The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy, Paperback - Peggy Caravantes

With determination and audacity, Josephine Baker used her comic and musical abilities to become a worldwide icon of the Jazz Age. This lively biogr...

Reducere. Born into poverty in a racially segregated Amercia, Josephine Baker flees to France where she embraces the hedonistic lifestyle on offer in Paris o...

Reducere. In this heartfelt tribute to the most inspiring women in her life, Teresa Renda Carlson reveals how one life can be powerfully shaped by the collec...

Reducere. "The first two lectures place the alternative I defend -- a kind of pragmatic realism -- in a historical and metaphysical context. Part of that con...

DescriptionThis book is meant to be a visual discovery of my work. My work has morphed and evolved over the years and this is a documentation of th...

Drawn from various disciplines and a broad spectrum of research interests, these essays reflect on the challenging issues confronting women in Ukra...

Reducere. "Billie Holiday deserves a biography in which her musicianship isn't overshadowed by the tragic events of her life. O'Meally has written that book,...

Reducere. Lincoln Loud is an eleven-year-old boy with a big imagination. When you are the only boy living in a house with 10 sisters, you need to find your o...

Reducere. The Devil and Dr. Fauci is an unsparing critique of what author James Driscoll calls the "Drug Testing, Licensing, and Marketing Complex, " or DTLM...

Reducere. The Devil and Dr. Fauci is an unsparing critique of what author James Driscoll calls the "Drug Testing, Licensing, and Marketing Complex, " or DTLM...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John S. FeinbergIn this examination of the questions posed by the problem of evil, John Feinberg addresses the intellectual...

The Many Faces of Art Forgery: From the Dark Side to Shades of Gray provides a broad treatment that delves into historical highlights, philosophica...

Analysts and pundits from across the American political spectrum describe Islamic fundamentalism as one of the greatest threats to modern, Western-...

Hadimba is a primary village goddess in the Kullu Valley of the West Indian Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, a rural area known as the Land of ...

Reducere. Over time, the meaning of the word bully needed expanded, and so it was, and so it is inside this book. Some call this a bullying epidemic, and oth...

Reducere. Introducing ... the many faces of Snoopy, the world-famous beagle who is a canine master of disguise! Snoopy is no ordinary beagle! Throughout the ...

Reducere. Introducing ... the many faces of Snoopy, the world-famous beagle who is a canine master of disguiseSnoopy is no ordinary beagleThroughout the year...

Reducere. Side A: J'Ai Deux Amours - 3: 08Aux Iles Hawai - 2: 48Le Marchand De Bonheur - 2: 33La Petite Tonkinoise - 2: 37Pardon Si Je T'Importune - 2: 42Mon...

Reducere. In this first of three books inspired by the life of Josephine Bonaparte, Sandra Gulland has created a novel of immense and magical proportions. We...

Reducere. Pura Belpr Honor winner Anika Aldamuy Denise (Planting Stories) and New York Times bestselling illustrator Leo Espinosa (Islandborn) tell the story...

A major publication from the 'Migration during the Viking period' project, this book explores life during the Viking period from a new perspective....

Reducere. Fourteen-year old Frank Hollahan moves to Florida in 1943, at the height of World War II, to join his father, a navy seaman. When Frank and his mot...

Part of the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Josephine Baker tells the incredible story of the world-famous entertainer, activist, and...

DescriptionHow can so many people pledge allegiance to punk, something with no fixed identity? Depending on who and where you are, punk can be an o...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Beyond biography: a legendary performer's legacy of symbolismPublisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Bennetta Jules-RosetteIllustration(s...

Reducere. Description"The Man of Many Faces" is a revelation Finally here is the most comprehensive and objective critique of the Nuwaubian movement, detaili...

Based on a comprehensive analysis of the second International Self-Report Delinquency study (ISRD-2), this book interprets one of the first large-s...

BLUE MEMOIRS: Faces, Places, and Lives of a U.S. Spy/Counterspy is the remarkable adventure of a French-American born in Maine who diligently worke...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sorita D'EsteIn Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology, the author draws together scholarly research from a wide...

Reducere. DescriptionCreating a sensation with her risqu nightclub act and strolls down the Champs Elys es, pet cheetah in tow, Josephine Baker lives on in p...

Keshub, a young shepherd boy, lives adventure every day as he defends his flock from predators and proves himself among older brothers. But tales f...

A comprehensive examination of the historical and mythological evidence for every major theory about King Arthur - Explores the history of every Ar...

DescriptionWhen Paris Sizzled vividly portrays the City of Light during the fabulous 1920s, les Ann es folles, when Parisians emerged from the horr...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Isabel Sanchez VegaraAuthor: Agathe SorletMeet Josephine Baker, the world-famous entertainer, activist, and French Resistan...

Part of the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Josephine Baker tells the incredible story of the world-famous entertainer, activist, and...

DescriptionThe classic work on American racism and the struggle for racial justice, now with a new foreword by Michelle Alexander In Faces at the B...

Reducere. Dracula, Prince of Many Faces reveals the extraordinary life and times of the infamous Vlad Dracula of Romania (1431 - 1476), nicknamed the Impaler...

Reducere. The Women of the WISE Enquiries Agency are back in a witty and intriguing new mystery. The Anwen Morris Dancers are to play a pivotal role in the i...

Reducere. Set in nineteenth-century Poland, this novel tells the story of Yasha - a sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat and master of escape - famous for Ho...

What would the church be like if everyone committed to pray together? What would your nation be like if every church committed to pray regularly & ...

First published in 1958, Ebb Tide tells the story of the Habersham family of Savannah during the Civil War. In her diary and her "Letter Book, " Jo...

Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Gregory SholetteIllustration(s): 20 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 176Collection...

"One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his br...

Reducere. Voted greatest mystery novel of all time by the Crime Writers' Association in 1990, Josephine Tey recreates one of history's most famous-and viciou...

Reducere. His name is Henry McCarty. One day the lad will be christened Billy the Kid and achieve world fame. But in 1875 he is just an obscure orphaned runa...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Aline Countess of RomanonesTHE SPY WORE RED, New York Times best seller list When Aline Griffith was born in Pearl River, N...