ultimate emptiness of the Material Mask, the man who chases wealth above all things; the cowering vulnerability that hides behind the Joker and Stoic Masks of men who never show real emotion; and the destructiveness of the Invincible and Aggressive Masks worn by men who take insane risks or can never back down from a fight. He teaches men how to break through the walls that hold them back and shows women how they can better understand the men in their lives. It's not easy, but if you want to love, be loved and live a great life, then it's an odyssey of self-discovery that all modern men must make. This book is a must-read for every man – and for every woman who loves a man.

Author : George Jonas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1552637107

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Beethoven's Mask by George Jonas Pdf

In his extraordinary memoir, Beethovens Mask, George Jonas describes life as an Italian opera: an absurd story set to irresistible music. Spanning the period between 1935 and 2001from just before the outbreak of the Second World War to 9/11the narrative takes the form of a journey log, zeroing in on key episodes in Jonass own life and in the lives of others: famous, infamous, and anonymous men and women that he encountered in Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Beethovens Mask is an extraordinary, riveting read that will engage any reader interested in the twentieth century, its foibles, evils, comic and comedic aspects, and the self-destructive urge of humanity that drove Europe and, ultimately, the rest of world into the most horrendous bloodshed of the Second World War.Powerful storytelling and sharp observation, leavened with marvelous wit and style, combine to deliver one of the most vivid memoirs ever written.

Author : Jackie Kay
Publisher : Bloodaxe Books
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015060668996

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Life Mask by Jackie Kay Pdf

This title contains poems about love and loss, masks and masquerades.

Author : Charles Henry Hart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1899
Category : Masks (Sculpture)
ISBN : UOM:39015069331091

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Browere's Life Masks of Great Americans by Charles Henry Hart Pdf

Author : Susan Currie
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781772600148

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The Mask That Sang by Susan Currie Pdf

Cass and her mom have always stood on their own against the world. Then Cass learns she had a grandmother, one who was never part of her life, one who has just died and left her and her mother the first house they could call their own. But with it comes more questions than answers: Why is her Mom so determined not to live there? Why was this relative kept so secret? And what is the unusual mask, forgotten in a drawer, trying to tell her? Strange dreams, strange voices, and strange incidents all lead Cass closer to solving the mystery and making connections she never dreamed she had.

Author : Alice Muriel Williamson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HNN8CP

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The Life Mask by Alice Muriel Williamson Pdf

Author : Dave Pallone,Alan Steinberg
Publisher : New Amer Library
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0451170296

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Behind the Mask by Dave Pallone,Alan Steinberg Pdf

A gay umpire offers a candid inside view of professional baseball, discussing his career and relating anecdotes about incidents on and off the field

Author : Jane Resh Thomas
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0395691206

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Behind the Mask by Jane Resh Thomas Pdf

A biography of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, from her troubled childhood through her forty year reign.

Author : Brian P. Walsh
Publisher : Post Hill Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781642934199

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Beyond the Mask by Brian P. Walsh Pdf

Minutes before Brian Walsh, then just a teenager, heard his beeper go off, calling him to help put out another fire, he was on top of the world. An hour later, after a freak flashover and confusion that sent the junior firefighter into the inferno against regulations, Brian had suffered such profound burns to his face that he was unidentifiable to his fellow firefighters. Nearly everyone expected him to die that night. He did not. Nearly everyone expected him to die in the burn unit where, over the next month, every other patient died. Nearly everyone, including family and friends, expected Brian to choose a professional life that would keep him from showing his face, and the personal life of a hermit. He did not. Boldly forging a path forward with courage, grace, and determination, Brian silenced his doubters and defied all expectations. Decades later, Brian is an extraordinarily successful and renowned financial planner, family man, community fixture, philanthropist, motivational speaker, and industry leader. In this stirring autobiography, he tells his incredible story, sharing the lessons that only tragedy could teach and how they helped him—and can help anyone—achieve greater success, inside and out. Beyond the Mask is the moving and inspirational story of how one horrific moment can define a human being forever—in the most life-affirming way.

Author : Brendan Gill
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1998-08-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0306808722

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Many Masks by Brendan Gill Pdf

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) is often described as the greatest of American architects. His works—among them Taliesin North, Taliesin West, Fallingwater, the Johnson Wax buildings, the Guggenheim Museum—earned him a good measure of his fame, but his flamboyant personal life earned him the rest. Here Brendan Gill, a personal friend of Wright and his family, gives us not only the fullest, fairest, and most entertaining account of Wright to date, but also strips away the many masks the architect tirelessly constructed to fascinate his admirers and mislead his detractors. Enriched by hitherto unpublished letters and 300 photographs and drawings, this definitive biography makes Wright, in all his creativity, crankiness, and zest, fairly leap from its pages.

Author : Glen Sean Coulthard
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452942438

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Red Skin, White Masks by Glen Sean Coulthard Pdf

WINNER OF: Frantz Fanon Outstanding Book from the Caribbean Philosophical Association Canadian Political Science Association’s C.B. MacPherson Prize Studies in Political Economy Book Prize Over the past forty years, recognition has become the dominant mode of negotiation and decolonization between the nation-state and Indigenous nations in North America. The term “recognition” shapes debates over Indigenous cultural distinctiveness, Indigenous rights to land and self-government, and Indigenous peoples’ right to benefit from the development of their lands and resources. In a work of critically engaged political theory, Glen Sean Coulthard challenges recognition as a method of organizing difference and identity in liberal politics, questioning the assumption that contemporary difference and past histories of destructive colonialism between the state and Indigenous peoples can be reconciled through a process of acknowledgment. Beyond this, Coulthard examines an alternative politics—one that seeks to revalue, reconstruct, and redeploy Indigenous cultural practices based on self-recognition rather than on seeking appreciation from the very agents of colonialism. Coulthard demonstrates how a “place-based” modification of Karl Marx’s theory of “primitive accumulation” throws light on Indigenous–state relations in settler-colonial contexts and how Frantz Fanon’s critique of colonial recognition shows that this relationship reproduces itself over time. This framework strengthens his exploration of the ways that the politics of recognition has come to serve the interests of settler-colonial power. In addressing the core tenets of Indigenous resistance movements, like Red Power and Idle No More, Coulthard offers fresh insights into the politics of active decolonization.

Author : Kevin N. Lawrence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Executive ability
ISBN : 1619618419

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Your Oxygen Mask First by Kevin N. Lawrence Pdf

Here's the hard truth about leadership: it either forces you to get stronger or it slowly destroys your life. There is no in-between. Kevin Lawrence has discovered seventeen habits that allow any leader to transcend the perils of success and keep achieving--habits that have already helped hundreds of CEOs and executives become stronger and more resilient. Obsessed with understanding why successful people crash and burn, Lawrence has studied and tested virtually every leadership theory known to humankind in his two decades as a business advisor. His straight-talk advice in Your Oxygen Mask First will surprise and propel even the most seasoned leaders as he cuts through the platitudes and jargon to share the best tools he has found to ensure your survival, no matter how high you fly.