![]() ![]() Illustrated in color are more than 240 works centering on Wyeth’s one model, Helga Testdorf, a neighbor of the artist in Chadds Ford, Pa. Abrams Inc., $40) by John Wilmerding, deputy director of the National Gallery of Art. ![]() The exhibition also has spawned the book Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures (Harry N. 27 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., surely will come away with the feeling that they have been witness to the most sensitive and sensual artist/model liaison of all time. Yet, those fortunate enough to see the exhibition “Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures,” through Sept. The striking, theatrical woman inspired Picasso’s interest in cubism and the artist often altered her face in paintings and sculptures to resemble African masks and ancient Iberian sculptures. Perhaps his dearest was swarthy Fernande Oliver. Pablo Picasso, the venerable Spanish modernist who changed 20th century art more than any other single force, had numerous models and lovers. ![]()
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![]() So when I was book hunting yesterday and chanced across a copy of “The Naked Sun” (1955), I decided to take it with me and see if it still held up. Some works, however, always stood out in my memory and Isaac Asimov‘s “Robot series” was one of them. I think that by that time I had overdosed on sci-fi, to the point that their plots and tropes became overly familiar and predictable. In high school I must have devoured hundreds of them, only to drop them when I went to university and I started reading “Literature”. I have always had a soft spot for sci-fi novels. ![]() People on Solaria, who are used to wide open spaces, cannot tolerate the physical presence of another human being, and communicate remotely by “trimension,” wear covering over their bodies when contact is unavoidable, and even procreate by laboratory fertilization.Ī black mirror episode coming soon. This world is the exact opposite of Earth in which all humans have a fear of being alone and in wide open places. On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants.Įlijah Baley, the detective from The Caves of Steel, is given a new assignment to investigate the murder of a Spacer (long-lived humans that colonize space), Demarre, on a distant world called Solaria. ![]() A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. ![]() ![]() ![]() I should've never agreed to this arrangement. NB: This story was formerly published under the titles Mister Weston & Turbulence: A Cocky Pilot Romance. "An erotic romance with twists and turns galore and Whitney G. What was supposed to become a one-time thing becomes a turbulent affair that neither of them will forget. She vows never to set foot in his place again, and he promises not to press charges.īut weeks later, she sees the sexy stranger again and realizes that he's the pilot of her assigned flight. Yet, one heated argument somehow turns into the most passionate, sex-filled night of her life. One night, while bringing a sexy stranger back to a place that she definitely doesn't own, she realizes that she's unknowingly brought him home to his own condo.Īnd he isn't laughing about this "coincidence." She also "steals nights" at one of the condos she cleans while housekeeping in Manhattan, but that's a story for another day. ![]() ![]() A forbidden and steamy romance that will challenge everything you've ever heard about the 'mile high club'.īroke, down on her luck, and living in a crappy apartment, Gillian Taylor takes on part-time jobs whenever she isn't serving coffee and cocktails in the sky. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kelley centering on partners and associates at a Boston law firm. 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Still, he is unsure of his artistic direction. ![]() Asher Lev is a world-renowned artist living with his young family in France. In his powerful My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok gave the world an unforgettable character and a timeless story that The New York Times Book Review hailed as “little short of a work of genius.” The Chicago Sun-Times declared it “a story that had to be told.” Now, Chaim Potok’s beloved character returns to learn, to teach, to dream, in The Gift of Asher Lev. No one but Chaim Potok could have written this strangely sweet, compelling, and deeply felt novel.”