Swift and Beautiful
Author: David B Calhoun
Publisher:
Published: 2020-11-11
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781848719385
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Here We Are
Author: Graham Swift
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2020-09-22
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 0525658068
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis novel of love in the world of 1950s vaudeville is a masterwork of literary magic from the Booker Prize-winning author of Last Orders and Mothering Sunday It is 1959 in Brighton, England, and the theater at the end of the famous pier is having its best summer season in years. Ronnie, a brilliant young magician, and Evie, his dazzling assistant, are top of the bill, drawing a full house every night. And Jack is everyone’s favorite master of ceremonies, holding the whole show together. But as the summer progresses, the drama among the three begins to overshadow their success onstage, setting in motion events that will reshape their lives. Vividly realized, tenderly comic, and quietly shattering, Here We Are is a masterly work of literary magic.
When Wanderers Cease to Roam
Author: Vivian Swift
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: 2008-11-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781596914612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing a lifetime of trekking across the globe, Vivian Swift, a freelance designer who racked up 23 temporary addresses in 20 years, finally dropped her well-worn futon mattress and rucksack in a small town on the edge of the Long Island Sound. She spent the next decade quietly taking stock of her life, her immediate surroundings, and, finally, what it means to call a place a home. The result is When Wanderers Cease to Roam. Filled with watercolors of beautiful local landscapes, seasonal activities, and small, overlooked pleasures of easy living, each chapter chronicles the perks of remaining at home, including recipes, hobbies, and prized possessions of the small town lifestyle. At once gorgeously rendered and wholly original, this delightful and masterfully observed year of staying put conjures everything from youthful yearnings and romantic travels to lumpy, homemade sweaters and the gradations of March mud.
Taylor Swift
Author: Tyler Conroy
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2016-10-11
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1501143476
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA book about Taylor. Made with love. By fans. For fans. “Delightful...A rich and exhaustive production...Swifties have gotten their bible.” —The New Yorker Ten years ago, an unknown sixteen-year-old released a self-titled debut country album. A decade later, Taylor Swift has reached record-breaking, chart-topping heights. A ten-time Grammy winner, Swift has been hailed for her songwriting talent, crossed effortlessly from country to pop, and established herself as a musician who can surprise, delight, and inspire, all while connecting with her fans in a way that only she can. Amazingly, after all these years, there is no great, comprehensive book about Swift for her fans. Until now. This book, a fan-generated celebration of Swift’s first decade as an artist, collects the best writing and images from the past ten years in one gorgeous volume. From prefame interviews with Swift in local Pennsylvania newspapers to major profiles in The New Yorker and Rolling Stone; from album reviews by top critics such as Robert Christgau, Sasha Frere-Jones, and Ann Powers to essays by beloved novelists like Maggie Shipstead; from Tavi Gevinson’s classic ode to Swift in The Believer to Q&As with Chuck Klosterman and humorous analysis from McSweeney’s and The Hairpin; from album-themed crossword puzzles and adult coloring pages to profiles of Taylor’s biggest fans; from an excerpt of the soon-to-be-published novel Taylor Swift: Girl Detective to a “book within a book” of Swift’s most inspiring quotations titled (naturally) The Tao of Tay, this book is the vital collection of all things Taylor. Here, finally, is the must-have book for every Swiftie and every music lover. For, as Klosterman wrote in GQ, “If you don’t take Swift seriously, you don’t take contemporary music seriously.” * This book is a tribute to Taylor Swift, but she was not involved in its creation. *
Terrible Swift Sword
Author: Bruce Catton
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2013-07-24
Total Pages: 639
ISBN-13: 0307833062
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe second episode in this award-winning trilogy impressively shows how the Union and Confederacy, slowly and inexorably, reconciled themselves to an all-out war—an epic struggle for freedom. In Terrible Swift Sword, Bruce Catton tells the story of the Civil War as never before—of two turning points which changed the scope and meaning of the war. First, he describes how the war slowly but steadily got out of control. This would not be the neat, short, “limited” war both sides had envisioned. And then the author reveals how the sweeping force of all-out conflict changed the war’s purpose, in turning it into a war for human freedom. It was not initially a war against slavery. Instead, this was, Mr. Lincoln kept insisting, a fight to reunite the United States. At first, it was not even much of a fight. Cautious generals; inexperienced, incompetent, or jealous administrators; shortages of good people and supplies; excess of both gloom and optimism, kept each side from swinging into decisive action. As the buildup began, there were maddening delays. The earliest engagements were halting and inconclusive. After these first tests at arms, reputations began to crumble. Buell, Halleck, Beauregard Albert Sidney Johnston. Failed to drive ahead—for reasons good and bad. General McClellan (impaled in these pages on the arrogant words of his letters) captured more imaginations than enemies, and continued to accept serious over estimates of Confederate strength while becoming more and more fatally estranged from his own government.
