Queen Of The Court

Author : Madeleine Blais
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802165749

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Queen of the Court by Madeleine Blais Pdf

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Madeleine Blais, the dramatic and colorful story of legendary tennis star and international celebrity, Alice Marble In August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by the famed Alfred Eisenstaedt. She was a glamorous worldwide celebrity, having that year won singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles tennis titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open, then an unprecedented feat. Yet today one of America’s greatest female athletes and most charismatic characters is largely forgotten. Queen of the Court places her back on center stage. Born in 1913, Marble grew up in San Francisco; her favorite sport, baseball. Given a tennis racket at age 13, she took to the sport immediately, rising to the top with a powerful, aggressive serve-and-volley style unseen in women’s tennis. A champion at the height of her fame in the late 1930s, she also designed a clothing line in the off-season and sang as a performer in the Sert Room of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York to rave reviews. World War II derailed her amateur tennis career, but her life off the court was, if anything, even more eventful. She wrote a series of short books about famous women. She turned professional and joined a pro tour during the War, entertaining and inspiring soldiers and civilians alike. Ever glamorous and connected, she had a part in the 1952 Tracy and Hepburn movie Pat and Mike, and she played tennis with the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, and her great friends, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. However, perhaps her greatest legacy lies in her successful efforts, working largely alone, to persuade the all-white US Lawn Tennis Association to change its policy and allow African American star Althea Gibson to compete for the US championship in 1950, thereby breaking tennis’s color barrier. In two memoirs, Marble also showed herself to be an at-times unreliable narrator of her own life, which Madeleine Blais navigates skillfully, especially Marble’s dramatic claims of having been a spy during World War II. In Queen of the Court, the author of the bestselling In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle recaptures a glittering life story.

Author : Serena Williams
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : African American women tennis players
ISBN : 184737543X

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Queen of the Court by Serena Williams Pdf

One of the biggest stars in tennis, Serena Williams has captured every major title. Her 2009 Australian Open championship earned her the number one world ranking for the third time in her illustrious career-and marked only the latest exclamation point in a life well and purposefully lived. As a young girl, Serena began training with an adult-size racquet that was almost as big as she was. Rather than dropping the racquet, Serena saw it as a challenge to overcome - and she has confronted every obstacle on her path to success with the same unflagging spirit. From growing up in the tough, hardscrabble neighborhood of Compton, California, to being trained by her father on public tennis courts littered with broken glass and drug paraphernalia, to becoming the top women's player in the world, Serena has proven to be an inspiration to her legions of fans both young and old. Her accomplishments have not been won without struggle. She has been derailed by injury, criticized for her unorthodox approach to tennis, and was devastated by the tragic shooting of her older sister. Yet somehow Serena always manages to prevail, both on and off the court. She's applied the same strength and determination that helped her to become a champion to her successful pursuits in philanthropy, fashion, television, and film. In this compelling and poignant memoir, Serena takes an empowering look at her extraordinary life and what is still to come.

Author : Melanie Howard,Andrea Leidolf
Publisher : Match Point Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Kidnapping
ISBN : 0989560694

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Queen of the Court by Melanie Howard,Andrea Leidolf Pdf

Ex-stripper Shana Lee Jones thinks she's finally left her disreputable past behind when she convinces her wealthy husband, former outlaw biker Wayne Jones, to bail out bankrupt Belle Vista Country Club. To the horror of its elite members, Shana arrives on the club's historic grounds with a TV crew in tow, and begins filming her very own tennis reality show, Queen of the Court. From day one, the show is an epic disaster for the socially prominent members, especially the "Bitches of Belle Vista," who play on the club's prestigious ladies' tennis team. As the cameras capture humiliating episodes ranging from wardrobe malfunctions to on-court cat fights, team captain Allie Beech becomes desperate to take back "her" club before Queen of the Court ruins her husband's political ambitions. She launches a relentless public campaign to ostracize the sincere but hopelessly tacky Shana, while privately delving into the disappearance of heiress Pippa Edgemoor, whose trust fund could free Belle Vista from the Joneses. However, Allie doesn't realize that her investigation could reveal unsavory secrets long hidden by the privileged and pedigreed denizens of Belle Vista, including her own mother. Shana, meanwhile, discovers that there are parts of your past you just can't outrun, especially in four-inch heels. This is a rollicking, enjoyable novel with an unlikely and audacious heroine, Shana Jones, who takes on country club society with hilarious results. Queen of the Court serves up an entertaining mix of social satire, mystery and just plain fun.

