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The daughter of the famed child psychologist recounts her fathers rise to celebrity and her parents attempt to heal their own childhood wounds through his fame revealing the authors feelings of unworthiness in the face of her fathers idealized image and his ability to connect with strangers better than with members of his family 25000 first printing
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Considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time Ty Cobb cast a shadow over the game with his violent behavior on the field and off His shadow was never darker than when it fell on his teammates Sam Crawford Harry Heilmann and Heinie Manush were three of the greatest players in baseball history good enough to be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Each played in the Detroit outfield alongside Cobb though their fame never reached the level of his Little is remembered about this trio of Hall of Famers Crawford the alltime triples leader Heilmann the last righthanded batter to hit 400 and Manush another batting champion each made his own mark on the game detailed for the first time in this triple biography
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Considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time Ty Cobb cast a shadow over the game with his violent behavior on the field and off His shadow was never darker than when it fell on his teammates Sam Crawford Harry Heilmann and Heinie Manush were three of the greatest players in baseball history good enough to be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Each played in the Detroit outfield alongside Cobb though their fame never reached the level of his Little is remembered about this trio of Hall of Famers Crawford the alltime triples leader Heilmann the last righthanded batter to hit 400 and Manush another batting champion each made his own mark on the game detailed for the first time in this triple biography
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Mark Howe emerged from the shadow cast by his iconic father Gordie to achieve greatness In this autobiography he vividly describes his unparalleled experiences A US Olympic silver medalist at age 16 and a member of the Memorial Cup champion Toronto Marlboros Howe went on to play seven seasons alongside his father Gordie and brother Marty for the WHAs twotime champion Houston Aeros and New England and Hartford Whalers before becoming a fourtime NHL AllStar with the Philadelphia Flyers Howe elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011 recounts the joys and travails endured by the sports most beloved family Recollections of teammates injuries game experiences deaths and his life as a child athlete make this a mustread for all hockey fans
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Mark Howe emerged from the shadow cast by his iconic father Gordie to achieve greatness In this autobiography he vividly describes his unparalleled experiences A US Olympic silver medalist at age 16 and a member of the Memorial Cup champion Toronto Marlboros Howe went on to play seven seasons alongside his father Gordie and brother Marty for the WHAs twotime champion Houston Aeros and New England and Hartford Whalers before becoming a fourtime NHL AllStar with the Philadelphia Flyers Howe elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011 recounts the joys and travails endured by the sports most beloved family Recollections of teammates injuries game experiences deaths and his life as a child athlete make this a mustread for all hockey fans
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Lives in the Shadow with sold at 24.42 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
For nearly half a century the charismatic strikingly handsome spiritual teacher JKrishnamurti gathered an enormous following throughout Europe India Australia and North America From the age of eighteen he was the forerunner of the type of iconoclasm that would bring immediate fame to cult figures in the late 20thcentury Yet recent biographies have left large areas of his life in mystifying darkness This however is no ordinary study of Krishnamurti for it is written by one whose earliest memories are dominated by his presence as a doting second father tolerant of pranks and pets playful and diligent For over two idyllic decades in their Ojai Californian haven where Aldous Huxley and other pacifists found respite during the war years Krinsh as young Radha called him developed his philosophical message He also placed himself at the centre of her parents Rosalind and Rajagopals marriage Yet no one at the time would have doubted the chaste public image of Krishnamurti Only when the harmony of Ojai Fragmented into acrimony and litigation over other painful issues did it become inevitable that one day the historical record should be put straight In spirit of tenderness fairness objective inquiry and no little remorse the author traces the rise orf Krishnamurti from obscurity in India by selection of the Theosophical Society to be the vehicle of a new incarnation of their world teacher How bonds of trust were breached and become clouded in confusion with a new wave of devoteeism lies at the heart of this extraordinary story So does a portrait of intense romantic intimacy and the conundrum of Krishnamurtis own complex character
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The definitive portrait of one of the worlds alltime great pop groups A major biography skillfully set in the context of Swedish culture and global fame
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Enduring Truths Sojourner s Shadows, priced at 32.26 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Runaway slave Sojourner Truth gained fame in the nineteenth century as an abolitionist feminist and orator and earned a living partly by selling photographic carte de visite portraits of herself at lectures and by mail Cartes de visite similar in format to calling cards were relatively inexpensive collectibles that quickly became a new mode of mass communication Despite being illiterate Truth copyrighted her photographs in her name and added the caption I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance Sojourner Truth Featuring the largest collection of Truths photographs ever publishednbspEnduring Truthsnbspis the first book to explore how she used her image the press the postal service and copyright laws to support her activism and herself Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby establishes a range of important contexts for Truths portraits including the strategic role of photography and copyright for an illiterate former slave the shared politics of Truths cartes de visite and federal banknotes which were both created to fund the Union cause and the ways that photochemical limitations complicated the portrayal of different skin tones Insightful and powerfulnbspEnduring Truthsnbspshows how Truth made her photographic portrait worth money in order to end slaveryand also became the strategic author of her public self