- The Cleveland Plain Dealer ![]() ![]() ![]() This imaginative fantasy adventure offers a compelling narrative with just the right mixture of scares and laughs, victories and failures, friendships and light romance. When the war with the witches makes it way to their door, Evie and her outsider friends may just be the best chance the school has at survival. Evie meanwhile is keeping dangerous secrets, and as layers of curses are lifted, surprising revelations about both Malora’s past and her own come to light. Outside the gates, the war against the witches is growing closer, while inside, Evie and her friends are plagued by their snobby classmate Malora, who seems intent on ridding the school of the lowborn. ![]() Once there, the girl, now called Evie, manages to make friends with the school’s other outsiders, and together they help one another succeed. She’s on a mission, though, to find Pennyroyal Academy, the premier training school for future princes and princesses, which is accepting lowborn girls for the first time. After facing the perils of the enchanted forest and barely escaping the clutches of a witch, a young girl with no name begins to think that running away from home was a bad idea. ![]() ![]() ![]() Getting pulled over for speeding on the way into town did not make it any better, even worse when she found out he was a member of the Romo family. She's not really looking forward to spending a couple weeks in Destiny as she'd been only too happy to get out of the small town years before. She loves her job and living in Chicago, but she feels it's her turn to pitch in. Rachel has taken a leave of absence from her job to go help Edna, even though her job is in jeopardy from downsizing. ![]() There is a lot of antagonism between the two of them, but not all the sparks are angry. Also the same Mike Romo who gave Rachel a ticket for speeding on her way into town. The same Mike Romo whose family claims that the Farrises stole the orchard from them years ago. When she arrives she finds out that Mike Romo wants to buy the orchard from her grandmother. Rachel has come back to Destiny to help her grandmother with this year's apple harvest. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her newest title, The March Against Fear (National Geographic: 2017), is her third work to examine the civil rights movement in the American South. Her works often focus on under-told stories from the past, and she frequently explores issues of social justice. Almost 100 years later, Stubby's great deeds and brave heart make him an animal hero to fall in love with and treasure all over again.Īnn Bausum writes about history for readers of all ages from her home in southern Wisconsin. ![]() ![]() Stubby's brave deeds earned him a place in history and in the Smithsonian Institution where his stuffed body can still be seen. Charmed, the CO awarded Stubby mascot status and sent him along with Conroy's unit to the Western Front. By the time Stubby encountered Conroy's commanding officer, the dog had perfected his right-paw salute. When Conroy's unit shipped out for France, he smuggled his new friend aboard. The Connecticut volunteer never imagined that his stray dog would become a war hero. Private Robert Conroy casually adopted the orphan pup while attending basic training on the campus of Yale University in 1917. Stubby! That German shepherd star of the silver screen may have been born behind enemy lines during World War I, but Stubby, the stump-tailed terrier, worked behind enemy lines, and gained military honors along the way. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The only things in their way? A calculating new Araşti ambassador to the Isles of Lost Souls who’s got his eyes on Avra’s every move Brother Julian, a beautiful, mysterious new member of the crew with secrets of his own and a frankly inconvenient vow of celibacy the fact that they’re sailing straight into sea serpent breeding season and almost certain doom.īut if they can find a way to survive and sell the secret on the black market, they’ll all be as wealthy as kings-and, more importantly, they’ll be legends. They are far from happy to see him, but together, they hatch a plan: take the information to the isolated pirate republic of the Isles of Lost Souls, fence it, profit. To find a buyer with deep enough pockets, Avra must ask for help from his on-again, off-again ex, the pirate Captain Teveri az-Ḥaffār. Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Araşti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen the single most expensive secret in the world-and the only place to flee with a secret that big is the open sea. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She lives a quiet, sheltered, and sometimes lonely, existence, while he is involved with the most dangerous of organizations, and could never give her the kind of life she deserves… Natalie and Kage share an inescapable attraction that cannot be contained, but a future between them is entirely impossible. Ruthless Creatures was a sexy, filthy, engrossing and suspenseful ride from it’s beginning to it’s sweltering end. Kage Porter is a very bad man, and his business in Lake Tahoe is about to become very personal when it comes to the gorgeous and way too innocent, Natalie… Until the dark, sexy and mysterious Kage moves in next door, and Natalie finds herself suddenly feeling something she never has before… an all consuming, red-hot attraction… Five years ago, Natalie Peterson’s fiancé disappeared the day before their wedding, and she has been living as a shell of a person ever since. ![]() |