Author : Michele Martin Bossley
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781552776773

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Queen of the Court by Michele Martin Bossley Pdf

Kallana wears the wildest clothes of anyone at her suburban Calgary junior high school. Still, it seems it's not enough to get the attention of her freelance photographer father or her non-kid-friendly mother. When her dad signs her up for the basketball team after Kallana is sent home from school for wearing "provocative" clothes, she's mortified: she can't dribble, she can't shoot, and the uniforms are just hideous. But as things get worse at home, basketball practice comes to be a welcome relief, and the self-confidence she learns at the free-throw line helps her prepare for the difficult changes she has to face. Queen of the Court is the touching story of a young girl whose experience of sport helps her cope with unexpected change. [Fry Reading Level - 3.3

Author : Nancy Maveety
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131726890

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Queen's Court by Nancy Maveety Pdf

The first book to challenge the conventional wisdom that Sandra Day O'Connor was an influential member of the Rehnquist Court simply by default of her centrist views. Shows that her impact and influence went far beyond the "swing vote," and that it truly was "O'Connor's Court" more so than Rehnquist's.

Author : Pam Greer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Sports stories
ISBN : 1927794196

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Queens of the Court by Pam Greer Pdf

Payton and Renika are back for another season of Hickory Adams High volleyball action. Payton still hasn't quite figured out how to transfer her superstar basketball skills to the volleyball court and the new JV players are all too aware of her lack of skill even through the coach still has her starting. When Renika tries to intervene and pull the JV team together, she finds that the new girl Val is out to sabotage Payton's authority, resulting in a divided team that can't compete. Will Payton help the JV team get it together or will they fall apart and lose their chance to be "Queens of the Court."

Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Crown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307347077

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The Courts of Love by Jean Plaidy Pdf

When I look back over my long and tempestuous life, I can see that much of what happened to me—my triumphs and most of my misfortunes—was due to my passionate relationships with men. I was a woman who considered herself their equal—and in many ways their superior—but it seemed that I depended on them, while seeking to be the dominant partner—an attitude which could hardly be expected to bring about a harmonious existence. Eleanor of Aquitaine was revered for her superior intellect, extraordinary courage, and fierce loyalty. She was equally famous for her turbulent relationships, which included marriages to the kings of both France and England. As a child, Eleanor reveled in her beloved grandfather’s Courts of Love, where troubadours sang of romantic devotion and passion filled the air. In 1137, at the age of fifteen, Eleanor became Duchess of Aquitaine, the richest province in Europe. A union with Louis VII allowed her to ascend the French throne, yet he was a tepid and possessive man and no match for a young woman raised in the Courts of Love. When Eleanor met the magnetic Henry II, the first Plantagenet King of England, their stormy pairing set great change in motion—and produced many sons and daughters, two of whom would one day reign in their own right. In this majestic and sweeping story, set against a backdrop of medieval politics, intrigue, and strife, Jean Plaidy weaves a tapestry of love, passion, betrayal, and heartbreak—and reveals the life of a most remarkable woman whose iron will and political savvy enabled her to hold her own against the most powerful men of her time.

Author : Martha Walker Freer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BCUL:1099113387

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Elisabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain and the Court of Philip II. by Martha Walker Freer Pdf

Author : Jerrold M. Packard
Publisher : Scribner Book Company
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : MINN:31951001159167N

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The Queen & Her Court by Jerrold M. Packard Pdf

Author : Mme Campan (Jeanne-Louise-Henriette)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : France
ISBN : MSU:31293105403210

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Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Mme Campan (Jeanne-Louise-Henriette) Pdf

Author : Caroline Weber
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429936477

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Queen of Fashion by Caroline Weber Pdf

In this dazzling new vision of the ever-fascinating queen, a dynamic young historian reveals how Marie Antoinette's bold attempts to reshape royal fashion changed the future of France Marie Antoinette has always stood as an icon of supreme style, but surprisingly none of her biographers have paid sustained attention to her clothes. In Queen of Fashion, Caroline Weber shows how Marie Antoinette developed her reputation for fashionable excess, and explains through lively, illuminating new research the political controversies that her clothing provoked. Weber surveys Marie Antoinette's "Revolution in Dress," covering each phase of the queen's tumultuous life, beginning with the young girl, struggling to survive Versailles's rigid traditions of royal glamour (twelve-foot-wide hoopskirts, whalebone corsets that crushed her organs). As queen, Marie Antoinette used stunning, often extreme costumes to project an image of power and wage war against her enemies. Gradually, however, she began to lose her hold on the French when she started to adopt "unqueenly" outfits (the provocative chemise) that, surprisingly, would be adopted by the revolutionaries who executed her. Weber's queen is sublime, human, and surprising: a sometimes courageous monarch unwilling to allow others to determine her destiny. The paradox of her tragic story, according to Weber, is that fashion—the vehicle she used to secure her triumphs—was also the means of her undoing. Weber's book is not only a stylish and original addition to Marie Antoinette scholarship, but also a moving, revelatory reinterpretation of one of history's most controversial figures.

