Motor Girls
Title | Motor Girls PDF eBook |
Author | Sue Macy |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1426326971 |
The automobile has always symbolized freedom, and in this book we meet the first generation of female motorists who drove cars for fun, profit, and to make a statement about the evolving role of women. From the advent of the auto in the 1890s to the 1920s, when the breaking down of barriers for women was in full swing, readers will examine historical photos, art, and artifacts and to discover the many ways these women influenced fashion, the economy, politics, and the world around them.
The Motor Girls
Title | The Motor Girls PDF eBook |
Author | Margret Penrose |
Publisher | 1st World Publishing |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2005-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1421815885 |
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - ""Now you've got it, what are you going to do with it?"" asked Jack Kimball, with a most significant smile at his sister Cora. ""Do with it?"" repeated the girl, looking at her questioner in surprise; then she added, with a fine attempt at sarcasm: ""Why, I'm going to have Jim break it up for kindling wood. It will make such a lovely blaze on the library hearth. I have always loved blazing autos.""
The American Motorcycle Girls, 1900 to 1950
Title | The American Motorcycle Girls, 1900 to 1950 PDF eBook |
Author | Cristine Sommer Simmons |
Publisher | Parker House Publishing Incorporated,Csi |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2009-04-15 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 9780981727059 |
Features photographs of women motorcyclists.
The Book Rescuer
Title | The Book Rescuer PDF eBook |
Author | Sue Macy |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2019-10-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1481472216 |
Recipient of a Sydney Taylor Book Award for Younger Readers An ALA Notable Book A Bank Street Best Book of the Year “Text and illustration meld beautifully.” —The New York Times “Stunning.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Inspired...[a] journalistic, propulsive narrative.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “The story comes alive through the bold acrylic and gouache art.” —Booklist (starred review) From New York Times Best Illustrated Book artist Stacy Innerst and author Sue Macy comes a story of one man’s heroic effort to save the world’s Yiddish books in their Sydney Taylor Book Award–winning masterpiece. Over the last forty years, Aaron Lansky has jumped into dumpsters, rummaged around musty basements, and crawled through cramped attics. He did all of this in pursuit of a particular kind of treasure, and he’s found plenty. Lansky’s treasure was any book written Yiddish, the language of generations of European Jews. When he started looking for Yiddish books, experts estimated there might be about 70,000 still in existence. Since then, the MacArthur Genius Grant recipient has collected close to 1.5 million books, and he’s finding more every day. Told in a folkloric voice reminiscent of Patricia Polacco, this story celebrates the power of an individual to preserve history and culture, while exploring timely themes of identity and immigration.
Girl on the Run
Title | Girl on the Run PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Costello |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 381 |
Release | 2011-04-14 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1849832706 |
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Bridesmaids and The Time of Our Lives. Abby has been on health kicks before. They involve having one muffin for breakfast, instead of two. But since starting a business, her fitness has taken even more of a back seat than her long-neglected love life. Yet, when Abby meets the cute captain of the local running club, she is mysteriously compelled to exercise. The only downside is the discovery that handsome, motorbike-riding architect Tom, with whom she’s already clashed – literally - is also a member. She’s no runner. He’s no pushover. Together, could they ever find their stride? The Sunday Times bestselling enemies to lovers, laugh-out-loud romcom - the perfect spring read.
The Girls
Title | The Girls PDF eBook |
Author | Emma Cline |
Publisher | Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 2017-05-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0812988027 |
THE INSTANT BESTSELLER • An indelible portrait of girls, the women they become, and that moment in life when everything can go horribly wrong ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Financial Times, Esquire, Newsweek, Vogue, Glamour, People, The Huffington Post, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Time Out, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, Slate Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader. Hidden in the hills, their sprawling ranch is eerie and run down, but to Evie, it is exotic, thrilling, charged—a place where she feels desperate to be accepted. As she spends more time away from her mother and the rhythms of her daily life, and as her obsession with Suzanne intensifies, Evie does not realize she is coming closer and closer to unthinkable violence. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award • Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize • The New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • Emma Cline—One of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists Praise for The Girls “Spellbinding . . . a seductive and arresting coming-of-age story.”—The New York Times Book Review “Extraordinary . . . Debut novels like this are rare, indeed.”—The Washington Post “Hypnotic.”—The Wall Street Journal “Gorgeous.”—Los Angeles Times “Savage.”—The Guardian “Astonishing.”—The Boston Globe “Superbly written.”—James Wood, The New Yorker “Intensely consuming.”—Richard Ford “A spectacular achievement.”—Lucy Atkins, The Times “Thrilling.”—Jennifer Egan “Compelling and startling.”—The Economist
Wheels of Change
Title | Wheels of Change PDF eBook |
Author | Sue Macy |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2017-02-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1426328559 |
Explore the role the bicycle played in the women's liberation movement.