Sadder than salad. From apples to artichokes, these glittering, fragmented, painterly portraits of food by the avant-garde pioneer Gertrude Stein are redolent of sex, laughter and the joy of everyday life....

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This landmark study, first published by Cornell University Press in 1966, shows how Hitler's elite army grew from a praetorian guard of barely 28,000 men at the beginning of the Second World War to a combat-hardened army of more than 500,000 in 1945. George H....

In Bridgepoint, USA, people get trapped into lives they didn\"t choose, without means of escape: Anna, a sweet but intimidating German housemaid; Melanctha, a troubled young woman whose passion threatens to tear her apart; and Lena, a timid girl......

Paris before 1914 - the artistic capital of the world - Picasso, Apollinaire, Matisse, Braque, they all knew Gertrude Stein and visited the atelier at 27 Rue de Fleurus. The War is a hilariously depicted interlude of ambulance driving in a model \\\"T\\\" Ford....

In the 1950s, Yale University Press published a number of Gertrude Stein\'s posthumous works, among them her incomparable \"Stanzas in Meditation\". Since that time, scholars have discovered that Stein\'s poem exists in several versions: a manuscript that Stein wrote and two typescripts that her partner Alice B. Toklas prepared....

Fathers never forget seeing their kids for the first time. But Evan is greeting his son, Dean, fourteen years late. The boy had been shuttled secretly to another city, along with his teenaged mother, while still a newborn. Now his mother has passed away, and Evan is it - Dad. An instant single parent....

A heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope — a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life... as only a dog could tell it....

Three LivesThree short stories comprise Gertrude Stein\'s first significant work, each a psychological portrait of a different woman. \"The Good Anna\" is a kindly but domineering German servant. \"The Gentle Lena\" apathetically endures her miserable life until she dies in childbirth....

Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: he thinks and feels in nearly human ways. He has educated himself by watching extensive television, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver.......

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A screenwriter recalls his misadventures in the production of an international action film starring an actor/producer who happened to be a compulsive liar....

From one of the modern era\'s most influential and boldly experimental writers ? a generous collection of poems, stories and plays ? all dating from 1910-1920. Wide range of the author\'s styles reveal Stein as philosopher, poet, portraitist, dramatist and short story writer, as the investigator of the nature of language, and much more....

Presenting the core concepts you need to write and speak Spanish correctly If you have some knowledge of Spanish and need a refresher or want a quick reference for grammar and verb conjugation, Spanish Essentials For Dummies contains what you need to communicate effectively....