Famous People

Famous People
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Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Total Pages : 154
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ISBN-10 : 9781250309037
ISBN-13 : 1250309034
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Famous People by : Justin Kuritzkes

This fresh, smart novel in the guise of a celebrity memoir probes the inner life of a mega-famous pop star Honestly, what amazes me the most with a lot of the people I meet is that they think they’re so big. They think, ultimately, that the universe revolves around them. And I’m beginning to think that it’s only when you live a life like mine—it’s only when you’re in a position where you don’t even really own yourself, when you can’t even really say that you’re a citizen of any particular country—that you realize that we’re all just tiny pieces of cosmic dust floating through the void until we disappear forever and we’re never heard from again. So begins the life story of our uber famous twenty-two year old narrator. A teen idol since he was twelve, when a video of him singing went viral, his star has only risen since. Now, haunted by the suicide of his manager-father, unsettled by the very different paths he and his teenage love (and girl pop-star counterpart) “Mandy” have taken, and increasingly aware that he has signed on to something he has little control over, he begins to parse the divide that separates him from the “normal people” of the world. Sneakily philosophical, earnest and funny, Justin Kuritzkes's Famous People is a rollicking, unforgettable look at the clash between fame and the human condition.

Famous Men Who Never Lived

Famous Men Who Never Lived
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Publisher : Tin House Books
Total Pages : 195
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ISBN-10 : 9781947793255
ISBN-13 : 194779325X
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Famous Men Who Never Lived by : K. Chess

Finalist for a 2019 Sidewise Award “Conceptually adventurous yet full of feeling. . . . smart, thought-provoking, and thoroughly enjoyable.” —Charles Yu, author of Interior Chinatown Wherever Hel looks, New York City is both reassuringly familiar and terribly wrong. As one of the thousands who fled the outbreak of nuclear war in an alternate United States—an alternate timeline, somewhere across the multiverse—she finds herself living as a refugee in our own not-so-parallel New York. The slang and technology are foreign to her, the politics and art unrecognizable. While others, like her partner, Vikram, attempt to assimilate, Hel refuses to reclaim her former career or create a new life. Instead, she obsessively rereads Vikram’s copy of The Pyronauts—a science fiction masterwork in her world that now only exists as a single flimsy paperback—and becomes determined to create a museum dedicated to preserving the remaining artifacts and memories of her vanished culture. But the refugees are unwelcome and Hel’s efforts are met with either indifference or hostility. And when the only copy of The Pyronauts goes missing, Hel must decide how far she is willing to go to recover it and finally face her own anger, guilt, and grief over what she has truly lost. With Famous Men Who Never Lived, K Chess has created a compelling and inventive speculative work on what home means to those who have lost it forever.

The Usborne Book of Famous Lives

The Usborne Book of Famous Lives
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Publisher : Educational Development Corporation
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0746030347
ISBN-13 : 9780746030349
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis The Usborne Book of Famous Lives by : Felicity Everett

From nuclear physicists to sharp-shooters, f rom ice dancers to the Dalai Lama, this book looks at the pe ople who have shaped history with their exploits, amazing di scoveries or infamous deeds '

Famous Lives

Famous Lives
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Publisher : E.D.C. Publishing
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0746030339
ISBN-13 : 9780746030332
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Famous Lives by : Philippa Wimgate

From nuclear physicists to sharp-shooters, f rom ice dancers to the Dalai Lama, this book looks at the pe ople who have shaped history with their exploits, amazing di scoveries or infamous deeds '

The Nine Lives of Florida's Famous Key Marco Cat

The Nine Lives of Florida's Famous Key Marco Cat
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Publisher : University Press of Florida
Total Pages : 275
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ISBN-10 : 9780813072005
ISBN-13 : 081307200X
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis The Nine Lives of Florida's Famous Key Marco Cat by : Austin J. Bell