The Life of John Milne of Perth
Author: Bonar Horatius
Publisher: Banner of Truth
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780851519616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Milne (1807-68) became minister of St. Leonard's, Perth, in 1839, and was almost immediately associated with an awakening in which an outstanding circle of preachers shared. Among them were his close friends, William Burns, Robert M'Cheyne, and Horatius Bonar. Bonar, author and hymn writer, was at his best in his Life of John Milne (1869). From first-hand knowledge of the revival period, and from original documents, he has preserved an account of Milne and the evangelicals who, in the words of Alexander Whyte, 'had an immense influence on the religious life of Scotland'. --from publisher description
Cast in Firelight
Author: Dana Swift
Publisher:
Published: 2021-01-19
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 0593124219
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Adraa and Jatin are royal heirs of their respective kingdoms, masterful with magic, and their arranged marriage will unite two of Wickery's most powerful territories--except, they don't get along. Now, with the criminal underbelly suddenly making a move for control, the pair must learn to put their trust in the other if either is to uncover the real threat"--]cProvided by publisher.
Gardens of Awe and Folly
Author: Vivian Swift
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2016-03-01
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1632860287
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This delightful journal touches the heart and moves the spirit." - The Oregonian An illustrated, round-the-world tour of idiosyncratic gardens from beloved traveler/writer/watercolorist Vivian Swift. Nine masterpiece gardens. Nine stories of grandeur, sorrow, disaster, triumph, discovery, and joy. From Scotland to Key West, from Brazil to Paris--even right next door--there is always something to learn about being human from a great garden.
Taylor Swift
Author: Instinctive Editorial
Publisher: JG Press
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781464301780
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTaylor Swift is one of the world's most idolized stars and this gift set is packed with facts about the superstar. This beautifully designed book tells the story of Taylor Swift, one of America's biggest stars. When Taylor Swift's fourth full-length album 'Red' sold 1.2 million copies in autumn 2012, it was her second consecutive album to top a million in its debut week. The daughter of an investment banker, she emerged from a small town in Pennsylvania to become a star by sheer force of will. Her girl-next-door image was no pretence, but her most impressive achievement was crossing over from the country market and making inroads on the mainstream charts. This small-town girl with the big talent has become America's sweetheart and seems set to remain so. Included in this high-quality gift pack are 6 free 10 x 8 prints.
Reading Swift's Poetry
Author: Daniel Cook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-08-13
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 1108899102
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPoets are makers, etymologically speaking. In practice, they are also thieves. Over a long career, from the early 1690s to the late 1730s, Jonathan Swift thrived on a creative tension between original poetry-making and the filching of familiar material from the poetic archive. The most extensive study of Swift's verse to appear in more than thirty years, Reading Swift's Poetry offers detailed readings of dozens of major poems, as well as neglected and recently recovered pieces. This book reaffirms Swift's prominence in competing literary traditions as diverse as the pastoral and the political, the metaphysical and the satirical, and demonstrates the persistence of unlikely literary tropes across his multifaceted career. Daniel Cook also considers the audacious ways in which Swift engages with Juvenal's satires, Horace's epistles, Milton's epics, Cowley's odes, and an astonishing array of other canonical and forgotten writers.
