Alpha

Alpha
Author: Isabelle Arsenault
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-08-25
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 076367852X

Discover the NATO phonetic alphabet—and find layers of connection in every letter—in a stunning abecedarian from celebrated artist Isabelle Arsenault. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie . . . Since 1956, whenever time and clarity are of the essence, everyone from firefighters to air traffic controllers has spelled out messages using the NATO phonetic alphabet. Now, with equal precision—infused with a singular wit and whimsy—award-winning author-illustrator Isabelle Arsenault interprets this internationally recognized code and makes it her own. From the elegant Tangoto the enigmatic Echo, from the humorous Kilo to the haunting Romeo and Juliet, the striking art in this remarkable ABC book elicits laughter and curiosity, calls up endless associations, and will draw the viewer back again and again.

Empire's Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper

Empire's Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper
Author: Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2021-02-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1478021314

In Empire's Mistress Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez follows the life of Filipina vaudeville and film actress Isabel Rosario Cooper, who was the mistress of General Douglas MacArthur. If mentioned at all, their relationship exists only as a salacious footnote in MacArthur's biography—a failed love affair between a venerated war hero and a young woman of Filipino and American heritage. Following Cooper from the Philippines to Washington, D.C. to Hollywood, where she died penniless, Gonzalez frames her not as a tragic heroine, but as someone caught within the violent histories of U.S. imperialism. In this way, Gonzalez uses Cooper's life as a means to explore the contours of empire as experienced on the scale of personal relationships. Along the way, Gonzalez fills in the archival gaps of Cooper's life with speculative fictional interludes that both unsettle the authority of “official” archives and dislodge the established one-dimensional characterizations of her. By presenting Cooper as a complex historical subject who lived at the crossroads of American colonialism in the Philippines, Gonzalez demonstrates how intimacy and love are woven into the infrastructure of empire.

Alphabet Fun

Alphabet Fun
Author: Isabel Thomas
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1432988026

Shows children using their bodies to make the shape of each letter of the alphabet.

Women Writing on the French Riviera

Women Writing on the French Riviera
Author: Rosemary Lancaster
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2020-06-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004433929

Destination for artists and convalescents, playground of the rich, site of foreign allure, the French Riviera has long attracted visitors to its shores. Ranging through the late nineteenth century, the Belle Epoque, the ‘roaring twenties’, and the emancipatory post-war years, Rosemary Lancaster highlights the contributions of nine remarkable women to the cultural identity of the Riviera in its seminal rise to fame. Embracing an array of genres, she gives new focus to feminine writings never previously brought together, nor as richly critically explored. Fiction, memoir, diary, letters, even cookbooks and choreographies provide compelling evidence of the innovativeness of women who seized the challenges and opportunities of their travels in a century of radical social and artistic change.

When the Dawn Breaks

When the Dawn Breaks
Author: Emma Fraser
Publisher: Sphere
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2013-08-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1405522925

TWO WOMEN. ONE SECRET. A HEART-BREAKING CHOICE. For fans of Ellie Dean, Milly Adams, Sheila Newberry and Rita Bradshaw, When the Dawn Breaks is a sweeping wartime saga that will take your breath away. Skye, 1903. Jessie, the young daughter of a local midwife, is determined to become a nurse one day, but family loss and heartache jeopardise her dreams. Isabel, the doctor's daughter, is planning to follow in her father's footsteps - even though medicine is not considered a fitting career for a woman. And then there's Archie, Jessie's older brother, whom Isabel just can't stay away from. After an unsettling encounter in the woods, Archie disappears, and all their lives are irrevocably changed . . . Years later, Isabel is a qualified doctor and Jessie is a nurse and when their paths cross again, neither is certain what the other woman knows about that fateful day. But when war breaks out and they find themselves working shoulder to shoulder, they have no option but to confront all they have kept hidden. Taking in Skye and Edinburgh, France and Serbia, When the Dawn Breaks is a sweeping wartime story of two determined women and the dark secret that will bind them forever . . . Shortlisted for the Epic Novel award in the Romantic Novelists Association Awards 2014.

Lairds of the Crest

Lairds of the Crest
Author: Kim Sakwa
Publisher: Taggart Press
Total Pages: 910
Release: 2023-02-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Swept back in time, three modern-day women each meet their match in a fierce Highland warrior. Can these couples overcome centuries of differences to find true love? The Prophecy— Gwendolyn Reynolds falls through time and into the arms of Greylen MacGreggor, the 15th-century Highland laird she’s fated to save. The Price—Maggie Sinclair finds herself trapped in 15th-century Scotland. But when she comes under the protection of Highland warrior Callum O’Roarke, she realizes she’s exactly where she's supposed to be. The Pledge—When 15th-century Highland warrior Darach MacKenna is sent forward in time, he finds himself face to face with his destiny—Celeste Lowell, a fiery modern-day lass, whose reaction to him is far from what he expected. If you like fierce Highlanders, strong heroines, destined love, and a wee bit of magic, then find your escape today in Kim Sakwa’s Lairds of the Crest series. The Lairds of the Crest Scottish Time Travel Romance Collection contains the first three novels in this Scottish time travel romance series.