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Author |
: Lynne Tillman |
Publisher |
: Catapult |
Total Pages |
: 243 |
Release |
: 2019-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781593763176 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1593763174 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Genius, A Comedy by : Lynne Tillman
Grand and minute, elegiac and hilarious, Lynne Tillman expands the possibilities of the American novel in this dazzling read about a former historian ruminating on her own life and the lives of others--named a best book of the century by Vulture. In the hypnotic, masterful American Genius, A Comedy, a former historian spending time in a residential home, mental institute, artist’s colony, or sanitarium, is spinning tales of her life and ruminating on her many and varied preoccupations: chair design, textiles, pet deaths, family trauma, a lost brother, the Manson family, the Zulu alphabet, loneliness, memory, and sensitive skin--and what “sensitivity” means in our culture and society. Showing what might happen if Jane Austen were writing in 21st-century America, Tillman fashions a microcosm of American democracy: a scholarly colony functioning like Melville's Pequod. All this is folded into the narrator's memories and emotional life, culminating in a seance that may offer escape and transcendence--or perhaps nothing at all. This new edition of a contemporary classic features an introduction by novelist Lucy Ives.
Author |
: Brandon Marie Miller |
Publisher |
: Chicago Review Press |
Total Pages |
: 145 |
Release |
: 2009-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781613741306 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1613741308 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Benjamin Franklin, American Genius by : Brandon Marie Miller
Benjamin Franklin was a 17-year-old runaway when he arrived in Philadelphia in 1723. Yet within days he'd found a job at a local print shop, met the woman he would eventually marry, and even attracted the attention of Pennsylvania's governor. A decade later, he became a colonial celebrity with the publication of Poor Richard: An Almanack and would go on to become one of America's most distinguished Founding Fathers. Franklin established the colonies' first lending library, volunteer fire company, and postal service, and was a leading expert in the study of electricity. He represented the Pennsylvania colony in London but returned to help draft the Declaration of Independence. The new nation then named him Minister to France, where he helped secure financial and military aide for the breakaway republic. Author Brandon Marie Miller captures the essence of this exceptional individual through both his original writings and hands-on activities from the era. Readers will design and print an almanac cover, play a simple glass armonica (a Franklin invention), experiment with static electricity, build a barometer, and more. The text also includes a time line, glossary, Web and travel resources, and reading list for further study.
Author |
: John Erroll |
Publisher |
: Quantuck Lane Press& the Mill rd |
Total Pages |
: 367 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1593720165 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781593720162 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Genius by : John Erroll
Designed to protect America's riches from every threat, these beautiful devices represent the evolution of lock technology during the nineteenth century, its most creative period. Many of the hand-crafted masterpieces are decorated with beautiful engraving and casting, despite the fact that their mechanical interiors would rarely be seen. They reflect the great pride in creative workmanship and the mechanical genius that characterized America at the time. Here for the first time is a comprehensive compendium of these marvels of complexity and their the fascinating history. Stunning photographs by Anne Day and learned text by the authors illuminates a remarkable but little-known chapter in American technological achievement. Over 400 color photographs.
Author |
: Daniel J. Boorstin |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 211 |
Release |
: 1958-10-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226064918 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226064913 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Genius of American Politics by : Daniel J. Boorstin
How much of our political tradition can be absorbed and used by other peoples? Daniel Boorstin's answer to this question has been chosen by the Carnegie Corporation of New York for representation in American Panorama as one of the 350 books, old and new, most descriptive of life in the United States. He describes the uniqueness of American thought and explains, after a close look at the American past, why we have not produced and are not likely to produce grand political theories or successful propaganda. He also suggests what our attitudes must be toward ourselves and other countries if we are to preserve our institutions and help others to improve theirs. ". . . a fresh and, on the whole, valid interpretation of American political life."—Reinhold Niebuhr, New Leader
Author |
: José Felipé Anderson |
Publisher |
: Carolina Academic Press LLC |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2021 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1594609853 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781594609855 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Genius for Justice by : José Felipé Anderson
Dr. Charles Hamilton Houston was an outstanding Harvard-trained Supreme Court lawyer for the NAACP. As Dean of Howard University Law School, he mentored future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. As architect of the Brown v. Board of Education case, he is often called the man who killed "Jim Crow." This unsung African-American hero also transformed American law in labor, criminal justice, and the First Amendment.
Author |
: Kay Melchisedech Olson |
Publisher |
: Capstone |
Total Pages |
: 36 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0736861890 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780736861892 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Benjamin Franklin by : Kay Melchisedech Olson
"In graphic novel format, tells the life story of American statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin"--Provided by publisher.
Author |
: James Lincoln Collier |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 410 |
Release |
: 1983 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195037272 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195037278 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Louis Armstrong, an American Genius by : James Lincoln Collier
Best Books for Senior High Readers A thoroughly researched biography of this jazz great who was also a popular entertainer.
Author |
: Amanda Ziller |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 109 |
Release |
: 2012-01-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062197665 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062197665 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Steve Jobs: American Genius by : Amanda Ziller
Steve Jobs revolutionized the way we work, listen to music, watch movies, and communicate. By pushing boundaries and always thinking one step ahead, Jobs became an icon, equally as famous for his advanced ideas and design aesthetic as his sleek black turtlenecks. What inspired him? How did he do his job? What made him the man he was? Here is Steve Jobs—the innovator, the rebel, the genius—in an incisive biography of a man who changed the world. Also includes quotes from and about Jobs, chronologies detailing Jobs’s achievements, and source notes.
Author |
: Rufus Blanchard |
Publisher |
: BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 150 |
Release |
: 2024-08-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783368511180 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3368511181 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Abraham Lincoln - The Type of American Genius, an Historical Romance by : Rufus Blanchard
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Author |
: Joseph Epstein |
Publisher |
: Paul Dry Books |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781589880351 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1589880358 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis Literary Genius by : Joseph Epstein
Profiles of 25 great writers whose works help us see the world in new ways.