A Brief History of the Smile
Title | A Brief History of the Smile PDF eBook |
Author | Angus Trumble |
Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
Total Pages | 284 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Portraits |
ISBN | 9781741140729 |
From the enlightened smile of the Holy Buddha to the lewd leer of the seventeenth century Dutch chicken groper, from the sociological to the scatological, Angus Trumble presents a uniquely readable and erudite insight into the cultural, physiological, artistic and literary history of that most universal of human expressions, the smile.;
A Brief History Of The Smile
Title | A Brief History Of The Smile PDF eBook |
Author | Angus Trumble |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 280 |
Release | 2004-01-07 |
Genre | Art |
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A charming chronicle of smiles and smiling throughout history, from the saintly gleam of the Buddha to the plastic rictus of the game show host.
Smile
Title | Smile PDF eBook |
Author | Alan A. Siegel |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | 190 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780813522555 |
Under the fifty-year reign of Newark brewer Henry A. Guenther, millions of men, women, and children passed under the signs "Smile" and "Learn to Play" into what the legendary beer baron called "a little bit of Coney Island, the circus, an old-fashioned beer garden, and Monte Carlo rolled into one." With its myriad games, attractions, performances, and restaurants, it was impossible to walk away from the park unsatisfied and not wishing for a return.
Birdy's Smile Book
Title | Birdy's Smile Book PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Keller |
Publisher | Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
Total Pages | 42 |
Release | 2010-09-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1429916400 |
Birdy starts every day by smiling at herself in the mirror. She says you can smile while doing just about anything--brushing your teeth, taking out the garbage, or eating broccoli. Okay, maybe not while eating broccoli. Even people with bad teeth (like our first president, George Washington) should show their toothy grins because there's no such thing as a bad smile. So heed Birdy's advice and practice your smile—you'll need it while reading this book! This title has Common Core connections
The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
Title | The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Jay Gould |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | 480 |
Release | 2010-11-29 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0393340856 |
"Gould himself is a rare and wonderful animal—a member of the endangered species known as the ruby-throated polymath. . . . [He] is a leading theorist on large-scale patterns in evolution . . . [and] one of the sharpest and most humane thinkers in the sciences." --David Quammen, New York Times Book Review
The Smile
Title | The Smile PDF eBook |
Author | Donna Jo Napoli |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 274 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780525479994 |
In Renaissance Italy, Elisabetta longs for romance, and when Leonardo da Vinci introduces her to Guiliano de Medici, whose family rules Florence but is about to be deposed, she has no inkling of the romance--and sorrow--that will ensue.
Smile: A Graphic Novel
Title | Smile: A Graphic Novel PDF eBook |
Author | Raina Telgemeier |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | 227 |
Release | 2014-07-29 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0545780012 |
Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood! Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.