The Wilde Album

The Wilde Album
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Publisher : 4th Estate, Limited
Total Pages : 192
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1857027825
ISBN-13 : 9781857027822
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wilde Album by : Merlin Holland

This collection of over 150 photographs and cartoons illuminates the life of Oscar Wilde, from his childhood, fame and imprisonment through to his death in Paris in 1900.

Son of Oscar Wilde

Son of Oscar Wilde
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Publisher : Constable
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 1841190861
ISBN-13 : 9781841190860
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Son of Oscar Wilde by : Vyvyan Holland

Vyvyan Wilde and his brother enjoyed a normal, happy Victorian childhood. Then, when Vyvyan was not yet nine, Oscar Wilde was arrested for homosexual acts. His wife and two sons changed their name and went into exile.

Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 0811857999
ISBN-13 : 9780811857994
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Elliott Smith by : Autumn de Wilde

A compilation of photographs of musician Elliott Smith and transcriptions of interviews with people who knew him, accompanied by a compact disc of unreleased live recordings.

Irish Peacock & Scarlet Marquess

Irish Peacock & Scarlet Marquess
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Publisher : Fourth Estate (GB)
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015056839569
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Irish Peacock & Scarlet Marquess by : Merlin Holland

One of the most famous love affairs in literary history is that of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Bosie Douglas. As a direct consequence of this relationship, Wilde underwent three trials in 1895. In this text, Merlin Holland presents the original transcript of the Wilde versus Queensberry trial.

The Terrorist Album

The Terrorist Album
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 9780674916555
ISBN-13 : 0674916557
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis The Terrorist Album by : Jacob Dlamini

An award-winning historian and journalist tells the very human story of apartheid’s afterlife, tracing the fates of South African insurgents, collaborators, and the security police through the tale of the clandestine photo album used to target apartheid’s enemies. From the 1960s until the early 1990s, the South African security police and counterinsurgency units collected over 7,000 photographs of apartheid’s enemies. The political rogue’s gallery was known as the “terrorist album,” copies of which were distributed covertly to police stations throughout the country. Many who appeared in the album were targeted for surveillance. Sometimes the security police tried to turn them; sometimes the goal was elimination. All of the albums were ordered destroyed when apartheid’s violent collapse began. But three copies survived the memory purge. With full access to one of these surviving albums, award-winning South African historian and journalist Jacob Dlamini investigates the story behind these images: their origins, how they were used, and the lives they changed. Extensive interviews with former targets and their family members testify to the brutal and often careless work of the police. Although the police certainly hunted down resisters, the terrorist album also contains mug shots of bystanders and even regime supporters. Their inclusion is a stark reminder that apartheid’s guardians were not the efficient, if morally compromised, law enforcers of legend but rather blundering agents of racial panic. With particular attentiveness to the afterlife of apartheid, Dlamini uncovers the stories of former insurgents disenchanted with today’s South Africa, former collaborators seeking forgiveness, and former security police reinventing themselves as South Africa’s newest export: “security consultants” serving as mercenaries for Western nations and multinational corporations. The Terrorist Album is a brilliant evocation of apartheid’s tragic caprice, ultimate failure, and grim legacy.

The Love Mindset

The Love Mindset
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Publisher : Soulux Press
Total Pages : 148
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780992046811
ISBN-13 : 0992046815
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis The Love Mindset by : Vironika Tugaleva

