It's 1979. Dorothy in Wonderland is the journey of Dorothy, a 29-year-old idealistic, gay woman, whose first career in teaching puts her at odds with the patriarchal Catholic system. Her firing catapults her on a dreamlike adventure to the woods of Maine where she joins a primitive religious community made up of renegade nuns and a priest. Here she meets the Empress, the spiritual leader, and the female version of Narcissus and Goldmund ensues. Dorothy's subsequent social work introduces her to several fascinating characters and synchronistic experiences. Eventually, a torrid affair with a Harvard student, ten years her junior, forces her to make new life choices.This is a story of unrequited love. The honest revelation of internal and external struggles will touch secret places hidden in all. Written in a memoir style of stream-of-consciousness thoughts, the book offers access into Dorothy mind. Insights into the creative process, spirituality, sexuality, and the interaction of strong women are the work's strengths.
Available once again, the definitive biography of the pioneering Black performer--the first nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award--who broke new ground in Hollywood and helped transform American society in the years before Civil Rights movement--a remarkable woman of her time who also transcended it. An ambitious, rigorously researched account of the long-ignored film star and chanteuse. . . . Bogle has fashioned a resonant history of a bygone era in Hollywood and passionately documented the contribution of one of its most dazzling and complex performers.--New York Times Book ReviewIn the segregated world of 1950s America, few celebrities were as talented, beautiful, glamorous, and ultimately influential as Dorothy Dandridge. Universally admired, she was Hollywood's first full-fledged Black movie star. Film historian Donald Bogle offers a panoramic portrait of Dorothy Dandridge's extraordinary and ultimately tragic life and career, from her early years as a child performer in Cleveland, to her rise as a nightclub headliner and movie star, to her heartbreaking death at 42. Bogle reveals how this exceptionally talented and intensely ambitious entertainer broke down racial barriers by integrating some of America's hottest nightclubs and broke through Tinseltown's glass ceiling. Along with her smash appearances at venues such as Harlem's famed Cotton Club, Dorothy starred in numerous films, making history with her role in Otto Preminger's Carmen Jones, playing opposite Harry Belafonte. Her performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress--the first Oscar nod for a woman of color.But Dorothy's wealth, fame, and success masked a reality fraught with contradiction and illusion. Struggling to find good roles professionally, uncomfortable with her image as a sex goddess, coping with the aftermath of two unhappy marriages and a string of unfulfilling affairs, and overwhelmed with guilt for her disabled daughter, Dorothy found herself emotionally and financially bankrupt--despair that ended in her untimely death.Woven from extensive research and unique interviews, as magnetic as the woman at its heart, Dorothy Dandridge captures this dazzling entertainer in all her complexity: her strength and vulnerability, her joy and her pain, her trials and her triumphs.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
The first and last book you will ever need for any deck of cards. Step by step guide to layouts and questions along with a comprehensive chapter on common symbols. The planetary influences and Zodiac symbols add to an information rich resource that will be invaluable to any reader, learner or advanced. This comprehensive guide encourages you to mix things up and try different uses for your cards that will inject that wonderful air of excitement when delving into the mystique of divination cards.With chapters covering spells/affirmations and the all important timing layouts you can work your way through this book and at the same time gain intimate knowledge of your own cards leading to exceptional reading skills but we don't stop there. Use your cards for chakra healing and development along with spiritual development exercises.Tree of Life Spread for ongoing personal development is complex and in depth, you would have to go far to find a more interesting layout that could easily take you a month to work through.
The dark and twisted, yet wickedly funny account of what really went on. Because the truth is...Dorothy (of Oz) and Alice (of Wonderland) used to be lovers. Alice had thought their dysfunctional relationship was over, but sometimes the past has a way of coming back to haunt you.In this case, that way is a tornado Dorothy summons to snatch Alice from the Outside World and bring her back to Munchkinland. Alice has absolutely no intention of getting back together. You see, Dorothy has changed...into a pervert, a sadistic chief of the munchkin tribes, and an all around unreasonable beast She has the audacity to ask Alice to rule by her side, keeps talking about magical sexual powers that Alice possesses...Alice wants no part of it, demands to be sent back home, and that's when the completely unreasonable Dorothy throws Alice into some sort of twisted game that's designed to end in a duel to the death with the Scarecrow You wouldn't think that would be the way Dorothy would want to woo Alice, but it is. Dorothy feels that as she and Alice go through the challenges of the game together, they'll somehow end up bonding. Alice doesn't want to be hurt by Dorothy again and really wants nothing more to do with her. But despite all her protestations, psycho Dorothy manipulates the situation so Alice has no choice but to go along with the game. Alice wonders what she ever saw in her. She hopes she won't end up having to kill her former crush.
