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The Souvenir Museum
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Author : Elizabeth McCracken
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2021-06-03
The Souvenir Museum written by Elizabeth McCracken and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-03 with Fiction categories.
'One of my favourite writers' Nick Hornby One of the most acclaimed writers of our day, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date. A recent widower and his adult son ferry to a craggy Scottish island in search of puffins. An actress who plays a children's game-show villainess ushers in the New Year with her deadbeat half-brother. And on a trip to a water park with their son, two fathers each confront a deep-rooted personal fear. With sentences that crackle and spark and showcase her trademark wit, McCracken shows how the mysterious bonds of family are tested, transformed, fractured, and fortified. 'McCracken has a gift for spotting the comic potential in situations many of us have endured... Her prose is stippled with just-so observations' Observer 'McCracken is a totally assured performer: even seemingly throwaway perceptions are often memorably poetic, and there is a hint of melancholy under the comedy' Sunday Times 'This incisive, warm-blooded collection of stories is populated by outsiders... McCracken illuminates qualities of human nature through fragments of her characters' lives' New Yorker
National Museum Of African American History And Culture
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Author : Nat'l Museum African American Hist/Cult
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2016-09-27
National Museum Of African American History And Culture written by Nat'l Museum African American Hist/Cult and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-27 with History categories.
This souvenir book showcases some of the most influential and important treasures of the National Museum of African American History and Culture's collections. These include a hymn book owned by Harriet Tubman; ankle shackles used to restrain enslaved people on ships during the Middle Passage; a dress that Rosa Parks was making shortly before she was arrested; a vintage, open-cockpit Tuskegee Airmen trainer plane; Muhammad Ali's headgear; an 1835 Bill of Sale enslaving a young girl named Polly; and Chuck Berry's Cadillac. These objects tell us the full story of African American history, of triumphs and tragedies and highs and lows. This book, like the museum it represents, uses artifacts of African American history and culture as a lens into what it means to be an American.
Souvenir Nation
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Author : William L. Bird, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date : 2013-10-22
Souvenir Nation written by William L. Bird, Jr. and has been published by Chronicle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Buried within the collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History exists an astonishing group of historical relics from the pre-Revolutionary War era to the present day, many of which have never been on display. Donated to the museum by generations of souvenir collectors, these ordinary objects of extraordinary circumstance all have amazing tales to tell about their roles in American history. Souvenir Nation presents fifty of the museum's most eccentric items. Objects include a chunk broken off Plymouth Rock; a lock of Andrew Jackson's hair; a dish towel used as the flag of truce to end the Civil War; the microphones used by FDR for his Fireside Chats; and the chairs that seated Nixon and Kennedy in their 1960 television debate.
The Souvenir Museum
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Author : Elizabeth McCracken
language : en
Publisher: Ecco
Release Date : 2021-04-13
The Souvenir Museum written by Elizabeth McCracken and has been published by Ecco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-13 with Fiction categories.
One of the most treasured writers of our day, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken, is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date In these stories, the mysterious bonds of family are tested, transformed, fractured, and fortified. A recent widower and his adult son ferry to a craggy Scottish island in search of puffins. An actress who plays a children's game-show villainess ushers in the New Year with her deadbeat half brother. A mother, pining for her children, feasts on loaves of challah to fill the void. A new couple navigates a tightrope walk toward love. And on a trip to a Texas water park with their son, two fathers each confront a personal fear. With sentences that crackle and spark and showcase her trademark wit, McCracken traces how our closely held desires--for intimacy, atonement, comfort--bloom and wither against the indifferent passing of time. Her characters embark on journeys that leave them indelibly changed--and so do her readers. The Souvenir Museum showcases the talents of one of our finest contemporary writers as she tenderly takes the pulse of our collective and individual lives. --Carol Birch, The Guardian
The Giant S House
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Author : Elizabeth McCracken
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-01-31
The Giant S House written by Elizabeth McCracken and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-31 with Fiction categories.
