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Not the One for Her
Lady Isabella Beckinsdale of Bristol, at age twenty-two, was considered old by the ton. She was set to be married off to the highest bidder and the most eligible bachelor in society. But Bella did not just want anyone; she wants “the one.” Despite all her toughness and her tough reputation, she only wants to be with someone whom she really loves and who would love her back. But one night, she got into an accident that changed the course of her life. She met the young Duke of Ivory, Weston Henry Cole, and she will never forget his hypnotic eyes. He is the one and only for her. But as their love blossomed, danger lurked closely behind. And as Isabella and Weston get swept up in their whirlwind romance, Isabella suddenly mysteriously disappeared. Where was Isabella? Who took her? Will they save her in time? Join Isabella and Weston as they fight for their love, their lives, and their future together.
Encyclopedia of Television Miniseries, 1936-2020
In 1936, as television networks CBS, DuMont, and NBC experimented with new ways to provide entertainment, NBC deviated from the traditional method of single experimental programs to broadcast the first multi-part program, Love Nest, over a three-episode arc. This would come to be known as a miniseries. Although the term was not coined until 1954, several other such miniseries were broadcast, including Jack and the Beanstalk and Women in Wartime. In the mid-1960s the concept was developed into a genre that still exists. While the major broadcast networks pioneered the idea, it quickly became popular with cable and streaming services. This encyclopedic source contains a detailed history of 878 TV miniseries broadcast from 1936 to 2020, complete with casts, networks, credits, episode count and detailed plot information.
Beyond Vanity
From the award-winning author of Dressing Up, a riveting and diverse history of women’s hair that reestablishes the cultural power of hairdressing in nineteenth-century America. In the nineteenth century, the complex cultural meaning of hair was not only significant, but it could also impact one’s place in society. After the Civil War, hairdressing was also a growing profession and the hair industry a mainstay of local, national, and international commerce. In Beyond Vanity, Elizabeth Block expands the nascent field of hair studies by restoring women’s hair as a cultural site of meaning in the early United States. With a special focus on the places and spaces in which the hair industry...
