"Wise and ebullient." - Dwight Garner, The New York Times
The first definitive biography of Richard Avedon, a monumental photographer of the twentieth century, from award-winning photography critic Philip Gefter.
In his acclaimed portraits, Richard Avedon captured the iconic figures of the twentieth century in his starkly bold, intimately minimal, and forensic visual style. Concurrently, his work for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue transformed the ideals of women's fashion, femininity, and culture to become the defining look of an era. Yet despite his driving ambition to gain respect in the art world, during his lifetime he was condescendingly dismissed as a celebrity photographer.
What Becomes a Legend Most is the first definitive biography of this luminary--an intensely driven man who endured personal and professional prejudice, struggled with deep insecurities, and mounted an existential lifelong battle to be recognized as an artist. Philip Gefter builds on archival research and exclusive interviews with those closest to Avedon to chronicle his story, beginning with Avedon's coming-of-age in New York between the world wars, when cultural prejudices forced him to make decisions that shaped the course of his life.
Compounding his private battles, Avedon fought to be taken seriously in a medium that itself struggled to be respected within the art world. Gefter reveals how the 1950s and 1960s informed Avedon's life and work as much as he informed the period. He counted as close friends a profoundly influential group of artists--Leonard Bernstein, Truman Capote, James Baldwin, Harold Brodkey, Renata Adler, Sidney Lumet, and Mike Nichols--who shaped the cultural life of the American twentieth century. It wasn't until Avedon's fashion work was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the late 1970s that he became a household name.
Balancing glamour with the gravitas of an artist's genuine reach for worldly achievement--and not a little gossip--plus sixteen pages of photographs, What Becomes a Legend Most is an intimate window into Avedon's fascinating world. Dramatic, visionary, and remarkable, it pays tribute to Avedon's role in the history of photography and fashion--and his legacy as one of the most consequential artists of his time.
Автор: Cornwell Bernard Название: Sharpe`s Fury: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811 ISBN: 0060561564 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780060561567 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 11830.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The latest installment in the NYT Bestselling and critically acclaimed Richard Sharpe series.
Автор: Wright, Richard A. Название: Native Son ISBN: 006083756X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780060837563 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 11830.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Soon to be an HBO Film
"If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son." - Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic.
Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.
This edition--the restored text of Native Son established by the Library of America--also includes an essay by Wright titled, How "Bigger" was Born, along with notes on the text.
Автор: Wright Richard Название: Black Boy [seventy-Fifth Anniversary Edition] ISBN: 0062964135 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062964137 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 16710.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
A special 75th anniversary edition of Richard Wright's powerful and unforgettable memoir, with a new foreword by John Edgar Wideman and an afterword by Malcolm Wright, the author's grandson.
When it exploded onto the literary scene in 1945, Black Boy was both praised and condemned. Orville Prescott of the New York Times wrote that "if enough such books are written, if enough millions of people read them maybe, someday, in the fullness of time, there will be a greater understanding and a more true democracy." Yet from 1975 to 1978, Black Boy was banned in schools throughout the United States for "obscenity" and "instigating hatred between the races."
Wright's once controversial, now celebrated autobiography measures the raw brutality of the Jim Crow South against the sheer desperate will it took to survive as a black boy. Enduring poverty, hunger, fear, abuse, and hatred while growing up in the woods of Mississippi, Wright lied, stole, and raged at those around him--whites indifferent, pitying, or cruel and blacks resentful of anyone trying to rise above their circumstances. Desperate for a different way of life, he may his way north, eventually arriving in Chicago, where he forged a new path and began his career as a writer. At the end of Black Boy, Wright sits poised with pencil in hand, determined to "hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo." Seventy-five year later, his words continue to reverberate. "To read Black Boy is to stare into the heart of darkness," John Edgar Wideman writes in his foreword. "Not the dark heart Conrad searched for in Congo jungles but the beating heart I bear."
One of the great American memoirs, Wright's account is a poignant record of struggle and endurance--a seminal literary work that illuminates our own time.
Автор: Harper, Kathryn; Watson, Richard Название: Family and Friends Readers 1: Benny and the Biscuits ISBN: 019480254X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780194802543 Издательство: Oxford University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 3530.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Family and Friends is a seven-level primary course which offers you an exceptionally strong skills training programme covering language, phonics, and civic education.
Автор: Cornwell Bernard Название: Sharpe`s Assassin: Richard Sharpe and the Occupation of Paris, 1815 ISBN: 0062563262 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062563262 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 19500.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.
SHARPE IS BACK.
Outsider.
Hero.
Rogue.
And the one man you want on your side.
