![]() Minor edgewear, with a few small chips in an archival plastic protector. Owner signatures on the front paste-down and title page The dustjacket is complete and unclipped. Brown cloth binding with Willie and Joe on the front cover titling in black on the spine. He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters Willie and Joe. This is a Very Good copy of a later printing of the First Edition (stated "Fifth Printing, May, 1945" and noting three printings prior to publication). William Henry 'Bill' Mauldin was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist from the United States. A second came duringr his postwar career as an editorial cartoonist. ![]() ![]() As a cartoonist for "Stars and Stripes" Bill Mauldin (1921-2003) created his memorable characters Willie and Joe, affording a ground's eye view of World War Two that earned him his first Pulitzer Prize (as well as a Purple Heart). ![]()
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![]() In one of the two parallel plot-lines here, Robbins juggles the separate attempts of various parfumiers around the world to come up with a perfume (upon a jasmine base) that will outenchant any previous concoction: Madame Devalier in New Orleans is feverishly experimenting so is her adopted daughter Priscilla in Seattle and the megs-company LeFever is also hard at work in Paris. ![]() A round-Robbins on the themes of scent, so-called "floral consciousness," and immortality-skipping through time and space, but offering a little old-fashioned storytelling charm along with the usual cute/hip doodling. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sophocles (496-405 BC) was born at Colonus, just outside Athens. It is Sophocles' characterisation of Oedipus that would, in the nineteenth century, inspire Sigmund Freud to a revolutionary conception of the human mind, and the tragedies in this volume continue to move and inspire us to this day. Oedipus in exile, searching for his identity, desperately trying to avoid his fate, seeking the truth of his origins and achieving immortality his daughter, Antigone, defending her integrity and ideals to the death - these heroic, tragic figures have captivated theatregoers and readers since the fifth century BC. This Penguin Classics edition is translated by Robert Fagles with introductions and notes by Bernard Knox.Ĭollected here are Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus, in a translation by Robert Fagles which retains all of Sophocles' lucidity and power: the cut and thrust of his dialogue, his ironic edge, the surge and majesty of his choruses and, above all, the agonies and triumphs of his characters. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, Sophocles' The Three Theban Plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When the persecution of the Jews intensifies, Bea’s loyalty is put to the sternest of tests. Bea does not succeed in developing a serious relationship with anyone else. The physical side of their love is subtly described (‘When the door fell shut behind her I took a bath, scrubbed away the caresses of those authoritarian hands and her compelling mouth, washed off the scent of lavender and cigarettes that I could smell on my own skin.’)Įven after the relationship with Erica ends, she remains at the centre of Bea’s life. Bea and Erica behave like lovers who cannot live together, nor live apart. ![]() Bea starts a relationship with Bas, who thinks the affection between the two friends is based on ‘unhealthy emotions’. Bea is put in charge of the last 500 guilders. ![]() This sets the tone: Bea is the caring guardian of the home for the capricious Erica, who works through an inheritance in just a few months. When they first start living together, Erica does not have a bed. Their friendship is complicated, not only as a result of their very different characters but because it develops into an ‘unnatural’ love. After a month they move into an apartment together. In The Tree and the Vine, compliant secretary Bea tells of her meeting in 1938 with the reckless journalist Erica. ![]() ![]() ![]() Many years ago while I was traveling I picked up a crappy paperback mystery set in "Bruce, Belgium" a place that exists only in a spellchecked world. I have to tell you this, even though it has nothing to do with reviewing this book. A prolific short story writer, he was published in Cornhill Magazine, The Strand Magazine, and Belgravia. ![]() His other works, though less successful, include The Goddess: A Demon (1900) and A Spoiler of Men (1905), both pioneering works of horror and science fiction. Published the same year as Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Beetle was initially far more popular and sold out on its first printing almost immediately. The Beetle (1897), his most commercially successful work, is a classic of the horror genre that draws on the tradition of the sensation novel to investigate such concerns of late-Victorian England as poverty, the New Woman, homosexuality, and empire. Sentenced to eighteen months of hard labor, Heldmann emerged from prison and began using his pseudonym by 1888. He soon found work as co-editor of Union Jack, a weekly boy’s magazine, but this arrangement ended by June 1883 with his arrest for cheque forgery. ![]() Born in North London to Jewish parents, he began publishing adventure stories for boys in 1880. ![]() Richard Marsh (1857-1915) was the pseudonym of bestselling English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. ![]() ![]() ![]() With their marriage in 1920, the couple became “Hollywood royalty”, she earning the title “Queen of the Movies, and he “The King of Hollywood”. from Will Durant & Ariel.” The recipients, Douglas and Mary Lee Fairbanks, were pioneers in the American film industry and two of the most popular actors of their time. 19, 1966”, and to the flyleaf of The Age of Louis XIV, “To Douglas & Mary Lee enjoying their hospitality. The inscription on the half-title page of The Life of Greece reads, “To Douglas + Mary Lee with love from Will Durant 5-6-69 A great evening!”, to the flyleaf of The Age of Voltaire, “For Douglas & Mary Lee affectionately, from Will Durant & Ariel At the Bolton’s Sept. Presentation copies, each volume (with the exception IV and X) inscribed by William and Ariel Durant to Douglas and Mary Lee Fairbanks on various dates. Royal octavo, 11 volumes, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Rare complete set of Durant’s monumental achievement with 10 volumes inscribed by him to “The King of Hollywood” Douglas Fairbanks. The Story of Civilization.