Clara The Early Years

Author : Margo Kaufman
Publisher : Villard
ISBN 13 : 0307824624
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clara, the Early Years written by Margo Kaufman and published by Villard. This book was released on 2012-09-19 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pugs were dogs. Cute dogs, willful dogs, lovable to be sure, but I was a Human. I was in charge. Then along came Clara, and all bets were off. Once a pug owner, always a pug owner--or so thought Margo Kaufman, having shared her home with the lovable snub-faced imps since her college days. But it was not until the 1992 arrival of Clara--petite, imperious, whip-smart, and seductive--that Margo found what it meant to be a pug parent: that a pug could rule her life, and perhaps the world as well. Clara, the Early Years is the hilarious story of how a glossy-black, twelve-pound package of canine energy took over Margo's heart and home while charming the pants off the rest of the world. From commandeering the dressing rooms at Saks (where a personal shopper offers Clara Evian in a cut-crystal bowl), to accompanying Margo on her first book tour, to an appearance on PrimeTime Live (where Margo plays a supporting role), the indomitable Clara establishes herself as a world-class personality, a star of the first order. But there is one event Clara cannot upstage, as Margo and her husband, Duke, travel to Russia to adopt an infant boy, and all of them learn new meanings for parent, family, and home. Full of the kind of uproarious observations and brilliant insights that have won Margo Kaufman's books and commentary legions of loyal followers, Clara, the Early Years is a laugh-filled portrait of a singularly memorable pet.

Author : Ann D'Ercole
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000713660
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clara M. Thompson’s Early Years and Professional Awakening written by Ann D'Ercole and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-01-23 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann D’Ercole tells the story of Clara M. Thompson, drawing extensively on unpublished archival interviews and correspondence, to provide a full and complex picture of an early American pioneer of psychoanalysis. The book begins by exploring Thompson’s youth, which was steeped in evangelical Christianity, and conveys the difficulty that Thompson experienced as she resisted the restrictive conventions of femininity prevalent at the time. Despite this, Thompson’s talent as a student continually shines through, as D’Ercole gives readers an account of Thompson’s life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she would work alongside the innovative psychiatrist, Adolf Meyer. Thompson’s ground-breaking theoretical and clinical achievements continue to be celebrated, as D’Ercole explores Thompson’s life-changing experiences whilst in psychoanalytic treatment with Sándor Ferenczi. By allowing her voice to prevail, this book recognizes Thompson’s vital work in the formulation of interpersonal psychoanalysis, rendering it invaluable for interpersonal psychoanalysts wishing to understand Thompson’s role in the development of the school.

Author : Clara Isaacman
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society of America
ISBN 13 : 9780827605060
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clara's Story written by Clara Isaacman and published by Jewish Publication Society of America. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes her own and her family's experiences during the two and one-half years they spent in hiding in Antwerp, Belgium, during World War II.

Author : Patricia Polacco
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545692970
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clara and Davie written by Patricia Polacco and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author, the true story of young Clara Barton and the big brother who supported and encouraged her in the face of adversity. Animals and flowers were Clara’s best friends. She had a special way with critters and found joy in the beauty that sprang from the soil. But whenever Clara talked, her words didn’t come out right. As hard as she tried, she could not get over her lisp. Clara’s older brother Davie understood that his sister was gifted. When folks made fun of Clara’s stilted words, Davie was always at her side reminding her that she had a talent for healing creatures. Davie told his sister, “Some day you are going to be a very great lady.” And that’s exactly what happened. Clara Barton became one of the most famous medical practitioners of all time and founded the American Red Cross. Praise for Clara and Davie “Drawing once again on her family history, Polacco shares the story of a distant relative . . . Polacco's characteristic mixed-media illustrations are lively and evocative, and the winter scenes are especially appealing. This heartwarming story of sibling devotion and overcoming obstacles will whet readers' interest and lead them to further study.” —School Library Journal

Author : Janet Trigs
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1456779389
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annabelle's Early Years written by Janet Trigs and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annabelle was born into an ordinary family in the county of Gloucestershire in England. She was destined not to have a normal childhood. She would endure years of abuse and misery. This book tells of her treatment at the hands of her family, and her determination to forge for herself, a better life; of the lengths she went to in an effort to be parted from her parents and siblings and of her exploits which she engaged in to escape the brutality.

