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Titre : Across an untried sea : discovering lives hidden in the shadow of convention and time Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Julia Markus (1939-....), Auteur Editeur : New York (New York - États-Unis) : Alfred A. Knopf Année de publication : 2000 Importance : xii, 331 p. Présentation : ill. en noir, ports. Format : 25 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-679-44599-9 Note générale : Notes bibliogr. & Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Acteurs -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle -- Biographie ; Acteurs -- États-Unis -- Biographie ; Carlyle, Jane Welsh (1801-1866) -- Biographie ; Cushman, Charlotte (1816-1876) -- Biographie ; Femmes -- Histoire -- 19e siècle ; Intellectuals -- Royaume-Uni -- Biographie Index. décimale : 792.028 092 Résumé : Julia Markus focuses in particular on the American Charlotte Cushman, the most famous English-speaking actress of her day, and on the Scottish Jane Welsh Carlyle, a brilliant London hostess who gave up private ambition to become the wife of her friend Thomas Carlyle.
Interweaving the worlds of Charlotte Cushman and Jane Carlyle - the worlds of expatriate Rome, literary London, New York, and St. Louis - Markus gathers together a number of interrelated and renowned women who were relegated in the public eye to the position of Virgin Queen (no matter how much married) or Old Maid, but who were, in fact, privately leading vibrant, independent, sexual lives. Among them: Matilda Hays, translator of George Sand; Harriet Hosmer, who resolved to become the world's first professional woman sculptor; and Emma Stebbins, whom Cushman 'married' and who created the Bethesda Fountain in New York's Central Park. Here, too, are the people who sought the friendship of Cushman and Carlyle, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Horace Mann, Elizabeth Peabody, President Lincoln's Secretary of State William H. Seward, Geraldine Jewsbury, and Rosa Bonheur.
Making use of letters, diaries, newspaper accounts, and journals of the day, many of them overlooked and unpublished, Julia Markus rediscovers lives forgotten in the shadows of convention and shows how these remarkable women - seemingly separated by nationality, class, and sexual inclination - met, formed alliances, and influenced one another, forging changes in themselves and in their time. -- JaquetteNote de contenu : A home in Rome -- Lady love -- A fashionable wedding -- In walked Jane Carlyle -- Swearing eternal friendship: Charlotte and Geraldine and Jane -- The meeting of the half sisters -- The Roman mosaic -- The red bedroom -- Changing times -- The door of exit -- Life and letters -- Afterword Across an untried sea : discovering lives hidden in the shadow of convention and time [texte imprimé] / Julia Markus (1939-....), Auteur . - New York (New York - États-Unis) (New York (New York - États-Unis)) : Alfred A. Knopf, 2000 . - xii, 331 p. : ill. en noir, ports. ; 25 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-679-44599-9
Notes bibliogr. & Index
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Catégories : Acteurs -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle -- Biographie ; Acteurs -- États-Unis -- Biographie ; Carlyle, Jane Welsh (1801-1866) -- Biographie ; Cushman, Charlotte (1816-1876) -- Biographie ; Femmes -- Histoire -- 19e siècle ; Intellectuals -- Royaume-Uni -- Biographie Index. décimale : 792.028 092 Résumé : Julia Markus focuses in particular on the American Charlotte Cushman, the most famous English-speaking actress of her day, and on the Scottish Jane Welsh Carlyle, a brilliant London hostess who gave up private ambition to become the wife of her friend Thomas Carlyle.
Interweaving the worlds of Charlotte Cushman and Jane Carlyle - the worlds of expatriate Rome, literary London, New York, and St. Louis - Markus gathers together a number of interrelated and renowned women who were relegated in the public eye to the position of Virgin Queen (no matter how much married) or Old Maid, but who were, in fact, privately leading vibrant, independent, sexual lives. Among them: Matilda Hays, translator of George Sand; Harriet Hosmer, who resolved to become the world's first professional woman sculptor; and Emma Stebbins, whom Cushman 'married' and who created the Bethesda Fountain in New York's Central Park. Here, too, are the people who sought the friendship of Cushman and Carlyle, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Horace Mann, Elizabeth Peabody, President Lincoln's Secretary of State William H. Seward, Geraldine Jewsbury, and Rosa Bonheur.
Making use of letters, diaries, newspaper accounts, and journals of the day, many of them overlooked and unpublished, Julia Markus rediscovers lives forgotten in the shadows of convention and shows how these remarkable women - seemingly separated by nationality, class, and sexual inclination - met, formed alliances, and influenced one another, forging changes in themselves and in their time. -- JaquetteNote de contenu : A home in Rome -- Lady love -- A fashionable wedding -- In walked Jane Carlyle -- Swearing eternal friendship: Charlotte and Geraldine and Jane -- The meeting of the half sisters -- The Roman mosaic -- The red bedroom -- Changing times -- The door of exit -- Life and letters -- Afterword Réservation
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Titre : Airframe Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Michael Crichton (1942-2008), Auteur Editeur : New York (New York - États-Unis) : Alfred A. Knopf Année de publication : 1996 Importance : 351 p. Présentation : couv. ill. en coul. Format : 25 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-679-44648-4 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Aéronautique -- Accidents -- Enquêtes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Aéronautique -- Accidents -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle ; Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle ; Roman américain -- 20e siècle Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : Cruising 35,000 feet above the earth, a twin-engine commercial jet encounters an accident that leaves 3 dead, 56 wounded, and the cabin in shambles. What happened? With a multi-billion-dollar company-saving deal on the line, Casey Singleton is sent by her hard-driving boss to uncover the mysterious circumstances that led to the disaster before more people die. But someone doesn't want her to find the truth.
Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the plane. ... At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal midair disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner bound from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation. AIRFRAME is nonstop reading: the extraordinary mixture of super suspense and authentic information on a subject of compelling interest that has been a Crichton landmark since The Andromeda StrainAirframe [texte imprimé] / Michael Crichton (1942-2008), Auteur . - New York (New York - États-Unis) (New York (New York - États-Unis)) : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996 . - 351 p. : couv. ill. en coul. ; 25 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-679-44648-4
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Catégories : Aéronautique -- Accidents -- Enquêtes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Aéronautique -- Accidents -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle ; Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle ; Roman américain -- 20e siècle Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : Cruising 35,000 feet above the earth, a twin-engine commercial jet encounters an accident that leaves 3 dead, 56 wounded, and the cabin in shambles. What happened? With a multi-billion-dollar company-saving deal on the line, Casey Singleton is sent by her hard-driving boss to uncover the mysterious circumstances that led to the disaster before more people die. But someone doesn't want her to find the truth.
Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the plane. ... At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal midair disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner bound from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation. AIRFRAME is nonstop reading: the extraordinary mixture of super suspense and authentic information on a subject of compelling interest that has been a Crichton landmark since The Andromeda StrainRéservation
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Titre : Ascent to civilization : the archaeology of early man Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : John Gowlett Mention d'édition : 1ère éd. américaine Editeur : New York (New York - États-Unis) : Alfred A. Knopf Année de publication : 1984 Importance : 208 p. Présentation : ill. (certaines en coul.), cartes en coul. Format : 29 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-394-34294-8 Note générale : Première publication par Collins, 1984.
Index. GlossaireLangues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Anthropologie préhistorique ; Antiquités préhistoriques ; Civilisation -- Histoire ; Évolution sociale -- Histoire ; Homme préhistorique ; Préhistoire Index. décimale : 573.3 Ascent to civilization : the archaeology of early man [texte imprimé] / John Gowlett . - 1ère éd. américaine . - New York (New York - États-Unis) (New York (New York - États-Unis)) : Alfred A. Knopf, 1984 . - 208 p. : ill. (certaines en coul.), cartes en coul. ; 29 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-394-34294-8
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Langues : Anglais (eng)
Catégories : Anthropologie préhistorique ; Antiquités préhistoriques ; Civilisation -- Histoire ; Évolution sociale -- Histoire ; Homme préhistorique ; Préhistoire Index. décimale : 573.3 Exemplaires
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Titre : Back when we were grownups Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Anne Tyler, Auteur Editeur : New York (New York - États-Unis) : Alfred A. Knopf Année de publication : 2001 Importance : 273 p. Présentation : couv. en coul. ill. Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-375-41253-0 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Baltimore (Maryland) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle ; Femmes -- États-Unis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Fiction psychologique ; Identité (Psychologie) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle ; Roman américain -- 20e siècle ; Roman familial anglais ; Veuves -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : On the surface Rebecca is outgoing, joyous, a natural celebrator. Giving parties is, after all, her vocation, something she slipped into when Joe Davitch spotted her at a party in his family's Baltimore row house, where giving parties was the family business. Soon this man, divorced and with three little girls, swept her into his orbit and, before she knew it, she was embracing his family plus a child of their own and hosting endless parties in the ornate rooms of The Open Arms. Now, thirty years later, Rebecca wonders if she has turned into the wrong person. Caught unawares by the question of who she really is, how she answers that question is the story told in this funny and deeply moving novel Back when we were grownups [texte imprimé] / Anne Tyler, Auteur . - New York (New York - États-Unis) (New York (New York - États-Unis)) : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001 . - 273 p. : couv. en coul. ill. ; 24 cm.
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Langues : Anglais (eng)
Catégories : Baltimore (Maryland) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle ; Femmes -- États-Unis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Fiction psychologique ; Identité (Psychologie) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle ; Roman américain -- 20e siècle ; Roman familial anglais ; Veuves -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : On the surface Rebecca is outgoing, joyous, a natural celebrator. Giving parties is, after all, her vocation, something she slipped into when Joe Davitch spotted her at a party in his family's Baltimore row house, where giving parties was the family business. Soon this man, divorced and with three little girls, swept her into his orbit and, before she knew it, she was embracing his family plus a child of their own and hosting endless parties in the ornate rooms of The Open Arms. Now, thirty years later, Rebecca wonders if she has turned into the wrong person. Caught unawares by the question of who she really is, how she answers that question is the story told in this funny and deeply moving novel Réservation
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Titre de série : Border trilogy, 1 Titre : All the pretty horses Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Cormac McCarthy (1933-....), Auteur Editeur : New York (New York - États-Unis) : Alfred A. Knopf Année de publication : 2004 Importance : 301 p. Format : 22 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-394-57474-5 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Américains -- Mexique -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Cow-boys -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Écrivain américain -- 20e siècle ; Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle ; Prisonniers -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Région frontalière mexico-américaine -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Roman américain -- 20e siècle ; Roman d'aventure ; Romans western ; Vie au ranch -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : "The national bestseller and the first volume in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood." -- Site web de l'Éditeur Border trilogy, 1. All the pretty horses [texte imprimé] / Cormac McCarthy (1933-....), Auteur . - New York (New York - États-Unis) (New York (New York - États-Unis)) : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004 . - 301 p. ; 22 cm.
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Langues : Anglais (eng)
Catégories : Américains -- Mexique -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Cow-boys -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Écrivain américain -- 20e siècle ; Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle ; Prisonniers -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Région frontalière mexico-américaine -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Roman américain -- 20e siècle ; Roman d'aventure ; Romans western ; Vie au ranch -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : "The national bestseller and the first volume in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood." -- Site web de l'Éditeur Réservation
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