Sharpe's Assassin is the brand-new novel in the bestselling historical series that has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide.
Автор: Kadrey Richard Название: Ballistic Kiss: A Sandman Slim Novel ISBN: 0062672592 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062672599 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 11830.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: * A married woman has a BDSM-tinged encounter at a work conference* Two young boys on a sleepover feel the first stirrings of desire* In an artificially generated afterlife, anything can be sexual if you want it to be* A young widow on a sleeper train shelters a criminal in her carriage* A bisexual woman cheats on her wife with a baker
Автор: Florida Richard Название: The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity ISBN: 0061937193 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780061937194 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 18800.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: From the author of the bestseller The Rise of the Creative Class, a book that frames the economic meltdown of 2008–09 not as a crisis but as an opportunity to “reset,” and, in doing so, paints a fascinating picture of what our economy, society, and geography will look like—of how we will work and live—in the future.
Автор: Beyer, Richard Название: Greatest Stories Never Told, The ISBN: 0060014016 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780060014018 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 13930.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: 100 fascinating, unexpected and startling stories you didn’t learn in history class, presented in an entertaining fashion by the History Channel.
Автор: Maerz Melissa Название: Alright, Alright, Alright: An Oral History of Richard Linklater`s Dazed and Confused ISBN: 0062908502 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062908506 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 18800.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Muso DJ music playlist game, streaming music card game, adult card game for music lovers, students, friends and family, party music game where you`re the DJ, use with any music streaming app.Muso DJ is the music playlist party game you will want to play again and again. Play music you love and score points while others guess the artist, track and category. A music board game; ideal at parties and dinners. Unlike some music games/party games, you don`t need a DJ app for this quiz game with a twist. More than a trivia game for adults, Muso DJ is the ideal music-based card game for dinner guests, friends, families or students - whether at home or on holiday. As a music quiz game, it`s easy to learn: Take it in turns to pick tunes that relate to categories and tell your stories if you want to. Everyone plays at once: You`re always either playing a tune or taking a guess and yes: You all get to be the DJ. Use music-streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Amazon Music and Deezer to play your favourite tunes. Even if you are not a popular music fan or a fan of quiz games, this DJ game is one of the few music games for adults that everyone from teens to adults can enjoy. A music party game with a difference; guess, chat and play with Muso DJ: The music playlist party game.
Автор: Kadrey Richard Название: Ballistic Kiss: A Sandman Slim Novel ISBN: 0062672576 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062672575 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 20190.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Joining the lodge to be with Janet, Stark makes a pair of crucial discoveries that could decide the fate of LA and Heaven itself.To prevent the Little Cairo haunting from consuming the city, Stark must piece together the connections between the Lodge and a missing angel last seen in a Hollywood porn palace.
Автор: Kadrey Richard Название: The Grand Dark ISBN: 0062672525 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062672520 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 11830.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание:
"A stand-alone heavy hitter that's more in line with recent deviants like Chuck Wendig's upcoming Wanderers (2019) and Daniel H. Wilson's The Clockwork Dynasty (2017). Tonally, this lush novel is closer to Scott Lynch's pirate fantasy The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006), but technologically it resembles the near-future dystopias of Cory Doctorow or China Mi ville ...] Wildly ambitious and inventive fantasy from an author who's punching above his weight in terms of worldbuilding--and winning."
-- Kirkus (starred review)
From the bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series, a lush, dark, stand-alone fantasy built off the insurgent tradition of China Mieville and M. John Harrison--a subversive tale that immerses us in a world where the extremes of bleakness and beauty exist together in dangerous harmony in a city on the edge of civility and chaos.
The Great War is over. The city of Lower Proszawa celebrates the peace with a decadence and carefree spirit as intense as the war's horrifying despair. But this newfound hedonism--drugs and sex and endless parties--distracts from strange realities of everyday life: Intelligent automata taking jobs. Genetically engineered creatures that serve as pets and beasts of war. A theater where gruesome murders happen twice a day. And a new plague that even the ceaseless euphoria can't mask.
Unlike others who live strictly for fun, Largo is an addict with ambitions. A bike messenger who grew up in the slums, he knows the city's streets and its secrets intimately. His life seems set. He has a beautiful girlfriend, drugs, a chance at a promotion--and maybe, an opportunity for complete transformation: a contact among the elite who will set him on the course to lift himself up out of the streets.
But dreams can be a dangerous thing in a city whose mood is turning dark and inward. Others have a vision of life very different from Largo's, and they will use any methods to secure control. And in behind it all, beyond the frivolity and chaos, the threat of new war always looms.
--Locus Magazine
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