Author: Brad Meltzer File Type: epub Taking place during the most critical period of our nations birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washingtons character, but also illuminates the origins of Americas counterintelligence movement that led to the modern day CIA.In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washingtons bodyguards. Washington trusted them relied on them. But unbeknownst to Washington, some of them were part of a treasonous plan. In the months leading up to the Revolutionary War, these traitorous soldiers, along with the Governor of New York, William Tryon, and Mayor David Mathews, launched a deadly plot against the most important member of the military George Washington himself.This is the story of the secret plot and how it was revealed. It is a story of leaders, liars, counterfeiters, and jailhouse confessors. It also shows just how hard the battle was for George Washington and how close America was to losing the Revolutionary War.In this historical page-turner, New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer teams up with American history writer and documentary television producer, Josh Mensch to unravel the shocking true story behind what has previously been a footnote in the pages of history. Drawing on extensive research, Meltzer and Mensch capture in riveting detail how George Washington not only defeated the most powerful military force in the world, but also uncovered the secret plot against him in the tumultuous days leading up to July 4, 1776. Praise for The First ConspiracyThis is American history at its finest, a gripping story of spies, killers, counterfeiters, traitors?and a mysterious prostitute who may or may not have even existed. Anyone with an interest in American history will love this book. Douglas Preston, #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey GodA wonderful book about leadership?and it shows why George Washington and his moral lessons are just as vital today. What a book. Youll love it. President George H.W. BushThis is an important book a fascinating largely unknown chapter of our hazardous beginning, a reminder of why counterintelligence matters, and a great read. President Bill Clinton

Author: Temma Balducci File Type: pdf Charles Baudelaires flaneur, as described in his 1863 essay The Painter of Modern Life, remains central to understandings of gender, space, and the gaze in late nineteenth-century Paris, despite misgivings by some scholars. Baudelaires privileged and leisurely figure, at home on the boulevards, underlies theorizations of bourgeois masculinity and, by implication, bourgeois femininity, whereby men gaze and roam urban spaces unreservedly while women, lacking the freedom to either gaze or roam, are wedded to domesticity. In challenging this tired paradigm and offering fresh ways to consider how gender, space, and the gaze were constructed, this book attends to several neglected elements of visual and written culture the ubiquitous male beggar as the true denizen of the boulevard, the abundant depictions of well-to-do women looking (sometimes at men), the popularity of windows and balconies as viewing perches, and the overwhelming emphasis given by both male and female artists to domestic scenes. The books premise that gender, space, and the gaze have been too narrowly conceived by a scholarly embrace of Baudelaires flaneur is supported across the cultural spectrum by period sources that include art criticism, high and low visual culture, newspapers, novels, prescriptive and travel literature, architectural practices, interior design trends, and fashion journals.

Author: Julie Maxwell File Type: pdf Shakespeare is the most frequently quoted English author of all time. Quotations appear everywhere, from the epigraphs of novels to the mottoes on coffee cups. But Shakespeare was also a frequent quoter himself - of classical and contemporary literature, of the Bible, of snatches of popular songs and proverbs. This volume brings together an international team of scholars to trace the rich history of quotation from Shakespeares own lifetime to the present day. Exploring a wide range of media, including Romantic poetry, theatre criticism, novels by Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy and Ian McEwan, political oratory, propaganda, advertising, drama, film and digital technology, the chapters draw fresh connections between Shakespeares own practices of creative reworking and the quotation of his work in new and traditional forms. Richly illustrated and featuring an Afterword by Margreta de Grazia, the collection tells a new story of the making and remaking of Shakespeares plays and poems.**Book DescriptionThis volume brings together an international team of scholars to trace the rich history of quotation from Shakespeares own lifetime to the present day. It explores Shakespeares own use of quotation as well as his reception through a wide range of media, including poetry, drama, novels, advertising and digital technology. About the Author Julie Maxwell is an independent scholar and was formerly a Fellow and Lecturer in English at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge and Exeter College, University of Oxford. She is the author of two novels which quote Shakespeare You Can Live Forever (2007 winner of a Betty Trask Award TLS Books of the Year), and These Are our Children (2013 Observer Books of the Year).

Author: Bridget Quinn File Type: pdf Historically, major women artists have been excluded from the mainstream art canon. Aligned with the resurgence of feminism in pop culture, Broad Strokes offers an entertaining corrective to that omission. Art historian Bridget Quinn delves into the lives and careers of 15 female artists from around the globe in text thats smart, feisty, educational, and an enjoyable read. Replete with beautiful reproductions of the artists works and contemporary portraits of each artist by renowned illustrator Lisa Congdon, this is art history from the Renaissance to Abstract Expressionism for the modern art lover, reader, and feminist.**ReviewCan you name five women artists? That question, which launched a recent social media campaign, receives a beautiful answer in art historian Quinn and illustratorwriter Congdons accessible and intimate tour of 15 female artists from the 17th century to the present. Library Journal A terrific essay collection with quick and pithy profiles of famous and not-famous women artists -- Alice Neel, Louise Bourgeois, Lee Krasner, Kara Walker, etc. Spunky, attitudinal, SMART writing, excellent color reproductions. Susan Stamberg, NPR As its title suggests, Broad Strokes isnt stuffy. Theres plenty of scholarship here about women artists over the centuries, but Quinn combines her research with a lively, breezy tone that turns her subjects into more than feminist symbols. Theyre masters in their own right, bold and brilliant despite the limits they faced. --Christian Science Monitor Named a Top 10 Spring 2017 Book in MemoirsBiographies by Publishers Weekly Your Art History 101 syllabus just got a lot more fun. --O, the Oprah Magazine In her entertaining and accessible debut, Quinn mixes biography, art history, and womens studies to shed light on 15 women artists.... The color reproductions add to this books appeal, giving readers a chance to appreciate the artists work as well as Quinns upbeat writing. --Publishers WeeklyAbout the AuthorBridget Quinn is a writer, art history scholar, and educator. She has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and taught art history and architecture at Portland State University, the San Francisco Waldorf High School, and other institutions. A grateful denizen of that lively creative incubator, the San Francisco Writers Grotto, she is also a contributor and advisory board member for Narrative magazine. Her work has been a finalist for the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction and has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her personal essay At Swim, Two Girls was included in The Best American Sports Writing 2013. Lisa Congdon is an artist and author based in Portland, Oregon.