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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR NPR • Time Magazine • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Boston Globe A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians—a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, Jane, whose obscurity and poverty were matched only by her brother’s fame and wealth but who, like him, was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Making use of an astonishing cache of little-studied material, including documents, objects, and portraits only just discovered, Jill Lepore brings Jane Franklin to life in a way that illuminates not only this one extraordinary woman but an entire world.
Aerial exercises based on pilates based concepts, stretching methods and human anatomy intended to build strength and endurance.
Article & lecture titles: 'The Liberty of the Park', [1984]; 'You Can't Go on That Bus!', [1982]; 'Melsetter and Chipinga: Welcome to White & Black Zimbabwe', undated; 'Victorian Novelists and the Victorian Country House', undated; 'Two Ways of Dying', undated; 'Don't Wait if You Find a Lump', undated; 'Is It Very Depressing Then? An Account of Bereavement Counselling', undated; 'Nigerian Blackout', [1982]; 'The Picturesque, 1987; 'Living in a Victorian Country House, 1982; 'The Planning of the Victorian Country House, 1985; 'Pre 20th Century Architecture in the U.S.A.',undated; 'Useful Buildings & Beautiful Buildings', undated; 'London Architecture in Literature', 1974; 'English Country Houses', 1979; 'Comfort & Convenience', undated; 'Early Lutyens', part of 'Sir Edwin Lutyens and His Context', 1982; 'Compacts, Double Piles and Gentry Houses', undated; 'Pride & Parsimony', by M. H. Port, 1976; 'Home Sweet Home', by Kenneth Campbell, GLC Principal Housing Architect, 1973; '85 Years of Housing by LCC & GLC Architects', [1972]; 'French Homes & French Character, by Susan G. Carlisle, undated; 'Fan Vaulting', by Walter C. Leedy, Jr., 1983; 'Grundle House, by Oliver Rackham, 1972.
Jill Franklin's Beginners Guide to Aerial Silk provides complete easy to follow instruction for the beginning aerialist. In clear concise directions along with beautiful photos, Jill takes you on a lively tour from aerial silk fundamentals to learning how to climb, wrap, invert and spiral your body into and out of an array of positions. The book also includes an at home guide of strength building exercises that will help you excel more rapidly. Safety, clean technique and proper form are all emphasized throughout this guide. Beginners Guide to Aerial Silk is not intended as a sole learning avenue but rather a tool to assist you when taking aerial with a qualified instructor. This guide will help you gain the strength of a cirque performer, the lovely lines of a ballet dancer and the ease of movement like a Pilates pro. For information about Aerial Physique visit www.aerialphysique.com.
Jill Franklin's Intermediate Guide to Aerial Silk provides comprehensive and easy to follow instruction for the experienced aerialist. Coupled with clear, concise, directions and technical photos, Jill takes you on a step-by-step journey of proper form and position for each maneuver. Most important, Jill's mandatory motto, 'SAFETY FIRST' is emphasized throughout this guide. Intermediate Guide to Aerial Silk is not intended as a sole learning avenue but rather, a customized tool to assist you when taking aerial instruction with a qualified instructor. This guide will help you gain the strength of a Cirque performer, the lovely lines of a Ballet dancer and fluid movement like a Pilates pro. To learn more visit: www.aerialphysique.com
Stella Miles Franklin became an international publishing sensation in 1901, with "My Brilliant Career," a portrayal of an ambitious and independent woman defying social expectations that still captivates readers. In a magisterial biography, Roe details Miles' extraordinary life.
Miles Franklin wrote My Brilliant Career as a romance to entertain her friends. It depicts the poor, intelligent Sybylla who cannot accustom herself to her family's reduced circumstances. She is given a reprieve and sent to her Grandmother's grand house, where she mingles with the best rural society, including the handsome Harry Beecham. She is faced with the choice of material improvement through marriage, or personal improvement through working for her dreams.
Featuring 40 original illustrations of aerial instructors and students. As aerial silk fabrics swirl beneath the artist during a spell bounding performance, it creates a colorful pattern of moves, twists, turns and flips. This artistic display also creates a canvas of beauty, grace and strength. This book awaits your colorful touch of warmth, vision and symmetry as though you were performing at your own event. Feel free to make each coloring book page, exactly how you see it. Your imagination is ready to awaken. www.aerialphysique.com
This biography is an authoritative account of the novelist, journalist, nationalist, feminist and larrikin Stella Miles Franklin, author of My Brilliant Career and a great literary figure. This account follows her story from her beginnings in the Australian bush, through her publishing success and time spent in Chicago, USA.