Author : Helena Rookwood
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-30
Category : Fairies
ISBN : 1987409655

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The Queen's Court by Helena Rookwood Pdf

No one returns from Faerie unchanged... but most don't return from Faerie at all... Tabitha and Lysander are out of the Iron Court's sights - for now. Tabitha's convinced that they will be safe if only they can get to the Otherworld, where she hopes she will also finally discover the answers to her questions about the hagstone. And when they meet a mysterious, handsome faery who promises he can take them straight to the Queen's Court, it seems like all Tabitha's wishes have come true. But it quickly turns out that the Kingdom of Faerie isn't quite what she expected it to be... Tabitha and Lysander don't know who or what to trust any more. And the closer they get to the Court of the Faerie Queen, the darker and more wicked Faerie seems to grow... Will Tabitha and Lysander find the answers they're looking for in the Queen's Court? And even if they do - will they be able to return to the human world again afterwards? The Queen's Court is the third instalment in the River Witch series, a fairytale-inspired fantasy series set in post-technology Britain.

Author : Gerald Marzorati
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982127893

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Seeing Serena by Gerald Marzorati Pdf

A riveting, revealing portrait of tennis champion and global icon Serena Williams that combines biography, cultural criticism, and sports writing to offer “a deep, satisfying meditation” (The New York Times) on the most consequential athlete of her time. There has never been an athlete like Serena Williams. She has dominated women’s tennis for two decades, changed the way the game is played, and—by inspiring Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, and others—changed, too, the racial makeup of the pro game. But Williams’s influence has not been confined to the tennis court. As a powerful Black woman who struggled to achieve and sustain success, she has emerged as a cultural icon, figuring in conversations about body image, working mothers, and more. Seeing Serena chronicles Williams’s return to tennis after giving birth to her daughter—from her controversial 2018 US Open final against Naomi Osaka through a 2020 season that unfolded against a backdrop of a pandemic and protests over the killing of Black men and women by the police. Gerald Marzorati, who writes about tennis for The New Yorker, travels to Wimbledon and to Compton, California, where Serena and her sister Venus learned to play. He talks with former women’s tennis greats, sports and cultural commentators—and Serena herself. He observes Williams from courtside, on the red carpet, in fashion magazines, on social media. He sees her and writes about her prismatically—reflecting on her many, many facets. The result is an “enlightening…keen analysis” (The Washington Post) and energetic narrative that illuminates Serena’s singular status as the greatest women’s tennis player of all time and a Black woman with a global presence like no other.

Author : Sarah J. Maas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781619634497

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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas Pdf

The epic third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas. Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom not only for Feyre, but for everything-and everyone-she holds dear. As war bears down upon them all, Feyre endeavors to take her place amongst the High Fae of the land, balancing her struggle to master her powers-both magical and political-and her love for her court and family. Amidst these struggles, Feyre and Rhysand must decide whom to trust amongst the cunning and lethal High Lords, and hunt for allies in unexpected places. In this thrilling third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Sarah J. Maas, the fate of Feyre's world is at stake as armies grapple for power over the one thing that could destroy it.

Author : Deborah Cadbury
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610398473

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Queen Victoria's Matchmaking by Deborah Cadbury Pdf

A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted the most international power and influence: as a matchmaking grandmother. As her reign approached its sixth decade, Queen Victoria's grandchildren numbered over thirty, and to maintain and increase British royal power, she was determined to maneuver them into a series of dynastic marriages with the royal houses of Europe. Yet for all their apparent obedience, her grandchildren often had plans of their own, fueled by strong wills and romantic hearts. Victoria's matchmaking plans were further complicated by the tumultuous international upheavals of the time: revolution and war were in the air, and kings and queens, princes and princesses were vulnerable targets. Queen Victoria's Matchmaking travels through the glittering, decadent palaces of Europe from London to Saint Petersburg, weaving in scandals, political machinations and family tensions to enthralling effect. It is at once an intimate portrait of a royal family and an examination of the conflict caused by the marriages the Queen arranged. At the heart of it all is Victoria herself: doting grandmother one moment, determined Queen Empress the next.