Dorothy Gale is gladly joining her Uncle Henry in California to visit relatives who live at Hugson's Ranch, after their vacation from Australia in Ozma of Oz. Dorothy meets Hugson's nephew who is her second cousin, Zeb of Hugson's Ranch. Dorothy, Eureka (her cat) and Zeb are riding a buggy being pulled by a cab-horse named Jim when a violent earthquake strikes. A crevice opens in the ground beneath them and they fall deep into the Earth. Dorothy, Eureka, Jim, Zeb, and the buggy land in the underground Land of the Mangaboos, a race of vegetable people who grow on vines. The Mangaboos accuse them of causing the earthquake, which has damaged many of their glass buildings. Just as they are about to be sentenced to death by the Mangaboos, a hot air balloon randomly descends, and in the basket is the former Wizard of Oz, whom Dorothy last saw as he floated away into the sky from the Emerald City at the end of the earlier book The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard demonstrates his (humbug) magic powers, first, by "conjuring" nine tiny, mouse-sized piglets (actually taking them from his pocket by sleight-of-hand), and then, by lighting a fire, which is a phenomenon unknown to the Mangaboos. Impressed, the Mangaboo prince gives him a temporary job as court wizard, but the death sentence is only postponed until a new, native Mangaboo wizard grows ripe enough to serve. Eureka asks for permission to eat one of the piglets, but the Wizard angrily refuses to allow this. The Mangaboo people eventually drive the travelers out of their country into a dark tunnel, which leads to another kingdom.They pass through the tunnel into a beautiful green valley. They enter a seemingly empty cottage and are welcomed by invisible people, for they have entered the Valley of Voe, whose inhabitants are able to remain invisible by eating a magic fruit, and use their invisibility to hide from marauding bears. In order to avoid being eaten by the bears, the travelers move on. The companions climb Pyramid Mountain, and meet the Braided Man, a manufacturer of holes, flutters (guaranteed to make any flag flutter on a windless day), and rustles for silk dresses. After exchanging gifts with him, the travelers continue upwards into the Land of the Gargoyles, which are hostile, silent, flying monsters made of wood. The travelers are able, at first, to repel their attack successfully because the Gargoyles are frightened by loud noises. However, the travelers are soon out of breath and unable to make more noise, so the Gargoyles capture them. After recuperating from the fight, the travelers manage to escape, and enter another tunnel....................... Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 - May 6, 1919), better known as L. Frank Baum, was an American author chiefly famous for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote a total of 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and the nascent medium of film; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book would become a landmark of 20th century cinema. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), police corruption and false evidence (Phoebe Daring), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work)................
In Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, Dorothy, along with her cousin, Zeb, her cat, Eureka, and a horse named Jim, returns to the mystical land of Oz after being caught in an earthquake while travelling to meet her Uncle Henry at Hugson' s Ranch. Reunited with the Wizard of Oz in the land of the Mangaboos, Dorothy and her friends set out for Oz, dodging invisible bears and escaping from Gargoyles and Dragonettes along the way. But when Eureka is believed to have eaten one of the Wizard' s nine little piglets, even Oz might not be safe for them
When Dorothy recovered her senses they were still falling, but not so fast. The top of the buggy caught the air like a parachute or an umbrella filled with wind, and held them back so that they floated downward with a gentle motion that was not so very disagreeable to bear. The worst thing was their terror of reaching the bottom of this great crack in the earth, and the natural fear that sudden death was about to overtake them at any moment. Eccles met Garcia, a Spaniard, through an acquaintance, and seemed to form an unlikely friendship right away. Garcia invited Eccles to stay at his house for a few days, but when Eccles got there, he could tell that something was amiss. Garcia seemed distracted by something, and the whole mood of the visit seemed quite sombre. And then one of Garcia's servants handed him a note -- and the man's mood became even darker.
In Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, Dorothy, along with her cousin, Zeb, her cat, Eureka, and a horse named Jim, returns to the mystical land of Oz after being caught in an earthquake while travelling to meet her Uncle Henry at Hugson' s Ranch. Reunited with the Wizard of Oz in the land of the Mangaboos, Dorothy and her friends set out for Oz, dodging invisible bears and escaping from Gargoyles and Dragonettes along the way. But when Eureka is believed to have eaten one of the Wizard' s nine little piglets, even Oz might not be safe for them
Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. In this novel, Dorothy visits her Uncle Henry in his California ranch. She, her friends, her cousins and a few pets are traveling in a buggy when the earth suddenly splits open and the entire lot falls into the crack. From here on, a series of adventures follows, with the children having bizarre encounters in the Land of the Mangaboos which is inhabited by the Vegetable People. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz suddenly makes his appearance and together, they all travel onto further amazing countries. Princess Ozma appears to rescue Dorothy and her companions as they meet one disaster after another. Includes vintage illustration
Dorothy Wilke wrote her autobiography up to six months before her death. She was a strong woman who worked hard on her family's farm for a good portion of her life. She endured the death of both her children and both her husbands. Her faith in God kept her strong. Her love for her friends and family made her life complete.