"For anyone who's tired of feeling angry, depressed, or hurt, this book is a beacon of hope! The Love Mindset is a guide to healing yourself, no matter how hopeless and complicated things seem to be." ‒Christina Rasmussen, bestselling author of Second Firsts "As Vironika shared her own story, I saw pieces of myself and pieces of the people I care about. Many times the book brought me to tears and I had to put it down. It was like looking in the mirror and there was a part of me that was used to not looking." ‒Elephant Journal "If I had two words to describe The Love Mindset, they would be: fresh and powerful. This is because when I read it, something grabbed hold of me like it was the first time I'd seen a book in 5 years!" ‒Reuben Lowe, Mindful Creation "Vironika Tugaleva's The Love Mindset is an authentic, brave and beautiful guide to a more loving self and a more loving world. A great gift of words for anyone searching for the sacred place of self-acceptance, self-understanding and self-love." ‒Howard Falco, spiritual teacher and author of I AM: The Power of Discovering Who You Really Are "In the midst of turmoil, this book comes as a breath of fresh air." ‒Readers' Favorite After a decade-long struggle with mental distress, addiction, eating disorders, and profound self-hatred, Vironika Tugaleva faced a choice: change or die. Reluctantly, she chose to change. Nothing could have prepared her for what came next. Vironika's life as a suffering cynic ended when she found herself having a spiritual awakening. Drawing from first-hand experience, what Vironika says in this important and timely book isn't fanciful fluff or indoctrinating dogma. Her approach to healing, love, and spirituality is unconventional, deep, and refreshingly real. Winner of the Readers' Favorite silver medal for best self-help book of 2013, The Love Mindset offers a surprisingly simple look at how we can heal our relationships with ourselves and with each other. If you feel like you're too broken to fix, hold out your last shred of hope and give Vironika a try. She won't disappoint you. She will teach you about the power of love, the purpose of life, and the potential of people united. She will show you to yourself.

The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde

The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 386
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780007158058
ISBN-13 : 000715805X
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde by : Merlin Holland

Oscar Wilde had one of literary history's most explosive love affairs with Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas. In 1895, Bosie's father, the Marquess of Queensberry, delivered a note to the Albemarle Club addressed to "Oscar Wilde posing as sodomite." With Bosie's encouragement, Wilde sued the Marquess for libel. He not only lost but he was tried twice for "gross indecency" and sent to prison with two years' hard labor. With this publication of the uncensored trial transcripts, readers can for the first time in more than a century hear Wilde at his most articulate and brilliant. The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde documents an alarmingly swift fall from grace; it is also a supremely moving testament to the right to live, work, and love as one's heart dictates.

Gardening with Children

Gardening with Children
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Publisher : HarperCollins (UK)
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 000724651X
ISBN-13 : 9780007246519
Rating : 4/5 (1X Downloads)

Synopsis Gardening with Children by : Kim Wilde

Bursting with fun ideas for getting—and keeping—kids interested in the outdoors, this title offers projects in which children play an active role in gardening, along with insightful tips for making a family garden educational and exciting. Along with guidelines for safety in the garden, ideas for maintaining a child’s attention span throughout the sometimes slow gardening process are also included. Illustrated, step-by-step projects range from creative ways to plant and making scarecrows, to creating wormeries and tile mosaics. Indoor projects for rainy days are also included, as well as a plant directory identifying child-friendly plants, chosen for their speedy growth, enticing smell, cost effectiveness, and ease of handling.

White on White

White on White
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 193
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780593330531
ISBN-13 : 0593330536
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis White on White by : Aysegül Savas

A "marvelous" (Lauren Groff) and "gentle, mysterious and profound” (Marina Abramović) novel about a woman who has come undone. A student moves to the city to research Gothic nudes, renting an apartment from a painter, Agnes, who lives in another town with her husband. One day, Agnes arrives in the city and settles into the upstairs studio. In their meetings on the stairs, in the studio, at the corner café, the kitchen at dawn, Agnes tells stories of her youth, her family, her marriage, and ideas for her art - which is always just about to be created. As the months pass, it becomes clear that Agnes might not have a place to return to. The student is increasingly aware of Agnes's disintegration. Her stories are frenetic; her art scattered and unfinished, white paint on a white canvas. What emerges is the menacing sense that every life is always at the edge of disaster, no matter its seeming stability. Alongside the research into human figures, the student is learning, from a cool distance, about the narrow divide between happiness and resentment, creativity and madness, contentment and chaos. White on White is a sharp exploration of empathy and cruelty, and the stunning discovery of what it means to be truly vulnerable, and laid bare.

The Wilde Album

The Wilde Album
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 192
Release :
ISBN-10 : OCLC:1280722187
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wilde Album by : Merlin Holland