A retired English professor, she is the author of popular biographies of Virginia Woolf and Josephine Baker, as well as “The Year of Reading Proust” (1997), a memoir of her family life and the manners and mores of the Key West literary scene. Her best book is “Parallel Lives” (...
Fearless and Free by Josephine Baker — dancer, actor, singer, spy The Café With No Name by Robert Seethaler — a fable-like story of an ordinary man The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth — layers of a life The Meteorites by Helen Gordon — to catch a falling star ...
Jazz Age Josephine is another wonderful picture book about the iconic singer. Josephine Baker overcame a difficult childhood, pushed back against racist entertainment policies and dazzled audiences with her dancing. Winter’s spirited text and Priceman’s lively, jazzy illustrations, brings Josephine’s...
Josephine Baker, for example, is here in a beautiful piece of French sheet music from 1930 ($50), as well as a caricature drawing of her by Raoul Cabrol ($1200). Martha Graham is also well represented with several photographs, including a signed and dated print of the one perhaps best ...
For 6-8 year olds, we have interviews with kids who tell us about their favouriteShakespeare booksandgraphic novels. In this section you will also find several book recommendations from scientists, including beautifully illustrated books about the natural world that adults will love just as much as...
16.Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell 17.28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World by Charles R. Smith, Jr. 18.Fort Mose: And the Story of the Man Who Built the First Free Black Settlement in Colonial America by Glennette Tiley Turner...
The third installment in the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series focuses on the accomplishments of immigrant women, including Madeline Albright, Josephine Baker, and Rihanna. The book also stresses that some people have to immigrate out of necessity — it isn’t really a choice. Your kid...
If you’re looking for an engaging read for your kids, add this biography of Josephine Baker to your cart ASAP. Josephine Baker was a multi-hyphenate, long before anyone was using the term. Kids can learn about this performer, activist, and World War II spy in this beautifully illustrated...
Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, And Commitment by Steve Harvey and Denene Millner (Amistad, Jan 27, 2009) Sugar Of The Crop: My Journey To Find The Children Of Slaves by Sana Butler (Lyons Press, Jan 23, 2009) The Break...
with Hilton Obenzinger from a Stanford University radio program. The music includes Haitian protest songs, lots from Barbara Dane, Al Jolson singing “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?” the Carter Family with “Keep on the Sunny Side,” Woody Guthrie, Josephine Baker, Michael Jackson, Paul ...