HarperCollins Publishers [Published Date: 1972]. Soft cover, 331 pp. First Harper Colophon Edition, 1972]. Black and white illustrations and photo reproductions. For over half a century, Jean Cocteau was the master bricoleur Jack-of-all-trades in the arts of Western Europe. His trademark, handwritten name with a tailpiece star, became as famous as his name, and his collected works, as Auden said, would require "not a bookshelf, but a warehouse." Besides some fifty volumes of poems, plays, novels, memoirs, diaries, and criticism, he also made drawings, paintings, tapestries, pottery, movies, murals, stage sets, ballets, opera libretti, cabaret songs (music as well as words), and one season he designed a line of Christmas cards....Drawing upon some thirty of Cocteau's books, as well as memoirs by friends and confreres, Professional Secrets follows the trajectory of a living myth. From a bewitched and stage-struck childhood, with Bernhardt and Mistinguett and Proust and Rilke in the wings; to the turning point in 1913 when Diaghilev smiled at the young Cocteau and said, "Etonne-moi. . . Do something that will surprise me. . .", it moves through a series of events and encounters that stand like so many heraldic signs: the opium cures, the love for Raymond Radiguet, the religious crises, the psychosomatic illnesses, the world travels, the friendships with Picasso and Stravinsky, Satie and Chaplin, Colette and Gide; and the incessant, inspired work in theatres, film studios, and alone at a writing table, in the middle of the night, using paper and ink as "the only means I have to forget my ugliness and to become beautiful. . ."

Professional Secrets: An Autobiography of Jean Cocteau Drawn from His Lifetime Writings

PHELPS, ROBERT

Harper Colophon Books

The Collected Stories of Colette

Literature & Fiction

WHITE, Antonia

Ward, Matthew

Callimachi, Anne-Marie

Short Stories & Anthologies

Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)

The decorative dust jacket adds much to this vintage first edition, first printing hardcover, although it has substantial wear/tears at top and bottom edges. Inscription on flyleaf. Book is excellent new inside, free of markings, bright and clean. /lh

The Literary Life: A Scrapbook Almanac of the Anglo-American Literary Scene from 1900 to 1950

Deane, Peter

The vibrant East Bay city of Hayward was named for William Hayward, a ‘49er and American squatter who endeared himself to Mexican landowner Guillermo Castro by making him a good pair of boots. With Castro’s permission, William stayed to open Hayward’s Hotel on what is now Main and A Streets. That fortuitous location, near the convergence of the eight tributaries forming San Lorenzo Creek, made the region a natural transportation hub between the bay and the fertile Livermore Valley. Stagecoach lines, a narrow-gauge railroad, and later modern transportation links encouraged more immigrants to settle. Today Hayward is a diverse city of almost 150,000 people, and home to a campus of the California State University.

Early Hayward (CA) (Images of America)

Arts & Photography

Hayward, Area Historical Society

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

An officer in the Mexican army bequeathed his name to the crescent-shaped basin once known as Castro’s Valley. Driven to ruin by squatters, drought, and gambling debts, he sold a portion of his cattle ranch to Methodist minister Zachariah Hughes, who built a church and school in what is now Crow Canyon. The one-room, redwood school Hughes christened Eden Vale educated about 50 children until a group from the burgeoning town to the south, “Hayward’s,” stole it by wagon in the dead of night. Undaunted, Castro Valley, delineated from its now friendly neighbors by hills, Lake Chabot, and an independent spirit, built and fully supported its own Redwood School. It has now developed into one of the most populous unincorporated areas in the United States.

Castro Valley (CA) (Images of America)

Lorge, Lucille

Weston, Devon

This supplement works with either edition of the Mastering the Guitar: Class Method, Level 1 to help give students a conceptual look at the guitar and a sense of familiarity with the instrument. It includes twelve exercises and quizzes which coincide with various points in the Class Method to reinforce key concepts. In addition, there is a Teacher's Class Planner section which explains the objective of the exercises and describes learning activities which can be implemented in the classroom setting.

Mel Bay Mastering the Guitar Class Method Level 1 Theory Workbook

Music

Mel Bay Publications,Inc.

Letters from Colette

COLETTE

Time Warner Books Uk

Guitar Workbook

Mel Bay Pubns

Many things in our nation seem to be falling apart at the seams. Hostility, hate and discontent are on the rise. More and more people are thumbing their noses at, and raising their fists to God in protest. Church attendance is falling at dramatic rates. What is the problem? While this book cannot answer all of these questions it does attempt to deal with the problem of why people are turning away from going to church and why they might be mad at God. This book takes an inside look at church policy, legalism and what goes on behind the "church house doors". The hope of this author is that after reading this book, one will have some answers, as well as solutions to some of the ongoing issues of the local church.

A Body Broken: Controversy In The Church

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

lulu.com

The vibrant East Bay city of Hayward was named for William Hayward, a '49er and American squatter who endeared himself to Mexican landowner Guillermo Castro by making him a good pair of boots. With Castro's permission, William stayed to open Hayward's Hotel on what is now Main and A Streets. That fortuitous location, near the convergence of the eight tributaries forming San Lorenzo Creek, made the region a natural transportation hub between the bay and the fertile Livermore Valley. Stagecoach lines, a narrow-gauge railroad, and later modern transportation links encouraged more immigrants to settle. Today Hayward is a diverse city of almost 150,000 people, and home to a campus of the California State University.

Early Hayward

History

The Hayward Area Historical Society

Americas

Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

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