‘Every so often a novel comes along which transcends whimsy with the beauty of its writing. Elizabeth McCracken's small masterpiece is one of these' Guardian A powerful and unique story about connection, showing that miracles can happen – even across a library circulation desk. The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod twenty-eight year old librarian Peggy Cort feels as if love and life have stood her up. That is, until the day James Carlson Sweatt – the 'over-tall' eleven year old boy who's the talk of the town – walks into her library and changes her life for ever. Two misfits whose lonely paths cross at the circulation desk, Peggy and James are odd candidates for friendship. In James, Peggy discovers the one person who's ever really understood her, and as he grows – six foot five at age twelve, then seven foot, then eight – so does their most singular romance. *Perfect for readers who loved Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine*
Tourism Art And Souvenirs
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Author : David Hume
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-01
Tourism Art And Souvenirs written by David Hume and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Business & Economics categories.
This book examines the relationship between art and tourism through the study of the material culture of tourism: tourist art and souvenirs. It thoroughly examines how to categorise the material culture of tourism within the discourses of contemporary art and cultural anthropology, and demonstrates that tourist art is a unique expression of place and genuine artistic style. The first investigation to consider the activity of souvenirs from both indigenous and settler tourist sites, it brings a unique addition to the existing, dated, research in the area. Working initially from Graburn’s definition of tourist art, as the art of one culture made specifically for the consumption of another, Tourism Art and Souvenirs sheds light on important aspects of the souvenir that have not been widely discussed. The most recent research is used to consider how the souvenir is designed and consumed, consumer expectations and influence on the character of the souvenir, how the souvenir maker is consumed by the tradition of heritage and how products become successful as souvenirs. The title also investigates the language involved in the representation of place and the recording of experience through the souvenir, developing a method that expresses the descriptive data of individual souvenir artefacts graphically so the patterns of language may be analysed. Enhancing the understanding of material culture in tourism and therefore adding to future tourism development this volume will be of interest to upper level students, researchers and academics in tourism, culture, heritage and sustainability.
Riverside Museum
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Riverside Museum written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Glasgow (Scotland) categories.
"Riverside Museum is the first purpose-built museum created by Glasgow in the 21st century. Located at the junction of the Rivers Kelvin and Clyde, it houses the City's fabulous transport and technology collections."--Back cover.
Thunderstruck Other Stories
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Author : Elizabeth McCracken
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2014-06-05
Thunderstruck Other Stories written by Elizabeth McCracken and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-05 with Fiction categories.
From the author of the beloved novel The Giant's House - finalist for the National Book Award - comes a beautiful new story collection, her first in twenty years. Laced through with humour, empathy, and rare and magical descriptive powers these nine vibrant stories navigate the fragile space between love and loneliness. In 'Property', a young scholar, grieving the sudden death of his wife, decides to refurbish the Maine rental house they were to share together by removing his landlord's possessions. In 'Peter Elroy: A Documentary by Ian Casey', the household of a successful filmmaker is visited years later by his famous first subject, whose trust he betrayed. And in the unforgettable title story, a family makes a quixotic decision to flee to Paris for a summer, only to find their lives altered in an unimaginable way by their teenage daughter's risky behaviour. In Elizabeth McCracken's universe, heartache is always interwoven with strange, charmed moments of joy - an unexpected conversation with small children, the gift of a parrot with a bad French accent - that remind us of the wonder and mystery of being alive. Thunderstruck & Other Stories shows this inimitable writer working at the full height of her powers.
Souvenir Guide
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Author : National Maritime Museum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-12
Souvenir Guide written by National Maritime Museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-12 with Art categories.
This guidebook for the National Maritime Museum explores its galleries, buildings, and historic collections.
Bowlaway
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Author : Elizabeth McCracken
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2019-03-14
Bowlaway written by Elizabeth McCracken and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-14 with Fiction categories.
‘A big, glorious novel in every sense, this sprawling family saga...is a funny and big-hearted epic from a seriously gifted wordsmith’ Marie Claire Read the sweeping and enchanting new novel from the author of The Giant’s House Bertha is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts – ever since she was discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery with nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin and fifteen pounds of gold on her person. She has no past to speak of, and her mysterious origin scandalises the townspeople, as does her choice to marry and start a family with Leviticus Sprague, the doctor who revived her. But Bertha is plucky and entrepreneurial, and the bowling alley she opens quickly becomes Salford’s most defining landmark. As she changes the town forever, her singular spirit resonating through every board and brick and bone, an epic family saga unfolds, set against the backdrop of twentieth-century America.