The Redhead Encyclopedia
Title | The Redhead Encyclopedia PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Douglas |
Publisher | Redheads International |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 1996-03 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 9780964521605 |
For anyone wanting to know anything about redheads & red hair, this book is a complete reference source for redhead information, including historical & scientific facts, folklore, movie & book titles, songs, linguistics, interpretations, dialogue, proverbs, famous redheads, fictional redheads & other related trivia. THE REDHEAD ENCYCLOPEDIA was researched & compiled by Stephen Douglas, the founder of Redheads International, a worldwide organization that celebrates redheads & red hair. Mr. Douglas is the foremost expert on redhead information in the world, & is considered to be the person most responsible for the current trend towards red hair in fashion, as he has spent over 14 years promoting the special qualities of the redhead. He has been featured in thousands of radio, television, newspaper & magazine interviews, including "The Today Show," & "Good Morning America," all focusing on the redhead. THE REDHEAD ENCYCLOPEDIA also includes little-known redhead information, exclusive celebrity quotes, & out-of-the-way reference to stories about redheads. The book can be obtained by sending $22, which includes postage & handling, to: REDHEADS INTERNATIONAL, 537 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660. Bookstores: For information about STOP orders, call (714) 249-4411.
Encyclopedia of Hair
Title | Encyclopedia of Hair PDF eBook |
Author | Victoria Sherrow |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 2023-03-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
This popular volume on the culture of hair through human history and around the globe has been updated and revised to include even more entries and current information. How we style our hair has the ability to shape the way others perceive us. For example, in 2017, the singer Macklemore denounced his hipster undercut hairstyle, a style that is associated with Hitler Youth and alt-right men, and in 2015, actress Rose McGowan shaved her head in order to take a stance against the traditional Hollywood sex symbol stereotype. This volume examines how hair-or lack thereof-can be an important symbol of gender, class, and culture around the world and through history. Hairstyles have come to represent cultural heritage and memory, and even political leanings, social beliefs, and identity. This second edition builds upon the original volume, updating all entries that have evolved over the last decade, such as by discussing hipster culture in the entries on beards and mustaches and recent medical breakthroughs in hair loss. New entries have been added that look at specific world regions, hair coverings, political symbolism behind certain styles, and other topics.
Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia
Title | Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia PDF eBook |
Author | Guy Stanton Ford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 588 |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN |
Red
Title | Red PDF eBook |
Author | Jacky Colliss Harvey |
Publisher | Black Dog & Leventhal |
Pages | 362 |
Release | 2015-06-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1603764038 |
Red is a brilliantly told, captivating history of red hair throughout the ages. A book that breaks new ground, dispels myths, and reinforces the special nature of being a redhead, with a look at multiple disciplines, including science, religion, politics, feminism and sexuality, literature, and art. With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling, author Jacky Colliss Harvey (herself a redhead) begins her exploration of red hair in prehistory and traces the redhead gene as it made its way out of Africa with the early human diaspora to its emergence under Northern skies. She goes on to explore red hair in the ancient world; the prejudice manifested against red hair across medieval Europe; red hair during the Renaissance as both an indicator of Jewishness during the Inquisition and the height of fashion in Protestant England, under the reign of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I; the modern age of art and literature, and the first positive symbols of red hair in children's characters; modern medicine and science and the genetic and chemical decoding of red hair; and finally, red hair in contemporary culture, from advertising and exploitation to "gingerism" and the new movement against bullying.
The Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia
Title | The Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia PDF eBook |
Author | Vin T. Sparano |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 852 |
Release | 2000-10-20 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780312267223 |
Recipient of the Library Association's Outstanding Reference Work Award, this complete and comprehensive guide is the ultimate one-volume library for anyone interested in the outdoors. This monumental work features extensive coverage of: Fishing * Hunting * Firearms and shooting sports * Camping * Boating * First Aid * Archery and bowhunting * Sporting dogs * Fish species * Big game * Small game * Upland game and waterfowl * A complete listing of private organizations * Government information sources To broaden the scope of this established reference work, Vin T. Sparano, Editor Emeritus and Senior Field Editor of Outdoor Life, has compiled brand-new chapters and sections on survival, all-terrain vehicles, and watersports (including kayaking, water skiing, and personal watercraft). He also included new information on GPS (Global Positioning System) and increased focus on such sections as fly fishing, sporting clays, backpacking, nutrition, and new first-aid breakthroughs in outdoor emergencies. With nearly 400 new photographs and 100 drawings added to the already more than 1,300 illustrations, The Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia illustrates the newest technology and the latest trends in the outdoors. Representing decades of research and authoritative writing by Vin T. Sparano, this is the definitive guide that bridges all aspects of the outdoors today. It is a must-buy for anyone and everyone venturing outdoors.
A Vindication of the Redhead
Title | A Vindication of the Redhead PDF eBook |
Author | Brenda Ayres |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 299 |
Release | 2021-12-14 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 3030835154 |
A Vindication of the Redhead investigates red hair in literature, art, television, and film throughout Eastern and Western cultures. This study examines red hair as a signifier, perpetuated through stereotypes, myths, legends, and literary and visual representations. Brenda Ayres and Sarah E. Maier provide a history of attitudes held by hegemonic populations toward red-haired individuals, groups, and genders from antiquity to the present. Ayres and Maier explore such diverse topics as Judeo-Christian narratives of red hair, redheads in Pre-Raphaelite paintings, red hair and gender identity, famous literary redheads such as Anne of Green Gables and Pippi Longstocking, contemporary and Neo-Victorian representations of redheads from the Black Widow to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and more. This book illuminates the symbolic significance and related ideologies of red hair constructed in mythic, religious, literary, and visual cultural discourse.
The Encyclopedia of Me
Title | The Encyclopedia of Me PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Rivers |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 2012-09-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0545469511 |
A is for "Tink Aaron-Martin," "Aardvark," and "Amazing" in this wonderful alphabetical novel! Tink Aaron-Martin has been grounded AGAIN after an adventure with her best friend Freddie Blue Anderson. To make the time pass, she decides to write an encyclopedia of her life from "Aa" (a kind of lava--okay, she cribbed that from the real encyclopedia) to "Zoo" (she's never been to one, but her brothers belong there). As the alphabet unfolds, so does the story of Tink's summer: more adventures with Freddie Blue (and more experiences in being grounded); how her family was featured in a magazine about "Living with Autism," thanks to her older brother Seb--and what happened after Seb fell apart; her growing friendship, and maybe more, with Kai, a skateboarder who made her swoon (sort of). And her own sense that maybe she belongs not under "H" for "Hideous," or "I" for "Invisible," but "O" for "Okay."Written entirely in Tink's hilarious encyclopedia entries, The Encyclopedia of Me is both a witty trick and a reading treat for anyone who loves terrific middle-grade novels.