Books from Infobase Publishing
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Vera Wang
By Anne M. ToddNast, Condé, 21 Newmont Group licensing deal with, 58 ... S. Talley, André Leon, 97 Tam, Vivienne, 99 Thurman, Uma, 71. Olympic games, 67 1968, 17–18 1992, ...
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Colonialism and the Revolutionary Period (beginnings-1800)
By Karen Meyers, Jerry R. Phillips, Michael AneskoA friend of Abigail Adams for many years, Mercy Otis Warren is one of the most important women of the Revolutionary War period. She was a poet, a playwright ...
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Colonialism and the Revolutionary Period, Beginnings - 1800
By Karen MeyersA friend of Abigail Adams for many years, Mercy Otis Warren is one of the most important women of the Revolutionary War pe- riod. She was a poet, ...
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The Truth about ADHD and Other Neurobiological Disorders
By Karen Meyers, Robert N. Golden, Fred Petersonfurther reading Bell, Debora, et al., eds. Handbook of Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Girls. New York: Springer, 2005. Frankel, Fred D., and Robert J. Myatt. Children's Friendship Training. New York: Routledge, 2002.
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The Facts on File Companion to the French Novel
By Karen L. TaylorHe is principally remembered today for his plays. FURTHER READING Becker, Lucille Frackman. Henry de Montherlant: A Critical Biography. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970. Gerrard, Charlotte Frankel.
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Encyclopedia of British Writers, 1800 to the Present
By George Stade, Karen KarbienerTable Manners (Ayckbourn) 28 Tailor of Gloucester, The (Potter) 385 Tailor of Panama, The (le Carré) 292 Take a Girl ... Paul 279 Teacher (Ashton-Warner) 21–22 Tears of the Giraffe (McCall Smith) 325 Tempest-Tost (Davies) 131 Tenancy of ...
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Popular Dance: From Ballroom to Hip-Hop
By Karen Lynn SmithFrom Ballroom to Hip-hop Karen Lynn Smith Elizabeth A Hanley ... In The Illustrated Manners Book, the author writes, “The notion is very generally entertained that dancing can be picked up by attending balls, and the figures from ...
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The Encyclopedia of Blindness and Vision Impairment
By Jill Sardegna, Susan Shelly... extreme vitamin-A deficiency, TRACHOMA, chemical burns, and disorders and diseases, such as BELL'S PALSY. Many artificial tears are ... Developed by Dr. William H. Dobelle, the device is battery operated and weighs about 10 pounds.
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Contemporary American Literature, 1945 - Present
By Karen Meyers, Erik V. R. RangnoBecause she possessed a wide range of skills, Brooks was able to write in a multiplicity of forms and traditions. She also became involved in the Black Arts Movement. Brooks's poetry itself often considers international themes in local ...
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First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary
By Dorothy Schneider, Carl J. Schneider1982 December 22: Lady Bird Johnson an- nounces the donation of land and funds for the National Wildflower Research Center Lady Bird ... Johnson, Lady Bird. A White House Diary. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Miller, Merle.
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The Roaring Twenties
By Thomas StreissguthIn 927, he edited Four Negro Poets, a volume that included works by Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes, providing a vital introduction to the Harlem Renaissance to readers throughout the country.
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American Writers
By Elizabeth H. OakesHe is married to Helen Henslee and the cou- ple has three children. He is a Glucksman professor of English and American Letters at New York University. Further Reading DeMott, Benjamin. “Pilgrim Among the Culturati.
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Critical Companion to James Joyce: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work
By A. Nicholas Fargnoli, Vice-President of the James Joyce Society and Professor of Theology and English A Nicholas Fargnoli, Michael Patrick Gillespie... The (fragment) 100, 120–121 Moonan, Simon (character), in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 148 Mooney, Jack (character), in “The Boarding House” 59–60 Mooney, Mrs. (character), in “The Boarding House” 58–59, 60 Mooney, ...
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Encyclopedia of American Business History
By Charles R. Geisst, Ambassador Charles a Gargano Professor of Finance Charles R GeisstOrganized ball games were played in ancient Egypt, the Greeks created the now famous Olympic Games in 776 B.C., and Native Americans played handball in the Mayan empire and a forerunner of lacrosse in what is now the northeastern ...
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Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature
By Mary Ellen SnodgrassThe author Laura ESQUIVEL applies the same form of matriarchal history in Like Water for Chocolate (1989), which records the damage to women by a family tradition requiring the daughter, Tita de la Garza, to abjure marriage and personal ...
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Encyclopedia of War Crimes and Genocide
By Leslie Alan Horvitz, Christopher CatherwoodSchacht, Hjalmar Horace Greeley (1877–1970) German banker Hjalmar Schacht was a leading German financier who served as minister of economics under Adolf HITLER before falling out of favor with the führer. He was exonerated on war crime ...
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Handbook to Life in America
By Rodney P. CarlisleThe Modern architectural styles developed in the early 20th century remained popular into the 1950s and beyond. Stark, streamlined, and impersonal buildings with no unnecessary ornamentation continued to appear, and glass and steel ...
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Critical Companion to Jane Austen: A Literary Reference to Her Life and Work
By William BakerJane Austen has been one of the world's most popular writers for 200 years and is best known for her works Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility.
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Francis Drake and the Oceans of the World
By William H. Goetzmann, Samuel Willard CromptonFrom 1577-1580, Drake led the second expedition to sail around the world.
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Vasco Da Gama and the Sea Route to India
By William H. Goetzmann, Rachel A. Koestler-GrackThis Portuguese navigator's initial voyage to India in 1497-1499 opened up the sea route from Western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope.