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The Queen of the Ring

Jeff Leen
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Author : Jeff Leen
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802199935

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The Queen of the Ring by Jeff Leen Pdf

The story of Mildred Burke, the longest reigning champion of female wrestling, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of Kings of Cocaine. In this in-depth account, journalist Jeff Leen pulls back the curtain on a forgotten era when a petite midwesterner used her beauty and brawn to dominate America’s most masculine sport. At only five feet two, Mildred Burke was an unlikely candidate for the ring. A waitress barely scraping by on Depression-era tips, she saw her way out when she attended her first wrestling match. When women were still struggling for equality with men, Burke regularly fought—and beat—male wrestlers. Rippling with muscle and dripping with diamonds, she walked the fine line between pin-up beauty and hardened brawler. An unforgettable slice of Americana, The Queen of the Ring captures the golden age of wrestling, when one gritty, glamorous woman rose through the ranks to take her place in athletic history. “Jeff Leen has made a fabulous contribution to the sports-history canon. The Queen of the Ring is a marvelous evocation of an era, and a riveting portrait of a one-of-a-kind American moll.” —Sally Jenkins, author of The Real All Americans

Queen of the Ring

Jaime Hernandez
Queen of the Ring Book PDF

Author : Jaime Hernandez
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781683964452

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Queen of the Ring by Jaime Hernandez Pdf

For the past 40 years, acclaimed graphic novelist Jaime Hernandez has been creating a Love and Rockets-adjacent world ― set in the heyday of 1960s and ’70s women’s wrestling and lucha libre! ― with an entirely separate cast of characters who have aged and evolved: the beautiful and brutal Bettie Rey, the I.F.W. Pacific Women’s Champion ― a.k.a. Golden Girl ― as well as former champions Pantera Negra, Miss Kitty Perez, and many more. As Hernandez puts it, “It’s my Love and Rockets world that’s not my Love and Rockets world.” This best-of book spotlights the women who are often ignored in pro wrestling in 125 full color illustrations: pin-ups, action shots, fake wrestling magazine covers, all presented in a large paperback format that echoes the lucha libre magazines of the 1960s. Hernandez also discusses the work in an interview with fellow cartoonist Katie Skelly. Despite having created one of the most expansive and remarkable casts of characters of any cartoonist who ever lived (under the umbrella of the ongoing L&R comic book series), acclaimed graphic novelist Jaime Hernandez ― Will Eisner Hall of Famer; Eisner, Harvey, Ignatz, and PEN Award winner; L.A. Times Book Prize winner; and on a very short list of contenders for the title of America’s Greatest Living Cartoonist ― has been privately amassing a body of work that no one else has ever seen for over 40 years. Until now.

The Ring of Truth

Wendy Doniger
The Ring of Truth Book PDF

Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190267131

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Why are sex and jewelry, particularly rings, so often connected? Why do rings continually appear in stories about marriage and adultery, love and betrayal, loss and recovery, identity and masquerade? What is the mythology that makes finger rings symbols of true (or, as the case may be, untrue) love? The cross-cultural distribution of the mythology of sexual rings is impressive--from ancient India and Greece through the Arab world to Shakespeare, Marie Antoinette, Wagner, nineteenth-century novels, Hollywood, and the De Beers advertising campaign that gave us the expression, "A Diamond is Forever." Each chapter of The Ring of Truth, like a charm on a charm bracelet, considers a different constellation of stories: stories about rings lost and found in fish; forgetful husbands and clever wives; treacherous royal necklaces; fake jewelry and real women; modern women's revolt against the hegemony of jewelry; and the clash between common sense and conventional narratives about rings. Herein lie signet rings, betrothal rings, and magic rings of invisibility or memory. The stories are linked by a common set of meanings, such as love symbolized by the circular and unbroken shape of the ring: infinite, constant, eternal--a meaning that the stories often prove tragically false. While most of the rings in the stories originally belonged to men, or were given to women by men, Wendy Doniger shows that it is the women who are important in these stories, as they are the ones who put the jewelry to work in the plots.

