Blue Postcards

Blue Postcards
Author: Douglas Bruton
Publisher: Fairlight Books
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2021-07-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1912054833

Once there was a street in Paris and it was called the Street of Tailors. This was years back, in the blue mists of memory. Now it’s the 1950s and Henri is the last tailor on the street. With meticulous precision he takes the measurements of men and notes them down in his leather-bound ledger. He draws on the cloth with a blue chalk, cuts the pieces and sews them together. When the suit is done, Henri adds a finishing touch: a blue Tekhelet thread hidden in the trousers somewhere, for luck. One day, the renowned French artist Yves Klein walks into the shop, and orders a suit. Set in Paris, this atmospheric tale delicately intertwines three connected narratives and timelines, interspersed with observations of the colour blue. It is a meditation on truth and lies, memory and time and thought. It is a leap of the imagination, a leap into the void.

Women in Blue Postcard Book: 30 Post Cards

Women in Blue Postcard Book: 30 Post Cards
Author: Laughing Elephant
Publisher: Darling & Company
Total Pages:
Release: 2005-07-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781595830401

Few colors have as paradoxical associations as blue. It evokes positive qualities such as serenity, happiness, and purity, yet feeling "blue" is a euphemism for sadness. Blue is masculine yet pretty, dreary and cheerful. "The blues" is both a state of mind and genre of music that for all its stark sadness evokes profound joy. A person can be a blue-blood, a bluestocking, a bluenose, and true blue without conflict or redundancy. Blue is all around us, the color of sunny days and the most inviting seas, yet is also uncommon in nature. Periwinkle, navy, ultramarine, cobalt, baby, sky, slate, cerulean, indigo, azure, sapphire, royal, robin's egg, cornflower, turquoise and Prussian: What color commands the range of shades that blue does? In keeping with blue's complexity, we've selected a wide range of images of women clad in blue for this collection of postcards. Pin-up girls and Pre-Raphaelite maidens share these pages with women advertising stockings and orange soda. They all wear blue, in all its glory.

Scattered All Over the Earth

Scattered All Over the Earth
Author: Yoko Tawada
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0811229297

A mind-expanding, cheerfully dystopian new novel by Yoko Tawada, winner of the 2022 National Book Award Welcome to the not-too-distant future: Japan, having vanished from the face of the earth, is now remembered as “the land of sushi.” Hiruko, its former citizen and a climate refugee herself, has a job teaching immigrant children in Denmark with her invented language Panska (Pan-Scandinavian): “homemade language. no country to stay in. three countries I experienced. insufficient space in brain. so made new language. homemade language.” As she searches for anyone who can still speak her mother tongue, Hiruko soon makes new friends. Her troupe travels to France, encountering an umami cooking competition; a dead whale; an ultra-nationalist named Breivik; unrequited love; Kakuzo robots; red herrings; uranium; an Andalusian matador. Episodic and mesmerizing scenes flash vividly along, and soon they’re all next off to Stockholm. With its intrepid band of companions, Scattered All Over the Earth (the first novel of a trilogy) may bring to mind Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or a surreal Wind in the Willows, but really is just another sui generis Yoko Tawada masterwork.

Ellsworth Kelly: Postcards

Ellsworth Kelly: Postcards
Author: Ian Berry
Publisher: Delmonico Books
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781636810096

A comprehensive survey of rarely seen collages from the master of abstraction Over the course of more than 50 years, renowned American artist Ellsworth Kelly made approximately 400 postcard collages, some of which served as exploratory musings and others as studies for larger works in other mediums. They range from his first monochrome in 1949 through his last postcard collages of crashing ocean waves, in 2005. Together, these works show an unbounded space of creative freedom and provide an important insight into the way Kelly saw, experienced and translated the world in his art. Many postcards illustrate specific places where he lived or visited, introducing biography and illuminating details that make these pieces unique among his broader artistic production. Ellsworth Kelly: Postcards is the most extensive publication of Kelly's lifelong practice of collaged postcards. Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) was born in Newburgh, New York. In 1948 he moved to France, where he came into contact with a wide range of classical and modern art. He returned to New York in 1954 and two years later had his first exhibition at the Betty Parsons Gallery. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, organized his first retrospective in 1973. Subsequent exhibitions have been held at museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Tate in London, Haus der Kunst in Munich and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Love, Agnes

Love, Agnes
Author: Irene Latham
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2018
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1512439932

In California, Agnes, a giant Pacific octopus, pens a series of postcards to strangers from both above and below the pier.

