Dysgraphia: Your Essential Guide will do just that; guide you in how to help a child, or an adult, with dysgraphia learn how to write. And to actually love writing again!Author Helen Painter has a Master of Arts in Education and is an Occupational Therapist who has supported dozens of public school districts over the last 20 years helping students with learning disabilities and dysgraphia.Did you know there are 3 different types of dysgraphia?Find out what they are, an...

A mesmerizing, deeply moving portrait of the life and works of one of America's most important twentieth-century painters.A half century after his death, David Park (1911–1960) is recognized as one of America's most important twentieth–century painters. He was the first of the brilliant post–World War II generation of artists to break with Abstract Expressionism's hegemony and return to painting recognizable subjects, most powerfully the human figure. Park's origin...

Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and lush" true story from a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times).Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exhilarating chronicle of five women who dared to enter the male-dominated world of twentieth-century abstract ...

This book discusses the role of television drama series on a global scale, analyzing these dramas across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Contributors consider the role of television dramas as economically valuable cultural products and with their depictions of gender roles, sexualities, race, cultural values, political systems, and religious beliefs as they analyze how these programs allow us to indulge our innate desire to share human narratives in a way that binds us t...

In "Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema," Helen Zimmern ingeniously explores the life and artistic journey of the renowned Victorian painter known for his evocative depictions of classical antiquity. The book marries biographical detail with astute art criticism, employing a descriptive and engaging literary style that reflects the grandeur of Tadema's own work. Zimmern situates the artist within the broader context of 19th-century British art, skillfully navigating the intersections of aestheticism,...

Paris, 1860s. She could still see her little girl’s tiny hands; feel the smooth skin of her cheeks. She wanted to howl at the moon in rage and pain, but her throat was so tight she could hardly breathe. She would never see her daughter again. For Mimi Bisset, survival is everything on the cobbled streets of the Paris slums. Every day she feels the secret pain of losing her daughter Colette: born out of wedlock and forcibly given away to a rich family. But Mimi...

Their name? The objectors.Their job? To break off weddings as hired.Their dilemma? They might just be in love with each other.When Sophie Steinbeck finds out just before her nuptials that her fiancé has cheated yet again, she desperately wants to call it off. But because her future father-in-law is her dad’s cutthroat boss, she doesn’t want to be the one to do it. Her savior comes in the form of a professiona...

Paris, 1860s. For Mimi Bisset, survival is everything on the streets of Paris. She tries to forget the pain of losing her daughter Colette, who was born out of wedlock and forcibly given away to a rich family. But Mimi’s world turns upside down after a chance encounter with handsome artist Édouard Manet. Boldly posing for portraits on Manet’s chaise longue, Mimi feels a wild freedom—and as Manet teaches her how to layer the vivid paints on canvas herself, a passion grows between them that ...

Nova comédia romântica adulta da autora de Melhor do que nos filmesmostra como uma mensagem enviada por engano pode levar à pessoa certaDepois de ser demitida e descobrir que seu namorado estava tendo um caso com uma colega de trabalho, Olivia decide fechar esse ciclo desastroso queimando as cartas que seu ex lhe escrevia. Ela só não esperava que, ao fazer isso, acabaria incendiando o prédio inteiro.Sem emprego, sem casa e sem namorado, Olivia vai ...

Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and lush" true story from a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times).Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exhilarating chronicle of five women who dared to enter the male-dominated world of twentieth-century abstract ...

Brought to you by Penguin.When Zoey finds out before her wedding that her fiancée cheated again, she desperately employs the mysterious Max to yell 'I object' at the alter.On the day Zoey see's a gorgeous stranger stand up and tell the entire congregation that he knows for a fact that her fiancée is cheating . . .As Zoey drunkenly invites Max to celebrate with her, they agree to work together as a love cynic duo.They're both hired f...

In the third volume of his groundbreaking work, "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects," Giorgio Vasari delves into the lives and works of some of the most influential artists of the Italian Renaissance. From the enigmatic Leonardo da Vinci to the masterful Michelangelo, Vasari's vivid prose and meticulous research bring to life the personalities, struggles, and triumphs of these artistic giants. This volume offers a captivating glimpse into the creative minds that s...