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No time like the present

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Description: "In this delicately written autobiographical sketch, Miss Storm Jameson tells of some of the impressions that influenced her and helped to model her character. She describes her childhood, the people and environments in which her mind was formed, her University days in Leeds and London, the beginnings of her writing, and shows how the vast cataclysm of war swept athwart her life. As a piece of self-revelation, 'No Time Like the Present' will take high rank among works of personal analysis"--dust jacket.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1933.
Call number: 644973
Creator: Jameson, Storm (1891-1986)(Opens in new tab)
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Sex & rage : advice to young ladies eager for a good time

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A rediscovered classic: Eve Babitz's wry, tender coming-of-age tale of 1970s LA. It is the 1970s in LA, and Jacaranda Leven - child of sun and surf - is swept into the dazzling cultural milieu of the beautiful people. Floating on a cloud of drink, drugs and men, she finds herself adrift, before her talent for writing, and a determined literary agent, set her on a course for New York and a new life. Sex & Rage is a recently rediscovered classic from author Eve Babitz, herself a muse to many an artist, writer and musician in the 1970s. A semi-autobiographical novel, it charts the highs and lows of a life lived at the limits, and transports the reader to a sunnier, dreamier, more reckless time and place.

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The Mary Frances cook book; or, Adventures among the kitchen people

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Tells the story of Mary Frances, a little girl who wanted to help her mother in the kitchen.

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Tells the story of Mary Frances, a little girl who wanted to help her mother in the kitchen.

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"Japanese artist Kazuumi Takahashi's stunning first monograph, 'High Tide Wane Moon,' explores the relationship between the moon and the ocean. The son of a fisherman, Takahashi grew up near the sea. The schedule of the tide influenced his daily planning, just as the moon in turn influenced the tides. In this large-format book, Takahashi presents 25 double-page spreads, each with a photograph of the moon the left side, and a corresponding photograph of the ocean on the right. Every double page thus comprises a beautiful diptych in which the viewer in enveloped in water and sky. Collectively, the photographs pay homage to forces that have inspired our dreams, and influenced our ways of life, since the beginning of humankind"--Publisher's description.

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Tells the story of Giselle, a disobedient and spoiled ten-year-old girl, and her family.

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