Benny Blue Grayscale Coloring Book

Benny Blue Grayscale Coloring Book
Author: Christine Karron
Publisher:
Total Pages: 57
Release: 2018-10-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781728871400

This is a GRAYSCALE coloring book which includes 24 unique traditionally hand drawn illustrations by the artist Christine Karron. 20 whimsical detailed images of Benny Blue Bunny character, plus additional 4 bonus grayscale pages: Foxy Lady, Best Friend, Whimsy Fairy Adeline and Bird Christmas by the artist Christine Karron. All images are shaded.Coloring book is designed for experienced colorists and beginners as well. Printed single sided (each coloring page is on a separate sheet) on the best quality paper Kindle-Direct-Publishing provides. Recommended for coloring with colored pencils, fine-tip markers, pens and /or crayons.

LaRue Across America

LaRue Across America
Author:
Publisher: Blue Sky Press (AZ)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Automobile travel
ISBN: 9780439915021

In this next bestselling title from Mark Teague, Ike's plans for a peaceful cruise with Mrs. LaRue are thwarted when their neighbor, Mrs. Hibbins, falls suddenly ill. While she recovers, Mrs. LaRue is taking her cats on a weeklong road trip vacation. Ike is beside himself and quickly takes up his pen to tell us why! Join award-winner Mark Teague on this romping road trip across America. Readers can follow along on the maps of the U.S. that span the endpapers. Teague drives us to the story's satisfying conclusion, and we are left with one profound question: Can cats and dogs really be friends?

Postcards from Penguin

Postcards from Penguin
Author: Penguin
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-09-15
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0141044667

A collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different and iconic Penguin book jacket. From classics to crime, here are over seventy years of quintessentially British design in one box. In 1935 Allen Lane stood on a platform at Exeter railway station, looking for a good book for the journey to London. His disappointment at the poor range of paperbacks on offer led him to found Penguin Books. The quality paperback had arrived. Declaring that 'good design is no more expensive than bad', Lane was adamant that his Penguin paperbacks should cost no more than a packet of cigarettes, but that they should always look distinctive. Ever since then, from their original - now world-famous - look featuring three bold horizontal stripes, through many different stylish, inventive and iconic cover designs, Penguin's paperback jackets have been a constantly evolving part of Britain's culture. And whether they're for classics, crime, reference or prize-winning novels, they still follow Allen Lane's original design mantra. Sometimes, you definitely should judge a book by its cover.

Hiroshige

Hiroshige
Author: Katie Burke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Color prints, Japanese
ISBN: 9780764916205

Postcard Colouring Book

Postcard Colouring Book
Author: Maisonette,
Publisher: Batsford
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-09-03
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781849942874

Colour it in psychedelic colours, in tasteful tones, in all shades of orange! But just colour it! Recapture the purest sense of creativity by colouring in the most beautiful figurative designs – flowers, birds, butterflies – provided by a leading textile designer. By adding the key ingredient of colour you add your own spark of creativity to great designs. The design team, who work closely with Tate Modern in London, provide 24 postcards with six different designs to choose from. You can experiment with the colour combinations, using crayons, pencils, felt/fibre tip pens, and even paint on these uncoated postcards. A brief introduction gives some tips on using colours and suggests colour combinations to use on the specific designs, but you are encouraged to let your own creativity get to work! Great fun for all those looking for a burst of creative expression and useful for designers of all types who want to experiment with colour. The cards can be kept together in the book or detached, framed or posted to a friend.