Secrets of an iconic artifact Florida Book Awards, Bronze Medal for Florida Nonfiction Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Award for Meritorious Achievement in Preservation Communications Excavated from a waterlogged archaeological site on the shores of subtropical Florida by legendary anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing in 1896, the Key Marco Cat has become a modern icon of heritage, history, and local identity. This book takes readers into the deep past of the artifact and the Native American society in which it was created. Austin Bell explores nine periods in the life of the six-inch-high wooden carving, beginning with how it was sculpted with shell and shark-tooth tools and what it may have represented to the ancient Calusa—perhaps a human-panther god. Preserved in the muck for centuries on Marco Island and discovered in pristine condition due to its oxygen-free environment, the Cat has since traveled more than 12,000 miles and has been viewed by millions of people. It is one of the Smithsonian Institution’s most irreplaceable items. In this fascinating account, Bell traces the clues to the Cat’s mysterious origins that have emerged in its later lives. Captivating readers with the miracle and beauty of this rare example of pre-Columbian art, Bell marvels at how an object originally understood to hold cosmological power has indeed transformed the people and places around it. The Nine Lives of Florida’s Famous Key Marco Cat is the story of a timeless masterpiece of staggering simplicity that has prevailed over impossibly long odds.

1000 Years of Famous People

1000 Years of Famous People
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 0753407698
ISBN-13 : 9780753407691
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis 1000 Years of Famous People by :

This is a comprehensive look at the famous and the notorious, their achievements and the legacies they have left humankind. Organized by theme - explorers, inventors, leaders, artists, sportspeople, musicians, politicians, scientists, writers, reformers etc - each chapter looks at the famous figures pre-1000 AD to put the rest of the chapter in its historical context.

Famous Past Lives

Famous Past Lives
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Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages : 187
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ISBN-10 : 9781846944949
ISBN-13 : 1846944945
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Famous Past Lives by : Steve Burgess

Steve Burgess is one of the UK's leading Hypnotherapists who has completed many thousands of past life regressions. This intriguing book is the story of some of his clients who in regression sessions appear to have been very famous historical characters in their previous lives. These famous past lives include Queen Elizabeth I, her elder sister Queen Mary, one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute victims, Titus Oates from the Scott of the Antartic Expedition and William Shakespeare. Whilst in trance, Steve's clients give fascinating accounts of their past life alter egos, often experiencing things known only to historians. As they re-live their famous past lives they even provide unknown information, which gives us a fuller insight into the lives of the famous characters, including Elizabeth's passionate affair with Robert Dudley and the fate of their love child, and Shakespeare's travels abroad. This book may be the book that proves the reality of reincarnation, and will be of interest to both sceptics and spiritually minded people.

The Big Book of Famous People

The Big Book of Famous People
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 0709717121
ISBN-13 : 9780709717126
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis The Big Book of Famous People by : Brown Watson Limited

The Oxford Children's Book of Famous People

The Oxford Children's Book of Famous People
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 388
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0199105995
ISBN-13 : 9780199105991
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis The Oxford Children's Book of Famous People by :

This volume is a guide to the people who matter. It contains the stories of 1000 women and men whose lives have influenced the course of history. Learn about the famous and the infamous - leaders from Genghis Khan to Bill Clinton.

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl
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Publisher : Franklin Watts
Total Pages : 48
Release :
ISBN-10 : 074964351X
ISBN-13 : 9780749643515
Rating : 4/5 (1X Downloads)

Synopsis Roald Dahl by : Emma Fischel

Each title in this series tells the story of a man or woman whose dedication to their chosen cause led to changes that affect all our lives today. Each includes a vivid description of the world in which the famous person lived. This book describes the life of one the world's most famous children's authors. His exciting life is traced from his early visits to Africa, his time as a fighter pilot and his visits to America are all covered. Then, at the age of 45, his first children's book was published, and from that time forward his fame and popularity grew and grew. Even children who don't like reading very much, like his books!