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Discover the signature sartorial and literary style of fifty men and women of letters, including Maya Angelou; Truman Capote; Colette; Bret Easton Ellis; Allen Ginsberg; Patti Smith; Karl Ove Knausgaard; and David Foster Wallace; in this unique compendium of profiles—packed with eighty black-and-white photographs, excerpts, quotes, and fast facts—that illuminates their impact on modern fashion. Whether it’s Zadie Smith’s exotic turban, James Joyce’s wire-framed glasses, or Samuel Beckett’s Wallabees, a writer’s attire often reflects the creative and spiritual essence of his or her work. As a non-linear sensibility has come to dominate modern style, curious trendsetters have inc...
Whether it’s Cecil Beaton’s flamboyant, classically tailored suits, Frida Kahlo’s love of bright color, or Cindy Sherman’s penchant for minimalism, an artist’s attire often reflects the creative and spiritual essence of his or her work. In Legendary Artists and the Clothes They Wore, fashion authority Terry Newman presents more than forty fully illustrated profiles of masters whose enduring art bears an idiosyncratic stamp—and whose unique way of dress does the same through a signature look, hairstyle, or accessory—and explores the relationship between the two in detail. In that context, this colorful volume also examines the nonlinear sensibility that has always been the name ...
A guide to the style of Harry Styles, a 21st-century fashion icon Over 100 pictures of Harry and the pop-idols who have influenced his sartorial taste The perfect gift for fans and fashionistas "I'm incredibly lucky to have an environment where I feel comfortable being myself" - Harry Styles. Stepping bravely into the cyclone of 21st-century fashions, Harry Styles is more than weathering the storm. Whether he's breaking the internet with his $7.99 frog-eyed yellow bucket hat or a pair of black fishnets, or fronting cult magazine The Beauty Papers, as he did in March 2021, Hazza's sparkle knows no boundaries. Gucci met Styles in 2014, and there was instant chemistry. According to designer Ale...
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Just Schools examines the challenges and possibilities for building more equitable forms of collaboration among non-dominant families, communities, and schools. The text explores how equitable collaboration entails ongoing processes that begin with families and communities, transform power, build reciprocity and agency, and foster collective capacity through collective inquiry. These processes offer promising possibilities for improving student learning, transforming educational systems, and developing robust partnerships that build on the resources, expertise, and cultural practices of non-dominant families. Based on empirical research and inquiry-driven practice, this book describes core c...
This collection of seven bedtime stories includes the adventures of a disruptive cat called Spider in Spider the Horrible Cat. Also meet the mysterious disappearing bear who comes to liven up Liza's day in There's a Bear in the Bath, then turns up again at school in There's a Bear in the Classroom. A Fish of the World tells of a boastful herring who realizes he's not such a special fish after all, while Sam the baker's son tempts a fearsome beast with fairy cakes covered in pink sugar icing in The Beast With a Thousand Teeth.
Offers a comprehensive look at the ursine species, detailing their history, evolution, social behavior, and more, in a text augmented by numerous photographs of bears in their natural habitats
Terry is a bankrupt entrepreneur with an unfailingly positive attitude to life and his own potential. He has three children from his recent divorce and is determined to be a hero figure in their eyes. He is well educated, intelligent, competitive and resourceful and prepared to go to any lengths to achieve financial and social success, even if he must resort to criminal means and assume the identity of someone else. Henrietta is a middle aged, middle class, divorced Interior Designer who lives a comfortable but lonely life in an idyllic Derbyshire village with her young son. Her quiet life changes dramatically when she meets the perfect salesman and becomes ensnared in an abusive relationship. She is forced into the macho terrors of the Costa del Sol underworld and must face either financial and psychological ruin or the cynicism of the police and the mercy of the legal system.
‘An exciting new writer – sharp, compelling and original’ – Mark Lawrence
Hilariously inventive, witty and highly original,The Bromeliadis the enormously popular Terry Pratchett’s magnificent trilogy of tales about a race of little people struggling to survive in a world of humans.