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A retrospective on the life and work of the gifted sculptor, Charles H. Forrester (1928-2010), reveals a man whose mind was in constant motion. His artwork spans six decades and is lavishly illustrated with commentary from art historians and contemporary artists. A Mind in Motion: The Art of Charles H. Forrester offers an in-depth guide into the mind and artistic legacy of the artist. Curated by his daughter, Winifred, the book vividly presents more than eighty stunning images organized by ten distinct categories and five creative series of his most significant artwork. This richly visual coffee table book will appeal to art lovers everywhere. Forrester was the master of the visual pun and c...
At least nine Forrester individuals immigrated from England, Scotland, or Ireland to the English colonies in the new world in the 1600s and 1700s. The names and particulars about these nine Forrester indivi- duals are listed (v. 1, p. 42-43), and they settled in various places in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Georgia. Descen- dants and relatives also lived in Mississippi River states plus Indiana, Kansas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Texas, Arizona, California and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in England, Scotland, Ireland, Flanders to 836 A.D. or earlier. Also includes organization and some officers of the Forrester Genealogical Association, Inc., which became the Clan Forrester Society, Inc., with U.S. headquarters at Stone Mountain, Georgia.
The Propriety of Affection follows the love life of Marian Amberly, a young lady in Georgian England, where society dictates a lady's first ambition ought to be matrimony, and love should be but a secondary consideration. The idealistic Marian hopes for more than rank and fortune--she desires a companion she can love and respect. Should she marry the dashing and rakish Lord Richard Beauregard, one of London's most eligible bachelors? Or should she listen to the small voice in her heart that says the polite but reserved Edward Sheffield is the one she belongs with? True love is in her grasp, but its path is strewn with calculating rivals, unwanted suitors and misunderstandings.
A retrospective on the life and work of artist Charles H. Forrester, whose six-decades worth of art seeks to reveal a man and a mind in constant motion. Each page will give new insight to thought and creativity from the hands of a prolific sculptor. A Mind in Motion: The Art of Charles H. Forrester offers an in-depth guide into the mind and artistic legacy of the artist. Curated by Forrester's daughter, Winifred, the book tastefully exhibits his collection of sculptures, now on display across the world. The book takes readers through his journals, drawings, and sculptures to reveal his steady pursuits in linking desires, memories, experiences, and knowledge. Readers will see in more than eig...
"In the Shadow of Justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of John Rawls. In this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, Katrina Forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism--a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state--became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar United States and Britain. In the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War, Rawls's A Theory of Justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophy. Using archival sources, Forrester explores the ascent a...
The world of genealogical research has changed dramatically in the years since this book debuted. In this revised second edition, Sherry Irvine mixes her award-winning methodology with up-to-date instruction on how to utilize the latest computer and internet sources for Scottish research. She also broadens the scope from a guide for North Americans to a useful resource for researchers from all over the globe. For family historians researching Scottish roots, this book continues to be indispensable.
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