With Solomon in tow, Dorothy heads out on her first mission: discover, obtain and neutralize the artifact that is causing pedigree cats in Paris to disappear and their owners' memories to be wiped before it ends up in the hands of someone far more sinister.
They say with age comes wisdom Yet retired museum curator, antique shop owner, and international spy, Dorothy Claes, is beginning to wonder if she's playing the fool. Even with a new lead on her father's death, she feels more alone than ever, wrapped in the secrets of The Silver Foxes and what those secrets really mean. When Destin sends Dorothy and her cat, Solomon, on a mission to Russia to retrieve the lost Faberge Constellation Egg, it feels like a set up. With no cover, no contacts, and no extraction plan, could this be her last mission? New enemies emerge, new allies reveal mysteries of their own, and Dorothy soon discovers there are consequences to digging too deep. A unique paranormal cozy mystery, Dorothy Claes and the Blood of the Tsar is the third book in the Silver Fox Mysteries series. C.P. Morgan integrates spies with the myth and lore of cats from around the world. Readers of all ages will be kept on the edge of their seats until the end.
Dorothy Wordsworth’s Grasmere Days is a beautiful and uplifting celebration of the life and writings by Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1885). This dementia-friendly book has an easy to follow narrative with photography and illustration that provoke curiosity and imagination. It has been created with and for people living with early to moderate dementia. The book is rich with things to look at and talk about and the format, design and content prompts conversations and enjoyable shared reading experience with people living with dementia and their family and friends. Dorothy Wordsworth is best known as the sister of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth. Her famous Grasmere Journals invite the reader into the daily household life and activities of the Wordsworth family. Dorothy was also an intrepid hill walker and curious nature lover, her observations and descriptions capture the Lake District landscape in all seasons, all weathers and at all times of day and night. Her journals are full of poetic imagery, her support was essential for her brother but also Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
"An Endless Thread serves as a long-overdue celebration of Grant, who has long advocated for the intersection of cultural pride, style, and a maintaining of tradition.”—VoguePart look-book, part memoir, and part history, this beautifully illustrated monument to a singular designer who helped inspire the growing Indigenous fashion movement is also a powerful demonstration of the enduring resonance and possibilities of Haida art.Inspired by a discussion with celebrated Haida artist Bill Reid, Haida designer Dorothy Grant made it her life’s mission to bring her culture’s traditional art into contemporary fashion while adhering to the principle of Yaguudang, or respect for oneself and others. The 1989 launch of her Feastwear collection, featuring modern silhouettes hand-appliquéd with Northwest Coast formline, immediately established her at the forefront of Indigenous fashion in North America, and she has since hosted runway shows and trunk sales from Paris to Vancouver to Tokyo. Her clients include Indigenous leaders, national politicians, and global celebrities, and her garments can be found in museums and galleries around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Dorothy Grant: An Endless Thread is the first monograph to celebrate her trailblazing career. It features new photography of dozens of garments spanning the past four decades, modeled in studio and natural settings in Vancouver and Haida Gwaii, alongside sketches, traditional button robes and spruce-root weaving, and personal stories and reflections from Grant. Essays by Haida repatriation specialist and museologist Sdahl K_’awaas Lucy Bell and curator India Rael Young place Grant in the long continuum of Haida fashion and trace the many innovations and accomplishments of her journey, and Haida curator and artist Kwiaahwah Jones, a longtime assistant to Grant, shares behind-the-scenes insights and memories. An associated exhibition, Dorothy Grant: Raven Comes Full Circle, opens at Haida Gwaii Museum in July 2024.
Swallowed up by an earthquake on their way to Hugson’s Ranch, Dorothy and her cousin Zeb find themselves trapped in the magical and magnificent fairy lands that lie just beneath the Earth’s surface. With the wonderful Wizard for company, the cousins’ journey to the Emerald City is beset by invisible bears, dragons, gargoyles and…vegetables? Will they ever find their way back to the surface world where they belong? Book 4 of the 15 book series by L. Frank Baum. Journey through the magical world of Oz with Dorothy and friends with these beloved timeless classics.