The Ring and the Crown (Extended Edition)

Melissa de la Cruz
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Author : Melissa de la Cruz
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781368013284

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The Ring and the Crown (Extended Edition) by Melissa de la Cruz Pdf

"The Crown" meets "Game of Thrones" in this dazzling tale of glamour, enchantment, and betrayal, written by #1 New York Times bestselling author, Melissa de la Cruz. Once, they were inseparable, just two little girls playing games in a formidable castle. Now Princess Marie-Victoria, heir to the mightiest empire in the world, and Aelwyn Myrddyn, a bastard mage, face vastly different futures. As the annual London season begins—a whirlwind of wealth and magic marked by lavish parties and gorgeous girls vying for the attention of young royals—the talk of the town is Ronan Astor, a social-climbing American with only her beauty to recommend her. After falling for a handsome rogue on the voyage over, she must balance her desire for love with her duty to save her family's position. Meanwhile, Isabelle of Orleans finds herself cast aside by Leopold, heir to the Prussian crown, in favor of a political marriage to Marie-Victoria. Isabelle is bent on reclaiming what is hers, but Marie doesn't even want Leopold—she lost her heart long ago to a boy she will never be able to have. Desperate to escape a life without love, Marie turns to Aelwyn, and the girls form a perilous plan that endangers the fate of the monarchy. "Preening royalty, a touch of magic, and dramatic betrayal. What's not to love?" — Teen Vogue "This character-driven novel has fabulous balls, glitzy gowns, and plenty of drama and plot twists, making it hard to put down." — School Library Journal

Lives of the Queens of England

Agnes Strickland,Elisabeth Strickland
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Author : Agnes Strickland,Elisabeth Strickland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Queens
ISBN : HARVARD:HW23SD

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Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses

Agnes Strickland,Elizabeth Strickland
Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Book PDF

Author : Agnes Strickland,Elizabeth Strickland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781108026130

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Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses by Agnes Strickland,Elizabeth Strickland Pdf

Volume 4 (1853) of this pioneering work covers Mary Stuart's early reign, up to the birth of James VI.

Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses, Connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain. By Agnes Strickland, [and Her Sister Elizabeth.]

Agnes STRICKLAND
Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain By Agnes Strickland and Her Sister Elizabeth Book PDF

Author : Agnes STRICKLAND
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026853003

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Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses, Connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain. By Agnes Strickland, [and Her Sister Elizabeth.] by Agnes STRICKLAND Pdf

The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

Madame Campan
The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette Queen of France Book PDF

Author : Madame Campan
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783734015410

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The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Madame Campan Pdf

Reproduction of the original: The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Madame Campan

King Arthur: 10 Books of Tales & Myths about the Legendary King of Camelot

Howard Pyle,Richard Morris,James Knowles,T. W. Rolleston,Thomas Malory,Alfred Tennyson,Maude L. Radford
King Arthur 10 Books of Tales Myths about the Legendary King of Camelot Book PDF

Author : Howard Pyle,Richard Morris,James Knowles,T. W. Rolleston,Thomas Malory,Alfred Tennyson,Maude L. Radford
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 3195 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547682493

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King Arthur: 10 Books of Tales & Myths about the Legendary King of Camelot by Howard Pyle,Richard Morris,James Knowles,T. W. Rolleston,Thomas Malory,Alfred Tennyson,Maude L. Radford Pdf

This ebook collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The edition contains ten books of incredible & unforgettable tales of King Arthur, The Holy Grail, Sir Lancelot, Sorcerer Merlin, the Excalibur, the Legendary Camelot, Adventures of the Noble Knights of the Round Table, as well as other British Celtic Legends and Myths: King Arthur – An Introduction by H. W. Mabie Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by James Knowles King Arthur and His Knights by Maude L. Radford The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle The Story of the Champions of the Round Table by Howard Pyle The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Richard Morris The Mabinogion Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race