The Melting Clock

The Melting Clock

Author: Stuart M. Kaminsky

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2011-12-13

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1453232915

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Time is running out for surrealist painter Salvador Dalí and a 1940s Hollywood PI: “Fast-paced, well-plotted, consistently funny” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Talk about surreal! An ax-wielding monk hacks at a door, while on the other side private detective Toby Peters is running as fast as his recently broken leg will allow, alongside Salvador Dalí, dressed in a rabbit suit, repeatedly muttering “grasshoppers” as they try to make their escape. It all started when Dalí hired a gang of burglars to steal three of his own paintings—a publicity stunt that spiraled out of control when the thieves refused to give the missing masterpieces back. Dalí hired Peters to find the artwork, but now it seems the pair may have painted themselves into a corner. “The flamboyant prankster-artist [Dalí] holds his own among the hero’s circle of zany friends in Mr. Kaminsky’s Technicolor fantasy of 1940’s Hollywood.” —The New York Times “Once again Kaminsky mixes the real—in this case the surreal—with the fictional for a quick-paced, clever revisionist Hollywood romp.” —Publishers Weekly


Dali, The Persistence of Memory

Dali, The Persistence of Memory

Author: Salvador Dalí

Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : NDE Pub.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781553210047

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These books invite the reader on a journey through the most famous paintings in the history of art. Detailed, informative, & stimulating portraits of the individual artists are documented alongside beautiful glossy illustrations & detailed keys to the paintings.


Kindred Spirits

Kindred Spirits

Author: Christopher N. Okonkwo

Publisher:

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780813947112

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"This is the first book-length comparative study of literary giants Toni Morrison and Chinua Achebe"--


The Persistence of Memory

The Persistence of Memory

Author: Tony Eprile

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780393058888

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As the novel builds to a harrowing conclusion, Eprile fuses a searing political and cultural satire with a haunting coming-of-age story to render South Africa's turbulent past with striking clarity.


Just Being Dalí

Just Being Dalí

Author: Amy Guglielmo

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2021-02-09

Total Pages: 23

ISBN-13: 1984816594

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This kid-friendly picture book biography celebrates the irrepressible individuality of Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. Salvador Dalí just couldn't help being himself. When he was little, he wasn't like the other children; he was a daydreamer who liked to play pretend. When he grew up, he became an artist, but he didn't want to make art that looked like everyone else's. He became the most famous painter of his time after he made a picture of melting clocks. He liked to do wild, attention-grabbing things: He drove a fancy car stuffed with 1,000 pounds of cauliflower. He gave a speech inside a deep-sea diving suit. And he took his pet ocelot Babou to lunch at snooty restaurants. He designed lollipop wrappers in exchange for free candy, a lobster phone that really worked, and a hat made out of a shoe! Here's the true story of the one and only Salvador Dalí, an artist who never stopped being himself.


Make Your Own Working Paper Clock

Make Your Own Working Paper Clock

Author: James Smith Rudolph

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1983-09-14

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 0060910666

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Cut this book into 160 pieces, glue them together, and have a paper clock operated by weights that keeps perfect time and can be rewound and regulated.


Sally's Baking Addiction

Sally's Baking Addiction

Author: Sally McKenney

Publisher: Race Point Publishing

Published: 2016-10-11

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0760353735

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Updated with a brand-new selection of desserts and treats, the fully illustrated Sally's Baking Addiction cookbook offers more than 80 scrumptious recipes for indulging your sweet tooth—featuring a chapter of healthier dessert options, including some vegan and gluten-free recipes. It's no secret that Sally McKenney loves to bake. Her popular blog, Sally's Baking Addiction, has become a trusted source for fellow dessert lovers who are also eager to bake from scratch. Sally's famous recipes include award-winning Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Cookies, No-Bake Peanut Butter Banana Pie, delectable Dark Chocolate Butterscotch Cupcakes, and yummy Marshmallow Swirl S'mores Fudge. Find tried-and-true sweet recipes for all kinds of delicious: Breads & Muffins Breakfasts Brownies & Bars Cakes, Pies & Crisps Candy & Sweet Snacks Cookies Cupcakes Healthier Choices With tons of simple, easy-to-follow recipes, you get all of the sweet with none of the fuss! Hungry for more? Learn to create even more irresistible sweets with Sally’s Candy Addiction and Sally’s Cookie Addiction.


Time, Duration and Change in Contemporary Art

Time, Duration and Change in Contemporary Art

Author: Kate Brettkelly-Chalmers

Publisher: Intellect (UK)

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781783209194

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Time, Duration and Change in Contemporary Art presents a major study of time as a key aesthetic dimension of recent art practices. This book explores different aspects of time across a broad range of artistic media and draws on recent movements in philosophy, science, and technology to show how artists generate temporal experiences that resist the standardized time of modernity: Olafur Eliasson's melting icebergs produce fragile temporal ecologies; Marina Abramovic's performances test the durations of the human body; Christian Marclay's The Clock conflates past and present chronologies. This book examines alternative frameworks of time, duration, and change in prominent philosophical, scientific, and technological traditions, including physics, psychology, phenomenology, neuroscience, media theory, and selected environmental sciences. It suggests that art makes a crucial contribution to these discourses not by "visualizing" time, but by entangling viewers in different sensory, material, and imaginary temporalities.


Introductory Guide to Repairing Mechanical Clocks

Introductory Guide to Repairing Mechanical Clocks

Author: Scott Jeffery

Publisher: Crowood

Published: 2016-02-29

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 1785000934

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This up-to-date, clearly written and beautifully illustrated book is targeted at the amateur repairer and at the absolute beginner with no experience, as well as at hobbyists who often dabble with, but have little knowledge of, the techniques used in quality horological repair work. Written by a professional clock repairer and using a common sense approach, this workshop companion for the beginner 'keeps things simple' whilst placing an emphasis on the quality of the work. It provides step-by-step illustrated instructions and simplifies a large variety of tasks that are often regarded as being complicated, such as re-pivoting, jewelling and bushing. Moreover, it presents a great deal of useful advice and contains over 400 high quality colour images that help to explain and clarify every procedure that is covered. This no-nonsense guide to rectifying the common faults found in mechanical clocks will be essential reading for all those interested in horology but specifically for the novice who wants to repair mechanical clocks according to best practice. Beautifully illustrated with 424 colour photographs.