They Died Too Young

Author : Smithmark Publishing
Publisher : Smithmark Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780765196002
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book They Died Too Young written by Smithmark Publishing and published by Smithmark Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 21 stories in this book trace the brief lives and untimely deaths of some of the most remarkable talents that ever lived.

Author : Veda Boyd Jones
Publisher : Infobase Learning
ISBN 13 : 143814637X
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selena written by Veda Boyd Jones and published by Infobase Learning. This book was released on 2013 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the life and work of the award-winning Texas singer who had begun to popularize Tejano music when she was shot and killed.

Author : Cindy Dyson
Publisher : Facts On File
ISBN 13 : 9780791058589
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brandon Lee written by Cindy Dyson and published by Facts On File. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the life of the celebrated member of the famous political family who died in a plane crash in 1999.

Author : Kate Bryan
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 0711251746
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bright Stars written by Kate Bryan and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Bryan’s writing pops and zings like a Basquiat painting' – NOEL FIELDING In Bright Stars, Kate Bryan examines the lives and legacies of 30 great artists who died too young, celebrating their inspirational stories and extraordinary talent. Some of the world’s greatest and most-loved artists died under the age of forty. But how did they turn relatively short careers into such long legacies? What drove them to create, against all the odds? And how can we use these stories to re-evaluate artists lost to the shadows, or whose legacies are not yet secured? Most artists have decades to hone their craft, win over the critics and forge their reputation, but that’s not the case for the artists in this book. Art heavyweights Vincent van Gogh and Jean-Michel Basquiat have been mythologised, with their early deaths playing a key role in their posthumous fame. Others, such as Aubrey Beardsley and Noah Davis, were driven to create, knowing their time was limited. For some, premature death, compounded by gender and racial injustice, meant being left out of the history books – as was the case with Amrita Sher-Gil, Charlotte Salomon and Pauline Boty, now championed by Kate Bryan in this important re-appraisal. And, as Caravaggio and Vermeer’s stories show us, it can take centuries for forgotten artists to be given the recognition they truly deserve. With each artist comes a unique and often surprising story about how lives full of talent and tragedy were turned into brilliant legacies that still influence and inspire us today. This is a celebration of talent so great it shines on. Beautifully illustrated with portraits of the artists, as well as reproductions of some of their most famous works, this important and timely work makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of the lives of some of the most talented artists throughout history. **************** 'Bryan’s writing pops and zings like a Basquiat painting – and reminds us why truly great artists are immortal.' –NOEL FIELDING 'Bright Stars is a compelling reflection on the concept of legacy. Bryan’s wide ranging assessment of artists we lost too soon proves that longevity in art is rewarded to the stars that burn the brightest, however fleeting their lives and careers.' – MARIA BALSHAW, DIRECTOR OF TATE 'Kate Bryan marshalls a wealth of fascinating detail about artists’s lives cut sadly short … and in sprightly prose brings their work vividly to life.' – JOAN BAKEWELL **************** The Artists Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Caravaggio, Dash Snow, Vincent van Gogh, Amedeo Modigliani, Francesca Woodman, Ana Mendieta, Félix González-Torres, Raphael, Yves Klein, Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Mapplethorpe, Egon Schiele, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Amrita Sher-Gil, Johannes Vermeer, Robert Smithson, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Aubrey Beardsley, Noah Davis, Eva Hesse, Charlotte Salomon, Umberto Boccioni, Gerda Taro, Joanna Mary Boyce, Pauline Boty, Helen Chadwick, Khadija Saye, Bartholomew Beal.

Author : Penny Stempel
Publisher : Chelsea House Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780791052297
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book River Phoenix written by Penny Stempel and published by Chelsea House Pub. This book was released on 1999 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life, career, and death of the actor who began performing very young and succumbed to a drug overdose at the age of twenty-three.

Author : Lurlene McDaniel
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
ISBN 13 : 0307776379
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book She Died Too Young written by Lurlene McDaniel and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 2010-10-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chelsea James and Katie O'Roark met at Jenny House and spent a wonderful summer together. Now Chelsea and her mother are staying with Katie as Chelsea awaits news concerning a heart transplant. While waiting for a compatible donor, Chelsea meets Jillian, a girl who's funny and kind. Jillian is also waiting. She needs a heart-lung transplant. The two girls become fast friends. When Chelsea meets Jillian's brother, he awakens feelings in Chelsea she's never known before. However, as her medical situation grows desperate, Chelsea finds herself in a contest for her life against her very best friend. Is it fair that there's only a chance for one of them to survive?

Author : Editors of People Magazine
Publisher : People
ISBN 13 : 9781933821177
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book People: Gone Too Soon written by Editors of People Magazine and published by People. This book was released on 2007-12-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of biographical profiles looks back at the all too short lives of sixty-five popular celebrities who died too soon, including John Lennon, JFK Jr., Steve Irwin, Selena, River Phoenix, and Elvis Presley.

Author : Marcia Lynn McClure
Publisher : Distractions Ink
ISBN 13 : 0982192118
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weathered Too Young written by Marcia Lynn McClure and published by Distractions Ink. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lark Lawrence was alone. In all the world there was no one who cared for her. Still, there were worse things than independence-and Lark had grown quite capable of providing for herself. Nevertheless, as winter loomed, she suddenly found herself with no means by which to afford food and shelter-destitute. Yet, Tom Evans was a kind and compassionate man. When Lark Lawrence appeared on his porch, without pause he hired her to keep house and cook for himself and his cantankerous elder brother, Slater. And although Tom had befriend Lark first, it would be Slater Evans-handsome, brooding and twelve years Lark's senior-who would unknowingly abduct her heart. Still, Lark's true age (which she concealed at first meeting the Evans brothers) was not the only truth she had kept from Slater and Tom Evans. Darker secrets lay imprisoned deep within her heart-and her past. However, it is that secrets are made to be found out-and Lark's secrets revealed would soon couple with the arrival of a woman from Slater's past to forever shatter her dreams of winning his love-or so it seemed. Would truth and passion mingle to capture Lark the love she'd never dared to hope for?

Author : Tom Stockdale
Publisher : Chelsea House
ISBN 13 : 9780791052259
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karen Carpenter written by Tom Stockdale and published by Chelsea House. This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the childhood and music career of the lead singer of the Carpenters, a popular singing duo in the 1970s, and her early death from heart failure, the result of years of suffering with anorexia nervosa.

Author : Tim Hill
Publisher : Parragon Books
ISBN 13 : 9781445468563
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unforgettable written by Tim Hill and published by Parragon Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: