Global Queens

Author : Robert Hardman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643130935
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queen of the World: Elizabeth II: Sovereign and Stateswoman written by Robert Hardman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by renowned royal biographer, Robert Hardman, and with privileged access to the Royal Family and the Royal Household, this is a brilliant new portrait of the most famous woman in the world and her place in it. On today's world stage, there is one leader who stands apart from the rest. Queen Elizabeth II has seen more of the planet and its people than any other head of state and has engaged with the world like no other monarch in modern history. The iconic monarch never ventured further than the Isle of Wight until the age of 20 but since then has now visited over 130 countries across the globe in the line of duty, acting as diplomat, hostess and dignitary as the world stage as changed beyond recognition. It is a story full of drama, intrigue, exotic and sometimes dangerous destinations, heroes, rogues, pomp and glamour, but at the heart of it all a woman who's won the hearts of the world.

Author : Joseph Heathcott
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 1531504523
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Queens written by Joseph Heathcott and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, The David R. Coffin Publication Grant A vibrant exploration of the everyday life of one of the most diverse places in the world: Queens, New York. Remade by decades of immigration, Queens, New York, has emerged as an emblematic space of social mixing and encounters across multiple lines of difference. With its expansive subdivisions, tangled highways, and centerless form, it is also New York’s most enigmatic borough. It can feel alternately like a big city, a tight-knit village, a featureless industrial zone, or a sprawling suburban community. Through more than 200 contemporary photographs, Joseph Heathcott captures this multifaceted borough and one of the most diverse places in the United States. Drawn from more than a decade of roaming around Queens and snapping photos, Heathcott conveys the juxtaposition of the ordinary and the extraordinary, the mundane and the surprising, and the staggering social diversity that best characterizes Queens. At the heart of the story are two separate but entwined histories: the rapid expansion of the borough’s built environment through the twentieth century, and the millions of people who have traveled from near and far to call Queens home. Newcomers have had to confront discrimination, white racial hostility, legal challenges, and language barriers. They have had to struggle to find adequate housing, places to worship, and jobs that pay enough to survive. And they have done all of this in the borough’s jumbled collection of neighborhoods, housing types, civic and religious institutions, factories and warehouses, commercial streets, and strip malls. Heathcott makes primary use of documentary photography to bring these social and spatial realities of everyday life into relief. He also draws on demographic data, archival sources, planning documents, news stories, and reports. The result is a visual meditation on Queens that provides clues about an urban future where notions of citizenship and belonging are negotiated across multiple lines of difference, but where a sense of ”getting along”—however roughly textured and unfinished—has taken hold in the everyday life of the streets.

Author : Colleen Ballerion Cohen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113665819X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beauty Queens on the Global Stage written by Colleen Ballerion Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern beauty contests were invented by P.T. Barnum in the United States, but in the 20th century pageants and contests have spread across the entire world from Nepal to Tierra Del Fuego. Why are women (and sometimes men in drag) parading on stage such a universally appealing spectacle, attracting an audience in the billions? This book is the first global comparison of pageants from different parts of the world, at the ways each contest is both intensely local and unique, and simultaneously global and remarkable repetitious. The authors use the latest tools of feminist, ethnographic, and literary scholarship to unpack and interpret one of the greatest and most universal spectacles of modern times.

Author : Stephanie Drimmer
Publisher : National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1426335350
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Queens written by Stephanie Drimmer and published by National Geographic Children's Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "They're queens wielding scepters and sitting on thrones, they're revolutionaries on the front lines, they're presidents and prime ministers leading their nations, or they're CEOs, scientists, sports stars, artists, and others who are changing the world. Welcome to The Book of Queens, where being a regal royal doesn't just mean wearing a crown." -- back cover.

Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Charlesbridge
ISBN 13 : 1607343843
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sea Queens written by Jane Yolen and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1963 Jane Yolen released a book called PIRATES IN PETTICOATS, because the idea of women as pirates fascinated her--but there wasn't much information about these women who made their livelihoods plundering on the high seas. Scholars have dug up a bounty of new information since then, and Jane, still fascinated, revisits the ladies who loot. Discover such great pirates as Artemisia, the Admiral Queen of Persia who sailed the seas from 500 to 480 BC. At one point there was a 10,000 drachma prize for anyone who could capture her. There was Rachel Wall, who ran away from her strict upbringing and became a murderous pirate terrorizing the waters of the Atlantic coastline of America. She was hanged for her deeds. Possibly the most famous woman pirate of all was Grania O'Malley, daughter of an Irish chieftain. She plagued the English and was arrested several times, always gaining her freedom to pirate some more. Meet ten other female pirates on their ships, in battle, and in disguise in this intriguing look at the wayward women of the waves. Christine Joy Pratt's pen-and-ink illustrations are alive with action and excitement. Here be a true and accurate account of the most low-down, scurviest--but the prettiest--black-hearted pirates you'll ever love to read about.

