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David Hamilton
Also known as: Hamilton, David
Born in London on 15th April 1933, he was evacuated to Dorset at the start of the second World War. He became famous as an erotic photographer and film-maker in Paris.
In the twentieth year of life, a young man found himself at the center of strange, extraordinary events.
— from The healers
Most acclaimed
Sisters
1985
Raina Telgemeier’s #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning companion to Smile! Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all.Raina uses her signature humor and charm in both present-day narrative and perfectly placed flashbacks to tell the story of her relationship with her sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado.
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence has captivated generations of American readers since it won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Subtle, ironic, and superbly crafted, Wharton's masterwork is a vivid portrait of late-19th-century New York society. The author's keen observations of the restrictive social mores and the position of women in 19th-century America is underscored by the compelling tale of one man's inability to achieve true happiness with the woman he loves. The novel's popularity endures as the story captures the reader's imagination with the sheer romance of the complicated, yet realistic portrayal of the marriage of Newland Archer to May Welland, and of his love for May's cousin, Ellen Olenska. In this volume - the first devoted exclusively to The Age of Innocence - Linda Wagner-Martin not only examines the historical and social influences of Wharton's time, but also incorporates extended analyses of the novel itself. Wagner-Martin devotes a chapter to each of the principal characters and considers the story from each character's distinctive viewpoint. She also considers The Age of Innocence from several literary perspectives - as a "novel of manners," as a "traditional" novel, and as a "modern" novel. Wagner-Martin traces the critical response to The Age of Innocence, from publication to the present, and examines the novel's importance in the American literary canon. A chronology of Wharton's life and literary career and an extensive bibliography further enhance this study. The combination of Wagner-Martin's sophisticated and wide-ranging critical perspective and impeccable scholarship makes The Age of Innocence: A Novel of Ironic Nostalgia an invaluable reference.
Flowers
This lush introduction to the basics and life cycle of flowers--including common regional species, flowers' habitable range, basic flower care and cultivation, and flower anatomy and pollination--is gorgeously illustrated and clearly presented.