The Spectacular Suit
The Spectacular Suit

Author: Kat Patrick

Publisher:

Published: 2022-03-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781913348793

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A buoyant and heartwarming celebration of individuality, identity, and dressing to suit yourself! It's almost Frankie's birthday and everything is ready -- except for something to wear. All of her party dresses feel wrong. Her family tries to help, but it's no good. What Frankie longs for is a suit. A spectacular suit ... Can Frankie find the outfit of her dreams? The perfect gift for birthday parties, crafters, and children who don't identify with traditional gender roles Wonderful conversation starter for teachers and librarians to explore gender and identity with age-relevant material from creators whose life experience is reflected in the story

The Man in the Rockefeller Suit
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit

Author: Mark Seal

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-06-02

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1101515856

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A real-life Talented Mr. Ripley, the unbelievable thirty-year run of a shape-shifting con man. The story of Clark Rockefeller is a stranger-than-fiction twist on the classic American success story of the self-made man-because Clark Rockefeller was totally made up. The career con man who convincingly passed himself off as Rockefeller was born in a small village in Germany. At seventeen, obsessed with getting to America, he flew into the country on dubious student visa documents and his journey of deception began. Over the next thirty years, boldly assuming a series of false identities, he moved up the social ladder through exclusive enclaves on both coasts-culminating in a stunning twelve-year marriage to a rising star businesswoman with a Harvard MBA who believed she'd wed a Rockefeller. The imposter charmed his way into exclusive clubs and financial institutions-working on Wall Street, showing off an extraordinary art collection-until his marriage ended and he was arrested for kidnapping his daughter, which exposed his past of astounding deceptions as well as a connection to the bizarre disappearance of a California couple in the mid-1980s. The story of The Man in the Rockefeller Suit is a probing and cinematic exploration of an audacious imposer-and a man determined to live the American dream by any means necessary.

The Spectacular Now
The Spectacular Now

Author: Tim Tharp

Publisher: Scholastic UK

Published: 2014-02-06

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1407146467

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Sutter's the guy you want at your party. Aimee's not. She needs help and it's up to Sutter to show Aimee a splendiferous time and then let her go forth and prosper. But Aimee's not like other girls and before long he's over his head. For the first time in his life he has the power to make a difference in someone else's life - or ruin it forever.

The Pink Suit
The Pink Suit

Author: Nicole Mary Kelby

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2014-04-10

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 140552877X

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On 22 November 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied her husband to Dallas, Texas, wearing a pink suit that was one of his favourites. But as Jackie was greeted by ecstatic crowds that sunny morning, nobody could have dreamt just how iconic the suit would soon become. In The Pink Suit, Nicole Mary Kelby has written a novel imagining the life of the garment that became emblematic of the moment the American Dream turned to ashes. Kate is an Irish seamstress working in the back room at Chez Ninon, an exclusive Manhattan atelier entrusted with creating much of Jackie's wardrobe. Kate and the First Lady share roots in rural Ireland, and although their lives could not be more different, Kate honours their connection by using the muslin toiles for each piece she sews for Mrs Kennedy to fashion an identical garment - in a different fabric - for her own niece. Then comes the terrible day that pictures of Kate's handiwork,splashed with the president's blood, are beamed all over the world.The Pink Suit is a fascinating novel about politics, fashion, history and the people who have a hand in it - from the backrooms of a Manhattan dressmaker's to the Blue Room at the White House.

A Little Bit of Spectacular
A Little Bit of Spectacular

Author: Gin Phillips

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-05-05

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 0698191358

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An authentic coming-of-age story about finding magic in the every day—perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Joan Bauer, and Wendy Mass. Olivia and her mom have just moved in with her grandmother, and Olivia has exactly zero friends at her new school. But after a strange message on the bathroom wall of a café catches her eye, Olivia decides that Birmingham, Alabama, may be a little more interesting than it seems. So begins a search for answers that takes her all over the city. Luckily, her mission isn’t solitary for long, thanks to her newfound friendship with Amelia, a girl just odd enough to be intriguing. What the girls discover isn’t the earth-shattering revelation they were hoping for, but it may be just as compelling. After all, sometimes the journey really is more important than the destination. Especially when it leads you back home.

Lunar Outfitters
Lunar Outfitters

Author: Bill Ayrey

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-06

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780813066578

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The design processes behind a giant leap for mankind Neil Armstrong in a space suit on the moon remains an iconic representation of America's technological ingenuity. Few know that the Model A-7L pressure suit worn by the Apollo 11 astronauts, and the Model A-7LB that replaced it in 1971, originated at ILC Industries (now ILC Dover, LP), an obscure Delaware industrial firm. Longtime ILC space suit test engineer Bill Ayrey draws on original files and photographs to tell the dramatic story of the company's role in the Apollo Program. Though respected for its early designs, ILC failed to win NASA's faith. When the government called for new suit concepts in 1965, ILC had to plead for consideration before NASA gave it a mere six weeks to come up with a radically different design. ILC not only met the deadline but won the contract. That underdog success led to its greatest challenge: winning a race against time to create a suit that would determine the success or failure of the Apollo missions--and life or death for the astronauts. A fascinating behind-the-scenes history of a vital component of the space program, Lunar Outfitters goes inside the suit that made it possible for human beings to set foot on the Moon.

Charming Charlie and the Spectacular Sophia
Charming Charlie and the Spectacular Sophia

Author: Fiona Ware

Publisher:

Published: 2017-07-08

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9780648108306

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When Charlie gets teased one too many times, he and his new best friend Sophia come up with a master plan - but there is a major stumbling block! Can Charlie and Sophia convince the principal that their plan will be good for Warm Gully State School? Join Charlie and Sophia as they discover that amazing things happen when you've got a best friend.

Fenwick's Suit
Fenwick's Suit

Author: David Small

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780374322984

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Fenwick buys a new suit which comes to life and starts to take over everything.

Halibut Jackson
Halibut Jackson

Author: David Lucas

Publisher: Dragonfly Books

Published: 2010-07-13

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780553113242

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Halibut Jackson is so shy that he makes special outfits to blend in wherever he goes, but the clothes he wears to a party at the palace only make him stand out.