Author : John Green
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486446662
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kings and Queens of England written by John Green and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2005-08-23 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 1,200 years of ruling British monarchs — from Alfred the Great (871-899) to Elizabeth II (1952-). Background scenes evoke dramatic highlights of each era. 30 illustrations.

Author : Colleen Ballerion Cohen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136658262
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beauty Queens on the Global Stage written by Colleen Ballerion Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern beauty contests were invented by P.T. Barnum in the United States, but in the 20th century pageants and contests have spread across the entire world from Nepal to Tierra Del Fuego. Why are women (and sometimes men in drag) parading on stage such a universally appealing spectacle, attracting an audience in the billions? This book is the first global comparison of pageants from different parts of the world, at the ways each contest is both intensely local and unique, and simultaneously global and remarkable repetitious. The authors use the latest tools of feminist, ethnographic, and literary scholarship to unpack and interpret one of the greatest and most universal spectacles of modern times.

Author : Storm Garner
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1615196641
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World Eats Here: Amazing Food and the Inspiring People Who Make It at New York's Queens Night Market written by Storm Garner and published by The Experiment, LLC. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prized recipes and tales of home, work, and family—from the immigrant vendor-chefs of NYC’s first and favorite night market On summer Saturday nights in Queens, New York, mouthwatering scents from Moldova to Mexico fill the air. Children play, adults mingle . . . and, above all, everyone eats. Welcome to the Queens Night Market, where thousands of visitors have come to feast on amazing international food—from Filipino dinuguan to Haitian diri ak djon djon. The World Eats Here brings these incredible recipes from over 40 countries to your home kitchen—straight from the first- and second-generation immigrant cooks who know them best. With every recipe comes a small piece of the American story: of culture shock and language barriers, of falling in love and following passions, and of family bonds tested then strengthened by cooking. You’ll meet Sangyal Phuntsok, who learned to make dumplings in a refugee school for Tibetan children; now, his Tibetan Beef Momos with Hot Sauce sell like hotcakes in New York City. And Liia Minnebaeva will blow you away with her Bashkir Farm Cheese Donuts—a treat from her childhood in Oktyabrsky in western Russia. Though each story is unique, they all celebrate one thing: Food brings people together, and there’s no better proof of that than the Queens Night Market, where flavors from all over the world can be enjoyed in one unforgettable place.

Author : Jill Conner Browne
Publisher : Crown Archetype
ISBN 13 : 1400082862
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Save the Sweet Potato Queens written by Jill Conner Browne and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hallelujah! The Sweet Potato Queens are back! In 1999, Jill Conner Browne, royal boss of Jackson, Mississippi's own glorious Sweet Potato Queens, introduced them to the world in the hilarious bestseller The Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love (which contained everything you ever need to know about Love, Life, Men, Marriage, and the importance of Being Prepared). But, fortunately for us, that was not the final chapter in the Queens' splendid saga. The Sweet Potato Queens still have plenty of stuff to say and valuable wisdom to impart about how they went from being Cute Girls to Fabulous Women, including: • Dating for the Advanced, or Advancing • The Joys of Marriage—if you must • More Delicious, Death-Defying Recipes • The Promise for Men—six little words that will make any woman swoon • Lolling About—the official activity of the Sweet Potato Queens • The All-True Story of the Two Most Wonderful Men in the World • Reader Mail—honoring the adventures of brand-new Wannabes and Honorary Queens from around the world If you haven't met the Sweet Potato Queens yet, this is the introduction you've been waiting for. If you already know the joys of Queendom, this is your official welcome-back party.

Author : Rosalind Wiseman
Publisher : Piatkus Books
ISBN 13 : 9780749923648
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queen Bees and Wannabes written by Rosalind Wiseman and published by Piatkus Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a down-to-earth style and packed with examples and tips, this is a guide to the secret world of girls' cliques and the roles they play. It analyzes their teasing and gossip and provides advice to enable parents to empower both their daughters and themselves.