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Black Shadow Moon Stoker s sold for 38.12 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Bram Stoker wanted fame What he got was pure evil In late Victorian London Bram Stoker is an unnoticed author who longs for celebrity and recognition His ignored writings have left him anonymous When Vlad Tepes an eccentric European aristocrat poses a dangerous proposition the frustrated artist cant help but listen In trade for a simple exchange of services Tepes promises to give him the information he needs to write a book about the nature of evil that will shock the world Hungry for a successful book Stoker reluctantly agrees Sir Henry Irving Englands leading Shakespearean actor and Stokers employer begins to notice an unpredictable nature in his struggling friend When Stokers uncharacteristic behavior jeopardizes a deal between Irving and Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle the creative masterminds begin to investigate the source of Stokers preoccupation What they find shakes them to the core malevolent darkness blood and murder The evidence begins to mount that they may be dealing with a real vampire The chase is on to save Stoker and his family Failure could result in the loss of their lives and their souls Black Shadow Moon is the first book in a series that asks the question What if Bram Stokers Dracula was based on real events Author PG Kassels dark supernatural thriller answers the question in a gothic horror novel that brings vampires back to their original evil existing for no other purpose than to purvey pain destruction and death Will Stoker fall prey to the beautiful side of evil that promises seduces and then eviscerates Pick up PG Kassels chilling novel today to get your answer
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Travel Shadows by Justinus Kerner, priced at 119.3 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Justinus Kerner 17861862 was one of the most celebrated figures in nineteenthcentury German culture A physician by training he was also a leading member of the Swabian Romantic circle of poets which included among others Ludwig Uhland and Gustav Schwab Kerners international fame rests primarily on his contributions to the investigation of paranormal phenomena The most important of these was his exhaustive case study Die Seherin von Prevorst The Seeress of Prevorst 1829 The book was translated into English in 1849 by the English writer Catherine Crowe 180376 Until the present this has been the only work of Kerner available in English Apart from his many scientific publications and his poetry Kerner was also the author of one of the more intriguing literary works of German Romanticism Die Reiseschatten Travel Shadows 1811 Ostensibly an account of his travels through Germany and Austria following his graduation from the University of Tubingen the book is a highly imaginative almost surreal concoction of Romantic sentimental grotesque satirical and Old German folkloric elements Attributed by Kerner to an itinerant shadow performer named Lux Travel Shadows was inspired by the tradition of Chinese Shadows ombres chinoises and represents Kerners attempt to create a travel narrative in the form of a grandiose shadow show In the introduction to his translation of Travel Shadows the first in English Harold B Segel situates Kerners work in the context of the emergence of a German shadow show tradition in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
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For nearly half a century the charismatic strikingly handsome spiritual teacher J Krishnamurti gathered an enormous following throughout Europe India Australia and North America From the age of eighteen he was the forerunner of the type of iconoclasm that would bring immediate fame to cult figures in the late twentieth century Yet recent biographies have left large areas of his life in mystifying darkness This however is no ordinary study of Krishnamurti for it is written by one whose earliest memories are dominated by his presence as a doting second fathertolerant of pranks and pets playful and diligent For over two decades in their Ojai California haven where Aldous Huxley and other pacifists found respite during the war yearsKrinsh developed his philosophical message He also placed himself at the centre of her parents Rosalind and Rajagopals marriage In a spirit of tenderness fairness objective inquiry and no little remorse the author traces the rise of Krishnamurti from obscurity in India by selection of the Theosophical Society to be the vehicle of a new incarnation of their world teacher Breaking from Theosophy Krishnamurti inspired his own following retaining the dedication of his longtime friend Rajagopal himself highly educated to oversee all practicalities and the editing and publication of his writings How this bond of trust was breached and became clouded in confusion with a new wave of devoteeism lies at the heart of this extraordinary story So does a portrait of intense romantic intimacy and the conundrum of Krishnamurtis own complex character
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The worlds first Black heavyweight champion experiences bigotry fights for love and struggles with fame in a novel based on the life of Jack Johnson
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Blacksad Somewhere Within the Shadows sold at 348.65 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Meet John Blacksad a cat in the shadows Imagine New York as a city of criminal rats jazzplaying gorillas and rhino thugs Enter a mystery where the suspects have tails Enter the world of Blacksad Natalia Wilford is a famous actress To the world she had everything anybody could wantbeauty fame glamour and lovers who would do anything for her When she is found murdered in her home it touches the man who had not seen her since their bitter breakup many years ago private eye John Blacksad He vows to find Natalias murderer
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The first complete chronicle of the life of Satchel Paige the first Negro League star inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame vividly portrays the great pitcher and his times offering a colorful look at the man behind the legends 25000 first printing
