Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered. The book, The Secret Lives of Color ISBN# 9780143131144 in Hardcover by Kassia St Clair may be ordered in bulk quantities. Across fashion and politics, art and war, the secret lives of color tell the vivid story of our culture. Across fashion and politics, art and war, the secret lives of color tell the vivid story of our culture. Host Roman Mars of 99 Invisible, a podcast about the invisible power of architecture and design, talks to the author of The Secret Lives of Color, a collection of fascinating stories about colors, the way they’ve been made through history, and the lengths to which people will go to get the brightest splash of it. Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colors and where they come from (whether Van Gogh’s chrome yellow sunflowers or punk’s fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilization. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso’s blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. The Secret Lives of Color tells the unusual stories of seventy-five fascinating shades, dyes, and hues.
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Emmy-winning TV writer Shadi Petosky ( The Sandman) pens her first Marvel Comics story alongside artist Roberta Ingranata! Wiccan and Hulkling are on a much-needed getaway when the beloved couple finds themselves stranded.Join Felicia Hardy at New Orleans Pride where a score for untold riches pits her against the Thieves Guild in a story by writer Sarah Gailey and artist Bailie Rosenlund.Fans can see her for the first time on superstar artist Phil Jimenez’s MARVEL’S VOICES: PRIDE #1 variant cover! An all-new hero takes on the classic mantle of “Nightshade” to protect her Chicago community in a rousing story by writer Stephanie Williams and artist Héctor Barros. Writer Steve Foxe and artist Rosi Kämpe bring Gimmick, the breakout character from 2020’s Children of the Atom, to the forefront along with more fan-favorite X-Men students for a prelude story to DARK X-MEN, a new series launching during FALL OF X!.Listen to the latest episode of our weekly comics podcast! My first firefighter romance coupled with the first time I have read anything by Mariah Ankenman, I can honestly say she has a new fan! Even though this is a standalone, it throws back to the previous two books and hints that whatever is between Diaz and Ward has been brewing for awhile. But this sexy little fling is about to set off a five-alarm blaze she can’t control… Their nights are filled with sizzling deep kisses that steal her breath away. Now their days are fueled by a high-stakes, adrenaline-fueled competition. Teaming up is the perfect chance to finally settle their never ending one-upmanship, but it also exposes the smoldering attraction they’ve held at bay. On the line are their reputations, a whole lot of cash…and the promotion they’ve been fighting for. The Battle of the First Responders is a live, balls-out competition in the secluded Rockies and Stephanie has been selected-along with Ward as her partner. Now Stephanie has the chance to prove to everyone that she’s got what it takes…but there’s one helluva catch. And definitely not her ridiculously hot and often infuriating, fellow firefighter Eli Ward. Not the ultra-bro firefighters she has to work with. Not the jerks who’d like to see an ambitious Latine woman admit defeat. Firefighter Stephanie Díaz won’t let anyone stop her from becoming the youngest female fire chief in Denver. Actually the woman was driving but various forces-including the police, district attorney's office, mayor, newspapers and community activists-work to catch and convict the guy for the allegedly hate-motivated crime, mainly because he is rich and white. A rich, white guy and his mistress take a couple of wrong turns in his car and end up running down a black kid in a poor neighbourhood. Not clever in its plot-it is somewhat simple compared to your average legal thriller these days. The Bonfire of the Vanities is certainly one of the cleverest novels you'll ever read. What does "heart" mean anyway? Sentimentality? A happy ending? Inspirational passages? I can tell you though what the book is missing: A heart. So many people, whose opinions I otherwise value, have told me how incredibly impressed they were by The Bonfire of the Vanities that I wonder what I'm missing, since I have only a middling appreciation for Tom Wolfe's first novel. RATING 5: I first saw Haunted, as the movie version. I love Porter and Spectra together because they represent everything I am (a writer and an artist) *I LOVE (LOVE LOVE) the moment where Porter gives Spectra the writing desk! I think other than a library it's the most romantic present you could ever give a writer/bookworm. *Hmm! So Draculaura's on the Fear Squad at MH and she doesn't even know her directions in ghost form? Does she perhaps know more than she's saying about MH's new visitor? Looks like Spectra may just have her new scoop. Looks like she might just have a new invisible friend. Meanwhile, Draculaura has been noticing strange things going on around her: moving objects, new hair, etc. Lately, her blog has been uh a little dead (or would the monsters use un-dead). PLOT: Spectra is looking for new scoops at Monster High. The Headless Horseman does not make his appearance until the last third of the book, and let me tell you there is build-up and anticipation. We get to know Von Braun who is meat-head douche with nothing better to do but try to hook up with Katrina. We get to know Katrina Von Tassle who is kind of a slut (her petticoats show her ankle, y’all she might as well be a stripper). We get to know Ichabod