Author : David Stenn
Publisher : Cooper Square Press
ISBN 13 : 1461660912
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clara Bow written by David Stenn and published by Cooper Square Press. This book was released on 2000-03-13 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood's first sex symbol, the ' It ' girl, Clara Bow was born in the slums of Brooklyn in a family plagued with alcoholism and insanity. She catapulted to fame after winning Motion Picture magazine's 1921 " Fame and Fortune" contest. The greatest box-office draw of her day—she once received 45,000 fan letters in a single month, Clara Bow's on screen vitality and allure that beguiled thousands, however, would be her undoing off-camera. David Stenn captures her legendary rise to stardom and fall from grace, her success marred by studio exploitation and sexual scandals.

Author : Clara Barton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Story of the Red Cross written by Clara Barton and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Geschichte des Roten Kreuzes der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und seine Einsätze im Ausland während der Zeit von 1880 - 1900.

Author : Nancy Reich
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801468299
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clara Schumann written by Nancy Reich and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This absorbing and award-winning biography tells the story of the tragedies and triumphs of Clara Wieck Schumann (1819–1896), a musician of remarkable achievements. At once artist, composer, editor, teacher, wife, and mother of eight children, she was an important force in the musical world of her time. To show how Schumann surmounted the obstacles facing female artists in the nineteenth century, Nancy B. Reich has drawn on previously unexplored primary sources: unpublished diaries, letters, and family papers, as well as concert programs. Going beyond the familiar legends of the Schumann literature, she applies the tools of musicological scholarship and the insights of psychology to provide a new, full-scale portrait.The book is divided into two parts. In Part One, Reich follows Clara Schumann's life from her early years as a child prodigy through her marriage to Robert Schumann and into the forty years after his death, when she established and maintained an extraordinary European career while supporting and supervising a household and seven children. Part Two covers four major themes in Schumann's life: her relationship with Johannes Brahms and other friends and contemporaries; her creative work; her life on the concert stage; and her success as a teacher.Throughout, excerpts from diaries and letters in Reich's own translations clear up misconceptions about her life and achievements and her partnership with Robert Schumann. Highlighting aspects of Clara Schumann's personality and character that have been neglected by earlier biographers, this candid and eminently readable account adds appreciably to our understanding of a fascinating artist and woman.For this revised edition, Reich has added several photographs and updated the text to include recent discoveries. She has also prepared a Catalogue of Works that includes all of Clara Schumann's known published and unpublished compositions and works she edited, as well as descriptions of the autographs, the first editions, the modern editions, and recent literature on each piece. The Catalogue also notes Schumann's performances of her own music and provides pertinent quotations from letters, diaries, and contemporary reviews.

Author : Linda Lowery
Publisher : First Avenue Editions
ISBN 13 : 1575054167
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aunt Clara Brown written by Linda Lowery and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 1999 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the freed slave who made her fortune in Colorado and used her money to bring other former slaves there to begin new lives.

Author : F. W. J. Schelling
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791488454
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clara written by F. W. J. Schelling and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first English translation of Schelling's novel, most likely written after the death of his first wife, Caroline, the former wife of August Wilhelm Schlegel. Although only a fragment, Clara remains unique. Part novella, part philosophical tome, its central theme is the connection between this world and the next. Schelling masterfully weaves together his knowledge of animal magnetism, literary techniques, and his doctrine of the potencies to make his philosophy accessible to all. Steinkamp addresses the main issues concerning the dating of the work—many commentators have deemed Clara to be a sketch for Schelling's The Ages of the World or an outline for the third, missing book of that work—and provides a short biography of Schelling with particular emphasis on events claimed to play a role in the conception of Clara, such as the deaths of both Caroline and her daughter, Auguste. She also shows how passages in Clara are strikingly similar to the content of Schelling's touching letters mourning Caroline, written to Pauline, the daughter of Caroline's best friend and the woman who would become his second wife. Clara, strongly influenced by the Romantic movement, is an early illustration of Schelling's attempt to unite his positive and negative philosophy.