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For nearly half a century the charismatic strikingly handsome spiritual teacher JKrishnamurti gathered an enormous following throughout Europe India Australia and North America From the age of eighteen he was the forerunner of the type of iconoclasm that would bring immediate fame to cult figures in the late 20thcentury Yet recent biographies have left large areas of his life in mystifying darkness This however is no ordinary study of Krishnamurti for it is written by one whose earliest memories are dominated by his presence as a doting second father tolerant of pranks and pets playful and diligent For over two idyllic decades in their Ojai Californian haven where Aldous Huxley and other pacifists found respite during the war years Krinsh as young Radha called him developed his philosophical message He also placed himself at the centre of her parents Rosalind and Rajagopals marriage Yet no one at the time would have doubted the chaste public image of Krishnamurti Only when the harmony of Ojai Fragmented into acrimony and litigation over other painful issues did it become inevitable that one day the historical record should be put straight In spirit of tenderness fairness objective inquiry and no little remorse the author traces the rise orf Krishnamurti from obscurity in India by selection of the Theosophical Society to be the vehicle of a new incarnation of their world teacher How bonds of trust were breached and become clouded in confusion with a new wave of devoteeism lies at the heart of this extraordinary story So does a portrait of intense romantic intimacy and the conundrum of Krishnamurtis own complex character
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A journey of discovery into the lives and contributions of three forgotten women obscured by the power of their husbands fame Paul Cézanne Claude Monet and Auguste Rodin The names of these brilliant nineteenthcentury artists are known throughout the world But what is remembered of their wives What were these unknown women like What roles did they play in the lives and the art of their famous husbandsIn this remarkable book of discovery art historian Ruth Butler coaxes three shadowy women out of obscurity and introduces them for the first time as individuals Through unprecedented research Butler has beenable to create portraits of Hortense Fiquet Camille Doncieux and Rose Beuretthe models and later the wives respectively of Cézanne Monet and Rodin three of the most famous French artists of their generationThe book tells the stories of three ordinary women who faced issues of a dramatically changing society as well as the challenges of life with a striving genius Butler illuminates the ways in which these modelwives figured in their husbands achievements and provides new analyses of familiar works of artFilled with captivating detail the book recovers the lives of Hortense Camille and Rose and recognizes with new insight how their unique relationships enriched the quality of their husbands artistic endeavors
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For nearly half a century the charismatic strikingly handsome spiritual teacher J Krishnamurti gathered an enormous following throughout Europe India Australia and North America From the age of eighteen he was the forerunner of the type of iconoclasm that would bring immediate fame to cult figures in the late twentieth century Yet recent biographies have left large areas of his life in mystifying darkness This however is no ordinary study of Krishnamurti for it is written by one whose earliest memories are dominated by his presence as a doting second fathertolerant of pranks and pets playful and diligent For over two decades in their Ojai California haven where Aldous Huxley and other pacifists found respite during the war yearsKrinsh developed his philosophical message He also placed himself at the centre of her parents Rosalind and Rajagopals marriage In a spirit of tenderness fairness objective inquiry and no little remorse the author traces the rise of Krishnamurti from obscurity in India by selection of the Theosophical Society to be the vehicle of a new incarnation of their world teacher Breaking from Theosophy Krishnamurti inspired his own following retaining the dedication of his longtime friend Rajagopal himself highly educated to oversee all practicalities and the editing and publication of his writings How this bond of trust was breached and became clouded in confusion with a new wave of devoteeism lies at the heart of this extraordinary story So does a portrait of intense romantic intimacy and the conundrum of Krishnamurtis own complex character
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Justinus Kerner 17861862 was one of the most celebrated figures in nineteenthcentury German culture A physician by training he was also a leading member of the Swabian Romantic circle of poets which included among others Ludwig Uhland and Gustav Schwab Kerners international fame rests primarily on his contributions to the investigation of paranormal phenomena The most important of these was his exhaustive case study Die Seherin von Prevorst The Seeress of Prevorst 1829 The book was translated into English in 1849 by the English writer Catherine Crowe 180376 Until the present this has been the only work of Kerner available in English Apart from his many scientific publications and his poetry Kerner was also the author of one of the more intriguing literary works of German Romanticism Die Reiseschatten Travel Shadows 1811 Ostensibly an account of his travels through Germany and Austria following his graduation from the University of Tubingen the book is a highly imaginative almost surreal concoction of Romantic sentimental grotesque satirical and Old German folkloric elements Attributed by Kerner to an itinerant shadow performer named Lux Travel Shadows was inspired by the tradition of Chinese Shadows ombres chinoises and represents Kerners attempt to create a travel narrative in the form of a grandiose shadow show In the introduction to his translation of Travel Shadows the first in English Harold B Segel situates Kerners work in the context of the emergence of a German shadow show tradition in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
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To this day wherever great rock music is being made there is the shadow of Bob Dylan said Bruce Springsteen at the induction of Dylan into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 Or to quote John Rockwell Anyone who didnt live through the sixties simply cannot realize how important his albums seemed then they defined a community Dylan is a musical literary political and religious icon whose lyrics and mystique have spawned countless articles and books The Dylan Companion is a generous helping of the best most pungent and most insightful commentary on Dylan from all phases of his career right up to the present personal recollections and professional assessments from the likes of Ken Kesey Greil Marcus Joan Baez Andrew Motion Lester Bangs Kurt Loder Allen Ginsberg Pauline Kael Geoff Dyer Simon Winchester and Robert Christgauover fifty pieces celebrating the sixtyyearold performer who somehow manages to stay forever young
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