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Author | : George MacDonald Fraser |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Americans |
ISBN | : 9780006470182 |
For this riotous Edwardian caper, the author of the bestselling "Flashman Papers" presents a raucous adventure that brings America's Wild West to London's West End and features arch-cad Harry Flashman.
Author | : Juliet McDaniel |
Publisher | : Inkshares |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2018-08-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1942645864 |
In the vein of Where'd You Go, Bernadette, this whip-smart romantic comedy is as incisive as it is funny—and refuses to be thwarted by convention. After getting dumped by her husband, a woman sets out to prove her worth by entering a 'best housewife' pageant in 1970 Palm Springs.
Author | : Mark Adams |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2010-01-21 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0061976474 |
“A remarkable story. . . . It is to Mark Adams’s great credit that, in Mr. America, he has rescued from obscurity a man whose influence is still felt in this country more than a century after he muscled his way onto the national scene.” —Wall Street Journal “Hilarious. . . . Delightful. . . . If Macfadden hadn’t existed, we would have had to invent him.” —Washington Post Mr. America is the fascinating true story of Bernarr Macfadden, a self-made millionaire and founding father of bodybuilding, alternative medicine, and tabloid culture. Madfadden’s impact on popular American culture is everywhere, from yoga to raw food diets to US Weekly, and Mr. America vividly brings to life this charismatic and intriguing character.
Author | : Roy Irving Jones |
Publisher | : Advantage Media Group |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1599323397 |
In the pages of this book, you will find the words of the young men, whose passion for teaching is finally connecting with America's African American youth. Their stories tell it all. Young men who have teetered on tragedy, who have had trauma and disappointment in their lives are inspired to new heights--Call Me MISTER has opened the doors to a great future in which they can give back in remarkable ways.
Author | : John D. Fair |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2015-01-05 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0292767501 |
“Map[s] the shifting definitions of gender and masculinity . . . provides the rare insight into the world of bodybuilding that only an insider could offer.” —Sport in American History For most of the twentieth century, the “Mr. America” image epitomized muscular manhood. From humble beginnings in 1939 at a small gym in Schenectady, New York, the Mr. America Contest became the world’s premier bodybuilding event over the next thirty years. Rooted in ancient Greek virtues of health, fitness, beauty, and athleticism, it showcased some of the finest specimens of American masculinity. Interviewing nearly one hundred major figures in the physical culture movement (including twenty-five Mr. Americas) and incorporating copious printed and manuscript sources, John D. Fair has created the definitive study of this iconic phenomenon. Revealing the ways in which the contest provided a model of functional and fit manhood, Mr. America captures the event’s path to idealism and its slow descent into obscurity. As the 1960s marked a turbulent transition in American society—from the civil rights movement to the rise of feminism and increasing acceptance of homosexuality—Mr. America changed as well. Exploring the influence of other bodily displays, such as the Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia contests and the Miss America Pageant, Fair focuses on commercialism, size obsession, and drugs that corrupted the competition’s original intent. Accessible and engaging, Mr. America is a compelling portrayal of the glory days of American muscle. “An entertaining narrative of the bodybuilding subculture in America.” —Kirkus Reviews “Deftly written and superbly researched.” —Journal of Sport History
Author | : Brandon Jew |
Publisher | : Ten Speed Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2021-03-09 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 1984856502 |
JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • The acclaimed chef behind the Michelin-starred Mister Jiu’s restaurant shares the past, present, and future of Chinese cooking in America through 90 mouthwatering recipes. ONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle • ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: Glamour • “Brandon Jew’s affection for San Francisco’s Chinatown and his own Chinese heritage is palpable in this cookbook, which is both a recipe collection and a portrait of a district rich in history.”—Fuchsia Dunlop, James Beard Award-winning author of The Food of Sichuan Brandon Jew trained in the kitchens of California cuisine pioneers and Michelin-starred Italian institutions before finding his way back to Chinatown and the food of his childhood. Through deeply personal recipes and stories about the neighborhood that often inspires them, this groundbreaking cookbook is an intimate account of how Chinese food became American food and the making of a Chinese American chef. Jew takes inspiration from classic Chinatown recipes to create innovative spins like Sizzling Rice Soup, Squid Ink Wontons, Orange Chicken Wings, Liberty Roast Duck, Mushroom Mu Shu, and Banana Black Sesame Pie. From the fundamentals of Chinese cooking to master class recipes, he interweaves recipes and techniques with stories about their origins in Chinatown and in his own family history. And he connects his classical training and American roots to Chinese traditions in chapters celebrating dim sum, dumplings, and banquet-style parties. With more than a hundred photographs of finished dishes as well as moving and evocative atmospheric shots of Chinatown, this book is also an intimate portrait—a look down the alleyways, above the tourist shops, and into the kitchens—of the neighborhood that changed the flavor of America.
Author | : JoAnn DiFranco |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 1983-01-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780875182452 |
A biography of the Presbyterian minister who devoted himself to serving children and families through the mass media and whose well-known program "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" has been the longest running children's show on public television.
Author | : Guy Hadsall |
Publisher | : The Olde Milford Press |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780966201925 |
Author | : Jean Lee Latham |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780618250745 |
A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain and authored The American Practical Navigator.
Author | : Neil Gaiman |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 628 |
Release | : 2002-04-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0380789035 |
Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever he the same...