ĭURANT, William and Ariel. ![]() ![]() ![]() The sexuality of the novel are on full display as the film kicks off with non-stop nudity and sexuality and this continues to the very end. ![]() I always enjoy watching this more adult, X-rated films from the 70s because you could argue that cinema was changing during this period as much as it had since silent was passed by sound. TROPIC OF CANCER is based on the controversial work of Miller and it's easy to see this is a film from the 70s as the decade broke down all sorts of barriers about what could or couldn't be shown in movies. Along the way he discusses these adventures with his friends as they too are after the same thing. Tropic of Cancer (1970) *** (out of 4) Good art film has American writer Henry Miller (Rip Torn) traveling through Paris trying to score as much free food and sex that he can get. ![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, the entire school begins to see James as "Super-Jim."īut the "makeover" creates a surprise that nobody saw coming, especially Jana. The makeover might take some extra work, but she's ready for the challenge. James will just have to be president instead. Not to worry - Jana has everything under control. The problem is, Alex doesn't want to be president, and James has no interest in becoming popular. as she learns more she is horrified, who is this crazy guy who prays all the time. this wouldn't be a problem but her brother decides that he and James are now best friends, which is now a problem. ![]() now one of her fringe relatives, although not by blood is the lamest kid in school, James Orville Wickenbee. She's determined to turn James Orville Wickenbee, her brother's new best friend, into one of the "cool kids." After all, Jana can't afford to have James - a "nobody," not to mention a Mormon - ruin her plans to get her brother elected as student body president. Jana's life takes an interesting twist when one of her extended family marries a Mormon. ![]() ![]() Your new picture, the after picture, which shows you as Super-Jim."Īt Fairport High School, Jana has taken on a special project. A day or two before the election we place a picture of the new and improved you in that spot. Under it we write 'Fairport's Next President.' As the campaign progresses, James, you improve. But on the other end, we leave a blank square for another picture of you. "On one end we place a large picture of what you look like now. "A before picture?" James looked confused. The banner reads: 'Watch James Wickenbee turn into Super-Jim!'" "Picture a huge banner with a before picture of you, James, on one end. "I have a plan!" I said excitedly to James and Alex. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though he’s initially intimidated by the amount of work involved in the cinematic creation process, from writing the screenplay to working within a realistic budget, accepting Sierra’s tough-love advice helps him tackle each new Dubious about the program and uninterested in crafting a film from Sierra’s script, Marcus is slowly won over by the idea of filming Toothpick. There, he meets aspiring social influencer Jazmin, music video creator Amari, and would-be writer/director Sierra. Unfortunately, the Afternoon Adventures art class his widower father enrolled him in proves a bad fit for his passion with no better options, he reluctantly joins a filmmaking class. ![]() All aspiring artist Marcus wants to do is work on his comics series, which features his daring alter ego, Toothpick. ![]() ![]() Basically, she would claim that she or one of her siblings had the skills that whatever employer was looking for. Mary was somewhat of a genius at getting her siblings jobs. Basically, it’s all about Betty and Mary, and occasionally one of the other siblings, finding and keeping work during the Depression int eh 1930s in Seattle. I found these little stories more to my liking. For me, these were cute, quaint stories but didn’t interest me nearly as much as her other two books.The book then skips ahead several years to directly after Betty’s failed marriage and her coming home from the chicken farm to live with her mom and siblings, bringing her two toddling daughters. This book starts off with Betty’s earliest years and all those school-year pranks and hi-jinks her sister Mary organized. Her older sister Mary was always getting the younger kids to do what she wanted, either by trickery or by simply assuming they would do so and telling them all the reasons it’s in their best interest as well. This book is set after her tales of the chicken farm (captured in The Egg and I) and covers her various job fiascoes before and after her stint in a tuberculosis sanatorium (as told in The Plague and I).Betty is the second oldest child in a family of 4 daughters and 1 son. ![]() ![]() Betty MacDonald returns us to her humorous world, this time during the Great Depression in Seattle. ![]() |