Crane who does not look like Johnny Depp, but more like the Disney version – he is tall and lanky. Irving really sets the scene and the tone with the build-up. With the story itself, there is a lot of build-up. Since this is a classic, getting lost in it really does present a challenge, unless it is done right. With audiobooks, having a good narrator is very important, with a bad reader it’s very hard to lose yourself in the words since you are so focused on the voice. Also the voice of the reader was excellent, I felt like I was listening to my grandpa tell me a ripping yarn. There was also piano mood music at different intervals. There were creepy sound effects (yeah driving to this on a dark stormy night is not such a good idea). I felt the audio had set the mood perfectly. Now don’t get me wrong, YA is awesome, but it is a tough transition to make from YA to the classics. To me, this is the perfect way to read Sleepy Hollow, especially coming into it from reading nothing but YA. I audio-ed the BBC version of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving in the car. Also, while at the beginning I wasn’t that wowed by the time travel aspect, by the end I decided this book deserves a place on my favorite-time-travel-books shelf. I also wish statistics had been given for the new family configuration the way they were given for the family as first introduced. But toward the end when I knew what was going to happen, I was thrilled, and I loved the ending, though I wish it hadn’t ended so abruptly I wanted more. I don’t love it quite as much as one of my personal favorites, Time At The Top, or the excellent The Root Cellar, or other historical fiction time travel books written for children. It’s a wonderful book for girls who are fascinated with twins, only children, middle birth order children, kids who feel overlooked/not special, kids who enjoy time travel books and history, and magic. As an only child who wanted a twin sister or at least siblings, it would have been a perfect book for me. It would have received 5 stars from me at that time. This book would have been a favorite of mine when I was 8 or 9 through 11. Jason Reynolds Track Series Bundle includes: Lu, Patina, Ghost, and Sunny and is a complete novel study of English Language Arts grades secondary that contains everything necessary to complete successful novel study units including test, questions, activities, essay, worksheets, journal responses, etc. The sequel to National Book Award Finalist Ghost and a New York Times bestseller A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Ghost by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds. Race through Jason Reynoldss New York Times bestselling Track series, now in a complete boxed set. Since that did not work out, I chose to take up a career in aerospace writing. I am a space buff and I have always envied those sitting in a mission control room, monitoring the flight of a rocket. I casually mentioned this to Saloochana and she suggested that I write one. Her collection included several biographies on scientists written for children, but we spotted none on Dr Kalam. Despite their young age, they showed a tremendous interest in him, his role in making rockets and space flight in general.Īppropriately, the idea began to take on a serious shape when my wife, Usha and I were buying books from our friend, Mrs Saloochana Gulati, who promotes books for children. I began to talk to my daughter Rimanika and her classmates about Dr Kalam. As a first step, I decided to assess children's interest and curiosity about Dr Kalam. So far, my writings have been in the form of news reports about aviation and space issues in my capacity as the Special Correspondent for The Times of India.īut still I decided to take my thoughts further. Writing a book for children seemed a preposterous idea. I began to feel an urge to narrate the achievements and greatness of Dr Kalam to children, by writing a book. Though Dr Kalam has been regarded as a lover of children, none of these books were written specifically for children. Of course, they were extremely informative. I read most of them with considerable interest. A few months after Dr Kalam became the President of India, a number of books about him hit the bookstands. Ransome perfectly captures the innocence and ease of carefree days and a time gone by when children were free to roam and the outdoors was one big adventure.Ī nostalgic read that reminds me of long summer holidays during which imaginary worlds were created and open spaces were explored, Swallows and Amazons is the perfect embodiment and example of childhood adventure and the wonderment that comes with it. Between the six of them, soon known as the Swallows and Amazons, the children create a world of wild forests and robberies, of treasure and of treachery in which they team up against the Blackett’s Uncle who they refer to as Captain Flint. The Walker children – John, Susan, Titty and Roger borrow a dinghy called Swallow which they sail out to the island, where they meet Nancy and Peggy Blackett, sailing a dinghy called Amazon. It tells the story of two sets of children, the Walkers and the Blacketts, who spend their summer holidays camping out on an island near the Lake District. Having recently finished The Snow Child, which was based on a Russian Fairytale called Little Daughter of the Snow by Arthur Ransome, I decided to read Swallows and Amazons, one of Ransome’s best-loved books, and indeed perhaps his most famous, which came in at a respectable number 57 in the BBC’s Big Read.įirst published in 1930, the book was inspired by a summer spent by Ransome teaching the children of his friends, to sail. |