The Florence King Reader
Author: Florence King
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1996-05-15
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13: 0312143370
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Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady
Author: Florence King
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 1990-09-15
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1466816260
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConfessions of a Failed Southern Lady is Florence King's classic memoir of her upbringing in an eccentric Southern family, told with all the uproarious wit and gusto that has made her one of the most admired writers in the country. Florence may have been a disappointment to her Granny, whose dream of rearing a Perfect Southern Lady would never be quite fulfilled. But after all, as Florence reminds us, "no matter which sex I went to bed with, I never smoked on the street."
With Charity Toward None
Author: Florence King
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1993-03-15
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 0312094140
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe unreconstructed people-hater offers her piece de resistance: a guided tour of the misanthropic life, and an inspirational handbook for Americans grown tired of goo-goo humanitarianism and sensitivity that never sleeps. The only trouble with this book is that its covers are too close together.--The New York Times.
Deja Reviews: Florence King All Over Again
Author: Florence King
Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Published: 2006-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781933859163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGreat writing is timeless, and so it is with Deja Reviews, Fifteen years later, five years, no matter how old her review, no matter how dated the topic of an essay, readers of this hearty collection will find that Miss Florence King's sharp, crafted prose still dazzles, sizzles, and edures, which is why she finds herself in the exclusive company of great American writers and humorists, such as Dorothy Parker, H. L. Mencken, and Westbrook Pegler, renowned for not suffering fools gladly. Deja Reviews is a compilation of the book reviews and essays Miss King wrote between 1991 and 2002 for National Review and The American Spectator, It is a joy--a duty! a service!--to republish these treasured pieces...
Southern Ladies & Gentlemen
Author: Florence King
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 1993-07-15
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1466816252
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLooking for guidance in understanding the ways and means of Southern culture? Look no further. Florence King's celebrated field guide to the land below the Mason-Dixon Line is now blissfully back in print, just in time for the Clinton era. The Failed Souther Lady's classic primer on Dixie manners captures such storied types as the Southern Woman (frigid, passionate, sweet, bitchy, and scatterbrained--all at the same time), the Self-Rejuvenating Virgin, and the Good Ole Boy in all his coats and stripes. (The Clinton questions--is he a G.O.B. or isn't he?--Miss king covers in her hilarious new Afterword.) No one has ever made more sharp, scathing, affectionate, real sense out of the land of the endless Civil War than Florence King in these razor-edged pages.
When Sisterhood was in Flower
Author: Florence King
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIsabel Fairfax, a conservative Southern gentlewoman and former court reporter turned Regency romance writer, runs into conflict with Polly Bradshaw, a liberal Yankee feminist who embarks on a crusade to raise Isabel's female consciousness.
Palimpsest
Author: Gore Vidal
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1996-09-01
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 1101667354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis explosively entertaining memoir abounds in gossip, satire, historical apercus, and trenchant observations. Vidal's compelling narrative weaves back and forth in time, providing a whole view of the author's celebrated life, from his birth in 1925 to today, and features a cast of memorable characters—including the Kennedy family, Marlon Brando, Anais Nin, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
The Bookseller of Florence
Author: Ross King
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2021-04-01
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 1473561027
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNAL The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city's artists and architects. But equally important were geniuses of another kind: Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars and booksellers. At a time where all books were made by hand, these people helped imagine a new and enlightened world. At the heart of this activity was a remarkable bookseller: Vespasiano da Bisticci. His books were works of art in their own right, copied by talented scribes and illuminated by the finest miniaturists. With a client list that included popes and royalty, Vespasiano became the 'king of the world's booksellers'. But by 1480 a new invention had appeared: the printed book, and Europe's most prolific merchant of knowledge faced a formidable new challenge. 'A spectacular life of the book trade's Renaissance man' JOHN CAREY, SUNDAY TIMES
Florence and Giles
Author: John Harding
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 000731504X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK1891. In a remote and crumbling New England mansion, 12-year-old orphan Florence is neglected by her guardian uncle and banned from reading. Left to her own devices she devours books in secret and talks to herself - and narrates this, her story - in a unique language of her own invention.
Just Lucky
Author: Melanie Florence
Publisher: Second Story Press
Published: 2019-09-17
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 1772601055
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLucky loves her grandparents, and they are all the family she really has. True, her grandma forgets things…like turning off the stove, or Lucky’s name. But her grandpa takes such good care of them that Lucky doesn’t realize how bad things are. That is until he’s gone. When her grandma accidentally sets the kitchen on fire, Lucky can’t hide what’s happening any longer, and she is sent into foster care. She quickly learns that some foster families are okay. Some aren’t. And some really, really aren’t. Is it possible to find a home again when the only one you’ve ever known has been taken from you?
